1999 Season

Season Notes

• 1999 Season Page at Baseball Reference
• 1999 Season page at Wikipedia
• Final Record: 95-67 (.586), 1st/4 AL West, Lost in ALDS 3-1
• Interleague Home: Diamondbacks, Rockies, Giants
• Interleague Away: Diamondbacks, Dodgers, Padres
• All Star Representatives (3): Rafael Palmeiro, John Wetteland, Jeff Zimmerman
• Pudge Rodriguez was the AL MVP
• The Interactive schedule is not available for this season – the first year MLB.com did that was 2009.

• ST1: Rangers drop spring opener to Reds, 5-4 (3/5/1999)
• ST2: Rangers lose big to Buccos, 15-6 (3/6/1999)
• ST3: Rangers lose close one to Red Sox, 7-6 (3/7/1999)
• ST4: Rangers beat Tampa Bay, 6-4 (3/8/1999)
• ST5: Rangers lose well pitched game to Reds, 2-1 (3/9/1999)
• ST6: Rangers beat Twins 7-6 (3/10/1999)
• ST7: Rangers shut out by Clemens & Yankees, 6-0 (3/11/1999)
• ST8: Rangers top Toronto, 6-1 (3/12/1999)
• ST9: Ranges slam way to win over Detroit, 13-7 (3/13/1999)
• Rangers and Pirates rained out (3/14/1999)
• ST10: Rangers top Phillies in close one, 11-10 (3/15/1999)
• ST16: Rangers lose to Pittsburgh, 10-5 (3/16/1999)
• ST17: Rangers take down Boston, 7-5 (3/17/1999)
• ST18: Rangers lose to Twins, 7-2 (3/18/1999)
• ST19: Rangers lose game 2 to Twins, 9-7 (3/18/1999)
• ST20: Rangers and Phillies tie, 6-6 (3/19/1999)
• ST21: Rangers win over Reds, 5-4 (3/20/1999)
• ST22: Rangers beat Reds again, 5-3 (3/21/1999)
• ST23: Rangers lose tough one to Detroit, 3-2 (3/22/1999)
• ST24: Rangers topple Blue Jays, 4-3 (3/23/1999)
• ST25: Oh look, the Yankees beat us, 8-6 (3/24/1999)
• ST26: Rangers lose to Red Sox, 10-3 (3/26/1999)
• ST27: Rangers beat Twins easily, 10-5 (3/27/1999)
• ST28: Rangers pen blows it; we lose to Pirates 11-9 (3/28/1999)
• ST29: Devil Rays beat Rangers easily 8-1 (3/29/1999)
• ST30: Rangers sign Bournigal, lose anyway 7-1 (3/30/1999)
• ST31: Rangers offense wakes up, we beat twins 11-4 (3/31/1999)
• ST32: Rangers beat Reds in FLA finale, 6-4 (4/1/1999)
• ST33: Rangers top Astros in Arlington game, 6-5 (4/2/1999)
• ST34: Rangers lose to Mets in spring finale, 6-4 (4/3/1999)
• G1: Rangers drop season opener, 11-5 to Tigers (4/5/1999)
• G2: Rangers bounce back, shut out Tigers, 6-0 (4/6/1999)
• G3: Rangers take down Detroit again, 10-7 (4/7/1999)
• G4: Angels beat Rangers, 8-4 (4/9/1999)
• G5: Rangers lose 8-4, make me sick (4/10/1999)
• G6: I had awesome seats for Rangers 6-3 win (4/11/1999)
• G7: Rangers lose big to Angels, 13-5 (4/12/1999)
• G8: Rangers blow out Seattle, 15-6 (4/13/1999)
• G9: Rangers win again, 9-6 over Mariners (4/14/1999)
• G10: Rangers get Seattle again, 4-3 (4/15/1999)
• G11: A’s top Rangers 8-2 (4/16/1999)
• G12: Rangers blown out again by A’s 11-3 (4/17/1999)
• G13: Rangers win again, 6-2 over Oakland (4/18/1999)
• G14: Rangers shut out by the Yankees, 4-0 (4/20/1999)
