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 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.
December 23, 1998: Gregg Zaun was sent to the Rangers by the Florida Marlins as part of a conditional deal.
March 30, 1999: Rafael Bournigal was signed as a free agent by the Rangers.

Regular season

Opening day starters

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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.
*Aaron Harang was drafted by the Rangers in the 6th round. Player signed June 7, 1999.

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	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

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
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

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
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

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
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

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
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

ALDS

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

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