# 1984 Texas Rangers season

The 1984 Texas Rangers season was the 24th of the Texas Rangers franchise overall, their 13th in Arlington as the Rangers, and the 13th season at Arlington Stadium. The Rangers finished seventh 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.
* December 7, 1983: John Butcher and Mike Smithson were traded by the Rangers to the Minnesota Twins for Gary Ward and Sam Sorce (minors).
* December 8, 1983: Jim Sundberg was traded by the Rangers to the Milwaukee Brewers for Ned Yost and Dan Scarpetta (minors).
* 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.
* January 27, 1984: Tommy Boggs was signed as a free agent by the Rangers.

## Regular season

* May 6, 1984: Cal Ripken Jr. of the Baltimore Orioles hit for the cycle in a game against the Rangers.

### Season standings

vteAL West :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Kansas City Royals | 84 | 78 | .519 | — | 44‍–‍37 | 40‍–‍41 |
| California Angels | 81 | 81 | .500 | 3 | 37‍–‍44 | 44‍–‍37 |
| Minnesota Twins | 81 | 81 | .500 | 3 | 47‍–‍34 | 34‍–‍47 |
| Oakland Athletics | 77 | 85 | .475 | 7 | 44‍–‍37 | 33‍–‍48 |
| Chicago White Sox | 74 | 88 | .457 | 10 | 43‍–‍38 | 31‍–‍50 |
| Seattle Mariners | 74 | 88 | .457 | 10 | 42‍–‍39 | 32‍–‍49 |
| Texas Rangers | 69 | 92 | .429 | 14½ | 34‍–‍46 | 35‍–‍46 |

### Record vs. opponents

1984 American League recordvte 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.
* 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.

### Roster
## Game log
### Regular season

1984 regular season game log: 69–92 (Home: 34–46; Away: 35–46) :
April: 8–14 (Home: 3–7; Away: 5–7)
#DateTime (CT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/ Streak
6April 1012:30 p.m. CST@ Tigers1–5Petry (2–0) Stewart (0–2)–2:3251,2382–4L2
7April 1212:30 p.m. CST@ Tigers4–9Morris (3–0)Tanana (0–1)–2:4819,1542–5L3
18April 257:35 p.m. CSTTigers4–9Wilcox (2–0)Stewart (0–5)Hernández (2)2:3825,8838–10L2
19April 267:35 p.m. CSTTigers5–7Bair (2–0)Tanana (2–2)López (2)2:5013,5598–11L3 :
May: 12–15 (Home: 6–8; Away: 6–7)
#DateTime (CT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/ Streak :
June: 15–15 (Home: 7–6; Away: 8–9)
#DateTime (CT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/ Streak :
July: 10–17 (Home: 5–9; Away: 5–8)
#DateTime (CT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/ Streak
84July 57:35 p.m. CDTTigers4–7López (7–0)Hough (8–7)Hernández (15)2:2615,15136–48L3
85July 67:35 p.m. CDTTigers5–3Mason (6–6)Berenguer (4–7)Schmidt (4)2:4222,37837–48W1
86July 77:35 p.m. CDTTigers2–5Rozema (5–1)Darwin (5–5)Hernández (16)2:4129,26237–49L1
87July 87:35 p.m. CDTTigers9–7Tanana (9–8)Bair (4–2)Schmidt (5)2:3716,01038–48W1
55th All-Star Game in San Francisco, CA
95July 196:35 p.m. CDT@ Tigers2–9Wilcox (9–6)Stewart (4–11)–2:3226,90840–55L2
96July 206:35 p.m. CDT@ Tigers1–3Rozema (7–1)Tanana (9–9)Hernández (18)2:1639,48440–56L3
97July 216:35 p.m. CDT@ Tigers6–7Monge (1–0)Noles (1–1)Hernández (19)2:3846,21940–57L4
98July 2212:30 p.m. CDT@ Tigers0–2Petry (13–4)Hough (10–8)Hernández (20)2:1137,84666–29L5 :
August: 15–13 (Home: 9–6; Away: 6–7)
#DateTime (CT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/ Streak :
September: 9–18 (Home: 4–10; Away: 5–7)
#DateTime (CT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/ Streak :
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement Bold = Rangers team member :

## 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 | Donnie Scott | 81 | 235 | 52 | .221 | 3 | 20 |
| 1B | Pete O'Brien | 142 | 520 | 149 | .287 | 18 | 80 |
| 2B | Wayne Tolleson | 118 | 338 | 72 | .213 | 0 | 9 |
| SS | Curt Wilkerson | 153 | 484 | 120 | .248 | 1 | 26 |
| 3B | Buddy Bell | 148 | 553 | 174 | .315 | 11 | 83 |
| LF | Billy Sample | 130 | 489 | 121 | .247 | 5 | 33 |
| CF | Gary Ward | 155 | 602 | 171 | .284 | 21 | 79 |
| RF | Larry Parrish | 156 | 613 | 175 | .285 | 22 | 101 |
| DH | Mickey Rivers | 102 | 313 | 94 | .300 | 4 | 33 |

#### 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 |
| George Wright | 101 | 383 | 93 | .243 | 9 | 48 |
| Ned Yost | 80 | 242 | 44 | .182 | 6 | 25 |
| Bobby Jones | 64 | 143 | 37 | .259 | 4 | 22 |
| Jeff Kunkel | 50 | 142 | 29 | .204 | 3 | 7 |
| Marv Foley | 63 | 115 | 25 | .217 | 6 | 19 |
| Alan Bannister | 47 | 112 | 33 | .295 | 2 | 9 |
| Tom Dunbar | 34 | 97 | 25 | .258 | 2 | 10 |
| Dave Hostetler | 37 | 82 | 18 | .220 | 3 | 10 |
| Jim Anderson | 39 | 47 | 5 | .106 | 0 | 1 |
| Bill Stein | 27 | 43 | 12 | .279 | 0 | 3 |
| Mike Richardt | 6 | 9 | 1 | .111 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Buckley | 5 | 7 | 2 | .286 | 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 |
| Charlie Hough | 36 | 266.0 | 16 | 14 | 3.76 | 164 |
| Frank Tanana | 35 | 246.1 | 15 | 15 | 3.25 | 141 |
| Danny Darwin | 35 | 223.2 | 8 | 12 | 3.94 | 123 |
| Dave Stewart | 32 | 192.1 | 7 | 14 | 4.73 | 119 |
| Mike Mason | 36 | 184.1 | 9 | 13 | 3.61 | 113 |

#### 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 |
| Dickie Noles | 18 | 57.2 | 2 | 3 | 5.15 | 39 |
| Ricky Wright | 8 | 14.2 | 0 | 2 | 6.14 | 6 |

#### 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 |
| Dave Schmidt | 43 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 2.56 | 46 |
| Odell Jones | 33 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3.64 | 28 |
| Tom Henke | 25 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6.35 | 25 |
| Dave Tobik | 24 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3.61 | 30 |
| Joey McLaughlin | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4.41 | 21 |
| Jim Bibby | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.41 | 6 |
| Dwayne Henry | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8.31 | 2 |

### 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 |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Tri-City, GCL Rangers