1998 Texas Rangers Statistics and Roster

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1998 Texas Rangers (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1997/1999)
88-74, Finished 1st in AL Western Division
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Scored 940 runs, Allowed 871 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 87-75
Managed by Johnny Oates

Ballpark: The Ballpark at Arlington (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 2,927,399 (4th of 14)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 104, Pitching - 103
  (one-year): Batting - 107, Pitching - 106
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

Postseason: Lost AL Division Series (3-0) to New York Yankees

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Team Batting Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Ivan Rodriguez      26  145  579   88  186  40  4  21   91  32   88  .321  .358  .513   9   0  18   3   0   3   4  120
1B *Will Clark          34  149  554   98  169  41  1  23  102  72   97  .305  .384  .507   1   0  15   3   0   7   5  126
2B #Mark McLemore       33  126  461   79  114  15  1   5   53  89   64  .247  .369  .317  12   4  15   2  12   3   1   79
3B  Fernando Tatis      23   95  330   41   89  17  2   3   32  12   66  .270  .303  .361   6   2  10   4   4   0   2   70
SS  Kevin Elster        33   84  297   33   69  10  1   8   37  33   66  .232  .311  .354   0   2   7   2   2   2   0   70
LF *Rusty Greer         29  155  598  107  183  31  5  16  108  80   93  .306  .386  .455   2   4  18   4   0   9   1  115
CF *Tom Goodwin         29  154  520  102  151  13  3   2   33  73   90  .290  .378  .338  38  20   2   2  10   3   0   86
RF  Juan Gonzalez       28  154  606  110  193  50  2  45  157  46  126  .318  .366  .630   2   1  20   6   0  11   9  149
DH *Lee Stevens         30  120  344   52   91  17  4  20   59  31   93  .265  .324  .512   0   2   6   0   0   1   4  110
   #Luis Alicea         32  101  259   51   71  15  3   6   33  37   40  .274  .372  .425   4   3   1   5   4   3   0  104
    Roberto Kelly       33   75  257   48   83   7  3  16   46   8   46  .323  .349  .560   0   2   4   3   1   1   0  128
    Royce Clayton       28   52  186   30   53  12  1   5   24  13   32  .285  .330  .441   5   5   6   1   3   3   0   96
    Mike Simms          31   86  186   36   55  11  0  16   46  24   47  .296  .381  .613   0   1   4   3   0   2   0  150
    Todd Zeile          32   52  180   26   47  14  1   6   28  28   32  .261  .358  .450   1   0   3   1   1   3   0  106
   #Domingo Cedeno      29   61  141   19   37   9  1   2   21  10   32  .262  .309  .383   2   1   4   0   1   1   0   77
    Bill Haselman       32   40  105   11   33   6  0   6   17   3   17  .314  .327  .543   0   0   2   0   0   2   0  118
   *Warren Newson       33   10   21    1    4   1  0   0    2   1    5  .190  .227  .238   0   0   1   0   0   0   1   20
    Scott Sheldon       29    7   16    0    2   0  0   0    1   1    6  .125  .176  .125   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  -21
   #Milt Cuyler         29    7    6    3    3   2  0   1    3   1    0  .500  .571 1.333   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  368
    Chris Tremie        28    2    3    2    1   1  0   0    0   1    1  .333  .500  .667   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  196
    Rob Sasser          23    1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100

    Darren Oliver       27    2    6    1    1   1  0   0    1   0    2  .167  .167  .333   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   24
    Rick Helling        27    2    5    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    2  .200  .200  .200   0   0   0   0   1   0   0    3
    Aaron Sele          28    2    4    0    1   1  0   0    0   0    0  .250  .250  .500   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   86
    John Burkett        33    1    3    1    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Todd Van Poppel     26    1    2    1    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   2   0   0 -100
    Tim Crabtree        28    2    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Bobby Witt          34    1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.9  162 5672  940 1637 314 32 201  894 595 1045  .289  .356  .462  82  47 137  39  41  54  27  109
    Rank among 14 AL teams         1    2    1   5  5   6        4    8     1     2     3  13   9                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

