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
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionWest
BallparkThe Ballpark in Arlington
CityArlington, Texas
Record52–62 (.456)
Divisional place1st
OwnersGeorge W. Bush
General managersTom Grieve
ManagersKevin Kennedy
TelevisionKTVT
(Jim Sundberg, Steve Busby)
HSE
(Greg Lucas, Norm Hitzges)
RadioWBAP
(Mark Holtz, Eric Nadel)
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 WestWLPct.GBHomeRoad
Texas Rangers52620.45631–3221–30
Oakland Athletics51630.447124–3227–31
Seattle Mariners49630.438222–2227–41
California Angels47680.40923–4024–28
Division leadersWLPct.
New York Yankees70430.619
Chicago White Sox67460.593
Texas Rangers52620.456
Wild Card team
(Top team qualifies for postseason)
WLPct.GB
Cleveland Indians66470.584
Baltimore Orioles63490.562
Kansas City Royals64510.5573
Toronto Blue Jays55600.47812
Boston Red Sox54610.47013
Minnesota Twins53600.46913
Detroit Tigers53620.46114
Milwaukee Brewers53620.46114
Oakland Athletics51630.44715½
Seattle Mariners49630.43816½
California Angels47680.40920

Record vs. opponents


Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
TeamBALBOSCALCWSCLEDETKCMILMINNYYOAKSEATEXTOR
Baltimore4–28–42–44–63–44–17–34–54–67–54–63–37–2
Boston2–47–52–43–74–24–25–51–83–79–36–61–57–3
California4–85–75–50–53–46–43–33–34–83–62–76–43–4
Chicago4–24–25–57–58–43–79–32–44–26–39–14–52–3
Cleveland6–47–35–05–78–21–45–29–30–96–03–25–76–4
Detroit4–32–44–34–82–84–86–43–33–35–46–35–75–4
Kansas City1–42–44–67–34–18–45–76–44–27–36–44–36–6
Milwaukee3–75–53–33–92–54–67–56–62–74–14–23–37–3
Minnesota5–48–13–34–23–93–34–66–64–52–53–34–54–8
New York6–47–38–42–49–03–32–47–25–47–58–43–23–4
Oakland5–73–96–33–60–64–53–71–45–25–74–37–35–1
Seattle4–66–67–21–92–33–64–62–43–34–83–49–11–5
Texas3–35–14–65–47–57–53–43–35–42–33–71–94–8
Toronto2–73–74–33–24–64–56–63–78–44–31–55–18–4