• G15: Yankees do it again, this time 4-2 (4/21/1999)
• G16: Rangers bounce back, beat Twins 6-4 (4/22/1999)
• G17: Rangers beat Twins again, 4-2 (4/23/1999)
• G18: Rangers beat Twins again 7-2 (4/24/1999)
• G19: Rangers beat Minnesota again, 9-5 (4/25/1999)
• G20: Yankees squeak past Texas, 7-6 (4/27/1999)
• G21: Stop the Presses! Rangers beat Yankes, 8-6! (4/28/1999)
• G22: A more typical Yankees game. We lose 5-3 (4/29/1999)
• G23: Texas drops one to Cleveland, 7-5 (4/30/1999)
• G24: Rangers drop another one I was at, 5-3 to Indians (5/1/1999)
• G25: Rangers beat Indians, 8-6 (5/2/1999)
• G26: Rangers lose ugly to Cleveland, 10-4 (5/3/1999)
• G27: Rangers take down Boston 8-3 (5/5/1999)
• G28: Rangers lose to Red Sox, 3-2 (5/6/1999)
• G29: Rangers lose to Toronto, 9-6 (5/7/1999)
• G30: Rangers take down Blue Jays, 4-3 (5/8/1999)
• G31: Texas tops Toronto, 11-6 (5/9/1999)
• G32: Rangers lose to White Sox, 5-2 (5/10/1999)
• G33: Texas beats the White Sox, 11-5 (5/11/1999)
• G34: Bombs away! Rangers top Baltimore 15-7 (5/13/1999)
• G35: Rangers win a nailbiter, 7-6 (5/14/1999)
• G36: Rangers top Orioles again, 8-1 (5/15/1999)
• G37: Rangers bombed by Baltimore, 16-5 (5/16/1999)
• G38: Rangers beat bad by Devil Rays, 13-3 (5/17/1999)
• G39: Devil Rays beat Rangers again, 5-4 (5/18/1999)
• G40: Rangers salvage finale against DRays, 7-6 (5/19/1999)
• G41: Orioles top Rangers, 3-2 (5/21/1999)
• G42: Rangers take another close one, 8-7 (5/22/1999)
• G43: Rangers blown out by Baltimore 15-6 (5/23/1999)
• G44: Devil Rays drowned, 12-3 (5/24/1999)
• G45: Rangers beat Tampa again, 7-2 (5/25/1999)
• G46: Rangers sweep Tampa again, 8-6 (5/26/1999)
• G47: Rangers beat Tampa Bay 6-4 (5/28/1999)
• G47: Rangers homer their way to the win, 6-4 (5/28/1999)
• G48: Rangers win in extra innings 4-3 (5/29/1999)
• G49: Texas takes Twins 3-2 (5/30/1999)
• G50: Rangers win great game, 4-3 over Detroit (5/31/1999)
• G51: Rangers beat Kansas City 3-1 (6/1/1999)
• G52: Rangers beat Royals again, 7-4 (6/2/1999)
• G53: Rangers lose big to Arizona, 11-3 (6/4/1999)
• G54: Rangers beat Arizona, 9-8 (6/5/1999)
• G55: Rangers drop 4-2 game to Diamondbacks (6/6/1999)
• G56: Rangers take down Dodgers, 3-2 (6/7/1999)
• G57: Rangers beat Dodgers again, 7-6 (6/8/1999)
• G58: Rangers drop finale to Dodgers, 7-2 (6/9/1999)
• G59: Rangers rock Rockies, 3-2 (6/10/1999)
• G60: Rangers drop Game 2 to the Rockies, 8-7 (6/12/1999)
• G61: Rangers drop finale of series to Rockies, 4-2 (6/13/1999)
• G62: Rangers lose to Yankees, 8-2 (6/14/1999)
• G63: Rangers lose to Yankees again, 6-2 (6/15/1999)
• G64: Rangers win, shut out Yankees 3-0 (6/16/1999)
• G65: Rangers beat Yankees 4-2 (6/17/1999)
• G66: Boston taken down by Texas, 3-1 (6/18/1999)
• G67: Rangers lose to Red Sox, 7-4 (6/19/1999)
