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1991 Texas Rangers season

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1991 Texas Rangers
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionWest
BallparkArlington Stadium
CityArlington, Texas
Record85–77 (.525)
Divisional place3rd
OwnersGeorge W. Bush
General managersTom Grieve
ManagersBobby Valentine
TelevisionKTVT
(Jim Sundberg, Steve Busby)
HSE
(Greg Lucas, Norm Hitzges)
RadioWBAP
(Eric Nadel, Mark Holtz )
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The 1991 Texas Rangers season was the 31st of the Texas Rangers franchise overall, their 20th in Arlington as the Rangers, and the 20th season at Arlington Stadium. The Rangers finished third in the American League West with a record of 85 wins and 77 losses.

Offseason

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Regular season

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  • 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

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  • 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

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May 1, Arlington Stadium, Arlington, Texas

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Toronto 000 000 000 003
Texas 003 000 000 381
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
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Toronto Blue Jays AB R H RBI Texas Rangers AB R H RBI
Devon White, cf 4 0 0 0 Gary Pettis, cf 4 1 1 0
Roberto Alomar, 2b 4 0 0 0 Jack Daugherty, lf 4 0 1 0
Kelly Gruber, 3b 2 0 0 0 Rafael Palmeiro, 1b 4 1 2 0
Joe Carter, lf 2 0 0 0 Rubén Sierra, rf 4 1 1 2
John Olerud, 1b 3 0 0 0 Julio Franco, 2b 4 0 0 0
Mark Whiten, rf 3 0 0 0 Juan Gonzalez, dh 3 0 1 0
Glenallen Hill, dh 3 0 0 0 Mike Stanley, c 3 0 1 0
Greg Myers, c 3 0 0 0 Steve Buechele, 3b 4 0 1 0
Manuel Lee, ss 3 0 0 0 Jeff Huson, ss 2 0 0 0
Totals 27 0 0 0 Totals 32 3 8 2
Pitching
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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

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AL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Minnesota Twins 9567 .586 — 51‍–‍30 44‍–‍37
Chicago White Sox 8775 .537 8 46‍–‍35 41‍–‍40
Texas Rangers 8577 .525 10 46‍–‍35 39‍–‍42
Oakland Athletics 8478 .519 11 47‍–‍34 37‍–‍44
Seattle Mariners 8379 .512 12 45‍–‍36 38‍–‍43
Kansas City Royals 8280 .506 13 40‍–‍41 42‍–‍39
California Angels 8181 .500 14 40‍–‍41 41‍–‍40

Record vs. opponents

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1991 American League record

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore —8–56–64–87–65–84–83–104–85–83–94–89–35–8
Boston 5–8—4–87–59–45–87–57–63–96–78–49–35–79–4
California 6–68–4—8–57–55–79–46–68–56–61–126–75–86–6
Chicago 8–45–75–8—6–64–87–67–58–58–47–67–68–57–5
Cleveland 6–74–95–76–6—7–64–85–82–106–75–72–104–81–12
Detroit 8–58–57–58–46–7—8–44–94–88–54–88–46–65–8
Kansas City 8–45–74–96–78–44–8—9–36–77–56–77–67–65–7
Milwaukee 10–36–76–65–78–59–43–9—6–66–78–43–97–56–7
Minnesota 8–49–35–85–810–28–47–66–6—10–28–59–46–74–8
New York 8–57–66–64–87–65–85–77–62–10—6–63–95–76–7
Oakland 9–34–812–16–77–58–47–64–85–86–6—6–74–96–6
Seattle 8–43–97–66–710–24–86–79–34–99–37–6—5–85–7
Texas 3–97–58–55–88–46–66–75–77–67–59–48–5—6–6
Toronto 8–54–96–65–712–18–57–57–68–47–66–67–56–6—

Notable transactions

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  • 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 completed their trade by sending Travis Buckley (minors) to the Expos on September 1.[8]

Roster

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1991 Texas Rangers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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
CIván Rodríguez8828074.264327
1BRafael Palmeiro159631203.3222688
2BJulio Franco146589201.3411578
3BSteve Buechele121416111.2671866
SSJeff Huson11926857.213226
LFJuan González142545144.26427102
CFGary Pettis13728261.216019
RFRubén Sierra161661203.30725116
DHBrian Downing123407113.2781749

Other batters

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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
Kevin Reimer136394106.2692069
Dean Palmer8126850.1871537
Geno Petralli8719954.271220
Mario Díaz9618248.264122
Mike Stanley9518145.249325
Jack Daugherty5814428.194111
José Hernández459818.18404
Denny Walling24444.09102
Monty Fariss19318.25816
John Russell22273.11101
Gary Green8203.15001
Rob Maurer13161.06302
Donald Harris1883.37512
Tony Scruggs560.00000
Chad Kreuter340.00000
Mark Parent310.00000
Nick Capra200----00

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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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 Brown33210.09124.4096
Nolan Ryan27173.01262.91203
José Guzmán25169.21373.08125
Bobby Witt1788.2376.0982
Oil Can Boyd1262.0276.6833
Brian Bohanon1161.1434.8434
Scott Chiamparino522.1104.038
Héctor Fajardo419.0025.6815

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Gerald Alexander3089.1535.2450
John Barfield2883.1444.5427
Mark Petkovsek49.10114.466

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Jeff Russell6864303.2952
Mike Jeffcoat705314.6343
Kenny Rogers63101055.4273
Rich Gossage444213.5728
Wayne Rosenthal361415.2561
Terry Mathews344013.6151
Joe Bitker91006.7516
Brad Arnsberg90108.388
Barry Manuel81001.135
Jim Poole50014.504
Calvin Schiraldi301011.571
Eric Nolte30003.381

Awards and honors

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All-Star Game

Farm system

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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

References

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  1. ↑ Scott Coolbaugh at Baseball Reference
  2. ↑ "Mario Diaz Stats".
  3. ↑ Rich Gossage at Baseball Reference
  4. ↑ "The Nolan Ryan Express | The Strikeout King". smackbomb.com/nolanryan. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved July 28, 2008.
  5. ↑ Baseball's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records, p.12, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC, ISBN 978-1-55365-507-7
  6. 1 2 Denny Walling at Baseball Reference
  7. ↑ Steve Balboni at Baseball Reference
  8. ↑ Oil Can Boyd at Baseball Reference
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