1993 Texas Rangers
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionWest
BallparkArlington Stadium
CityArlington, Texas
Record86–76 (.531)
Divisional place2nd
OwnersGeorge W. Bush
General managersTom Grieve
ManagersKevin Kennedy
TelevisionKTVT
(Jim Sundberg, Steve Busby)
HSE
(Greg Lucas, Norm Hitzges)
RadioWBAP
(Eric Nadel, Mark Holtz )
KXEB
(Luis Mayoral, Mario Díaz Oroszo)
Seasons

The Texas Rangers 1993 season involved the Rangers finishing second in the American League West with a record of 86 wins and 76 losses. Before the 1993 season, Nolan Ryan announced his retirement, effective at the end of that season. It would also be the team's final year at Arlington Stadium before moving to The Ballpark in Arlington.

Offseason

  • December 15, 1992: Tom Henke was signed as a free agent with the Texas Rangers.[1]
  • December 18, 1992: Rob Ducey was signed as a free agent with the Texas Rangers. [2]
  • December 19, 1992: Manuel Lee was signed as a free agent with the Texas Rangers.[3]
  • December 19, 1992: Doug Dascenzo was signed as a free agent with the Texas Rangers.[4]
  • January 13, 1993: Mario Díaz was signed as a free agent with the Texas Rangers.[5]
  • February 1, 1993: Billy Ripken was signed as a free agent with the Texas Rangers.[6]
  • February 8, 1993: Steve Balboni was signed as a free agent with the Texas Rangers.[7]
  • March 22, 1993: Mike Schooler was signed as a free agent with the Texas Rangers.[8]

Regular season

  • On May 26, 1993, during a game against the Cleveland Indians, Carlos Martínez hit a fly ball that Canseco lost in the lights as he was crossing the warning track. The ball hit him in the head and bounced over the wall for a home run. The cap Jose was wearing on that play, which This Week in Baseball rated in 1998 as the greatest blooper of the show's first 21 years, is in the Seth Swirsky collection. After the incident, the Harrisburg Heat offered him a soccer contract.[9]
  • May 29, 1993 – José Canseco asked his manager, Kevin Kennedy, to let him pitch the eighth inning of a runaway loss to the Boston Red Sox. While pitching, he injured his arm, underwent Tommy John surgery, and was lost for the remainder of the season, leading him to suffer further indignity and ridicule.
  • On August 4, just before the end, Ryan had yet another high-profile moment – this time an on-the-mound fight. After Ryan hit Robin Ventura of the Chicago White Sox, Ventura charged the mound in order to fight Ryan, who was 20 years his senior. Ryan secured the 26-year-old Ventura in a headlock with his left arm, while pummelling Ventura's head with his right fist six times before catcher Iván Rodríguez was able to pull Ventura away from Ryan. Ryan stated afterwards it was the same maneuver he used on steers he had to brand on his Texas ranch. Videos of the incident were played that evening throughout the country. While Ventura and White Sox manager Gene Lamont were ejected, Ryan–who had barely moved from his spot on the mound in the fracas–was allowed to remain in the game and pitched hitless ball the rest of the way. Ryan had determined to be more aggressive after coming out on the wrong side of an altercation with Dave Winfield's beating in 1980.[10]
  • September 17, 1993: Greg Myers of the Angels was the final strikeout victim of Nolan Ryan.[11] It would be Ryan's 5,714th strikeout.
  • On September 22, 1993, Nolan Ryan's arm finally gave out. In Seattle, Ryan tore a ligament, ending his career two starts earlier than planned. Briefly attempting to pitch past the injury, Ryan threw one further pitch after tearing his ligament; with his injured arm, his final pitch was measured at 98 miles per hour. Ryan's last start was his worst; he allowed a single, four walks, and a grand slam in the top of the first without recording an out. (Ryan left trailing 5-0, and the fourth walk was completed by a reliever after Ryan's injury, but credited to Ryan.)

