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1996 Texas Rangers season

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1996 Texas Rangers
American League West champions
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionWest
BallparkThe Ballpark in Arlington
CityArlington, Texas
Record90–72 (.556)
Divisional place1st
OwnersGeorge W. Bush
General managersDoug Melvin
ManagersJohnny Oates
TelevisionKXTX-TV 39
KXAS-TV 5
(Mark Holtz, Tom Grieve)
RadioKRLD–AM 1080
(Eric Nadel, Brad Sham)
KXEB–AM 910
(Luis Mayoral, Josue Perez)
← 1995
1997 →

The 1996 Texas Rangers season was the 36th of the Texas Rangers franchise overall, their 25th in Arlington as the Rangers, and their 3rd season at The Ballpark in Arlington. The Rangers finished first in the American League West with a record of 90 wins and 72 losses. It would be the first postseason appearance for the Senators/Rangers in franchise history, taking 36 seasons to finally accomplish the feat. This remains the longest amount of time it has ever taken any North American professional sports franchise to make their first playoff appearance. The Rangers would win their first post-season game at Yankee Stadium against the New York Yankees, but would lose the last three games to lose the ALDS. The one postseason win would be the club's only post-season success until 2010.

Offseason

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  • October 8, 1995: Scott Podsednik was sent by the Rangers to the Florida Marlins to complete an earlier deal (the Rangers sent players to be named later to the Marlins for Bobby Witt, and sent Wilson Heredia to the Marlins on August 11) and made on August 8, 1995.[1]
  • December 21, 1995: Ken Hill was signed as a free agent by the Rangers.[2]
  • December 22, 1995: Mike Henneman was signed as a free agent by the Rangers.[3]
  • January 16, 1996: Kevin Elster was signed as a free agent with the Texas Rangers.[4]

Regular season

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Season standings

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AL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Texas Rangers 9072 .556 — 50‍–‍31 40‍–‍41
Seattle Mariners 8576 .528 4½ 43‍–‍38 42‍–‍38
Oakland Athletics 7884 .481 12 40‍–‍41 38‍–‍43
California Angels 7091 .435 19½ 43‍–‍38 27‍–‍53

Record vs. opponents

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1996 American League record
Source: MLB Standings Grid – 1996
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore —7–66–64–85–711–29–39–37–53–109–47–53–10–18–5
Boston 6–7—8–46–61–1112–13–97–56–67–68–57–66–68–5
California 6–64–8—6–64–96–64–87–54–87–66–75–84–97–5
Chicago 8–46–66–6—5–810–37–66–76–76–75–75–78–47–5
Cleveland 7–511–19–48–5—12–07–67–610–33–96–68–44–87–5
Detroit 2–111–126–63–100–12—6–64–86–65–84–86–64–96–7
Kansas City 3–99–38–46–76–76–6—4–96–74–85–77–56–65–8
Milwaukee 3–95–75–77–66–78–49–4—9–46–67–54–96–75–7
Minnesota 5–76–68–47–63–106–67–64–9—5–76–76–67–58–5
New York 10–36–76–77–69–38–58–46–67–5—9–33–95–78–5
Oakland 4–95–87–67–56–68–47–55–77–63–9—8–57–64–8
Seattle 5–76–78–57–54–86–65–79–46–69–35–8—10–35–7
Texas 10–3–16–69–44–88–49–46–67–65–77–56–73–10—10–2
Toronto 5–85–85–75–75–77–68–57–55–85–88–47–52–10—

Notable transactions

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Roster

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1996 Texas Rangers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Game log