Notable transactions

Roster

1994 Texas Rangers
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

Game log

Regular season

1994 regular season game log: 52–62 (Home: 31–32; Away: 21–30)
April: 9–12 (Home: 6–6; Away: 3–6)
#DateTime (CT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
Streak
1April 412:05 p.m. CDT@ YankeesL 3–5Key (1–0)Brown (0–1)Hernandez (1)2:3656,7060–1L1
April 6@ YankeesPostponed (Rain) (Makeup date: April 7)
2April 712:05 p.m. CDT@ YankeesL 6–18Mulholland (1–0)Rogers (0–1)3:145,8510–2L2
3April 86:35 p.m. CDT@ OriolesW 7–5Howell (1–0)Eichhorn (0–1)Henke (1)3:1047,2521–2W1
4April 912:37 p.m. CDT@ OriolesL 5–7Mussina (2–0)Brown (0–2)Smith (3)3:0947,2251–3L1
5April 1012:37 p.m. CDT@ OriolesW 8–7Howell (2–0)Rhodes (0–1)Henke (2)3:4046,4692–3W1
6April 11BrewersL 3–4
7April 13BrewersW 4–3 (10)
8April 14BrewersL 2–7
9April 157:37 p.m. CDTOriolesW 8–3Helling (1–0)Rhodes (0–2)3:1937,7604–5W1
10April 167:35 p.m. CDTOriolesL 4–6McDonald (3–0)Honeycutt (0–1)Smith (5)3:4146,6074–6L1
11April 177:08 p.m. CDTOriolesL 5–6Williamson (1–0)Armstrong (0–1)Smith (6)4:0429,2284–7L2
12April 196:37 p.m. CDT@ Blue JaysL 3–13Guzmán (2–1)Brown (0–4)2:5848,1494–8L3
13April 206:37 p.m. CDT@ Blue JaysL 3–4 (11)Stottlemyre (2–0)Henke (1–1)3:4147,1164–9L4
14April 227:37 p.m. CDTIndiansW 7–3Rogers (1–2)Morris (1–2)2:5231,3465–9W1
15April 237:35 p.m. CDTIndiansL 9–10Mesa (2–0)Henke (1–2)Farr (4)3:4044,9265–10L1
16April 242:05 p.m. CDTIndiansL 7–12Nagy (2–0)Dreyer (0–1)Lilliquist (1)3:2033,9245–11L2
April 25TigersPostponed (Rain) (Makeup date: July 1)
17April 26TigersW 6–1
18April 277:35 p.m. CDTBlue JaysW 11–3Rogers (2–2)Hentgen (3–2)3:0338,0557–11W2
19April 287:35 p.m. CDTBlue JaysW 1–0Brown (1–4)Leiter (1–2)Henke (3)2:3727,2878–11W3
20April 296:05 p.m. CDT@ IndiansL 4–5 (12)Mesa (3–0)Howell (2–1)3:5936,5308–12L1
21April 3012:05 p.m. CDT@ IndiansW 14–6Dreyer (1–1)Plunk (3–1)3:4838,2289–12W1
May: 14–14 (Home: 6–6; Away: 8–8)
#DateTime (CT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
Streak
22May 112:07 p.m. CDT@ IndiansW 5–4Carpenter (1–0)Mesa (3–1)Henke (4)3:1340,8269–13W2
23May 2@ TigersL 8–10 (10)
24May 3@ TigersW 7–2
25May 4@ TigersL 7–14
26May 6TwinsW 7–0
27May 7TwinsL 7–9
28May 8TwinsL 2–5
29May 9AngelsW 11–3
30May 10AngelsL 6–8 (10)
31May 11AngelsL 1–13
32May 137:35 p.m. CDTWhite SoxW11–7Rogers (3–3)McDowell (2–5)Carpenter (1)3:3439,42014–18W1
33May 149:47 p.m. CDTWhite SoxW 5–2Brown (3–6)Fernandez (3–5)Carpenter (2)2:5446,49015–18W2
34May 152:05 p.m. CDTWhite SoxL 6–9Álvarez (7–0)Pavlik (0–1)3:2146,41915–19L1
35May 16@ AthleticsW 11–7 (10)
36May 17@ AthleticsW 8–7 (10)
37May 18@ AthleticsW 6–2
38May 19@ MarinersL 4–5
39May 20@ MarinersL 2–19
40May 21@ MarinersL 2–13
41May 22@ MarinersL 2–8
42May 247:25 p.m. CDT@ RoyalsW 2–0Rogers (5–3)Gubicza (2–4)2:2222,58119–23W1
43May 257:07 p.m. CDT@ RoyalsL 3–8Appier (4–5)Brown (3–7)3:0917,58719–24L1
44May 261:35 p.m. CDT@ RoyalsL 1–3Gordon (4–3)Honeycutt (0–2)Montgomery (7)3:0724,16919–25L2
45May 27Red SoxW 4–3
46May 28Red SoxL 2–3 (10)
47May 29Red SoxW 8–6
48May 30@ BrewersW 5–4
49May 31@ BrewersW 7–4
June: 12–15 (Home: 5–9; Away: 7–6)
#DateTime (CT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
Streak
50June 1@ BrewersL 1–8
51June 3@ Red SoxW 13–2
