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1993 Texas Rangers (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1992/1994)
86-76, Finished 2nd in AL Western Division
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Scored 835 runs, Allowed 751 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 89-73
Managed by Kevin Kennedy

Ballpark: Arlington Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 2,244,616 (6th of 14)
Park Factors
  (multi-year):
Batting - 96, Pitching - 96
  (one-year): Batting - 96, Pitching - 96
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Team Batting    Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Ivan Rodriguez      21  137  473   56  129  28  4  10   66  29   70  .273  .315  .412   8   7  16   4   5   8   3   98
1B *Rafael Palmeiro     28  160  597  124  176  40  2  37  105  73   85  .295  .371  .554  22   3   8   5   2   9  22  150
2B #Doug Strange        29  145  484   58  124  29  0   7   60  43   69  .256  .318  .360   6   4  12   3   8   4   3   86
3B  Dean Palmer         24  148  519   88  127  31  2  33   96  53  154  .245  .321  .503  11  10   5   8   0   5   4  122
SS #Manuel Lee          28   73  205   31   45   3  1   1   12  22   39  .220  .300  .259   2   4   2   2   9   1   3   55
LF  Juan Gonzalez       23  140  536  105  166  33  1  46  118  37   99  .310  .368  .632   4   1  12  13   0   1   7  169
CF *David Hulse         25  114  407   71  118   9 10   1   29  26   57  .290  .333  .369  29   9   9   1   5   2   1   92
RF  Jose Canseco        28   60  231   30   59  14  1  10   46  16   62  .255  .308  .455   6   6   6   3   0   3   2  106
DH  Julio Franco        34  144  532   85  154  31  3  14   84  62   95  .289  .360  .438   9   3  16   1   5   7   4  118
    Gary Redus          36   77  222   28   64  12  4   6   31  23   35  .288  .351  .459   4   4   3   0   0   3   1  120
    Mario Diaz          31   71  205   24   56  10  1   2   24   8   13  .273  .297  .361   1   0   6   1   7   5   0   80
   *Dan Peltier         25   65  160   23   43   7  1   1   17  20   27  .269  .352  .344   0   4   3   1   1   1   0   92
    Butch Davis         35   62  159   24   39  10  4   3   20   5   28  .245  .273  .415   3   1   0   1   5   0   1   86
   #Doug Dascenzo       29   76  146   20   29   5  1   2   10   8   22  .199  .239  .288   2   0   1   0   3   1   0   44
   *Geno Petralli       33   59  133   16   32   5  0   1   13  22   17  .241  .348  .301   2   0   5   0   1   0   3   80
    Billy Ripken        28   50  132   12   25   4  0   0   11  11   19  .189  .270  .220   0   2   6   4   5   1   0   36
   *Rob Ducey           28   27   85   15   24   6  3   2    9  10   17  .282  .351  .494   2   3   1   0   2   2   2  129
    Donald Harris       25   40   76   10   15   2  0   1    8   5   18  .197  .253  .263   0   1   0   1   3   1   0   42
    Benji Gil           20   22   57    3    7   0  0   0    2   5   22  .123  .194  .123   1   2   0   0   4   0   0  -11
    Jon Shave           25   17   47    3   15   2  0   0    7   0    8  .319  .306  .362   1   3   0   0   3   2   0   83
   *Jeff Huson          28   23   45    3    6   1  1   0    2   0   10  .133  .133  .200   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  -10
    Chris James         30    8   31    5   11   1  0   3    7   3    6  .355  .412  .677   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  193
    John Russell        32   18   22    1    5   1  0   1    3   2   10  .227  .292  .409   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   90
    Steve Balboni       36    2    5    0    3   0  0   0    0   0    2  .600  .600  .600   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  231

    Jeff Bronkey        27    1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.6  162 5510  835 1472 284 39 181  780 483  984  .267  .326  .431 113  67 111  48  69  56  56  107
    Rank among 14 AL teams         9    3    6   6  3   1       13    3     5    10     4   6   5                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.
Team Pitching    Glossary
    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Kevin Brown         28  34   3.59  15  12  0  34   0  12   3  233.0  228  105   93  14   74  142 1001   8  15  1   5 116
SP *Kenny Rogers        28  35   4.10  16  10  0  33   0   5   0  208.3  210  108   95  18   71  140  885   6   4  5   2 101
SP *Charlie Leibrandt   36  26   4.55   9  10  0  26   0   1   0  150.3  169   84   76  15   45   89  656   5   4  2   5  91
SP  Roger Pavlik        25  26   3.41  12   6  0  26   0   2   0  166.3  151   67   63  18   80  131  712   6   5  0   3 122
SP  Nolan Ryan          46  13   4.88   5   5  0  13   0   0   0   66.3   54   47   36   5   40   46  291   3   1  0   0  85
SP  Steve Dreyer        23  10   5.71   3   3  0   6   1   0   0   41.0   48   26   26   7   20   23  186   0   1  0   1  73