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Regular season

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Game log

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Legend
Rangers Win Rangers Loss Game postponed Clinched playoff spot Clinched Division
Bold denotes an Rangers pitcher
1996 regular season game log: 90–72 (Home: 50–31; Away: 40–41)[8]
April: 16–10 (Home: 11–4; Away: 5–6)
#DateTime (CT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
Streak
1April 1Red Sox5–3Hill (1–0)ClemensVosberg (1)40,4841–0
2April 3Red Sox7–2Pavlik (1–0)Gordon—24,4832–0
3April 4Red Sox13–2Gross (1–0)Wakefield—18,0863–0
—April 57:05 p.m. CSTYankeesPostponed (rain); Makeup: April 7
4April 67:37 p.m. CSTYankeesW 4–2Witt (1–0)Key (0–1)Henneman (1)2:4835,5104–0W4
5 (1)April 73:05 p.m. CDTYankeesW 7–2Hill (2–0)Gooden (0–1)—2:57—5–0W5
6 (2)April 77:05 p.m. CDTYankeesW 4–1Pavlik (2–0)Howe (0–1)Vosberg (2)2:5236,2486–0W6
7April 9@ White Sox3–2Gross (2–0)ThomasHenneman (2)34,7507–0
8April 11@ White Sox5–8 (11)ThomasHenneman (0–1)—16,6857–1
9April 126:35 p.m. CDT@ YankeesL 3–4Cone (2–0)Hill (2–1)Wetteland (1)2:5120,2387–2L2
10April 1312:35 p.m. CDT@ YankeesW10–6Pavlik (3–0)Gooden (0–2)Vosberg (3)3:3219,6038–2W1
11April 1412:35 p.m. CDT@ YankeesL 3–12Pettitte (3–0)Gross (2–1)—3:0020,1818–3L1
12April 15Athletics3–8MohlerHeredia (0–1)—19,3128–4
13April 16Athletics5–3Witt (2–0)JohnsHenneman (3)20,9489–4
14April 17Athletics12–1Hill (3–1)Reyes—24,12010–4
15April 19Orioles26–7Cook (1–0)MerckerVosberg (4)41,18411–4
16April 20Orioles8–3Gross (3–1)Haynes—45,35812–4
17April 21Orioles9–6Oliver (1–0)Wells—39,45613–4
18April 22White Sox4–12FernandezWitt (2–1)Karchner22,34813–5
19April 23White Sox5–6BaldwinHill (3–2)Hernandez29,12313–6
20April 24@ Red Sox9–11StantonHeredia (0–2)Slocumb19,21713–7
21April 25@ Red Sox3–8WakefieldGross (3–2)—20,35013–8
22April 26@ Orioles5–4Brandenburg (1–0)WellsHenneman (4)44,02214–8
23April 27@ Orioles4–2Witt (3–1)EricksonVosberg (5)47,31115–8
24April 28@ Orioles5–4 (10)Heredia (1–2)McDowellHenneman (5)47,32716–8
25April 29@ Orioles7–8HaynesHelling (0–1)Myers41,50316–9
26April 30Mariners0–8BosioGross (3–3)—27,27216–10
May: 18–9 (Home: 11–3; Away: 7–6)
#DateTime (CT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
Streak
27May 1Mariners5–4Russell (1–0)JacksonHenneman (6)31,77517–10
28May 2@ Tigers2–5LiraWitt (3–2)Williams7,41617–11
29May 3@ Tigers11–0Hill (4–2)Keagle—9,07918–11
30May 4@ Tigers3–1Pavlik (4–0)Gohr—10,73419–11
31May 5@ Tigers3–2Gross (4–3)LimaHenneman (7)12,33720–11
32May 7Blue Jays5–1Oliver (2–0)Guzman—23,00521–11
33May 8Blue Jays4–2Witt (4–2)HansonHenneman (8)20,69422–11
34May 9Blue Jays2–5QuantrillHill (4–3)Timlin34,45122–12
35May 10Tigers6–2Pavlik (5–0)LimaHenneman (9)31,42623–12
36May 11Tigers11–7Gross (5–3)Aldred—42,73224–12
37May 12Tigers3–5LiraOliver (2–1)Myers35,67724–13
38May 13Royals7–6Cook (2–0)MontgomeryHenneman (10)22,98125–13
39May 14Royals10–0Hill (5–3)Gubicza—28,99926–13
40May 15Royals1–3HaneyPavlik (5–1)Montgomery26,88126–14
41May 17@ Indians10–12EmbreeHeredia (1–3)Mesa41,22526–15
42May 18@ Indians6–3Oliver (3–1)AndersonHenneman (11)40,97327–15
43May 19@ Indians5–8NagyWitt (4–3)Mesa43,29927–16
44May 21@ Twins3–4MilchinHenneman (0–2)—12,32327–17
45May 22@ Twins6–5Pavlik (6–1)ParraHenneman (12)17,95528–17
46May 23@ Royals2–4AppierOliver (3–2)Montgomery15,61228–18
47May 24@ Royals0–8GubiczaWitt (4–4)—13,69628–19
48May 25@ Royals2–1Helling (1–1)HaneyHenneman (13)23,66829–19
49May 26@ Royals6–4Hill (6–3)LintonHenneman (14)22,66530–19
50May 27Indians3–2Pavlik (7–1)McDowell—46,52131–19
51May 28Indians11–3Oliver (4–2)Hershiser—35,72732–19