52June 4@ Red SoxW 10–4
53June 5@ Red SoxW 10–7 (10)
54June 67:37 p.m. CDTYankeesL 7–17Key (8–1)Pavlik (1–3)3:2136,73326–28L1
55June 77:37 p.m. CDTYankeesW 10–9Fajardo (2–1)Kamieniecki (4–1)Carpenter (4)3:2742,46127–28W1
56June 86:08 p.m. CDTYankeesW 6–5Smith (1–0)Pérez (3–3)Oliver (1)3:2632,57428–28W2
57June 97:37 p.m. CDTRoyalsW 7–4Rogers (8–3)Gubicza (4–5)2:3246,43329–28W3
58June 107:35 p.m. CDTRoyalsW 3–2Brown (5–7)Appier (5–6)Carpenter (5)3:2646,37930–28W4
59June 117:35 p.m. CDTRoyalsL 3–4Gordon (6–4)Smith (1–1)Montgomery (9)2:4246,58230–29L1
60June 127:07 p.m. CDTRoyalsL 2–7Cone (10–2)Fajardo (2–2)Meacham (3)2:3939,84430–30L2
61June 13MarinersW 17–9
62June 14MarinersL 6–7 (13)
63June 15MarinersL 2–5
64June 16AthleticsL 4–6
65June 17AthleticsL 2–4
66June 18AthleticsL 10–11
67June 19AthleticsL 0–5
68June 207:06 p.m. CDT@ White SoxW 12–6Honeycutt (1–2)Johnson (1–1)3:5133,65032–36W1
69June 217:06 p.m. CDT@ White SoxL 4–5 (10)Assenmacher (1–2)Carpenter (2–4)3:2027,39432–37L1
70June 2212:37 p.m. CDT@ White SoxL 0–4Álvarez (9–2)Fajardo (2–4)2:3029,30132–38L2
71June 24@ AngelsW 2–1
72June 25@ AngelsL 7–12
73June 26@ AngelsL 3–4
74June 28@ TwinsW 10–6
75June 29@ TwinsW 11–10
76June 30@ TwinsL 4–6
July: 15–14 (Home: 12–7; Away: 3–7)
#DateTime (CT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
Streak
77 (1)July 1TigersW 10–6
78 (2)July 1TigersW 8–6
79July 2TigersL 1–6
80July 3TigersW 5–3
81July 4TigersW 4–3
82July 57:35 p.m. CDTIndiansW 4–3Brown (6–8)Clark (9–3)2:4933,01240–42W3
83July 67:35 p.m. CDTIndiansL 4–13Morris (8–5)Dettmer (0–3)3:0746,19040–43L1
84July 78:36 p.m. CDTIndiansW 6–4Leary (1–0)Nagy (7–5)Henke (9)2:5838,90441–43W1
85July 8@ TigersL 3–7
86July 9@ TigersW 10–4
87July 10@ TigersL 5–6
65th All-Star Game in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
88July 147:37 p.m. CDTBlue JaysW 7–3Fajardo (5–5)Stottlemyre (5–7)2:3842,62143–45W1
89July 157:37 p.m. CDTBlue JaysL 5–7Guzmán (9–9)Dettmer (0–4)Hall (8)3:3046,51143–46L1
90July 167:07 p.m. CDTBlue JaysW 4–2Brown (7–8)Hentgen (11–6)Henke (10)2:4746,51044–46W1
91July 177:05 p.m. CDTBlue JaysL 1–3Stewart (6–8)Rogers (10–5)Hall (9)2:4046,39444–47L1
92July 187:05 p.m. CDT@ IndiansW 6–5Oliver (3–0)Mesa (7–5)Henke (11)3:1941,84545–47W1
93July 196:08 p.m. CDT@ IndiansL 3–12Nagy (8–5)Fajardo (5–6)2:2941,77445–48L1
94July 206:37 p.m. CDT@ IndiansW 13–11 (14)Henke (3–4)Casian (1–4)Whiteside (1)5:4040,28046–48W1
95July 216:37 p.m. CDT@ Blue JaysL 3–9Hentgen (12–6)Leary (1–1)Cox (2)3:0349,61846–49L1
96July 226:37 p.m. CDT@ Blue JaysL 2–3Stewart (7–8)Rogers (10–6)Hall (12)2:2550,52246–50L2
97July 2312:37 p.m. CDT@ Blue JaysL 1–9Leiter (5–5)Fajardo (5–7)2:5150,52946–51L3
98July 2412:37 p.m. CDT@ Blue JaysL 2–4Cornett (1–2)Pavlik (1–5)Cox (3)2:4050,52146–52L4
99July 25TwinsW 7–4
100July 26TwinsW 8–7
101July 27TwinsL 0–1
102July 28AngelsW 4–0
103July 29AngelsW 5–3
104July 30AngelsL 4–14
105July 31AngelsL 3–4
August: 2–7 (Home: 2–4; Away: 0–3)
#DateTime (CT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
Streak
106August 27:37 p.m. CDTWhite SoxL 2–6Bere (11–2)Rogers (11–7)3:1645,15250–56L3
107August 37:37 p.m. CDTWhite SoxW 11–8Oliver (4–0)McCaskill (1–4)Henke (14)3:3138,31951–56W1
108August 47:35 p.m. CDTWhite SoxW 4–1Bohanon (2–1)McDowell (9–9)Henke (15)2:3446,36252–56W2
