1984 Texas Rangers season

1984  Texas Rangers
League	American League
Division	West
Ballpark	Arlington Stadium
City	Arlington, Texas
Owners	Eddie Chiles
General managers	Joe Klein, Tom Grieve
Managers	Doug Rader
Television	KXAS-TV HSE (Eric Nadel, Steve Busby, Merle Harmon)
Radio	WBAP (Eric Nadel, Mark Holtz )
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The 1984 Texas Rangers season was the 24th of the Texas Rangers franchise overall, their 13th in Arlington as the Rangers, and the 13th season at Arlington Stadium. The Rangers finished seventh in the American League West, with a record of 69 wins and 92 losses.

Offseason

• November 21, 1983: Marv Foley was signed as a free agent by the Rangers. ^[1]
• December 7, 1983: John Butcher and Mike Smithson were traded by the Rangers to the Minnesota Twins for Gary Ward and Sam Sorce (minors). ^[2]
• December 8, 1983: Jim Sundberg was traded by the Rangers to the Milwaukee Brewers for Ned Yost and Dan Scarpetta (minors). ^[3]
• January 17, 1984: Gordon Dillard was drafted by the Rangers in the 2nd round of the 1984 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign. ^[4]
• January 27, 1984: Tommy Boggs was signed as a free agent by the Rangers. ^[5]

Regular season

• May 6, 1984: Cal Ripken Jr. of the Baltimore Orioles hit for the cycle in a game against the Rangers.

Season standings

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AL West

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Kansas City Royals	84	78	.519	—	44‍–‍37	40‍–‍41
California Angels	81	81	.500	3	37‍–‍44	44‍–‍37
Minnesota Twins	81	81	.500	3	47‍–‍34	34‍–‍47
Oakland Athletics	77	85	.475	7	44‍–‍37	33‍–‍48
Chicago White Sox	74	88	.457	10	43‍–‍38	31‍–‍50
Seattle Mariners	74	88	.457	10	42‍–‍39	32‍–‍49
Texas Rangers	69	92	.429	14½	34‍–‍46	35‍–‍46

Record vs. opponents

1984 American League record v t e Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIL	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TEX	TOR
Baltimore	—	6–7	8–4	7–5	7–6	7–6	5–7	7–6	5–7	5–8	6–6	9–3	9–3	4–9
Boston	7–6	—	9–3	7–5	10–3	7–6	3–9	9–4	6–6	7–6	7–5	4–8	5–7	5–8
California	4–8	3–9	—	8–5	8–4	4–8	6–7	8–4	4–9	8–4	7–6	9–4	5–8	7–5
Chicago	5–7	5–7	5–8	—	8–4	4–8	5–8	7–5	8–5	7–5	6–7	5–8	5–8	4–8
Cleveland	6–7	3–10	4–8	4–8	—	4–9	6–6	9–4	7–5	2–11	7–5	8–4	9–3	6–7–1
Detroit	6–7	6–7	8–4	8–4	9–4	—	7–5	11–2	9–3	7–6	9–3	6–6	10–2	8–5
Kansas City	7–5	9–3	7–6	8–5	6–6	5–7	—	6–6	6–7	5–7	5–8	9–4	6–7	5–7
Milwaukee	6–7	4–9	4–8	5–7	4–9	2–11	6–6	—	5–7	6–7	4–8	6–6	5–6	10–3
Minnesota	7–5	6–6	9–4	5–8	5–7	3–9	7–6	7–5	—	8–4	8–5	7–6	8–5	1–11
New York	8–5	6–7	4–8	5–7	11–2	6–7	7–5	7–6	4–8	—	8–4	7–5	6–6	8–5
Oakland	6–6	5–7	6–7	7–6	5–7	3–9	8–5	8–4	5–8	4–8	—	8–5	8–5	4–8
Seattle	3–9	8–4	4–9	8–5	4–8	6–6	4–9	6–6	6–7	5–7	5–8	—	10–3	5–7
Texas	3–9	7–5	8–5	8–5	3–9	2–10	7–6	6–5	5–8	6–6	5–8	3–10	—	6–6
Toronto	9–4	8–5	5–7	8–4	7–6–1	5–8	7–5	3–10	11–1	5–8	8–4	7–5	6–6	—

Notable transactions

• May 25, 1984: Mike Richardt was traded by the Rangers to the Houston Astros for Alan Bannister. ^[6]
• July 2, 1984: The Rangers traded players to be named later to the Chicago Cubs for Dickie Noles. The Rangers completed the deal by sending Tim Henry (minors) and Jorge Gomez (minors) to the Cubs on December 11. ^[7]

Roster

1984 Texas Rangers roster
Roster
Pitchers 22 Jim Bibby 44 Danny Darwin 35 Tom Henke 45 Dwayne Henry 49 Charlie Hough 21 Odell Jones 16 Mike Mason 53 Joey McLaughlin 36 Dickie Noles 24 Dave Schmidt 31 Dave Stewart 28 Frank Tanana 41 Dave Tobik 38 Ricky Wright		Catchers 30 Marv Foley 43 Donnie Scott 7,10 Ned Yost Infielders 14 Jim Anderson  2 Alan Bannister 25 Buddy Bell 12 Dave Hostetler 20,46 Jeff Kunkel  9 Pete O'Brien  2 Mike Richardt  1 Bill Stein  3 Wayne Tolleson 19 Curtis Wilkerson		Outfielders 13 Tom Dunbar  6 Bobby Jones 15 Larry Parrish  5 Billy Sample 32 Gary Ward 26 George Wright Other batters 10 Kevin Buckley 17 Mickey Rivers		Manager 11 Doug Rader Coaches 37 Rich Donnelly 18 Glenn Ezell 22 Merv Rettenmund 52 Dick Such 42 Wayne Terwilliger

