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Grieve</a>, Bill Jones)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Radio</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/KRLD_(AM)" title="KRLD (AM)">KRLD</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/Eric_Nadel" title="Eric Nadel">Eric Nadel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vince_Cotroneo" title="Vince Cotroneo">Vince Cotroneo</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/KNGO" title="KNGO">KMRT</a><br />(Luis Mayoral, Josue Perez)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><table style="width:100%; margin:1px; display:inline-table;"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:middle; padding:0 0.5em 0 0;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/1997_Texas_Rangers_season" title="1997 Texas Rangers season">1997</a></td> <td style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 1px;" class=""><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_Texas_Rangers_seasons" title="List of Texas Rangers seasons">Seasons</a></b></td> <td style="text-align:right; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 0 0 0.5em;" class="noprint"><a 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id="Record_vs._opponents">Record vs. opponents</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1998_Texas_Rangers_season&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Record vs. opponents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="16"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1045256916">.mw-parser-output .navbar-header{text-align:center;position:relative;white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .navbar-header .navbar{position:absolute;right:0;top:0;margin:0 5px}</style><div class="navbar-header">1998 American League record<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a 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class="external autonumber" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CHW/1998-schedule-scores.shtml">[4]</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CLE/1998-schedule-scores.shtml">[5]</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/DET/1998-schedule-scores.shtml">[6]</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/KCR/1998-schedule-scores.shtml">[7]</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/MIN/1998-schedule-scores.shtml">[8]</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/1998-schedule-scores.shtml">[9]</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/OAK/1998-schedule-scores.shtml">[10]</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/SEA/1998-schedule-scores.shtml">[11]</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/TBD/1998-schedule-scores.shtml">[12]</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/TEX/1998-schedule-scores.shtml">[13]</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/TOR/1998-schedule-scores.shtml">[14]</a> </small> </th></tr> <tr> <th width="100">Team </th> <th style="background:#ED1B2E;color:#47A6DC;width=35">ANA </th> <th style="background:black;color:#F87217;width=35">BAL </th> <th style="background:#ba313c;color:#0d2b56;width=35">BOS </th> <th style="background:black;color:white;width=35">CWS </th> <th style="background:#990000;color:#023456;width=35">CLE </th> <th style="background:#036;color:#bd5d29;width=35">DET </th> <th style="background:#27408B;color:#74B4FA;width=35">KC </th> <th style="background:#072764;color:#c6011f;width=35">MIN </th> <th style="background:#1c2841;color:white;width=35">NYY </th> <th style="background:#003831;color:#FFD800;width=35">OAK </th> <th style="background:#005c5c;color:#9ECEEE;width=35">SEA </th> <th style="background:#00285d;color:#9eceee;width=35">TB </th> <th style="background:red;color:#003366;width=35">TEX </th> <th style="background:#005ac0;color:white;width=35">TOR </th> <th style="background:#0000FF;color:#ffffff;width=35">NL  </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1998_Anaheim_Angels_season" title="1998 Anaheim Angels season">Anaheim</a> </td> <td>—</td> <td>5–6</td> <td>6–5</td> <td>5–6</td> <td>4–7</td> <td>8–3</td> <td>6–5</td> <td>6–5</td> <td>6–5</td> <td>5–7</td> <td>9–3</td> <td>6–5</td> <td>5–7</td> <td>4–7</td> <td>10–6 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1998_Baltimore_Orioles_season" title="1998 Baltimore Orioles season">Baltimore</a> </td> <td>6–5</td> <td>—</td> <td>6–6</td> <td>2–9</td> <td>5–6</td> <td>10–1</td> <td>5–6</td> <td>7–3</td> <td>3–9</td> <td>8–3</td> <td>6–5</td> <td>5–7</td> <td>6–5</td> <td>5–7</td> <td>5–11 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1998_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1998 Boston Red Sox season">Boston</a> </td> <td>5–6</td> <td>6–6</td> <td>—</td> <td>5–6</td> <td>8–3</td> <td>5–5</td> <td>8–3</td> <td>5–6</td> <td>5–7</td> <td>9–2</td> <td>7–4</td> <td>9–3</td> <td>6–5</td> <td>5–7</td> <td>9–7 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1998_Chicago_White_Sox_season" title="1998 Chicago White Sox season">Chicago</a> </td> <td>6–5</td> <td>9–2</td> <td>6–5</td> <td>—</td> <td>6–6</td> <td>6–6</td> <td>8–4</td> <td>6–6</td> <td>4–7</td> <td>4–7</td> <td>4–7</td> <td>5–6</td> <td>5–6</td> <td>4–6–1</td> <td>7–9 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1998_Cleveland_Indians_season" title="1998 Cleveland Indians season">Cleveland</a> </td> <td>7–4</td> <td>6–5</td> <td>3–8</td> <td>6–6</td> <td>—</td> <td>9–3</td> <td>8–4</td> <td>6–6</td> <td>4–7</td> <td>3–8</td> <td>9–2</td> <td>7–3</td> <td>4–7</td> <td>7–4</td> <td>10–6 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1998_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1998 Detroit Tigers season">Detroit</a> </td> <td>3–8</td> <td>1–10</td> <td>5–5</td> <td>6–6</td> <td>3–9</td> <td>—</td> <td>6–6</td> <td>8–4</td> <td>3–8</td> <td>7–4</td> <td>3–8</td> <td>5–6</td> <td>3–8</td> <td>5–6</td> <td>7–9 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1998_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="1998 Kansas City Royals season">Kansas City</a> </td> <td>5–6</td> <td>6–5</td> <td>3–8</td> <td>4–8</td> <td>4–8</td> <td>6–6</td> <td>—</td> <td>7–5</td> <td>0–10</td> <td>7–4</td> <td>4–6</td> <td>8–3</td> <td>3–8</td> <td>6–5</td> <td>9–7 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1998_Minnesota_Twins_season" title="1998 Minnesota Twins season">Minnesota</a> </td> <td>5–6</td> <td>3–7</td> <td>6–5</td> <td>6–6</td> <td>6–6</td> <td>4–8</td> <td>5–7</td> <td>—</td> <td>4–7</td> <td>4–7</td> <td>2–9</td> <td>7–4</td> <td>7–4</td> <td>4–7</td> <td>7–9 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1998_New_York_Yankees_season" title="1998 New York Yankees season">New York</a> </td> <td>5–6</td> <td>9–3</td> <td>7–5</td> <td>7–4</td> <td>7–4</td> <td>8–3</td> <td>10–0</td> <td>7–4</td> <td>—</td> <td>8–3</td> <td>8–3</td> <td>11–1</td> <td>8–3</td> <td>6–6</td> <td>13–3 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1998_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="1998 Oakland Athletics season">Oakland</a> </td> <td>7–5</td> <td>3–8</td> <td>2–9</td> <td>7–4</td> <td>8–3</td> <td>4–7</td> <td>4–7</td> <td>7–4</td> <td>3–8</td> <td>—</td> <td>5–7</td> <td>5–6</td> <td>6–6</td> <td>5–6</td> <td>8–8 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1998_Seattle_Mariners_season" title="1998 Seattle Mariners season">Seattle</a> </td> <td>3–9</td> <td>5–6</td> <td>4–7</td> <td>7–4</td> <td>2–9</td> <td>8–3</td> <td>6–4</td> <td>9–2</td> <td>3–8</td> <td>7–5</td> <td>—</td> <td>6–5</td> <td>5–7</td> <td>4–7</td> <td>7–9 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1998_Tampa_Bay_Devil_Rays_season" title="1998 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season">Tampa Bay</a> </td> <td>5–6</td> <td>7–5</td> <td>3–9</td> <td>6–5</td> <td>3–7</td> <td>6–5</td> <td>3–8</td> <td>4–7</td> <td>1–11</td> <td>6–5</td> <td>5–6</td> <td>—</td> <td>4–7</td> <td>5–7</td> <td>5–11 </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#CCFFCC"> <td style="text-align:left;"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Texas</a> </td> <td>7–5</td> <td>5–6</td> <td>5–6</td> <td>6–5</td> <td>7–4</td> <td>8–3</td> <td>8–3</td> <td>4–7</td> <td>3–8</td> <td>6–6</td> <td>7–5</td> <td>7–4</td> <td>—</td> <td>7–4</td> <td>8–8 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1998_Toronto_Blue_Jays_season" title="1998 Toronto Blue Jays season">Toronto</a> </td> <td>7–4</td> <td>7–5</td> <td>7–5</td> <td>6–4–1</td> <td>4–7</td> <td>6–5</td> <td>5–6</td> <td>7–4</td> <td>6–6</td> <td>6–5</td> <td>7–4</td> <td>7–5</td> <td>4–7</td> <td>—</td> <td>9–7 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Notable_transactions">Notable transactions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1998_Texas_Rangers_season&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Notable transactions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>July 17, 1998: <a href="/wiki/Todd_Van_Poppel" title="Todd Van Poppel">Todd Van Poppel</a> and <a href="/wiki/Warren_Morris" title="Warren Morris">Warren Morris</a> were traded by the Rangers to the <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates" title="Pittsburgh Pirates">Pittsburgh Pirates</a> for Esteban Loaiza.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>July 31, 1998: Kevin Elster was released by the Texas Rangers.<sup id="cite_ref-baseball-reference.com_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-baseball-reference.com-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>August 26, 1998: <a href="/wiki/Greg_Cadaret" title="Greg Cadaret">Greg Cadaret</a> was selected off waivers by the Rangers from the <a href="/wiki/Anaheim_Angels" class="mw-redirect" title="Anaheim Angels">Anaheim Angels</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Roster">Roster</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1998_Texas_Rangers_season&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Roster"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="toccolours" style="font-size: 95%;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="10" style="background-color: #003279; color: #FFFFFF; text-align: center;">1998 Texas Rangers </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="10" style="background-color: #bd1021; color: white; text-align: center;"><b>Roster</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><b>Pitchers</b> <ul><li><span style="font-family: monospace">58</span> <a href="/wiki/Scott_Bailes" title="Scott Bailes">Scott Bailes</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">33</span> <a href="/wiki/John_Burkett" title="John Burkett">John Burkett</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">36</span> <a href="/wiki/Greg_Cadaret" title="Greg Cadaret">Greg Cadaret</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">23</span> <a href="/wiki/Tim_Crabtree" title="Tim Crabtree">Tim Crabtree</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">49</span> <a href="/wiki/Tony_Fossas" title="Tony Fossas">Tony Fossas</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">53</span> <a href="/wiki/Eric_Gunderson" title="Eric Gunderson">Eric Gunderson</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">32</span> <a href="/wiki/Rick_Helling" title="Rick Helling">Rick Helling</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">31</span> <a href="/wiki/Xavier_Hernandez_(baseball)" title="Xavier Hernandez (baseball)">Xavier Hernandez</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">50</span> <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Johnson_(baseball)" title="Jonathan Johnson (baseball)">Jonathan Johnson</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">43</span> <a href="/wiki/Al_Levine" title="Al Levine">Al Levine</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">28</span> <a href="/wiki/Esteban_Loaiza" title="Esteban Loaiza">Esteban Loaiza</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">28</span> <a href="/wiki/Darren_Oliver" title="Darren Oliver">Darren Oliver</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">56</span> <a href="/wiki/Danny_Patterson" title="Danny Patterson">Danny Patterson</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">59</span> <a href="/wiki/Roger_Pavlik" title="Roger Pavlik">Roger Pavlik</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">40</span> <a href="/wiki/Matt_Perisho" title="Matt Perisho">Matt Perisho</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">60</span> <a href="/wiki/Julio_Santana" title="Julio Santana">Julio Santana</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">30</span> <a href="/wiki/Aaron_Sele" title="Aaron Sele">Aaron Sele</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">44</span> <a href="/wiki/Todd_Stottlemyre" title="Todd Stottlemyre">Todd Stottlemyre</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">51</span> <a href="/wiki/Todd_Van_Poppel" title="Todd Van Poppel">Todd Van Poppel</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">35</span> <a href="/wiki/John_Wetteland" title="John Wetteland">John Wetteland</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">36</span> <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Witt" title="Bobby Witt">Bobby Witt</a></li></ul> </td> <td width="25px"> </td> <td valign="top"><b>Catchers</b> <ul><li><span style="font-family: monospace">37</span> <a href="/wiki/Bill_Haselman" title="Bill Haselman">Bill Haselman</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace"> 7</span> <a href="/wiki/Iv%C3%A1n_Rodr%C3%ADguez" title="Iván Rodríguez">Iván Rodríguez</a></li></ul> <p><b>Infielders</b> </p> <ul><li><span style="font-family: monospace">10</span> <a href="/wiki/Luis_Alicea" title="Luis Alicea">Luis Alicea</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace"> 1</span> <a href="/wiki/Domingo_Cede%C3%B1o" title="Domingo Cedeño">Domingo Cedeño</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">22</span> <a href="/wiki/Will_Clark" title="Will Clark">Will Clark</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">11,18</span> <a href="/wiki/Royce_Clayton" title="Royce Clayton">Royce Clayton</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">18</span> <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Elster" title="Kevin Elster">Kevin Elster</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace"> 3</span> <a href="/wiki/Mark_McLemore" title="Mark McLemore">Mark McLemore</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace"> 4</span> <a href="/wiki/Scott_Sheldon" title="Scott Sheldon">Scott Sheldon</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">9,11</span> <a href="/wiki/Lee_Stevens" title="Lee Stevens">Lee Stevens</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace"> 4</span> <a href="/wiki/Fernando_Tat%C3%ADs" title="Fernando Tatís">Fernando Tatís</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">27</span> <a href="/wiki/Todd_Zeile" title="Todd Zeile">Todd Zeile</a></li></ul> </td> <td width="25px"> </td> <td valign="top"><b>Outfielders</b> <ul><li><span style="font-family: monospace">18</span> <a href="/wiki/Milt_Cuyler" title="Milt Cuyler">Milt Cuyler</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">19</span> <a href="/wiki/Juan_Gonz%C3%A1lez_(baseball)" title="Juan González (baseball)">Juan González</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">24</span> <a href="/wiki/Tom_Goodwin" title="Tom Goodwin">Tom Goodwin</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">29</span> <a href="/wiki/Rusty_Greer" title="Rusty Greer">Rusty Greer</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">39</span> <a href="/wiki/Roberto_Kelly" title="Roberto Kelly">Roberto Kelly</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">21</span> <a href="/wiki/Warren_Newson" title="Warren Newson">Warren Newson</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">16</span> <a href="/wiki/Mike_Simms" title="Mike Simms">Mike Simms</a></li></ul> <p><b>Other batters</b> </p> <ul><li><span style="font-family: monospace">14</span> <a href="/wiki/Rob_Sasser" title="Rob Sasser">Rob Sasser</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">18</span> <a href="/wiki/Chris_Tremie" title="Chris Tremie">Chris Tremie</a></li></ul> </td> <td width="25px"> </td> <td valign="top"><b>Manager</b> <ul><li><span style="font-family: monospace">26</span> <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Oates" title="Johnny Oates">Johnny Oates</a></li></ul> <p><b>Coaches</b> </p> <ul><li><span style="font-family: monospace">17</span> <a href="/wiki/Dick_Bosman" title="Dick Bosman">Dick Bosman</a> (Pitching)</li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">20</span> <a href="/wiki/Bucky_Dent" title="Bucky Dent">Bucky Dent</a> (Bench)</li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">25</span> <a href="/wiki/Larry_Hardy_(baseball)" title="Larry Hardy (baseball)">Larry Hardy</a> (Bullpen)</li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace"> 8</span> <a href="/wiki/Rudy_Jaramillo" title="Rudy Jaramillo">Rudy Jaramillo</a> (Hitting)</li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">12</span> <a href="/wiki/Ed_Napoleon" title="Ed Napoleon">Ed Napoleon</a> (First Base)</li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace"> 5</span> <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Narron" title="Jerry Narron">Jerry Narron</a> (Third Base)</li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Game_log">Game log</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1998_Texas_Rangers_season&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Game log"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Regular_season_2">Regular season</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1998_Texas_Rangers_season&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Regular season"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table style="border: 1px solid #a2a9b1; background-color: #f8f9fa; padding: 5px; font-size: 95%; width:90%; clear:both; margin:1.5em auto; text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background:red;color:#003366;">1998 regular season game log: 88–74 (Home: 48–33; Away: 40–41) </th></tr> <tr> <td><div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="padding: 4px; text-align: center; font-size: 95%; background:#003366;color:red;; background: inherit; border: 1px solid #a2a9b1;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold; background-color: #ccf; background:#003366;color:red;"><div style="margin: 0 4em">March: 0–1 (Home: 0–1; Away: 0–0)</div></div> <div class="mw-collapsible-content" style="font-size: 100%; text-align:center;"> <table class="wikitable" style="width:100%; text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th>#</th> <th>Date</th> <th>Time (<a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">CT</a>)</th> <th>Opponent</th> <th>Score</th> <th>Win</th> <th>Loss</th> <th>Save</th> <th>Time of Game</th> <th>Attendance</th> <th>Record</th> <th>Box/<br />Streak </th></tr> <tr style="background:#fcc"> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/TEX/TEX199803310.shtml">1</a></td> <td>March 31</td> <td>1:35<span class="nowrap"> </span>p.m. <a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">CST</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1998_Chicago_White_Sox_season" title="1998 Chicago White Sox season">White Sox</a></td> <td>L 2–9</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jaime_Navarro" title="Jaime Navarro">Navarro</a> (1–0)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/John_Burkett" title="John Burkett">Burkett</a></b> (0–1)</td> <td>–</td> <td>2:46</td> <td>45,909</td> <td>0–1</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1998/B03310TEX1998.htm">L1</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table></div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="padding: 4px; text-align: center; font-size: 95%; background:#003366;color:red;; background: inherit; border: 1px solid #a2a9b1;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold; background-color: #ccf; background:#003366;color:red;"><div style="margin: 0 4em">April: 18–7 (Home: 10–3; Away: 8–4)</div></div> <div class="mw-collapsible-content" style="font-size: 100%; text-align:center;"> <table class="wikitable" style="width:100%; text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th>#</th> <th>Date</th> <th>Time (<a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">CT</a>)</th> <th>Opponent</th> <th>Score</th> <th>Win</th> <th>Loss</th> <th>Save</th> <th>Time of Game</th> <th>Attendance</th> <th>Record</th> <th>Box/<br />Streak </th></tr> <tr style="background:#cfc"> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/TEX/TEX199804020.shtml">2</a></td> <td>April 2</td> <td>7:35<span class="nowrap"> </span>p.m. <a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">CST</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1998_Chicago_White_Sox_season" title="1998 Chicago White Sox season">White Sox</a></td> <td><b>W</b> 20–4</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Aaron_Sele" title="Aaron Sele">Sele</a></b> (1–0)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mike_Sirotka" title="Mike Sirotka">Sirotka</a> (0–1)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Roger_Pavlik" title="Roger Pavlik">Pavlik</a></b> (1)</td> <td>3:23</td> <td>32,663</td> <td>1–1</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1998/B04020TEX1998.htm">W1</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#cfc"> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/TOR/TOR199804030.shtml">3</a></td> <td>April 3</td> <td>6:06<span class="nowrap"> </span>p.m. <a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">CST</a></td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/1998_Toronto_Blue_Jays_season" title="1998 Toronto Blue Jays season">Blue Jays</a></td> <td><b>W</b> 5–0</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Rick_Helling" title="Rick Helling">Helling</a></b> (1–0)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Juan_Guzm%C3%A1n_(baseball)" title="Juan Guzmán (baseball)">Guzmán</a> (0–1)</td> <td>–</td> <td>3:23</td> <td>32,663</td> <td>2–1</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1998/B04030TOR1998.htm">W2</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fcc"> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/TOR/TOR199804040.shtml">4</a></td> <td>April 4</td> <td>12:05<span class="nowrap"> </span>p.m. <a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">CST</a></td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/1998_Toronto_Blue_Jays_season" title="1998 Toronto Blue Jays season">Blue Jays</a></td> <td>L 2–9</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Woody_Williams" title="Woody Williams">Williams</a> (1–0)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Darren_Oliver" title="Darren Oliver">Oliver</a></b> (0–1)</td> <td>–</td> <td>2:44</td> <td>25,509</td> <td>2–2</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1998/B04040TOR1998.htm">L1</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#cfc"> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/TOR/TOR199804050.shtml">5</a></td> <td>April 5</td> <td>12:05<span class="nowrap"> </span>p.m. <a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">CDT</a></td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/1998_Toronto_Blue_Jays_season" title="1998 