1991 Texas Rangers season

March 2026 November 2013 Texas Rangers 1991 American League West Arlington Stadium Arlington, Texas 85 77 y 3rd George W. Bush Tom Grieve Bobby Valentine KTVT(Jim Sundberg, Steve Busby)HSE(Greg Lucas, Norm Hitzges) WBAP(Eric Nadel, Mark Holtz ) The 1991 Texas Rangers season was the 31st of the Texas Rangers franchise overall, their 20th in Arlington as the Rangers, and the 20th season at Arlington Stadium. The Rangers finished third in the American League West with a record of 85 wins and 77 losses. Offseason December 12, 1990: Scott Coolbaugh was traded by the Rangers to the San Diego Padres for Mark Parent.Scott Coolbaugh at Baseball Reference December 14, 1990: Mario Díaz was signed as a free agent with the Texas Rangers.https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/diazma01.shtml Mario Diaz Stats January 25, 1991: Rich Gossage was signed as a free agent by the Rangers.Rich Gossage at Baseball Reference Regular season September 30, 1991: Nolan Ryan struck out Tino Martinez for the 5500th strikeout in his career. http://www.smackbomb.com/nolanryan/strikeouts.html The Nolan Ryan Express The Strikeout King smackbomb.com/nolanryan July 28, 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20110716092407/http://www.smackbomb.com/nolanryan/strikeouts.html July 16, 2011 dead mdy-all Juan González became the 18th player in Major League history to have a 100 RBI season before his 22nd birthday. Nolan Ryan's 7th No-Hitter May 1, 1991 – Nolan Ryan threw the seventh no-hitter of his career against the Toronto Blue Jays. Of the 122 pitches that Ryan threw, 83 were strikes.Baseball's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records, p.12, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC, 978-1-55365-507-7 Scorecard May 1, Arlington Stadium, Arlington, Texas Team123456789RHE Toronto000000000003Texas003000000381W: Nolan Ryan   L: Jimmy Key   HRs: Rubén Sierra, Attendance: 33,439. Length of game: 2:25. Umpires: HP: Tschida, 1B: Coble, 2B: Shulock, 3B: Johnson Batting Toronto Blue JaysABRHRBITexas RangersABRHRBI Devon White, cf4000Gary Pettis, cf4110Roberto Alomar, 2b4000Jack Daugherty, lf4010 Kelly Gruber, 3b2000Rafael Palmeiro, 1b4120Joe Carter, lf2000Rubén Sierra, rf4112John Olerud, 1b3000Julio Franco, 2b4000Mark Whiten, rf3000Juan Gonzalez, dh3010Glenallen Hill, dh3000Mike Stanley, c3010Greg Myers, c3000Steve Buechele, 3b4010Manuel Lee, ss3000Jeff Huson, ss2000Totals27000Totals32382 Pitching Texas RangersIPHRERBBSONolan Ryan, W 9.0000216Totals9.0000216 Toronto Blue JaysIPHRERBBSOJimmy Key, L6.053315Bob MacDonald 120002Willie Fraser110000Totals8.083317 Season standings Texas Rangers Record vs. opponents TEX Notable transactions April 7, 1991: Denny Walling was signed as a free agent by the Rangers.Denny Walling at Baseball Reference June 2, 1991: Steve Balboni was signed as a free agent by the Rangers.Steve Balboni at Baseball Reference June 22, 1991: Denny Walling was released by the Rangers. July 21, 1991: Jonathan Hurst, Joey Eischen and a player to be named later were traded by the Rangers to the Montreal Expos for Oil Can Boyd. The Texas Rangers completed their trade by sending Travis Buckley (minors) to the Expos on September 1.Oil Can Boyd at Baseball Reference Roster 1991 Texas Rangers Roster Pitchers 48 Gerald Alexander 28 Brad Arnsberg 27 John Barfield 44 Joe Bitker 45 Brian Bohanon 29 Oil Can Boyd 41 Kevin Brown 43 Scott Chiamparino 44 Héctor Fajardo 54 Goose Gossage 23 