52May 29Indians5–4Cook (3–0)TavarezHenneman (15)35,89333–19
53May 31Twins7–2Hill (7–3)Rodriguez—32,86134–19
June: 14–13 (Home: 9–5; Away: 5–8)
#DateTime (CT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
Streak
54June 1Twins5–9MilchinHenneman (0–3)—43,41334–20
55June 2Twins5–6GuardadoRussell (1–1)—33,80934–21
56June 3@ Brewers9–6Witt (5–4)SparksHenneman (16)9,74835–21
57June 4@ Brewers2–6BonesGross (5–4)—10,68535–22
58June 5@ Brewers4–6McDonaldHill (7–4)Fetters11,27635–23
59June 7Blue Jays10–7Pavlik (8–1)JanzenHenneman (17)40,04636–23
60June 8Blue Jays2–0Oliver (5–2)Guzman—43,43937–23
61June 9Blue Jays8–6Witt (6–4)HansonHenneman (18)41,60538–23
62June 10Brewers8–3Gross (6–4)Givens—43,27539–23
63June 11Brewers4–14McDonaldHill (7–5)Garcia33,51939–24
64June 12Brewers13–6Pavlik (9–1)Miranda—34,84240–24
65June 13@ Red Sox7–8 (10)SlocumbHenneman (0–4)—32,64540–25
66June 14@ Red Sox3–4StantonWitt (6–5)—29,68940–26
67June 15@ Red Sox13–3Gross (7–4)Wakefield—33,18641–26
68June 16@ Red Sox9–10HudsonHenneman (0–5)—30,46141–27
69June 17@ Orioles1–1 (6)—45,58141–27
70June 18@ Orioles7–0Oliver (6–2)Mercker—47,31842–27
71June 19@ Orioles3–2Witt (7–5)MussinaRussell (1)45,58143–27
72June 20@ Orioles2–3WellsGross (7–5)Myers21,74843–28
73June 21Red Sox14–4Hill (8–5)Minchey—40,72644–28
74June 22Red Sox8–2Pavlik (10–1)Wakefield—46,44445–28
75June 23Red Sox4–6StantonCook (3–1)Slocumb39,39945–29
76June 24Orioles3–8MussinaWitt (7–6)—39,70145–30
77June 25Orioles5–2Gross (8–5)WellsHenneman (19)41,68546–30
78June 26Orioles6–5Cook (4–1)OroscoHenneman (20)38,98447–30
79June 28@ Mariners8–19CarmonaPavlik (10–2)—34,41347–31
80June 29@ Mariners9–5Oliver (7–2)Meacham—37,55648–31
81June 30@ Mariners3–4HitchcockWitt (7–7)Charlton33,39248–32
July: 13–14 (Home: 6–7; Away: 7–7)
#DateTime (CT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
Streak
82July 1@ Angels8–6Gross (9–5)LangstonHenneman (21)19,75449–32
83July 2@ Angels5–6JamesHenneman (0–6)—19,05549–33
84July 3@ Angels8–1Pavlik (11–2)Finley—45,97950–33
85July 4Mariners5–9CarmonaHenneman (0–7)—46,66850–34
86July 5Mariners3–6HitchcockWitt (7–8)—46,39750–35
87July 6Mariners5–9WagnerGross (9–6)—46,45850–36
88July 7Mariners8–3Hill (9–5)Wells—36,93351–36
—July 97:30 p.m. CDT67th All-Star Game in Philadelphia, PA
89July 11@ Athletics3–8ChouinardOliver (7–3)—13,43751–37
90July 12@ Athletics8–4 (10)Russell (2–1)Taylor—12,07452–37
91July 13@ Athletics8–1Pavlik (12–2)Wengert—16,79253–37
92July 14@ Athletics1–9JohnsGross (9–7)—20,70453–38
93July 15Angels7–10SchmidtBrandenburg (1–1)Percival45,65553–39
94July 16Angels6–2Oliver (8–3)AbbottRussell (2)34,68054–39
95July 17Angels7–3Hill (10–5)Finley—44,22055–39
96July 18Athletics4–5 (11)ReyesBrandenburg (1–2)Van Poppel28,58555–40
97July 19Athletics6–9ReyesHelling (1–2)Taylor37,45555–41
98July 20Athletics8–4Witt (8–8)Van Poppel—46,05256–41
99July 21Athletics8–11GroomBrandenburg (1–3)Mohler36,03956–42
100July 226:35 p.m. CDT@ YankeesW 6–1Hill (11–5)Rogers (6–5)—2:4230,76757–42W1
101July 236:35 p.m. CDT@ YankeesL 0–6Gooden (10–5)Pavlik (12–3)—2:3922,81457–43L1
102July 2412:05 p.m. CDT@ YankeesL 2–4Pettitte (15–5)Alberro (0–1)Wetteland (35)2:3635,30857–44L2
103July 25@ White Sox4–3 (12)Russell (3–1)KeyserHenneman (22)19,52458–44
104July 26@ White Sox2–6AlvarezOliver (8–4)—21,39858–45
105July 27@ White Sox6–4 (10)Heredia (2–3)SimasVosberg (6)22,62959–45
106July 28@ White Sox1–5FernandezPavlik (12–4)—20,90259–46
107July 307:06 p.m. CDTYankeesW 15–2Witt (9–8)Pettitte (15–6)—2:3739,63760–46W1
108July 316:35 p.m. CDTYankeesW 9–2Oliver (9–4)Key (8–8)—3:0330,64561–46W2
August: 16–12 (Home: 8–5; Away: 8–7)
