1984 Texas Rangers season

The 1984 Texas Rangers season was the 24th of the Texas Rangers franchise overall, their 13th in Arlington as the Rangers, and the 13th season at Arlington Stadium. The Rangers finished seventh in the American League West, with a record of 69 wins and 92 losses.

LeagueAmerican League

BallparkArlington Stadium

Record69–92 (.429)

OwnersEddie Chiles

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1984 Texas Rangers
League	American League
Division	West
Ballpark	Arlington Stadium
City	Arlington, Texas
Record	69–92 (.429)
Divisional place	7th
Owners	Eddie Chiles
General managers	Joe Klein, Tom Grieve
Managers	Doug Rader
Television	KXAS-TV HSE (Eric Nadel, Steve Busby, Merle Harmon)
Radio	WBAP (Eric Nadel, Mark Holtz )
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Offseason

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

May 6, 1984: Cal Ripken Jr. of the Baltimore Orioles hit for the cycle in a game against the Rangers.

Season standings

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AL West
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Kansas City Royals	84	78	.519	—	44‍–‍37	40‍–‍41
California Angels	81	81	.500	3	37‍–‍44	44‍–‍37
Minnesota Twins	81	81	.500	3	47‍–‍34	34‍–‍47
Oakland Athletics	77	85	.475	7	44‍–‍37	33‍–‍48
Chicago White Sox	74	88	.457	10	43‍–‍38	31‍–‍50
Seattle Mariners	74	88	.457	10	42‍–‍39	32‍–‍49
Texas Rangers	69	92	.429	14½	34‍–‍46	35‍–‍46

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Record vs. opponents

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1984 American League record v t e Sources:
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	—

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Notable transactions

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

1984 Texas Rangers roster

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

10 Kevin Buckley
17 Mickey Rivers

Manager

11 Doug Rader

Coaches

Game log

Regular season

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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

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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

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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

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Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

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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

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Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

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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

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Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

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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

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Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

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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

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Awards and honors

Buddy Bell, 3B, Gold Glove 1984
Buddy Bell, 3B, Silver Slugger Award, 1984

All-Star Game

Farm system

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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

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LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Tri-City, GCL Rangers

1984 Texas Rangers season

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

Roster

Game log

Regular season

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Other batters

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Other pitchers

Relief pitchers

Awards and honors

Farm system

Notes

References

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