The Texas Rangers 1993 season involved the Rangers finishing second in the American League West with a record of 86 wins and 76 losses. Before the 1993 season, Nolan Ryan announced his retirement, effective at the end of that season. It would also be the team's final year at Arlington Stadium before moving to The Ballpark in Arlington.

Offseason

December 15, 1992: Tom Henke was signed as a free agent with the Texas Rangers.^[1]
December 18, 1992: Rob Ducey was signed as a free agent with the Texas Rangers. ^[2]
December 19, 1992: Manuel Lee was signed as a free agent with the Texas Rangers.^[3]
December 19, 1992: Doug Dascenzo was signed as a free agent with the Texas Rangers.^[4]
January 13, 1993: Mario Díaz was signed as a free agent with the Texas Rangers.^[5]
February 1, 1993: Billy Ripken was signed as a free agent with the Texas Rangers.^[6]
February 8, 1993: Steve Balboni was signed as a free agent with the Texas Rangers.^[7]
March 22, 1993: Mike Schooler was signed as a free agent with the Texas Rangers.^[8]

Regular season

On May 26, 1993, during a game against the Cleveland Indians, Carlos Martínez hit a fly ball that Canseco lost in the lights as he was crossing the warning track. The ball hit him in the head and bounced over the wall for a home run. The cap [1] Jose was wearing on that play, which This Week in Baseball rated in 1998 as the greatest blooper of the show's first 21 years, is in the Seth Swirsky collection. After the incident, the Harrisburg Heat offered him a soccer contract.^[9]
May 29, 1993 – José Canseco asked his manager, Kevin Kennedy, to let him pitch the eighth inning of a runaway loss to the Boston Red Sox. While pitching, he injured his arm, underwent Tommy John surgery, and was lost for the remainder of the season, leading him to suffer further indignity and ridicule.
On August 4, just before the end, Ryan had yet another high-profile moment – this time an on-the-mound fight. After Ryan hit Robin Ventura of the Chicago White Sox, Ventura charged the mound in order to fight Ryan, who was 20 years his senior. Ryan secured the 26-year-old Ventura in a headlock with his left arm, while pummelling Ventura's head with his right fist six times before catcher Iván Rodríguez was able to pull Ventura away from Ryan. Ryan stated afterwards it was the same maneuver he used on steers he had to brand on his Texas ranch. Videos of the incident were played that evening throughout the country. While Ventura and White Sox manager Gene Lamont were ejected, Ryan–who had barely moved from his spot on the mound in the fracas–was allowed to remain in the game and pitched hitless ball the rest of the way. Ryan had determined to be more aggressive after coming out on the wrong side of an altercation with Dave Winfield's beating in 1980.^[10]
September 17, 1993: Greg Myers of the Angels was the final strikeout victim of Nolan Ryan.^[11] It would be Ryan's 5,714th strikeout.
On September 22, 1993, Nolan Ryan's arm finally gave out. In Seattle, Ryan tore a ligament, ending his career two starts earlier than planned. Briefly attempting to pitch past the injury, Ryan threw one further pitch after tearing his ligament; with his injured arm, his final pitch was measured at 98 miles per hour. Ryan's last start was his worst; he allowed a single, four walks, and a grand slam in the top of the first without recording an out. (Ryan left trailing 5-0, and the fourth walk was completed by a reliever after Ryan's injury, but credited to Ryan.)

Season standings

v t e AL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago White Sox	94	68	0.580	—	45–36	49–32
Texas Rangers	86	76	0.531	8	50–31	36–45
Kansas City Royals	84	78	0.519	10	43–38	41–40
Seattle Mariners	82	80	0.506	12	46–35	36–45
California Angels	71	91	0.438	23	44–37	27–54
Minnesota Twins	71	91	0.438	23	36–45	35–46
Oakland Athletics	68	94	0.420	26	38–43	30–51