Team Pitching Glossary

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Rick Helling        27  33   4.41  20   7  0  33   0   4   2  216.3  209  109  106  27   78  164  922  10   1  0   6 109
SP  Aaron Sele          28  33   4.23  19  11  0  33   0   3   2  212.7  239  116  100  14   84  167  954   4  13  0   6 113
SP  John Burkett        33  32   5.68   9  13  0  32   0   0   0  195.0  230  131  123  19   46  131  854   3   8  0   1  84
SP *Darren Oliver       27  19   6.53   6   7  0  19   0   2   0  103.3  140   84   75  11   43   58  493   6  10  1   1  73
SP  Esteban Loaiza      26  14   5.90   3   6  0  14   0   1   0   79.3  103   57   52  15   22   55  357   3   2  0   3  81
SP  Bobby Witt          34  14   7.66   5   4  0  13   0   0   0   69.3   95   62   59  14   33   30  329   2   0  1   1  63
SP  Todd Stottlemyre    33  10   4.33   5   4  0  10   0   0   0   60.3   68   33   29   5   30   57  275   1   0  0   1 111

CL  John Wetteland      31  63   2.03   3   1 42   0  59   0   0   62.0   47   17   14   6   14   72  249   1   0  0   1 236
RP *Eric Gunderson      32  68   5.19   0   3  0   1  13   0   0   67.7   88   43   39  13   19   41  303   4   1  0   4  92
RP  Tim Crabtree        28  64   3.59   6   1  0   0  14   0   0   85.3   86   40   34   3   35   60  371   6   3  0   2 134
RP  Danny Patterson     27  56   4.45   2   5  2   0  21   0   0   60.7   64   31   30  11   19   33  257   3   2  0   2 108
RP *Scott Bailes        36  46   6.47   1   0  0   0  13   0   0   40.3   61   33   29   5   11   30  187   3   0  0   0  74

