Belt game 18,172 · August 19, 1998
Texas Rangers take the belt
Texas Rangers beat Cleveland Indians 3–1 at home to start reign 8,556 of the MLB belt, the 75th for the franchise.
Cleveland Indians had held it since August 17, 1998, with 1 defense over 2 days.
Texas Rangers held it for 2 days and 1 defense, then lost it to New York Yankees on August 21, 1998.
8,556Reign number
75Team's reign
1Defenses
2Days held
Box score
Texas Rangers
| Player | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | IP | HA | ER | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luis Alicea | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Todd Zeile | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Royce Clayton | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Ivan Rodriguez | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Rusty Greer | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| John Wetteland | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Aaron Sele | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 |
| Mike Simms | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Will Clark | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Juan Gonzalez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Tom Goodwin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
Cleveland Indians
| Player | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | IP | HA | ER | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Omar Vizquel | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Torey Lovullo | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| David Justice | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Richie Sexson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Steve Reed | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Doug Jones | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Martin | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Giles | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Manny Ramirez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Sandy Alomar Jr. | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Charles Nagy | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5.1 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| Kenny Lofton | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Travis Fryman | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
Box scores: MLB's Stats API (statsapi.mlb.com). HA, ER, K are pitching.