CL  Tom Henke           35  66   2.91   5   5 40   0  60   0   0   74.3   55   25   24   7   27   79  302   3   1  0   3 143
RP  Matt Whiteside      25  60   4.32   2   1  1   0  10   0   0   73.0   78   37   35   7   23   39  305   0   1  2   6  96
RP *Bob Patterson       34  52   4.78   2   4  1   0  29   0   0   52.7   59   28   28   8   11   46  224   0   1  0   0  87
RP *Craig Lefferts      35  52   6.05   3   9  0   8   9   0   0   83.3  102   57   56  17   28   58  373   0   1  1   3  69
RP *Brian Bohanon       24  36   4.76   4   4  0   8   4   0   0   92.7  107   54   49   8   46   45  418  10   4  0   3  87

    Todd Burns          29  25   4.57   0   4  0   5   8   0   0   65.0   63   36   33   6   32   35  288   3   2  2   3  91
    Jeff Bronkey        27  21   4.00   1   1  1   0   6   0   0   36.0   39   20   16   4   11   18  152   2   1  0   4 104
    Cris Carpenter      28  27   4.22   4   1  1   0   8   0   0   32.0   35   15   15   4   12   27  139   2   2  0   1  99
    Mike Schooler       30  17   5.55   3   0  0   0   0   0   0   24.3   30   17   15   3   10   16  111   1   0  0   1  75
    Robb Nen            23   9   6.35   1   1  0   3   3   0   0   22.7   28   17   16   1   26   12  113   2   0  1   0  66
    Gene Nelson         32   6   3.38   0   0  1   0   2   0   0    8.0   10    3    3   0    1    4   34   1   0  0   1 123
    Rick Reed           28   2   2.25   1   0  0   0   0   0   0    4.0    6    1    1   1    1    2   18   0   1  0   0 185
   *Darren Oliver       22   2   2.70   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    3.3    2    1    1   1    1    4   14   0   0  0   1 154
    Jose Canseco        28   1  27.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    1.0    2    3    3   0    3    0    8   0   0  0   0  15
    Hector Fajardo      22   1   0.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    0.7    0    0    0   0    0    1    2   0   0  0   0    
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 30.3 162   4.28  86  76 45 162 142  20   6 1438.0 1476  751  684 144  562  957 6232  52  44 14  42  97
    Rank among 14 AL teams          6   4  11  4           5   9     11    8    7        6    7    6
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
                        Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed
Team Fielding    Glossary  League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers     Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP   FP   PB  WP  SB  CS
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---
IRodriguez  1117 130 134  801   76   8   6  .991  14  42  64  51
GPetralli    288  30  39  178   11   2   4  .990   2   8  30  15
JRussell      33   2  11   21    0   0   0 1.000   2   2   1   1
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---
Team Total  1438 162 162 1000   87  10  10  .991  18  52  95  67
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---

