1996 Texas Rangers | ||
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American League West Champions | ||
League | American League | |
Division | West | |
Ballpark | The Ballpark in Arlington | |
City | Arlington, Texas | |
Record | 90–72 (.556) | |
Divisional place | 1st | |
Owners | George W. Bush | |
General managers | Doug Melvin | |
Managers | Johnny Oates | |
Television | KXTX-TV 39 KXAS-TV 5 (Mark Holtz, Tom Grieve) | |
Radio | KRLD–AM 1080 (Eric Nadel, Brad Sham) KXEB–AM 910 (Luis Mayoral, Josue Perez) | |
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The Texas Rangers 1996 season involved the Rangers finishing first in the American League West with a record of 90 wins and 72 losses. It would be the first post-season appearance for the Senators/Rangers in franchise history, taking 36 seasons to finally accomplish the feat. This remains the longest amount of time it has ever taken any North American professional sports franchise to make their first playoff appearance. The Rangers would win their first post-season game at Yankee Stadium against the New York Yankees, but would lose the last three games to lose the division series. The one post-season win would be the club's only post-season success until 2010.
AL West | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Texas Rangers | 90 | 72 | 0.556 | — | 50–31 | 40–41 |
Seattle Mariners | 85 | 76 | 0.528 | 4½ | 43–38 | 42–38 |
Oakland Athletics | 78 | 84 | 0.481 | 12 | 40–41 | 38–43 |
California Angels | 70 | 91 | 0.435 | 19½ | 43–38 | 27–53 |
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Team | BAL | BOS | CAL | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIL | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TEX | TOR |
Baltimore | — | 7–6 | 6–6 | 4–8 | 5–7 | 11–2 | 9–3 | 9–3 | 7–5 | 3–10 | 9–4 | 7–5 | 3–10–1 | 8–5 |
Boston | 6–7 | — | 8–4 | 6–6 | 1–11 | 12–1 | 3–9 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 8–5 | 7–6 | 6–6 | 8–5 |
California | 6–6 | 4–8 | — | 6–6 | 4–9 | 6–6 | 4–8 | 7–5 | 4–8 | 7–6 | 6–7 | 5–8 | 4–9 | 7–5 |
Chicago | 8–4 | 6–6 | 6–6 | — | 5–8 | 10–3 | 7–6 | 6–7 | 6–7 | 6–7 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 8–4 | 7–5 |
Cleveland | 7–5 | 11–1 | 9–4 | 8–5 | — | 12–0 | 7–6 | 7–6 | 10–3 | 3–9 | 6–6 | 8–4 | 4–8 | 7–5 |
Detroit | 2–11 | 1–12 | 6–6 | 3–10 | 0–12 | — | 6–6 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 5–8 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 4–9 | 6–7 |
Kansas City | 3–9 | 9–3 | 8–4 | 6–7 | 6–7 | 6–6 | — | 4–9 | 6–7 | 4–8 | 5–7 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 5–8 |
Milwaukee | 3–9 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 7–6 | 6–7 | 8–4 | 9–4 | — | 9–4 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 4–9 | 6–7 | 5–7 |
Minnesota | 5–7 | 6–6 | 8–4 | 7–6 | 3–10 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 4–9 | — | 5–7 | 6–7 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 8–5 |
New York | 10–3 | 6–7 | 6–7 | 7–6 | 9–3 | 8–5 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 7–5 | — | 9–3 | 3–9 | 5–7 | 8–5 |
Oakland | 4–9 | 5–8 | 7–6 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 7–6 | 3–9 | — | 8–5 | 7–6 | 4–8 |
Seattle | 5–7 | 6–7 | 8–5 | 7–5 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 9–4 | 6–6 | 9–3 | 5–8 | — | 10–3 | 5–7 |
Texas | 10–3–1 | 6–6 | 9–4 | 4–8 | 8–4 | 9–4 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 5–7 | 7–5 | 6–7 | 3–10 | — | 10–2 |
Toronto | 5–8 | 5–8 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 7–6 | 8–5 | 7–5 | 5–8 | 5–8 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 2–10 | — |
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1996 Game Log: 90–72 (Home: 50–31; Away: 40–41) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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April: 16–10 (Home: 11–4; Away: 5–6)
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May: 18–9 (Home: 11–3; Away: 7–6)
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June: 14–13 (Home: 9–5; Away: 5–8)
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July: 13–14 (Home: 6–7; Away: 7–7)
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August: 16–12 (Home: 8–5; Away: 8–7)
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September: 13–14 (Home: 5–7; Away: 8–7)
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Legend: = Win = Loss = Tie Bold = Rangers team member |
1996 Postseason game log: 1–3 (Home: 0–2; Away: 1–1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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AL Division Series vs. New York Yankees]] 1–3 (Home: 0–2; Away: 1–1)
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Legend: = Win = Postponement Bold = Rangers team member |
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Baltimore Orioles | 10 | 3 | 0.769 | 91 | 55 | |
Boston Red Sox | 6 | 6 | 0.500 | 95 | 63 | |
Detroit Tigers | 9 | 4 | 0.692 | 65 | 37 | |
New York Yankees | 7 | 5 | 0.583 | 68 | 48 | |
Toronto Blue Jays | 10 | 2 | 0.833 | 72 | 45 | |
Total | 42 | 20 | 0.677 | 391 | 248 | |
AL Central | ||||||
Chicago White Sox | 4 | 8 | 0.333 | 53 | 86 | |
Cleveland Indians | 8 | 4 | 0.667 | 77 | 67 | |
Kansas City Royals | 6 | 6 | 0.500 | 50 | 44 | |
Milwaukee Brewers | 7 | 6 | 0.538 | 75 | 77 | |
Minnesota Twins | 5 | 7 | 0.417 | 76 | 65 | |
Total | 30 | 31 | 0.492 | 331 | 339 | |