109August 5@ AthleticsL 4–5
110August 6@ AthleticsL 4–6
111August 7@ AthleticsL 3–8
112August 8MarinersL 4–14
113August 9MarinersL 5–8
114August 10MarinersL 2–3 (10)
August 12@ RoyalsCanceled (Strike)
August 13@ RoyalsCanceled (Strike)
August 14@ RoyalsCanceled (Strike)
August 16OriolesCanceled (Strike)
August 17OriolesCanceled (Strike)
August 18OriolesCanceled (Strike)
August 19YankeesCanceled (Strike)
August 20YankeesCanceled (Strike)
August 21YankeesCanceled (Strike)
August 22@ Red SoxCanceled (Strike)
August 23@ Red SoxCanceled (Strike)
August 24@ Red SoxCanceled (Strike)
August 25@ YankeesCanceled (Strike)
August 26@ YankeesCanceled (Strike)
August 27@ YankeesCanceled (Strike)
August 28@ YankeesCanceled (Strike)
August 29Red SoxCanceled (Strike)
August 30Red SoxCanceled (Strike)
August 31Red SoxCanceled (Strike)
September: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–0)
#DateTime (CT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
Streak
September 2@ BrewersCanceled (Strike)
September 3@ BrewersCanceled (Strike)
September 4@ BrewersCanceled (Strike)
September 5@ OriolesCanceled (Strike)
September 6@ OriolesCanceled (Strike)
September 7@ OriolesCanceled (Strike)
September 9BrewersCanceled (Strike)
September 10BrewersCanceled (Strike)
September 11BrewersCanceled (Strike)
September 12RoyalsCanceled (Strike)
September 13RoyalsCanceled (Strike)
September 14RoyalsCanceled (Strike)
September 16MarinersCanceled (Strike)
September 17MarinersCanceled (Strike)
September 18MarinersCanceled (Strike)
September 19AthleticsCanceled (Strike)
September 20AthleticsCanceled (Strike)
September 21AthleticsCanceled (Strike)
September 22@ White SoxCanceled (Strike)
September 23@ White SoxCanceled (Strike)
September 24@ White SoxCanceled (Strike)
September 25@ White SoxCanceled (Strike)
September 26@ AngelsCanceled (Strike)
September 27@ AngelsCanceled (Strike)
September 28@ AngelsCanceled (Strike)
September 29@ TwinsCanceled (Strike)
September 30@ TwinsCanceled (Strike)
October: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–0)
#DateTime (CT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
Streak
October 1@ TwinsCanceled (Strike)
October 2@ TwinsCanceled (Strike)
Legend:        = Win        = Postponement
Bold = Rangers team member

Detailed records

MonthGamesWonLostWin %RSRA
April219120.429120128
May2814140.500150178
June2712150.444166170
July2915140.517138162
August9270.2223959
Total11452620.456613697
GamesWonLostWin %RSRA
Home6331320.492334353
Away5121300.494279344
Total11452620.456613697

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
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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
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

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
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

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAAOklahoma City 89ersAmerican AssociationBobby Jones
AATulsa DrillersTexas LeagueStan Cliburn
ACharlotte RangersFlorida State LeagueTommy Thompson
ACharleston RiverDogsSouth Atlantic LeagueWalt Williams
A-Short SeasonHudson Valley RenegadesNew York–Penn LeagueDoug Sisson
RookieGCL RangersGulf Coast LeagueChino Cadahia

References