Toronto Blue Jays season">Blue Jays</a></td> <td><b>W</b> 6–5</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/John_Burkett" title="John Burkett">Burkett</a></b> (1–1)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bill_Risley" title="Bill Risley">Risley</a> (0–1)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/John_Wetteland" title="John Wetteland">Wetteland</a></b> (1)</td> <td>2:51</td> <td>28,106</td> <td>3–2</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1998/B04050TOR1998.htm">W1</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fcc"> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHA/CHA199804060.shtml">6</a></td> <td>April 6</td> <td>1:05<span class="nowrap"> </span>p.m. <a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">CDT</a></td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/1998_Chicago_White_Sox_season" title="1998 Chicago White Sox season">White Sox</a></td> <td>L 4–5</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Keith_Foulke" title="Keith Foulke">Foulke</a> (1–0)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Roger_Pavlik" title="Roger Pavlik">Pavlik</a></b>(0–1)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Matt_Karchner" title="Matt Karchner">Karchner</a> (1)</td> <td>3:08</td> <td>25,358</td> <td>3–3</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1998/B04060CHA1998.htm">L1</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#bbb"> <td>–</td> <td>April 8</td> <td></td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/1998_Chicago_White_Sox_season" title="1998 Chicago White Sox season">White Sox</a></td> <td colspan="8"><b>Postponed (Rain)</b> <small><i>(Makeup date: August 28)</i></small> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#cfc"> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHA/CHA199804090.shtml">7</a></td> <td>April 9</td> <td>3:16<span class="nowrap"> </span>p.m. <a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">CDT</a></td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/1998_Chicago_White_Sox_season" title="1998 Chicago White Sox season">White Sox</a></td> <td><b>W</b> 11–0</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Aaron_Sele" title="Aaron Sele">Sele</a></b> (2–0)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/James_Baldwin_(baseball)" title="James Baldwin (baseball)">Baldwin</a> (1–1)</td> <td>–</td> <td>2:28</td> <td>10,654</td> <td>4–3</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1998/B04090CHA1998.htm">W1</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#cfc"> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/TEX/TEX199804100.shtml">8</a></td> <td>April 10</td> <td>7:35<span class="nowrap"> </span>p.m. <a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">CDT</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1998_Toronto_Blue_Jays_season" title="1998 Toronto Blue Jays season">Blue Jays</a></td> <td><b>W</b> 4–3</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Rick_Helling" title="Rick Helling">Helling</a></b> (3–0)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dan_Plesac" title="Dan Plesac">Plesac</a> (0–1)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/John_Wetteland" title="John Wetteland">Wetteland</a></b> (2)</td> <td>2:57</td> <td>32,314</td> <td>5–3</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1998/B04100TEX1998.htm">W2</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fcc"> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/TEX/TEX199804110.shtml">9</a></td> <td>April 11</td> <td>9:00<span class="nowrap"> </span>p.m. <a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">CDT</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1998_Toronto_Blue_Jays_season" title="1998 Toronto Blue Jays season">Blue Jays</a></td> <td>L 8–9</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Carlos_Almanzar" title="Carlos Almanzar">Almanzar</a> (1–0)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Darren_Oliver" title="Darren Oliver">Oliver</a></b> (0–2)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Randy_Myers" title="Randy Myers">Myers</a> (3)</td> <td>3:27</td> <td>37,520</td> <td>5–4</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1998/B04110TEX1998.htm">L1</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#cfc"> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/TEX/TEX199804120.shtml">10</a></td> <td>April 12</td> <td>2:05<span class="nowrap"> </span>p.m. <a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">CDT</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1998_Toronto_Blue_Jays_season" title="1998 Toronto Blue Jays season">Blue Jays</a></td> <td><b>W</b> 3–1</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/John_Wetteland" title="John Wetteland">Wetteland</a></b> (1–0)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Paul_Quantrill" title="Paul Quantrill">Quantrill</a> (0–1)</td> <td>–</td> <td>2:37</td> <td>28,435</td> <td>6–4</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1998/B04120TEX1998.htm">W1</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#cfc"> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/TEX/TEX199804170.shtml">14</a></td> <td>April 17</td> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1998_Baltimore_Orioles_season" title="1998 Baltimore Orioles season">Orioles</a></td> <td><b>W</b> 6–4</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>3:24</td> <td>37,415</td> <td>10–4</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1998/B04170TEX1998.htm">W5</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fcc"> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/TEX/TEX199804180.shtml">15</a></td> <td>April 18</td> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1998_Baltimore_Orioles_season" title="1998 Baltimore Orioles season">Orioles</a></td> <td>L 8–10</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>–</td> <td>3:31</td> <td>43,883</td> <td>10–5</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1998/B04180TEX1998.htm">L1</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#cfc"> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/TEX/TEX199804190.shtml">16</a></td> <td>April 19</td> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1998_Baltimore_Orioles_season" title="1998 Baltimore Orioles season">Orioles</a></td> <td><b>W</b> 11–7</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>3:07</td> <td>43,037</td> <td>11–5</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1998/B04190TEX1998.htm">W1</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table></div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="padding: 4px; text-align: center; font-size: 95%; background:#003366;color:red;; background: inherit; border: 1px solid #a2a9b1;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold; background-color: #ccf; background:#003366;color:red;"><div style="margin: 0 4em">May: 15–12 (Home: 10–6; Away: 5–6)</div></div> <div class="mw-collapsible-content" style="font-size: 100%; text-align:center;"> <table class="wikitable" style="width:100%; text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th>#</th> <th>Date</th> <th>Time (<a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">CT</a>)</th> <th>Opponent</th> <th>Score</th> <th>Win</th> <th>Loss</th> <th>Save</th> <th>Time of Game</th> <th>Attendance</th> <th>Record</th> <th>Box/<br />Streak </th></tr> <tr style="background:#fcc"> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/BOS/BOS199805010.shtml">27</a></td> <td>May 1</td> <td>6:07<span class="nowrap"> </span>p.m. <a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">CDT</a></td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/1998_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1998 Boston Red Sox season">Red Sox</a></td> <td>L 3–5</td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Wasdin" title="John Wasdin">Wasdin</a> (3–0)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Aaron_Sele" title="Aaron Sele">Sele</a></b> (5–1)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tom_Gordon" title="Tom Gordon">Gordon</a> (10)</td> <td>2:37</td> <td>24,169</td> <td>18–9</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1998/B05010BOS1998.htm">L2</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#cfc"> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/BOS/BOS199805020.shtml">28</a></td> <td>May 2</td> <td>12:06<span class="nowrap"> </span>p.m. <a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">CDT</a></td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/1998_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1998 Boston Red Sox season">Red Sox</a></td> <td><b>W</b> 7–6</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Rick_Helling" title="Rick Helling">Helling</a></b> (6–0)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brian_Rose_(baseball)" title="Brian Rose (baseball)">Rose</a> (1–2)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/John_Wetteland" title="John Wetteland">Wetteland</a></b> (7)</td> <td>2:53</td> <td>25,827</td> <td>19–9</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1998/B05020BOS1998.htm">W1</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fcc"> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/BOS/BOS199805030.shtml">29</a></td> <td>May 3</td> <td>12:05<span class="nowrap"> </span>p.m. <a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">CDT</a></td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/1998_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1998 Boston Red Sox season">Red Sox</a></td> <td>L 1–2</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pedro_Mart%C3%ADnez" title="Pedro Martínez">Martínez</a> (3–0)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Darren_Oliver" title="Darren Oliver">Oliver</a></b> (1–4)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tom_Gordon" title="Tom Gordon">Gordon</a> (11)</td> <td>2:33</td> <td>28,075</td> <td>19–10</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1998/B05030BOS1998.htm">L1</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fcc"> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/TEX/TEX199805050.shtml">30</a></td> <td><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Tuesday">May 5</span></td> <td>8:05<span class="nowrap"> </span>p.m. <a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">CDT</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1998_New_York_Yankees_season" title="1998 New York Yankees season">Yankees</a></td> <td>L 2–7</td> <td><a href="/wiki/David_Cone" title="David Cone">Cone</a> (4–1)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/John_Burkett" title="John Burkett">Burkett</a></b> (2–4)</td> <td>—</td> <td>3:26</td> <td>31,693</td> <td>19–11</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1998/B05050TEX1998.htm">L2</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fcc"> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/TEX/TEX199805060.shtml">31</a></td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Wednesday">May 6</span></td> <td>8:35<span class="nowrap"> </span>p.m. <a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">CDT</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1998_New_York_Yankees_season" title="1998 New York Yankees season">Yankees</a></td> <td>L 13–15</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mike_Stanton_(left-handed_pitcher)" title="Mike Stanton (left-handed pitcher)">Stanton</a> (2–0)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Danny_Patterson" title="Danny Patterson">Patterson</a></b> (0–1)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mariano_Rivera" title="Mariano Rivera">Rivera</a> (5)</td> <td>4:06</td> <td>33,274</td> <td>19–12</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1998/B05060TEX1998.htm">L3</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fcc"> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/TEX/TEX199805070.shtml">32</a></td> <td>May 7</td> <td>8:35<span class="nowrap"> </span>p.m. <a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">CDT</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1998_Cleveland_Indians_season" title="1998 Cleveland Indians season">Indians</a></td> <td>L 2–7</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bartolo_Col%C3%B3n" title="Bartolo Colón">Colón</a> (3–1)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Aaron_Sele" title="Aaron Sele">Sele</a></b> (5–2)</td> <td>–</td> <td>2:21</td> <td>28,504</td> <td>19–13</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1998/B05070TEX1998.htm">L4</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#cfc"> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/TEX/TEX199805080.shtml">33</a></td> <td>May 8</td> <td>7:35<span class="nowrap"> </span>p.m. <a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">CDT</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1998_Cleveland_Indians_season" title="1998 Cleveland Indians season">Indians</a></td> <td><b>W</b> 6–3</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Xavier_Hernandez_(baseball)" title="Xavier Hernandez (baseball)">Hernandez</a></b> (1–0)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Mesa" title="José Mesa">Mesa</a> (3–1)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/John_Wetteland" title="John Wetteland">Wetteland</a></b> (8)</td> <td>3:05</td> <td>38,067</td> <td>20–13</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1998/B05080TEX1998.htm">W1</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#cfc"> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/TEX/TEX199805090.shtml">34</a></td> <td>May 9</td> <td>7:37<span class="nowrap"> </span>p.m. <a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">CDT</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1998_Cleveland_Indians_season" title="1998 Cleveland Indians season">Indians</a></td> <td><b>W</b> 7–3</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Darren_Oliver" title="Darren Oliver">Oliver</a></b> (2–4)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Charles_Nagy" title="Charles Nagy">Nagy</a> (3–2)</td> <td>–</td> <td>2:19</td> <td>46,355</td> <td>21–13</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1998/B05090TEX1998.htm">W2</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#cfc"> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/TEX/TEX199805100.shtml">35</a></td> <td>May 10</td> <td>7:07<span class="nowrap"> </span>p.m. <a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">CDT</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1998_Cleveland_Indians_season" title="1998 Cleveland Indians season">Indians</a></td> <td><b>W</b> 5–3</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/John_Burkett" title="John Burkett">Burkett</a></b> (4–5)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jaret_Wright" title="Jaret Wright">Wright</a> (3–4)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/John_Wetteland" title="John Wetteland">Wetteland</a></b> (9)</td> <td>2:45</td> <td>31,232</td> <td>22–13</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1998/B05100TEX1998.htm">W3</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#cfc"> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/TEX/TEX199805110.shtml">36</a></td> <td>May 11</td> <td>6:35<span class="nowrap"> </span>p.m. <a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">CDT</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1998_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1998 Boston Red Sox season">Red Sox</a></td> <td><b>W</b> 8–2</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Witt" title="Bobby Witt">Witt</a></b> (4–1)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Wasdin" title="John Wasdin">Wasdin</a> (3–1)</td> <td>–</td> <td>2:25</td> <td>40,275</td> <td>23–13</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1998/B05110TEX1998.htm">W4</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#cfc"> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/TEX/TEX199805120.shtml">37</a></td> <td>May 12</td> <td>1:35<span class="nowrap"> </span>p.m. <a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">CDT</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1998_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1998 Boston Red Sox season">Red Sox</a></td> <td><b>W</b> 6–3</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Aaron_Sele" title="Aaron Sele">Sele</a></b> (6–2)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brian_Rose_(baseball)" title="Brian Rose (baseball)">Rose</a> (1–4)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/John_Wetteland" title="John Wetteland">Wetteland</a></b> (10)</td> <td>2:49</td> <td>39,614</td> <td>24–13</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1998/B05120TEX1998.htm">W5</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fcc"> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA199805130.shtml">38</a></td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Wednesday">May 13</span></td> <td>6:38<span class="nowrap"> </span>p.m. <a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">CDT</a></td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/1998_New_York_Yankees_season" title="1998 New York Yankees season">Yankees</a></td> <td>L 6–8</td> <td><a href="/wiki/David_Cone" title="David Cone">Cone</a> (5–1)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Rick_Helling" title="Rick Helling">Helling</a></b> (6–1)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mariano_Rivera" title="Mariano Rivera">Rivera</a> (7)</td> <td>3:13</td> <td>23,142</td> <td>24–14</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1998/B05130NYA1998.htm">L1</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#cfc"> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA199805140.shtml">39</a></td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Thursday">May 14</span></td> <td>6:36<span class="nowrap"> </span>p.m. <a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">CDT</a></td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/1998_New_York_Yankees_season" title="1998 New York Yankees season">Yankees</a></td> <td><b>W</b> 7–5 <span style="font-size:85%;">(13)</span></td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Danny_Patterson" title="Danny Patterson">Patterson</a></b> (1–1)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Willie_Banks_(baseball)" title="Willie Banks (baseball)">Banks</a> (1–1)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/John_Wetteland" title="John Wetteland">Wetteland</a></b> (11)</td> <td>4:53</td> <td>20,694</td> <td>25–14</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1998/B05140NYA1998.htm">W1</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fcc"> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CLE/CLE199805150.shtml">40</a></td> <td>May 15</td> <td>6:06<span class="nowrap"> </span>p.m. <a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">CDT</a></td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/1998_Cleveland_Indians_season" title="1998 Cleveland Indians season">Indians</a></td> <td>L 2–3 <span style="font-size:85%;">(14)</span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rick_Krivda" title="Rick Krivda">Krivda</a> (2–0)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Al_Levine" title="Al Levine">Levine</a></b> (0–1)</td> <td>–</td> <td>4:00</td> <td>41,128</td> <td>25–15</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1998/B05150CLE1998.htm">L1</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fcc"> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CLE/CLE199805160.shtml">41</a></td> <td>May 16</td> <td>12:06<span class="nowrap"> </span>p.m. <a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">CDT</a></td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/1998_Cleveland_Indians_season" title="1998 Cleveland Indians season">Indians</a></td> <td>L 3–10</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dave_Burba" title="Dave Burba">Burba</a> (4–4)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Witt" title="Bobby Witt">Witt</a></b> (4–2)</td> <td>–</td> <td>2:43</td> <td>40,925</td> <td>25–16</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1998/B05160CLE1998.htm">L2</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#cfc"> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CLE/CLE199805170.shtml">42</a></td> <td>May 17</td> <td>12:08<span class="nowrap"> </span>p.m. <a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">CDT</a></td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/1998_Cleveland_Indians_season" title="1998 Cleveland Indians season">Indians</a></td> <td><b>W</b> 1–0</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Aaron_Sele" title="Aaron Sele">Sele</a></b> (7–2)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bartolo_Col%C3%B3n" title="Bartolo Colón">Colón</a> (3–2)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/John_Wetteland" title="John Wetteland">Wetteland</a></b> (12)</td> <td>2:26</td> <td>42,247</td> <td>26–16</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1998/B05170CLE1998.htm">W1</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fcc"> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/BAL/BAL199805280.shtml">51</a></td> <td>May 28</td> <td></td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/1998_Baltimore_Orioles_season" title="1998 Baltimore Orioles season">Orioles</a></td> <td>L 2–5</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>2:49</td> <td>42,294</td> <td>31–20</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1998/B05280BAL1998.htm">L4</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fcc"> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/BAL/BAL199805290.shtml">52</a></td> <td>May 29</td> <td></td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/1998_Baltimore_Orioles_season" title="1998 Baltimore Orioles season">Orioles</a></td> <td>L 3–6</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>2:59</td> <td>47,091</td> <td>31–21</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1998/B05290BAL1998.htm">L5</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#cfc"> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/BAL/BAL199805300.shtml">53</a></td> <td>May 30</td> <td></td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/1998_Baltimore_Orioles_season" title="1998 Baltimore Orioles season">Orioles</a></td> <td><b>W</b> 10–8</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>3:44</td> <td>47,866</td> <td>32–21</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1998/B05300BAL1998.htm">W1</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#cfc"> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/BAL/BAL199805310.shtml">54</a></td> <td>May 31</td> <td></td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/1998_Baltimore_Orioles_season" title="1998 Baltimore Orioles season">Orioles</a></td> <td><b>W</b> 9–5</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>3:23</td> <td>47,437</td> <td>33–21</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1998/B05310BAL1998.htm">W2</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table></div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="padding: 4px; text-align: center; font-size: 95%; background:#003366;color:red;; background: inherit; border: 1px solid #a2a9b1;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold; background-color: #ccf; background:#003366;color:red;"><div style="margin: 0 4em">June: 13–15 (Home: 5–8; Away: 8–7)</div></div> <div class="mw-collapsible-content" style="font-size: 100%; text-align:center;"> <table class="wikitable" style="width:100%; text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th>#</th> <th>Date</th> <th>Time (<a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">CT</a>)</th> <th>Opponent</th> <th>Score</th> <th>Win</th> <th>Loss</th> <th>Save</th> <th>Time of Game</th> <th>Attendance</th> <th>Record</th> <th>Box/<br />Streak </th></tr> <tr style="background:#cfc"> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/TEX/TEX199806050.shtml">59</a></td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Friday">June 5</span></td> <td>7:36<span class="nowrap"> </span>p.m. <a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">CDT</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1998_San_Diego_Padres_season" title="1998 San Diego Padres season">Padres</a></td> <td><b>W</b> 8–7</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Tim_Crabtree" title="Tim Crabtree">Crabtree</a></b> (3–0)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Donne_Wall" title="Donne Wall">Wall</a> (2–2)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/John_Wetteland" title="John Wetteland">Wetteland</a></b> (15)</td> <td>3:02</td> <td>37,903</td> <td>36–23</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1998/B06050TEX1998.htm">W1</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#cfc"> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/TEX/TEX199806060.shtml">60</a></td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Saturday">June 6</span></td> <td>7:36<span class="nowrap"> </span>p.m. <a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">CDT</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1998_San_Diego_Padres_season" title="1998 San Diego Padres season">Padres</a></td> <td><b>W</b> 3–0</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/John_Burkett" title="John Burkett">Burkett</a></b> (4–5)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sterling_Hitchcock" title="Sterling Hitchcock">Hitchcock</a> (3–1)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/John_Wetteland" title="John Wetteland">Wetteland</a></b> (16)</td> <td>2:36</td> <td>46,022</td> <td>37–23</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1998/B06060TEX1998.htm">W2</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fcc"> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/TEX/TEX199806070.shtml">61</a></td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Sunday">June 7</span></td> <td>2:05<span class="nowrap"> </span>p.m. <a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">CDT</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1998_San_Diego_Padres_season" title="1998 San Diego Padres season">Padres</a></td> <td>L 8–17</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dan_Miceli" title="Dan Miceli">Miceli</a> (5–2)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Danny_Patterson" title="Danny Patterson">Patterson</a></b> (1–2)</td> <td>—</td> <td>3:28</td> <td>46,372</td> <td>37–24</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1998/B06070TEX1998.htm">L1</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#cfc"> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/COL/COL199806080.shtml">62</a></td> <td>June 8</td> <td></td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/1998_Colorado_Rockies_season" title="1998 Colorado Rockies season">Rockies</a></td> <td><b>W</b> 3–1</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>2:27</td> <td>48,070</td> <td>38–24</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1998/B06080COL1998.htm">W1</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#cfc"> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/COL/COL199806090.shtml">63</a></td> <td>June 9</td> <td></td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/1998_Colorado_Rockies_season" title="1998 Colorado Rockies season">Rockies</a></td> <td><b>W</b> 5–2</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>2:57</td> <td>48,068</td> <td>39–24</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1998/B06090COL1998.htm">W2</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fcc"> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/COL/COL199806100.shtml">64</a></td> <td>June 10</td> <td></td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/1998_Colorado_Rockies_season" title="1998 Colorado Rockies season">Rockies</a></td> <td>L 8–9 <span style="font-size:85%;">(10)</span></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>–</td> <td>3:10</td> <td>48,061</td> <td>39–25</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1998/B06100COL1998.htm">L1</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fcc"> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/TEX/TEX199806120.shtml">65</a></td> <td>June 12</td> <td>7:35<span class="nowrap"> </span>p.m. <a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">CDT</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1998_Anaheim_Angels_season" title="1998 Anaheim Angels season">Angels</a></td> <td>L 1–5</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Omar_Olivares" title="Omar Olivares">Olivares</a> (4–2)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/John_Burkett" title="John Burkett">Burkett</a></b> (4–6)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Greg_Cadaret" title="Greg Cadaret">Cadaret</a> (1)</td> <td>2:32</td> <td>35,505</td> <td>39–26</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1998/B06120TEX1998.htm">L2</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fcc"> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/TEX/TEX199806130.shtml">66</a></td> <td>June 13</td> <td>7:36<span class="nowrap"> </span>p.m. <a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">CDT</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1998_Anaheim_Angels_season" title="1998 Anaheim Angels season">Angels</a></td> <td>L 6–18</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jarrod_Washburn" title="Jarrod Washburn">Washburn</a> (2–0)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Aaron_Sele" title="Aaron Sele">Sele</a></b> (10–4)</td> <td>–</td> <td>3:08</td> <td>46,289</td> <td>39–27</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1998/B06130TEX1998.htm">L3</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#cfc"> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/TEX/TEX199806140.shtml">67</a></td> <td>June 14</td> <td>7:05<span class="nowrap"> </span>p.m. <a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">CDT</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1998_Anaheim_Angels_season" title="1998 Anaheim Angels season">Angels</a></td> <td><b>W</b> 4–2</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Rick_Helling" title="Rick Helling">Helling</a></b> (9–3)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Finley" title="Chuck Finley">Finley</a> (7–3)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/John_Wetteland" title="John Wetteland">Wetteland</a></b> (19)</td> <td>2:25</td> <td>36,648</td> <td>40–27</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1998/B06140TEX1998.htm">W!</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fcc"> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/TEX/TEX199806150.shtml">68</a></td> <td>June 15</td> <td>7:36<span class="nowrap"> </span>p.m. <a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">CDT</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1998_Anaheim_Angels_season" title="1998 Anaheim Angels season">Angels</a></td> <td>L 5–8</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Steve_Sparks_(pitcher,_born_1965)" title="Steve Sparks (pitcher, born 1965)">Sparks</a> (1–0)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Witt" title="Bobby Witt">Witt</a></b> (5–4)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Troy_Percival" title="Troy Percival">Percival</a> (20)</td> <td>3:02</td> <td>43,380</td> <td>40–28</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1998/B06150TEX1998.htm">L1</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#cfc"> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/ANA/ANA199806190.shtml">72</a></td> <td>June 19</td> <td>9:05<span class="nowrap"> </span>p.m. <a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">CDT</a></td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/1998_Anaheim_Angels_season" title="1998 Anaheim Angels season">Angels</a></td> <td><b>W</b> 7–3</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Rick_Helling" title="Rick Helling">Helling</a></b> (10–3)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Finley" title="Chuck Finley">Finley</a> (7–4)</td> <td>–</td> <td>2:54</td> <td>38,866</td> <td>42–30</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1998/B06190ANA1998.htm">W2</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fcc"> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/ANA/ANA199806200.shtml">73</a></td> <td>June 20</td> <td>3:08<span class="nowrap"> </span>p.m. <a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">CDT</a></td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/1998_Anaheim_Angels_season" title="1998 Anaheim Angels season">Angels</a></td> <td>L 3–8</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Steve_Sparks_(pitcher,_born_1965)" title="Steve Sparks (pitcher, born 1965)">Sparks</a> (2–0)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Todd_Van_Poppel" title="Todd Van Poppel">Van Poppel</a></b> (0–1)</td> <td>–</td> <td>3:20</td> <td>31,671</td> <td>42–31</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1998/B06200ANA1998.htm">L1</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fcc"> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/ANA/ANA199806210.shtml">74</a></td> <td>June 21</td> <td>7:05<span class="nowrap"> </span>p.m. <a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">CDT</a></td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/1998_Anaheim_Angels_season" title="1998 Anaheim Angels season">Angels</a></td> <td>L 7–10</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jason_Dickson" title="Jason Dickson">Dickson</a> (8–4)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Matt_Perisho" title="Matt Perisho">Perisho</a></b> (0–2)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Troy_Percival" title="Troy Percival">Percival</a> (23)</td> <td>2:54</td> <td>38,866</td> <td>42–32</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1998/B06210ANA1998.htm">L2</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#cfc"> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/SFN/SFN199806260.shtml">79</a></td> <td>June 26</td> <td>9:35<span class="nowrap"> </span>p.m. <a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">CDT</a></td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/1998_San_Francisco_Giants_season" title="1998 San Francisco Giants season">Giants</a></td> <td><b>W</b> 7–3</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Darren_Oliver" title="Darren Oliver">Oliver</a></b> (4–5)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Orel_Hershiser" title="Orel Hershiser">Hershiser</a> (6–6)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/John_Wetteland" title="John Wetteland">Wetteland</a></b> (22)</td> <td>2:47</td> <td>18,180</td> <td>46–33</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1998/B06260SFN1998.htm">W4</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fcc"> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/SFN/SFN199806270.shtml">80</a></td> <td>June 27</td> <td>3:06<span class="nowrap"> </span>p.m. <a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">CDT</a></td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/1998_San_Francisco_Giants_season" title="1998 San Francisco Giants season">Giants</a></td> <td>L 5–6 <span style="font-size:85%;">(10)</span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Robb_Nen" title="Robb Nen">Nen</a> (5–1)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Danny_Patterson" title="Danny Patterson">Patterson</a></b> (1–3)</td> <td>–</td> <td>3:30</td> <td>28,753</td> <td>46–34</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1998/B06270SFN1998.htm">L1</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fcc"> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/SFN/SFN199806280.shtml">81</a></td> <td>June 28</td> <td>3:05<span class="nowrap"> </span>p.m. <a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">CDT</a></td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/1998_San_Francisco_Giants_season" title="1998 San Francisco Giants season">Giants</a></td> <td>L 0–7</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mark_Gardner_(baseball)" title="Mark Gardner (baseball)">Gardner</a> (7–3)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Aaron_Sele" title="Aaron Sele">Sele</a></b> (11–5)</td> <td>–</td> <td>2:02</td> <td>36,664</td> <td>46–35</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1998/B06280SFN1998.htm">L2</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fcc"> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/TEX/TEX199806300.shtml">82</a></td> <td>June 30</td> <td>7:37<span class="nowrap"> </span>p.m. <a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">CDT</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1998_Los_Angeles_Dodgers_season" title="1998 Los Angeles Dodgers season">Dodgers</a></td> <td>L 1–4</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Darren_Dreifort" title="Darren Dreifort">Dreifort</a> (5–6)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Rick_Helling" title="Rick Helling">Helling</a></b> (11–4)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Antonio_Osuna" title="Antonio Osuna">Osuna</a> (5)</td> <td>2:34</td> <td>37,837</td> <td>46–36</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1998/B06300TEX1998.htm">L3</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table></div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="padding: 4px; text-align: center; font-size: 95%; background:#003366;color:red;; background: inherit; border: 1px solid #a2a9b1;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold; background-color: #ccf; background:#003366;color:red;"><div style="margin: 0 4em">July: 11–15 (Home: 5–6; Away: 6–9)</div></div> <div class="mw-collapsible-content" style="font-size: 100%; text-align:center;"> <table class="wikitable" style="width:100%; text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th>#</th> <th>Date</th> <th>Time (<a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">CT</a>)</th> <th>Opponent</th> <th>Score</th> <th>Win</th> <th>Loss</th> <th>Save</th> <th>Time of Game</th> <th>Attendance</th> <th>Record</th> <th>Box/<br />Streak </th></tr> <tr style="background:#fcc"> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/TEX/TEX199807010.shtml">83</a></td> <td>July 1</td> <td>7:36<span class="nowrap"> </span>p.m. <a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">CDT</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1998_Los_Angeles_Dodgers_season" title="1998 Los Angeles Dodgers season">Dodgers</a></td> <td>L 5–7</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Scott_Radinsky" title="Scott Radinsky">Radinsky</a> (3–4)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/John_Wetteland" title="John Wetteland">Wetteland</a></b> (2–1)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Antonio_Osuna" title="Antonio Osuna">Osuna</a> (6)</td> <td>3:07</td> <td>28,928</td> <td>46–37</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1998/B07010TEX1998.htm">L4</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fcc"> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/TEX/TEX199807020.shtml">84</a></td> <td>July 2</td> <td>7:35<span class="nowrap"> </span>p.m. <a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">CDT</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1998_Los_Angeles_Dodgers_season" title="1998 Los Angeles Dodgers season">Dodgers</a></td> <td>L 1–4</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chan_Ho_Park" title="Chan Ho Park">Park</a> (7–5)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Darren_Oliver" title="Darren Oliver">Oliver</a></b> (4–6)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Scott_Radinsky" title="Scott Radinsky">Radinsky</a> (12)</td> <td>2:47</td> <td>38,514</td> <td>46–38</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1998/B07020TEX1998.htm">L5</a> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center; background:#bbcaff;"> <td colspan="12"><b><a href="/wiki/1998_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1998 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">69th All-Star Game in Denver, Colorado</a></b> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fcc"> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/TEX/TEX199807140.shtml">94</a></td> <td>July 15</td> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1998_Baltimore_Orioles_season" title="1998 Baltimore Orioles season">Orioles</a></td> <td>L 3–14</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>–</td> <td>3:12</td> <td>46,682</td> <td>51–43</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1998/B07150TEX1998.htm">L4</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fcc"> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/TEX/TEX199807150.shtml">95</a></td> <td>July 16</td> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1998_Baltimore_Orioles_season" title="1998 Baltimore Orioles season">Orioles</a></td> <td>L 3–9</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>–</td> <td>3:10</td> <td>45,171</td> <td>51–44</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1998/B07160TEX1998.htm">L5</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fcc"> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/TOR/TOR199807280.shtml">105</a></td> <td>July 28</td> <td>6:10<span class="nowrap"> </span>p.m. <a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">CDT</a></td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/1998_Toronto_Blue_Jays_season" title="1998 Toronto Blue Jays season">Blue Jays</a></td> <td>L 3–8</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Roger_Clemens" title="Roger Clemens">Clemens</a> (13–6)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Aaron_Sele" title="Aaron Sele">Sele</a></b> (12–8)</td> <td>–</td> <td>2:53</td> <td>29,177</td> <td>56–49</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1998/B07280TOR1998.htm">L4</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#cfc"> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/TOR/TOR199807290.shtml">106</a></td> <td>July 29</td> <td>6:07<span class="nowrap"> </span>p.m. <a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">CDT</a></td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/1998_Toronto_Blue_Jays_season" title="1998 Toronto Blue Jays season">Blue Jays</a></td> <td><b>W</b> 9–6</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Darren_Oliver" title="Darren Oliver">Oliver</a></b> (6–7)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chris_Carpenter" title="Chris Carpenter">Carpenter</a> (6–5)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/John_Wetteland" title="John Wetteland">Wetteland</a></b> (28)</td> <td>3:02</td> <td>28,220</td> <td>57–49</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1998/B07290TOR1998.htm">W1</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fcc"> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/TOR/TOR199807300.shtml">107</a></td> <td>July 30</td> <td>6:06<span class="nowrap"> </span>p.m. <a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">CDT</a></td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/1998_Toronto_Blue_Jays_season" title="1998 Toronto Blue Jays season">Blue Jays</a></td> <td>L 0–1</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Juan_Guzm%C3%A1n_(baseball)" title="Juan Guzmán (baseball)">Guzmán</a> (6–12)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Esteban_Loaiza" title="Esteban Loaiza">Loaiza</a></b> (6–7)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Randy_Myers" title="Randy Myers">Myers</a> (26)</td> <td>2:16</td> <td>29,264</td> <td>57–50</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1998/B07300TOR1998.htm">L1</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fcc"> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/TEX/TEX199807310.shtml">108</a></td> <td>July 31</td> <td>7:36<span class="nowrap"> </span>p.m. <a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">CDT</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1998_Chicago_White_Sox_season" title="1998 Chicago White Sox season">White Sox</a></td> <td>L 2–10</td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Snyder_(baseball)" title="John Snyder (baseball)">Snyder</a> (3–0)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/John_Burkett" title="John Burkett">Burkett</a></b> (6–11)</td> <td>–</td> <td>2:57</td> <td>38,846</td> <td>57–51</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1998/B07310TEX1998.htm">L2</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table></div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="padding: 4px; text-align: center; font-size: 95%; background:#003366;color:red;; background: inherit; border: 1px solid #a2a9b1;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold; background-color: #ccf; background:#003366;color:red;"><div style="margin: 0 4em">August: 16–13 (Home: 11–5; Away: 5–8)</div></div> <div class="mw-collapsible-content" style="font-size: 100%; text-align:center;"> <table class="wikitable" style="width:100%; text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th>#</th> <th>Date</th> <th>Time (<a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">CT</a>)</th> <th>Opponent</th> <th>Score</th> <th>Win</th> <th>Loss</th> <th>Save</th> <th>Time of Game</th> <th>Attendance</th> <th>Record</th> <th>Box/<br />Streak </th></tr> <tr style="background:#cfc"> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/TEX/TEX199808010.shtml">109</a></td> <td>August 1</td> <td>7:36<span class="nowrap"> </span>p.m. <a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">CDT</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1998_Chicago_White_Sox_season" title="1998 Chicago White Sox season">White Sox</a></td> <td><b>W</b> 8–1</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Rick_Helling" title="Rick Helling">Helling</a></b> (14–6)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mike_Sirotka" title="Mike Sirotka">Sirotka</a> (10–10)</td> <td>–</td> <td>3:04</td> <td>42,425</td> <td>58–51</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1998/B08010TEX1998.htm">W1</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#cfc"> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/TEX/TEX199808020.shtml">110</a></td> <td>August 2</td> <td>7:06<span class="nowrap"> </span>p.m. <a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">CDT</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1998_Chicago_White_Sox_season" title="1998 Chicago White Sox season">White Sox</a></td> <td><b>W</b> 12–3</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Aaron_Sele" title="Aaron