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1993 Texas Rangers season

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1993 Texas Rangers
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionWest
BallparkArlington Stadium
CityArlington, Texas
Record86–76 (.531)
Divisional place2nd
OwnersGeorge W. Bush
General managersTom Grieve
ManagersKevin Kennedy
TelevisionKTVT
(Jim Sundberg, Steve Busby)
HSE
(Greg Lucas, Norm Hitzges)
RadioWBAP
(Eric Nadel, Mark Holtz )
KXEB
(Luis Mayoral, Mario Díaz Oroszo)
← 1992 Seasons 1994 →

The Texas Rangers 1993 season involved the Rangers finishing second in the American League West with a record of 86 wins and 76 losses. Before the 1993 season, Nolan Ryan announced his retirement, effective at the end of that season. It would also be the team's final year at Arlington Stadium before moving to The Ballpark in Arlington.

Offseason

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  • December 15, 1992: Tom Henke was signed as a free agent with the Texas Rangers.[1]
  • December 18, 1992: Rob Ducey was signed as a free agent with the Texas Rangers. [2]
  • December 19, 1992: Manuel Lee was signed as a free agent with the Texas Rangers.[3]
  • December 19, 1992: Doug Dascenzo was signed as a free agent with the Texas Rangers.[4]
  • January 13, 1993: Mario Díaz was signed as a free agent with the Texas Rangers.[5]
  • February 1, 1993: Billy Ripken was signed as a free agent with the Texas Rangers.[6]
  • February 8, 1993: Steve Balboni was signed as a free agent with the Texas Rangers.[7]
  • March 22, 1993: Mike Schooler was signed as a free agent with the Texas Rangers.[8]

Regular season

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  • On May 26, 1993, during a game against the Cleveland Indians, Carlos Martínez hit a fly ball that Canseco lost in the lights as he was crossing the warning track. The ball hit him in the head and bounced over the wall for a home run. The cap [1] Jose was wearing on that play, which This Week in Baseball rated in 1998 as the greatest blooper of the show's first 21 years, is in the Seth Swirsky collection. After the incident, the Harrisburg Heat offered him a soccer contract.[9]
  • May 29, 1993 – José Canseco asked his manager, Kevin Kennedy, to let him pitch the eighth inning of a runaway loss to the Boston Red Sox. While pitching, he injured his arm, underwent Tommy John surgery, and was lost for the remainder of the season, leading him to suffer further indignity and ridicule.
  • On August 4, just before the end, Ryan had yet another high-profile moment – this time an on-the-mound fight. After Ryan hit Robin Ventura of the Chicago White Sox, Ventura charged the mound in order to fight Ryan, who was 20 years his senior. Ryan secured the 26-year-old Ventura in a headlock with his left arm, while pummelling Ventura's head with his right fist six times before catcher Iván Rodríguez was able to pull Ventura away from Ryan. Ryan stated afterwards it was the same maneuver he used on steers he had to brand on his Texas ranch. Videos of the incident were played that evening throughout the country. While Ventura and White Sox manager Gene Lamont were ejected, Ryan–who had barely moved from his spot on the mound in the fracas–was allowed to remain in the game and pitched hitless ball the rest of the way. Ryan had determined to be more aggressive after coming out on the wrong side of an altercation with Dave Winfield's beating in 1980.[10]
  • September 17, 1993: Greg Myers of the Angels was the final strikeout victim of Nolan Ryan.[11] It would be Ryan's 5,714th strikeout.
  • On September 22, 1993, Nolan Ryan's arm finally gave out. In Seattle, Ryan tore a ligament, ending his career two starts earlier than planned. Briefly attempting to pitch past the injury, Ryan threw one further pitch after tearing his ligament; with his injured arm, his final pitch was measured at 98 miles per hour. Ryan's last start was his worst; he allowed a single, four walks, and a grand slam in the top of the first without recording an out. (Ryan left trailing 5-0, and the fourth walk was completed by a reliever after Ryan's injury, but credited to Ryan.)

