1990 Texas Rangers season

In the 1990 season, the Texas Rangers finished third in the American League West, with a record of 83 wins and 79 losses.

1990 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, Brad Sham, Dave Barnett, Jim Sundberg)
RadioWBAP
(Eric Nadel, Mark Holtz)
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Offseason

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Regular season

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Season standings

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AL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Oakland Athletics 103 59 .636 51‍–‍30 52‍–‍29
Chicago White Sox 94 68 .580 9 49‍–‍31 45‍–‍37
Texas Rangers 83 79 .512 20 47‍–‍35 36‍–‍44
California Angels 80 82 .494 23 42‍–‍39 38‍–‍43
Seattle Mariners 77 85 .475 26 38‍–‍43 39‍–‍42
Kansas City Royals 75 86 .466 27½ 45‍–‍36 30‍–‍50
Minnesota Twins 74 88 .457 29 41‍–‍40 33‍–‍48

Record vs. opponents

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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 4–9 7–5 6–6 6–7 6–7 8–3 7–6 6–6 6–7 4–8 3–9 8–4 5–8
Boston 9–4 7–5 6–6 9–4 8–5 4–8 5–8 4–8 9–4 4–8 8–4 5–7 10–3
California 5–7 5–7 5–8 7–5 5–7 7–6 7–5 9–4 6–6 4–9 5–8 8–5 7–5
Chicago 6–6 6–6 8–5 5–7 5–7 9–4 10–2 7–6 10–2 8–5 8–5 7–6 5–7
Cleveland 7–6 4–9 5–7 7–5 5–8 6–6 9–4 7–5 5–8 4–8 7–5 7–5 4–9
Detroit 7–6 5–8 7–5 7–5 8–5 5–7 3–10 6–6 7–6 6–6 7–5 6–6 5–8
Kansas City 3–8 8–4 6–7 4–9 6–6 7–5 4–8 8–5 8–4 4–9 7–6 5–8 5–7
Milwaukee 6–7 8–5 5–7 2–10 4–9 10–3 8–4 4–8 6–7 5–7 4–8 5–7 7–6
Minnesota 6–6 8–4 4–9 6–7 5–7 6–6 5–8 8–4 6–6 6–7 6–7 5–8 3–9
New York 7–6 4–9 6–6 2–10 8–5 6–7 4–8 7–6 6–6 0–12 9–3 3–9 5–8
Oakland 8–4 8–4 9–4 5–8 8–4 6–6 9–4 7–5 7–6 12–0 9–4 8–5 7–5
Seattle 9–3 4–8 8–5 5–8 5–7 5–7 6–7 8–4 7–6 3–9 4–9 7–6 6–6
Texas 4–8 7–5 5–8 6–7 5–7 6–6 8–5 7–5 8–5 9–3 5–8 6–7 7–5
Toronto 8–5 3–10 5–7 7–5 9–4 8–5 7–5 6–7 9–3 8–5 5–7 6–6 5–7


Notable transactions

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Nolan Ryan's 6th No-Hitter

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  • June 11, 1990: At Oakland Alameda County Coliseum, Nolan Ryan, at forty-three years, four months, and twelve days, became the oldest pitcher in major league history to throw a no-hitter. He would become the only pitcher in the history of Major League Baseball to throw a no-hitter for three different teams (the Angels, the Astros, the Rangers).[2] Ryan would also hold the distinction of holding the record for longest time between two no-hitters. Ryan who tossed his fifth no-hitter on September 26, 1981, and this one on June 11.[2]

Roster

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1990 Texas Rangers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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= Indicates team leader

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 Geno Petralli 133 325 83 .255 0 21
1B Rafael Palmeiro 154 598 191 .319 14 89
2B Julio Franco 157 582 172 .296 11 69
3B Steve Buechele 91 251 54 .215 7 30
SS Jeff Huson 145 396 95 .240 0 28
LF Pete Incaviglia 153 529 123 .233 24 85
CF Gary Pettis 136 423 101 .239 3 31
RF Rubén Sierra 159 608 170 .280 16 96
DH Harold Baines 103 321 93 .290 13 44

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
Jack Daugherty 125 310 93 .300 6 47
Jeff Kunkel 99 200 34 .170 3 17
Mike Stanley 103 189 47 .249 2 19
Scott Coolbaugh 67 180 36 .200 2 13
John Russell 68 128 35 .273 2 8
Kevin Reimer 64 100 26 .260 2 15
Juan González 25 90 26 .289 4 12
Gary Green 62 88 19 .216 0 8
Cecil Espy 52 71 9 .127 0 1
Thad Bosley 30 29 4 .138 1 3
Chad Kreuter 22 22 1 .045 0 2
Kevin Belcher 16 15 2 .133 0 0
Bill Haselman 7 13 2 .154 0 3

Pitching

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= Indicates league leader

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
Bobby Witt 33 222.0 17 10 3.36 221
Charlie Hough 32 218.2 12 12 4.07 114
Nolan Ryan 30 204.0 13 9 3.44 232
Kevin Brown 26 180.0 12 10 3.60 88
Scott Chiamparino 6 37.2 1 2 2.63 19

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
Mike Jeffcoat 44 110.2 5 6 4.47 58
Jamie Moyer 33 102.1 2 6 4.66 58
Brian Bohanon 11 34.0 0 3 6.62 15
Gerald Alexander 3 7.0 0 0 7.71 8

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
Kenny Rogers 69 10 6 15 3.13 74
Brad Arnsberg 53 6 1 5 2.15 44
John Barfield 33 4 3 1 4.67 17
Gary Mielke 33 0 3 0 3.73 13
Jeff Russell 27 1 5 10 4.26 16
Craig McMurtry 23 0 3 0 4.32 14
Joe Bitker 5 0 0 0 3.00 6
John Hoover 2 0 0 0 11.57 0
Ramón Mañón 1 0 0 0 13.50 0

Awards and honors

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All-Star Game

  • Julio Franco, second base, reserve

Farm system

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Level Team League Manager
AAA Oklahoma City 89ers American Association Steve Smith
AA Tulsa Drillers Texas League Tommy Thompson
A Charlotte Rangers Florida State League Bobby Jones
A Gastonia Rangers South Atlantic League Orlando Gómez
Rookie GCL Rangers Gulf Coast League Chino Cadahia
Rookie Butte Copper Kings Pioneer League Bump Wills

References

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  • 1990 Texas Rangers at Baseball Reference
  • 1990 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.