Sele">Sele</a></b> (13–8)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jaime_Navarro" title="Jaime Navarro">Navarro</a> (8–13)</td> <td>–</td> <td>2:39</td> <td>28,175</td> <td>59–51</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1998/B08020TEX1998.htm">W2</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#cfc"> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/TEX/TEX199808040.shtml">111</a></td> <td>August 4</td> <td>7:36<span class="nowrap"> </span>p.m. <a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">CDT</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1998_Toronto_Blue_Jays_season" title="1998 Toronto Blue Jays season">Blue Jays</a></td> <td><b>W</b> 11–9</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Todd_Stottlemyre" title="Todd Stottlemyre">Stottlemyre</a></b> (10–9)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chris_Carpenter" title="Chris Carpenter">Carpenter</a> (6–6)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/John_Wetteland" title="John Wetteland">Wetteland</a></b> (29)</td> <td>3:40</td> <td>45,213</td> <td>60–51</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1998/B08040TEX1998.htm">W3</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#cfc"> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/TEX/TEX199808050.shtml">112</a></td> <td>August 5</td> <td>7:38<span class="nowrap"> </span>p.m. <a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">CDT</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1998_Toronto_Blue_Jays_season" title="1998 Toronto Blue Jays season">Blue Jays</a></td> <td><b>W</b> 4–3</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/John_Wetteland" title="John Wetteland">Wetteland</a></b> (3–1)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Randy_Myers" title="Randy Myers">Myers</a> (3–4)</td> <td>–</td> <td>2:50</td> <td>27,766</td> <td>61–51</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1998/B08050TEX1998.htm">W4</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#cfc"> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/TEX/TEX199808060.shtml">113</a></td> <td>August 6</td> <td>7:36<span class="nowrap"> </span>p.m. <a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">CDT</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1998_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1998 Boston Red Sox season">Red Sox</a></td> <td><b>W</b> 7–4</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/John_Burkett" title="John Burkett">Burkett</a></b> (7–11)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bret_Saberhagen" title="Bret Saberhagen">Saberhagen</a> (11–6)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/John_Wetteland" title="John Wetteland">Wetteland</a></b> (30)</td> <td>2:50</td> <td>32,132</td> <td>62–51</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1998/B08060TEX1998.htm">W5</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#cfc"> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/TEX/TEX199808070.shtml">114</a></td> <td>August 7</td> <td>7:35<span class="nowrap"> </span>p.m. <a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">CDT</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1998_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1998 Boston Red Sox season">Red Sox</a></td> <td><b>W</b> 4–3</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Rick_Helling" title="Rick Helling">Helling</a></b> (15–6)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pedro_Mart%C3%ADnez" title="Pedro Martínez">Martínez</a> (15–4)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/John_Wetteland" title="John Wetteland">Wetteland</a></b> (31)</td> <td>2:57</td> <td>34,906</td> <td>63–51</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1998/B08070TEX1998.htm">W6</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fcc"> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/TEX/TEX199808080.shtml">115</a></td> <td>August 8</td> <td>7:35<span class="nowrap"> </span>p.m. <a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">CDT</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1998_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1998 Boston Red Sox season">Red Sox</a></td> <td>L 1–11</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tim_Wakefield" title="Tim Wakefield">Wakefield</a> (14–5)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Aaron_Sele" title="Aaron Sele">Sele</a></b> (13–9)</td> <td>–</td> <td>2:33</td> <td>44,242</td> <td>63–52</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1998/B08080TEX1998.htm">L1</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fcc"> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/TEX/TEX199808090.shtml">116</a></td> <td>August 9</td> <td>7:06<span class="nowrap"> </span>p.m. <a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">CDT</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1998_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1998 Boston Red Sox season">Red Sox</a></td> <td>L 8–14</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jim_Corsi_(baseball)" title="Jim Corsi (baseball)">Corsi</a> (3–1)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Todd_Stottlemyre" title="Todd Stottlemyre">Stottlemyre</a></b> (10–10)</td> <td>–</td> <td>3:15</td> <td>31,127</td> <td>63–53</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1998/B08090TEX1998.htm">L2</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#cfc"> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CLE/CLE199808110.shtml">117</a></td> <td>August 11</td> <td>6:06<span class="nowrap"> </span>p.m. <a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">CDT</a></td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/1998_Cleveland_Indians_season" title="1998 Cleveland Indians season">Indians</a></td> <td><b>W</b> 2–1</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Esteban_Loaiza" title="Esteban Loaiza">Loaiza</a></b> (7–7)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Steve_Karsay" title="Steve Karsay">Karsay</a> (0–2)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/John_Wetteland" title="John Wetteland">Wetteland</a></b> (32)</td> <td>2:30</td> <td>42,992</td> <td>64–53</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1998/B08110CLE1998.htm">W1</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fcc"> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CLE/CLE199808120.shtml">118</a></td> <td>August 12</td> <td>6:37<span class="nowrap"> </span>p.m. <a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">CDT</a></td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/1998_Cleveland_Indians_season" title="1998 Cleveland Indians season">Indians</a></td> <td>L 3–6</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bartolo_Col%C3%B3n" title="Bartolo Colón">Colón</a> (12–6)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/John_Burkett" title="John Burkett">Burkett</a></b> (7–12)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mike_Jackson_(right-handed_pitcher)" title="Mike Jackson (right-handed pitcher)">Jackson</a> (28)</td> <td>3:07</td> <td>43,247</td> <td>64–54</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1998/B08120CLE1998.htm">L1</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fcc"> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA199808130.shtml">119</a></td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Thursday">August 13</span></td> <td>6:37<span class="nowrap"> </span>p.m. <a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">CDT</a></td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/1998_New_York_Yankees_season" title="1998 New York Yankees season">Yankees</a></td> <td>L 0–2</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Orlando_Hern%C3%A1ndez" title="Orlando Hernández">Hernández</a> (8–3)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Rick_Helling" title="Rick Helling">Helling</a></b> (15–7)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mariano_Rivera" title="Mariano Rivera">Rivera</a> (31)</td> <td>2:30</td> <td>53,835</td> <td>64–55</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1998/B08130NYA1998.htm">L2</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fcc"> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA199808140.shtml">120</a></td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Friday">August 14</span></td> <td>6:36<span class="nowrap"> </span>p.m. <a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">CDT</a></td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/1998_New_York_Yankees_season" title="1998 New York Yankees season">Yankees</a></td> <td>L 4–6</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Andy_Pettitte" title="Andy Pettitte">Pettitte</a> (14–6)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Aaron_Sele" title="Aaron Sele">Sele</a></b> (13–10)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mariano_Rivera" title="Mariano Rivera">Rivera</a> (32)</td> <td>2:47</td> <td>46,547</td> <td>64–56</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1998/B08140NYA1998.htm">L3</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#cfc"> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA199808150.shtml">121</a></td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Saturday">August 15</span></td> <td>12:18<span class="nowrap"> </span>p.m. <a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">CDT</a></td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/1998_New_York_Yankees_season" title="1998 New York Yankees season">Yankees</a></td> <td><b>W</b> 16–5</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Todd_Stottlemyre" title="Todd Stottlemyre">Stottlemyre</a></b> (11–10)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hideki_Irabu" title="Hideki Irabu">Irabu</a> (11–6)</td> <td>—</td> <td>3:48</td> <td>53,117</td> <td>65–56</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1998/B08150NYA1998.htm">W1</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fcc"> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA199808160.shtml">122</a></td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Sunday">August 16</span></td> <td>12:35<span class="nowrap"> </span>p.m. <a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">CDT</a></td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/1998_New_York_Yankees_season" title="1998 New York Yankees season">Yankees</a></td> <td>L 5–6</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mariano_Rivera" title="Mariano Rivera">Rivera</a> (2–0)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Xavier_Hernandez_(baseball)" title="Xavier Hernandez (baseball)">Hernandez</a></b> (5–2)</td> <td>—</td> <td>3:18</td> <td>50,304</td> <td>65–57</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1998/B08160NYA1998.htm">L1</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#bbb"> <td>–</td> <td>August 17</td> <td></td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/1998_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1998 Boston Red Sox season">Red Sox</a></td> <td colspan="8"><b>Postponed (Rain)</b> <small><i>(Makeup date: August 18)</i></small> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fcc"> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/BOS/BOS199808180.shtml">123</a></td> <td>August 18 <span style="font-size:85%;">(1)</span></td> <td>12:06<span class="nowrap"> </span>p.m. <a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">CDT</a></td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/1998_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1998 Boston Red Sox season">Red Sox</a></td> <td>L 1–4</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pedro_Mart%C3%ADnez" title="Pedro Martínez">Martínez</a> (16–4)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/John_Burkett" title="John Burkett">Burkett</a></b> (7–13)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tom_Gordon" title="Tom Gordon">Gordon</a> (35)</td> <td>2:34</td> <td>33,201</td> <td>65–58</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1998/B08180BOS1998.htm">L2</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fcc"> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/BOS/BOS199808180.shtml">124</a></td> <td>August 18 <span style="font-size:85%;">(2)</span></td> <td>6:07<span class="nowrap"> </span>p.m. <a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">CDT</a></td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/1998_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1998 Boston Red Sox season">Red Sox</a></td> <td>L 4–5</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Derek_Lowe" title="Derek Lowe">Lowe</a> (3–7)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Danny_Patterson" title="Danny Patterson">Patterson</a></b> (1–5)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tom_Gordon" title="Tom Gordon">Gordon</a> (36)</td> <td>3:13</td> <td>26,677</td> <td>65–59</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1998/B08180BOS1998.htm">L3</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#cfc"> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/TEX/TEX199808190.shtml">125</a></td> <td>August 19</td> <td>7:36<span class="nowrap"> </span>p.m. <a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">CDT</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1998_Cleveland_Indians_season" title="1998 Cleveland Indians season">Indians</a></td> <td><b>W</b> 3–1</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Aaron_Sele" title="Aaron Sele">Sele</a></b> (14–10)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Charles_Nagy" title="Charles Nagy">Nagy</a> (10–9)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/John_Wetteland" title="John Wetteland">Wetteland</a></b> (33)</td> <td>2:27</td> <td>26,146</td> <td>66–59</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1998/B08190TEX1998.htm">W1</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#cfc"> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/TEX/TEX199808200.shtml">126</a></td> <td>August 20</td> <td>7:36<span class="nowrap"> </span>p.m. <a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">CDT</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1998_Cleveland_Indians_season" title="1998 Cleveland Indians season">Indians</a></td> <td><b>W</b> 8–2</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Todd_Stottlemyre" title="Todd Stottlemyre">Stottlemyre</a></b> (12–10)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dave_Burba" title="Dave Burba">Burba</a> (10–9)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Danny_Patterson" title="Danny Patterson">Patterson</a></b> (2)</td> <td>2:55</td> <td>37,094</td> <td>67–59</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1998/B08200TEX1998.htm">W2</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fcc"> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/TEX/TEX199808210.shtml">127</a></td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Friday">August 21</span></td> <td>7:35<span class="nowrap"> </span>p.m. <a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">CDT</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1998_New_York_Yankees_season" title="1998 New York Yankees season">Yankees</a></td> <td>L 0–5</td> <td><a href="/wiki/David_Wells" title="David Wells">Wells</a> (16–2)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Esteban_Loaiza" title="Esteban Loaiza">Loaiza</a></b> (7–8)</td> <td>—</td> <td>2:42</td> <td>45,841</td> <td>67–60</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1998/B08210TEX1998.htm">L1</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fcc"> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/TEX/TEX199808220.shtml">128</a></td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Saturday">August 22</span></td> <td>7:37<span class="nowrap"> </span>p.m. <a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">CDT</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1998_New_York_Yankees_season" title="1998 New York Yankees season">Yankees</a></td> <td>L 9–12</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ryan_Bradley_(baseball)" title="Ryan Bradley (baseball)">Bradley</a> (1–0)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Xavier_Hernandez_(baseball)" title="Xavier Hernandez (baseball)">Hernandez</a></b> (5–3)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mariano_Rivera" title="Mariano Rivera">Rivera</a> (33)</td> <td>3:57</td> <td>46,483</td> <td>67–61</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1998/B08220TEX1998.htm">L2</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#cfc"> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/TEX/TEX199808230.shtml">129</a></td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Sunday">August 23</span></td> <td>7:06<span class="nowrap"> </span>p.m. <a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">CDT</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1998_New_York_Yankees_season" title="1998 New York Yankees season">Yankees</a></td> <td><b>W</b> 12–10</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Rick_Helling" title="Rick Helling">Helling</a></b> (16–7)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Orlando_Hern%C3%A1ndez" title="Orlando Hernández">Hernández</a> (8–4)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/John_Wetteland" title="John Wetteland">Wetteland</a></b> (34)</td> <td>3:40</td> <td>37,284</td> <td>68–61</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1998/B08230TEX1998.htm">W1</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#cfc"> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHA/CHA199808280.shtml">133</a></td> <td>August 28 <span style="font-size:85%;">(1)</span></td> <td>4:06<span class="nowrap"> </span>p.m. <a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">CDT</a></td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/1998_Chicago_White_Sox_season" title="1998 Chicago White Sox season">White Sox</a></td> <td><b>W</b> 6–5 <span style="font-size:85%;">(10)</span></td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Xavier_Hernandez_(baseball)" title="Xavier Hernandez (baseball)">Hernandez</a></b> (6–3)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bob_Howry" title="Bob Howry">Howry</a> (0–3)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/John_Wetteland" title="John Wetteland">Wetteland</a></b> (37)</td> <td>2:49</td> <td>–</td> <td>69–61</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1998/B08280CHA1998.htm">W2</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fcc"> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHA/CHA199808280.shtml">134</a></td> <td>August 28 <span style="font-size:85%;">(2)</span></td> <td>7:27<span class="nowrap"> </span>p.m. <a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">CDT</a></td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/1998_Chicago_White_Sox_season" title="1998 Chicago White Sox season">White Sox</a></td> <td>L 7–8</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bryan_Ward" title="Bryan Ward">Ward</a> (1–1)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Eric_Gunderson" title="Eric Gunderson">Gunderson</a></b> (0–2)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bob_Howry" title="Bob Howry">Howry</a> (1)</td> <td>3:21</td> <td>14,280</td> <td>69–62</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1998/B08280CHA1998.htm">L1</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#cfc"> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHA/CHA199808290.shtml">135</a></td> <td>August 29</td> <td>12:18<span class="nowrap"> </span>p.m. <a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">CDT</a></td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/1998_Chicago_White_Sox_season" title="1998 Chicago White Sox season">White Sox</a></td> <td><b>W</b> 5–3</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Aaron_Sele" title="Aaron Sele">Sele</a></b> (16–10)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mike_Sirotka" title="Mike Sirotka">Sirotka</a> (12–13)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/John_Wetteland" title="John Wetteland">Wetteland</a></b> (38)</td> <td>2:48</td> <td>16,420</td> <td>70–62</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1998/B08290CHA1998.htm">W1</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fcc"> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHA/CHA199808300.shtml">136</a></td> <td>August 30</td> <td>1:07<span class="nowrap"> </span>p.m. <a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">CDT</a></td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/1998_Chicago_White_Sox_season" title="1998 Chicago White Sox season">White Sox</a></td> <td>L 3–5</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Carlos_Castillo_(baseball)" title="Carlos Castillo (baseball)">Castillo</a> (6–4)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Todd_Stottlemyre" title="Todd Stottlemyre">Stottlemyre</a></b> (12–12)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bob_Howry" title="Bob Howry">Howry</a> (2)</td> <td>2:45</td> <td>16,701</td> <td>70–63</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1998/B08300CHA1998.htm">L1</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table></div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="padding: 4px; text-align: center; font-size: 95%; background:#003366;color:red;; background: inherit; border: 1px solid #a2a9b1;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold; background-color: #ccf; background:#003366;color:red;"><div style="margin: 0 4em">September: 15–10 (Home: 7–4; Away: 8–6)</div></div> <div class="mw-collapsible-content" style="font-size: 100%; text-align:center;"> <table class="wikitable" style="width:100%; text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th>#</th> <th>Date</th> <th>Time (<a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">CT</a>)</th> <th>Opponent</th> <th>Score</th> <th>Win</th> <th>Loss</th> <th>Save</th> <th>Time of Game</th> <th>Attendance</th> <th>Record</th> <th>Box/<br />Streak </th></tr> <tr style="background:#fcc"> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/BAL/BAL199809140.shtml">149</a></td> <td>September 14</td> <td></td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/1998_Baltimore_Orioles_season" title="1998 Baltimore Orioles season">Orioles</a></td> <td>L 0–1</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>2:48</td> <td>41,032</td> <td>79–70</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1998/B09140BAL1998.htm">L2</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#cfc"> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/BAL/BAL199809150.shtml">150</a></td> <td>September 15</td> <td></td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/1998_Baltimore_Orioles_season" title="1998 Baltimore Orioles season">Orioles</a></td> <td><b>W</b> 6–5</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>3:10</td> <td>41,363</td> <td>80–70</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1998/B09150BAL1998.htm">W1</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#cfc"> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/TEX/TEX199809160.shtml">151</a></td> <td>September 16</td> <td>7:05<span class="nowrap"> </span>p.m. <a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">CDT</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1998_Anaheim_Angels_season" title="1998 Anaheim Angels