Season standings

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AL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago White Sox 94 68 .580 — 45‍–‍36 49‍–‍32
Texas Rangers 86 76 .531 8 50‍–‍31 36‍–‍45
Kansas City Royals 84 78 .519 10 43‍–‍38 41‍–‍40
Seattle Mariners 82 80 .506 12 46‍–‍35 36‍–‍45
California Angels 71 91 .438 23 44‍–‍37 27‍–‍54
Minnesota Twins 71 91 .438 23 36‍–‍45 35‍–‍46
Oakland Athletics 68 94 .420 26 38‍–‍43 30‍–‍51

Record vs. opponents

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1993 American League record

Sources: [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15]
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore — 6–7 7–5 4–8 8–5 5–8 7–5 8–5 8–4 6–7 10–2 7–5 4–8 5–8
Boston 7–6 — 7–5 7–5 5–8 6–7 5–7 5–8 7–5 6–7 9–3 7–5 6–6 3–10
California 5–7 5–7 — 7–6 5–7 4–8 6–7 7–5 4–9 6–6 6–7 6–7 6–7 4–8
Chicago 8–4 5–7 6–7 — 9–3 7–5 6–7 9–3 10–3 4–8 7–6 9–4 8–5 6–6
Cleveland 5–8 8–5 7–5 3–9 — 6–7 7–5 8–5 4–8 6–7 8–4 3–9 7–5 4–9
Detroit 8–5 7–6 8–4 5–7 7–6 — 5–7 8–5 6–6 4–9 8–4 7–5 6–6 6–7
Kansas City 5–7 7–5 7–6 7–6 5–7 7–5 — 5–7 7–6 6–6 6–7 7–6 7–6 8–4
Milwaukee 5–8 8–5 5–7 3–9 5–8 5–8 7–5 — 7–5 4–9 7–5 4–8 4–8 5–8
Minnesota 4–8 5–7 9–4 3–10 8–4 6–6 6–7 5–7 — 4–8 8–5 4–9 7–6 2–10
New York 7–6 7–6 6–6 8–4 7–6 9–4 6–6 9–4 8–4 — 6–6 7–5 3–9 5–8
Oakland 2–10 3–9 7–6 6–7 4–8 4–8 7–6 5–7 5–8 6–6 — 9–4 5–8 5–7
Seattle 5–7 5–7 7–6 4–9 9–3 5–7 6–7 8–4 9–4 5–7 4–9 — 8–5 7–5
Texas 8–4 6–6 7–6 5–8 5–7 6–6 6–7 8–4 6–7 9–3 8–5 5–8 — 7–5
Toronto 8–5 10–3 8–4 6–6 9–4 7–6 4–8 8–5 10–2 8–5 7–5 5–7 5–7 —


Notable transactions

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  • September 11, 1993: Mike Schooler was released by the Texas Rangers.[8]

Roster

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1993 Texas Rangers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Game log