    Alan Levine         30  30   4.50   0   1  0   0  11   0   0   58.0   68   30   29   6   16   19  251   5   0  0   1 107
    Xavier Hernandez    32  46   3.57   6   6  1   0  15   0   0   58.0   43   27   23   5   30   41  243   4   1  0   1 134
    Todd Van Poppel     26   4   8.84   1   2  0   4   0   0   0   19.3   26   20   19   5   10   10   95   2   1  0   0  54
    Roger Pavlik        30   5   3.86   1   1  1   0   2   0   0   14.0   16    8    6   2    5    8   63   1   1  0   1 124
   *Greg Cadaret        36  11   4.70   0   0  0   0   3   0   0    7.7   11    4    4   1    3    5   36   3   0  0   0 102
   *Tony Fossas         40  10   0.00   1   0  0   0   1   0   0    7.3    3    0    0   0    4    7   29   1   0  0   0    
    Julio Santana       25   3   8.44   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    5.3    7    5    5   0    4    1   27   0   0  0   1  57
   *Matt Perisho        23   2  27.00   0   2  0   2   0   0   0    5.0   15   17   15   2    8    2   40   0   2  0   0  18
    Jonathan Johnson    23   1   8.31   0   0  0   1   0   0   0    4.3    5    4    4   0    5    3   22   0   0  0   0  58
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.9 162   5.00  88  74 46 162 152  10   8 1431.0 1624  871  795 164  519  994 6357  62  45  2  32  96
    Rank among 14 AL teams         12   4  10  6           5   5     12   14   12        2    4   10
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
                        Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- IRodriguez 1197 137 139 864 72 6 7 .994 10 51 38 49 BHaselman 234 25 36 176 8 1 0 .995 0 11 26 6 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1431 162 162 1040 80 7 7 .994 10 62 64 55 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 *9.43 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- WClark 1147 133 134 1079 73 13 112 .989 9.04 LStevens 198 19 37 208 15 1 11 .996 10.14 MSimms 85 10 16 73 7 2 8 .976 8.47 SSheldon 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1431 162 162 1360 95 16 131 .989 9.15 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 *4.85 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MMcLemore 1055 122 122 249 332 15 71 .975 4.95 LAlicea 342 37 45 81 111 6 26 .970 5.05 DCedeno 33 3 7 4 12 2 1 .889 4.27 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1431 162 162 334 455 23 98 .972 4.96 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .948 *2.55 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- FTatis 809 93 94 74 184 15 15 .945 2.87 TZeile 451 52 52 38 91 12 7 .915 2.57 LAlicea 157 16 26 15 32 3 1 .940 2.69 SSheldon 13 1 3 1 4 0 2 1.000 3.46 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1431 162 162 128 311 30 25 .936 2.76 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 *4.71 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- KElster 734 84 84 107 257 9 49 .976 4.46 RClayton 448 52 52 88 152 7 26 .972 4.82 DCedeno 231 25 35 37 67 4 14 .963 4.04 SSheldon 16 1 2 7 7 1 3 .933 7.54 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1431 162 162 239 483 21 92 .972 4.54 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 *2.10 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RGreer 1325 151 154 304 6 3 0 .990 2.11 RKelly 70 8 14 14 2 0 0 1.000 2.06 WNewson 21 1 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.57 MSimms 9 1 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 LAlicea 6 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1431 162 162 328 8 3 0 .991 2.11 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 *2.69 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- TGoodwin 1149 129 150 370 5 3 1 .992 2.94 RKelly 264 32 41 87 2 4 1 .957 3.03 MCuyler 16 1 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.81 RGreer 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1431 162 162 462 7 7 2 .985 2.95 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 *2.14 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JGonzalez 1007 115 116 212 8 4 2 .982 1.97 MSimms 224 26 40 43 1 0 0 1.000 1.77 RKelly 167 17 31 54 1 0 0 1.000 2.96 LStevens 33 4 7 12 0 0 0 1.000 3.27 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1431 162 162 321 10 4 2 .988 2.08 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 *2.31 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- RGreer 1327 151 154 304 6 3 0 .990 2.10 TGoodwin 1149 129 150 372 5 3 2 .992 2.95 JGonzalez 1007 115 116 210 8 4 2 .982 1.95 RKelly 501 57 71 155 5 4 1 .976 2.87 MSimms 233 27 43 45 1 0 0 1.000 1.77 LStevens 33 4 7 12 0 0 0 1.000 3.27 WNewson 21 1 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.57 MCuyler 16 1 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.81 LAlicea 6 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1431 162 162 1111 25 14 5 .988 2.38 162 162 162 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 *1.78 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RHelling 216 33 33 8 12 1 0 .952 0.83 ASele 212 33 33 17 20 2 3 .949 1.57 JBurkett 195 32 32 11 18 1 0 .967 1.34 DOliver 103 19 19 5 15 1 0 .952 1.74 TCrabtree 85 0 64 4 8 1 2 .923 1.27 ELoaiza 79 14 14 11 6 0 0 1.000 1.93 BWitt 69 13 14 2 3 2 0 .714 0.65 EGunderson 67 1 68 6 10 0 0 1.000 2.13 JWetteland 62 0 63 2 7 1 0 .900 1.31 DPatterson 60 0 56 3 8 0 0 1.000 1.63 TStottlemyr 60 10 10 2 5 0 0 1.000 1.04 XHernandez 58 0 46 3 3 0 0 1.000 0.93 ALevine 58 0 30 4 7 0 1 1.000 1.71 SBailes 40 0 46 2 3 1 0 .833 1.12 TVan Poppel 19 4 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.47 RPavlik 14 0 5 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.29 GCadaret 7 0 11 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.17 TFossas 7 0 10 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.23 JSantana 5 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.70 MPerisho 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 JJohnson 4 1 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 4.19 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1431 162 162 82 131 10 6 .955 1.34 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Des. Hitter G ------------+--- LStevens 72 JGonzalez 38 MSimms 26 LAlicea 17 WClark 15 DCedeno 14 IRodriguez 6 MCuyler 3 WNewson 3 BHaselman 2 RKelly 2 MMcLemore 2 CTremie 2 TGoodwin 1 SSheldon 1 ------------+---

