1991 Texas Rangers season

1991 Texas Rangers
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1961)
Western Division (since 1972)
Location
Arlington Stadium (since 1972)
Arlington, Texas (since 1972)
Other information
Owner(s)	George W. Bush
General manager(s)	Tom Grieve
Manager(s)	Bobby Valentine
Local television	KTVT (Jim Sundberg, Steve Busby) HSE (Greg Lucas, Norm Hitzges)
Local radio	WBAP (Eric Nadel, Mark Holtz )
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The 1991 Texas Rangers season involved the Rangers finishing 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.^[1]
December 14, 1990: Mario Díaz was signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.^[2]
January 25, 1991: Rich Gossage was signed as a free agent by the Rangers.^[3]

Regular season

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

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

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

Toronto Blue Jays	AB	Texas Rangers	AB	R	H	RBI
Devon White, cf	4	Gary Pettis, cf	4	1	1	0
Roberto Alomar, 2b	4	Jack Daugherty, lf	4	0	1	0
Kelly Gruber, 3b	2	Rafael Palmeiro, 1b	4	1	2	0
Joe Carter, lf	2	Rubén Sierra, rf	4	1	1	2
John Olerud, 1b	3	Julio Franco, 2b	4	0	0	0
Mark Whiten, rf	3	Juan Gonzalez, dh	3	0	1	0
Glenallen Hill, dh	3	Mike Stanley, c	3	0	1	0
Greg Myers, c	3	Steve Buechele, 3b	4	0	1	0
Manuel Lee, ss	3	Jeff Huson, ss	2	0	0	0
Totals	27	Totals	32	3	8	2

Pitching

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

AL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Minnesota Twins	95	67	0.586	—	51–30	44–37
Chicago White Sox	87	75	0.537	8	46–35	41–40
Texas Rangers	85	77	0.525	10	46–35	39–42
Oakland Athletics	84	78	0.519	11	47–34	37–44
Seattle Mariners	83	79	0.512	12	45–36	38–43
Kansas City Royals	82	80	0.506	13	40–41	42–39
California Angels	81	81	0.500	14	40–41	41–40

Record vs. opponents

1991 American League Records Sources:
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

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 competed the trade by sending Travis Buckley (minors) to the Expos on September 1.^[8]

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

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	Rodríguez, IvánIván Rodríguez	88	280	74	.264	3	27
1B	Palmeiro, RafaelRafael Palmeiro	159	631	203	.322	26	88
2B	Franco, JulioJulio Franco	146	589	201	.341	15	78
3B	Buechele, SteveSteve Buechele	121	416	111	.267	18	66
SS	Huson, JeffJeff Huson	119	268	57	.213	2	26
LF	González, JuanJuan González	142	545	144	.264	27	102
CF	Pettis, GaryGary Pettis	137	282	61	.216	0	19
RF	Sierra, RubénRubén Sierra	161	661	203	.307	25	116
DH	Downing, BrianBrian 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
Daugherty, JackJack Daugherty	58	144	28	.194	1	11
Walling, DennyDenny Walling	24	44	4	.091	0	2
Parent, MarkMark Parent	3	1	0	.000	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	33	210	9	12	4.40	96
Nolan Ryan	27	173	12	6	2.91	203
Guzmán, JoséJosé Guzmán	25	169.2	13	7	3.08	125
Boyd, Oil CanOil Can Boyd	12	62	2	7	6.68	33

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

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
Gossage, RichRich Gossage	44	4	2	1	3.57	28
Rosenthal, WayneWayne Rosenthal	36	1	4	1	5.25	61
Schiraldi, CalvinCalvin Schiraldi	3	0	1	0	11.57	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

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

Notes

↑ Scott Coolbaugh at Baseball Reference
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/diazma01.shtml
↑ Rich Gossage at Baseball Reference
↑ The Nolan Ryan Express | The Strikeout King | smackbomb.com/nolanryan
↑ Baseball's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records, p.12, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC, ISBN 978-1-55365-507-7
1 2 Denny Walling at Baseball Reference
↑ Steve Balboni at Baseball Reference
↑ Oil Can Boyd at Baseball Reference

References

1991 Texas Rangers at Baseball Reference
1991 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.

1991 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston Cleveland Detroit Milwaukee New York Toronto

AL West	California Chicago Kansas City Minnesota Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Chicago Montréal New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Atlanta Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

1991 MLB draft 1991 All-Star Game 1991 World Series

Texas Rangers

Formerly the Washington Senators
Based in Arlington, Texas (Dallas–Ft. Worth)

Franchise

Ballparks

Griffith Stadium RFK Stadium Arlington Stadium Globe Life Park in Arlington New Rangers Ballpark

Spring training	Pompano Beach Municipal Stadium Ranger Stadium Surprise Stadium

Culture and lore

Rivalries

Houston Astros

Retired numbers

Key personnel

Owners: Ray Davis & Bob R. Simpson
General Manager: Jon Daniels
Manager: Jeff Banister

Texas Rangers
Hall of Fame

Wild card berths (1)

2012

American League
West Division titles (6)

American League
championships (2)

2010
2011

Minor league affiliates

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