season">Angels</a></td> <td><b>W</b> 5–3</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Todd_Stottlemyre" title="Todd Stottlemyre">Stottlemyre</a></b> (13–13)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Finley" title="Chuck Finley">Finley</a> (11–8)</td> <td>–</td> <td>2:56</td> <td>37,481</td> <td>81–70</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1998/B09160TEX1998.htm">W2</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#cfc"> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/TEX/TEX199809170.shtml">152</a></td> <td>September 17</td> <td>7:06<span class="nowrap"> </span>p.m. <a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">CDT</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1998_Anaheim_Angels_season" title="1998 Anaheim Angels season">Angels</a></td> <td><b>W</b> 7–6</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Tim_Crabtree" title="Tim Crabtree">Crabtree</a></b> (6–1)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pep_Harris" title="Pep Harris">Harris</a> (3–1)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/John_Wetteland" title="John Wetteland">Wetteland</a></b> (41)</td> <td>3:22</td> <td>45,928</td> <td>82–70</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1998/B09170TEX1998.htm">W3</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#cfc"> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/ANA/ANA199809210.shtml">156</a></td> <td>September 21</td> <td>9:06<span class="nowrap"> </span>p.m. <a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">CDT</a></td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/1998_Anaheim_Angels_season" title="1998 Anaheim Angels season">Angels</a></td> <td><b>W</b> 9–1</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Todd_Stottlemyre" title="Todd Stottlemyre">Stottlemyre</a></b> (14–13)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Steve_Sparks_(pitcher,_born_1965)" title="Steve Sparks (pitcher, born 1965)">Sparks</a> (9–4)</td> <td>–</td> <td>3:15</td> <td>33,847</td> <td>84–72</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1998/B09210ANA1998.htm">W1</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#cfc"> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/ANA/ANA199809220.shtml">157</a></td> <td>September 22</td> <td>9:04<span class="nowrap"> </span>p.m. <a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">CDT</a></td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/1998_Anaheim_Angels_season" title="1998 Anaheim Angels season">Angels</a></td> <td><b>W</b> 9–1</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Rick_Helling" title="Rick Helling">Helling</a></b> (20–7)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Finley" title="Chuck Finley">Finley</a> (11–9)</td> <td>–</td> <td>2:57</td> <td>38,987</td> <td>85–72</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1998/B09220ANA1998.htm">W2</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#cfc"> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/ANA/ANA199809230.shtml">158</a></td> <td>September 23</td> <td>9:35<span class="nowrap"> </span>p.m. <a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">CDT</a></td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/1998_Anaheim_Angels_season" title="1998 Anaheim Angels season">Angels</a></td> <td><b>W</b> 7–1</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/John_Burkett" title="John Burkett">Burkett</a></b> (9–13)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ken_Hill_(baseball)" title="Ken Hill (baseball)">Hill</a> (9–6)</td> <td>–</td> <td>3:09</td> <td>42,776</td> <td>86–72</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1998/B09230ANA1998.htm">W3</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table></div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td>Legend:      <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#cfc; color:black;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> = Win      <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#fcc; color:black;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> = Loss      <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#bbb; color:black;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> = Postponement<br />Bold = Rangers team member </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Postseason_Game_log">Postseason Game log</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1998_Texas_Rangers_season&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Postseason Game log"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table style="border: 1px solid #a2a9b1; background-color: #f8f9fa; padding: 5px; font-size: 95%; width:90%; clear:both; margin:1.5em auto; text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background:red;color:#003366;">1998 Postseason game log: 0–3 (Home: 0–1; Away: 0–2) </th></tr> <tr> <td><div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="padding: 4px; text-align: center; font-size: 95%; background:#003366;color:red;; background: inherit; border: 1px solid #a2a9b1;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold; background-color: #ccf; background:#003366;color:red;"><div style="margin: 0 4em"><a href="/wiki/1998_American_League_Division_Series" title="1998 American League Division Series"><span style="color:red;">AL Division Series: vs. New York Yankees</span></a> 0–3 (Home: 0–1; Away: 0–2)</div></div> <div class="mw-collapsible-content" style="font-size: 100%; text-align:center;"> <table class="wikitable" style="width:100%; text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th>#</th> <th>Date</th> <th>Time (<a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">CT</a>)</th> <th>Opponent</th> <th>Score</th> <th>Win</th> <th>Loss</th> <th>Save</th> <th>Time of Game</th> <th>Attendance</th> <th>Series</th> <th>Box/<br />Streak </th></tr> <tr style="background:#fcc"> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA199809290.shtml">1</a></td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Tuesday">September 29</span></td> <td>7:07<span class="nowrap"> </span>p.m. <a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">CDT</a></td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/1998_New_York_Yankees_season" title="1998 New York Yankees season">Yankees</a></td> <td>L 0–2</td> <td><a href="/wiki/David_Wells" title="David Wells">Wells</a> (1–0)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Todd_Stottlemyre" title="Todd Stottlemyre">Stottlemyre</a></b> (0–1)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mariano_Rivera" title="Mariano Rivera">Rivera</a> (1)</td> <td>3:02</td> <td>57,362</td> <td>NYY 1–0</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1998/B09290NYA1998.htm">L1</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fcc"> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA199809300.shtml">2</a></td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Wednesday">September 30</span></td> <td>7:07<span class="nowrap"> </span>p.m. <a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">CDT</a></td> <td>@ <a href="/wiki/1998_New_York_Yankees_season" title="1998 New York Yankees season">Yankees</a></td> <td>L 1–3</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Andy_Pettitte" title="Andy Pettitte">Pettitte</a> (1–0)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Rick_Helling" title="Rick Helling">Helling</a></b> (0–1)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mariano_Rivera" title="Mariano Rivera">Rivera</a> (2)</td> <td>2:58</td> <td>57,360</td> <td>NYY 2–0</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1998/B09300NYA1998.htm">L2</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fcc"> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/TEX/TEX199810020.shtml">3</a></td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Friday">October 2</span></td> <td>7:12<span class="nowrap"> </span>p.m. <a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">CDT</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1998_New_York_Yankees_season" title="1998 New York Yankees season">Yankees</a></td> <td>L 0–4</td> <td><a href="/wiki/David_Cone" title="David Cone">Cone</a> (1–0)</td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Aaron_Sele" title="Aaron Sele">Sele</a></b> (0–1)</td> <td>—</td> <td>2:58</td> <td>49,450</td> <td>NYY 3–0</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1998/B10020TEX1998.htm">L3</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table></div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td>Legend:      <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#cfc; color:black;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> = Win      <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#fcc; color:black;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> = Postponement<br />Bold = Rangers team member </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Starting_Lineups">Starting Lineups</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1998_Texas_Rangers_season&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Starting Lineups"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Regular_season_3">Regular season</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1998_Texas_Rangers_season&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Regular season"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background-color: #003278 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #C0111F, inset -2px -2px 0 #C0111F; !important;;">Game </th> <th style="background-color: #003278 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #C0111F, inset -2px -2px 0 #C0111F; !important;;">Date </th> <th style="background-color: #003278 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #C0111F, inset -2px -2px 0 #C0111F; !important;;">Opponent </th> <th style="background-color: #003278 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #C0111F, inset -2px -2px 0 #C0111F; !important;;">1st </th> <th style="background-color: #003278 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #C0111F, inset -2px -2px 0 #C0111F; !important;;">2nd </th> <th style="background-color: #003278 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #C0111F, inset -2px -2px 0 #C0111F; !important;;">3rd </th> <th style="background-color: #003278 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #C0111F, inset -2px -2px 0 #C0111F; !important;;">4th </th> <th style="background-color: #003278 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #C0111F, inset -2px -2px 0 #C0111F; !important;;">5th </th> <th style="background-color: #003278 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #C0111F, inset -2px -2px 0 #C0111F; !important;;">6th </th> <th style="background-color: #003278 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #C0111F, inset -2px -2px 0 #C0111F; !important;;">7th </th> <th style="background-color: #003278 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #C0111F, inset -2px -2px 0 #C0111F; !important;;">8th </th> <th style="background-color: #003278 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #C0111F, inset -2px -2px 0 #C0111F; !important;;">9th </th> <th style="background-color: #003278 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #C0111F, inset -2px -2px 0 #C0111F; !important;;">SP </th></tr> <tr style="background:#fcc"> <th style="background-color: #003278 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #C0111F, inset -2px -2px 0 #C0111F; !important;;">30 </th> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Tuesday">May 5</span> </td> <th style="background-color: #FFFFFF !important; color: #132448 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #132448, inset -2px -2px 0 #132448; !important;;">NYY </th> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fcc"> <th style="background-color: #003278 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #C0111F, inset -2px -2px 0 #C0111F; !important;;">31 </th> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Wednesday">May 6</span> </td> <th style="background-color: #FFFFFF !important; color: #132448 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #132448, inset -2px -2px 0 #132448; !important;;">NYY </th> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fcc"> <th style="background-color: #C0111F !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #003278, inset -2px -2px 0 #003278; !important;;">38 </th> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Wednesday">May 13</span> </td> <th style="background-color: #132448 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;">@ NYY </th> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#cfc"> <th style="background-color: #C0111F !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #003278, inset -2px -2px 0 #003278; !important;;">39 </th> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Thursday">May 14</span> </td> <th style="background-color: #132448 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;">@ NYY </th> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#cfc"> <th style="background-color: #003278 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #C0111F, inset -2px -2px 0 #C0111F; !important;;">59 </th> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Friday">June 5</span> </td> <th style="background-color: #FFC425 !important; color: #2F241D !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #2F241D, inset -2px -2px 0 #2F241D; !important;;">SD </th> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#cfc"> <th style="background-color: #003278 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #C0111F, inset -2px -2px 0 #C0111F; !important;;">60 </th> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Saturday">June 6</span> </td> <th style="background-color: #FFC425 !important; color: #2F241D !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #2F241D, inset -2px -2px 0 #2F241D; !important;;">SD </th> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fcc"> <th style="background-color: #003278 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #C0111F, inset -2px -2px 0 #C0111F; !important;;">61 </th> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Sunday">June 7</span> </td> <th style="background-color: #FFC425 !important; color: #2F241D !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #2F241D, inset -2px -2px 0 #2F241D; !important;;">SD </th> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fcc"> <th style="background-color: #C0111F !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #003278, inset -2px -2px 0 #003278; !important;;">119 </th> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Thursday">August 13</span> </td> <th style="background-color: #132448 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;">@ NYY </th> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fcc"> <th style="background-color: #C0111F !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #003278, inset -2px -2px 0 #003278; !important;;">120 </th> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Friday">August 14</span> </td> <th style="background-color: #132448 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;">@ NYY </th> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#cfc"> <th style="background-color: #C0111F !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #003278, inset -2px -2px 0 #003278; !important;;">121 </th> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Saturday">August 15</span> </td> <th style="background-color: #132448 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;">@ NYY </th> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fcc"> <th style="background-color: #C0111F !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #003278, inset -2px -2px 0 #003278; !important;;">122 </th> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Sunday">August 16</span> </td> <th style="background-color: #132448 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;">@ NYY </th> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fcc"> <th style="background-color: #003278 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #C0111F, inset -2px -2px 0 #C0111F; !important;;">127 </th> <td><link 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<td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#cfc"> <th style="background-color: #003278 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #C0111F, inset -2px -2px 0 #C0111F; !important;;">129 </th> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Sunday">August 23</span> </td> <th style="background-color: #FFFFFF !important; color: #132448 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #132448, inset -2px -2px 0 #132448; !important;;">NYY </th> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Playoffs">Playoffs</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1998_Texas_Rangers_season&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Playoffs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background-color: #003278 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #C0111F, inset -2px -2px 0 #C0111F; !important;;">Game </th> <th style="background-color: #003278 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #C0111F, inset -2px -2px 0 #C0111F; !important;;">Round </th> <th style="background-color: #003278 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #C0111F, inset -2px -2px 0 #C0111F; !important;;">Date </th> <th style="background-color: #003278 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #C0111F, inset -2px -2px 0 #C0111F; !important;;">Opponent </th> <th style="background-color: #003278 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #C0111F, inset -2px -2px 0 #C0111F; !important;;">1st </th> <th style="background-color: #003278 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #C0111F, inset -2px -2px 0 #C0111F; !important;;">2nd </th> <th style="background-color: #003278 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #C0111F, inset -2px -2px 0 #C0111F; !important;;">3rd </th> <th style="background-color: #003278 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #C0111F, inset -2px -2px 0 #C0111F; !important;;">4th </th> <th style="background-color: #003278 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #C0111F, inset -2px -2px 0 #C0111F; !important;;">5th </th> <th style="background-color: #003278 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #C0111F, inset -2px -2px 0 #C0111F; !important;;">6th </th> <th style="background-color: #003278 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #C0111F, inset -2px -2px 0 #C0111F; !important;;">7th </th> <th style="background-color: #003278 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #C0111F, inset -2px -2px 0 #C0111F; !important;;">8th </th> <th style="background-color: #003278 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #C0111F, inset -2px -2px 0 #C0111F; !important;;">9th </th> <th style="background-color: #003278 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #C0111F, inset -2px -2px 0 #C0111F; !important;;">SP </th></tr> <tr style="background:#fcc"> <th style="background-color: #C0111F !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #003278, inset -2px -2px 0 #003278; !important;;">1 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/1998_American_League_Division_Series" title="1998 American League Division Series">ALDS</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Tuesday">September 29</span> </td> <th style="background-color: #132448 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;">@ NYY </th> <td>#3 <a href="/wiki/Mark_McLemore" title="Mark McLemore">McLemore</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Second_baseman" title="Second baseman">2B</a>)</span> </td> <td>#39 <a href="/wiki/Roberto_Kelly" title="Roberto Kelly">Kelly</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Center_fielder" title="Center fielder">CF</a>)</span> </td> <td>#29 <a href="/wiki/Rusty_Greer" title="Rusty Greer">Greer</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Left_fielder" title="Left fielder">LF</a>)</span> </td> <td>#19 <a href="/wiki/Juan_Gonz%C3%A1lez_(baseball)" title="Juan González (baseball)">González</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Right_fielder" title="Right fielder">RF</a>)</span> </td> <td>#22 <a href="/wiki/Will_Clark" title="Will Clark">Clark</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/First_baseman" title="First baseman">1B</a>)</span> </td> <td>#7 <a href="/wiki/Iv%C3%A1n_Rodr%C3%ADguez" title="Iván Rodríguez">Rodríguez</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Catcher" title="Catcher">C</a>)</span> </td> <td>#27 <a href="/wiki/Todd_Zeile" title="Todd Zeile">Zeile</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Third_baseman" title="Third baseman">3B</a>)</span> </td> <td>#16 <a href="/wiki/Mike_Simms" title="Mike Simms">Simms</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Designated_hitter" title="Designated hitter">DH</a>)</span> </td> <td>#18 <a href="/wiki/Royce_Clayton" title="Royce Clayton">Clayton</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Shortstop" title="Shortstop">SS</a>)</span> </td> <td>#44 <a href="/wiki/Todd_Stottlemyre" title="Todd Stottlemyre">Stottlemyre</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fcc"> <th style="background-color: #C0111F !