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
League	American League
Division	Western Division
Ballpark	The Ballpark in Arlington
City	Arlington, Texas
Record	52–62 (.456)
Divisional place	1st
Owners	George W. Bush
General managers	Tom Grieve
Managers	Kevin Kennedy
Television	KTVT (Jim Sundberg, Steve Busby) HSE (Greg Lucas, Norm Hitzges)
Radio	WBAP (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

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AL West

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Texas Rangers	52	62	.456	—	31‍–‍32	21‍–‍30
Oakland Athletics	51	63	.447	1	24‍–‍32	27‍–‍31
Seattle Mariners	49	63	.438	2	22‍–‍22	27‍–‍41
California Angels	47	68	.409	5½	23‍–‍40	24‍–‍28

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Division leaders

Team	W	L	Pct.
New York Yankees	70	43	.619
Chicago White Sox	67	46	.593
Texas Rangers	52	62	.456

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Wild Card team
(Top team qualifies for postseason)

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB
Cleveland Indians	66	47	.584	—
Baltimore Orioles	63	49	.562	2½
Kansas City Royals	64	51	.557	3
Toronto Blue Jays	55	60	.478	12
Boston Red Sox	54	61	.470	13
Minnesota Twins	53	60	.469	13
Detroit Tigers	53	62	.461	14
Milwaukee Brewers	53	62	.461	14
Oakland Athletics	51	63	.447	15½
Seattle Mariners	49	63	.438	16½
California Angels	47	68	.409	20

Record vs. opponents

1994 American League record Source: MLB Standings Grid – 1994 v t e
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIL	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TEX	TOR
Baltimore	—	4–2	8–4	2–4	4–6	3–4	4–1	7–3	4–5	4–6	7–5	4–6	3–3	7–2
Boston	2–4	—	7–5	2–4	3–7	4–2	4–2	5–5	1–8	3–7	9–3	6–6	1–5	7–3
California	4–8	5–7	—	5–5	0–5	3–4	6–4	3–3	3–3	4–8	3–6	2–7	6–4	3–4
Chicago	4–2	4–2	5–5	—	7–5	8–4	3–7	9–3	2–4	4–2	6–3	9–1	4–5	2–3
Cleveland	6–4	7–3	5–0	5–7	—	8–2	1–4	5–2	9–3	0–9	6–0	3–2	5–7	6–4
Detroit	4–3	2–4	4–3	4–8	2–8	—	4–8	6–4	3–3	3–3	5–4	6–3	5–7	5–4
Kansas City	1–4	2–4	4–6	7–3	4–1	8–4	—	5–7	6–4	4–2	7–3	6–4	4–3	6–6
Milwaukee	3–7	5–5	3–3	3–9	2–5	4–6	7–5	—	6–6	2–7	4–1	4–2	3–3	7–3
Minnesota	5–4	8–1	3–3	4–2	3–9	3–3	4–6	6–6	—	4–5	2–5	3–3	4–5	4–8
New York	6–4	7–3	8–4	2–4	9–0	3–3	2–4	7–2	5–4	—	7–5	8–4	3–2	3–4
Oakland	5–7	3–9	6–3	3–6	0–6	4–5	3–7	1–4	5–2	5–7	—	4–3	7–3	5–1
Seattle	4–6	6–6	7–2	1–9	2–3	3–6	4–6	2–4	3–3	4–8	3–4	—	9–1	1–5
Texas	3–3	5–1	4–6	5–4	7–5	7–5	3–4	3–3	5–4	2–3	3–7	1–9	—	4–8
Toronto	2–7	3–7	4–3	3–2	4–6	4–5	6–6	3–7	8–4	4–3	1–5	5–1	8–4	—

Notable transactions

• June 2, 1994: Scott Podsednik was drafted by the Rangers in the 3rd round of the 1994 Major League Baseball draft. Player signed June 5, 1994.^[6]
• June 29, 1994: Tim Leary was signed as a free agent by the Rangers.^[7]