#DateTime (CT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
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109August 17:35 p.m. CDTYankeesL 5–6Rogers (8–5)Hill (11–6)Wetteland (37)3:0134,85561–47L1
110August 2White Sox0–9FernandezPavlik (12–5)—36,29961–48
111August 3White Sox9–11HernandezRussell (3–2)—46,48161–49
112August 4White Sox9–5Witt (10–8)Baldwin—32,85462–49
113August 5White Sox5–15AlvarezOliver (9–5)—29,97362–50
114August 6@ Tigers4–2Hill (12–6)LiraHenneman (23)10,93163–50
115August 7@ Tigers2–4CummingsPavlik (12–6)Myers10,29763–51
116August 8@ Tigers2–3OlivaresHeredia (2–4)—10,99563–52
117August 9@ Blue Jays5–4Witt (11–8)QuantrillHenneman (24)33,53564–52
118August 10@ Blue Jays12–1Oliver (10–5)Guzman—34,10965–52
119August 11@ Blue Jays6–0Burkett (1–0)Hanson—32,16266–52
120August 12Tigers7–0Hill (13–6)Williams—25,21067–52
121August 13Tigers6–2Pavlik (13–6)Olivares—31,33168–52
122August 14Tigers5–4Witt (12–8)Van PoppelHenneman (25)33,94269–52
123August 16Royals5–3Burkett (2–0)HaneyHenneman (26)32,05370–52
124August 17Royals1–4BelcherHill (13–7)—41,85570–53
125August 18Royals10–3Gross (10–7)Appier—30,48071–53
126August 19@ Indians10–3Pavlik (14–6)McDowell—42,39372–53
127August 20@ Indians4–10LopezWitt (12–9)—42,37072–54
128August 21@ Indians10–8 (10)Vosberg (1–0)Tavarez—42,34573–54
129August 22@ Twins11–2Hill (14–7)Robertson—17,34274–54
130August 23@ Twins2–9AguileraOliver (10–6)—16,16674–55
131August 24@ Twins5–6RodriguezPavlik (14–7)Trombley16,64874–56
132August 25@ Twins13–2Witt (13–9)Miller—14,81875–56
133August 27@ Royals3–4 (10)MontgomeryRussell (3–3)—12,90775–57
134August 28@ Royals3–4 (12)HuismanGross (10–8)—12,69575–58
135August 30Indians5–3Pavlik (15–7)OgeaRussell (3)40,38376–58
136August 31Indians6–3Oliver (11–6)McDowellVosberg (7)46,31977–58
September: 13–14 (Home: 5–7; Away: 8–7)
#DateTime (CT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
Streak
137September 1Indians2–8NagyBurkett (2–1)—46,08477–59
138September 2Twins4–6AguileraHill (14–8)Guardado24,78677–60
139September 3Twins9–7Witt (14–9)RodriguezHenneman (27)28,40178–60
140September 4Twins6–7RobertsonHeredia (2–5)Trombley29,74478–61
141September 6@ Brewers7–3Burkett (3–1)Eldred—16,71479–61
142September 7@ Brewers2–1Hill (15–8)McDonaldHenneman (28)19,11080–61
143September 8@ Brewers7–1Witt (15–9)Florie—17,54281–61
144September 9@ Blue Jays4–3Gross (11–8)HentgenHenneman (29)25,82582–61
145September 10@ Blue Jays11–8Oliver (12–6)WilliamsHenneman (30)26,28683–61
146September 11@ Blue Jays3–8AndujarVosberg (1–1)—27,26283–62
147September 12Brewers4–15McDonaldHill (15–9)—41,30383–63
148September 13Brewers3–6D'AmicoWitt (15–10)Fetters39,23583–64
149September 14Brewers6–8KarlPavlik (15–8)Fetters45,90183–65
150September 15Brewers6–2Oliver (13–6)GarciaVosberg (8)45,94184–65
151September 16@ Mariners0–6MoyerBurkett (3–2)—50,54484–66
152September 17@ Mariners2–5MulhollandHill (15–10)Ayala32,27984–67
153September 18@ Mariners2–5HitchcockWitt (15–11)Charlton35,16284–68
154September 19@ Mariners6–7DavisCook (4–2)Charlton39,76984–69
155September 20@ Angels5–6 (10)McElroyStanton (0–1)—18,86084–70
156September 21@ Angels7–1Burkett (4–2)Abbott—24,10485–70
157September 22@ Angels4–1Hill (16–10)Dickson—17,52286–70
158September 23@ Athletics3–5WasdinWitt (15–12)Taylor10,16486–71
159September 24@ Athletics7–3Cook (5–2)Small—9,69487–71
160September 26Angels6–5Burkett (5–2)AbbottHenneman (31)33,89588–71
161September 27Angels3–4 (15)HarrisWhiteside (0–1)Gohr46,76488–72
162September 28Angels4–3Oliver (14–6)FinleyHeredia (1)45,65189–72
163September 29Angels4–3Witt (16–12)Springer—45,43490–72

