1984 Texas Rangers season

The Texas Rangers 1984 season involved the Rangers' finishing 7th in the American League west, with a record of 69 wins and 92 losses.

1984 Texas Rangers
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Eddie Chiles
General manager(s)Joe Klein, Tom Grieve
Manager(s)Doug Rader
Local televisionKXAS-TV
HSE
(Eric Nadel, Steve Busby, Merle Harmon)
Local radioWBAP
(Eric Nadel, Mark Holtz )
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Offseason

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

Season standings
AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Kansas City Royals 8478 0.519 — 44–37 40–41
California Angels 8181 0.500 3 37–44 44–37
Minnesota Twins 8181 0.500 3 47–34 34–47
Oakland Athletics 7785 0.475 7 44–37 33–48
Chicago White Sox 7488 0.457 10 43–38 31–50
Seattle Mariners 7488 0.457 10 42–39 32–49
Texas Rangers 6992 0.429 14½ 34–46 35–46

Record vs. opponents
1984 American League Records

Sources:

Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore —6–78–47–57–67–65–77–65–75–86–69–39–34–9
Boston 7–6—9–37–510–37–63–99–46–67–67–54–85–75–8
California 4–83–9—8–58–44–86–78–44–98–47–69–45–87–5
Chicago 5–75–75–8—8–44–85–87–58–57–56–75–85–84–8
Cleveland 6–73–104–84–8—4–96–69–47–52–117–58–49–36–7–1
Detroit 6–76–78–48–49–4—7–511–29–37–69–36–610–28–5
Kansas City 7–59–37–68–56–65–7—6–66–75–75–89–46–75–7
Milwaukee 6–74–94–85–74–92–116–6—5–76–74–86–65–610–3
Minnesota 7–56–69–45–85–73–97–67–5—8–48–57–68–51–11
New York 8–56–74–85–711–26–77–57–64–8—8–47–56–68–5
Oakland 6–65–76–77–65–73–98–58–45–84–8—8–58–54–8
Seattle 3–98–44–98–54–86–64–96–66–75–75–8—10–35–7
Texas 3–97–58–58–53–92–107–66–55–86–65–83–10—6–6
Toronto 9–48–55–78–47–6–15–87–53–1011–15–88–47–56–6—

Notable transactions

Roster
1984 Texas Rangers roster
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

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
1BPete O'Brien142520149.2871880
3BBuddy Bell148553174.3151183
LFBilly Sample130489121.247533
CFGary Ward155602171.2842179

Other batters
Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Ned Yost8024244.182625
Bobby Jones6414337.259422
Marv Foley6311525.217619
Alan Bannister4711233.29529
Mike Richardt691.11100

Pitching

Starting pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO

Other pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Dickie Noles1857.2235.1539

Relief pitchers
Player G W L SV ERA SO
Jim Bibby80004.416

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
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

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Tri-City, GCL Rangers

Notes
  1. Marv Foley at Baseball Reference
  2. John Butcher at Baseball Reference
  3. Jim Sundberg at Baseball Reference
  4. Gordon Dillard at Baseball Reference
  5. Tommy Boggs at Baseball Reference
  6. Mike Richardt at Baseball Reference
  7. Dickie Noles at Baseball Reference

References
  • 1984 Texas Rangers at Baseball Reference
  • 1984 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.
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