1984 Texas Rangers season

1984 Texas Rangers
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1961)
Western Division (since 1972)
Location
Arlington Stadium (since 1972)
Arlington, Texas (since 1972)
Other information
Owner(s)	Eddie Chiles
General manager(s)	Joe Klein, Tom Grieve
Manager(s)	Doug Rader
Local television	KXAS-TV HSE (Eric Nadel, Steve Busby, Merle Harmon)
Local radio	WBAP (Eric Nadel, Mark Holtz )
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The Texas Rangers 1984 season involved the Rangers’ finishing 7th 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.^[1]
• December 7, 1983: John Butcher and Mike Smithson were traded by the Rangers to the Minnesota Twins for Gary Ward and Sam Sorce (minors).^[2]
• December 8, 1983: Jim Sundberg was traded by the Rangers to the Milwaukee Brewers for Ned Yost and Dan Scarpetta (minors).^[3]
• 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.^[4]
• January 27, 1984: Tommy Boggs was signed as a free agent by the Rangers.^[5]

Regular season

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

Season standings

AL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Kansas City Royals	84	78	0.519	—	44–37	40–41
California Angels	81	81	0.500	3	37–44	44–37
Minnesota Twins	81	81	0.500	3	47–34	34–47
Oakland Athletics	77	85	0.475	7	44–37	33–48
Chicago White Sox	74	88	0.457	10	43–38	31–50
Seattle Mariners	74	88	0.457	10	42–39	32–49
Texas Rangers	69	92	0.429	14½	34–46	35–46

Record vs. opponents

1984 American League Records 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.^[6]
• 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.^[7]

Roster

1984 Texas Rangers roster
Roster
Pitchers 22 Jim Bibby 44 Danny Darwin 35 Tom Henke 45 Dwayne Henry 49 Charlie Hough 21 Odell Jones 16 Mike Mason 53 Joey McLaughlin 36 Dickie Noles 24 Dave Schmidt 31 Dave Stewart 28 Frank Tanana 41 Dave Tobik 38 Ricky Wright		Catchers 30 Marv Foley 43 Donnie Scott 7,10 Ned Yost Infielders 14 Jim Anderson  2 Alan Bannister 25 Buddy Bell 12 Dave Hostetler 20,46 Jeff Kunkel  9 Pete O'Brien  2 Mike Richardt  1 Bill Stein  3 Wayne Tolleson 19 Curtis Wilkerson		Outfielders 13 Tom Dunbar  6 Bobby Jones 15 Larry Parrish  5 Billy Sample 32 Gary Ward 26 George Wright Other batters 10 Kevin Buckley 17 Mickey Rivers		Manager 11 Doug Rader Coaches 37 Rich Donnelly 18 Glenn Ezell 22 Merv Rettenmund 52 Dick Such 42 Wayne Terwilliger

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
1B	O'Brien, PetePete O'Brien	142	520	149	.287	18	80
3B	Bell, BuddyBuddy Bell	148	553	174	.315	11	83
LF	Sample, BillyBilly Sample	130	489	121	.247	5	33
CF	Ward, GaryGary Ward	155	602	171	.284	21	79

Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Yost, NedNed Yost	80	242	44	.182	6	25
Jones, BobbyBobby Jones	64	143	37	.259	4	22
Foley, MarvMarv Foley	63	115	25	.217	6	19
Bannister, AlanAlan Bannister	47	112	33	.295	2	9
Richardt, MikeMike Richardt	6	9	1	.111	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Noles, DickieDickie Noles	18	57.2	2	3	5.15	39

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Bibby, JimJim Bibby	8	0	0	0	4.41	6

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

Notes

1. Marv Foley at Baseball Reference
2. John Butcher at Baseball Reference
3. Jim Sundberg at Baseball Reference
4. Gordon Dillard at Baseball Reference
5. Tommy Boggs at Baseball Reference
6. Mike Richardt at Baseball Reference
7. Dickie Noles at Baseball Reference

References

• 1984 Texas Rangers at Baseball Reference
• 1984 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.