1990 Texas Rangers season

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

Offseason[]

Regular season[]

  • June 11, 1990: Nolan Ryan threw his sixth no-hitter against the Oakland Athletics.[2]
  • July 30, 1990: Nolan Ryan earned his 300th win against the Milwaukee Brewers.

Season standings[]

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AL West 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Oakland Athletics 103 59 0.636 — 51–30 52–29
Chicago White Sox 94 68 0.580 9 49–31 45–37
Texas Rangers 83 79 0.512 20 47–35 36–44
California Angels 80 82 0.494 23 42–39 38–43
Seattle Mariners 77 85 0.475 26 38–43 39–42
Kansas City Royals 75 86 0.466 27½ 45–36 30–50
Minnesota Twins 74 88 0.457 29 41–40 33–48

Record vs. opponents[]

1990 American League Records
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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 7–5 6–6 6–7 6–7 8–3 7–6 6–6 6–7 4–8 3–9 8–4 5–8
Boston 9–4 — 7–5 6–6 9–4 8–5 4–8 5–8 4–8 9–4 4–8 8–4 5–7 10–3
California 5–7 5–7 — 5–8 7–5 5–7 7–6 7–5 9–4 6–6 4–9 5–8 8–5 7–5
Chicago 6–6 6–6 8–5 — 5–7 5–7 9–4 10–2 7–6 10–2 8–5 8–5 7–6 5–7
Cleveland 7–6 4–9 5–7 7–5 — 5–8 6–6 9–4 7–5 5–8 4–8 7–5 7–5 4–9
Detroit 7–6 5–8 7–5 7–5 8–5 — 5���7 3–10 6–6 7–6 6–6 7–5 6–6 5–8
Kansas City 3–8 8–4 6–7 4–9 6–6 7–5 — 4–8 8–5 8–4 4–9 7–6 5–8 5–7
Milwaukee 6–7 8–5 5–7 2–10 4–9 10–3 8–4 — 4–8 6–7 5–7 4–8 5–7 7–6
Minnesota 6–6 8–4 4–9 6–7 5–7 6–6 5–8 8–4 — 6–6 6–7 6–7 5–8 3–9
New York 7–6 4–9 6–6 2–10 8–5 6–7 4–8 7–6 6–6 — 0–12 9–3 3–9 5–8
Oakland 8–4 8–4 9–4 5–8 8–4 6–6 9–4 7–5 7–6 12–0 — 9–4 8–5 7–5
Seattle 9–3 4–8 8–5 5–8 5–7 5–7 6–7 8–4 7–6 3–9 4–9 — 7–6 6–6
Texas 4–8 7–5 5–8 6–7 5–7 6–6 8–5 7–5 8–5 9–3 5–8 6–7 — 7–5
Toronto 8–5 3–10 5–7 7–5 9–4 8–5 7–5 6–7 9–3 8–5 5–7 6–6 5–7 —


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
  •  2 Bobby Valentine

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 Geno Petralli 133 325 83 .255 0 21
1B Rafael Palmeiro 154 598 191 .319 14 89
2B Julio Franco 157 582 172 .296 11 69
3B Steve Buechele 91 251 54 .215 7 30
SS Jeff Huson 145 396 95 .240 0 28
LF Pete Incaviglia 153 529 123 .233 24 85
CF Gary Pettis 136 423 101 .239 3 31
RF Rubén Sierra 159 608 170 .280 16 96
DH Harold Baines 103 321 93 .290 13 44

Other batters[]

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Jack Daugherty 125 310 93 .300 6 47
Jeff Kunkel 99 200 34 .170 3 17
Mike Stanley 103 189 47 .249 2 19
Scott Coolbaugh 67 180 36 .200 2 13
John Russell 68 128 35 .273 2 8
Kevin Reimer 64 100 26 .260 2 15
Juan González 25 90 26 .289 4 12
Gary Green 62 88 19 .216 0 8
Cecil Espy 52 71 9 .127 0 1
Thad Bosley 30 29 4 .138 1 3
Chad Kreuter 22 22 1 .045 0 2
Kevin Belcher 16 15 2 .133 0 0
Bill Haselman 7 13 2 .154 0 3

Pitching[]

Starting pitchers[]

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Bobby Witt 33 222 17 10 3.36 221
Charlie Hough 32 218.2 12 12 4.07 114
Nolan Ryan 30 204 13 9 3.44 232
Kevin Brown 26 180 12 10 3.60 88
Scott Chiamparino 6 37.2 1 2 2.63 19

Other pitchers[]

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Mike Jeffcoat 44 110.2 5 6 4.47 58
Jamie Moyer 33 102.1 2 6 4.66 58
Brian Bohanon 11 34 0 3 6.62 15
Gerald Alexander 3 7 0 0 7.71 8

Relief pitchers[]

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Kenny Rogers 69 10 6 15 3.13 74
Brad Arnsberg 53 6 1 5 2.15 44
John Barfield 33 4 3 1 4.67 17
Gary Mielke 33 0 3 0 3.73 13
Jeff Russell 27 1 5 10 4.26 16
Craig McMurtry 23 0 3 0 4.32 14
Joe Bitker 5 0 0 0 3.00 6
John Hoover 2 0 0 0 11.57 0
Ramón Mañón 1 0 0 0 13.50 0

Awards and honors[]

  • Julio Franco, Silver Slugger Award
  • Julio Franco – All-Star Game Most Valuable Player
  • Rafael Palmeiro, American League Leader in Hits (191)
  • Gary Pettis, OF, AL Gold Glove
  • Nolan Ryan – American League Leader Strikeouts (232)

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. ^ a b c Baseball Almanac – Box Score of Nolan Ryan No-Hitter (Sixth)
  3. ^ Dan Smith at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ Rusty Greer at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ a b 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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