First Base   Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .993 *9.57
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
RPalmeiro   1395 158 160 1388  147   5 133  .997  9.90
GRedus        25   3   5   21    1   1   5  .957  7.92
DPeltier       9   0   5    8    0   0   0 1.000  8.00
JRussell       8   1   1    9    0   0   0 1.000 10.12
MDiaz          1   0   1    1    0   0   0 1.000  9.00
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1438 162 162 1427  148   6 138  .996  9.86
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Second Base  Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .981 *5.15
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
DStrange    1102 122 135  272  362  13  81  .980  5.18
BRipken      247  32  34   52   73   1  16  .992  4.55
JShave        61   6   8    9   17   0   3 1.000  3.84
JHuson        25   2   5    8    6   0   2 1.000  5.04
GPetralli      2   0   1    1    0   0   0 1.000  4.50
GRedus         1   0   1    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1438 162 162  342  458  14 102  .983  5.01
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Third Base   Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .951 *2.69
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
DPalmer     1259 144 148   85  258  29  21  .922  2.45
MDiaz         95  11  12    8   19   0   2 1.000  2.56
DStrange      66   6   9    4   12   0   2 1.000  2.18
JHuson        14   1   2    1    2   1   0  .750  1.93
BRipken        2   0   1    1    1   1   0  .667  9.00
GPetralli      1   0   1    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
JRussell       1   0   1    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1438 162 162   99  292  31  25  .927  2.45
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Shortstop    Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .973 *4.69
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
MLee         572  65  72   96  205  10  35  .968  4.73
MDiaz        419  48  57   81  134   3  27  .986  4.61
BGil         179  20  22   27   76   5  10  .954  5.18
BRipken      127  14  18   27   49   0  12 1.000  5.37
JHuson        76   9  12   16   34   5   8  .909  5.92
JShave        62   6   9   13   20   3   6  .917  4.79
DPalmer        1   0   1    1    0   0   0 1.000  9.00
DStrange       1   0   1    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1438 162 162  261  518  26  98  .968  4.88
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field   Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .984 *2.23
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
JGonzalez   1100 129 129  266    5   4   0  .985  2.22
BDavis       172  17  23   48    0   1   0  .980  2.51
DDascenzo     72   6  16   18    2   1   1  .952  2.50
GRedus        37   4   5    7    1   0   0 1.000  1.93
CJames        27   4   4    7    0   0   0 1.000  2.27
DPeltier      10   1   2    2    0   0   0 1.000  1.80
DHarris        9   1   1    2    0   0   0 1.000  2.00
RDucey         6   0   1    3    0   0   0 1.000  4.50
JRussell       4   0   1    1    0   0   0 1.000  2.25
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1438 162 162  354    8   6   1  .984  2.27
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField  Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .986 *2.76
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
DHulse       851  96 112  244    3   3   0  .988  2.61
DDascenzo    187  19  35   48    1   0   1 1.000  2.36
DHarris      164  15  27   39    3   2   0  .955  2.30
RDucey       101  14  14   21    0   0   0 1.000  1.87
GRedus        72   8  17   29    1   0   0 1.000  3.71
BDavis        62  10  10   22    2   1   1  .960  3.48
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1438 162 162  403   10   6   2  .986  2.58
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Right Field  Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .978 *2.23
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
JCanseco     427  48  49   96    4   3   2  .971  2.10
DPeltier     353  50  54   69    4   3   2  .961  1.86
GRedus       320  36  46   69    1   2   0  .972  1.96
RDucey       101  10  13   26    1   0   0 1.000  2.39
BDavis        91   8  17   24    0   2   0  .923  2.37
DDascenzo     76   4  25   23    1   0   0 1.000  2.82
DHarris       38   3  11    6    0   1   0  .857  1.42
CJames        29   3   4    8    1   0   0 1.000  2.79
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1438 162 162  321   12  11   4  .968  2.08
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield     Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .983 *2.41  LF  CF  RF 
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+---
JGonzalez   1100 129 129  265    5   4   0  .985  2.21
DHulse       851  96 112  244    3   3   0  .988  2.61
GRedus       430  48  61  103    3   2   0  .981  2.21
JCanseco     427  48  49   94    4   3   2  .970  2.06
DPeltier     363  51  55   72    4   4   2  .950  1.88
DDascenzo    335  29  68   91    5   1   2  .990  2.57
BDavis       325  35  44   94    2   4   1  .960  2.66
DHarris      211  19  38   47    3   3   0  .943  2.13
RDucey       208  24  26   51    1   0   0 1.000  2.24
CJames        56   7   7   14    0   0   0 1.000  2.22
JRussell       4   0   1    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+---
Team Total  1438 162 162 1075   30  24   7  .979  2.31 162 162 162
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+---

