1984 Texas Rangers season

The Texas Rangers 1984 season involved the Rangers' finishing seventh in the American League West, with a record of 69 wins and 92 losses.

1984 Texas Rangers
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionWest
BallparkArlington Stadium
CityArlington, Texas
OwnersEddie Chiles
General managersJoe Klein, Tom Grieve
ManagersDoug Rader
TelevisionKXAS-TV
HSE
(Eric Nadel, Steve Busby, Merle Harmon)
RadioWBAP
(Eric Nadel, Mark Holtz )
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Offseason

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Regular season

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Season standings

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AL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Kansas City Royals 84 78 .519 44‍–‍37 40‍–‍41
California Angels 81 81 .500 3 37‍–‍44 44‍–‍37
Minnesota Twins 81 81 .500 3 47‍–‍34 34‍–‍47
Oakland Athletics 77 85 .475 7 44‍–‍37 33‍–‍48
Chicago White Sox 74 88 .457 10 43‍–‍38 31‍–‍50
Seattle Mariners 74 88 .457 10 42‍–‍39 32‍–‍49
Texas Rangers 69 92 .429 14½ 34‍–‍46 35‍–‍46

Record vs. opponents

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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]

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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


Notable transactions

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Roster

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1984 Texas Rangers roster
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

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Manager

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Game log

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Regular season

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1984 regular season game log: 69–92 (Home: 34–46; Away: 35–46)
April: 8–14 (Home: 3–7; Away: 5–7)
# Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
6 April 10 12:30 p.m. CST @ Tigers 1–5 Petry (2–0) Stewart (0–2) 2:32 51,238 2–4 L2
7 April 12 12:30 p.m. CST @ Tigers 4–9 Morris (3–0) Tanana (0–1) 2:48 19,154 2–5 L3
18 April 25 7:35 p.m. CST Tigers 4–9 Wilcox (2–0) Stewart (0–5) Hernández (2) 2:38 25,883 8–10 L2
19 April 26 7:35 p.m. CST Tigers 5–7 Bair (2–0) Tanana (2–2) López (2) 2:50 13,559 8–11 L3
May: 12–15 (Home: 6–8; Away: 6–7)
# Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
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June: 15–15 (Home: 7–6; Away: 8–9)
# Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
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July: 10–17 (Home: 5–9; Away: 5–8)
# Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
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84 July 5 7:35 p.m. CDT Tigers 4–7 López (7–0) Hough (8–7) Hernández (15) 2:26 15,151 36–48 L3
85 July 6 7:35 p.m. CDT Tigers 5–3 Mason (6–6) Berenguer (4–7) Schmidt (4) 2:42 22,378 37–48 W1
86 July 7 7:35 p.m. CDT Tigers 2–5 Rozema (5–1) Darwin (5–5) Hernández (16) 2:41 29,262 37–49 L1
87 July 8 7:35 p.m. CDT Tigers 9–7 Tanana (9–8) Bair (4–2) Schmidt (5) 2:37 16,010 38–48 W1
55th All-Star Game in San Francisco, CA
95 July 19 6:35 p.m. CDT @ Tigers 2–9 Wilcox (9–6) Stewart (4–11) 2:32 26,908 40–55 L2
96 July 20 6:35 p.m. CDT @ Tigers 1–3 Rozema (7–1) Tanana (9–9) Hernández (18) 2:16 39,484 40–56 L3
97 July 21 6:35 p.m. CDT @ Tigers 6–7 Monge (1–0) Noles (1–1) Hernández (19) 2:38 46,219 40–57 L4
98 July 22 12:30 p.m. CDT @ Tigers 0–2 Petry (13–4) Hough (10–8) Hernández (20) 2:11 37,846 66–29 L5
August: 15–13 (Home: 9–6; Away: 6–7)
# Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
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September: 9–18 (Home: 4–10; Away: 5–7)
# Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
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Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement
Bold = Rangers team member

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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 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

Other batters

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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
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

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
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

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
Dickie Noles 18 57.2 2 3 5.15 39
Ricky Wright 8 14.2 0 2 6.14 6

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
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

Awards and honors

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All-Star Game

Farm system

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Level Team League Manager
AAA Oklahoma City 89ers American Association Tom Burgess and Rusty Gerhardt
AA Tulsa Drillers Texas League Orlando Gómez
A Salem Redbirds Carolina League Bill Stearns
A Burlington Rangers Midwest League Rudy Jaramillo
A-Short Season Tri-City Triplets Northwest League Marty Scott
Rookie GCL Rangers Gulf Coast League Mike Bucci

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Tri-City, GCL Rangers

Notes

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  1. ^ Marv Foley at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ John Butcher at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Jim Sundberg at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ Gordon Dillard at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ Tommy Boggs at Baseball Reference
  6. ^ Mike Richardt at Baseball Reference
  7. ^ Dickie Noles at Baseball Reference

References

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  • 1984 Texas Rangers at Baseball Reference
  • 1984 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.