Season standings

AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago White Sox 9468 0.580 — 45–36 49–32
Texas Rangers 8676 0.531 8 50–31 36–45
Kansas City Royals 8478 0.519 10 43–38 41–40
Seattle Mariners 8280 0.506 12 46–35 36–45
California Angels 7191 0.438 23 44–37 27–54
Minnesota Twins 7191 0.438 23 36–45 35–46
Oakland Athletics 6894 0.420 26 38–43 30–51

Record vs. opponents

1993 American League record

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore —6–77–54–88–55–87–58–58–46–710–27–54–85–8
Boston 7–6—7–57–55–86–75–75–87–56–79–37–56–63–10
California 5–75–7—7–65–74–86–77–54–96–66–76–76–74–8
Chicago 8–45–76–7—9–37–56–79–310–34–87–69–48–56–6
Cleveland 5–88–57–53–9—6–77–58–54–86–78–43–97–54–9
Detroit 8–57–68–45–77–6—5–78–56–64–98–47–56–66–7
Kansas City 5–77–57–67–65–77–5—5–77–66–66–77–67–68–4
Milwaukee 5–88–55–73–95–85–87–5—7–54–97–54–84–85–8
Minnesota 4–85–79–43–108–46–66–75–7—4–88–54–97–62–10
New York 7–67–66–68–47–69–46–69–48–4—6–67–53–95–8
Oakland 2–103–97–66–74–84–87–65–75–86–6—9–45–85–7
Seattle 5–75–77–64–99–35–76–78–49–45–74–9—8–57–5
Texas 8–46–67–65–85–76–66–78–46–79–38–55–8—7–5
Toronto 8–510–38–46–69–47–64–88–510–28–57–55–75–7—

Notable transactions

  • September 11, 1993: Mike Schooler was released by the Texas Rangers.[8]

