1991 Texas Rangers season

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1991  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, Norm Hitzges)
Radio WBAP
(Eric Nadel, Mark Holtz )
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The 1991 Texas Rangers season was the 31st of the Texas Rangers franchise overall, their 20th in Arlington as the Rangers, and the 20th season at Arlington Stadium. The Rangers finished third in the American League West with a record of 85 wins and 77 losses.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Nolan Ryan's 7th No-Hitter

Scorecard

May 1, Arlington Stadium, Arlington, Texas

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W: Nolan Ryan   L: Jimmy Key   
HRs: Rubén Sierra, Attendance: 33,439.

Length of game: 2:25. Umpires: HP: Tschida, 1B: Coble, 2B: Shulock, 3B: Johnson

Batting
Toronto Blue JaysABRHRBITexas RangersABRHRBI
Devon White, cf4000Gary Pettis, cf4110
Roberto Alomar, 2b4000Jack Daugherty, lf4010
Kelly Gruber, 3b2000Rafael Palmeiro, 1b4120
Joe Carter, lf2000Rubén Sierra, rf4112
John Olerud, 1b3000Julio Franco, 2b4000
Mark Whiten, rf3000Juan Gonzalez, dh3010
Glenallen Hill, dh3000Mike Stanley, c3010
Greg Myers, c3000Steve Buechele, 3b4010
Manuel Lee, ss3000Jeff Huson, ss2000
Totals27000Totals32382
Pitching
Texas RangersIPHRERBBSO
Nolan Ryan, W9.0000216
Totals9.0000216
Toronto Blue JaysIPHRERBBSO
Jimmy Key, L6.053315
Bob MacDonald120002
Willie Fraser110000
Totals8.083317

Season standings

AL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Minnesota Twins 9567.586—51‍–‍3044‍–‍37
Chicago White Sox 8775.537846‍–‍3541‍–‍40
Texas Rangers 8577.5251046‍–‍3539‍–‍42
Oakland Athletics 8478.5191147‍–‍3437‍–‍44
Seattle Mariners 8379.5121245‍–‍3638‍–‍43
Kansas City Royals 8280.5061340‍–‍4142‍–‍39
California Angels 8181.5001440‍–‍4141‍–‍40

Record vs. opponents

1991 American League record

Sources:
TeamBALBOSCALCWSCLEDETKCMILMINNYYOAKSEATEXTOR
Baltimore —8–56–64–87–65–84–83–104–85–83–94–89–35–8
Boston 5–8—4–87–59–45–87–57–63–96–78–49–35–79–4
California 6–68–4—8–57–55–79–46–68–56–61–126–75–86–6
Chicago 8–45–75–8—6–64–87–67–58–58–47–67–68–57–5
Cleveland 6–74–95–76–6—7–64–85–82–106–75–72–104–81–12
Detroit 8–58–57–58–46–7—8–44–94–88–54–88–46–65–8
Kansas City 8–45–74–96–78–44–8—9–36–77–56–77–67–65–7
Milwaukee 10–36–76–65–78–59–43–9—6–66–78–43–97–56–7
Minnesota 8–49–35–85–810–28–47–66–6—10–28–59–46–74–8
New York 8–57–66–64–87–65–85–77–62–10—6–63–95–76–7
Oakland 9–34–812–16–77–58–47–64–85–86–6—6–74–96–6
Seattle 8–43–97–66–710–24–86–79–34–99–37–6—5–85–7
Texas 3–97–58–55–88–46–66–75–77–67–59–48–5—6–6
Toronto 8–54–96–65–712–18–57–57–68–47–66–67–56–6—

Notable transactions

Roster

1991 Texas Rangers
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Iván Rodríguez 8828074.264327
1B Rafael Palmeiro 159631203.3222688
2B Julio Franco 146589201.3411578
3B Steve Buechele 121416111.2671866
SS Jeff Huson 11926857.213226
LF Juan González 142545144.26427102
CF Gary Pettis 13728261.216019
RF Rubén Sierra 161661203.30725116
DH Brian Downing 123407113.2781749

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Kevin Reimer 136394106.2692069
Dean Palmer 8126850.1871537
Geno Petralli 8719954.271220
Mario Díaz 9618248.264122
Mike Stanley 9518145.249325
Jack Daugherty 5814428.194111
José Hernández 459818.18404
Denny Walling 24444.09102
Monty Fariss 19318.25816
John Russell 22273.11101
Gary Green 8203.15001
Rob Maurer 13161.06302
Donald Harris 1883.37512
Tony Scruggs 560.00000
Chad Kreuter 340.00000
Mark Parent 310.00000
Nick Capra 200----00

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Kevin Brown 33210.09124.4096
Nolan Ryan 27173.01262.91203
José Guzmán 25169.21373.08125
Bobby Witt 1788.2376.0982
Oil Can Boyd 1262.0276.6833
Brian Bohanon 1161.1434.8434
Scott Chiamparino 522.1104.038
Héctor Fajardo 419.0025.6815

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Gerald Alexander 3089.1535.2450
John Barfield 2883.1444.5427
Mark Petkovsek 49.10114.466

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Jeff Russell 6864303.2952
Mike Jeffcoat 705314.6343
Kenny Rogers 63101055.4273
Rich Gossage 444213.5728
Wayne Rosenthal 361415.2561
Terry Mathews 344013.6151
Joe Bitker 91006.7516
Brad Arnsberg 90108.388
Barry Manuel 81001.135
Jim Poole 50014.504
Calvin Schiraldi 301011.571
Eric Nolte 30003.381

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system

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

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References

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  7. ↑ Steve Balboni at Baseball Reference
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