Pitchers     Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .953 *1.79
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
KBrown       233  34  34   29   42   3   2  .959  2.74
KRogers      208  33  35   18   46   4   4  .941  2.77
RPavlik      166  26  26   10   27   3   2  .925  2.00
CLeibrandt   150  26  26    9   45   2   5  .964  3.23
BBohanon      92   8  36    5   18   0   3 1.000  2.23
CLefferts     83   8  52    6   12   1   0  .947  1.94
THenke        74   0  66    6   10   0   0 1.000  1.94
MWhiteside    73   0  60    5    7   2   3  .857  1.48
NRyan         66  13  13    1    4   3   0  .625  0.68
TBurns        65   5  25    6    3   2   1  .818  1.25
BPatterson    52   0  52    3    7   0   0 1.000  1.71
SDreyer       41   6  10    2    4   0   0 1.000  1.32
JBronkey      36   0  21    3   10   0   1 1.000  3.25
CCarpenter    32   0  27    1    4   0   0 1.000  1.41
MSchooler     24   0  17    1    3   0   0 1.000  1.48
RNen          22   3   9    5    2   0   1 1.000  2.78
GNelson        8   0   6    0    1   0   0 1.000  1.12
RReed          4   0   2    1    1   0   0 1.000  4.50
DOliver        3   0   2    0    1   1   0  .500  2.73
JCanseco       1   0   1    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
HFajardo       0   0   1    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1438 162 162  111  247  21  22  .945  2.24
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Des. Hitter   G
------------+---
JFranco      140
BDavis        11
JGonzalez     10
DHarris        3
SBalboni       2
DDascenzo      2
DHulse         2
JHuson         2
GPetralli      2
MLee           1
GRedus         1
IRodriguez     1
------------+---

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

Team Leaders
 Glossary - Select a player to see their individual page.

Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders
Batting AverageGonzalez.310
On-base %Palmeiro.371
Slugging %Gonzalez.632
OPSGonzalez1.000
GamesPalmeiro160
At BatsPalmeiro597
Plate Appearances (approx.)Palmeiro686
RunsPalmeiro124
HitsPalmeiro176
Total BasesGonzalez339
DoublesPalmeiro40
TriplesHulse10
Home RunsGonzalez46
RBIGonzalez118
Bases on BallsPalmeiro73
StrikeoutsPalmer154
Stolen BasesHulse29
SinglesFranco106
Adjusted OPS+Gonzalez169
Runs CreatedPalmeiro128
Adjusted Batting RunsGonzalez48
Batting WinsGonzalez4.5
Extra-Base HitsGonzalez80
Times on BasePalmeiro254
Offensive Win%Gonzalez.738
Hit By PitchGonzalez13
Sac. HitsLee9
Sac. FliesPalmeiro9
Intentional WalksPalmeiro22
Grounded into Double PlaysFranco and Rodriguez16
Caught StealingPalmer10
Power/Speed NumberPalmeiro27.6
At Bats per StrikeoutPalmeiro and Strange7.0
At Bats per Home RunGonzalez11.7
OutsPalmeiro443

 

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders
ERAPavlik3.41
WinsRogers16
Won-Loss %Pavlik.667
BB + H per IP (WHIP)Brown1.296
Hits Allowed/9IPPavlik8.17
Bases on Balls/9IPBrown2.86
Strikeouts/9IPPavlik7.09
GamesHenke66
SavesHenke40
InningsBrown233.0
StrikeoutsBrown142
Games StartedBrown34
Comp. GamesBrown12
ShutoutsBrown3
Home Runs Allow.Pavlik and Rogers18
Bases On Balls Allow.Pavlik80
Hits AllowedBrown228
SO to WalkRogers1.97
LossesBrown12
Earned Runs Allow.Rogers95
Wild PitchesBohanon10
Hit BatsmenBrown15
Batters FacedBrown1001
Games FinishedHenke60
Adjusted ERA+Pavlik122

Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

Salaries

Jose Canseco$ 4,800,000
Rafael Palmeiro$ 4,550,000
Tom Henke$ 3,777,625
Nolan Ryan$ 3,757,000
Julio Franco$ 3,000,000
Charlie Leibrandt$ 2,833,334
Kevin Brown$ 2,800,000
Manuel Lee$ 1,900,000
Craig Lefferts$ 1,100,000
Kenny Rogers$ 1,000,000
Bob Patterson$ 825,000
Geno Petralli$ 650,000
Todd Burns$ 575,000
Juan Gonzalez$ 525,000
Gary Redus$ 500,000
Doug Dascenzo$ 450,000
Jeff Huson$ 362,000
Ivan Rodriguez$ 300,000
Dean Palmer$ 275,000
Billy Ripken$ 200,000
John Russell$ 170,000
Mario Diaz$ 165,000
Brian Bohanon$ 130,000
Butch Davis$ 130,000
Roger Pavlik$ 130,000
Matt Whiteside$ 130,000
Doug Strange$ 125,000
David Hulse$ 120,000
Hector Fajardo$ 110,000
Jeff Bronkey$ 109,000
Benji Gil$ 109,000
Robb Nen$ 109,000
Darren Oliver$ 109,000
Dan Peltier$ 109,000


Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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Juan Gonzalez
Ivan Rodriguez (Starting C)

1992/1994

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