The 1999 Texas Rangers season saw the Texas Rangers finish first in the American League West with a record of 95 wins and 67 losses, registering the best winning percentage (.586) in franchise history until 2011.
1999 Texas Rangers | ||
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American League West Champions | ||
League | American League | |
Division | West | |
Ballpark | The Ballpark in Arlington | |
City | Arlington, Texas | |
Record | 95–67 (.586) | |
Divisional place | 1st | |
Owners | Tom Hicks | |
General managers | Doug Melvin | |
Managers | Johnny Oates | |
Television | KXTX-TV KXAS-TV Fox Sports Southwest (Tom Grieve, Bill Jones) | |
Radio | KRLD (Eric Nadel, Vince Cotroneo ) KESS-FM (Luis Mayoral, Josue Perez) | |
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Winning their third division title in four years, the Rangers repeated their 1998 postseason performance, again being swept by the New York Yankees in three games. This was the Rangers' last postseason appearance until 2010.
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AL West | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Texas Rangers | 95 | 67 | 0.586 | — | 51–30 | 44–37 |
Oakland Athletics | 87 | 75 | 0.537 | 8 | 52–29 | 35–46 |
Seattle Mariners | 79 | 83 | 0.488 | 16 | 43–38 | 36–45 |
Anaheim Angels | 70 | 92 | 0.432 | 25 | 37–44 | 33–48 |
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Team | ANA | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TB | TEX | TOR | NL |
Anaheim | — | 3–9 | 1–9 | 5–5 | 1–9 | 5–5 | 7–5 | 6–4 | 6–4 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 3–9 | 6–12 |
Baltimore | 9–3 | — | 5–7 | 7–3 | 1–9 | 5–5 | 6–4 | 8–1 | 4–9 | 5–7 | 5–5 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 1–11 | 11–7 |
Boston | 9–1 | 7–5 | — | 7–5 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 8–2 | 6–4 | 8–4 | 4–6 | 7–3 | 4–9 | 4–5 | 9–3 | 6–12 |
Chicago | 5–5 | 3–7 | 5–7 | — | 3–9 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 8–3–1 | 5–7 | 3–7 | 4–8 | 6–4 | 5–5 | 6–4 | 9–9 |
Cleveland | 9–1 | 9–1 | 4–8 | 9–3 | — | 8–5 | 7–5 | 9–3 | 3–7 | 10–2 | 7–3 | 5–4 | 3–7 | 5–7 | 9–9 |
Detroit | 5–5 | 5–5 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 5–8 | — | 7–4 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 4–6 | 3–7 | 4–5 | 5–5 | 2–10 | 8–10 |
Kansas City | 5–7 | 4–6 | 2–8 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 4–7 | — | 5–8 | 5–4 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 2–8 | 4–6 | 3–7 | 6–12 |
Minnesota | 4–6 | 1–8 | 4–6 | 3–8–1 | 3–9 | 6–6 | 8–5 | — | 4–6 | 7–5 | 4–8 | 5–5 | 0–12 | 4–6 | 10–7 |
New York | 4–6 | 9–4 | 4–8 | 7–5 | 7–3 | 7–5 | 4–5 | 6–4 | — | 6–4 | 9–1 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 10–2 | 9–9 |
Oakland | 4–8 | 7–5 | 6–4 | 7–3 | 2–10 | 6–4 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 4–6 | — | 6–6 | 9–1 | 5–7 | 8–2 | 12–6 |
Seattle | 6–6 | 5–5 | 3–7 | 8–4 | 3–7 | 7–3 | 5–7 | 8–4 | 1–9 | 6–6 | — | 8–4 | 5–8 | 7–2 | 7–11 |
Tampa Bay | 5–7 | 7–5 | 9–4 | 4–6 | 4–5 | 5–4 | 8–2 | 5–5 | 4–8 | 1–9 | 4–8 | — | 4–8 | 5–8 | 4–14 |
Texas | 6–6 | 6–6 | 5–4 | 5–5 | 7–3 | 5–5 | 6–4 | 12–0 | 4–8 | 7–5 | 8–5 | 8–4 | — | 6–4 | 10–8 |
Toronto | 9–3 | 11–1 | 3–9 | 4–6 | 7–5 | 10–2 | 7–3 | 6–4 | 2–10 | 2–8 | 2–7 | 8–5 | 4–6 | — | 9–9 |
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1999 regular season game log: 95–67 (Home: 51–30; Away: 44–37) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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April: 13–10 (Home: 5–6; Away: 8–4)
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May: 17–10 (Home: 9–5; Away: 8–5)
