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1991 Texas Rangers season

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1991 Texas Rangers
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionWest
BallparkArlington Stadium
CityArlington, Texas
OwnersGeorge W. Bush
General managersTom Grieve
ManagersBobby Valentine
TelevisionKTVT
(Jim Sundberg, Steve Busby)
HSE
(Greg Lucas, Norm Hitzges)
RadioWBAP
(Eric Nadel, Mark Holtz )
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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

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Regular season

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  • September 30, 1991: Nolan Ryan struck out Tino Martinez for the 5500th strikeout in his career.[4]
  • 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

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  • 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.[5]

Scorecard

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May 1, Arlington Stadium, Arlington, Texas

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Toronto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Texas 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 1
W: 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
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Toronto Blue Jays AB R H RBI Texas Rangers AB R H RBI
Devon White, cf 4 0 0 0 Gary Pettis, cf 4 1 1 0
Roberto Alomar, 2b 4 0 0 0 Jack Daugherty, lf 4 0 1 0
Kelly Gruber, 3b 2 0 0 0 Rafael Palmeiro, 1b 4 1 2 0
Joe Carter, lf 2 0 0 0 Rubén Sierra, rf 4 1 1 2
John Olerud, 1b 3 0 0 0 Julio Franco, 2b 4 0 0 0
Mark Whiten, rf 3 0 0 0 Juan Gonzalez, dh 3 0 1 0
Glenallen Hill, dh 3 0 0 0 Mike Stanley, c 3 0 1 0
Greg Myers, c 3 0 0 0 Steve Buechele, 3b 4 0 1 0
Manuel Lee, ss 3 0 0 0 Jeff Huson, ss 2 0 0 0
Totals 27 0 0 0 Totals 32 3 8 2
Pitching
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Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Nolan Ryan, W 9.0 0 0 0 2 16
Totals 9.0 0 0 0 2 16
Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Jimmy Key, L 6.0 5 3 3 1 5
Bob MacDonald 1 2 0 0 0 2
Willie Fraser 1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals 8.0 8 3 3 1 7

Season standings

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AL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Minnesota Twins 95 67 .586 — 51‍–‍30 44‍–‍37
Chicago White Sox 87 75 .537 8 46‍–‍35 41‍–‍40
Texas Rangers 85 77 .525 10 46‍–‍35 39‍–‍42
Oakland Athletics 84 78 .519 11 47‍–‍34 37‍–‍44
Seattle Mariners 83 79 .512 12 45‍–‍36 38‍–‍43
Kansas City Royals 82 80 .506 13 40‍–‍41 42‍–‍39
California Angels 81 81 .500 14 40‍–‍41 41‍–‍40

Record vs. opponents

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1991 American League record

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 — 8–5 6–6 4–8 7–6 5–8 4–8 3–10 4–8 5–8 3–9 4–8 9–3 5–8
Boston 5–8 — 4–8 7–5 9–4 5–8 7–5 7–6 3–9 6–7 8–4 9–3 5–7 9–4
California 6–6 8–4 — 8–5 7–5 5–7 9–4 6–6 8–5 6–6 1–12 6–7 5–8 6–6
Chicago 8–4 5–7 5–8 — 6–6 4–8 7–6 7–5 8–5 8–4 7–6 7–6 8–5 7–5
Cleveland 6–7 4–9 5–7 6–6 — 7–6 4–8 5–8 2–10 6–7 5–7 2–10 4–8 1–12
Detroit 8–5 8–5 7–5 8–4 6–7 — 8–4 4–9 4–8 8–5 4–8 8–4 6–6 5–8
Kansas City 8–4 5–7 4–9 6–7 8–4 4–8 — 9–3 6–7 7–5 6–7 7–6 7–6 5–7
Milwaukee 10–3 6–7 6–6 5–7 8–5 9–4 3–9 — 6–6 6–7 8–4 3–9 7–5 6–7
Minnesota 8–4 9–3 5–8 5–8 10–2 8–4 7–6 6–6 — 10–2 8–5 9–4 6–7 4–8
New York 8–5 7–6 6–6 4–8 7–6 5–8 5–7 7–6 2–10 — 6–6 3–9 5–7 6–7
Oakland 9–3 4–8 12–1 6–7 7–5 8–4 7–6 4–8 5–8 6–6 — 6–7 4–9 6–6
Seattle 8–4 3–9 7–6 6–7 10–2 4–8 6–7 9–3 4–9 9–3 7–6 — 5–8 5–7
Texas 3–9 7–5 8–5 5–8 8–4 6–6 6–7 5–7 7–6 7–5 9–4 8–5 — 6–6
Toronto 8–5 4–9 6–6 5–7 12–1 8–5 7–5 7–6 8–4 7–6 6–6 7–5 6–6 —


Notable transactions

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  • April 7, 1991: Denny Walling was signed as a free agent by the Rangers.[6]
  • June 2, 1991: Steve Balboni was signed as a free agent by the Rangers.[7]
  • June 22, 1991: Denny Walling was released by the Rangers.[6]
  • 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.[8]

Roster

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1991 Texas Rangers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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 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 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

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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 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 3 1 0 .000 0 0
Nick Capra 2 0 0 ---- 0 0

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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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 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

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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

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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 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

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All-Star Game

Farm system

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See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
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

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  1. ^ Scott Coolbaugh at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ "Mario Diaz Stats".
  3. ^ Rich Gossage at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ "The Nolan Ryan Express | The Strikeout King". smackbomb.com/nolanryan. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved July 28, 2008.
  5. ^ Baseball's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records, p.12, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC, ISBN 978-1-55365-507-7
  6. ^ a b Denny Walling at Baseball Reference
  7. ^ Steve Balboni at Baseball Reference
  8. ^ Oil Can Boyd at Baseball Reference
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