1995 Texas Rangers season

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1995  Texas Rangers
League American League
Division West
Ballpark The Ballpark in Arlington
City Arlington, Texas
Record74–70 (.514)
Divisional place3rd
Owners George W. Bush
General managers Doug Melvin
Managers Johnny Oates
Television KTVT
(Jim Sundberg, Steve Busby)
Prime Sports Southwest
(Mark Holtz, Tom Grieve, Norm Hitzges)
Radio KRLD
(Eric Nadel, Brad Sham )
KXEB
(Luis Mayoral, Mario Díaz Oroszo)
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The Texas Rangers 1995 season involved the Rangers finishing third in the American League West with a record of 74 wins and 70 losses. They also hosted the 1995 Major League Baseball All-Star Game.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

AL West 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Seattle Mariners 79660.545—46–2733–39
California Angels 78670.538139–3339–34
Texas Rangers 74700.5144½41–3133–39
Oakland Athletics 67770.46511½38–3429–43

Record vs. opponents

1995 American League record

Sources:
TeamBALBOSCALCWSCLEDETKCMILMINNYYOAKSEATEXTOR
Baltimore —4–99–46–12–108–54–57–53–66–75–76–74–17–6
Boston 9–4—11–35–36–78–53–28–45–45–88–47–53–48–5
California 4–93–11—10–23–26–25–75–28–57–56–77–66–78–2
Chicago 1–63–52–10—5–88–48–56–710–33–2–17–54–95–76–5
Cleveland 10–27–62–38–5—10–311–19–49–46–67–05–46–310–3
Detroit 5–85–82–64–83–10—3–48–57–55–82–35–54–87–6
Kansas City 5–42–37–55–81–114–3—10–26–73–75–87–58–67–5
Milwaukee 5–74–82–57–64–95–82–10—9–45–67–23–25–77–5
Minnesota 6–34–55–83–104–95–77–64–9—3–45–74–85–81–4
New York 7–68–55–72–3–16–68–57–36–54–3—4–94–96–312–1
Oakland 7–54–87–65–70–73–28–52–77–59–4—7–65–83–7
Seattle 7–65–76–79–44–55–55–72–38–49–46–7—10–33–4
Texas 1–44–37–67–53–68–46–87–58–53–68–53–10—9–3
Toronto 6–75–82–85–63–106–75–75–74–11–127–34–33–9—

Notable transactions

All-Star Game

The 1995 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 66th playing of the midsummer classic between the all-stars of the American League (AL) and National League (NL), the two leagues comprising Major League Baseball. The game was held on July 11, 1995, at The Ballpark in Arlington in Arlington, Texas, the home of the Texas Rangers of the American League. The game resulted in the National League defeating the American League 3-2.

Roster

1995 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 130492149.3031267
1B Will Clark 123454137.3021692
2B Jeff Frye 9031387.278429
SS Benji Gil 13041591.219946
3B Mike Pagliarulo 8624156.232427
LF Mark McLemore 129467122.261541
CF Otis Nixon 139589174.295045
RF Rusty Greer 131417113.2711361
DH Juan González 90352104.2952782

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Mickey Tettleton 134429102.2383278
Dean Palmer 3611940.336924
Luis Ortiz 4110825.231118
Lou Frazier 499921.21208
Esteban Beltré 549220.21707
Dave Valle 367518.24005
Craig Worthington 266815.22126
Jack Voigt 336210.16128
Candy Maldonado 13307.23325
Shawn Hare 18246.25002
Steve Buechele 9243.12500
Eric Fox 10150.00000
Billy Hatcher 6121.08300
Sam Horn 1191.11100
John Marzano 262.33300

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Kenny Rogers 31208.01773.38140
Roger Pavlik 31191.210104.37149
Kevin Gross 31183.29155.54106
Bob Tewksbury 21129.2874.5853
Bobby Witt 1061.1344.5546
Scott Taylor 315.1129.3910
Rick Helling 312.1026.575

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Darren Oliver 1749.0424.2239
Danny Darwin 734.0227.1522

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Jeff Russell 3710203.0321
Roger McDowell 647444.0249
Ed Vosberg 445543.0036
Matt Whiteside 405434.0846
Dennis Cook 350224.0040
Terry Burrows 282216.4522
Chris Nichting 130007.036
José Alberro 120007.4010
Mark Brandenburg 110105.9321
Wilson Heredia 60103.756
Héctor Fajardo 50007.809
Chris Howard 40000.002
John Dettmer 100027.000

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Oklahoma City 89ers American Association Greg Biagini
AA Tulsa Drillers Texas League Bobby Jones
A Charlotte Rangers Florida State League Butch Wynegar
A Charleston RiverDogs South Atlantic League Mike Berger
A-Short Season Hudson Valley Renegades New York–Penn League Bump Wills
Rookie GCL Rangers Gulf Coast League Chino Cadahia

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References

  1. ↑ "Rob Ducey: Career Statistics". Baseball Reference. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
  2. ↑ José Canseco at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ Rick Schu at Baseball Reference
  4. ↑ Mickey Tettleton at Baseball Reference
  5. 1 2 Jack Voigt at Baseball Reference
  6. ↑ Sam Horn at Baseball Reference
  7. ↑ Danny Darwin at Baseball Reference
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