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Regular season

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1993 regular season game log: 86–76 (Home: 50–31; Away: 36–45)
April: 11–10 (Home: 5–4; Away: 6–6)
# Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
1 April 5 @ Orioles
2 April 7 @ Orioles
3 April 9 Red Sox
4 April 10 Red Sox
5 April 11 Red Sox
6 April 12 Orioles
7 April 13 Orioles
8 April 14 Orioles
9 April 16 @ Yankees
10 April 17 @ Yankees
11 April 18 @ Yankees
12 April 20 @ Tigers
13 April 21 @ Tigers
14 April 23 @ Brewers
15 April 24 @ Brewers
16 April 25 @ Brewers
17 April 26 @ Blue Jays
18 April 27 @ Blue Jays
19 April 28 Tigers
20 April 29 Tigers
21 April 30 Brewers
May: 14–14 (Home: 9–6; Away: 5–8)
# Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
22 May 1 Brewers
23 May 2 Brewers
24 May 3 Brewers
25 May 4 Blue Jays
26 May 5 Blue Jays
27 May 7 7:35 p.m. CDT @ Royals L 4–9 Pichardo (2–1) Ryan (1–2) – 2:54 33,350 15–12 L1
– May 8 @ Royals Postponed (Rain) (Makeup date: July 26)
28 May 9 4:14 p.m. CDT @ Royals W 2–1 Brown (4–1) Cone (0–5) – 2:13 17,967 16–12 W1
29 May 10 @ Athletics
30 May 11 @ Athletics
31 May 12 @ Athletics
32 May 13 @ Athletics
33 May 14 7:35 p.m. CDT White Sox L 0–4 McDowell (7–1) Brown (4–2) – 2:17 31,676 18–15 L1
34 May 15 7:05 p.m. CDT White Sox W 6–4 (11) Henke (2–1) Jones (0–1) – 3:04 38,053 19–15 W1
35 May 16 2:05 p.m. CDT White Sox L 8–15 Fernandez (5–2) Rogers (3–3) Thigpen (1) 3:11 33,786 19–16 L1
36 May 17 Mariners
37 May 18 Mariners
38 May 19 Mariners
39 May 20 Mariners
40 May 21 Angels
41 May 22 Angels
42 May 23 Angels
43 May 24 @ Indians
44 May 25 @ Indians
45 May 26 @ Indians
46 May 28 @ Red Sox
47 May 29 @ Red Sox
48 May 30 @ Red Sox
49 May 31 @ Twins
June: 10–16 (Home: 8–6; Away: 2–10)
# Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
50 June 1 @ Twins
51 June 2 @ Twins
52 June 4 Yankees
53 June 5 Yankees
54 June 6 Yankees
55 June 7 Twins
56 June 8 Twins
– June 9 Twins Postponed (Rain) (Makeup date: September 10)
57 June 10 Twins
58 June 11 Indians
59 June 12 Indians
60 June 13 Indians
61 June 14 @ Angels
62 June 15 @ Angels
63 June 16 @ Angels
64 June 17 @ Angels
65 June 18 @ Mariners
66 June 19 @ Mariners
67 June 20 @ Mariners
68 June 21 7:06 p.m. CDT @ White Sox L 6–7 McDowell (11–4) Brown (5–6) Hernández (12) 2:50 40,614 31–37 L4
69 June 22 7:26 p.m. CDT @ White Sox L 2–3 Pall (2–2) Henke (4–2) – 3:01 36,757 31–38 L5
70 June 23 12:37 p.m. CDT @ White Sox L 4–7 Bere (3–1) Pavlik (3–4) – 2:58 32,612 31–39 L6
– June 25 Athletics Postponed (Rain) (Makeup date: September 28)
71 June 26 Athletics
72 June 27 Athletics
73 June 28 7:35 p.m. CDT Royals L 2–4 Haney (4–1) Rogers (5–6) Montgomery (23) 2:54 21,505 33–40 L1
74 June 29 7:35 p.m. CDT Royals W 4–3 Patterson (2–2) Sampen (2–1) Henke (14) 3:06 24,855 34–40 W1
75 June 30 7:35 p.m. CDT Royals W 5–4 Bohanon (3–1) Gardner (4–5) Henke (15) 2:53 36,901 35–40 W2
July: 17–11 (Home: 5–5; Away: 12–6)
# Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
76 July 1 @ Tigers
77 July 2 @ Tigers
78 July 3 @ Tigers
79 July 4 @ Tigers
80 July 5 @ Brewers
81 July 6 @ Brewers
82 July 7 @ Brewers
83 July 8 @ Blue Jays
84 July 9 @ Blue Jays
85 July 10 @ Blue Jays
86 July 11 @ Blue Jays
64th All-Star Game in Baltimore, Maryland
87 July 15 Tigers
88 July 16 Tigers
89 July 17 Tigers
90 July 18 Tigers
91 July 20 Brewers
