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1994 Texas Rangers season

Field	Value
name	Texas Rangers
season	1994
league	American League
division	Western Division
ballpark	The Ballpark in Arlington
city	Arlington, Texas
owners	George W. Bush
general_managers	Tom Grieve
record	52–62 (.456)
divisional_place	1st
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)

(Jim Sundberg, Steve Busby) HSE (Greg Lucas, Norm Hitzges) (Eric Nadel, Mark Holtz) KXEB (Luis Mayoral, Mario Díaz Oroszo) |}}

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.

Offseason

November 22, 1993: Will Clark was signed as a free agent by the Rangers.
December 18, 1993: Billy Ripken was signed as a free agent by the Rangers.

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).

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). 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. Needing 98 pitches to complete his masterpiece, Rogers struck out eight batters. He also survived three-ball counts to seven Angel hitters.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

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.
June 29, 1994: Tim Leary was signed as a free agent by the Rangers.

Roster

1994 Texas Rangers
Roster
Pitchers

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		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
	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
	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

References

1994 Texas Rangers at Baseball Reference
1994 Texas Rangers at Baseball Almanac

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/clarkwi02.shtml Will Clark] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/ripkebi01.shtml Billy Ripken] at ''Baseball Reference''
"1994 American League Season Summary".
"1994 Major League Baseball Season Summary".
[https://www.nytimes.com/1994/07/29/sports/baseball-rogers-throws-perfect-game-for-rangers.html Rogers Throws Perfect Game for Rangers] 29 July 1994. The New York Times.
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/p/podsesc01.shtml Scott Podsednik] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/l/learyti01.shtml Tim Leary] at ''Baseball Reference''

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