Roster

1993 Texas Rangers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Game log

Regular season

1993 regular season game log: 86–76 (Home: 50–31; Away: 36–45)
April: 11–10 (Home: 5–4; Away: 6–6)
#DateTime (CT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
Streak
1April 5@ Orioles
2April 7@ Orioles
3April 9Red Sox
4April 10Red Sox
5April 11Red Sox
6April 12Orioles
7April 13Orioles
8April 14Orioles
9April 16@ Yankees
10April 17@ Yankees
11April 18@ Yankees
12April 20@ Tigers
13April 21@ Tigers
14April 23@ Brewers
15April 24@ Brewers
16April 25@ Brewers
17April 26@ Blue Jays
18April 27@ Blue Jays
19April 28Tigers
20April 29Tigers
21April 30Brewers
May: 14–14 (Home: 9–6; Away: 5–8)
#DateTime (CT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
Streak
22May 1Brewers
23May 2Brewers
24May 3Brewers
25May 4Blue Jays
26May 5Blue Jays
27May 77:35 p.m. CDT@ RoyalsL 4–9Pichardo (2–1)Ryan (1–2)–2:5433,35015–12L1
–May 8@ RoyalsPostponed (Rain) (Makeup date: July 26)
28May 94:14 p.m. CDT@ RoyalsW 2–1Brown (4–1)Cone (0–5)–2:1317,96716–12W1
29May 10@ Athletics
30May 11@ Athletics
31May 12@ Athletics
32May 13@ Athletics
33May 147:35 p.m. CDTWhite SoxL 0–4McDowell (7–1)Brown (4–2)–2:1731,67618–15L1
34May 157:05 p.m. CDTWhite SoxW 6–4 (11)Henke (2–1)Jones (0–1)–3:0438,05319–15W1
35May 162:05 p.m. CDTWhite SoxL 8–15Fernandez (5–2)Rogers (3–3)Thigpen (1)3:1133,78619–16L1
36May 17Mariners
37May 18Mariners
38May 19Mariners
39May 20Mariners
40May 21Angels
41May 22Angels
42May 23Angels
43May 24@ Indians
44May 25@ Indians
45May 26@ Indians
46May 28@ Red Sox
47May 29@ Red Sox
48May 30@ Red Sox
49May 31@ Twins
June: 10–16 (Home: 8–6; Away: 2–10)
#DateTime (CT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
Streak
50June 1@ Twins
51June 2@ Twins
52June 4Yankees
53June 5Yankees
54June 6Yankees
55June 7Twins
56June 8Twins
–June 9TwinsPostponed (Rain) (Makeup date: September 10)
57June 10Twins
58June 11Indians
59June 12Indians
60June 13Indians
61June 14@ Angels
62June 15@ Angels
63June 16@ Angels
64June 17@ Angels
65June 18@ Mariners
66June 19@ Mariners
67June 20@ Mariners
68June 217:06 p.m. CDT@ White SoxL 6–7McDowell (11–4)Brown (5–6)Hernández (12)2:5040,61431–37L4
69June 227:26 p.m. CDT@ White SoxL 2–3Pall (2–2)Henke (4–2)–3:0136,75731–38L5
70June 2312:37 p.m. CDT@ White SoxL 4–7Bere (3–1)Pavlik (3–4)–2:5832,61231–39L6
–June 25AthleticsPostponed (Rain) (Makeup date: September 28)
71June 26Athletics
72June 27Athletics
73June 287:35 p.m. CDTRoyalsL 2–4Haney (4–1)Rogers (5–6)Montgomery (23)2:5421,50533–40L1
74June 297:35 p.m. CDTRoyalsW 4–3Patterson (2–2)Sampen (2–1)Henke (14)3:0624,85534–40W1
75June 307:35 p.m. CDTRoyalsW 5–4Bohanon (3–1)Gardner (4–5)Henke (15)2:5336,90135–40W2
July: 17–11 (Home: 5–5; Away: 12–6)
#DateTime (CT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
Streak
76July 1@ Tigers
77July 2@ Tigers
78July 3@ Tigers
79July 4@ Tigers
80July 5@ Brewers
81July 6@ Brewers
82July 7@ Brewers
83July 8@ Blue Jays
84July 9@ Blue Jays
85July 10@ Blue Jays
86July 11@ Blue Jays
64th All-Star Game in Baltimore, Maryland
87July 15Tigers
88July 16Tigers
89July 17Tigers
90July 18Tigers
91July 20Brewers
92July 21Brewers
93July 22Blue Jays
94July 23Blue Jays
95July 24Blue Jays
96July 25Blue Jays
97 (1)July 265:06 p.m. CDT@ RoyalsL 3–12Haney (7–2)Brown (7–7)–2:58–49–48L3
98 (2)July 268:38 p.m. CDT@ Royals5–6Rasmussen (1–2)Bohanon (4–2)Montgomery (31)2:3735,88249–49L4
99July 277:35 p.m. CDT@ RoyalsW 1–0Rogers (8–6)Appier (11–5)Henke (22)2:1822,41550–49W1
100July 287:35 p.m. CDT@ RoyalsW 10–3Pavlik (6–5)Pichardo (5–7)–2:5623,50351–49W2
101July 291:35 p.m. CDT@ RoyalsL 4–9Gordon (6–2)Leibrandt (9–7)Gubicza (1)2:5128,84751–50L1
102July 30@ Athletics
103July 31@ Athletics
August: 17–12 (Home: 11–5; Away: 6–7)
#DateTime (CT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
Streak
104August 1@ Athletics
105August 27:35 p.m. CDTWhite SoxW 9–8Henke (5–3)Schwarz (2–2)–3:5228,43653–52W1
106August 37:36 p.m. CDTWhite SoxL 6–11McCaskill (3–7)Leibrandt (9–8)–2:5429,48753–53L1
107August 47:36 p.m. CDTWhite SoxW 5–2Ryan (3–3)Fernandez (12–6)Henke (23)2:4232,31254–53W1
108August 57:37 p.m. CDTWhite SoxW 7–1Brown (9–7)Belcher (9–7)Carpenter (1)2:5135,41355–53W2
109August 6Mariners
110August 7Mariners
111August 8Mariners
112August 10Angels
113August 11Angels
114August 12Angels
115August 13@ Indians
116August 14@ Indians
117August 15@ Indians
–August 16@ YankeesPostponed (Rain) (Makeup date: August 17)
118 (1)August 17@ Yankees
119 (2)August 17@ Yankees
120August 18@ Yankees
121August 20@ Orioles
122August 21@ Orioles
123August 22@ Orioles
124August 23@ Orioles
125August 24Red Sox
126August 25Red Sox
127August 26Red Sox
128August 27Orioles
129August 28Orioles
130August 29Orioles
131August 30@ Red Sox
132August 31@ Red Sox
September: 16–11 (Home: 11–3; Away: 5–8)
#DateTime (CT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
Streak
133September 1@ Red Sox
134September 3@ Twins
135September 4@ Twins
136September 5@ Twins
137September 6Yankees
138September 7Yankees
139September 8Yankees
140 (1)September 10Twins
141 (2)September 10Twins
142September 11Twins
143September 12Twins
144September 13Indians
145September 14Indians
146September 15Indians
147September 17@ Angels
148September 18@ Angels
149September 19@ Angels
150September 20@ Mariners
151September 21@ Mariners
152September 22@ Mariners
153September 247:07 p.m. CDT@ White SoxL 4–5Hernández (3–4)Patterson (2–4)–2:5241,73081–72L3
–September 25@ White SoxPostponed (Rain) (Makeup date: September 26)
154 (1)September 2611:37 a.m. CDT@ White SoxL 3–5Bere (11–5)Rogers (15–10)Hernández (37)3:13–81–73L4
155 (2)September 263:23 p.m. CDT@ White SoxW 3–2Pavlik (11–6)Fernandez (17–9)Henke (39)3:0442,03482–73W1
156 (1)September 28Athletics
157 (2)September 28Athletics
158September 29Athletics
159September 30Athletics
October: 1–2 (Home: 1–2; Away: 0–0)
#DateTime (CT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
Streak
160October 17:37 p.m. CDTRoyalsW 2–0Pavlik (12–6)Cone (11–14)Henke (40)2:2140,73586–74W3
161October 23:07 p.m. CDTRoyalsL 4–7Gordon (12–6)Brown (15–12)Montgomery (44)2:5841,07486–75L1
162October 32:05 p.m. CDTRoyalsL 1–4Appier (18–8)Dreyer (3–3)Montgomery (45)2:1641,03986–76L2
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement
Bold = Rangers team member

