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1999 Texas Rangers season

The 1999 Texas Rangers season was the 39th of the Texas Rangers franchise overall, their 28th in Arlington as the Rangers, and their 6th season at The Ballpark in Arlington. The Rangers finished 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
American League West champions
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionWest
BallparkThe Ballpark in Arlington
CityArlington, Texas
Record95–67 (.586)
Divisional place1st
OwnersTom Hicks
General managersDoug Melvin
ManagersJohnny Oates
TelevisionKXTX-TV
KXAS-TV
Fox Sports Southwest
(Tom Grieve, Bill Jones)
RadioKRLD
(Eric Nadel, Vince Cotroneo )
KESS-FM
(Luis Mayoral, Josue Perez)
← 1998
2000 →

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.

Offseason

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Regular season

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Opening day starters

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Season standings

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AL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Texas Rangers 9567 .586 — 51‍–‍30 44‍–‍37
Oakland Athletics 8775 .537 8 52‍–‍29 35‍–‍46
Seattle Mariners 7983 .488 16 43‍–‍38 36‍–‍45
Anaheim Angels 7092 .432 25 37‍–‍44 33‍–‍48

Record vs. opponents

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1999 American League record
Source: MLB Standings Grid – 1999
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

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Roster

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1999 Texas Rangers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

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Coaches

Game log

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Regular season

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1999 regular season game log: 95–67 (Home: 51–30; Away: 44–37)
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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70th All-Star Game in Boston, Massachusetts
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

Postseason Game log

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1999 Postseason game log: 0–3 (Home: 0–1; Away: 0–2)
AL Division Series: vs. New York Yankees 0–3 (Home: 0–1; Away: 0–2)
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Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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

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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
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

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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 Sele33205.01894.79186
John Burkett30147.1985.6296
Mike Morgan34140.013106.2461
Mark Clark1574.1378.6044

Other pitchers

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

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

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

ALDS

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Awards and honors

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Farm system

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References

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