1993 Texas Rangers season

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.

1993 Texas Rangers
League	American League
Division	West
Ballpark	Arlington Stadium
City	Arlington, Texas
Record	86–76 (.531)
Divisional place	2nd
Owners	George W. Bush
General managers	Tom Grieve
Managers	Kevin Kennedy
Television	KTVT (Jim Sundberg, Steve Busby) HSE (Greg Lucas, Norm Hitzges)
Radio	WBAP (Eric Nadel, Mark Holtz ) KXEB (Luis Mayoral, Mario Díaz Oroszo)
Seasons

Offseason

• December 15, 1992: Tom Henke was signed as a free agent with the Texas Rangers.
• December 18, 1992: Rob Ducey was signed as a free agent with the Texas Rangers.
• December 19, 1992: Manuel Lee was signed as a free agent with the Texas Rangers.
• December 19, 1992: Doug Dascenzo was signed as a free agent with the Texas Rangers.
• January 13, 1993: Mario Díaz was signed as a free agent with the Texas Rangers.
• February 1, 1993: Billy Ripken was signed as a free agent with the Texas Rangers.
• February 8, 1993: Steve Balboni was signed as a free agent with the Texas Rangers.
• March 22, 1993: Mike Schooler was signed as a free agent with the Texas Rangers.

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 [1] 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.
• 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.
• September 17, 1993: Greg Myers of the Angels was the final strikeout victim of Nolan Ryan. 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

AL West

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago White Sox	94	68	.580	—	45‍–‍36	49‍–‍32
Texas Rangers	86	76	.531	8	50‍–‍31	36‍–‍45
Kansas City Royals	84	78	.519	10	43‍–‍38	41‍–‍40
Seattle Mariners	82	80	.506	12	46‍–‍35	36‍–‍45
California Angels	71	91	.438	23	44‍–‍37	27‍–‍54
Minnesota Twins	71	91	.438	23	36‍–‍45	35‍–‍46
Oakland Athletics	68	94	.420	26	38‍–‍43	30‍–‍51

Record vs. opponents

1993 American League record Sources: [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15]
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIL	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TEX	TOR
Baltimore	—	6–7	7–5	4–8	8–5	5–8	7–5	8–5	8–4	6–7	10–2	7–5	4–8	5–8
Boston	7–6	—	7–5	7–5	5–8	6–7	5–7	5–8	7–5	6–7	9–3	7–5	6–6	3–10
California	5–7	5–7	—	7–6	5–7	4–8	6–7	7–5	4–9	6–6	6–7	6–7	6–7	4–8
Chicago	8–4	5–7	6–7	—	9–3	7–5	6–7	9–3	10–3	4–8	7–6	9–4	8–5	6–6
Cleveland	5–8	8–5	7–5	3–9	—	6–7	7–5	8–5	4–8	6–7	8–4	3–9	7–5	4–9
Detroit	8–5	7–6	8–4	5–7	7–6	—	5–7	8–5	6–6	4–9	8–4	7–5	6–6	6–7
Kansas City	5–7	7–5	7–6	7–6	5–7	7–5	—	5–7	7–6	6–6	6–7	7–6	7–6	8–4
Milwaukee	5–8	8–5	5–7	3–9	5–8	5–8	7–5	—	7–5	4–9	7–5	4–8	4–8	5–8
Minnesota	4–8	5–7	9–4	3–10	8–4	6–6	6–7	5–7	—	4–8	8–5	4–9	7–6	2–10
New York	7–6	7–6	6–6	8–4	7–6	9–4	6–6	9–4	8–4	—	6–6	7–5	3–9	5–8
Oakland	2–10	3–9	7–6	6–7	4–8	4–8	7–6	5–7	5–8	6–6	—	9–4	5–8	5–7
Seattle	5–7	5–7	7–6	4–9	9–3	5–7	6–7	8–4	9–4	5–7	4–9	—	8–5	7–5
Texas	8–4	6–6	7–6	5–8	5–7	6–6	6–7	8–4	6–7	9–3	8–5	5–8	—	7–5
Toronto	8–5	10–3	8–4	6–6	9–4	7–6	4–8	8–5	10–2	8–5	7–5	5–7	5–7	—

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)

