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Rangers TEX

199995–67 (0.586)Made Playoffs
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GM: Douglas Melvin

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 1999, or a custom range (defaults to every team-season since 1985, when our data starts).

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Front Office

PoorAverageGreat
Value
Payroll $M
$78M
Surplus $M
-22
Win %
0.586
TAB
+4.8
WAB
+7.1
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
44.7
Dead money %
19%
Depth Players
9.0
Dead WAR
-1.4

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

1999 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

RIvan Rodriguez141
BGregg Zaun37

1B

LLee Stevens133
LRafael Palmeiro28
RJon Shave9
RMike Simms1
RTodd Zeile1

2B

BMark McLemore135
BLuis Alicea37
RJon Shave1

3B

RTodd Zeile155
BLuis Alicea10
RJon Shave6
RScott Sheldon2

SS

RRoyce Clayton133
RJon Shave24
RKelly Dransfeldt16

LF

LRusty Greer145
RRoberto Kelly18
BMark McLemore4
RScarborough Green3
BLuis Alicea1

CF

LTom Goodwin107
RRoberto Kelly37
RRuben Mateo31
RScarborough Green4

RF

RJuan Gonzalez131
RRoberto Kelly37
BMark McLemore7
RScarborough Green3
RMike Simms1

DH

LRafael Palmeiro128
RJuan Gonzalez14
LLee Stevens8
RIvan Rodriguez1
BLuis Alicea1
RTodd Zeile1

Starters

RAaron Sele4.8 WAR
REsteban Loaiza2.5 WAR
RJohn Burkett2.3 WAR
RRick Helling1.2 WAR
LMatt Perisho0.6 WAR
RMike Morgan0.5 WAR
LJeff Fassero⇄0.3 WAR
RRyan Glynn0.1 WAR
RMark Clark-0.1 WAR

Bullpen

★ RJohn Wetteland43 sv
RJeff Zimmerman24 h
LMike Venafro19 h
RTim Crabtree15 h
LMike Munoz9 h
RDanny Patterson4 h
LEric Gunderson1 h
RDan Kolb0 h

Each position shows its top 3 by games (top = starter) — click "+more" for the rest. The letter is bats/throws; ⇄ marks a player traded mid-season. Starters are ranked by WAR, bullpen by holds; ★ marks the closer (most save chances). MLB Stats API.

Key additions (new vs 1998)

PlayerfWAR
Rafael Palmeiro5.4
Jeff Zimmerman1.6
Mike Venafro0.9
Mike Morgan0.5
Mike Munoz0.4
Gregg Zaun0.4

Key subtractions (gone from 1998)

Player1998 fWAR
Will Clark2.8
Todd Stottlemyre1.3
Darren Oliver1.0
Bill Haselman0.4
Xavier Hernandez0.3
Scott Bailes0.3

Contract Value

WAR translated into tier-adjusted market value, then compared with what the player was paid by Rangers. Guaranteed contracts from the 2015-present contract-data period use the known contract period through 1999; everyone else is shown as a 1999 season snapshot.

PlayerPeriodfWARTier Market $MPaid $MSurplus $M$ / WARTierContract
Aaron Sele 1999 +4.8 +84.9 5.5 +79.4 $1.1M 2.19× –
Rafael Palmeiro 1999 +5.4 +74.2 8.8 +65.4 $1.6M 1.71× –
Ivan Rodriguez 1999 +6.8 +69.7 8.9 +60.7 $1.3M 1.28× –
Juan Gonzalez 1999 +3.6 +52.3 8.5 +43.8 $2.3M 1.79× –
Esteban Loaiza 1999 +2.5 +29.3 1.5 +27.9 $0.6M 1.49× –
Jeff Zimmerman 1999 +1.6 +24.5 0.2 +24.3 $0.1M 1.95× –
John Burkett 1999 +2.3 +27.7 4.0 +23.7 $1.7M 1.49× –
Royce Clayton 1999 +2.8 +26.1 4.5 +21.6 $1.6M 1.18× –
Rusty Greer 1999 +2.4 +23.3 3.3 +20.0 $1.4M 1.22× –
Todd Zeile 1999 +2.5 +16.7 3.2 +13.5 $1.3M 0.85× –
Mark McLemore 1999 +1.6 +10.6 2.4 +8.2 $1.5M 0.82× –
Rick Helling 1999 +1.2 +10.0 2.2 +7.7 $1.8M 1.02× –
Tim Crabtree 1999 +1.4 +7.7 0.7 +7.1 $0.5M 0.67× –
John Wetteland 1999 +1.2 +13.3 6.3 +6.9 $5.1M 1.34× –
Mike Venafro 1999 +0.9 +5.0 0.2 +4.8 $0.2M 0.67× –
Lee Stevens 1999 +1.3 +5.8 2.1 +3.7 $1.6M 0.56× –
Danny Patterson 1999 +0.6 +3.3 0.3 +3.0 $0.5M 0.67× –
Mike Morgan 1999 +0.5 +3.7 0.9 +2.8 $2.0M 1.02× –
Mike Munoz 1999 +0.4 +2.1 0.5 +1.7 $1.1M 0.67× –
Gregg Zaun 1999 +0.4 +1.6 0.5 +1.1 $1.2M 0.52× –
Ruben Mateo 1999 +0.2 +1.2 0.2 +1.0 $1.1M 0.83× –
Jon Shave 1999 +0.2 +1.1 0.2 +0.9 $0.9M 0.61× –
Dan Kolb 1999 +0.1 +0.7 0.2 +0.5 $1.5M 0.67× –
Jeff Fassero↔ 1999 +0.3 +1.5 0.9 +0.5 $3.5M 0.67× –
Eric Gunderson 1999 +0.1 +0.6 0.5 +0.1 $4.2M 0.67× –
Scarborough Green 1999 +0.0 +0.1 0.2 -0.1 $20.5M 0.83× –
Mike Simms 1999 +0.0 +0.0 0.6 -0.6 $347.6M 0.56× –
Luis Alicea 1999 -0.1 -0.3 0.8 -1.1 – 0.56× –
Roberto Kelly 1999 -0.2 -1.4 2.2 -3.7 – 0.83× –
Mark Clark 1999 -0.1 -0.8 4.0 -4.8 – 1.02× –
Tom Goodwin 1999 -0.2 -1.6 3.2 -4.9 – 0.83× –
Corey Lee 1999 -0.2 -1.2 – – – 0.67× –
Doug Davis 1999 -0.2 -0.9 – – – 0.67× –
Jonathan Johnson 1999 +0.0 +0.2 – – – 0.67× –
Kelly Dransfeldt 1999 -0.4 -2.0 – – – 0.61× –
Matt Perisho 1999 +0.6 +3.3 – – – 0.67× –
Ryan Glynn 1999 +0.1 +0.6 – – – 1.02× –
Scott Sheldon 1999 +0.1 +0.4 – – – 0.58× –
Total—+44.5+493.377.5+415.1—