Detailed records

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

Batting

Starters by position

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Pos Player G AB R H Avg. HR RBI SB
CIván Rodríguez13747356129.27310667
1BRafael Palmeiro160597124176.295371057
2BDoug Strange14548458124.2567606
3BDean Palmer14851988127.245339611
SSManuel Lee732053145.2201122
LFJuan González140536105166.310461184
CFDavid Hulse11440771118.29012929
RFJose Canseco602313059.25510466
DHJulio Franco14453285154.28914849

[12]

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Player G AB R H Avg. HR RBI SB
Gary Redus772222864.2886314
Mario Díaz712052456.2732241
Dan Peltier651602343.2691170
Butch Davis621592439.2453203
Doug Dascenzo761462029.1992102
Geno Petralli591331632.2411132
Billy Ripken501321225.1890110
Rob Ducey27851524.282292
Donald Harris40761015.197180
Benji Gil225737.123021
Jon Shave1747315.319071
Jeff Huson234536.133020
Chris James831511.355370
John Russell182215.227130
Steve Balboni2503.600000

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 Brown34233.015123.59142
Kenny Rogers35208.116104.10140
Roger Pavlik26166.11263.41131
Charlie Leibrandt26150.19104.5589
Nolan Ryan1366.1554.8846

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
Brian Bohanon3692.2444.7645
Todd Burns2565.0044.5735
Steve Dreyer1041.0335.7123
Robb Nen922.2116.3512

Relief pitchers

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

Player G IP W L SV ERA SO
Tom Henke6674.155402.9179
Matt Whiteside6073.02114.3239
Craig Lefferts5283.13906.0558
Bob Patterson5252.22414.7846
Cris Carpenter2732.04114.2227
Jeff Bronkey2136.01114.0018
Mike Schooler1724.13005.5516
Gene Nelson68.00013.384
Rick Reed24.01002.252
Darren Oliver23.10002.704
José Canseco11.000027.000
Héctor Fajardo10.20000.001

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system

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 Rainbows South Atlantic League Walt Williams
A-Short Season Erie Sailors New York–Penn League Doug Sisson
Rookie GCL Rangers Gulf Coast League Chino Cadahia

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: GCL Rangers

Notes

  1. ↑ Tom Henke Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  2. ↑ "Rob Ducey: Career Statistics". Baseball Reference. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
  3. ↑ Manuel Lee Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  4. ↑ "Doug Dascenzo Stats".
  5. ↑ "Mario Diaz Stats".
  6. ↑ Billy Ripken Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  7. ↑ Steve Balboni Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  8. 1 2 Mike Schooler Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  9. ↑ New York Times article
  10. ↑ Freeman, Denne H. "Raging Ryan strikes Ventura." Austin American-Statesman, August 5, 1993. Page C1.
  11. ↑ "The Nolan Ryan Express | The Strikeout King". smackbomb.com/nolanryan. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved July 19, 2008.
  12. ↑ "1993 Texas Rangers Statistics".

References

  • 1993 Texas Rangers at Baseball Reference
  • 1993 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.
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