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #003278, inset -2px -2px 0 #003278; !important;;">2 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/1998_American_League_Division_Series" title="1998 American League Division Series">ALDS</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Wednesday">September 30</span> </td> <th style="background-color: #132448 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;">@ NYY </th> <td>#3 <a href="/wiki/Mark_McLemore" title="Mark McLemore">McLemore</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Second_baseman" title="Second baseman">2B</a>)</span> </td> <td>#39 <a href="/wiki/Roberto_Kelly" title="Roberto Kelly">Kelly</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Center_fielder" title="Center fielder">CF</a>)</span> </td> <td>#29 <a href="/wiki/Rusty_Greer" title="Rusty Greer">Greer</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Left_fielder" title="Left fielder">LF</a>)</span> </td> <td>#19 <a href="/wiki/Juan_Gonz%C3%A1lez_(baseball)" title="Juan González (baseball)">González</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Right_fielder" title="Right fielder">RF</a>)</span> </td> <td>#22 <a href="/wiki/Will_Clark" title="Will Clark">Clark</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/First_baseman" title="First baseman">1B</a>)</span> </td> <td>#7 <a href="/wiki/Iv%C3%A1n_Rodr%C3%ADguez" title="Iván Rodríguez">Rodríguez</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Catcher" title="Catcher">C</a>)</span> </td> <td>#27 <a href="/wiki/Todd_Zeile" title="Todd Zeile">Zeile</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Third_baseman" title="Third baseman">3B</a>)</span> </td> <td>#16 <a href="/wiki/Mike_Simms" title="Mike Simms">Simms</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Designated_hitter" title="Designated hitter">DH</a>)</span> </td> <td>#18 <a href="/wiki/Royce_Clayton" title="Royce Clayton">Clayton</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Shortstop" title="Shortstop">SS</a>)</span> </td> <td>#32 <a href="/wiki/Rick_Helling" title="Rick Helling">Helling</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fcc"> <th style="background-color: #003278 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #C0111F, inset -2px -2px 0 #C0111F; !important;;">3 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/1998_American_League_Division_Series" title="1998 American League Division Series">ALDS</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Friday">October 2</span> </td> <th style="background-color: #FFFFFF !important; color: #132448 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #132448, inset -2px -2px 0 #132448; !important;;">NYY </th> <td>#24 <a href="/wiki/Tom_Goodwin" title="Tom Goodwin">Goodwin</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Center_fielder" title="Center fielder">CF</a>)</span> </td> <td>#3 <a href="/wiki/Mark_McLemore" title="Mark McLemore">McLemore</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Second_baseman" title="Second baseman">2B</a>)</span> </td> <td>#29 <a href="/wiki/Rusty_Greer" title="Rusty Greer">Greer</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Left_fielder" title="Left fielder">LF</a>)</span> </td> <td>#19 <a href="/wiki/Juan_Gonz%C3%A1lez_(baseball)" title="Juan González (baseball)">González</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Right_fielder" title="Right fielder">RF</a>)</span> </td> <td>#22 <a href="/wiki/Will_Clark" title="Will Clark">Clark</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/First_baseman" title="First baseman">1B</a>)</span> </td> <td>#7 <a href="/wiki/Iv%C3%A1n_Rodr%C3%ADguez" title="Iván Rodríguez">Rodríguez</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Catcher" title="Catcher">C</a>)</span> </td> <td>#11 <a href="/wiki/Lee_Stevens" title="Lee Stevens">Stevens</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Designated_hitter" title="Designated hitter">DH</a>)</span> </td> <td>#27 <a href="/wiki/Todd_Zeile" title="Todd Zeile">Zeile</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Third_baseman" title="Third baseman">3B</a>)</span> </td> <td>#18 <a href="/wiki/Royce_Clayton" title="Royce Clayton">Clayton</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Shortstop" title="Shortstop">SS</a>)</span> </td> <td>#30 <a href="/wiki/Aaron_Sele" title="Aaron Sele">Sele</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Detailed_records">Detailed records</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1998_Texas_Rangers_season&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Detailed records"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output .col-begin{border-collapse:collapse;padding:0;color:inherit;width:100%;border:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .col-begin-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .col-break{vertical-align:top;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .col-break-2{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-3{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-4{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-5{width:20%}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .col-begin,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr>td{display:block!important;width:100%!important}.mw-parser-output .col-break{padding-left:0!important}}</style><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break col-break-3"> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center; width:35em;margin: 0.5em auto;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="7" style="text-align:left; background:#c60c30;color:#fff"><b>American League</b> </th></tr> <tr> <th>Opponent</th> <th>W</th> <th>L</th> <th>WP</th> <th><abbr title="Runs scored">RS</abbr></th> <th><abbr title="Runs against">RA</abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="7" style="text-align:left; background:#c60c30;color:#fff"><b>AL East</b> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1998_Baltimore_Orioles_season" title="1998 Baltimore Orioles season">Baltimore Orioles</a></td> <td>5</td> <td>6</td> <td>0.455</td> <td>61</td> <td>74 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1998_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1998 Boston Red Sox season">Boston Red Sox</a></td> <td>5</td> <td>6</td> <td>0.455</td> <td>50</td> <td>59 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1998_New_York_Yankees_season" title="1998 New York Yankees season">New York Yankees</a></td> <td>3</td> <td>8</td> <td>0.273</td> <td>74</td> <td>81 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1998_Tampa_Bay_Devil_Rays_season" title="1998 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season">Tampa Bay Devil Rays</a></td> <td>7</td> <td>4</td> <td>0.636</td> <td>62</td> <td>52 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1998_Toronto_Blue_Jays_season" title="1998 Toronto Blue Jays season">Toronto Blue Jays</a></td> <td>7</td> <td>4</td> <td>0.636</td> <td>55</td> <td>54 </td></tr> <tr> <th>Total</th> <th>27</th> <th>28</th> <th>0.491</th> <th>302</th> <th>320 </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="7" style="text-align:left; background:#c60c30;color:#fff"><b>AL Central</b> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1998_Chicago_White_Sox_season" title="1998 Chicago White Sox season">Chicago White Sox</a></td> <td>6</td> <td>5</td> <td>0.545</td> <td>80</td> <td>53 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1998_Cleveland_Indians_season" title="1998 Cleveland Indians season">Cleveland Indians</a></td> <td>7</td> <td>4</td> <td>0.636</td> <td>42</td> <td>39 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1998_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1998 Detroit Tigers season">Detroit Tigers</a></td> <td>8</td> <td>3</td> <td>0.727</td> <td>81</td> <td>50 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1998_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="1998 Kansas City Royals season">Kansas City Royals</a></td> <td>8</td> <td>3</td> <td>0.727</td> <td>91</td> <td>66 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1998_Minnesota_Twins_season" title="1998 Minnesota Twins season">Minnesota Twins</a></td> <td>4</td> <td>7</td> <td>0.364</td> <td>60</td> <td>60 </td></tr> <tr> <th>Total</th> <th>33</th> <th>22</th> <th>0.600</th> <th>354</th> <th>268 </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="7" style="text-align:left; background:#c60c30;color:#fff"><b>AL West</b> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1998_Anaheim_Angels_season" title="1998 Anaheim Angels season">Anaheim Angels</a></td> <td>7</td> <td>5</td> <td>0.583</td> <td>70</td> <td>66 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1998_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="1998 Oakland Athletics season">Oakland Athletics</a></td> <td>6</td> <td>6</td> <td>0.500</td> <td>53</td> <td>55 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1998_Seattle_Mariners_season" title="1998 Seattle Mariners season">Seattle Mariners</a></td> <td>7</td> <td>5</td> <td>0.583</td> <td>79</td> <td>78 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left"><b>Texas Rangers</b></td> <td colspan="5" style="background:darkgray;"> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Total</th> <th>20</th> <th>16</th> <th>0.556</th> <th>202</th> <th>199 </th></tr> <tr> <th>League Total</th> <th>80</th> <th>66</th> <th>0.548</th> <th>858</th> <th>787 </th></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-3"> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align: center"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="7" style="text-align:left; background:#03224c;color:#fff"><b>National League</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Opponent</th> <th>W</th> <th>L</th> <th>WP</th> <th><abbr title="Runs scored">RS</abbr></th> <th><abbr title="Runs against">RA</abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7" style="text-align:left; background:#03224c;color:#fff"><b>NL West</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1998_Arizona_Diamondbacks_season" title="1998 Arizona Diamondbacks season">Arizona Diamondbacks</a></td> <td>3</td> <td>1</td> <td>0.750</td> <td>28</td> <td>17 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1998_Colorado_Rockies_season" title="1998 Colorado Rockies season">Colorado Rockies</a></td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>0.667</td> <td>16</td> <td>12 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1998_Los_Angeles_Dodgers_season" title="1998 Los Angeles Dodgers season">Los Angeles Dodgers</a></td> <td>0</td> <td>3</td> <td>0.000</td> <td>7</td> <td>15 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1998_San_Diego_Padres_season" title="1998 San Diego Padres season">San Diego Padres</a></td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>0.667</td> <td>19</td> <td>24 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1998_San_Francisco_Giants_season" title="1998 San Francisco Giants season">San Francisco Giants</a></td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td>0.333</td> <td>12</td> <td>16 </td></tr> <tr> <th>Interleague Total</th> <th>8</th> <th>8</th> <th>0.500</th> <th>82</th> <th>84 </th></tr> <tr> <th>Season Total</th> <th>88</th> <th>74</th> <th>0.543</th> <th>940</th> <th>871 </th></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-3"> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center; width:38em;margin: 0.5em auto;"> <tbody><tr> <th width="28%">Month </th> <th width="12%">Games </th> <th width="12%">Won </th> <th width="12%">Lost </th> <th width="12%">Win % </th> <th width="12%"><abbr title="Runs scored">RS</abbr> </th> <th width="12%"><abbr title="Runs against">RA</abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <td>March</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0.000</td> <td>2</td> <td>9 </td></tr> <tr> <td>April</td> <td>25</td> <td>18</td> <td>7</td> <td>0.720</td> <td>180</td> <td>114 </td></tr> <tr> <td>May</td> <td>28</td> <td>15</td> <td>13</td> <td>0.536</td> <td>161</td> <td>161 </td></tr> <tr> <td>June</td> <td>28</td> <td>13</td> <td>15</td> <td>0.464</td> <td>146</td> <td>164 </td></tr> <tr> <td>July</td> <td>26</td> <td>11</td> <td>15</td> <td>0.423</td> <td>127</td> <td>154 </td></tr> <tr> <td>August</td> <td>29</td> <td>16</td> <td>13</td> <td>0.552</td> <td>177</td> <td>155 </td></tr> <tr> <td>September</td> <td>25</td> <td>15</td> <td>10</td> <td>0.600</td> <td>147</td> <td>114 </td></tr> <tr> <th>Total</th> <th>162</th> <th>88</th> <th>74</th> <th>0.543</th> <th>940</th> <th>871 </th></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center; width:38em; border:0;margin: 0.5em auto;"> <tbody><tr> <td width="28%" style="background:#fff;border:0;"> </td> <th width="12%">Games </th> <th width="12%">Won </th> <th width="12%">Lost </th> <th width="12%">Win % </th> <th width="12%"><abbr title="Runs scored">RS</abbr> </th> <th width="12%"><abbr title="Runs against">RA</abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <th>Home </th> <td>81</td> <td>48</td> <td>33</td> <td>0.593</td> <td>502</td> <td>468 </td></tr> <tr> <th>Away </th> <td>81</td> <td>40</td> <td>41</td> <td>0.494</td> <td>438</td> <td>403 </td></tr> <tr> <th>Total</th> <th>162</th> <th>88</th> <th>74</th> <th>0.543</th> <th>940</th> <th>871 </th></tr></tbody></table> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Composite_Box">Composite Box</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1998_Texas_Rangers_season&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Composite Box"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Caption text </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Team</th> <th>1</th> <th>2</th> <th>3</th> <th>4</th> <th>5</th> <th>6</th> <th>7</th> <th>8</th> <th>9</th> <th>10</th> <th>11</th> <th>12</th> <th>13</th> <th>14</th> <th>R</th> <th>H</th> <th>E </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #C0111F !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #003278, inset -2px -2px 0 #003278; !important;;">Opponents</th> <th>114</th> <th>97</th> <th>109</th> <th>88</th> <th>145</th> <th>89</th> <th>81</th> <th>82</th> <th>63</th> <th>2</th> <th>0</th> <th>0</th> <th>2</th> <th>0</th> <th>871</th> <th></th> <th> </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #003278 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #C0111F, inset -2px -2px 0 #C0111F; !important;;">Rangers</th> <th>103</th> <th>121</th> <th>116</th> <th>106</th> <th>111</th> <th>102</th> <th>116</th> <th>79</th> <th>82</th> <th>2</th> <th>0</th> <th>0</th> <th>0</th> <th>1</th> <th>940</th> <th></th> <th> </th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Game_umpires">Game umpires</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1998_Texas_Rangers_season&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Game umpires"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Regular_season_4">Regular season</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1998_Texas_Rangers_season&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Regular season"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background-color: #003278 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #C0111F, inset -2px -2px 0 #C0111F; !important;;">Game </th> <th style="background-color: #003278 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #C0111F, inset -2px -2px 0 #C0111F; !important;;">Date </th> <th style="background-color: #003278 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #C0111F, inset -2px -2px 0 #C0111F; !important;;">Opponent </th> <th style="background-color: #003278 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #C0111F, inset -2px -2px 0 #C0111F; !important;;">HP </th> <th style="background-color: #003278 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #C0111F, inset -2px -2px 0 #C0111F; !important;;">1B </th> <th style="background-color: #003278 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #C0111F, inset -2px -2px 0 #C0111F; !important;;">2B </th> <th style="background-color: #003278 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #C0111F, inset -2px -2px 0 #C0111F; !important;;">3B </th></tr> <tr style="background:#fcc"> <th style="background-color: #003278 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #C0111F, inset -2px -2px 0 #C0111F; !important;;">30 </th> <td>5–5–1998 </td> <th style="background-color: #FFFFFF !important; color: #132448 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #132448, inset -2px -2px 0 #132448; !important;;">Yankees </th> <td>#25 <a href="/wiki/Mark_Johnson_(umpire)" title="Mark Johnson (umpire)">Mark Johnson</a> (AL) </td> <td>#32 <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Meriwether" title="Chuck Meriwether">Chuck Meriwether</a> (AL) </td> <td>#3 <a href="/wiki/Jim_Evans_(umpire)" title="Jim Evans (umpire)">Jim Evans</a> (AL) </td> <td>#10 <a href="/wiki/Larry_McCoy_(umpire)" title="Larry McCoy (umpire)">Larry McCoy</a> (AL) </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fcc"> <th style="background-color: #003278 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #C0111F, inset -2px -2px 0 #C0111F; !important;;">31 </th> <td>5–6–1998 </td> <th style="background-color: #FFFFFF !important; color: #132448 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #132448, inset -2px -2px 0 #132448; !important;;">Yankees </th> <td>#32 <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Meriwether" title="Chuck Meriwether">Chuck Meriwether</a> (AL) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ted_Barrett" title="Ted Barrett">Ted Barrett</a> (AL) </td> <td>#10 <a href="/wiki/Larry_McCoy_(umpire)" title="Larry McCoy (umpire)">Larry McCoy</a> (AL) </td> <td>#3 <a href="/wiki/Jim_Evans_(umpire)" title="Jim Evans (umpire)">Jim Evans</a> (AL) </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fcc"> <th style="background-color: #C0111F !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #003278, inset -2px -2px 0 #003278; !important;;">38 </th> <td>5–13–1998 </td> <th style="background-color: #132448 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;">@ Yankees </th> <td>#4 <a href="/wiki/Tim_Tschida" title="Tim Tschida">Tim Tschida</a> (AL) </td> <td>#11 <a href="/wiki/Don_Denkinger" title="Don Denkinger">Don Denkinger</a> (AL) </td> <td>#23 <a href="/wiki/Rick_Reed_(umpire)" title="Rick Reed (umpire)">Rick Reed</a> (AL) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brian_O%27Nora" title="Brian O'Nora">Brian O'Nora</a> (AL) </td></tr> <tr style="background:#cfc"> <th style="background-color: #C0111F !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #003278, inset -2px -2px 0 #003278; !important;;">39 </th> <td>5–14–1998 </td> <th style="background-color: #132448 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;">@ Yankees </th> <td>#11 <a href="/wiki/Don_Denkinger" title="Don Denkinger">Don Denkinger</a> (AL) </td> <td>#23 <a href="/wiki/Rick_Reed_(umpire)" title="Rick Reed (umpire)">Rick Reed</a> (AL) </td> <td>#4 <a href="/wiki/Tim_Tschida" title="Tim Tschida">Tim Tschida</a> (AL) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brian_O%27Nora" title="Brian O'Nora">Brian O'Nora</a> (AL) </td></tr> <tr style="background:#cfc"> <th style="background-color: #003278 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #C0111F, inset -2px -2px 0 #C0111F; !important;;">59 </th> <td>6–5–1998 </td> <th style="background-color: #FFC425 !important; color: #2F241D !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #2F241D, inset -2px -2px 0 #2F241D; !important;;">Padres </th> <td>#35 <a href="/wiki/Ted_Hendry" title="Ted Hendry">Ted Hendry</a> (AL) </td> <td>#28 <a href="/wiki/Larry_Young_(umpire)" title="Larry Young (umpire)">Larry Young</a> (AL) </td> <td>#37 <a href="/wiki/Drew_Coble" title="Drew Coble">Drew Coble</a> (AL) </td> <td>#20 <a href="/wiki/Dale_Ford" title="Dale Ford">Dale Ford</a> (AL) </td></tr> <tr style="background:#cfc"> <th style="background-color: #003278 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #C0111F, inset -2px -2px 0 #C0111F; !important;;">60 </th> <td>6–6–1998 </td> <th style="background-color: #FFC425 !important; color: #2F241D !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #2F241D, inset -2px -2px 0 #2F241D; !important;;">Padres </th> <td>#28 <a href="/wiki/Larry_Young_(umpire)" title="Larry Young (umpire)">Larry Young</a> (AL) </td> <td>#37 <a href="/wiki/Drew_Coble" title="Drew Coble">Drew Coble</a> (AL) </td> <td>#20 <a href="/wiki/Dale_Ford" title="Dale Ford">Dale Ford</a> (AL) </td> <td>#35 <a href="/wiki/Ted_Hendry" title="Ted Hendry">Ted Hendry</a> (AL) </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fcc"> <th style="background-color: #003278 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #C0111F, inset -2px -2px 0 #C0111F; !important;;">61 </th> <td>6–7–1998 </td> <th style="background-color: #FFC425 !important; color: #2F241D !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #2F241D, inset -2px -2px 0 #2F241D; !important;;">Padres </th> <td>#37 <a href="/wiki/Drew_Coble" title="Drew Coble">Drew Coble</a> (AL) </td> <td>#20 <a href="/wiki/Dale_Ford" title="Dale Ford">Dale Ford</a> (AL) </td> <td>#35 <a href="/wiki/Ted_Hendry" title="Ted Hendry">Ted Hendry</a> (AL) </td> <td>#28 <a href="/wiki/Larry_Young_(umpire)" title="Larry Young (umpire)">Larry Young</a> (AL) </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fcc"> <th style="background-color: #C0111F !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #003278, inset -2px -2px 0 #003278; !important;;">119 </th> <td>8–13–1998 </td> <th style="background-color: #132448 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;">@ Yankees </th> <td>#20 <a href="/wiki/Dale_Ford" title="Dale Ford">Dale Ford</a> (AL) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ed_Hickox" class="mw-redirect" title="Ed Hickox">Ed Hickox</a> (AL) </td> <td>#28 <a href="/wiki/Larry_Young_(umpire)" title="Larry Young (umpire)">Larry Young</a> (AL) </td> <td>#37 <a href="/wiki/Drew_Coble" title="Drew Coble">Drew Coble</a> (AL) </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fcc"> <th style="background-color: #C0111F !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #003278, inset -2px -2px 0 #003278; !important;;">120 </th> <td>8–14–1998 </td> <th style="background-color: #132448 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;">@ Yankees </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Ed_Hickox" class="mw-redirect" title="Ed Hickox">Ed Hickox</a> (AL) </td> <td>#37 <a href="/wiki/Drew_Coble" title="Drew Coble">Drew Coble</a> (AL) </td> <td>#28 <a href="/wiki/Larry_Young_(umpire)" title="Larry Young (umpire)">Larry Young</a> (AL) </td> <td>#20 <a href="/wiki/Dale_Ford" title="Dale Ford">Dale Ford</a> (AL) </td></tr> <tr style="background:#cfc"> <th style="background-color: #C0111F !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #003278, inset -2px -2px 0 #003278; !important;;">121 </th> <td>8–15–1998 </td> <th style="background-color: #132448 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;">@ Yankees </th> <td>#37 <a href="/wiki/Drew_Coble" title="Drew Coble">Drew Coble</a> (AL) </td> <td>#28 <a href="/wiki/Larry_Young_(umpire)" title="Larry Young (umpire)">Larry Young</a> (AL) </td> <td>#20 <a href="/wiki/Dale_Ford" title="Dale Ford">Dale Ford</a> (AL) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ed_Hickox" class="mw-redirect" title="Ed Hickox">Ed Hickox</a> (AL) </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fcc"> <th style="background-color: #C0111F !