1999 Texas Rangers season explained

Texas Rangers
Season:	1999
Misc:	American League West Champions
League:	American League
Division:	West
Ballpark:	The Ballpark in Arlington
City:	Arlington, Texas
Owners:	Tom Hicks
General Managers:	Doug Melvin
Managers:	Johnny Oates
Record:	95–67 (.586)
Divisional Place:	1st
Television:	KXTX-TV KXAS-TV Fox Sports Southwest (Tom Grieve, Bill Jones)
Radio:	KRLD (Eric Nadel, Vince Cotroneo) KESS-FM (Luis Mayoral, Josue Perez)

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.

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

• December 10, 1998: Mark Clark was signed as a free agent by the Rangers.^[1]
• December 23, 1998: Gregg Zaun was sent to the Rangers by the Florida Marlins as part of a conditional deal.^[2]
• March 30, 1999: Rafael Bournigal was signed as a free agent by the Rangers.^[3]

Regular season

Opening day starters

• Iván Rodríguez, C
• Lee Stevens, 1B
• Luis Alicea, 2B
• Todd Zeile, 3B
• Royce Clayton, SS
• Rusty Greer, LF
• Tom Goodwin, CF
• Juan González, RF
• Rafael Palmeiro, DH
• Rick Helling, RHP

Source:https://retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1999/B04050TEX1999.htm

Notable transactions

• April 27, 1999: Rafael Bournigal was purchased from the Rangers by the Seattle Mariners.
• June 2, 1999: 1999 Major League Baseball Draft
  • Hank Blalock was drafted by the Rangers in the 3rd round. Player signed June 4, 1999.^[4]
  • Aaron Harang was drafted by the Rangers in the 6th round. Player signed June 7, 1999.^[5]

Roster

1999 Texas Rangers
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		ManagerCoaches (Pitching) (Bench) (Bullpen) (Hitting) (First Base) (Third Base)

Game log

Regular season

|-|-|-|- style="text-align:center; background:#bbcaff;"| colspan="12" | 70th All-Star Game in Boston, Massachusetts|-|-|-|-|- style="text-align:center;"| Legend:      = Win      = Loss      = Postponement
Bold = Rangers team member

Postseason Game log

|-|- style="text-align:center;"| Legend:      = Win      = Postponement
Bold = Rangers team member

Player stats

Batting

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
C		144	600	199	.332	35	113
1B		146	517	146	.282	24	81
2B		144	566	155	.274	6	45
SS		133	465	134	.288	14	52
3B		156	588	172	.293	24	98
LF		147	556	167	.300	20	101
CF		109	405	105	.259	3	33
RF		144	562	183	.326	39	128
DH		158	565	183	.324	47	148

Other batters

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
	87	290	87	.300	8	37
	68	164	33	.201	3	17
	32	122	29	.238	5	18
	43	93	23	.247	1	12
	43	73	21	.288	0	9
	16	53	10	.189	1	5
	18	13	4	.308	0	0
	4	2	1	.500	0	0
	2	1	0	.000	0	0

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
	35	219.1	13	11	4.84	131
	33	205.0	18	9	4.79	186
	30	147.1	9	8	5.62	96
	34	140.0	13	10	6.24	61
	15	74.1	3	7	8.60	44

Other 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
	30	120.1	9	5	4.56	77
	13	54.2	2	4	7.24	39
	7	17.1	1	0	5.71	13
	4	10.1	0	0	2.61	17

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
	62	4	4	43	3.68	60
	68	5	1	0	3.46	54
	65	9	3	3	2.36	67
	65	3	2	0	3.29	37
	56	2	1	1	3.93	27
	53	2	0	0	5.67	43
	16	2	1	0	4.65	15
	11	0	0	0	7.20	6
	2	0	0	0	33.75	3
	1	0	0	0	15.00	3
	1	0	1	0	27.00	0

ALDS

See main article: 1999 American League Division Series.

• Game 1 @ Yankee Stadium: Yankees 8, Rangers 0
• Game 2 @ Yankee Stadium: Yankees 3, Rangers 1
• Game 3 @ The Ballpark in Arlington: Yankees 3, Rangers 0

Awards and honors

• Rafael Palmeiro, 1B, AL Gold Glove
• Rafael Palmeiro, 1B, Silver Slugger Award
• Iván Rodríguez, AL MVP
• Iván Rodríguez, C, Gold Glove
• Iván Rodríguez, Silver Slugger Award

All-Star Game

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/clarkma01.shtml Mark Clark page at Baseball Reference
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/z/zaungr01.shtml Gregg Zaun page at Baseball Reference
3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bournra01.shtml Rafael Bournigal page at Baseball Reference
4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/blaloha01.shtml Hank Blalock page at Baseball Reference
5. https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/haranaa01.shtml Aaron Harang page at Baseball Reference

• 1999 Texas Rangers team page at Baseball Reference
• 1999 Texas Rangers team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
• Book: Johnson. Lloyd. Wolff. Miles. The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. 3rd. Durham, North Carolina. Baseball America. 2007. 978-1-932391-17-6.