Record vs. opponents

1993 American League record v t e Sources: [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15]
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIL	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TEX	TOR
Baltimore	—	6–7	7–5	4–8	8–5	5–8	7–5	8–5	8–4	6–7	10–2	7–5	4–8	5–8
Boston	7–6	—	7–5	7–5	5–8	6–7	5–7	5–8	7–5	6–7	9–3	7–5	6–6	3–10
California	5–7	5–7	—	7–6	5–7	4–8	6–7	7–5	4–9	6–6	6–7	6–7	6–7	4–8
Chicago	8–4	5–7	6–7	—	9–3	7–5	6–7	9–3	10–3	4–8	7–6	9–4	8–5	6–6
Cleveland	5–8	8–5	7–5	3–9	—	6–7	7–5	8–5	4–8	6–7	8–4	3–9	7–5	4–9
Detroit	8–5	7–6	8–4	5–7	7–6	—	5–7	8–5	6–6	4–9	8–4	7–5	6–6	6–7
Kansas City	5–7	7–5	7–6	7–6	5–7	7–5	—	5–7	7–6	6–6	6–7	7–6	7–6	8–4
Milwaukee	5–8	8–5	5–7	3–9	5–8	5–8	7–5	—	7–5	4–9	7–5	4–8	4–8	5–8
Minnesota	4–8	5–7	9–4	3–10	8–4	6–6	6–7	5–7	—	4–8	8–5	4–9	7–6	2–10
New York	7–6	7–6	6–6	8–4	7–6	9–4	6–6	9–4	8–4	—	6–6	7–5	3–9	5–8
Oakland	2–10	3–9	7–6	6–7	4–8	4–8	7–6	5–7	5–8	6–6	—	9–4	5–8	5–7
Seattle	5–7	5–7	7–6	4–9	9–3	5–7	6–7	8–4	9–4	5–7	4–9	—	8–5	7–5
Texas	8–4	6–6	7–6	5–8	5–7	6–6	6–7	8–4	6–7	9–3	8–5	5–8	—	7–5
Toronto	8–5	10–3	8–4	6–6	9–4	7–6	4–8	8–5	10–2	8–5	7–5	5–7	5–7	—

Notable transactions

September 11, 1993: Mike Schooler was released by the Texas Rangers.^[8]

Roster

1993 Texas Rangers

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

36 Steve Balboni
14 Julio Franco

Manager

44 Kevin Kennedy

Coaches

43 Mickey Hatcher (First Base)
47 Perry Hill (Assistant)
42 Jackie Moore (Bench)
26 Dave Oliver (Third Base)
48 Claude Osteen (Pitching)
46 Willie Upshaw (Hitting)

Game log

Regular season

1993 regular season game log: 86–76 (Home: 50–31; Away: 36–45)

April: 11–10 (Home: 5–4; Away: 6–6)

#	Date	Opponent
1	April 5	@ Orioles
2	April 7	@ Orioles
3	April 9	Red Sox
4	April 10	Red Sox
5	April 11	Red Sox
6	April 12	Orioles
7	April 13	Orioles
8	April 14	Orioles
9	April 16	@ Yankees
10	April 17	@ Yankees
11	April 18	@ Yankees
12	April 20	@ Tigers
13	April 21	@ Tigers
14	April 23	@ Brewers
15	April 24	@ Brewers
16	April 25	@ Brewers
17	April 26	@ Blue Jays
18	April 27	@ Blue Jays
19	April 28	Tigers
20	April 29	Tigers
21	April 30	Brewers

May: 14–14 (Home: 9–6; Away: 5–8)

#	Date	Time (CT)	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Time of Game	Attendance	Record	Box/ Streak
22	May 1		Brewers
23	May 2		Brewers
24	May 3		Brewers
25	May 4		Blue Jays
26	May 5		Blue Jays
27	May 7	7:35 p.m. CDT	@ Royals	L 4–9	Pichardo (2–1)	Ryan (1–2)	–	2:54	33,350	15–12	L1
–	May 8		@ Royals	Postponed (Rain) (Makeup date: July 26)
28	May 9	4:14 p.m. CDT	@ Royals	W 2–1	Brown (4–1)	Cone (0–5)	–	2:13	17,967	16–12	W1
29	May 10		@ Athletics
30	May 11		@ Athletics
31	May 12		@ Athletics
32	May 13		@ Athletics
33	May 14	7:35 p.m. CDT	White Sox	L 0–4	McDowell (7–1)	Brown (4–2)	–	2:17	31,676	18–15	L1
34	May 15	7:05 p.m. CDT	White Sox	W 6–4 (11)	Henke (2–1)	Jones (0–1)	–	3:04	38,053	19–15	W1
35	May 16	2:05 p.m. CDT	White Sox	L 8–15	Fernandez (5–2)	Rogers (3–3)	Thigpen (1)	3:11	33,786	19–16	L1
36	May 17		Mariners
37	May 18		Mariners
38	May 19		Mariners
39	May 20		Mariners
40	May 21		Angels
41	May 22		Angels
42	May 23		Angels
43	May 24		@ Indians
44	May 25		@ Indians
45	May 26		@ Indians
46	May 28		@ Red Sox
47	May 29		@ Red Sox
48	May 30		@ Red Sox
49	May 31		@ Twins