Roster

1994 Texas Rangers
Roster
Pitchers 77 Jack Armstrong 45 Brian Bohanon 41 Kevin Brown 39 Duff Brumley 38 Terry Burrows 31 Cris Carpenter 21 John Dettmer 24 Steve Dreyer 30 Héctor Fajardo 32 Rick Helling 50 Tom Henke 40 Rick Honeycutt 52 Jay Howell 47 Bruce Hurst 25 James Hurst 36 Tim Leary 28 Darren Oliver 59 Roger Pavlik 39 Rick Reed 37 Kenny Rogers 35 Dan Smith 27 Matt Whiteside		Catchers  0 Junior Ortiz  7 Iván Rodríguez Infielders  6 Esteban Beltré 22 Will Clark  1 Jeff Frye 11 Chuck Jackson  2 Manuel Lee 16 Dean Palmer  3 Billy Ripken 20 Doug Strange		Outfielders 33 Jose Canseco 13 Butch Davis 12 Rob Ducey 19 Juan González 29 Rusty Greer 15 David Hulse  4 Chris James  8 Oddibe McDowell  5 Gary Redus		Manager 44 Kevin Kennedy Coaches 43 Mickey Hatcher 47 Perry Hill 42 Jackie Moore 26 Dave Oliver 48 Claude Osteen 46 Willie Upshaw

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Iván Rodríguez	99	363	108	.298	16	57
1B	Will Clark	110	389	128	.329	13	80
2B	Jeff Frye	57	205	67	.327	0	18
SS	Manuel Lee	95	335	93	.278	2	38
3B	Dean Palmer	93	342	84	.246	19	59
LF	Juan González	107	422	116	.275	19	85
CF	David Hulse	77	310	79	.255	1	19
RF	Rusty Greer	80	277	87	.314	10	46
DH	Jose Canseco	111	429	121	.282	31	90

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 Strange	73	226	48	.212	5	26
Oddibe McDowell	59	183	48	.262	1	15
Chris James	52	133	34	.256	7	19
Esteban Beltré	48	131	37	.282	0	12
Billy Ripken	32	81	25	.309	0	6
Junior Ortiz	29	76	21	.276	0	9
Gary Redus	18	33	9	.273	0	2
Rob Ducey	11	29	5	.172	0	1
Butch Davis	4	17	4	.235	0	0
Chuck Jackson	1	2	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

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 Brown	26	170.0	7	9	4.82	123
Kenny Rogers	24	167.1	11	8	4.46	120
John Dettmer	11	54.0	0	6	4.33	27
Rick Helling	9	52.0	3	2	5.88	25
Roger Pavlik	11	50.1	2	5	7.69	31
Bruce Hurst	8	38.0	2	1	7.11	24
Jack Armstrong	2	10.0	0	1	3.60	7

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 Fajardo	18	83.1	5	7	6.91	45
Brian Bohanon	11	37.1	2	2	7.23	26
Tim Leary	6	21.0	1	1	8.14	9
Steve Dreyer	5	17.1	1	1	5.71	11
Rick Reed	4	16.2	1	1	5.94	12

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 Henke	37	3	6	15	3.79	39
Matt Whiteside	47	2	2	1	5.02	37
Cris Carpenter	47	2	5	5	5.03	39
Darren Oliver	43	4	0	2	3.42	50
Rick Honeycutt	42	1	2	1	7.20	18
Jay Howell	40	4	1	2	5.44	22
Dan Smith	13	1	2	0	4.30	9
James Hurst	8	0	0	0	10.13	5
Duff Brumley	2	0	0	0	16.20	4
Terry Burrows	1	0	0	0	9.00	0

Awards and honors

• Iván Rodríguez, C, Gold Glove
• Iván Rodríguez, Silver Slugger Award,

All-Star Game

• Iván Rodríguez, C, Starter
• Will Clark, 1B, Reserve

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