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    1984 Texas Rangers season

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    1984 Texas Rangers
    Major League affiliations
    • American League (since 1961)
      • Western Division (since 1972)
    Location
    • Arlington Stadium (since 1972)
    • Arlington, Texas (since 1972)
    Other information
    Owner(s)Eddie Chiles
    General manager(s)Joe Klein, Tom Grieve
    Manager(s)Doug Rader
    Local televisionKXAS-TV
    HSE
    (Eric Nadel, Steve Busby, Merle Harmon)
    Local radioWBAP
    (Eric Nadel, Mark Holtz )
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    The Texas Rangers 1984 season involved the Rangers' finishing 7th 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]

    • v
    • t
    • e
    AL West     		W L Pct. GB Home Road
    Kansas City Royals 84 78 0.519 — 44–37 40–41
    California Angels 81 81 0.500 3 37–44 44–37
    Minnesota Twins 81 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
    • 22 Jim Bibby
    • 44 Danny Darwin
    • 35 Tom Henke
    • 45 Dwayne Henry
    • 49 Charlie Hough
    • 21 Odell Jones
    • 16 Mike Mason
    • 53 Joey McLaughlin
    • 36 Dickie Noles
    • 24 Dave Schmidt
    • 31 Dave Stewart
    • 28 Frank Tanana
    • 41 Dave Tobik
    • 38 Ricky Wright
    		 Catchers
    • 30 Marv Foley
    • 43 Donnie Scott
    • 7,10 Ned Yost

    Infielders

    • 14 Jim Anderson
    •  2 Alan Bannister
    • 25 Buddy Bell
    • 12 Dave Hostetler
    • 20,46 Jeff Kunkel
    •  9 Pete O'Brien
    •  2 Mike Richardt
    •  1 Bill Stein
    •  3 Wayne Tolleson
    • 19 Curtis Wilkerson
    		 Outfielders
    • 13 Tom Dunbar
    •  6 Bobby Jones
    • 15 Larry Parrish
    •  5 Billy Sample
    • 32 Gary Ward
    • 26 George Wright

    Other batters

    • 10 Kevin Buckley
    • 17 Mickey Rivers
    		 Manager
    • 11 Doug Rader

    Coaches

    • 37 Rich Donnelly
    • 18 Glenn Ezell
    • 22 Merv Rettenmund
    • 52 Dick Such
    • 42 Wayne Terwilliger

    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]

    See also: Minor League Baseball
    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]

    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[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.
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