Detailed records

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American League
OpponentHomeAwayTotalPct.Runs scoredRuns allowed
AL East
Baltimore Orioles5–15–210–3.7699155
New York Yankees5–12–47–5.5836848
10–27–617–8.680159103
AL Central
0–00–00–0–00
AL West
Texas Rangers——————
0–00–00–0–00

Postseason Game log

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Legend
Rangers Win Rangers Loss
Bold denotes an Rangers pitcher
1996 Postseason game log: 1–3 (Home: 0–2; Away: 1–1)
AL Division Series vs. New York Yankees 1–3 (Home: 0–2; Away: 1–1)[9]
#DateTime (CT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceSeriesBox/
Streak
1October 17:15 p.m. CDT@ YankeesW 6–2Burkett (1–0)Cone (0–1)—2:5057,205TEX 1–0W1
2October 27:05 p.m. CDT@ YankeesL 4–5 (12)Boehringer (1–0)Stanton (0–1)—4:2557,156Tied 1–1L1
3October 47:07 p.m. CDTYankeesL 2–3Nelson (1–0)Oliver (0–1)Wetteland (1)3:0950,860NYY 2–1L2
4October 512:08 p.m. CDTYankeesL 4–6Weathers (1–0)Pavlik (0–1)Wetteland (2)3:5750,066NYY 3–1L3

