The 1998 Texas Rangers team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1998 season. It is a comprehensive team roster and player names are sorted by the fielding position where the most number of games were played during the regular season. Every player's name links to their career statistics.
Below the main roster you will find in the Fast Facts section: a 1998 Texas Rangers Opening Day starters list, a 1998 Texas Rangers salary list, a 1998 Texas Rangers uniform number breakdown and a 1998 Texas Rangers primary starters list. Research by Baseball Almanac.
"The effort is there. In fact, maybe too much effort is there. These guys want to do so well, and it's just not happening for us right now. You can't see the light at the end of the tunnel, but you know it's there." - Johnny Oates
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# | Pitchers | Height | Weight | Throws | Bats | Date Of Birth |
58 | Scott Bailes | 6-02 | 184 | Left | Left | 1961-12-18 |
33 | John Burkett | 6-02 | 211 | Right | Right | 1964-11-28 |
36 | Greg Cadaret | 6-03 | 214 | Left | Left | 1962-02-27 |
23 | Tim Crabtree | 6-04 | 205 | Right | Right | 1969-10-13 |
49 | Tony Fossas | 6-00 | 187 | Left | Left | 1957-09-23 |
53 | Eric Gunderson | 6-00 | 195 | Left | Right | 1966-03-29 |
32 | Rick Helling | 6-03 | 255 | Right | Right | 1970-12-15 |
31 | Xavier Hernandez | 6-02 | 185 | Right | Left | 1965-08-16 |
50 | Jonathan Johnson | 6-00 | 180 | Right | Right | 1974-07-16 |
43 | Al Levine | 6-03 | 180 | Right | Left | 1968-05-22 |
28 | Esteban Loaiza | 6-02 | 230 | Right | Right | 1971-12-31 |
28 | Darren Oliver | 6-03 | 250 | Left | Right | 1970-10-06 |
56 | Danny Patterson | 6-00 | 170 | Right | Right | 1971-02-17 |
59 | Roger Pavlik | 6-02 | 220 | Right | Both | 1967-10-04 |
40 | Matt Perisho | 6-00 | 175 | Left | Left | 1975-06-08 |
60 | Julio Santana | 6-00 | 175 | Right | Right | 1973-01-20 |
30 | Aaron Sele | 6-05 | 218 | Right | Right | 1970-06-25 |
44 | Todd Stottlemyre | 6-03 | 195 | Right | Left | 1965-05-20 |
51 | Todd Van Poppel | 6-05 | 210 | Right | Right | 1971-12-09 |
35 | John Wetteland | 6-02 | 195 | Right | Right | 1966-08-21 |
36 | Bobby Witt | 6-02 | 205 | Right | Right | 1964-05-11 |
# | Catchers | Height | Weight | Throws | Bats | Date Of Birth |
37 | Bill Haselman | 6-03 | 220 | Right | Right | 1966-05-25 |
7 | Ivan Rodriguez | 5-09 | 205 | Right | Right | 1971-11-30 |
# | Infielders | Height | Weight | Throws | Bats | Date Of Birth |
10 | Luis Alicea | 5-09 | 177 | Right | Both | 1965-07-29 |
1 | Domingo Cedeno | 6-01 | 170 | Right | Both | 1968-11-04 |
22 | Will Clark | 6-01 | 190 | Left | Left | 1964-03-13 |
18, 11 | Royce Clayton | 6-00 | 200 | Right | Right | 1970-01-02 |
18 | Kevin Elster | 6-02 | 200 | Right | Right | 1964-08-03 |
3 | Mark McLemore | 5-11 | 195 | Right | Both | 1964-10-04 |
4 | Scott Sheldon | 6-03 | 185 | Right | Right | 1968-11-28 |
4 | Fernando Tatis | 5-11 | 185 | Right | Right | 1975-01-01 |
27 | Todd Zeile | 6-01 | 190 | Right | Right | 1965-09-09 |
# | Outfielders | Height | Weight | Throws | Bats | Date Of Birth |
18 | Milt Cuyler | 5-10 | 185 | Right | Both | 1968-10-07 |
19 | Juan Gonzalez | 6-03 | 220 | Right | Right | 1969-10-20 |
24 | Tom Goodwin | 6-01 | 170 | Right | Left | 1968-07-27 |
29 | Rusty Greer | 6-00 | 190 | Left | Left | 1969-01-21 |
39 | Roberto Kelly | 6-02 | 200 | Right | Right | 1964-10-01 |
21 | Warren Newson | 5-07 | 202 | Left | Left | 1964-07-03 |
16 | Mike Simms | 6-04 | 185 | Right | Right | 1967-01-12 |
# | Other Positions | Height | Weight | Throws | Bats | Date Of Birth |
14 | Rob Sasser | 6-03 | 205 | Right | Right | 1975-03-09 |
9, 11 | Lee Stevens | 6-04 | 219 | Left | Left | 1967-07-10 |
18 | Chris Tremie | 6-00 | 200 | Right | Right | 1969-10-17 |
# | Pitchers | Height | Weight | Throws | Bats | Date Of Birth |
1998 Texas Rangers Roster | Research by Baseball Almanac |
The 1998 Texas Rangers played 162 games during the regular season, won 88 games, lost 74 games, and finished in first position. They played their home games at The Ballpark at Arlington (Park Factors: 104/104) where 2,927,399 fans witnessed their 1998 Rangers finish the season with a .543 winning percentage.
Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a unique set of rosters not easily found on the Internet. Included, where data is available, is a 1998 Texas Rangers Opening Day starters list, a 1998 Texas Rangers salary list, a 1998 Texas Rangers uniform number breakdown and a 1998 Texas Rangers primary starters list:
Did you know that a 1998 Texas Rangers Schedule is available and it includes dates of every game played, scores of every game played, a cumulative record, and many hard to find splits (Monthly Splits, Team vs Team Splits & Score Related Splits)?