1984_Texas_Rangers_season Knowpia

1984 Texas Rangers
1984 Texas Rangers
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 )

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

Offseason edit

November 21, 1983: Marv Foley was signed as a free agent by the Rangers.^[1]
December 7, 1983: John Butcher and Mike Smithson were traded by the Rangers to the Minnesota Twins for Gary Ward and Sam Sorce (minors).^[2]
December 8, 1983: Jim Sundberg was traded by the Rangers to the Milwaukee Brewers for Ned Yost and Dan Scarpetta (minors).^[3]
January 17, 1984: Gordon Dillard was drafted by the Rangers in the 2nd round of the 1984 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign.^[4]
January 27, 1984: Tommy Boggs was signed as a free agent by the Rangers.^[5]

Regular season edit

May 6, 1984: Cal Ripken Jr. of the Baltimore Orioles hit for the cycle in a game against the Rangers.

Season standings edit

AL West

W

L

GB

84

78

0.519

—

44–37

40–41

California Angels

81

0.500

3

37–44

44–37

Minnesota Twins

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 Record vs. opponents edit

1984 American League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
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 edit

May 25, 1984: Mike Richardt was traded by the Rangers to the Houston Astros for Alan Bannister.^[6]
July 2, 1984: The Rangers traded players to be named later to the Chicago Cubs for Dickie Noles. The Rangers completed the deal by sending Tim Henry (minors) and Jorge Gomez (minors) to the Cubs on December 11.^[7]

Roster edit

1984 Texas Rangers roster

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

10 Kevin Buckley
17 Mickey Rivers

Manager

11 Doug Rader

Coaches

Game log edit

Regular season edit

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/ Streak

June: 15–15 (Home: 7–6; Away: 8–9)

#	Date	Time (CT)	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Time of Game	Attendance	Record	Box/ Streak

July: 10–17 (Home: 5–9; Away: 5–8)

#	Date	Time (CT)	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Time of Game	Attendance	Record	Box/ Streak
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/ Streak

September: 9–18 (Home: 4–10; Away: 5–7)

#	Date	Time (CT)	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Time of Game	Attendance	Record	Box/ Streak

Legend: = Win = Loss = Postponement
Bold = Rangers team member

Player stats edit

Batting edit

Starters by position edit

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 edit

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 edit

Starting pitchers edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

Buddy Bell, 3B, Gold Glove 1984
Buddy Bell, 3B, Silver Slugger Award, 1984

All-Star Game

Farm system edit

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 edit

^ Marv Foley at Baseball Reference
^ John Butcher at Baseball Reference
^ Jim Sundberg at Baseball Reference
^ Gordon Dillard at Baseball Reference
^ Tommy Boggs at Baseball Reference
^ Mike Richardt at Baseball Reference
^ Dickie Noles at Baseball Reference

References edit

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.