1994 Texas Rangers season

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1994  Texas Rangers
League American League
Division Western Division
Ballpark The Ballpark in Arlington
City Arlington, Texas
Record52–62 (.456)
Divisional place1st
Owners George W. Bush
General managers Tom Grieve
Managers Kevin Kennedy
Television KTVT
(Jim Sundberg, Steve Busby)
HSE
(Greg Lucas, Norm Hitzges)
Radio WBAP
(Eric Nadel, Mark Holtz)
KXEB
(Luis Mayoral, Mario Díaz Oroszo)
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The 1994 Texas Rangers season was cut short by the infamous 1994 player's strike. At the time when the strike began, the Rangers were leading the American League West with a record of 52 wins and 62 losses. It was their first season at The Ballpark in Arlington.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Despite compiling a record of just 52-62 by Friday, August 12, the Rangers were actually leading the AL West Division. They had scored 613 runs (5.38 per game) and allowed 697 runs (6.11 per game). [3]

The Rangers' pitching struggled over the course of the strike-shortened season, finishing 1st in most runs allowed (697) and most home runs allowed (157). [4] However on July 28, Kenny Rogers pitched the 14th perfect game in Major League Baseball history, blanking the California Angels 4–0 at The Ballpark at Arlington. [5] Needing 98 pitches to complete his masterpiece, Rogers struck out eight batters. He also survived three-ball counts to seven Angel hitters.

Season standings

AL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Texas Rangers 5262.456—31‍–‍3221‍–‍30
Oakland Athletics 5163.447124‍–‍3227‍–‍31
Seattle Mariners 4963.438222‍–‍2227‍–‍41
California Angels 4768.4095½23‍–‍4024‍–‍28
Division leaders
Team W L Pct.
New York Yankees 7043.619
Chicago White Sox 6746.593
Texas Rangers 5262.456
Wild Card team
(Top team qualifies for postseason)
Team W L Pct. GB
Cleveland Indians 6647.584—
Baltimore Orioles 6349.5622½
Kansas City Royals 6451.5573
Toronto Blue Jays 5560.47812
Boston Red Sox 5461.47013
Minnesota Twins 5360.46913
Detroit Tigers 5362.46114
Milwaukee Brewers 5362.46114
Oakland Athletics 5163.44715½
Seattle Mariners 4963.43816½
California Angels 4768.40920

Record vs. opponents

1994 American League record

Sources:
TeamBALBOSCALCWSCLEDETKCMILMINNYYOAKSEATEXTOR
Baltimore —4–28–42–44–63–44–17–34–54–67–54–63–37–2
Boston 2–4—7–52–43–74–24–25–51–83–79–36–61–57–3
California 4–85–7—5–50–53–46–43–33–34–83–62–76–43–4
Chicago 4–24–25–5—7–58–43–79–32–44–26–39–14–52–3
Cleveland 6–47–35–05–7—8–21–45–29–30–96–03–25–76–4
Detroit 4–32–44–34–82–8—4–86–43–33–35–46–35–75–4
Kansas City 1–42–44–67–34–18–4—5–76–44–27–36–44–36–6
Milwaukee 3–75–53–33–92–54–67–5—6–62–74–14–23–37–3
Minnesota 5–48–13–34–23–93–34–66–6—4–52–53–34–54–8
New York 6–47–38–42–49–03–32–47–25–4—7–58–43–23–4
Oakland 5–73–96–33–60–64–53–71–45–25–7—4–37–35–1
Seattle 4–66–67–21–92–33–64–62–43–34–83–4—9–11–5
Texas 3–35–14–65–47–57–53–43–35–42–33–71–9—4–8
Toronto 2–73–74–33–24–64–56–63–78–44–31–55–18–4—

Notable transactions

Roster

1994 Texas Rangers
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

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 99363108.2981657
1B Will Clark 110389128.3291380
2B Jeff Frye 5720567.327018
SS Manuel Lee 9533593.278238
3B Dean Palmer 9334284.2461959
LF Juan González 107422116.2751985
CF David Hulse 7731079.255119
RF Rusty Greer 8027787.3141046
DH Jose Canseco 111429121.2823190

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Doug Strange 7322648.212526
Oddibe McDowell 5918348.262115
Chris James 5213334.256719
Esteban Beltré 4813137.282012
Billy Ripken 328125.30906
Junior Ortiz 297621.27609
Gary Redus 18339.27302
Rob Ducey 11295.17201
Butch Davis 4174.23500
Chuck Jackson 120.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Kevin Brown 26170.0794.82123
Kenny Rogers 24167.11184.46120
John Dettmer 1154.0064.3327
Rick Helling 952.0325.8825
Roger Pavlik 1150.1257.6931
Bruce Hurst 838.0217.1124
Jack Armstrong 210.0013.607

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Héctor Fajardo 1883.1576.9145
Brian Bohanon 1137.1227.2326
Tim Leary 621.0118.149
Steve Dreyer 517.1115.7111
Rick Reed 416.2115.9412

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Tom Henke 3736153.7939
Matt Whiteside 472215.0237
Cris Carpenter 472555.0339
Darren Oliver 434023.4250
Rick Honeycutt 421217.2018
Jay Howell 404125.4422
Dan Smith 131204.309
James Hurst 800010.135
Duff Brumley 200016.204
Terry Burrows 10009.000

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Oklahoma City 89ers American Association Bobby Jones
AA Tulsa Drillers Texas League Stan Cliburn
A Charlotte Rangers Florida State League Tommy Thompson
A Charleston RiverDogs South Atlantic League Walt Williams
A-Short Season Hudson Valley Renegades New York–Penn League Doug Sisson
Rookie GCL Rangers Gulf Coast League Chino Cadahia

References

  1. ↑ Will Clark at Baseball Reference
  2. ↑ Billy Ripken at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ "1994 American League Season Summary".
  4. ↑ "1994 Major League Baseball Season Summary".
  5. ↑ Rogers Throws Perfect Game for Rangers 29 July 1994. The New York Times.
  6. ↑ Scott Podsednik at Baseball Reference
  7. ↑ Tim Leary at Baseball Reference
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