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June: 15–13 (Home: 5–3; Away: 10–10)
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July: 16–9 (Home: 9–4; Away: 7–5)
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August: 18–12 (Home: 11–6; Away: 7–6)
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September: 16–10 (Home: 12–6; Away: 4–4)
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October: 0–3 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–3)
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Legend: = Win = Loss = Postponement Bold = Rangers team member |
1999 Postseason game log: 0–3 (Home: 0–1; Away: 0–2) | ||||||||||||
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AL Division Series: vs. New York Yankees 0–3 (Home: 0–1; Away: 0–2)
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Legend: = Win = Postponement Bold = Rangers team member |
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 |
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C | Iván Rodríguez | 144 | 600 | 199 | .332 | 35 | 113 |
1B | Lee Stevens | 146 | 517 | 146 | .282 | 24 | 81 |
2B | Mark McLemore | 144 | 566 | 155 | .274 | 6 | 45 |
SS | Royce Clayton | 133 | 465 | 134 | .288 | 14 | 52 |
3B | Todd Zeile | 156 | 588 | 172 | .293 | 24 | 98 |
LF | Rusty Greer | 147 | 556 | 167 | .300 | 20 | 101 |
CF | Tom Goodwin | 109 | 405 | 105 | .259 | 3 | 33 |
RF | Juan González | 144 | 562 | 183 | .326 | 39 | 128 |
DH | Rafael Palmeiro | 158 | 565 | 183 | .324 | 47 | 148 |
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Roberto Kelly | 87 | 290 | 87 | .300 | 8 | 37 |
Luis Alicea | 68 | 164 | 33 | .201 | 3 | 17 |
Rubén Mateo | 32 | 122 | 29 | .238 | 5 | 18 |
Greg Zaun | 43 | 93 | 23 | .247 | 1 | 12 |
Jon Shave | 43 | 73 | 21 | .288 | 0 | 9 |
Kelly Dransfeldt | 16 | 53 | 10 | .189 | 1 | 5 |
Scarborough Green | 18 | 13 | 4 | .308 | 0 | 0 |
Mike Simms | 4 | 2 | 1 | .500 | 0 | 0 |
Scott Sheldon | 2 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Rick Helling | 35 | 219.1 | 13 | 11 | 4.84 | 131 |
Aaron Sele | 33 | 205.0 | 18 | 9 | 4.79 | 186 |
John Burkett | 30 | 147.1 | 9 | 8 | 5.62 | 96 |
Mike Morgan | 34 | 140.0 | 13 | 10 | 6.24 | 61 |
Mark Clark | 15 | 74.1 | 3 | 7 | 8.60 | 44 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Esteban Loaiza | 30 | 120.1 | 9 | 5 | 4.56 | 77 |
Ryan Glynn | 13 | 54.2 | 2 | 4 | 7.24 | 39 |
Jeff Fassero | 7 | 17.1 | 1 | 0 | 5.71 | 13 |
Matt Perisho | 4 | 10.1 | 0 | 0 | 2.61 | 17 |
Note: G = Games; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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John Wetteland | 62 | 4 | 4 | 43 | 3.68 | 60 |
Tim Crabtree | 68 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3.46 | 54 |
Jeff Zimmerman | 65 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2.36 | 67 |
Mike Venafro | 65 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3.29 | 37 |
Mike Munoz | 56 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3.93 | 27 |
Danny Patterson | 53 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5.67 | 43 |
Danny Kolb | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4.65 | 15 |
Eric Gunderson | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.20 | 6 |
Doug Davis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33.75 | 3 |
Jonathan Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.00 | 3 |
Corey Lee | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27.00 | 0 |
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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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 |