1984 Texas Rangers | ||
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League | American League | |
Division | West | |
Ballpark | Arlington Stadium | |
City | Arlington, Texas | |
Owners | Eddie Chiles | |
General managers | Joe Klein, Tom Grieve | |
Managers | Doug Rader | |
Television |
KXAS-TV HSE ( Eric Nadel, Steve Busby, Merle Harmon) | |
Radio |
WBAP ( Eric Nadel, Mark Holtz ) | |
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The Texas Rangers 1984 season involved the Rangers' finishing seventh in the American League West, with a record of 69 wins and 92 losses.
AL West | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Kansas City Royals | 84 | 78 | 0.519 | — | 44–37 | 40–41 |
California Angels | 81 | 81 | 0.500 | 3 | 37–44 | 44–37 |
Minnesota Twins | 81 | 81 | 0.500 | 3 | 47–34 | 34–47 |
Oakland Athletics | 77 | 85 | 0.475 | 7 | 44–37 | 33–48 |
Chicago White Sox | 74 | 88 | 0.457 | 10 | 43–38 | 31–50 |
Seattle Mariners | 74 | 88 | 0.457 | 10 | 42–39 | 32–49 |
Texas Rangers | 69 | 92 | 0.429 | 14½ | 34–46 | 35–46 |
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Team | BAL | BOS | CAL | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIL | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TEX | TOR |
Baltimore | — | 6–7 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 7–6 | 7–6 | 5–7 | 7–6 | 5–7 | 5–8 | 6–6 | 9–3 | 9–3 | 4–9 |
Boston | 7–6 | — | 9–3 | 7–5 | 10–3 | 7–6 | 3–9 | 9–4 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 7–5 | 4–8 | 5–7 | 5–8 |
California | 4–8 | 3–9 | — | 8–5 | 8–4 | 4–8 | 6–7 | 8–4 | 4–9 | 8–4 | 7–6 | 9–4 | 5–8 | 7–5 |
Chicago | 5–7 | 5–7 | 5–8 | — | 8–4 | 4–8 | 5–8 | 7–5 | 8–5 | 7–5 | 6–7 | 5–8 | 5–8 | 4–8 |
Cleveland | 6–7 | 3–10 | 4–8 | 4–8 | — | 4–9 | 6–6 | 9–4 | 7–5 | 2–11 | 7–5 | 8–4 | 9–3 | 6–7–1 |
Detroit | 6–7 | 6–7 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 9–4 | — | 7–5 | 11–2 | 9–3 | 7–6 | 9–3 | 6–6 | 10–2 | 8–5 |
Kansas City | 7–5 | 9–3 | 7–6 | 8–5 | 6–6 | 5–7 | — | 6–6 | 6–7 | 5–7 | 5–8 | 9–4 | 6–7 | 5–7 |
Milwaukee | 6–7 | 4–9 | 4–8 | 5–7 | 4–9 | 2–11 | 6–6 | — | 5–7 | 6–7 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 5–6 | 10–3 |
Minnesota | 7–5 | 6–6 | 9–4 | 5–8 | 5–7 | 3–9 | 7–6 | 7–5 | — | 8–4 | 8–5 | 7–6 | 8–5 | 1–11 |
New York | 8–5 | 6–7 | 4–8 | 5–7 | 11–2 | 6–7 | 7–5 | 7–6 | 4–8 | — | 8–4 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 8–5 |
Oakland | 6–6 | 5–7 | 6–7 | 7–6 | 5–7 | 3–9 | 8–5 | 8–4 | 5–8 | 4–8 | — | 8–5 | 8–5 | 4–8 |
Seattle | 3–9 | 8–4 | 4–9 | 8–5 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 4–9 | 6–6 | 6–7 | 5–7 | 5–8 | — | 10–3 | 5–7 |
Texas | 3–9 | 7–5 | 8–5 | 8–5 | 3–9 | 2–10 | 7–6 | 6–5 | 5–8 | 6–6 | 5–8 | 3–10 | — | 6–6 |
Toronto | 9–4 | 8–5 | 5–7 | 8–4 | 7–6–1 | 5–8 | 7–5 | 3–10 | 11–1 | 5–8 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 6–6 | — |
1984 Texas Rangers roster | |||||||||
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1984 regular season game log: 69–92 (Home: 34–46; Away: 35–46) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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April: 8–14 (Home: 3–7; Away: 5–7)
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May: 12–15 (Home: 6–8; Away: 6–7)
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June: 15–15 (Home: 7–6; Away: 8–9)
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July: 10–17 (Home: 5–9; Away: 5–8)
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August: 15–13 (Home: 9–6; Away: 6–7)
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September: 9–18 (Home: 4–10; Away: 5–7)
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Legend: = Win = Loss = Postponement Bold = Rangers team member |
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 | Donnie Scott | 81 | 235 | 52 | .221 | 3 | 20 |
1B | Pete O'Brien | 142 | 520 | 149 | .287 | 18 | 80 |
2B | Wayne Tolleson | 118 | 338 | 72 | .213 | 0 | 9 |
SS | Curt Wilkerson | 153 | 484 | 120 | .248 | 1 | 26 |
3B | Buddy Bell | 148 | 553 | 174 | .315 | 11 | 83 |
LF | Billy Sample | 130 | 489 | 121 | .247 | 5 | 33 |
CF | Gary Ward | 155 | 602 | 171 | .284 | 21 | 79 |
RF | Larry Parrish | 156 | 613 | 175 | .285 | 22 | 101 |
DH | Mickey Rivers | 102 | 313 | 94 | .300 | 4 | 33 |
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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George Wright | 101 | 383 | 93 | .243 | 9 | 48 |
Ned Yost | 80 | 242 | 44 | .182 | 6 | 25 |
Bobby Jones | 64 | 143 | 37 | .259 | 4 | 22 |
Jeff Kunkel | 50 | 142 | 29 | .204 | 3 | 7 |
Marv Foley | 63 | 115 | 25 | .217 | 6 | 19 |
Alan Bannister | 47 | 112 | 33 | .295 | 2 | 9 |
Tom Dunbar | 34 | 97 | 25 | .258 | 2 | 10 |
Dave Hostetler | 37 | 82 | 18 | .220 | 3 | 10 |
Jim Anderson | 39 | 47 | 5 | .106 | 0 | 1 |
Bill Stein | 27 | 43 | 12 | .279 | 0 | 3 |
Mike Richardt | 6 | 9 | 1 | .111 | 0 | 0 |
Kevin Buckley | 5 | 7 | 2 | .286 | 0 | 0 |
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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Charlie Hough | 36 | 266.0 | 16 | 14 | 3.76 | 164 |
Frank Tanana | 35 | 246.1 | 15 | 15 | 3.25 | 141 |
Danny Darwin | 35 | 223.2 | 8 | 12 | 3.94 | 123 |
Dave Stewart | 32 | 192.1 | 7 | 14 | 4.73 | 119 |
Mike Mason | 36 | 184.1 | 9 | 13 | 3.61 | 113 |
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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Dickie Noles | 18 | 57.2 | 2 | 3 | 5.15 | 39 |
Ricky Wright | 8 | 14.2 | 0 | 2 | 6.14 | 6 |
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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Dave Schmidt | 43 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 2.56 | 46 |
Odell Jones | 33 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3.64 | 28 |
Tom Henke | 25 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6.35 | 25 |
Dave Tobik | 24 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3.61 | 30 |
Joey McLaughlin | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4.41 | 21 |
Jim Bibby | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.41 | 6 |
Dwayne Henry | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8.31 | 2 |
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