# 1999 Texas Rangers season

The 1999 Texas Rangers season was the 39th of the Texas Rangers franchise overall, their 28th in Arlington as the Rangers, and their 6th season at The Ballpark in Arlington. The Rangers finished first in the American League West with a record of 95 wins and 67 losses, registering the best winning percentage (.586) in franchise history until 2011.
Winning their third division title in four years, the Rangers repeated their 1998 postseason performance, again being swept by the New York Yankees in three games. This was the Rangers' last postseason appearance until 2010.

## Offseason

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

## Regular season
### Opening day starters

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

### Season standings

vteAL West :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Texas Rangers | 95 | 67 | .586 | — | 51‍–‍30 | 44‍–‍37 |
| Oakland Athletics | 87 | 75 | .537 | 8 | 52‍–‍29 | 35‍–‍46 |
| Seattle Mariners | 79 | 83 | .488 | 16 | 43‍–‍38 | 36‍–‍45 |
| Anaheim Angels | 70 | 92 | .432 | 25 | 37‍–‍44 | 33‍–‍48 |

### Record vs. opponents

1999 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | ANA | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TB | TEX | TOR | NL |
| Anaheim | — | 3–9 | 1–9 | 5–5 | 1–9 | 5–5 | 7–5 | 6–4 | 6–4 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 3–9 | 6–12 |
| Baltimore | 9–3 | — | 5–7 | 7–3 | 1–9 | 5–5 | 6–4 | 8–1 | 4–9 | 5–7 | 5–5 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 1–11 | 11–7 |
| Boston | 9–1 | 7–5 | — | 7–5 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 8–2 | 6–4 | 8–4 | 4–6 | 7–3 | 4–9 | 4–5 | 9–3 | 6–12 |
| Chicago | 5–5 | 3–7 | 5–7 | — | 3–9 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 8–3–1 | 5–7 | 3–7 | 4–8 | 6–4 | 5–5 | 6–4 | 9–9 |
| Cleveland | 9–1 | 9–1 | 4–8 | 9–3 | — | 8–5 | 7–5 | 9–3 | 3–7 | 10–2 | 7–3 | 5–4 | 3–7 | 5–7 | 9–9 |
| Detroit | 5–5 | 5–5 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 5–8 | — | 7–4 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 4–6 | 3–7 | 4–5 | 5–5 | 2–10 | 8–10 |
| Kansas City | 5–7 | 4–6 | 2–8 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 4–7 | — | 5–8 | 5–4 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 2–8 | 4–6 | 3–7 | 6–12 |
| Minnesota | 4–6 | 1–8 | 4–6 | 3–8–1 | 3–9 | 6–6 | 8–5 | — | 4–6 | 7–5 | 4–8 | 5–5 | 0–12 | 4–6 | 10–7 |
| New York | 4–6 | 9–4 | 4–8 | 7–5 | 7–3 | 7–5 | 4–5 | 6–4 | — | 6–4 | 9–1 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 10–2 | 9–9 |
| Oakland | 4–8 | 7–5 | 6–4 | 7–3 | 2–10 | 6–4 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 4–6 | — | 6–6 | 9–1 | 5–7 | 8–2 | 12–6 |
| Seattle | 6–6 | 5–5 | 3–7 | 8–4 | 3–7 | 7–3 | 5–7 | 8–4 | 1–9 | 6–6 | — | 8–4 | 5–8 | 7–2 | 7–11 |
| Tampa Bay | 5–7 | 7–5 | 9–4 | 4–6 | 4–5 | 5–4 | 8–2 | 5–5 | 4–8 | 1–9 | 4–8 | — | 4–8 | 5–8 | 4–14 |
| Texas | 6–6 | 6–6 | 5–4 | 5–5 | 7–3 | 5–5 | 6–4 | 12–0 | 4–8 | 7–5 | 8–5 | 8–4 | — | 6–4 | 10–8 |
| Toronto | 9–3 | 11–1 | 3–9 | 4–6 | 7–5 | 10–2 | 7–3 | 6–4 | 2–10 | 2–8 | 2–7 | 8–5 | 4–6 | — | 9–9 |

### Notable transactions

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

### Roster
## Game log
### Regular season

1999 regular season game log: 95–67 (Home: 51–30; Away: 44–37) :
April: 13–10 (Home: 5–6; Away: 8–4)
#DateTime (CT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/ Streak :
May: 17–10 (Home: 9–5; Away: 8–5)
#DateTime (CT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/ Streak :
June: 15–13 (Home: 5–3; Away: 10–10)
#DateTime (CT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/ Streak :
July: 16–9 (Home: 9–4; Away: 7–5)
#DateTime (CT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/ Streak
70th All-Star Game in Boston, Massachusetts :
August: 18–12 (Home: 11–6; Away: 7–6)
#DateTime (CT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/ Streak :
September: 16–10 (Home: 12–6; Away: 4–4)
#DateTime (CT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/ Streak :
October: 0–3 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–3)
#DateTime (CT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/ Streak :
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement Bold = Rangers team member :

