1990 Texas Rangers season

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1990  Texas Rangers
League American League
Division West
Ballpark Arlington Stadium
City Arlington, Texas
Owners George W. Bush
General managers Tom Grieve
Managers Bobby Valentine
Television KTVT
(Jim Sundberg, Steve Busby)
HSE
(Greg Lucas, Brad Sham, Dave Barnett, Jim Sundberg)
Radio WBAP
(Eric Nadel, Mark Holtz)
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In the 1990 season, the Texas Rangers finished third in the American League West, with a record of 83 wins and 79 losses.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

AL West 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Oakland Athletics 103590.636—51–3052–29
Chicago White Sox 94680.580949–3145–37
Texas Rangers 83790.5122047–3536–44
California Angels 80820.4942342–3938–43
Seattle Mariners 77850.4752638–4339–42
Kansas City Royals 75860.46627½45–3630–50
Minnesota Twins 74880.4572941–4033–48

Record vs. opponents

1990 American League record

Sources:
TeamBALBOSCALCWSCLEDETKCMILMINNYYOAKSEATEXTOR
Baltimore —4–97–56–66–76–78–37–66–66–74–83–98–45–8
Boston 9–4—7–56–69–48–54–85–84–89–44–88–45–710–3
California 5–75–7—5–87–55–77–67–59–46–64–95–88–57–5
Chicago 6–66–68–5—5–75–79–410–27–610–28–58–57–65–7
Cleveland 7–64–95–77–5—5–86–69–47–55–84–87–57–54–9
Detroit 7–65–87–57–58–5—5–73–106–67–66–67–56–65–8
Kansas City 3–88–46–74–96–67–5—4–88–58–44–97–65–85–7
Milwaukee 6–78–55–72–104–910–38–4—4–86–75–74–85–77–6
Minnesota 6–68–44–96–75–76–65–88–4—6–66–76–75–83–9
New York 7–64–96–62–108–56–74–87–66–6—0–129–33–95–8
Oakland 8–48–49–45–88–46–69–47–57–612–0—9–48–57–5
Seattle 9–34–88–55–85–75–76–78–47–63–94–9—7–66–6
Texas 4–87–55–86–75–76–68–57–58–59–35–86–7—7–5
Toronto 8–53–105–77–59–48–57–56–79–38–55–76–65–7—

Notable transactions

Nolan Ryan's 6th No-Hitter

Roster

1990 Texas Rangers
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Geno Petralli 13332583.255021
1B Rafael Palmeiro 154598191.3191489
2B Julio Franco 157582172.2961169
3B Steve Buechele 9125154.215730
SS Jeff Huson 14539695.240028
LF Pete Incaviglia 153529123.2332485
CF Gary Pettis 136423101.239331
RF Rubén Sierra 159608170.2801696
DH Harold Baines 10332193.2901344

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Jack Daugherty 12531093.300647
Jeff Kunkel 9920034.170317
Mike Stanley 10318947.249219
Scott Coolbaugh 6718036.200213
John Russell 6812835.27328
Kevin Reimer 6410026.260215
Juan González 259026.289412
Gary Green 628819.21608
Cecil Espy 52719.12701
Thad Bosley 30294.13813
Chad Kreuter 22221.04502
Kevin Belcher 16152.13300
Bill Haselman 7132.15403

Pitching

= Indicates league leader

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Bobby Witt 33222.017103.36221
Charlie Hough 32218.212124.07114
Nolan Ryan 30204.01393.44232
Kevin Brown 26180.012103.6088
Scott Chiamparino 637.2122.6319

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Mike Jeffcoat 44110.2564.4758
Jamie Moyer 33102.1264.6658
Brian Bohanon 1134.0036.6215
Gerald Alexander 37.0007.718

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Kenny Rogers 69106153.1374
Brad Arnsberg 536152.1544
John Barfield 334314.6717
Gary Mielke 330303.7313
Jeff Russell 2715104.2616
Craig McMurtry 230304.3214
Joe Bitker 50003.006
John Hoover 200011.570
Ramón Mañón 100013.500

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Oklahoma City 89ers American Association Steve Smith
AA Tulsa Drillers Texas League Tommy Thompson
A Charlotte Rangers Florida State League Bobby Jones
A Gastonia Rangers South Atlantic League Orlando Gómez
Rookie GCL Rangers Gulf Coast League Chino Cadahia
Rookie Butte Copper Kings Pioneer League Bump Wills

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References

  1. ↑ Cecilio Guante at Baseball Reference
  2. 1 2 3 Baseball Almanac – Box Score of Nolan Ryan No-Hitter (Sixth)
  3. ↑ Muskat, Carrie. "The game between the Chicago White Sox and Texas...," United Press International (UPI), Sunday, August 12, 1990. Retrieved May 15, 2023.
  4. ↑ Dan Smith at Baseball Reference
  5. ↑ Rusty Greer at Baseball Reference
  6. 1 2 Randy St. Claire at Baseball Reference
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