Belt game 18,182 · August 29, 1998
Texas Rangers take the belt
Texas Rangers beat Chicago White Sox 5–3 on the road to start reign 8,562 of the MLB belt, the 78th for the franchise.
Chicago White Sox had held it since August 28, 1998, with 0 defenses over 1 day.
Texas Rangers held it for 1 day and 0 defenses, then lost it to Chicago White Sox on August 30, 1998.
8,562Reign number
78Team's reign
0Defenses
1Days held
Box score
Chicago White Sox
| Player | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | IP | HA | ER | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albert Belle | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Magglio Ordonez | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Robin Ventura | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Frank Thomas | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Chad Kreuter | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Mike Cameron | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Mike Sirotka | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5.2 | 10 | 5 | 5 |
| Greg Norton | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | — | — | — | — |
| Ray Durham | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Mike Caruso | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Carlos Castillo | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2.1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Bryan Ward | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Texas Rangers
| Player | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | IP | HA | ER | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ivan Rodriguez | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Will Clark | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Roberto Kelly | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Mark McLemore | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Todd Zeile | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Royce Clayton | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Juan Gonzalez | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Rusty Greer | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| John Wetteland | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aaron Sele | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | 6 | 2 | 7 |
| Mike Simms | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Tom Goodwin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
Box scores: MLB's Stats API (statsapi.mlb.com). HA, ER, K are pitching.