Player stats

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= Indicates team leader

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
C Iván Rodríguez 153 649 192 .300 19 86
1B Will Clark 117 436 124 .284 13 72
2B Mark McLemore 147 517 150 .290 5 46
SS Kevin Elster 157 515 130 .252 24 99
3B Dean Palmer 154 582 163 .280 38 107
LF Rusty Greer 139 542 180 .332 18 100
CF Darryl Hamilton 148 627 184 .293 6 51
RF Juan González 134 541 170 .314 47 144
DH Mickey Tettleton 143 491 121 .246 24 83

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
Warren Newson9123560.2551031
Damon Buford9014541.283620
Rene Gonzales519220.21725
Dave Valle428626.302317
Lee Stevens277818.231312
Kurt Stillwell467721.27314
Lou Frazier305013.26005
Craig Worthington13193.15814
Jack Voigt591.11100
Luis Ortiz372.28611
Rikkert Faneyte851.20001
Benji Gil752.40001
Kevin Brown340.00001

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
Ken Hill35250.216103.63170
Roger Pavlik34201.01585.19127
Bobby Witt33199.216125.41157
Darren Oliver30173.21464.66112
Kevin Gross28129.11185.2278
John Burkett1068.2524.0647

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
Rick Helling620.1127.5216
José Alberro59.1015.792

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
Mike Henneman4907315.7934
Dennis Cook605204.0964
Jeff Russell553333.3823
Ed Vosberg521183.2732
Gil Heredia442515.8943
Mark Brandenburg261303.2137
Mike Stanton220103.2214
Matt Whiteside140106.6815
Danny Patterson70000.005

ALDS

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Game 1, October 1

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Yankee Stadium, The Bronx, New York

Team123456789RHE
Texas000501000680
New York1001000002100
WP: John Burkett (1-0)   LP: David Cone (0-1)
Home runs:
Tex: Juan González (1), Dean Palmer (1)
NYY: None

Game 2, October 2

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Yankee Stadium, The Bronx, New York

Team123456789101112RHE
Texas013000000000481
New York010100110001580
WP: Brian Boehringer (1-0)   LP: Mike Stanton (0-1)
Home runs:
Tex: Juan González (2, 3)
NYY: Cecil Fielder (1)

Game 3, October 4

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The Ballpark in Arlington, Arlington, Texas

Team123456789RHE
New York100000002371
Texas000110000261
WP: Jeff Nelson (1-0)   LP: Darren Oliver (0-1)   Sv: John Wetteland (1)
Home runs:
NYY: Bernie Williams (1)
Tex: Juan González (4)

Game 4, October 5

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The Ballpark in Arlington, Arlington, Texas

Team123456789RHE
New York0003101016121
Texas022000000490
WP: David Weathers (1-0)   LP: Roger Pavlik (0-1)   Sv: John Wetteland (2)
Home runs:
NYY: Bernie Williams (2, 3)
Tex: Juan González (5)

Awards and honors

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All-Star Game

Notes

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  1. ↑ Scott Podsednik at Baseball Reference
  2. ↑ Ken Hill at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ Mike Henneman at Baseball Reference
  4. ↑ "Kevin Elster Stats".
  5. ↑ Jack Voigt at Baseball Reference
  6. ↑ Travis Hafner at Baseball Reference
  7. ↑ Mike Stanton at Baseball Reference
  8. ↑ "1996 Texas Rangers Schedule & Results". Baseball Reference. Retrieved August 15, 2025.
  9. ↑ "1996 American League Division Series". Baseball Reference. Retrieved August 15, 2025.

Farm system

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Level Team League Manager
AAA Oklahoma City 89ers American Association Greg Biagini
AA Tulsa Drillers Texas League Bobby Jones
A Charlotte Rangers Florida State League Butch Wynegar
A Charleston RiverDogs South Atlantic League Gary Allenson
A-Short Season Hudson Valley Renegades New York–Penn League Bump Wills
Rookie GCL Rangers Gulf Coast League Jim Byrd
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Oklahoma City Hudson Valley affiliation shared with Tampa Bay Devil Rays

References

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