1999 Texas Rangers season

The Texas Rangers 1999 season involved the Rangers finishing 1st in the American League west with a record of 95 wins and 67 losses. The 95–67 mark would be the best in franchise history until 2011.

1999 Texas Rangers
1999 AL West Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record95–67 (.586)
Divisional place1st
Other information
Owner(s)Tom Hicks
General manager(s)Doug Melvin
Manager(s)Johnny Oates
Local televisionKXTX-TV
KXAS-TV
Fox Sports Southwest
(Tom Grieve, Bill Jones)
Local radioKRLD
(Eric Nadel, Vince Cotroneo )
KESS-FM
(Luis Mayoral, Josue Perez)
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Winning its third division title in four years, the Rangers would repeat its 1998 post-season performance, again losing to the New York Yankees 3–0. This would be the club's last post-season appearance until 2010.

Offseason

Regular season

Opening Day Starters

Season standings
AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Texas Rangers 9567 0.586 — 51–30 44–37
Oakland Athletics 8775 0.537 8 52–29 35–46
Seattle Mariners 7983 0.488 16 43–38 36–45
Anaheim Angels 7092 0.432 25 37–44 33–48

Record vs. opponents
1999 American League Records

Sources:
Team ANA BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC MIN NYY OAK SEA TB TEX TOR NL 
Anaheim —3–91–95–51–95–57–56–46–48–46–67–56–63–96–12
Baltimore 9–3—5–77–31–95–56–48–14–95–75–55–76–61–1111–7
Boston 9–17–5—7–58–47–58–26–48–44–67–34–94–59–36–12
Chicago 5–53–75–7—3–97–56–68–3–15–73–74–86–45–56–49–9
Cleveland 9–19–14–89–3—8–57–59–33–710–27–35–43–75–79–9
Detroit 5–55–55–75–75–8—7–46–65–74–63–74–55–52–108–10
Kansas City 5–74–62–86–65–74–7—5–85–46–67–52–84–63–76–12
Minnesota 4–61–84–63–8–13–96–68–5—4–67–54–85–50–124–610–7
New York 4–69–44–87–57–37–54–56–4—6–49–18–48–410–29–9
Oakland 4–87–56–47–32–106–46–65–74–6—6–69–15–78–212–6
Seattle 6–65–53–78–43–77–35–78–41–96–6—8–45–87–27–11
Tampa Bay 5–77–59–44–64–55–48–25–54–81–94–8—4–85–84–14
Texas 6–66–65–45–57–35–56–412–04–87–58–58–4—6–410–8
Toronto 9–311–13–94–67–510–27–36–42–102–82–78–54–6—9–9

Notable transactions

Roster
1999 Texas Rangers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Starters by position

Note: Pos = position; G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CIván Rodríguez144600199.33235113
1BLee Stevens146517146.2822481
2BMark McLemore144566155.274645
SSRoyce Clayton133465134.2881452
3BTodd Zeile156588172.2932498
LFRusty Greer147556167.30020101
CFTom Goodwin109405105.259333
RFJuan González144562183.32639128
DHRafael Palmeiro158565183.32447148

Other batters
Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Roberto Kelly8729087.300837
Luis Alicea6816433.201317
Rubén Mateo3212229.238518
Greg Zaun439323.247112
Jon Shave437321.28809
Kelly Dransfeldt165310.18915
Scarborough Green18134.30800
Mike Simms421.50000
Scott Sheldon210.00000

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned Run Average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Rick Helling35219.113114.84131
Aaron Sele332051894.79186
John Burkett30147.1985.6296
Mike Morgan3414013106.2461
Mark Clark1574.1378.6044

Other pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Esteban Loaiza30120.1954.5677
Ryan Glynn1354.2247.2439
Jeff Fassero717.1105.7113
Matt Perisho410.1002.6117
Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Tim Crabtree685103.4654
Jeff Zimmerman659332.3667
Mike Venafro653203.2937
John Wetteland6244433.6860
Mike Munoz562113.9327
Danny Patterson532005.6743
Danny Kolb162104.6515
Eric Gunderson110007.206
Doug Davis200033.753
Jonathan Johnson100015.003
Corey Lee101027.000

ALDS
Main article: 1999 American League Division Series

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Oklahoma RedHawks Pacific Coast League Greg Biagini
AA Tulsa Drillers Texas League Bobby Jones
A Charlotte Rangers Florida State League Jim Byrd
A Savannah Sand Gnats South Atlantic League Paul Carey
Rookie Pulaski Rangers Appalachian League Bruce Crabbe
Rookie GCL Rangers Gulf Coast League Darryl Kennedy

References
  1. Mark Clark page at Baseball Reference
  2. Gregg Zaun page at Baseball Reference
  3. Rafael Bournigal page at Baseball Reference
  4. Hank Blalock page at Baseball Reference
  5. Aaron Harang page at Baseball Reference
  • 1999 Texas Rangers team page at Baseball Reference
  • 1999 Texas Rangers team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
  • Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-17-6.
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