1984 Texas Rangers season

1984 Texas Rangers
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1961)
Western Division (since 1972)
Location
Arlington Stadium (since 1972)
Arlington, Texas (since 1972)
Other information
Owner(s)	Eddie Chiles
General manager(s)	Joe Klein, Tom Grieve
Manager(s)	Doug Rader
Local television	KXAS-TV HSE (Eric Nadel, Steve Busby, Merle Harmon)
Local radio	WBAP (Eric Nadel, Mark Holtz )
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The Texas Rangers 1984 season involved the Rangers’ finishing 7th in the American League west, with a record of 69 wins and 92 losses.

Offseason

November 21, 1983: Marv Foley was signed as a free agent by the Rangers.^[1]
December 7, 1983: John Butcher and Mike Smithson were traded by the Rangers to the Minnesota Twins for Gary Ward and Sam Sorce (minors).^[2]
December 8, 1983: Jim Sundberg was traded by the Rangers to the Milwaukee Brewers for Ned Yost and Dan Scarpetta (minors).^[3]
January 17, 1984: Gordon Dillard was drafted by the Rangers in the 2nd round of the 1984 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign.^[4]
January 27, 1984: Tommy Boggs was signed as a free agent by the Rangers.^[5]

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	84	78	0.519	—	44–37	40–41
California Angels	81	81	0.500	3	37–44	44–37
Minnesota Twins	81	81	0.500	3	47–34	34–47
Oakland Athletics	77	85	0.475	7	44–37	33–48
Chicago White Sox	74	88	0.457	10	43–38	31–50
Seattle Mariners	74	88	0.457	10	42–39	32–49
Texas Rangers	69	92	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	—	6–7	8–4	7–5	7–6	7–6	5–7	7–6	5–7	5–8	6–6	9–3	9–3	4–9
Boston	7–6	—	9–3	7–5	10–3	7–6	3–9	9–4	6–6	7–6	7–5	4–8	5–7	5–8
California	4–8	3–9	—	8–5	8–4	4–8	6–7	8–4	4–9	8–4	7–6	9–4	5–8	7–5
Chicago	5–7	5–7	5–8	—	8–4	4–8	5–8	7–5	8–5	7–5	6–7	5–8	5–8	4–8
Cleveland	6–7	3–10	4–8	4–8	—	4–9	6–6	9–4	7–5	2–11	7–5	8–4	9–3	6–7–1
Detroit	6–7	6–7	8–4	8–4	9–4	—	7–5	11–2	9–3	7–6	9–3	6–6	10–2	8–5
Kansas City	7–5	9–3	7–6	8–5	6–6	5–7	—	6–6	6–7	5–7	5–8	9–4	6–7	5–7
Milwaukee	6–7	4–9	4–8	5–7	4–9	2–11	6–6	—	5–7	6–7	4–8	6–6	5–6	10–3
Minnesota	7–5	6–6	9–4	5–8	5–7	3–9	7–6	7–5	—	8–4	8–5	7–6	8–5	1–11
New York	8–5	6–7	4–8	5–7	11–2	6–7	7–5	7–6	4–8	—	8–4	7–5	6–6	8–5
Oakland	6–6	5–7	6–7	7–6	5–7	3–9	8–5	8–4	5–8	4–8	—	8–5	8–5	4–8
Seattle	3–9	8–4	4–9	8–5	4–8	6–6	4–9	6–6	6–7	5–7	5–8	—	10–3	5–7
Texas	3–9	7–5	8–5	8–5	3–9	2–10	7–6	6–5	5–8	6–6	5–8	3–10	—	6–6
Toronto	9–4	8–5	5–7	8–4	7–6–1	5–8	7–5	3–10	11–1	5–8	8–4	7–5	6–6	—

Notable transactions

May 25, 1984: Mike Richardt was traded by the Rangers to the Houston Astros for Alan Bannister.^[6]
July 2, 1984: The Rangers traded players to be named later to the Chicago Cubs for Dickie Noles. The Rangers completed the deal by sending Tim Henry (minors) and Jorge Gomez (minors) to the Cubs on December 11.^[7]

Roster

1984 Texas Rangers roster

Roster

Pitchers

22 Jim Bibby

44 Danny Darwin

35 Tom Henke

45 Dwayne Henry

49 Charlie Hough

21 Odell Jones

16 Mike Mason

53 Joey McLaughlin

36 Dickie Noles

24 Dave Schmidt

31 Dave Stewart

28 Frank Tanana

41 Dave Tobik

38 Ricky Wright

Catchers

30 Marv Foley

43 Donnie Scott

7,10 Ned Yost

Infielders

14 Jim Anderson

2 Alan Bannister

25 Buddy Bell

12 Dave Hostetler

20,46 Jeff Kunkel

9 Pete O'Brien

2 Mike Richardt

1 Bill Stein

3 Wayne Tolleson

19 Curtis Wilkerson

Outfielders

13 Tom Dunbar

6 Bobby Jones

15 Larry Parrish

5 Billy Sample

32 Gary Ward

26 George Wright

Other batters

10 Kevin Buckley

17 Mickey Rivers

Manager

11 Doug Rader

Coaches

37 Rich Donnelly

18 Glenn Ezell

22 Merv Rettenmund

52 Dick Such

42 Wayne Terwilliger

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
1B	O'Brien, PetePete O'Brien	142	520	149	.287	18	80
3B	Bell, BuddyBuddy Bell	148	553	174	.315	11	83
LF	Sample, BillyBilly Sample	130	489	121	.247	5	33
CF	Ward, GaryGary Ward	155	602	171	.284	21	79

Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Yost, NedNed Yost	80	242	44	.182	6	25
Jones, BobbyBobby Jones	64	143	37	.259	4	22
Foley, MarvMarv Foley	63	115	25	.217	6	19
Bannister, AlanAlan Bannister	47	112	33	.295	2	9
Richardt, MikeMike Richardt	6	9	1	.111	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Noles, DickieDickie Noles	18	57.2	2	3	5.15	39

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Bibby, JimJim Bibby	8	0	0	0	4.41	6

Awards and honors

Buddy Bell, 3B, Gold Glove 1984
Buddy Bell, 3B, Silver Slugger Award, 1984

All-Star Game

Farm system

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

Notes

↑ Marv Foley at Baseball Reference
↑ John Butcher at Baseball Reference
↑ Jim Sundberg at Baseball Reference
↑ Gordon Dillard at Baseball Reference
↑ Tommy Boggs at Baseball Reference
↑ Mike Richardt at Baseball Reference
↑ 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.

1984 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston Cleveland Detroit Milwaukee New York Toronto

AL West	California Chicago Kansas City Minnesota Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Chicago Montréal New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Atlanta Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

1984 MLB draft 1984 All-Star Game 1984 World Series

Texas Rangers

Formerly the Washington Senators
Based in Arlington, Texas (Dallas–Ft. Worth)

Franchise

Ballparks

Griffith Stadium RFK Stadium Arlington Stadium Globe Life Park in Arlington New Rangers Ballpark

Spring training	Pompano Beach Municipal Stadium Ranger Stadium Surprise Stadium

Culture and lore

Rivalries

Houston Astros

Retired numbers

Key personnel

Owners: Ray Davis & Bob R. Simpson
General Manager: Jon Daniels
Manager: Jeff Banister

Texas Rangers
Hall of Fame

Wild card berths (1)

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