Trades

Every graded 1999 deal involving the Rangers — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 3 total.

1999 · TEX / DET
TEX · Douglas Melvin +$55.2M
Frank Catalanotto, Francisco Cordero, Bill Haselman, Gabe Kapler, Justin Thompson, Alan Webb
DET · Randy Smith −$55.2M
Juan González, Danny Patterson, Gregg Zaun
TEX came out ahead by $55.2M
1999 · SEA / TEX
SEA · Woody Woodward +$14.4M
Adrian Myers
TEX · Douglas Melvin −$14.4M
Jeff Fassero
SEA came out ahead by $14.4M
1999 · NYY / TEX
NYY · Brian Cashman +$7.2M
Brandon Knight, Sam Marsonek
TEX · Douglas Melvin −$7.2M
Chad Curtis
NYY came out ahead by $7.2M

Current & Historical Payroll

1999 payroll
$77.7M

What the front office was committed to as of 1999, 1999–2005. Pre-2015 has no contract-terms data — forward italic $ are realized actuals (hindsight, not commitments known then). Control labels (ARB/FA) are point-in-time.

current $ guaranteed $ actual $ (hindsight) arbitration (proj) pre-arb (proj) free agent

Guaranteed / signed (20)

PlayerAgeSvc1999200020012002200320042005
Ivan Rodriguez278.000$8.9M$8.6M$8.2M$9.6MFREE AGENT
Rafael Palmeiro3413.000$8.8M$8.6M$9.0M$8.7M$9.0MFREE AGENT
Juan Gonzalez2910.000$8.5MFREE AGENT$11.0M$13.0M
John Wetteland3210.000$6.3M$6.5MFREE AGENT
Aaron Sele296.000$5.5MFREE AGENT
Royce Clayton298.000$4.5M$4.5MFREE AGENT
John Burkett3412.000$4.0MFREE AGENT
Mark Clark318.000$4.0M$5.0MFREE AGENT
Tom Goodwin308.000$3.2MFREE AGENT
Todd Zeile3310.000$3.2MFREE AGENT
Mark McLemore3413.000$2.4MFREE AGENT
Roberto Kelly3412.000$2.2MFREE AGENT
Lee Stevens319.000$2.1MFREE AGENT
Jeff Fassero368.000$949kFREE AGENT
Mike Morgan3921.000$900kFREE AGENT
Luis Alicea3311.000$825k$750kFREE AGENT
Mike Simms329.000$625kFREE AGENT
Mike Munoz3310.000$450k$750kFREE AGENT
Eric Gunderson339.000$450kFREE AGENT
Jon Shave316.000$200kFREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (6)

PlayerAgeSvc1999200020012002200320042005
Rusty Greer305.000$3.3MFREE AGENT
Rick Helling285.000$2.2MFREE AGENT
Esteban Loaiza274.000$1.5MARB 3FREE AGENT
Tim Crabtree294.000$670kARB 3FREE AGENT
Gregg Zaun284.000$450kARB 3FREE AGENT
Danny Patterson283.000$290kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (12)

PlayerAgeSvc1999200020012002200320042005
Scarborough Green252.000$200kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Dan Kolb240.000$200kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ruben Mateo210.000$200kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Venafro250.000$200kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jeff Zimmerman260.000$200kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Matt Perisho242.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Scott Sheldon302.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Doug Davis230.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Kelly Dransfeldt24–—
Ryan Glynn240.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jonathan Johnson241.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Corey Lee24–—

Graphs

How each 1999 acquisition stacked onto Rangers's playoff-odds curve. The side table is ranked by PPA.

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