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #003278, inset -2px -2px 0 #003278; !important;;">122 </th> <td>8–16–1998 </td> <th style="background-color: #132448 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;">@ Yankees </th> <td>#28 <a href="/wiki/Larry_Young_(umpire)" title="Larry Young (umpire)">Larry Young</a> (AL) </td> <td>#20 <a href="/wiki/Dale_Ford" title="Dale Ford">Dale Ford</a> (AL) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ed_Hickox" class="mw-redirect" title="Ed Hickox">Ed Hickox</a> (AL) </td> <td>#37 <a href="/wiki/Drew_Coble" title="Drew Coble">Drew Coble</a> (AL) </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fcc"> <th style="background-color: #003278 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #C0111F, inset -2px -2px 0 #C0111F; !important;;">127 </th> <td>8–21–1998 </td> <th style="background-color: #FFFFFF !important; color: #132448 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #132448, inset -2px -2px 0 #132448; !important;;">Yankees </th> <td>#36 <a href="/wiki/Tim_McClelland" title="Tim McClelland">Tim McClelland</a> (AL) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brian_O%27Nora" title="Brian O'Nora">Brian O'Nora</a> (AL) </td> <td>#31 <a href="/wiki/Mike_Reilly_(umpire)" title="Mike Reilly (umpire)">Mike Reilly</a> (AL) </td> <td>#19 <a href="/wiki/Rich_Garcia" title="Rich Garcia">Rich Garcia</a> (AL) </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fcc"> <th style="background-color: #003278 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #C0111F, inset -2px -2px 0 #C0111F; !important;;">128 </th> <td>8–22–1998 </td> <th style="background-color: #FFFFFF !important; color: #132448 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #132448, inset -2px -2px 0 #132448; !important;;">Yankees </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Brian_O%27Nora" title="Brian O'Nora">Brian O'Nora</a> (AL) </td> <td>#19 <a href="/wiki/Rich_Garcia" title="Rich Garcia">Rich Garcia</a> (AL) </td> <td>#31 <a href="/wiki/Mike_Reilly_(umpire)" title="Mike Reilly (umpire)">Mike Reilly</a> (AL) </td> <td>#36 <a href="/wiki/Tim_McClelland" title="Tim McClelland">Tim McClelland</a> (AL) </td></tr> <tr style="background:#cfc"> <th style="background-color: #003278 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #C0111F, inset -2px -2px 0 #C0111F; !important;;">129 </th> <td>8–23–1998 </td> <th style="background-color: #FFFFFF !important; color: #132448 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #132448, inset -2px -2px 0 #132448; !important;;">Yankees </th> <td>#19 <a href="/wiki/Rich_Garcia" title="Rich Garcia">Rich Garcia</a> (AL) </td> <td>#31 <a href="/wiki/Mike_Reilly_(umpire)" title="Mike Reilly (umpire)">Mike Reilly</a> (AL) </td> <td>#36 <a href="/wiki/Tim_McClelland" title="Tim McClelland">Tim McClelland</a> (AL) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brian_O%27Nora" title="Brian O'Nora">Brian O'Nora</a> (AL) </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Playoffs_2">Playoffs</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1998_Texas_Rangers_season&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Playoffs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background-color: #003278 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #C0111F, inset -2px -2px 0 #C0111F; !important;;">Game </th> <th style="background-color: #003278 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #C0111F, inset -2px -2px 0 #C0111F; !important;;">Round </th> <th style="background-color: #003278 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #C0111F, inset -2px -2px 0 #C0111F; !important;;">Date </th> <th style="background-color: #003278 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #C0111F, inset -2px -2px 0 #C0111F; !important;;">Opponent </th> <th style="background-color: #003278 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #C0111F, inset -2px -2px 0 #C0111F; !important;;">HP </th> <th style="background-color: #003278 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #C0111F, inset -2px -2px 0 #C0111F; !important;;">1B </th> <th style="background-color: #003278 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #C0111F, inset -2px -2px 0 #C0111F; !important;;">2B </th> <th style="background-color: #003278 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #C0111F, inset -2px -2px 0 #C0111F; !important;;">3B </th> <th style="background-color: #003278 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #C0111F, inset -2px -2px 0 #C0111F; !important;;">LF </th> <th style="background-color: #003278 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #C0111F, inset -2px -2px 0 #C0111F; !important;;">RF </th></tr> <tr style="background:#fcc"> <th style="background-color: #C0111F !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #003278, inset -2px -2px 0 #003278; !important;;">1 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/1998_American_League_Division_Series" title="1998 American League Division Series">ALDS</a> </td> <td>9–29–1998 </td> <th style="background-color: #132448 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;">@ Yankees </th> <td>#6 <a href="/wiki/Jim_Joyce" title="Jim Joyce">Jim Joyce</a> </td> <td>#33 <a href="/wiki/Durwood_Merrill" title="Durwood Merrill">Durwood Merrill</a> </td> <td>#19 <a href="/wiki/Rich_Garcia" title="Rich Garcia">Rich Garcia</a> </td> <td>#4 <a href="/wiki/Tim_Tschida" title="Tim Tschida">Tim Tschida</a> </td> <td>#37 <a href="/wiki/Drew_Coble" title="Drew Coble">Drew Coble</a> </td> <td>#40 <a href="/wiki/Terry_Craft" title="Terry Craft">Terry Craft</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fcc"> <th style="background-color: #C0111F !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #003278, inset -2px -2px 0 #003278; !important;;">2 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/1998_American_League_Division_Series" title="1998 American League Division Series">ALDS</a> </td> <td>9–30–1998 </td> <th style="background-color: #132448 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;">@ Yankees </th> <td>#33 <a href="/wiki/Durwood_Merrill" title="Durwood Merrill">Durwood Merrill</a> </td> <td>#19 <a href="/wiki/Rich_Garcia" title="Rich Garcia">Rich Garcia</a> </td> <td>#4 <a href="/wiki/Tim_Tschida" title="Tim Tschida">Tim Tschida</a> </td> <td>#37 <a href="/wiki/Drew_Coble" title="Drew Coble">Drew Coble</a> </td> <td>#40 <a href="/wiki/Terry_Craft" title="Terry Craft">Terry Craft</a> </td> <td>#6 <a href="/wiki/Jim_Joyce" title="Jim Joyce">Jim Joyce</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fcc"> <th style="background-color: #003278 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #C0111F, inset -2px -2px 0 #C0111F; !important;;">3 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/1998_American_League_Division_Series" title="1998 American League Division Series">ALDS</a> </td> <td>10–2–1998 </td> <th style="background-color: #FFFFFF !important; color: #132448 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #132448, inset -2px -2px 0 #132448; !important;;">Yankees </th> <td>#17 <a href="/wiki/John_Hirschbeck" title="John Hirschbeck">John Hirschbeck</a> </td> <td>#10 <a href="/wiki/Larry_McCoy_(umpire)" title="Larry McCoy (umpire)">Larry McCoy</a> </td> <td>#7 <a href="/wiki/Dave_Phillips_(umpire)" title="Dave Phillips (umpire)">Dave Phillips</a> </td> <td>#5 <a href="/wiki/Dale_Scott" title="Dale Scott">Dale Scott</a> </td> <td>#15 <a href="/wiki/Joe_Brinkman" title="Joe Brinkman">Joe Brinkman</a> </td> <td>(none) </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Player_stats">Player stats</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1998_Texas_Rangers_season&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Player stats"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Batting">Batting</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1998_Texas_Rangers_season&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Batting"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Starters_by_position">Starters by position</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1998_Texas_Rangers_season&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Starters by position"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Note: Pos= Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; Avg. = Batting average; Slg. = <a href="/wiki/Slugging_Average" class="mw-redirect" title="Slugging Average">Slugging Average</a>; SB = Stolen bases</i> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background:#005c5c; color:#FFFDDD;" width="5%">Pos </th> <th style="background:#005c5c; color:#FFFDDD;" width="16%">Player </th> <th style="background:#005c5c; color:#FFFDDD;" width="9%">G </th> <th style="background:#005c5c; color:#FFFDDD;" width="9%">AB </th> <th style="background:#005c5c; color:#FFFDDD;" width="9%">R </th> <th style="background:#005c5c; color:#FFFDDD;" width="9%">H </th> <th style="background:#005c5c; color:#FFFDDD;" width="9%">HR </th> <th style="background:#005c5c; color:#FFFDDD;" width="9%">RBI </th> <th style="background:#005c5c; color:#FFFDDD;" width="9%">Avg. </th> <th style="background:#005c5c; color:#FFFDDD;" width="9%">Slg. </th> <th style="background:#005c5c; color:#FFFDDD;" width="9%">SB </th></tr> <tr align="center"> <td>C</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Iv%C3%A1n_Rodr%C3%ADguez" title="Iván Rodríguez">Iván Rodríguez</a></td> <td>145</td> <td>579</td> <td>88</td> <td>186</td> <td>21</td> <td>91</td> <td>.321</td> <td>.513</td> <td>9 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td>1B</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Will_Clark" title="Will Clark">Will Clark</a></td> <td>149</td> <td>554</td> <td>98</td> <td>169</td> <td>23</td> <td>102</td> <td>.305</td> <td>.507</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td>2B</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mark_McLemore" title="Mark McLemore">Mark McLemore</a></td> <td>126</td> <td>461</td> <td>79</td> <td>114</td> <td>5</td> <td>53</td> <td>.247</td> <td>.317</td> <td>12 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td>3B</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fernando_Tat%C3%ADs" title="Fernando Tatís">Fernando Tatís</a></td> <td>95</td> <td>330</td> <td>41</td> <td>89</td> <td>3</td> <td>32</td> <td>.270</td> <td>.442</td> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td>SS</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Elster" title="Kevin Elster">Kevin Elster</a></td> <td>84</td> <td>297</td> <td>33</td> <td>69</td> <td>8</td> <td>37</td> <td>.232</td> <td>.354</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td>LF</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rusty_Greer" title="Rusty Greer">Rusty Greer</a></td> <td>155</td> <td>598</td> <td>107</td> <td>183</td> <td>16</td> <td>108</td> <td>.306</td> <td>.405</td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td>CF</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tom_Goodwin" title="Tom Goodwin">Tom Goodwin</a></td> <td>154</td> <td>520</td> <td>102</td> <td>151</td> <td>2</td> <td>33</td> <td>.290</td> <td>.338</td> <td>38 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td>RF</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Juan_Gonz%C3%A1lez_(baseball)" title="Juan González (baseball)">Juan González</a></td> <td>154</td> <td>606</td> <td>110</td> <td>193</td> <td>45</td> <td>157</td> <td>.318</td> <td>.630</td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td>DH</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lee_Stevens" title="Lee Stevens">Lee Stevens</a></td> <td>120</td> <td>344</td> <td>52</td> <td>91</td> <td>20</td> <td>59</td> <td>.265</td> <td>.512</td> <td>0 </td></tr></tbody></table><p><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Other_batters">Other batters</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1998_Texas_Rangers_season&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Other batters"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in</i> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background:#003366;color:red;" width="16%">Player </th> <th style="background:#003366;color:red;" width="9%">G </th> <th style="background:#003366;color:red;" width="9%">AB </th> <th style="background:#003366;color:red;" width="9%">H </th> <th style="background:#003366;color:red;" width="9%">Avg. </th> <th style="background:#003366;color:red;" width="9%">HR </th> <th style="background:#003366;color:red;" width="9%">RBI </th></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/Luis_Alicea" title="Luis Alicea">Luis Alicea</a></td> <td>101</td> <td>259</td> <td>71</td> <td>.274</td> <td>6</td> <td>83 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/Roberto_Kelly" title="Roberto Kelly">Roberto Kelly</a></td> <td>75</td> <td>257</td> <td>83</td> <td>.323</td> <td>16</td> <td>46 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><span data-sort-value="Simms, Mike"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Mike_Simms" title="Mike Simms">Mike Simms</a></span></span></span></td> <td>86</td> <td>186</td> <td>55</td> <td>.296</td> <td>16</td> <td>46 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/Royce_Clayton" title="Royce Clayton">Royce Clayton</a></td> <td>52</td> <td>186</td> <td>53</td> <td>.285</td> <td>5</td> <td>24 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/Todd_Zeile" title="Todd Zeile">Todd Zeile</a></td> <td>52</td> <td>180</td> <td>47</td> <td>.261</td> <td>6</td> <td>28 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/Domingo_Cede%C3%B1o" title="Domingo Cedeño">Domingo Cedeño</a></td> <td>61</td> <td>141</td> <td>37</td> <td>.262</td> <td>2</td> <td>21 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/Bill_Haselman" title="Bill Haselman">Bill Haselman</a></td> <td>40</td> <td>105</td> <td>33</td> <td>.314</td> <td>6</td> <td>17 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/Warren_Newson" title="Warren Newson">Warren Newson</a></td> <td>10</td> <td>21</td> <td>4</td> <td>.190</td> <td>0</td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/Scott_Sheldon" title="Scott Sheldon">Scott Sheldon</a></td> <td>7</td> <td>16</td> <td>2</td> <td>.125</td> <td>0</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/Milt_Cuyler" title="Milt Cuyler">Milt Cuyler</a></td> <td>7</td> <td>6</td> <td>3</td> <td>.500</td> <td>1</td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/Chris_Tremie" title="Chris Tremie">Chris Tremie</a></td> <td>2</td> <td>3</td> <td>1</td> <td>.333</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/Rob_Sasser" title="Rob Sasser">Rob Sasser</a></td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>.000</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pitching">Pitching</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1998_Texas_Rangers_season&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Pitching"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Starting_pitchers">Starting pitchers</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1998_Texas_Rangers_season&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Starting pitchers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts</i> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%">Player </th> <th bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%">G </th> <th bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%">IP </th> <th bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%">W </th> <th bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%">L </th> <th bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%">ERA </th> <th bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%">SO </th></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/Rick_Helling" title="Rick Helling">Rick Helling</a></td> <td>33</td> <td>216.1</td> <td>20</td> <td>7</td> <td>4.41</td> <td>164 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/Aaron_Sele" title="Aaron Sele">Aaron Sele</a></td> <td>33</td> <td>212.2</td> <td>19</td> <td>11</td> <td>4.23</td> <td>167 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Burkett" title="John Burkett">John Burkett</a></td> <td>32</td> <td>195.0</td> <td>9</td> <td>13</td> <td>5.68</td> <td>131 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/Darren_Oliver" title="Darren Oliver">Darren Oliver</a></td> <td>19</td> <td>103.1</td> <td>6</td> <td>7</td> <td>6.53</td> <td>58 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/Esteban_Loaiza" title="Esteban Loaiza">Esteban Loaiza</a></td> <td>14</td> <td>79.1</td> <td>3</td> <td>6</td> <td>5.90</td> <td>55 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Witt" title="Bobby Witt">Bobby Witt</a></td> <td>14</td> <td>69.1</td> <td>5</td> <td>4</td> <td>7.66</td> <td>30 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/Todd_Stottlemyre" title="Todd Stottlemyre">Todd Stottlemyre</a></td> <td>10</td> <td>60.1</td> <td>5</td> <td>4</td> <td>4.33</td> <td>57 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/Todd_Van_Poppel" title="Todd Van Poppel">Todd Van Poppel</a></td> <td>4</td> <td>19.1</td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td>8.84</td> <td>10 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/Matt_Perisho" title="Matt Perisho">Matt Perisho</a></td> <td>2</td> <td>5.0</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>27.00</td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Johnson_(baseball)" title="Jonathan Johnson (baseball)">Jonathan Johnson</a></td> <td>1</td> <td>4.1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>8.31</td> <td>3 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Relief_pitchers">Relief pitchers</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1998_Texas_Rangers_season&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Relief pitchers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts</i> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%">Player </th> <th bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%">G </th> <th bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%">W </th> <th bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%">L </th> <th bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%">SV </th> <th bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%">ERA </th> <th bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%">SO </th></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Wetteland" title="John Wetteland">John Wetteland</a></td> <td>63</td> <td>3</td> <td>1</td> <td>42</td> <td>2.03</td> <td>72 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/Eric_Gunderson" title="Eric Gunderson">Eric Gunderson</a></td> <td>68</td> <td>0</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>5.19</td> <td>41 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/Tim_Crabtree" title="Tim Crabtree">Tim Crabtree</a></td> <td>64</td> <td>6</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>3.59</td> <td>60 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/Danny_Patterson" title="Danny Patterson">Danny Patterson</a></td> <td>56</td> <td>2</td> <td>5</td> <td>2</td> <td>4.45</td> <td>33 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><span data-sort-value="Hernandez, Xavier"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Xavier_Hernandez_(baseball)" title="Xavier Hernandez (baseball)">Xavier Hernandez</a></span></span></span></td> <td>46</td> <td>6</td> <td>6</td> <td>1</td> <td>3.57</td> <td>41 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/Scott_Bailes" title="Scott Bailes">Scott Bailes</a></td> <td>46</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>6.47</td> <td>30 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/Al_Levine" title="Al Levine">Al Levine</a></td> <td>30</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>4.50</td> <td>19 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/Greg_Cadaret" title="Greg Cadaret">Greg Cadaret</a></td> <td>11</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>4.70</td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/Tony_Fossas" title="Tony Fossas">Tony Fossas</a></td> <td>10</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0.00</td> <td>7 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/Roger_Pavlik" title="Roger Pavlik">Roger Pavlik</a></td> <td>5</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>3.86</td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/Julio_Santana" title="Julio Santana">Julio Santana</a></td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>8.44</td> <td>1 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="New_York_Yankees_vs._Texas_Rangers">New York Yankees vs. Texas Rangers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1998_Texas_Rangers_season&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: New York Yankees vs. Texas Rangers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1998_American_League_Division_Series" title="1998 American League Division Series">1998 American League Division Series</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Game_1">Game 1</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1998_Texas_Rangers_season&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Game 1"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>September 29 at <a href="/wiki/Yankee_Stadium_(1923)" title="Yankee Stadium (1923)">Yankee Stadium</a> (<a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a>) </p> <table border="1" cellspacing="0" width="425" style="margin-left:3em;"> <tbody><tr style="text-align:center; background-color:#e6e6e6;"> <th align="left" width="28%">Team </th> <th width="6%">1 </th> <th width="6%">2 </th> <th width="6%">3 </th> <th width="6%">4 </th> <th width="6%">5 </th> <th width="6%">6 </th> <th width="6%">7 </th> <th width="6%">8 </th> <th width="6%">9 </th> <th width="6%">R </th> <th width="6%">H </th> <th width="6%">E </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td align="left">Texas </td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td> <td><b>0</b></td> <td><b>5</b></td> <td><b>0</b> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td align="left"><b>New York</b> </td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>0 </td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td> <td><b>2</b></td> <td><b>6</b></td> <td><b>0</b> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:left;"> <td colspan="13"><small><b>W</b>: <a href="/wiki/David_Wells" title="David Wells">David Wells</a> (1-0)   <b>L</b>: <a href="/wiki/Todd_Stottlemyre" title="Todd Stottlemyre">Todd Stottlemyre</a> (0-1)  <b>S</b>: <a href="/wiki/Mariano_Rivera" title="Mariano Rivera">Mariano Rivera</a> (1)</small> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Game_2">Game 2</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1998_Texas_Rangers_season&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Game 2"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>September 30 at <a href="/wiki/Yankee_Stadium_(1923)" title="Yankee Stadium (1923)">Yankee Stadium</a> (<a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a>) </p> <table border="1" cellspacing="0" width="425" style="margin-left:3em;"> <tbody><tr style="text-align:center; background-color:#e6e6e6;"> <th align="left" width="28%">Team </th> <th width="6%">1 </th> <th width="6%">2 </th> <th width="6%">3 </th> <th width="6%">4 </th> <th width="6%">5 </th> <th width="6%">6 </th> <th width="6%">7 </th> <th width="6%">8 </th> <th width="6%">9 </th> <th width="6%">R </th> <th width="6%">H </th> <th width="6%">E </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td align="left">Texas </td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0 </td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td> <td><b>1</b></td> <td><b>5</b></td> <td><b>0</b> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td align="left"><b>New York</b> </td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0 </td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td> <td><b>3</b></td> <td><b>8</b></td> <td><b>0</b> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:left;"> <td colspan="14"><small><b>W</b>: <a href="/wiki/Andy_Pettitte" title="Andy Pettitte">Andy Pettitte</a> (1-0)   <b>L</b>: <a href="/wiki/Rick_Helling" title="Rick Helling">Rick Helling</a> (0-1)    <b>S</b>: <a href="/wiki/Mariano_Rivera" title="Mariano Rivera">Mariano Rivera</a> (2)</small> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:left;"> <td colspan="14"><small><b>HR</b>: <b>NYY</b> – <a href="/wiki/Shane_Spencer" title="Shane Spencer">Shane Spencer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scott_Brosius" title="Scott Brosius">Scott Brosius</a>  </small> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Game_3">Game 3</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1998_Texas_Rangers_season&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Game 3"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>October 2 at <a href="/wiki/Rangers_Ballpark_in_Arlington" class="mw-redirect" title="Rangers Ballpark in Arlington">The Ballpark in Arlington</a> (<a href="/wiki/Texas_Rangers_(baseball)" title="Texas Rangers (baseball)">Texas Rangers</a>) </p> <table