1994 Texas Rangers season

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.

1994 Texas Rangers
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record52–62 (.456)
Divisional place1st
Other information
OwnersGeorge W. Bush
General managersTom Grieve
ManagersKevin Kennedy
Local televisionKTVT
(Jim Sundberg, Steve Busby)
HSE
(Greg Lucas, Norm Hitzges)
Local radioWBAP
(Eric Nadel, Mark Holtz)
KXEB
(Luis Mayoral, Mario Díaz Oroszo)
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Offseason
  • November 22, 1993: Will Clark was signed as a free agent by the Rangers.[1]
  • December 18, 1993: Billy Ripken was signed as a free agent by the Rangers.[2]

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 W L Pct. GB Home Road
Texas Rangers 5262 0.456 — 31–32 21–30
Oakland Athletics 5163 0.447 1 24–32 27–31
Seattle Mariners 4963 0.438 2 22–22 27–41
California Angels 4768 0.409 5½ 23–40 24–28
Division leaders W L Pct.
New York Yankees 7043 0.619
Chicago White Sox 6746 0.593
Texas Rangers 5262 0.456
Wild Card team
(Top team qualifies for postseason)		 W L Pct. GB
Cleveland Indians 6647 0.584 —
Baltimore Orioles 6349 0.562 2½
Kansas City Royals 6451 0.557 3
Toronto Blue Jays 5560 0.478 12
Boston Red Sox 5461 0.470 13
Minnesota Twins 5360 0.469 13
Detroit Tigers 5362 0.461 14
Milwaukee Brewers 5362 0.461 14
Oakland Athletics 5163 0.447 15½
Seattle Mariners 4963 0.438 16½
California Angels 4768 0.409 20

Record vs. opponents
1994 American League record

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
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
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Starters by position

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
CIván Rodríguez99363108.2981657
1BWill Clark110389128.3291380
2BJeff Frye5720567.327018
SSManuel Lee9533593.278238
3BDean Palmer9334284.2461959
LFJuan González107422116.2751985
CFDavid Hulse7731079.255119
RFRusty Greer8027787.3141046
DHJose Canseco111429121.2823190

Other batters

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
Doug Strange7322648.212526
Oddibe McDowell5918348.262115
Chris James5213334.256719
Esteban Beltré4813137.282012
Billy Ripken328125.30906
Junior Ortiz297621.27609
Gary Redus18339.27302
Rob Ducey11295.17201
Butch Davis4174.23500
Chuck Jackson120.00000

Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Kevin Brown26170.0794.82123
Kenny Rogers24167.11184.46120
John Dettmer1154.0064.3327
Rick Helling952.0325.8825
Roger Pavlik1150.1257.6931
Bruce Hurst838.0217.1124
Jack Armstrong210.0013.607

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Héctor Fajardo1883.1576.9145
Brian Bohanon1137.1227.2326
Tim Leary621.0118.149
Steve Dreyer517.1115.7111
Rick Reed416.2115.9412

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Tom Henke3736153.7939
Matt Whiteside472215.0237
Cris Carpenter472555.0339
Darren Oliver434023.4250
Rick Honeycutt421217.2018
Jay Howell404125.4422
Dan Smith131204.309
James Hurst800010.135
Duff Brumley200016.204
Terry Burrows10009.000

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
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
  • 1994 Texas Rangers at Baseball Reference
  • 1994 Texas Rangers at Baseball Almanac
  • Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-17-6.
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