1993 Texas Rangers season

March 2026 November 2013 Texas Rangers 1993 American League West Arlington Stadium Arlington, Texas George W. Bush Tom Grieve 86–76 (.531) 2nd Kevin Kennedy KTVT(Jim Sundberg, Steve Busby)HSE(Greg Lucas, Norm Hitzges) WBAP(Eric Nadel, Mark Holtz )KXEB(Luis Mayoral, Mario Díaz Oroszo) The 1993 Texas Rangers season was the 33rd of the Texas Rangers franchise overall, their 22nd in Arlington as the Rangers, and the 22nd and final season at Arlington Stadium before moving to The Ballpark in Arlington. The Rangers finished 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. Offseason December 15, 1992: Tom Henke was signed as a free agent with the Texas Rangers.Tom Henke Statistics Baseball-Reference.com December 18, 1992: Rob Ducey was signed as a free agent with the Texas Rangers.https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/duceyro01.shtml Rob Ducey: Career Statistics Baseball Reference 14 March 2018 December 19, 1992: Manuel Lee was signed as a free agent with the Texas Rangers.Manuel Lee Statistics Baseball-Reference.com December 19, 1992: Doug Dascenzo was signed as a free agent with the Texas Rangers.https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/dascedo01.shtml Doug Dascenzo Stats January 13, 1993: Mario Díaz was signed as a free agent with the Texas Rangers.https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/diazma01.shtml Mario Diaz Stats February 1, 1993: Billy Ripken was signed as a free agent with the Texas Rangers.Billy Ripken Statistics Baseball-Reference.com February 8, 1993: Steve Balboni was signed as a free agent with the Texas Rangers.Steve Balboni Statistics Baseball-Reference.com March 22, 1993: Mike Schooler was signed as a free agent with the Texas Rangers.Mike Schooler Statistics Baseball-Reference.com 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.New York Times article 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.Freeman, Denne H. "Raging Ryan strikes Ventura." Austin American-Statesman, August 5, 1993. Page C1. September 17, 1993: Greg Myers of the Angels was the final strikeout victim of Nolan Ryan. http://www.smackbomb.com/nolanryan/strikeouts.html The Nolan Ryan Express The Strikeout King smackbomb.com/nolanryan. July 19, 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20110716092407/http://www.smackbomb.com/nolanryan/strikeouts.html July 16, 2011 dead mdy-all 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 Texas Rangers Record vs. opponents TEX Notable transactions September 11, 1993: Mike Schooler was released by the Texas Rangers. Roster 1993 Texas Rangers Roster Pitchers 45 Brian Bohanon 51 Jeff Bronkey 41 Kevin Brown 28 Todd Burns 31 Cris Carpenter 24 Steve Dreyer 30 Héctor Fajardo 50 Tom Henke 11 Craig Lefferts 32 Charlie Leibrandt 23 Gene Nelson 31 Robb Nen 28 Darren Oliver 38 Bob Patterson 59 Roger Pavlik 39 Rick Reed 37 Kenny Rogers 34 Nolan Ryan 23 Mike Schooler 27 Matt Whiteside Catchers 12 Geno Petralli  7 Iván Rodríguez 17,25 John Russell Infielders  6 Mario Díaz 22,23 Benji Gil  9 Jeff Huson  2 Manuel Lee 25 Rafael Palmeiro 16 Dean Palmer  3 Billy Ripken 10 Jon Shave 20 Doug Strange Outfielders 33 Jose Canseco 29 Doug Dascenzo 13 Butch Davis 40 Rob Ducey 19 Juan González 18 Donald Harris 15 David Hulse  4 Chris James 17 Dan Peltier  5 Gary Redus Other batters 36 Steve Balboni 14 Julio Franco Manager 44 Kevin Kennedy Coaches 43 Mickey Hatcher (first base) 47 Perry Hill (assistant) 42 Jackie Moore (bench) 26 Dave Oliver (third base) 48 Claude Osteen (pitching) 46 Willie Upshaw (hitting) Player stats = Indicates team leader = Indicates league 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 C Iván Rodríguez 137 473 56 129 .273 10 66 7 1B Rafael Palmeiro 160 597 124 176 .295 37 105 7 2B Doug Strange 145 484 58 124 .256 7 60 6 3B Dean Palmer 148 519 88 127 .245 33 96 11 SS Manuel Lee 73 205 31 45 .220 1 12 2 LF Juan González 140 536 105 166 .310 46 118 4 CF David Hulse 114 407 71 118 .290 1 29 29 RF Jose Canseco 60 231 30 59 .255 10 46 6 DH Julio Franco 144 532 85 154 .289 14 84 9https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/TEX/1993.shtml 1993 Texas Rangers Statistics 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 Redus 77 222 28 64 .288 6 31 4 Mario Díaz 71 205 24 56 .273 2 24 1 Dan Peltier 65 160 23 43 .269 1 17 0 Butch Davis 62 159 24 39 .245 3 20 3 Doug Dascenzo 76 146 20 29 .199 2 10 2 Geno Petralli 59 133 16 32 .241 1 13 2 Billy Ripken 50 132 12 25 .189 0 11 0 Rob Ducey 27 85 15 24 .282 2 9 2 Donald Harris 40 76 10 15 .197 1 8 0 Benji Gil 22 57 3 7 .123 0 2 1 Jon Shave 17 47 3 15 .319 0 7 1 Jeff Huson 23 45 3 6 .133 0 2 0 Chris James 8 31 5 11 .355 3 7 0 John Russell 18 22 1 5 .227 1 3 0 Steve Balboni 2 5 0 3 .600 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 34 233.0 15 12 3.59 142 Kenny Rogers 35 208.1 16 10 4.10 140 Roger Pavlik 26 166.1 12 6 3.41 131 Charlie Leibrandt 26 150.1 9 10 4.55 89 Nolan Ryan 13 66.1 5 5 4.88 46 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 Bohanon 36 92.2 4 4 4.76 45 Todd Burns 25 65.0 0 4 4.57 35 Steve Dreyer 10 41.0 3 3 5.71 23 Robb Nen 9 22.2 1 1 6.35 12 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 Henke 66 74.1 5 5 40 2.91 79 Matt Whiteside 60 73.0 2 1 1 4.32 39 Craig Lefferts 52 83.1 3 9 0 6.05 58 Bob Patterson 52 52.2 2 4 1 4.78 46 Cris Carpenter 27 32.0 4 1 1 4.22 27 Jeff Bronkey 21 36.0 1 1 1 4.00 18 Mike Schooler 17 24.1 3 0 0 5.55 16 Gene Nelson 6 8.0 0 0 1 3.38 4 Rick Reed 2 4.0 1 0 0 2.25 2 Darren Oliver 2 3.1 0 0 0 2.70 4 José Canseco 1 1.0 0 0 0 27.00 0 Héctor Fajardo 1 0.2 0 0 0 0.00 1 Awards and honors Juan González, A.L. Home Run Champ Juan González, Silver Slugger Award Iván Rodríguez, C, Gold Glove All-Star Game Farm system Minor League Baseball 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 References 1993 Texas Rangers at Baseball Reference 1993 Texas Rangers at Baseball Almanac Johnson Lloyd Wolff Miles The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball 3rd Durham, North Carolina Baseball America 2007 978-1-932391-17-6 Category:Texas Rangers seasons Texas Rangers season Texas Rangers