1996 Texas Rangers | |
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1996 AL West Champions | |
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Record | 90-72 (.556) |
Divisional place | 1st |
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Owner(s) | George W. Bush |
General manager(s) | Doug Melvin |
Manager(s) | Johnny Oates |
Local television | Prime Sports Southwest KXTX-TV KXAS-TV (Mark Holtz, Tom Grieve) |
Local radio | KRLD (Eric Nadel, Brad Sham ) KXEB (Luis Mayoral, Josue Perez) |
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The Texas Rangers 1996 season involved the Rangers finishing 1st in the American League west with a record of 90 wins and 72 losses. It would be the first post-season appearance for the Rangers in franchise history, taking 36 seasons to finally accomplish the feat. This remains the longest amount of time it has ever taken any North American professional sports franchise to make their first playoff appearance. The Rangers would win their first post-season game at Yankee Stadium against the New York Yankees, but would lose the last three games to lose the division series. The one post-season win would be the club's only post-season success until 2010.
AL West | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Texas Rangers | 90 | 72 | 0.556 | -- | 50-31 | 40-41 |
Seattle Mariners | 85 | 76 | 0.528 | 4½ | 43-38 | 42-38 |
Oakland Athletics | 78 | 84 | 0.481 | 12 | 40-41 | 38-43 |
California Angels | 70 | 91 | 0.435 | 19½ | 43-38 | 27-53 |
1996 American League Records Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] | ||||||||||||||
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Team | BAL | BOS | CAL | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIL | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TEX | TOR |
Baltimore | -- | 7-6 | 6-6 | 4-8 | 5-7 | 11-2 | 9-3 | 9-3 | 7-5 | 3-10 | 9-4 | 7-5 | 3-10-1 | 8-5 |
Boston | 6-7 | -- | 8-4 | 6-6 | 1-11 | 12-1 | 3-9 | 7-5 | 6-6 | 7-6 | 8-5 | 7-6 | 6-6 | 8-5 |
California | 6-6 | 4-8 | -- | 6-6 | 4-9 | 6-6 | 4-8 | 7-5 | 4-8 | 7-6 | 6-7 | 5-8 | 4-9 | 7-5 |
Chicago | 8-4 | 6-6 | 6-6 | -- | 5-8 | 10-3 | 7-6 | 6-7 | 6-7 | 6-7 | 5-7 | 5-7 | 8-4 | 7-5 |
Cleveland | 7-5 | 11-1 | 9-4 | 8-5 | -- | 12-0 | 7-6 | 7-6 | 10-3 | 3-9 | 6-6 | 8-4 | 4-8 | 7-5 |
Detroit | 2-11 | 1-12 | 6-6 | 3-10 | 0-12 | -- | 6-6 | 4-8 | 6-6 | 5-8 | 4-8 | 6-6 | 4-9 | 6-7 |
Kansas City | 3-9 | 9-3 | 8-4 | 6-7 | 6-7 | 6-6 | -- | 4-9 | 6-7 | 4-8 | 5-7 | 7-5 | 6-6 | 5-8 |
Milwaukee | 3-9 | 5-7 | 5-7 | 7-6 | 6-7 | 8-4 | 9-4 | -- | 9-4 | 6-6 | 7-5 | 4-9 | 6-7 | 5-7 |
Minnesota | 5-7 | 6-6 | 8-4 | 7-6 | 3-10 | 6-6 | 7-6 | 4-9 | -- | 5-7 | 6-7 | 6-6 | 7-5 | 8-5 |
New York | 10-3 | 6-7 | 6-7 | 7-6 | 9-3 | 8-5 | 8-4 | 6-6 | 7-5 | -- | 9-3 | 3-9 | 5-7 | 8-5 |
Oakland | 4-9 | 5-8 | 7-6 | 7-5 | 6-6 | 8-4 | 7-5 | 5-7 | 7-6 | 3-9 | -- | 8-5 | 7-6 | 4-8 |
Seattle | 5-7 | 6-7 | 8-5 | 7-5 | 4-8 | 6-6 | 5-7 | 9-4 | 6-6 | 9-3 | 5-8 | -- | 10-3 | 5-7 |
Texas | 10-3-1 | 6-6 | 9-4 | 4-8 | 8-4 | 9-4 | 6-6 | 7-6 | 5-7 | 7-5 | 6-7 | 3-10 | -- | 10-2 |
Toronto | 5-8 | 5-8 | 5-7 | 5-7 | 5-7 | 7-6 | 8-5 | 7-5 | 5-8 | 5-8 | 8-4 | 7-5 | 2-10 | -- |
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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 | Ivan Rodriguez | 153 | 649 | 192 | .300 | 19 | 86 |
1B | Will Clark | 117 | 436 | 124 | .284 | 13 | 72 |
2B | Mark Mclemore | 147 | 517 | 150 | .290 | 5 | 46 |
SS | Kevin Elster | 157 | 515 | 130 | .252 | 24 | 99 |
3B | Dean Palmer | 154 | 582 | 163 | .280 | 38 | 107 |
LF | Rusty Greer | 139 | 542 | 180 | .332 | 18 | 100 |
CF | Darryl Hamilton | 148 | 627 | 184 | .293 | 6 | 51 |
RF | Juan Gonzalez | 134 | 541 | 170 | .314 | 47 | 144 |
DH | Mickey Tettleton | 143 | 491 | 121 | .246 | 24 | 83 |
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Jack Voigt | 5 | 9 | 1 | .111 | 0 | 0 |
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
Kevin Gross | 28 | 129.1 | 11 | 8 | 5.22 | 78 |
Ken Hill | 35 | 250.2 | 16 | 10 | 3.63 | 170 |
Darren Oliver | 30 | 173.2 | 14 | 6 | 4.66 | 112 |
Roger Pavik | 34 | 201.0 | 15 | 8 | 5.19 | 127 |
Bobby Witt | 33 | 199.2 | 16 | 12 | 5.41 | 157 |
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Yankee Stadium, The Bronx, New York
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||
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Texas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 0 | |||||||||||
New York | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | |||||||||||
WP: John Burkett (1-0) LP: David Cone (0-1) Home runs: Tex: Juan González (1), Dean Palmer (1) NYY: None |
Yankee Stadium, The Bronx, New York
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | R | H | E | ||||||||
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Texas | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 1 | ||||||||
New York | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 0 | ||||||||
WP: Brian Boehringer (1-0) LP: Mike Stanton (0-1) Home runs: Tex: Juan González (2, 3) NYY: Cecil Fielder (1) |
The Ballpark in Arlington, Arlington, Texas
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||
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New York | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | |||||||||||
Texas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||
WP: Jeff Nelson (1-0) LP: Darren Oliver (0-1) Sv: John Wetteland (1) Home runs: NYY: Bernie Williams (1) Tex: Juan González (4) |
The Ballpark in Arlington, Arlington, Texas
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||
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New York | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 1 | |||||||||||
Texas | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 0 | |||||||||||
WP: David Weathers (1-0) LP: Roger Pavlik (0-1) Sv: John Wetteland (2) Home runs: NYY: Bernie Williams (2, 3) Tex: Juan González (5) |
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