# 1994 Texas Rangers season

The 1994 Texas Rangers season was cut short by the infamous 1994 player's strike. At the time when the strike began, the Rangers were leading the American League West with a record of 52 wins and 62 losses. It was their first season at The Ballpark in Arlington.

## Offseason

* November 22, 1993: Will Clark was signed as a free agent by the Rangers.
* December 18, 1993: Billy Ripken was signed as a free agent by the Rangers.

## Regular season

Despite compiling a record of just 52-62 by Friday, August 12, the Rangers were actually leading the AL West Division. They had scored 613 runs (5.38 per game) and allowed 697 runs (6.11 per game).
The Rangers' pitching struggled over the course of the strike-shortened season, finishing 1st in most runs allowed (697) and most home runs allowed (157). However on July 28, Kenny Rogers pitched the 14th perfect game in Major League Baseball history, blanking the California Angels 4–0 at The Ballpark at Arlington. Needing 98 pitches to complete his masterpiece, Rogers struck out eight batters. He also survived three-ball counts to seven Angel hitters.

### Season standings

vteAL West :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Texas Rangers | 52 | 62 | .456 | — | 31‍–‍32 | 21‍–‍30 |
| Oakland Athletics | 51 | 63 | .447 | 1 | 24‍–‍32 | 27‍–‍31 |
| Seattle Mariners | 49 | 63 | .438 | 2 | 22‍–‍22 | 27‍–‍41 |
| California Angels | 47 | 68 | .409 | 5½ | 23‍–‍40 | 24‍–‍28 |
vteDivision leaders :
| Team | W | L | Pct. |
| New York Yankees | 70 | 43 | .619 |
| Chicago White Sox | 67 | 46 | .593 |
| Texas Rangers | 52 | 62 | .456 |
vteWild Card team (Top team qualifies for postseason) :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB |
| Cleveland Indians | 66 | 47 | .584 | — |
| Baltimore Orioles | 63 | 49 | .562 | 2½ |
| Kansas City Royals | 64 | 51 | .557 | 3 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 55 | 60 | .478 | 12 |
| Boston Red Sox | 54 | 61 | .470 | 13 |
| Minnesota Twins | 53 | 60 | .469 | 13 |
| Detroit Tigers | 53 | 62 | .461 | 14 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 53 | 62 | .461 | 14 |
| Oakland Athletics | 51 | 63 | .447 | 15½ |
| Seattle Mariners | 49 | 63 | .438 | 16½ |
| California Angels | 47 | 68 | .409 | 20 |

### Record vs. opponents

1994 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BAL | BOS | CAL | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIL | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TEX | TOR |
| Baltimore | — | 4–2 | 8–4 | 2–4 | 4–6 | 3–4 | 4–1 | 7–3 | 4–5 | 4–6 | 7–5 | 4–6 | 3–3 | 7–2 |
| Boston | 2–4 | — | 7–5 | 2–4 | 3–7 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 5–5 | 1–8 | 3–7 | 9–3 | 6–6 | 1–5 | 7–3 |
| California | 4–8 | 5–7 | — | 5–5 | 0–5 | 3–4 | 6–4 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 4–8 | 3–6 | 2–7 | 6–4 | 3–4 |
| Chicago | 4–2 | 4–2 | 5–5 | — | 7–5 | 8–4 | 3–7 | 9–3 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 6–3 | 9–1 | 4–5 | 2–3 |
| Cleveland | 6–4 | 7–3 | 5–0 | 5–7 | — | 8–2 | 1–4 | 5–2 | 9–3 | 0–9 | 6–0 | 3–2 | 5–7 | 6–4 |
| Detroit | 4–3 | 2–4 | 4–3 | 4–8 | 2–8 | — | 4–8 | 6–4 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 5–4 | 6–3 | 5–7 | 5–4 |
| Kansas City | 1–4 | 2–4 | 4–6 | 7–3 | 4–1 | 8–4 | — | 5–7 | 6–4 | 4–2 | 7–3 | 6–4 | 4–3 | 6–6 |
| Milwaukee | 3–7 | 5–5 | 3–3 | 3–9 | 2–5 | 4–6 | 7–5 | — | 6–6 | 2–7 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 7–3 |
| Minnesota | 5–4 | 8–1 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 3–9 | 3–3 | 4–6 | 6–6 | — | 4–5 | 2–5 | 3–3 | 4–5 | 4–8 |
| New York | 6–4 | 7–3 | 8–4 | 2–4 | 9–0 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 7–2 | 5–4 | — | 7–5 | 8–4 | 3–2 | 3–4 |
| Oakland | 5–7 | 3–9 | 6–3 | 3–6 | 0–6 | 4–5 | 3–7 | 1–4 | 5–2 | 5–7 | — | 4–3 | 7–3 | 5–1 |
| Seattle | 4–6 | 6–6 | 7–2 | 1–9 | 2–3 | 3–6 | 4–6 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 4–8 | 3–4 | — | 9–1 | 1–5 |
| Texas | 3–3 | 5–1 | 4–6 | 5–4 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 3–4 | 3–3 | 5–4 | 2–3 | 3–7 | 1–9 | — | 4–8 |
| Toronto | 2–7 | 3–7 | 4–3 | 3–2 | 4–6 | 4–5 | 6–6 | 3–7 | 8–4 | 4–3 | 1–5 | 5–1 | 8–4 | — |