Game log

Regular season

1984 regular season game log: 69–92 (Home: 34–46; Away: 35–46)
April: 8–14 (Home: 3–7; Away: 5–7) # Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak 6 April 10 12:30 p.m. CST @ Tigers 1–5 Petry (2–0) Stewart (0–2) – 2:32 51,238 2–4 L2 7 April 12 12:30 p.m. CST @ Tigers 4–9 Morris (3–0) Tanana (0–1) – 2:48 19,154 2–5 L3 18 April 25 7:35 p.m. CST Tigers 4–9 Wilcox (2–0) Stewart (0–5) Hernández (2) 2:38 25,883 8–10 L2 19 April 26 7:35 p.m. CST Tigers 5–7 Bair (2–0) Tanana (2–2) López (2) 2:50 13,559 8–11 L3
May: 12–15 (Home: 6–8; Away: 6–7) # Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak
June: 15–15 (Home: 7–6; Away: 8–9) # Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak
July: 10–17 (Home: 5–9; Away: 5–8) # Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak 84 July 5 7:35 p.m. CDT Tigers 4–7 López (7–0) Hough (8–7) Hernández (15) 2:26 15,151 36–48 L3 85 July 6 7:35 p.m. CDT Tigers 5–3 Mason (6–6) Berenguer (4–7) Schmidt (4) 2:42 22,378 37–48 W1 86 July 7 7:35 p.m. CDT Tigers 2–5 Rozema (5–1) Darwin (5–5) Hernández (16) 2:41 29,262 37–49 L1 87 July 8 7:35 p.m. CDT Tigers 9–7 Tanana (9–8) Bair (4–2) Schmidt (5) 2:37 16,010 38–48 W1 55th All-Star Game in San Francisco, CA 95 July 19 6:35 p.m. CDT @ Tigers 2–9 Wilcox (9–6) Stewart (4–11) – 2:32 26,908 40–55 L2 96 July 20 6:35 p.m. CDT @ Tigers 1–3 Rozema (7–1) Tanana (9–9) Hernández (18) 2:16 39,484 40–56 L3 97 July 21 6:35 p.m. CDT @ Tigers 6–7 Monge (1–0) Noles (1–1) Hernández (19) 2:38 46,219 40–57 L4 98 July 22 12:30 p.m. CDT @ Tigers 0–2 Petry (13–4) Hough (10–8) Hernández (20) 2:11 37,846 66–29 L5
August: 15–13 (Home: 9–6; Away: 6–7) # Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak
September: 9–18 (Home: 4–10; Away: 5–7) # Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak
Legend:       = Win       = Loss       = Postponement Bold = Rangers team member

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Donnie Scott	81	235	52	.221	3	20
1B	Pete O'Brien	142	520	149	.287	18	80
2B	Wayne Tolleson	118	338	72	.213	0	9
SS	Curt Wilkerson	153	484	120	.248	1	26
3B	Buddy Bell	148	553	174	.315	11	83
LF	Billy Sample	130	489	121	.247	5	33
CF	Gary Ward	155	602	171	.284	21	79
RF	Larry Parrish	156	613	175	.285	22	101
DH	Mickey Rivers	102	313	94	.300	4	33

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
George Wright	101	383	93	.243	9	48
Ned Yost	80	242	44	.182	6	25
Bobby Jones	64	143	37	.259	4	22
Jeff Kunkel	50	142	29	.204	3	7
Marv Foley	63	115	25	.217	6	19
Alan Bannister	47	112	33	.295	2	9
Tom Dunbar	34	97	25	.258	2	10
Dave Hostetler	37	82	18	.220	3	10
Jim Anderson	39	47	5	.106	0	1
Bill Stein	27	43	12	.279	0	3
Mike Richardt	6	9	1	.111	0	0
Kevin Buckley	5	7	2	.286	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Charlie Hough	36	266.0	16	14	3.76	164
Frank Tanana	35	246.1	15	15	3.25	141
Danny Darwin	35	223.2	8	12	3.94	123
Dave Stewart	32	192.1	7	14	4.73	119
Mike Mason	36	184.1	9	13	3.61	113

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Dickie Noles	18	57.2	2	3	5.15	39
Ricky Wright	8	14.2	0	2	6.14	6

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Dave Schmidt	43	6	6	12	2.56	46
Odell Jones	33	2	4	2	3.64	28
Tom Henke	25	1	1	2	6.35	25
Dave Tobik	24	1	6	5	3.61	30
Joey McLaughlin	15	2	1	0	4.41	21
Jim Bibby	8	0	0	0	4.41	6
Dwayne Henry	3	0	1	0	8.31	2

Awards and honors

• Buddy Bell, 3B, Gold Glove 1984
• Buddy Bell, 3B, Silver Slugger Award, 1984

All-Star Game

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Oklahoma City 89ers	American Association	Tom Burgess and Rusty Gerhardt
AA	Tulsa Drillers	Texas League	Orlando Gómez
A	Salem Redbirds	Carolina League	Bill Stearns
A	Burlington Rangers	Midwest League	Rudy Jaramillo
A-Short Season	Tri-City Triplets	Northwest League	Marty Scott
Rookie	GCL Rangers	Gulf Coast League	Mike Bucci

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Tri-City, GCL Rangers

Notes

1. Marv Foley at Baseball Reference
2. John Butcher at Baseball Reference
3. Jim Sundberg at Baseball Reference
4. Gordon Dillard at Baseball Reference
5. Tommy Boggs at Baseball Reference
6. Mike Richardt at Baseball Reference
7. Dickie Noles at Baseball Reference

References

• 1984 Texas Rangers at Baseball Reference
• 1984 Texas Rangers at Baseball Almanac
• Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN   978-1-932391-17-6.