92 July 21 Brewers
93 July 22 Blue Jays
94 July 23 Blue Jays
95 July 24 Blue Jays
96 July 25 Blue Jays
97 (1) July 26 5:06 p.m. CDT @ Royals L 3–12 Haney (7–2) Brown (7–7) – 2:58 – 49–48 L3
98 (2) July 26 8:38 p.m. CDT @ Royals 5–6 Rasmussen (1–2) Bohanon (4–2) Montgomery (31) 2:37 35,882 49–49 L4
99 July 27 7:35 p.m. CDT @ Royals W 1–0 Rogers (8–6) Appier (11–5) Henke (22) 2:18 22,415 50–49 W1
100 July 28 7:35 p.m. CDT @ Royals W 10–3 Pavlik (6–5) Pichardo (5–7) – 2:56 23,503 51–49 W2
101 July 29 1:35 p.m. CDT @ Royals L 4–9 Gordon (6–2) Leibrandt (9–7) Gubicza (1) 2:51 28,847 51–50 L1
102 July 30 @ Athletics
103 July 31 @ Athletics
August: 17–12 (Home: 11–5; Away: 6–7)
# Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
104 August 1 @ Athletics
105 August 2 7:35 p.m. CDT White Sox W 9–8 Henke (5–3) Schwarz (2–2) – 3:52 28,436 53–52 W1
106 August 3 7:36 p.m. CDT White Sox L 6–11 McCaskill (3–7) Leibrandt (9–8) – 2:54 29,487 53–53 L1
107 August 4 7:36 p.m. CDT White Sox W 5–2 Ryan (3–3) Fernandez (12–6) Henke (23) 2:42 32,312 54–53 W1
108 August 5 7:37 p.m. CDT White Sox W 7–1 Brown (9–7) Belcher (9–7) Carpenter (1) 2:51 35,413 55–53 W2
109 August 6 Mariners
110 August 7 Mariners
111 August 8 Mariners
112 August 10 Angels
113 August 11 Angels
114 August 12 Angels
115 August 13 @ Indians
116 August 14 @ Indians
117 August 15 @ Indians
– August 16 @ Yankees Postponed (Rain) (Makeup date: August 17)
118 (1) August 17 @ Yankees
119 (2) August 17 @ Yankees
120 August 18 @ Yankees
121 August 20 @ Orioles
122 August 21 @ Orioles
123 August 22 @ Orioles
124 August 23 @ Orioles
125 August 24 Red Sox
126 August 25 Red Sox
127 August 26 Red Sox
128 August 27 Orioles
129 August 28 Orioles
130 August 29 Orioles
131 August 30 @ Red Sox
132 August 31 @ Red Sox
September: 16–11 (Home: 11–3; Away: 5–8)
# Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
133 September 1 @ Red Sox
134 September 3 @ Twins
135 September 4 @ Twins
136 September 5 @ Twins
137 September 6 Yankees
138 September 7 Yankees
139 September 8 Yankees
140 (1) September 10 Twins
141 (2) September 10 Twins
142 September 11 Twins
143 September 12 Twins
144 September 13 Indians
145 September 14 Indians
146 September 15 Indians
147 September 17 @ Angels
148 September 18 @ Angels
149 September 19 @ Angels
150 September 20 @ Mariners
151 September 21 @ Mariners
152 September 22 @ Mariners
153 September 24 7:07 p.m. CDT @ White Sox L 4–5 Hernández (3–4) Patterson (2–4) – 2:52 41,730 81–72 L3
– September 25 @ White Sox Postponed (Rain) (Makeup date: September 26)
154 (1) September 26 11:37 a.m. CDT @ White Sox L 3–5 Bere (11–5) Rogers (15–10) Hernández (37) 3:13 – 81–73 L4
155 (2) September 26 3:23 p.m. CDT @ White Sox W 3–2 Pavlik (11–6) Fernandez (17–9) Henke (39) 3:04 42,034 82–73 W1
156 (1) September 28 Athletics
157 (2) September 28 Athletics
158 September 29 Athletics
159 September 30 Athletics
October: 1–2 (Home: 1–2; Away: 0–0)
# Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
160 October 1 7:37 p.m. CDT Royals W 2–0 Pavlik (12–6) Cone (11–14) Henke (40) 2:21 40,735 86–74 W3
161 October 2 3:07 p.m. CDT Royals L 4–7 Gordon (12–6) Brown (15–12) Montgomery (44) 2:58 41,074 86–75 L1
162 October 3 2:05 p.m. CDT Royals L 1–4 Appier (18–8) Dreyer (3–3) Montgomery (45) 2:16 41,039 86–76 L2
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement
Bold = Rangers team member