### Notable transactions

* June 2, 1994: Scott Podsednik was drafted by the Rangers in the 3rd round of the 1994 Major League Baseball draft. Player signed June 5, 1994.
* June 29, 1994: Tim Leary was signed as a free agent by the Rangers.

### 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 | 99 | 363 | 108 | .298 | 16 | 57 |
| 1B | Will Clark | 110 | 389 | 128 | .329 | 13 | 80 |
| 2B | Jeff Frye | 57 | 205 | 67 | .327 | 0 | 18 |
| SS | Manuel Lee | 95 | 335 | 93 | .278 | 2 | 38 |
| 3B | Dean Palmer | 93 | 342 | 84 | .246 | 19 | 59 |
| LF | Juan González | 107 | 422 | 116 | .275 | 19 | 85 |
| CF | David Hulse | 77 | 310 | 79 | .255 | 1 | 19 |
| RF | Rusty Greer | 80 | 277 | 87 | .314 | 10 | 46 |
| DH | Jose Canseco | 111 | 429 | 121 | .282 | 31 | 90 |

#### 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 |
| Doug Strange | 73 | 226 | 48 | .212 | 5 | 26 |
| Oddibe McDowell | 59 | 183 | 48 | .262 | 1 | 15 |
| Chris James | 52 | 133 | 34 | .256 | 7 | 19 |
| Esteban Beltré | 48 | 131 | 37 | .282 | 0 | 12 |
| Billy Ripken | 32 | 81 | 25 | .309 | 0 | 6 |
| Junior Ortiz | 29 | 76 | 21 | .276 | 0 | 9 |
| Gary Redus | 18 | 33 | 9 | .273 | 0 | 2 |
| Rob Ducey | 11 | 29 | 5 | .172 | 0 | 1 |
| Butch Davis | 4 | 17 | 4 | .235 | 0 | 0 |
| Chuck Jackson | 1 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 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 |
| Kevin Brown | 26 | 170.0 | 7 | 9 | 4.82 | 123 |
| Kenny Rogers | 24 | 167.1 | 11 | 8 | 4.46 | 120 |
| John Dettmer | 11 | 54.0 | 0 | 6 | 4.33 | 27 |
| Rick Helling | 9 | 52.0 | 3 | 2 | 5.88 | 25 |
| Roger Pavlik | 11 | 50.1 | 2 | 5 | 7.69 | 31 |
| Bruce Hurst | 8 | 38.0 | 2 | 1 | 7.11 | 24 |
| Jack Armstrong | 2 | 10.0 | 0 | 1 | 3.60 | 7 |

#### 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 |
| Héctor Fajardo | 18 | 83.1 | 5 | 7 | 6.91 | 45 |
| Brian Bohanon | 11 | 37.1 | 2 | 2 | 7.23 | 26 |
| Tim Leary | 6 | 21.0 | 1 | 1 | 8.14 | 9 |
| Steve Dreyer | 5 | 17.1 | 1 | 1 | 5.71 | 11 |
| Rick Reed | 4 | 16.2 | 1 | 1 | 5.94 | 12 |

#### 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 |
| Tom Henke | 37 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 3.79 | 39 |
| Matt Whiteside | 47 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5.02 | 37 |
| Cris Carpenter | 47 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5.03 | 39 |
| Darren Oliver | 43 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3.42 | 50 |
| Rick Honeycutt | 42 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7.20 | 18 |
| Jay Howell | 40 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5.44 | 22 |
| Dan Smith | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4.30 | 9 |
| James Hurst | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.13 | 5 |
| Duff Brumley | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.20 | 4 |
| Terry Burrows | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 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 | Bobby Jones |
| AA | Tulsa Drillers | Texas League | Stan Cliburn |
| A | Charlotte Rangers | Florida State League | Tommy Thompson |
| A | Charleston RiverDogs | South Atlantic League | Walt Williams |
| A-Short Season | Hudson Valley Renegades | New York–Penn League | Doug Sisson |
| Rookie | GCL Rangers | Gulf Coast League | Chino Cadahia |