Game log

Regular season

1993 regular season game log: 86–76 (Home: 50–31; Away: 36–45)
April: 11–10 (Home: 5–4; Away: 6–6) # Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak 1 April 5 @ Orioles 2 April 7 @ Orioles 3 April 9 Red Sox 4 April 10 Red Sox 5 April 11 Red Sox 6 April 12 Orioles 7 April 13 Orioles 8 April 14 Orioles 9 April 16 @ Yankees 10 April 17 @ Yankees 11 April 18 @ Yankees 12 April 20 @ Tigers 13 April 21 @ Tigers 14 April 23 @ Brewers 15 April 24 @ Brewers 16 April 25 @ Brewers 17 April 26 @ Blue Jays 18 April 27 @ Blue Jays 19 April 28 Tigers 20 April 29 Tigers 21 April 30 Brewers
May: 14–14 (Home: 9–6; Away: 5–8) # Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak 22 May 1 Brewers 23 May 2 Brewers 24 May 3 Brewers 25 May 4 Blue Jays 26 May 5 Blue Jays 27 May 7 7:35 p.m. CDT @ Royals L 4–9 Pichardo (2–1) Ryan (1–2) – 2:54 33,350 15–12 L1 – May 8 @ Royals Postponed (Rain) (Makeup date: July 26) 28 May 9 4:14 p.m. CDT @ Royals W 2–1 Brown (4–1) Cone (0–5) – 2:13 17,967 16–12 W1 29 May 10 @ Athletics 30 May 11 @ Athletics 31 May 12 @ Athletics 32 May 13 @ Athletics 33 May 14 7:35 p.m. CDT White Sox L 0–4 McDowell (7–1) Brown (4–2) – 2:17 31,676 18–15 L1 34 May 15 7:05 p.m. CDT White Sox W 6–4 (11) Henke (2–1) Jones (0–1) – 3:04 38,053 19–15 W1 35 May 16 2:05 p.m. CDT White Sox L 8–15 Fernandez (5–2) Rogers (3–3) Thigpen (1) 3:11 33,786 19–16 L1 36 May 17 Mariners 37 May 18 Mariners 38 May 19 Mariners 39 May 20 Mariners 40 May 21 Angels 41 May 22 Angels 42 May 23 Angels 43 May 24 @ Indians 44 May 25 @ Indians 45 May 26 @ Indians 46 May 28 @ Red Sox 47 May 29 @ Red Sox 48 May 30 @ Red Sox 49 May 31 @ Twins
June: 10–16 (Home: 8–6; Away: 2–10) # Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak 50 June 1 @ Twins 51 June 2 @ Twins 52 June 4 Yankees 53 June 5 Yankees 54 June 6 Yankees 55 June 7 Twins 56 June 8 Twins – June 9 Twins Postponed (Rain) (Makeup date: September 10) 57 June 10 Twins 58 June 11 Indians 59 June 12 Indians 60 June 13 Indians 61 June 14 @ Angels 62 June 15 @ Angels 63 June 16 @ Angels 64 June 17 @ Angels 65 June 18 @ Mariners 66 June 19 @ Mariners 67 June 20 @ Mariners 68 June 21 7:06 p.m. CDT @ White Sox L 6–7 McDowell (11–4) Brown (5–6) Hernández (12) 2:50 40,614 31–37 L4 69 June 22 7:26 p.m. CDT @ White Sox L 2–3 Pall (2–2) Henke (4–2) – 3:01 36,757 31–38 L5 70 June 23 12:37 p.m. CDT @ White Sox L 4–7 Bere (3–1) Pavlik (3–4) – 2:58 32,612 31–39 L6 – June 25 Athletics Postponed (Rain) (Makeup date: September 28) 71 June 26 Athletics 72 June 27 Athletics 73 June 28 7:35 p.m. CDT Royals L 2–4 Haney (4–1) Rogers (5–6) Montgomery (23) 2:54 21,505 33–40 L1 74 June 29 7:35 p.m. CDT Royals W 4–3 Patterson (2–2) Sampen (2–1) Henke (14) 3:06 24,855 34–40 W1 75 June 30 7:35 p.m. CDT Royals W 5–4 Bohanon (3–1) Gardner (4–5) Henke (15) 2:53 36,901 35–40 W2
July: 17–11 (Home: 5–5; Away: 12–6) # Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak 76 July 1 @ Tigers 77 July 2 @ Tigers 78 July 3 @ Tigers 79 July 4 @ Tigers 80 July 5 @ Brewers 81 July 6 @ Brewers 82 July 7 @ Brewers 83 July 8 @ Blue Jays 84 July 9 @ Blue Jays 85 July 10 @ Blue Jays 86 July 11 @ Blue Jays 64th All-Star Game in Baltimore, Maryland 87 July 15 Tigers 88 July 16 Tigers 89 July 17 Tigers 90 July 18 Tigers 91 July 20 Brewers 92 July 21 Brewers 93 July 22 Blue Jays 94 July 23 Blue Jays 95 July 24 Blue Jays 96 July 25 Blue Jays 97 (1) July 26 5:06 p.m. CDT @ Royals L 3–12 Haney (7–2) Brown (7–7) – 2:58 – 49–48 L3 98 (2) July 26 8:38 p.m. CDT @ Royals 5–6 Rasmussen (1–2) Bohanon (4–2) Montgomery (31) 2:37 35,882 49–49 L4 99 July 27 7:35 p.m. CDT @ Royals W 1–0 Rogers (8–6) Appier (11–5) Henke (22) 2:18 22,415 50–49 W1 100 July 28 7:35 p.m. CDT @ Royals W 10–3 Pavlik (6–5) Pichardo (5–7) – 2:56 23,503 51–49 W2 101 July 29 1:35 p.m. CDT @ Royals L 4–9 Gordon (6–2) Leibrandt (9–7) Gubicza (1) 2:51 28,847 51–50 L1 102 July 30 @ Athletics 103 July 31 @ Athletics
August: 17–12 (Home: 11–5; Away: 6–7) # Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak 104 August 1 @ Athletics 105 August 2 7:35 p.m. CDT White Sox W 9–8 Henke (5–3) Schwarz (2–2) – 3:52 28,436 53–52 W1 106 August 3 7:36 p.m. CDT White Sox L 6–11 McCaskill (3–7) Leibrandt (9–8) – 2:54 29,487 53–53 L1 107 August 4 7:36 p.m. CDT White Sox W 5–2 Ryan (3–3) Fernandez (12–6) Henke (23) 2:42 32,312 54–53 W1 108 August 5 7:37 p.m. CDT White Sox W 7–1 Brown (9–7) Belcher (9–7) Carpenter (1) 2:51 35,413 55–53 W2 109 August 6 Mariners 110 August 7 Mariners 111 August 8 Mariners 112 August 10 Angels 113 August 11 Angels 114 August 12 Angels 115 August 13 @ Indians 116 August 14 @ Indians 117 August 15 @ Indians – August 16 @ Yankees Postponed (Rain) (Makeup date: August 17) 118 (1) August 17 @ Yankees 119 (2) August 17 @ Yankees 120 August 18 @ Yankees 121 August 20 @ Orioles 122 August 21 @ Orioles 123 August 22 @ Orioles 124 August 23 @ Orioles 125 August 24 Red Sox 126 August 25 Red Sox 127 August 26 Red Sox 128 August 27 Orioles 129 August 28 Orioles 130 August 29 Orioles 131 August 30 @ Red Sox 132 August 31 @ Red Sox
September: 16–11 (Home: 11–3; Away: 5–8) # Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak 133 September 1 @ Red Sox 134 September 3 @ Twins 135 September 4 @ Twins 136 September 5 @ Twins 137 September 6 Yankees 138 September 7 Yankees 139 September 8 Yankees 140 (1) September 10 Twins 141 (2) September 10 Twins 142 September 11 Twins 143 September 12 Twins 144 September 13 Indians 145 September 14 Indians 146 September 15 Indians 147 September 17 @ Angels 148 September 18 @ Angels 149 September 19 @ Angels 150 September 20 @ Mariners 151 September 21 @ Mariners 152 September 22 @ Mariners 153 September 24 7:07 p.m. CDT @ White Sox L 4–5 Hernández (3–4) Patterson (2–4) – 2:52 41,730 81–72 L3 – September 25 @ White Sox Postponed (Rain) (Makeup date: September 26) 154 (1) September 26 11:37 a.m. CDT @ White Sox L 3–5 Bere (11–5) Rogers (15–10) Hernández (37) 3:13 – 81–73 L4 155 (2) September 26 3:23 p.m. CDT @ White Sox W 3–2 Pavlik (11–6) Fernandez (17–9) Henke (39) 3:04 42,034 82–73 W1 156 (1) September 28 Athletics 157 (2) September 28 Athletics 158 September 29 Athletics 159 September 30 Athletics
October: 1–2 (Home: 1–2; Away: 0–0) # Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak 160 October 1 7:37 p.m. CDT Royals W 2–0 Pavlik (12–6) Cone (11–14) Henke (40) 2:21 40,735 86–74 W3 161 October 2 3:07 p.m. CDT Royals L 4–7 Gordon (12–6) Brown (15–12) Montgomery (44) 2:58 41,074 86–75 L1 162 October 3 2:05 p.m. CDT Royals L 1–4 Appier (18–8) Dreyer (3–3) Montgomery (45) 2:16 41,039 86–76 L2
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement Bold = Rangers team member