• G68: Rangers lose to Red Sox again, 5-2 (6/20/1999)
• G69: Rangers lose to the Red Sox again, 5-4 (6/21/1999)
• G70: Rangers lose annoying game 5-3 to A’s (6/22/1999)
• G71: Rangers beat A’s 7-6 in a strange game for me (6/23/1999)
• G72: Rangers beat A’s again, 5-2 (6/24/1999)
• G73: Rangers lose big to Seattle, 14-4 (6/25/1999)
• G74: Rangers lose to Seattle again, 5-4 (6/26/1999)
• G75: Rangers lose finale at Kingdome, 5-2 (6/27/1999)
• G76: Mike Morgan misses shutout in 9-1 win (6/28/1999)
• G77: Rangers shut out Anaheim 5-0 (6/29/1999)
• G78: Rangers blow out Angels 18-4 (6/30/1999)
• G79: Rangers edge Seattle, 7-6 (7/2/1999)
• G80: Texas drops high scoring close game, 13-12 (7/3/1999)
• G81: Rangers shutout on July 4th game, 6-0 (7/4/1999)
• G82: Rangers drop 4-2 game to Oakland (7/5/1999)
• G83: Rangers shut out by A’s, 4-0 (7/6/1999)
• G84: Rangers drop 7-4 game to Oakland (7/7/1999)
• G85: Rangers beat Padres 7-2 (7/9/1999)
• G86: Rangers lose to San Diego, 5-4 (7/10/1999)
• G87: Padres beat us again by the score of 6-2 (7/11/1999)
• AL beats NL in 1999 All Star Game, 4-1 (7/13/1999)
• G88: Rangers come out of break with 3-2 win over DBacks (7/15/1999)
• G89: Rangers beat Diamondbacks again, 9-8 (7/16/1999)
• G90: Rangers and Wetteland drop game to Arizona, 8-6 (7/17/1999)
• G91: Rangers top San Francisco, 5-4 (7/18/1999)
• G92: Rangers beat up Giants again, 14-7 (7/19/1999)
• G93: Rangers sweep Giants behind 6-3 win (7/20/1999)
• G94: Rangers top Anaheim in series opener, 9-5 (7/21/1999)
• G95: Rangers top Angels 9-7 on my big photo day (7/22/1999)
• G96: Rangers keep winning, this time 11-8 over Devil Rays (7/23/1999)
• G97: Rangers win again over Tampa, 5-3 (7/24/1999)
• G98: Rangers beat Devil Rays, 4-3 (7/25/1999)
• Rangers beat Royals in Hall of Fame Game (7/26/1999)
• G99: My wife and I witness Rangers 8-6 win in Baltimore (7/27/1999)
• G100: Cal just misses #400, Rangers lose 8-6 (7/28/1999)
• G101: Rangers beat O’s 3-1 in series finale (7/29/1999)
• G102: Rangers come home, beat Royals 9-2 (7/30/1999)
• G103: Rangers drop another to Royals, 12-8 (7/31/1999)
• G104: Rangers win big over Royals, 12-5 (8/1/1999)
• G105: Rangers beat Twins 5-4 (8/2/1999)
• G106: Rangers top Twins again 9-5 (8/3/1999)
• G107: Rangers beat Twins 3-1, I can’t see it again (8/4/1999)
• G108: Rangers lose to Blue Jays, 5-4 (8/6/1999)
• G109: Rangers shut out Blue Jays 6-0 (8/7/1999)
• G110: Rangers lose back and forth game to Toronto, 8-7 (8/8/1999)
• G111: Rangers bombed out by Blue Jays, 19-4 (8/9/1999)
• G112: Rangers squeak by Tigers, 4-3 (8/10/1999)
• G113: Rangers beat Tigers, 8-2 (8/11/1999)
• G114: Rangers drop game to Detroit, 3-1 (8/12/1999)
• G115: Rangers lose to White Sox, 4-2. Ugh. (8/13/1999)
• G116: Rangers lose to Chicago again, 7-4. Ugh 2. (8/13/1999)
• G117: Rangers lose again to Chisox, 8-7 (8/14/1999)