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

Team Leaders
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Batting Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

Batting Average Rodriguez .321

On-base % Greer .386

Slugging % Gonzalez .630

OPS Gonzalez .996

Games Greer 155

At Bats Gonzalez 606

Plate Appearances (approx.) Greer 691

Runs Gonzalez 110

Hits Gonzalez 193

Total Bases Gonzalez 382

Doubles Gonzalez 50

Triples Greer 5

Home Runs Gonzalez 45

RBI Gonzalez 157

Bases on Balls McLemore 89

Strikeouts Gonzalez 126

Stolen Bases Goodwin 38

Singles Goodwin 133

Adjusted OPS+ Gonzalez 149

Runs Created Gonzalez 134

Adjusted Batting Runs Gonzalez 43

Batting Wins Gonzalez 4.0

Extra-Base Hits Gonzalez 97

Times on Base Greer 267

Offensive Win% Gonzalez .689

Hit By Pitch Gonzalez 6

Sac. Hits McLemore 12

Sac. Flies Gonzalez 11

Intentional Walks Gonzalez 9

Grounded into Double Plays Gonzalez 20

Caught Stealing Goodwin 20

Power/Speed Number Rodriguez 12.6

At Bats per Strikeout McLemore 7.2

At Bats per Home Run Gonzalez 13.5

Outs Greer 446

Pitching Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

ERA Sele 4.23

Wins Helling 20

Won-Loss % Helling .741

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Helling 1.327

Hits Allowed/9IP Helling 8.69

Bases on Balls/9IP Burkett 2.12

Strikeouts/9IP Sele 7.07

Games Gunderson 68

Saves Wetteland 42

Innings Helling 216.3

Strikeouts Sele 167

Games Started Helling and Sele 33

Comp. Games Helling 4

Shutouts Helling and Sele 2

Home Runs Allow. Helling 27

Bases On Balls Allow. Sele 84

Hits Allowed Sele 239

SO to Walk Burkett 2.85

Losses Burkett 13

Earned Runs Allow. Burkett 123

Wild Pitches Helling 10

Hit Batsmen Sele 13

Batters Faced Sele 954

Games Finished Wetteland 59

Adjusted ERA+ Sele 113

Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

Salaries

Juan Gonzalez $ 7,800,000

Ivan Rodriguez $ 6,700,000

Will Clark $ 5,812,595

John Wetteland $ 5,800,000

John Burkett $ 4,000,000

Bobby Witt $ 3,250,000

Darren Oliver $ 3,050,000

Aaron Sele $ 2,850,000

Tom Goodwin $ 2,350,000

Mark McLemore $ 2,300,000

Roberto Kelly $ 1,625,000

Roger Pavlik $ 1,600,000

Kevin Elster $ 1,500,000

Lee Stevens $ 1,250,000

Rusty Greer $ 1,025,000

Xavier Hernandez $ 1,000,000

Luis Alicea $ 750,000

Bill Haselman $ 625,000

Eric Gunderson $ 510,000

Domingo Cedeno $ 500,000

Greg Cadaret $ 330,000

Tim Crabtree $ 290,000

Mike Simms $ 275,000

Rick Helling $ 216,500

Scott Bailes $ 210,000

Danny Patterson $ 208,000

Julio Santana $ 182,500

Tony Fossas $ 170,000

Fernando Tatis $ 170,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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