José Guzmán 30 Mike Jeffcoat 44 Barry Manuel 38 Terry Mathews 42 Eric Nolte 56 Mark Petkovsek 52 Jim Poole 37 Kenny Rogers 52 Wayne Rosenthal 40 Jeff Russell 34 Nolan Ryan 32 Calvin Schiraldi 36 Bobby Witt Catchers  7 Chad Kreuter 10 Mark Parent 12 Geno Petralli  7 Iván Rodríguez  5 Mike Stanley Infielders 22 Steve Buechele  6 Mario Díaz 14 Julio Franco  1 Gary Green  3 José Hernández  9 Jeff Huson 39 Rob Maurer 25 Rafael Palmeiro 16 Dean Palmer  3 Denny Walling Outfielders 10 Nick Capra  8 Jack Daugherty  4 Monty Fariss 19 Juan González 33 Donald Harris 24 Gary Pettis 47 Kevin Reimer 17 John Russell 18 Tony Scruggs 21 Rubén Sierra Other batters 55 Brian Downing Manager  2 Bobby Valentine Coaches 13 Orlando Gómez (Bench) 11 Toby Harrah (First Base) 35 Tom House (Pitching) 15 Davey Lopes (Assistant) 26 Dave Oliver (Third Base) 31 Tom Robson (Hitting) Player stats 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 88 280 74 .264 3 27 1B Rafael Palmeiro 159 631 203 .322 26 88 2B Julio Franco 146 589 201 .341 15 78 3B Steve Buechele 121 416 111 .267 18 66 SS Jeff Huson 119 268 57 .213 2 26 LF Juan González Juan González (baseball) 142 545 144 .264 27 102 CF Gary Pettis 137 282 61 .216 0 19 RF Rubén Sierra 161 661 203 .307 25 116 DH Brian Downing 123 407 113 .278 17 49 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 Kevin Reimer 136 394 106 .269 20 69 Dean Palmer 81 268 50 .187 15 37 Geno Petralli 87 199 54 .271 2 20 Mario Díaz 96 182 48 .264 1 22 Mike Stanley 95 181 45 .249 3 25 Jack Daugherty Jack Daugherty (baseball) 58 144 28 .194 1 11 José Hernández 45 98 18 .184 0 4 Denny Walling 24 44 4 .091 0 2 Monty Fariss 19 31 8 .258 1 6 John Russell 22 27 3 .111 0 1 Gary Green 8 20 3 .150 0 1 Rob Maurer 13 16 1 .063 0 2 Donald Harris 18 8 3 .375 1 2 Tony Scruggs 5 6 0 .000 0 0 Chad Kreuter 3 4 0 .000 0 0 Mark Parent Mark Parent (baseball) 3 1 0 .000 0 0 Nick Capra 2 0 0 ---- 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 Kevin Brown (right-handed pitcher) 33 210.0 9 12 4.40 96 Nolan Ryan 27 173.0 12 6 2.91 203 José Guzmán 25 169.2 13 7 3.08 125 Bobby Witt 17 88.2 3 7 6.09 82 Oil Can Boyd 12 62.0 2 7 6.68 33 Brian Bohanon 11 61.1 4 3 4.84 34 Scott Chiamparino 5 22.1 1 0 4.03 8 Héctor Fajardo 4 19.0 0 2 5.68 15 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 Gerald Alexander 30 89.1 5 3 5.24 50 John Barfield 28 83.1 4 4 4.54 27 Mark Petkovsek 4 9.1 0 1 14.46 6 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 Jeff Russell 68 6 4 30 3.29 52 Mike Jeffcoat 70 5 3 1 4.63 43 Kenny Rogers 63 10 10 5 5.42 73 Rich Gossage 44 4 2 1 3.57 28 Wayne Rosenthal baseball 36 1 4 1 5.25 61 Terry Mathews 34 4 0 1 3.61 51 Joe Bitker 9 1 0 0 6.75 16 Brad Arnsberg 9 0 1 0 8.38 8 Barry Manuel 8 1 0 0 1.13 5 Jim Poole 5 0 0 1 4.50 4 Calvin Schiraldi 3 0 1 0 11.57 1 Eric Nolte 3 0 0 0 3.38 1 Awards and honors Julio Franco, A.L. Batting Title Julio Franco, Silver Slugger Award José Guzmán, Comeback Player of The Year All-Star Game Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Oklahoma City 89ers American Association Tommy Thompson AA Tulsa Drillers Texas League Bobby Jones A Charlotte Rangers Florida State League Bob Molinaro A Gastonia Rangers South Atlantic League Bump Wills Rookie GCL Rangers Gulf Coast League Chino Cadahia Rookie Butte Copper Kings Pioneer League Dick Egan References External links 1991 Texas Rangers at Baseball Reference 1991 Texas Rangers at Baseball Almanac Category:Texas Rangers seasons Texas Rangers season Range