1998 Texas Rangers season

MLB yearly infobox
name = Texas Rangers
season = 1998
misc = 1998 AL West Champions

current league = American League
y1 = 1961
division = Western Division
y2 = 1972
Uniform logo =
ballpark = The Ballpark in Arlington
y4 = 1994
city = Arlington, Texas
y5 = 1972
owners = Tom Hicks
managers = Johnny Oates
television = KXTX-TV
KXAS-TV
Fox Sports Southwest
(Tom Grieve, Bill Jones)
radio =KRLD
(Eric Nadel, Vince Cotroneo )
KMRT
(Luis Mayoral, Josue Perez)|

The Texas Rangers 1998 season involved the Rangers finishing 1st in the American League west with a record of 88 wins and 74 losses.

Offseason

*November 6, 1997: Jim Leyrtiz was traded by the Texas Rangers with Damon Buford to the Boston Red Sox for Mark Brandenburg, Bill Haselman, and Aaron Sele. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/l/leyriji01.shtml Jim Leyritz Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
* December 9, 1997: Roberto Kelly signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.
*December 15, 1997: Scott Podsednik was drafted by the Texas Rangers from the Florida Marlins in the 1997 rule 5 draft. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/p/podsesc01.shtml Scott Podsednik Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
*December 23, 1997: Scott Cooper was signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/coopesc01.shtml]
*March 14, 1998: Tim Crabtree was traded by the Toronto Blue Jays to the Texas Rangers for Kevin Brown. [ http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/crabtti01.shtml]

Regular Season

During the season, Rick Helling would be the last pitcher to win at least 20 games in one season for the Rangers in the decade. [Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.99, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, NY, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0]

eason standings

Notable Transactions

* July 17, 1998: Todd Van Poppel was traded by the Texas Rangers with Warren Morris to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Esteban Loaiza.
*August 26, 1998: Greg Cadaret was selected off waivers by the Texas Rangers from the Anaheim Angels. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/cadargr01.shtml]

Roster

Starting pitchers

New York Yankees vs. Texas Rangers

Game 1

September 29 at Yankee Stadium (New York Yankees)

Awards and Honors

*Juan González, AL MVP
*Juan González, Silver Slugger Award
*Iván Rodríguez, C, Gold Glove
*Iván Rodríguez, Silver Slugger AwardAll-Star Game

References

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/TEX/1998.shtml 1998 Texas Rangers team page at Baseball Reference]
* [http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1998&t=TEX 1998 Texas Rangers team page at www.baseball-almanac.com]

succession box
title = AL West Championship Season
years = 1998
before = Seattle Mariners
1997
after = Texas Rangers
1999