1990 Texas Rangers season

The Texas Rangers 1990 season involved the Rangers finishing 3rd in the American League west with a record of 83 wins and 79 losses.

1990 Texas Rangers
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)George W. Bush
General manager(s)Tom Grieve
Manager(s)Bobby Valentine
Local televisionKTVT
(Jim Sundberg, Steve Busby)
HSE
(Greg Lucas, Brad Sham, Dave Barnett, Jim Sundberg)
Local radioWBAP
(Eric Nadel, Mark Holtz)
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Offseason

Regular season

Season standings
AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Oakland Athletics 10359 0.636 — 51–30 52–29
Chicago White Sox 9468 0.580 9 49–31 45–37
Texas Rangers 8379 0.512 20 47–35 36–44
California Angels 8082 0.494 23 42–39 38–43
Seattle Mariners 7785 0.475 26 38–43 39–42
Kansas City Royals 7586 0.466 27½ 45–36 30–50
Minnesota Twins 7488 0.457 29 41–40 33–48

Record vs. opponents
1990 American League Records

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore —4–97–56–66–76–78–37–66–66–74–83–98–45–8
Boston 9–4—7–56–69–48–54–85–84–89–44–88–45–710–3
California 5–75–7—5–87–55–77–67–59–46–64–95–88–57–5
Chicago 6–66–68–5—5–75–79–410–27–610–28–58–57–65–7
Cleveland 7–64–95–77–5—5–86–69–47–55–84–87–57–54–9
Detroit 7–65–87–57–58–5—5–73–106–67–66–67–56–65–8
Kansas City 3–88–46–74–96–67–5—4–88–58–44–97–65–85–7
Milwaukee 6–78–55–72–104–910–38–4—4–86–75–74–85–77–6
Minnesota 6–68–44–96–75–76–65–88–4—6–66–76–75–83–9
New York 7–64–96–62–108–56–74–87–66–6—0–129–33–95–8
Oakland 8–48–49–45–88–46–69–47–57–612–0—9–48–57–5
Seattle 9–34–88–55–85–75–76–78–47–63–94–9—7–66–6
Texas 4–87–55–86–75–76–68–57–58–59–35–86–7—7–5
Toronto 8–53–105–77–59–48–57–56–79–38–55–76–65–7—

Notable transactions

Nolan Ryan's 6th No-Hitter
  • June 11, 1990: At Oakland Alameda County Coliseum, Nolan Ryan, at forty-three years, four months, and twelve days, became the oldest pitcher in major league history to throw a no-hitter. He would become the only pitcher in the history of Major League Baseball to throw a no-hitter for three different teams (the Angels, the Astros, the Rangers).[2] Ryan would also hold the distinction of holding the record for longest time between two no-hitters. Ryan who tossed his fifth no-hitter on September 26, 1981, and this one on June 11.[2]

Roster
1990 Texas Rangers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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
CGeno Petralli13332583.255021
1BRafael Palmeiro154598191.3191489
2BJulio Franco157582172.2961169
3BSteve Buechele9125154.215730
SSJeff Huson14539695.240028
LFPete Incaviglia153529123.2332485
CFGary Pettis136423101.239331
RFRubén Sierra159608170.2801696
DHHarold Baines10332193.2901344

Other batters
Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Jack Daugherty12531093.300647
Jeff Kunkel9920034.170317
Mike Stanley10318947.249219
Scott Coolbaugh6718036.200213
John Russell6812835.27328
Kevin Reimer6410026.260215
Juan González259026.289412
Gary Green628819.21608
Cecil Espy52719.12701
Thad Bosley30294.13813
Chad Kreuter22221.04502
Kevin Belcher16152.13300
Bill Haselman7132.15403

Starting pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Bobby Witt3322217103.36221
Charlie Hough32218.212124.07114
Nolan Ryan302041393.44232
Kevin Brown2618012103.6088
Scott Chiamparino637.2122.6319

Other pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Mike Jeffcoat44110.2564.4758
Jamie Moyer33102.1264.6658
Brian Bohanon1134036.6215
Gerald Alexander37007.718

Relief pitchers
Player G W L SV ERA SO
Kenny Rogers69106153.1374
Brad Arnsberg536152.1544
John Barfield334314.6717
Gary Mielke330303.7313
Jeff Russell2715104.2616
Craig McMurtry230304.3214
Joe Bitker50003.006
John Hoover200011.570
Ramón Mañón100013.500

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

  • Julio Franco, Second Base, Reserve

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Oklahoma City 89ers American Association Steve Smith
AA Tulsa Drillers Texas League Tommy Thompson
A Charlotte Rangers Florida State League Bobby Jones
A Gastonia Rangers South Atlantic League Orlando Gómez
Rookie GCL Rangers Gulf Coast League Chino Cadahia
Rookie Butte Copper Kings Pioneer League Bump Wills

References
  1. Cecilio Guante at Baseball Reference
  2. Baseball Almanac – Box Score of Nolan Ryan No-Hitter (Sixth)
  3. Dan Smith at Baseball Reference
  4. Rusty Greer at Baseball Reference
  5. Randy St. Claire at Baseball Reference
  • 1990 Texas Rangers at Baseball Reference
  • 1990 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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