Detailed records

American League
Opponent	W	L	WP	RS	RA
AL East
Baltimore Orioles	8	4	0.667	82	54
Boston Red Sox	6	6	0.500	51	60
Cleveland Indians	5	7	0.417	60	53
Detroit Tigers	6	6	0.500	68	59
Milwaukee Brewers	8	4	0.667	82	37
New York Yankees	9	3	0.750	67	47
Toronto Blue Jays	7	5	0.583	71	58
Total	49	35	0.583	481	368
AL West
California Angels	7	6	0.538	69	54
Chicago White Sox	5	8	0.385	63	74
Kansas City Royals	6	7	0.462	47	62
Minnesota Twins	6	7	0.462	54	58
Oakland Athletics	8	5	0.615	73	63
Seattle Mariners	5	8	0.385	48	72
Texas Rangers
Total	37	41	0.474	354	383
Season Total	86	76	0.531	835	751

Month	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
April	21	11	10	0.524	108	77
May	28	14	14	0.500	130	144
June	26	10	16	0.385	129	135
July	28	17	11	0.607	172	138
August	29	17	12	0.586	158	129
September	27	16	11	0.593	131	117
October	3	1	2	0.333	7	11
Total	162	86	76	0.531	835	751

	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
Home	81	50	31	0.617	414	341
Away	81	36	45	0.444	421	410
Total	162	86	76	0.531	835	751

Player stats

= Indicates team 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	9

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

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
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

References

• 1993 Texas Rangers at Baseball Reference
• 1993 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.