• G118: Rangers salvage finale, shut out White Sox, 10-0 (8/15/1999)
• G119: Rangers beat up on Indians, 13-5 (8/16/1999)
• G120: Rangers beat up on Indians AGAIN, 15-4 (8/17/1999)
• G121: Rangers beat Indians again, 6-1 (8/18/1999)
• G122: Rangers drop series finale, shut out 8-0 (8/19/1999)
• G123: Rangers win my birthday game, 4-3 over Bosox (8/20/1999)
• G124: Rangers top Red Sox again, 9-2 (8/21/1999)
• G125: Rangers sweep out Red Sox, 6-0 (8/22/1999)
• G126: Rangers utterly destroyed by Yankees, 21-3 (8/23/1999)
• G127: Rangers lose to Yankees again, 10-7 (8/24/1999)
• G128: Rangers top Yankees, 7-3 (8/25/1999)
• G129: Rangers beat Blue Jays, 8-2 (8/27/1999)
• G130: Rangers lose to Toronto, 9-7 (8/28/1999)
• G131: Rangers sweep Blue Jays behind 4-2 wins (8/29/1999)
• G132: Rangers drop 1-0 pitching duel to Tigers (8/30/1999)
• G133: Ugh. Rangers drop 14-6 fiasco to Tigers (8/31/1999)
• G134: Rangers beat Tigers big time, 14-7 (9/1/1999)
• G135: Rangers drop 8-7 game to Detroit (9/2/1999)
• G136: Rangers win big over White Sox, 10-4 (9/3/1999)
• G137: Rangers lose big to White Sox, 12-3 (9/4/1999)
• Rangers and White Sox rained out (9/5/1999)
• G138: Rangers beat White Sox in game 1 of DH, 8-6 (9/6/1999)
• G139: Rangers sweep DH behind 6-3 score in game 2 (9/6/1999)
• G140: Rangers top Tribe, 4-3, now 28 games over .500 (9/7/1999)
• G141: Rangers sweep Tribe behind 3-0 shutout (9/8/1999)
• G142: Rangers lose 7-3 to Royals (9/10/1999)
• G143: Ugh again. Rangers lose 9-6 (9/11/1999)
• G144: Rangers lose third in a row to Royals, 6-3 (9/12/1999)
• G145: Rangers save face with 8-4 win over KC (9/13/1999)
• G146: Rangers win thriller; 5-4 over Twins (9/14/1999)
• G147: Rangers sweep Twins with 8-3 win on record setting day (9/15/1999)
• G148: Rangers lose to Devil Rays, 7-5 (9/17/1999)
• G149: Rangers win 6-1 while I was at a movie (9/18/1999)
• G150: Rangers throw up shameful performance; lose 15-2 (9/19/1999)
• G151: Rangers lose to Orioles, 4-2 (9/21/1999)
• G152: Rangers swept by Orioles with 6-4 loss (9/22/1999)
• G153: Rangers win game against A’s, 12-4 (9/24/1999)
• G154: Rangers beat A’s again, 10-4 (9/25/1999)
• G155: Rangers clinch AL West title with 10-3 sweep win! (9/26/1999)
• G156: Rangers beat Seattle, 3-2 (9/27/1999)
• G157: Rangers shut out Mariners, 10-0 (9/28/1999)
• G158: Rangers drop game to Mariners, 7-3 (9/29/1999)
• G159: Rangers shut out Seattle, 7-0 in game of records (9/30/1999)
• G160: Rangers lose to the Angels, 7-6 (10/1/1999)
• G161: Rangers bombed out by Angels, 15-3 (10/2/1999)
• G162: Rangers shut out 1-0 in the regular season finale (10/3/1999)
• ALDS Game 1: Rangers shut out 8-0 (10/5/1999)
• ALDS Game 2: Rangers score a run! Still lose 3-1 (10/7/1999)
• ALDS Game 2: Rangers eliminated behind 3-0 shutout loss. (10/9/1999)