border="1" cellspacing="0" width="425" style="margin-left:3em;"> <tbody><tr style="text-align:center; background-color:#e6e6e6;"> <th align="left" width="22%">Team </th> <th width="6%">1 </th> <th width="6%">2 </th> <th width="6%">3 </th> <th width="6%">4 </th> <th width="6%">5 </th> <th width="6%">6 </th> <th width="6%">7 </th> <th width="6%">8 </th> <th width="6%">9 </th> <th width="6%">R </th> <th width="6%">H </th> <th width="6%">E </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td align="left"><b>New York</b> </td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>4 </td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td> <td><b>4</b></td> <td><b>9</b></td> <td><b>1</b> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td align="left">Texas </td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td> <td><b>0</b></td> <td><b>3</b></td> <td><b>1</b> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:left;"> <td colspan="14"><small><b>W</b>: <a href="/wiki/David_Cone" title="David Cone">David Cone</a> (1-0)   <b>L</b>: <a href="/wiki/Aaron_Sele" title="Aaron Sele">Aaron Sele</a> (0-1)  </small> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:left;"> <td colspan="14"><small><b>HR</b>: <b>NYY</b> – <a href="/wiki/Shane_Spencer" title="Shane Spencer">Shane Spencer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paul_O%27Neill_(baseball)" title="Paul O'Neill (baseball)">Paul O'Neill</a>   </small> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_honors">Awards and honors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1998_Texas_Rangers_season&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Awards and honors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Juan_Gonz%C3%A1lez_(baseball)" title="Juan González (baseball)">Juan González</a>, AL MVP</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Juan_Gonz%C3%A1lez_(baseball)" title="Juan González (baseball)">Juan González</a>, <a href="/wiki/Silver_Slugger_Award" title="Silver Slugger Award">Silver Slugger Award</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iv%C3%A1n_Rodr%C3%ADguez" title="Iván Rodríguez">Iván Rodríguez</a>, C, Gold Glove</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iv%C3%A1n_Rodr%C3%ADguez" title="Iván Rodríguez">Iván Rodríguez</a>, <a href="/wiki/Silver_Slugger_Award" title="Silver Slugger Award">Silver Slugger Award</a></li></ul> <p><b><a href="/wiki/1998_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1998 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">All-Star Game</a></b> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Farm_system">Farm system</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1998_Texas_Rangers_season&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Farm system"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Minor_League_Baseball" title="Minor League Baseball">Minor League Baseball</a></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Level </th> <th>Team </th> <th>League </th> <th>Manager </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Triple-A_(baseball)" title="Triple-A (baseball)">AAA</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_RedHawks" class="mw-redirect" title="Oklahoma RedHawks">Oklahoma RedHawks</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Coast_League" title="Pacific Coast League">Pacific Coast League</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Greg_Biagini" title="Greg Biagini">Greg Biagini</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Double-A_(baseball)" title="Double-A (baseball)">AA</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tulsa_Drillers" title="Tulsa Drillers">Tulsa Drillers</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Texas_League" title="Texas League">Texas League</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Jones_(outfielder)" title="Bobby Jones (outfielder)">Bobby Jones</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Single-A_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Single-A (baseball)">A</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Rangers" title="Charlotte Rangers">Charlotte Rangers</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Florida_State_League" title="Florida State League">Florida State League</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jim_Byrd" title="Jim Byrd">Jim Byrd</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Single-A_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Single-A (baseball)">A</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Savannah_Sand_Gnats" title="Savannah Sand Gnats">Savannah Sand Gnats</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/South_Atlantic_League" title="South Atlantic League">South Atlantic League</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Paul_Carey_(baseball)" title="Paul Carey (baseball)">Paul Carey</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rookie_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Rookie League">Rookie</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pulaski_Rangers" class="mw-redirect" title="Pulaski Rangers">Pulaski Rangers</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Appalachian_League" title="Appalachian League">Appalachian League</a> </td> <td>Bruce Crabbe </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rookie_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Rookie League">Rookie</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gulf_Coast_Rangers" class="mw-redirect" title="Gulf Coast Rangers">GCL Rangers</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gulf_Coast_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Gulf Coast League">Gulf Coast League</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" 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href="/wiki/Texas_Rangers_(baseball)" title="Texas Rangers (baseball)"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Franchise</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1960_Major_League_Baseball_expansion_draft" title="1960 Major League Baseball expansion draft">Expansion draft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Texas_Rangers_(baseball)" title="History of the Texas Rangers (baseball)">History</a> (<a href="/wiki/Washington_Senators_(1961%E2%80%931971)" title="Washington Senators (1961–1971)">in Washington, D.C.</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Texas_Rangers_seasons" title="List of Texas Rangers seasons">Seasons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Texas_Rangers_team_records" title="List of Texas Rangers team records">Team records</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Texas_Rangers_no-hitters" title="List of Texas Rangers no-hitters">No-hitters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texas_Rangers_award_winners_and_league_leaders" title="Texas Rangers award winners and league leaders">Awards winners and league leaders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Texas_Rangers_(baseball)_broadcasters" title="List of Texas Rangers (baseball) broadcasters">Broadcasters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Texas_Rangers_owners_and_executives" title="List of Texas Rangers owners and executives">Owners and executives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Texas_Rangers_managers" title="List of Texas Rangers managers">Managers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texas_Rangers_all-time_roster" title="Texas Rangers all-time roster">Players</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Texas_Rangers_first-round_draft_picks" title="List of Texas Rangers first-round draft picks">First-round draft picks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Texas_Rangers_Opening_Day_starting_pitchers" title="List of Texas Rangers Opening Day starting pitchers">Opening Day starting pitchers</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #C0111F !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #003278, inset -2px -2px 0 #003278; !important;;;width:1%">Ballparks</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Griffith_Stadium" title="Griffith Stadium">Griffith Stadium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_F._Kennedy_Memorial_Stadium" title="Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium">RFK Stadium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arlington_Stadium" title="Arlington Stadium">Arlington Stadium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Choctaw_Stadium" title="Choctaw Stadium">Choctaw Stadium</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Globe_Life_Field" title="Globe Life Field">Globe Life Field</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color: #C0111F !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #003278, inset -2px -2px 0 #003278; !important;;"><i>Spring training</i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pompano_Beach_Municipal_Stadium" title="Pompano Beach Municipal Stadium">Pompano Beach Municipal Stadium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Sports_Park" title="Charlotte Sports Park">Ranger Stadium</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Surprise_Stadium" title="Surprise Stadium">Surprise Stadium</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #C0111F !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #003278, inset -2px -2px 0 #003278; !important;;;width:1%">Culture and lore</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Continental_League" title="Continental League">Continental League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_mascots#Rangers_Captain_(Texas_Rangers)" title="List of Major League Baseball mascots">Captain (mascot)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ten_Cent_Beer_Night" title="Ten Cent Beer Night">Ten Cent Beer Night</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenny_Rogers%27_perfect_game" title="Kenny Rogers' perfect game">Kenny Rogers' perfect game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Freese%27s_2011_World_Series_home_run" class="mw-redirect" title="David Freese's 2011 World Series home run">Game 6 of the 2011 World Series</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_American_League_Wild_Card_Game" title="2012 American League Wild Card Game">2012 AL Wild Card Game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_American_League_Wild_Card_tie-breaker_game" title="2013 American League Wild Card tie-breaker game">2013 AL Wild Card tie-breaker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_American_League_Division_Series" title="2015 American League Division Series">2015 ALDS Game 5</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bat_flip" title="Bat flip">José Bautista's bat flip</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/State_Farm_College_Baseball_Showdown" title="State Farm College Baseball Showdown">State Farm College Baseball Showdown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Higher_(Creed_song)" title="Higher (Creed song)">"Higher" (Creed song)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #C0111F !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #003278, inset -2px -2px 0 #003278; !important;;;width:1%">Rivalries</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lone_Star_Series" title="Lone Star Series">Houston Astros</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angels%E2%80%93Rangers_rivalry" title="Angels–Rangers rivalry">Los Angeles Angels</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #C0111F !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #003278, inset -2px -2px 0 #003278; !important;;;width:1%">Key personnel</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Owners: <a href="/wiki/Ray_Davis_(businessman)" title="Ray Davis (businessman)">Ray Davis</a> & <a href="/wiki/Bob_R._Simpson" title="Bob R. Simpson">Bob R. Simpson</a></li> <li>Executive Vice President/General Manager: <a href="/wiki/Chris_Young_(pitcher)" title="Chris Young (pitcher)">Chris Young</a></li> <li>Manager: <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Bochy" title="Bruce Bochy">Bruce Bochy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #C0111F !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #003278, inset -2px -2px 0 #003278; !important;;;width:1%">World Series<br /> Championships (1)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2023_World_Series" title="2023 World Series">2023</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #C0111F !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #003278, inset -2px -2px 0 #003278; !important;;;width:1%">American League<br />championships (3)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2010_American_League_Championship_Series" title="2010 American League Championship Series">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_American_League_Championship_Series" title="2011 American League Championship Series">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_American_League_Championship_Series" title="2023 American League Championship Series">2023</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #C0111F !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #003278, inset -2px -2px 0 #003278; !important;;;width:1%">American League<br />West Division titles (7)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1996_Texas_Rangers_season" title="1996 Texas Rangers season">1996</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_Texas_Rangers_season" title="1999 Texas Rangers season">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Texas_Rangers_season" title="2010 Texas Rangers season">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Texas_Rangers_season" title="2011 Texas Rangers season">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Texas_Rangers_season" title="2015 Texas Rangers season">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Texas_Rangers_season" title="2016 Texas Rangers season">2016</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #C0111F !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #003278, inset -2px -2px 0 #003278; !important;;;width:1%">Wild card berths (2)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2012_Texas_Rangers_season" title="2012 Texas Rangers season">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Texas_Rangers_season" title="2023 Texas Rangers season">2023</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #C0111F !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #003278, inset -2px -2px 0 #003278; !important;;;width:1%">Media</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Texas_Rangers_(baseball)_broadcasters" title="List of Texas Rangers (baseball) broadcasters">Broadcasters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bally_Sports_Southwest" class="mw-redirect" title="Bally Sports Southwest">Bally Sports Southwest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KRLD-FM" title="KRLD-FM">KRLD-FM</a> (English)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KRLD_(AM)" title="KRLD (AM)">KRLD-AM</a> (Alternate)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KFLC" title="KFLC">KFLC</a> (Spanish)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #C0111F !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #003278, inset -2px -2px 0 #003278; !important;;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Texas_Rangers_minor_league_affiliates" title="List of Texas Rangers minor league affiliates"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Minor league affiliates</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Triple-A: <a href="/wiki/Round_Rock_Express" title="Round Rock Express">Round Rock Express</a></li> <li>Double-A: <a href="/wiki/Frisco_RoughRiders" title="Frisco RoughRiders">Frisco RoughRiders</a></li> <li>High-A: <a href="/wiki/Hub_City_Spartanburgers" title="Hub City Spartanburgers">Hub City Spartanburgers</a></li> <li>Single-A: <a href="/wiki/Hickory_Crawdads" title="Hickory Crawdads">Hickory Crawdads</a></li> <li>Rookie: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arizona_Complex_League_Rangers" title="Arizona Complex League Rangers">ACL Rangers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominican_Summer_League_Rangers" title="Dominican Summer League Rangers">DSL Rangers Blue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominican_Summer_League_Rangers" title="Dominican Summer League Rangers">DSL Rangers Red</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background-color: #C0111F !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #003278, inset -2px -2px 0 #003278; !important;;;background-color: #003278 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #C0111F, inset -2px -2px 0 #C0111F; !important;;"><div id="Seasons_(65)" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Seasons (65)</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #C0111F !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #003278, inset -2px -2px 0 #003278; !important;;;width:1%">1960s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">1960 · </span> <a href="/wiki/1961_Washington_Senators_season" title="1961 Washington Senators season">1961</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962_Washington_Senators_season" title="1962 Washington Senators season">1962</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1963_Washington_Senators_season" title="1963 Washington Senators season">1963</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_Washington_Senators_season" title="1964 Washington Senators season">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1965_Washington_Senators_season" title="1965 Washington Senators season">1965</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_Washington_Senators_season" title="1966 Washington Senators season">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967_Washington_Senators_season" title="1967 Washington Senators season">1967</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_Washington_Senators_season" title="1968 Washington Senators season">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_Washington_Senators_season" title="1969 Washington Senators season">1969</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #C0111F !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #003278, inset -2px -2px 0 #003278; !important;;;width:1%">1970s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1970_Washington_Senators_season" title="1970 Washington Senators season">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_Washington_Senators_season" title="1971 Washington Senators season">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_Texas_Rangers_season" title="1972 Texas Rangers season">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_Texas_Rangers_season" title="1973 Texas Rangers season">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_Texas_Rangers_season" title="1974 Texas Rangers season">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1975_Texas_Rangers_season" title="1975 Texas Rangers season">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_Texas_Rangers_season" title="1976 Texas Rangers season">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_Texas_Rangers_season" title="1977 Texas Rangers season">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_Texas_Rangers_season" title="1978 Texas Rangers season">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_Texas_Rangers_season" title="1979 Texas Rangers season">1979</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #C0111F !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #003278, inset -2px -2px 0 #003278; !important;;;width:1%">1980s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1980_Texas_Rangers_season" title="1980 Texas Rangers season">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_Texas_Rangers_season" title="1981 Texas Rangers season">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_Texas_Rangers_season" title="1982 Texas Rangers season">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_Texas_Rangers_season" title="1983 Texas Rangers season">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_Texas_Rangers_season" title="1984 Texas Rangers season">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_Texas_Rangers_season" title="1985 Texas Rangers season">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_Texas_Rangers_season" title="1986 Texas Rangers season">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_Texas_Rangers_season" title="1987 Texas Rangers season">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_Texas_Rangers_season" title="1988 Texas Rangers season">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_Texas_Rangers_season" title="1989 Texas Rangers season">1989</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #C0111F !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #003278, inset -2px -2px 0 #003278; !important;;;width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1990_Texas_Rangers_season" title="1990 Texas Rangers season">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_Texas_Rangers_season" title="1991 Texas Rangers season">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_Texas_Rangers_season" title="1992 Texas Rangers season">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_Texas_Rangers_season" title="1993 Texas Rangers season">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_Texas_Rangers_season" title="1994 Texas Rangers season">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_Texas_Rangers_season" title="1995 Texas Rangers season">1995</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/1996_Texas_Rangers_season" title="1996 Texas Rangers season">1996</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_Texas_Rangers_season" title="1997 Texas Rangers season">1997</a></li> <li><i><a class="mw-selflink selflink">1998</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/1999_Texas_Rangers_season" title="1999 Texas Rangers season">1999</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #C0111F !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #003278, inset -2px -2px 0 #003278; !important;;;width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2000_Texas_Rangers_season" title="2000 Texas Rangers season">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_Texas_Rangers_season" title="2001 Texas Rangers season">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_Texas_Rangers_season" title="2002 Texas Rangers season">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_Texas_Rangers_season" title="2003 Texas Rangers season">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Texas_Rangers_season" title="2004 Texas Rangers season">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_Texas_Rangers_season" title="2005 Texas Rangers season">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Texas_Rangers_season" title="2006 Texas Rangers season">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Texas_Rangers_season" title="2007 Texas Rangers season">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Texas_Rangers_season" title="2008 Texas Rangers season">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Texas_Rangers_season" title="2009 Texas Rangers season">2009</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #C0111F !important; 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