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California Angels | 9 | 4 | 0.692 | 74 | 51 | |
Oakland Athletics | 6 | 7 | 0.462 | 76 | 71 | |
Seattle Mariners | 3 | 10 | 0.231 | 56 | 90 | |
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Total | 18 | 21 | 0.462 | 206 | 212 | |
Season Total | 90 | 72 | 0.556 | 928 | 799 |
Month | Games | Won | Lost | Win % | RS | RA |
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April | 26 | 16 | 10 | 0.615 | 169 | 135 |
May | 27 | 18 | 9 | 0.667 | 139 | 103 |
June | 27 | 14 | 13 | 0.519 | 175 | 155 |
July | 27 | 13 | 14 | 0.481 | 153 | 139 |
August | 28 | 16 | 12 | 0.571 | 165 | 130 |
September | 27 | 13 | 14 | 0.481 | 127 | 137 |
Total | 162 | 90 | 72 | 0.556 | 928 | 799 |
Games | Won | Lost | Win % | RS | RA | |
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Home | 81 | 50 | 31 | 0.617 | 508 | 407 |
Away | 82 | 40 | 41 | 0.494 | 419 | 391 |
Total | 162 | 90 | 72 | 0.556 | 928 | 799 |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | R | H | E |
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Opponents | 108 | 94 | 85 | 82 | 95 | 99 | 86 | 60 | 73 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 799 | 1569 | 25 |
Rangers | 131 | 102 | 124 | 96 | 119 | 104 | 103 | 98 | 30 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 928 | 1622 | 87 |
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 |
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C | Iván Rodríguez | 153 | 649 | 192 | .300 | 19 | 86 |
1B | Will Clark | 117 | 436 | 124 | .284 | 13 | 72 |
2B | Mark McLemore | 147 | 517 | 150 | .290 | 5 | 46 |
SS | Kevin Elster | 157 | 515 | 130 | .252 | 24 | 99 |
3B | Dean Palmer | 154 | 582 | 163 | .280 | 38 | 107 |
LF | Rusty Greer | 139 | 542 | 180 | .332 | 18 | 100 |
CF | Darryl Hamilton | 148 | 627 | 184 | .293 | 6 | 51 |
RF | Juan González | 134 | 541 | 170 | .314 | 47 | 144 |
DH | Mickey Tettleton | 143 | 491 | 121 | .246 | 24 | 83 |
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 |
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Warren Newson | 91 | 235 | 60 | .255 | 10 | 31 |
Damon Buford | 90 | 145 | 41 | .283 | 6 | 20 |
Rene Gonzales | 51 | 92 | 20 | .217 | 2 | 5 |
Dave Valle | 42 | 86 | 26 | .302 | 3 | 17 |
Lee Stevens | 27 | 78 | 18 | .231 | 3 | 12 |
Kurt Stillwell | 46 | 77 | 21 | .273 | 1 | 4 |
Lou Frazier | 30 | 50 | 13 | .260 | 0 | 5 |
Craig Worthington | 13 | 19 | 3 | .158 | 1 | 4 |
Jack Voigt | 5 | 9 | 1 | .111 | 0 | 0 |
Luis Ortiz | 3 | 7 | 2 | .286 | 1 | 1 |
Rikkert Faneyte | 8 | 5 | 1 | .200 | 0 | 1 |
Benji Gil | 7 | 5 | 2 | .400 | 0 | 1 |
Kevin Brown | 3 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Ken Hill | 35 | 250.2 | 16 | 10 | 3.63 | 170 |
Roger Pavlik | 34 | 201.0 | 15 | 8 | 5.19 | 127 |
Bobby Witt | 33 | 199.2 | 16 | 12 | 5.41 | 157 |
Darren Oliver | 30 | 173.2 | 14 | 6 | 4.66 | 112 |
Kevin Gross | 28 | 129.1 | 11 | 8 | 5.22 | 78 |
John Burkett | 10 | 68.2 | 5 | 2 | 4.06 | 47 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Rick Helling | 6 | 20.1 | 1 | 2 | 7.52 | 16 |
José Alberro | 5 | 9.1 | 0 | 1 | 5.79 | 2 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Mike Henneman | 49 | 0 | 7 | 31 | 5.79 | 34 |
Dennis Cook | 60 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 4.09 | 64 |
Jeff Russell | 55 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3.38 | 23 |
Ed Vosberg | 52 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3.27 | 32 |
Gil Heredia | 44 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5.89 | 43 |
Mark Brandenburg | 26 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3.21 | 37 |
Mike Stanton | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.22 | 14 |
Matt Whiteside | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.68 | 15 |
Danny Patterson | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 5 |
Yankee Stadium, The Bronx, New York
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Texas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
New York | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: John Burkett (1-0) LP: David Cone (0-1) Home runs: Tex: Juan González (1), Dean Palmer (1) NYY: None |
Yankee Stadium, The Bronx, New York
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | R | H | E | ||||||||||||||||||
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Texas | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
New York | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
WP: Brian Boehringer (1-0) LP: Mike Stanton (0-1) Home runs: Tex: Juan González (2, 3) NYY: Cecil Fielder (1) |
The Ballpark in Arlington, Arlington, Texas
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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New York | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Texas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Jeff Nelson (1-0) LP: Darren Oliver (0-1) Sv: John Wetteland (1) Home runs: NYY: Bernie Williams (1) Tex: Juan González (4) |
The Ballpark in Arlington, Arlington, Texas
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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New York | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Texas | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: David Weathers (1-0) LP: Roger Pavlik (0-1) Sv: John Wetteland (2) Home runs: NYY: Bernie Williams (2, 3) Tex: Juan González (5) |
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