1995 Texas Rangers season

1995 Texas Rangers
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionWest
BallparkThe Ballpark in Arlington
CityArlington, Texas
Record74–70 (.514)
Divisional place3rd
OwnersGeorge W. Bush
General managersDoug Melvin
ManagersJohnny Oates
TelevisionKTVT
(Jim Sundberg, Steve Busby)
Prime Sports Southwest
(Mark Holtz, Tom Grieve, Norm Hitzges)
RadioKRLD
(Eric Nadel, Brad Sham )
KXEB
(Luis Mayoral, Mario Díaz Oroszo)
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The 1995 Texas Rangers season was the 35th of the Texas Rangers franchise overall, their 24th in Arlington as the Rangers, and their 2nd season at The Ballpark in Arlington. The Rangers finished third in the American League West with a record of 74 wins and 70 losses. They also hosted the 1995 Major League Baseball All-Star Game.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

AL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Seattle Mariners 79 66 .545 46‍–‍27 33‍–‍39
California Angels 78 67 .538 1 39‍–‍33 39‍–‍34
Texas Rangers 74 70 .514 41‍–‍31 33‍–‍39
Oakland Athletics 67 77 .465 11½ 38‍–‍34 29‍–‍43

Record vs. opponents


Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore 4–9 9–4 6–1 2–10 8–5 4–5 7–5 3–6 6–7 5–7 6–7 4–1 7–6
Boston 9–4 11–3 5–3 6–7 8–5 3–2 8–4 5–4 5–8 8–4 7–5 3–4 8–5
California 4–9 3–11 10–2 3–2 6–2 5–7 5–2 8–5 7–5 6–7 7–6 6–7 8–2
Chicago 1–6 3–5 2–10 5–8 8–4 8–5 6–7 10–3 3–2–1 7–5 4–9 5–7 6–5
Cleveland 10–2 7–6 2–3 8–5 10–3 11–1 9–4 9–4 6–6 7–0 5–4 6–3 10–3
Detroit 5–8 5–8 2–6 4–8 3–10 3–4 8–5 7–5 5–8 2–3 5–5 4–8 7–6
Kansas City 5–4 2–3 7–5 5–8 1–11 4–3 10–2 6–7 3–7 5–8 7–5 8–6 7–5
Milwaukee 5–7 4–8 2–5 7–6 4–9 5–8 2–10 9–4 5–6 7–2 3–2 5–7 7–5
Minnesota 6–3 4–5 5–8 3–10 4–9 5–7 7–6 4–9 3–4 5–7 4–8 5–8 1–4
New York 7–6 8–5 5–7 2–3–1 6–6 8–5 7–3 6–5 4–3 4–9 4–9 6–3 12–1
Oakland 7–5 4–8 7–6 5–7 0–7 3–2 8–5 2–7 7–5 9–4 7–6 5–8 3–7
Seattle 7–6 5–7 6–7 9–4 4–5 5–5 5–7 2–3 8–4 9–4 6–7 10–3 3–4
Texas 1–4 4–3 7–6 7–5 3–6 8–4 6–8 7–5 8–5 3–6 8–5 3–10 9–3
Toronto 6–7 5–8 2–8 5–6 3–10 6–7 5–7 5–7 4–1 1–12 7–3 4–3 3–9


Notable transactions

All-Star Game

The 1995 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 66th playing of the midsummer classic between the all-stars of the American League (AL) and National League (NL), the two leagues comprising Major League Baseball. The game was held on July 11, 1995, at The Ballpark in Arlington in Arlington, Texas, the home of the Texas Rangers of the American League. The game resulted in the National League defeating the American League 3-2.

Roster

1995 Texas Rangers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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
C Iván Rodríguez 130 492 149 .303 12 67
1B Will Clark 123 454 137 .302 16 92
2B Jeff Frye 90 313 87 .278 4 29
SS Benji Gil 130 415 91 .219 9 46
3B Mike Pagliarulo 86 241 56 .232 4 27
LF Mark McLemore 129 467 122 .261 5 41
CF Otis Nixon 139 589 174 .295 0 45
RF Rusty Greer 131 417 113 .271 13 61
DH Juan González 90 352 104 .295 27 82

Other batters

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
Mickey Tettleton 134 429 102 .238 32 78
Dean Palmer 36 119 40 .336 9 24
Luis Ortiz 41 108 25 .231 1 18
Lou Frazier 49 99 21 .212 0 8
Esteban Beltré 54 92 20 .217 0 7
Dave Valle 36 75 18 .240 0 5
Craig Worthington 26 68 15 .221 2 6
Jack Voigt 33 62 10 .161 2 8
Candy Maldonado 13 30 7 .233 2 5
Shawn Hare 18 24 6 .250 0 2
Steve Buechele 9 24 3 .125 0 0
Eric Fox 10 15 0 .000 0 0
Billy Hatcher 6 12 1 .083 0 0
Sam Horn 11 9 1 .111 0 0
John Marzano 2 6 2 .333 0 0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Kenny Rogers 31 208.0 17 7 3.38 140
Roger Pavlik 31 191.2 10 10 4.37 149
Kevin Gross 31 183.2 9 15 5.54 106
Bob Tewksbury 21 129.2 8 7 4.58 53
Bobby Witt 10 61.1 3 4 4.55 46
Scott Taylor 3 15.1 1 2 9.39 10
Rick Helling 3 12.1 0 2 6.57 5

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Darren Oliver 17 49.0 4 2 4.22 39
Danny Darwin 7 34.0 2 2 7.15 22

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Jeff Russell 37 1 0 20 3.03 21
Roger McDowell 64 7 4 4 4.02 49
Ed Vosberg 44 5 5 4 3.00 36
Matt Whiteside 40 5 4 3 4.08 46
Dennis Cook 35 0 2 2 4.00 40
Terry Burrows 28 2 2 1 6.45 22
Chris Nichting 13 0 0 0 7.03 6
José Alberro 12 0 0 0 7.40 10
Mark Brandenburg 11 0 1 0 5.93 21
Wilson Heredia 6 0 1 0 3.75 6
Héctor Fajardo 5 0 0 0 7.80 9
Chris Howard 4 0 0 0 0.00 2
John Dettmer 1 0 0 0 27.00 0

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system

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 Mike Berger
A-Short Season Hudson Valley Renegades New York–Penn League Bump Wills
Rookie GCL Rangers Gulf Coast League Chino Cadahia

References

  1. ^ "Rob Ducey: Career Statistics". Baseball Reference. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
  2. ^ José Canseco at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Rick Schu at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ Mickey Tettleton at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ a b Jack Voigt at Baseball Reference
  6. ^ Sam Horn at Baseball Reference
  7. ^ Danny Darwin at Baseball Reference