# 1995 Texas Rangers season

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

* October 14, 1994: Rob Ducey was purchased by the Nippon Ham Fighters (Japan Pacific) from the Texas Rangers.
* December 9, 1994: José Canseco was traded by the Rangers to the Boston Red Sox for Otis Nixon and Luis Ortiz.
* January 26, 1995: Rick Schu was signed as a free agent by the Rangers.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAL 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 | 4½ | 41‍–‍31 | 33‍–‍39 |
| Oakland Athletics | 67 | 77 | .465 | 11½ | 38‍–‍34 | 29‍–‍43 |

### Record vs. opponents

1995 American League recordvte Sources: :
| 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

* April 13, 1995: Mickey Tettleton was signed as a free agent by the Rangers.
* May 16, 1995: John Dettmer was traded by the Rangers to the Baltimore Orioles for Jack Voigt.
* July 20, 1995: Sam Horn was signed as a free agent by the Rangers.
* July 31, 1995: Danny Darwin was signed as a free agent by the Rangers.
* August 31, 1995: Jack Voigt was traded by the Rangers to the Boston Red Sox for Chris Howard.

### 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
## 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

* Iván Rodríguez, C, Gold Glove
* Iván Rodríguez, Silver Slugger Award
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 |