Detailed records

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Player stats

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= Indicates team leader

Batting

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Starters by position

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

Pos Player G AB R H Avg. HR RBI SB
C Iván Rodríguez 137 473 56 129 .273 10 66 7
1B Rafael Palmeiro 160 597 124 176 .295 37 105 7
2B Doug Strange 145 484 58 124 .256 7 60 6
3B Dean Palmer 148 519 88 127 .245 33 96 11
SS Manuel Lee 73 205 31 45 .220 1 12 2
LF Juan González 140 536 105 166 .310 46 118 4
CF David Hulse 114 407 71 118 .290 1 29 29
RF Jose Canseco 60 231 30 59 .255 10 46 6
DH Julio Franco 144 532 85 154 .289 14 84 9

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Other batters

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

Player G AB R H Avg. HR RBI SB
Gary Redus 77 222 28 64 .288 6 31 4
Mario Díaz 71 205 24 56 .273 2 24 1
Dan Peltier 65 160 23 43 .269 1 17 0
Butch Davis 62 159 24 39 .245 3 20 3
Doug Dascenzo 76 146 20 29 .199 2 10 2
Geno Petralli 59 133 16 32 .241 1 13 2
Billy Ripken 50 132 12 25 .189 0 11 0
Rob Ducey 27 85 15 24 .282 2 9 2
Donald Harris 40 76 10 15 .197 1 8 0
Benji Gil 22 57 3 7 .123 0 2 1
Jon Shave 17 47 3 15 .319 0 7 1
Jeff Huson 23 45 3 6 .133 0 2 0
Chris James 8 31 5 11 .355 3 7 0
John Russell 18 22 1 5 .227 1 3 0
Steve Balboni 2 5 0 3 .600 0 0 0

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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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 Brown 34 233.0 15 12 3.59 142
Kenny Rogers 35 208.1 16 10 4.10 140
Roger Pavlik 26 166.1 12 6 3.41 131
Charlie Leibrandt 26 150.1 9 10 4.55 89
Nolan Ryan 13 66.1 5 5 4.88 46

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Brian Bohanon 36 92.2 4 4 4.76 45
Todd Burns 25 65.0 0 4 4.57 35
Steve Dreyer 10 41.0 3 3 5.71 23
Robb Nen 9 22.2 1 1 6.35 12

Relief pitchers

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

Player G IP W L SV ERA SO
Tom Henke 66 74.1 5 5 40 2.91 79
Matt Whiteside 60 73.0 2 1 1 4.32 39
Craig Lefferts 52 83.1 3 9 0 6.05 58
Bob Patterson 52 52.2 2 4 1 4.78 46
Cris Carpenter 27 32.0 4 1 1 4.22 27
Jeff Bronkey 21 36.0 1 1 1 4.00 18
Mike Schooler 17 24.1 3 0 0 5.55 16
Gene Nelson 6 8.0 0 0 1 3.38 4
Rick Reed 2 4.0 1 0 0 2.25 2
Darren Oliver 2 3.1 0 0 0 2.70 4
José Canseco 1 1.0 0 0 0 27.00 0
Héctor Fajardo 1 0.2 0 0 0 0.00 1

Awards and honors

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All-Star Game

Farm system

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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 Rainbows South Atlantic League Walt Williams
A-Short Season Erie Sailors New York–Penn League Doug Sisson
Rookie GCL Rangers Gulf Coast League Chino Cadahia

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: GCL Rangers

Notes

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  1. ^ Tom Henke Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  2. ^ "Rob Ducey: Career Statistics". Baseball Reference. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
  3. ^ Manuel Lee Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  4. ^ "Doug Dascenzo Stats".
  5. ^ "Mario Diaz Stats".
  6. ^ Billy Ripken Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  7. ^ Steve Balboni Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  8. ^ a b Mike Schooler Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  9. ^ New York Times article
  10. ^ Freeman, Denne H. "Raging Ryan strikes Ventura." Austin American-Statesman, August 5, 1993. Page C1.
  11. ^ "The Nolan Ryan Express | The Strikeout King". smackbomb.com/nolanryan. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved July 19, 2008.
  12. ^ "1993 Texas Rangers Statistics".

References

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