1993 Texas Rangers season

The Texas Rangers 1993 season involved the Rangers finishing 2nd 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
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record86–76 (.531)
Divisional place2nd
Other information
Owner(s)George W. Bush
General manager(s)Tom Grieve
Manager(s)Kevin Kennedy
Local televisionKTVT
(Jim Sundberg, Steve Busby)
HSE
(Greg Lucas, Norm Hitzges)
Local radioWBAP
(Eric Nadel, Mark Holtz )
KXEB
(Luis Mayoral, Mario Díaz Oroszo)
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Offseason
  • December 15, 1992: Tom Henke was signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.[1]
  • December 18, 1992: Rob Ducey was signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers. [2]
  • December 19, 1992: Manuel Lee was signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.[3]
  • December 19, 1992: Doug Dascenzo was signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.[4]
  • January 13, 1993: Mario Díaz was signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.[5]
  • February 1, 1993: Billy Ripken was signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.[6]
  • February 8, 1993: Steve Balboni was signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.[7]
  • March 22, 1993: Mike Schooler was signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.[8]

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 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.[9]
  • 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.[10]
  • September 17, 1993: Greg Myers of the Angels was the final strikeout victim of Nolan Ryan.[11] 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 W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago White Sox 9468 0.580 — 45–36 49–32
Texas Rangers 8676 0.531 8 50–31 36–45
Kansas City Royals 8478 0.519 10 43–38 41–40
Seattle Mariners 8280 0.506 12 46–35 36–45
California Angels 7191 0.438 23 44–37 27–54
Minnesota Twins 7191 0.438 23 36–45 35–46
Oakland Athletics 6894 0.420 26 38–43 30–51

Record vs. opponents
1993 American League Records

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore —6–77–54–88–55–87–58–58–46–710–27–54–85–8
Boston 7–6—7–57–55–86–75–75–87–56–79–37–56–63–10
California 5–75–7—7–65–74–86–77–54–96–66–76–76–74–8
Chicago 8–45–76–7—9–37–56–79–310–34–87–69–48–56–6
Cleveland 5–88–57–53–9—6–77–58–54–86–78–43–97–54–9
Detroit 8–57–68–45–77–6—5–78–56–64–98–47–56–66–7
Kansas City 5–77–57–67–65–77–5—5–77–66–66–77–67–68–4
Milwaukee 5–88–55–73–95–85–87–5—7–54–97–54–84–85–8
Minnesota 4–85–79–43–108–46–66–75–7—4–88–54–97–62–10
New York 7–67–66–68–47–69–46–69–48–4—6–67–53–95–8
Oakland 2–103–97–66–74–84–87–65–75–86–6—9–45–85–7
Seattle 5–75–77–64–99–35–76–78–49–45–74–9—8–57–5
Texas 8–46–67–65–85–76–66–78–46–79–38–55–8—7–5
Toronto 8–510–38–46–69–47–64–88–510–28–57–55–75–7—

Notable transactions
  • September 11, 1993: Mike Schooler was released by the Texas Rangers.[8]

Roster
1993 Texas Rangers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders
  • 15 David Hulse

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

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
CIván Rodríguez13747356129
1BRafael Palmeiro160597124176
2BDoug Strange14548458124
3BDean Palmer14851988127
SSManuel Lee732053145
LFJuan Gonzalez140536105166
CFDavid Hulse11440771118
RFJose Canseco602313059
DHJulio Franco14453285154

[12]

Other batters
Player G AB R H Avg. HR RBI SB
Gary Redus772222864.2886314

Pitching

Starting pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Kevin Brown3423315123.59142

Other pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO

Relief pitchers
Player G IP W L SV ERA SO
Tom Henke
Jose Canseco1100027.000

Awards and honors

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

Notes
  1. Tom Henke Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  2. "Rob Ducey: Career Statistics". Baseball Reference. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
  3. Manuel Lee Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/dascedo01.shtml
  5. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/diazma01.shtml
  6. Billy Ripken Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  7. Steve Balboni Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  8. Mike Schooler Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  9. New York Times article
  10. Freeman, Denne H. "Raging Ryan strikes Ventura." Austin American-Statesman, August 5, 1993. Page C1.
  11. "The Nolan Ryan Express | The Strikeout King". smackbomb.com/nolanryan. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved July 19, 2008.
  12. https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/TEX/1993.shtml

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.
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