### Postseason Game log

1999 Postseason game log: 0–3 (Home: 0–1; Away: 0–2) :
AL Division Series: vs. New York Yankees 0–3 (Home: 0–1; Away: 0–2)
#DateTime (CT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceSeriesBox/ Streak :
Legend:        = Win        = Postponement Bold = Rangers team member :

## Player stats
### Batting
#### Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
| Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| C | Iván Rodríguez | 144 | 600 | 199 | .332 | 35 | 113 |
| 1B | Lee Stevens | 146 | 517 | 146 | .282 | 24 | 81 |
| 2B | Mark McLemore | 144 | 566 | 155 | .274 | 6 | 45 |
| SS | Royce Clayton | 133 | 465 | 134 | .288 | 14 | 52 |
| 3B | Todd Zeile | 156 | 588 | 172 | .293 | 24 | 98 |
| LF | Rusty Greer | 147 | 556 | 167 | .300 | 20 | 101 |
| CF | Tom Goodwin | 109 | 405 | 105 | .259 | 3 | 33 |
| RF | Juan González | 144 | 562 | 183 | .326 | 39 | 128 |
| DH | Rafael Palmeiro | 158 | 565 | 183 | .324 | 47 | 148 |

#### Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
| Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| Roberto Kelly | 87 | 290 | 87 | .300 | 8 | 37 |
| Luis Alicea | 68 | 164 | 33 | .201 | 3 | 17 |
| Rubén Mateo | 32 | 122 | 29 | .238 | 5 | 18 |
| Greg Zaun | 43 | 93 | 23 | .247 | 1 | 12 |
| Jon Shave | 43 | 73 | 21 | .288 | 0 | 9 |
| Kelly Dransfeldt | 16 | 53 | 10 | .189 | 1 | 5 |
| Scarborough Green | 18 | 13 | 4 | .308 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Simms | 4 | 2 | 1 | .500 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Sheldon | 2 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |

### Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| Rick Helling | 35 | 219.1 | 13 | 11 | 4.84 | 131 |
| Aaron Sele | 33 | 205.0 | 18 | 9 | 4.79 | 186 |
| John Burkett | 30 | 147.1 | 9 | 8 | 5.62 | 96 |
| Mike Morgan | 34 | 140.0 | 13 | 10 | 6.24 | 61 |
| Mark Clark | 15 | 74.1 | 3 | 7 | 8.60 | 44 |

#### Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| Esteban Loaiza | 30 | 120.1 | 9 | 5 | 4.56 | 77 |
| Ryan Glynn | 13 | 54.2 | 2 | 4 | 7.24 | 39 |
| Jeff Fassero | 7 | 17.1 | 1 | 0 | 5.71 | 13 |
| Matt Perisho | 4 | 10.1 | 0 | 0 | 2.61 | 17 |

##### Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
| John Wetteland | 62 | 4 | 4 | 43 | 3.68 | 60 |
| Tim Crabtree | 68 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3.46 | 54 |
| Jeff Zimmerman | 65 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2.36 | 67 |
| Mike Venafro | 65 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3.29 | 37 |
| Mike Munoz | 56 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3.93 | 27 |
| Danny Patterson | 53 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5.67 | 43 |
| Danny Kolb | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4.65 | 15 |
| Eric Gunderson | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.20 | 6 |
| Doug Davis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33.75 | 3 |
| Jonathan Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.00 | 3 |
| Corey Lee | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27.00 | 0 |

## ALDS

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

## Awards and honors

* Rafael Palmeiro, 1B, AL Gold Glove
* Rafael Palmeiro, 1B, Silver Slugger Award
* Iván Rodríguez, AL MVP
* Iván Rodríguez, C, Gold Glove
* Iván Rodríguez, Silver Slugger Award
All-Star Game

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Oklahoma RedHawks | Pacific Coast League | Greg Biagini |
| AA | Tulsa Drillers | Texas League | Bobby Jones |
| A | Charlotte Rangers | Florida State League | Jim Byrd |
| A | Savannah Sand Gnats | South Atlantic League | Paul Carey |
| Rookie | Pulaski Rangers | Appalachian League | Bruce Crabbe |
| Rookie | GCL Rangers | Gulf Coast League | Darryl Kennedy |