June: 10–16 (Home: 8–6; Away: 2–10)

#	Date	Time (CT)	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Time of Game	Attendance	Record	Box/ Streak
50	June 1		@ Twins
51	June 2		@ Twins
52	June 4		Yankees
53	June 5		Yankees
54	June 6		Yankees
55	June 7		Twins
56	June 8		Twins
–	June 9		Twins	Postponed (Rain) (Makeup date: September 10)
57	June 10		Twins
58	June 11		Indians
59	June 12		Indians
60	June 13		Indians
61	June 14		@ Angels
62	June 15		@ Angels
63	June 16		@ Angels
64	June 17		@ Angels
65	June 18		@ Mariners
66	June 19		@ Mariners
67	June 20		@ Mariners
68	June 21	7:06 p.m. CDT	@ White Sox	L 6–7	McDowell (11–4)	Brown (5–6)	Hernández (12)	2:50	40,614	31–37	L4
69	June 22	7:26 p.m. CDT	@ White Sox	L 2–3	Pall (2–2)	Henke (4–2)	–	3:01	36,757	31–38	L5
70	June 23	12:37 p.m. CDT	@ White Sox	L 4–7	Bere (3–1)	Pavlik (3–4)	–	2:58	32,612	31–39	L6
–	June 25		Athletics	Postponed (Rain) (Makeup date: September 28)
71	June 26		Athletics
72	June 27		Athletics
73	June 28	7:35 p.m. CDT	Royals	L 2–4	Haney (4–1)	Rogers (5–6)	Montgomery (23)	2:54	21,505	33–40	L1
74	June 29	7:35 p.m. CDT	Royals	W 4–3	Patterson (2–2)	Sampen (2–1)	Henke (14)	3:06	24,855	34–40	W1
75	June 30	7:35 p.m. CDT	Royals	W 5–4	Bohanon (3–1)	Gardner (4–5)	Henke (15)	2:53	36,901	35–40	W2

July: 17–11 (Home: 5–5; Away: 12–6)

#	Date	Time (CT)	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Time of Game	Attendance	Record	Box/ Streak
76	July 1		@ Tigers
77	July 2		@ Tigers
78	July 3		@ Tigers
79	July 4		@ Tigers
80	July 5		@ Brewers
81	July 6		@ Brewers
82	July 7		@ Brewers
83	July 8		@ Blue Jays
84	July 9		@ Blue Jays
85	July 10		@ Blue Jays
86	July 11		@ Blue Jays
64th All-Star Game in Baltimore, Maryland
87	July 15		Tigers
88	July 16		Tigers
89	July 17		Tigers
90	July 18		Tigers
91	July 20		Brewers
92	July 21		Brewers
93	July 22		Blue Jays
94	July 23		Blue Jays
95	July 24		Blue Jays
96	July 25		Blue Jays
97 (1)	July 26	5:06 p.m. CDT	@ Royals	L 3–12	Haney (7–2)	Brown (7–7)	–	2:58	–	49–48	L3
98 (2)	July 26	8:38 p.m. CDT	@ Royals	5–6	Rasmussen (1–2)	Bohanon (4–2)	Montgomery (31)	2:37	35,882	49–49	L4
99	July 27	7:35 p.m. CDT	@ Royals	W 1–0	Rogers (8–6)	Appier (11–5)	Henke (22)	2:18	22,415	50–49	W1
100	July 28	7:35 p.m. CDT	@ Royals	W 10–3	Pavlik (6–5)	Pichardo (5–7)	–	2:56	23,503	51–49	W2
101	July 29	1:35 p.m. CDT	@ Royals	L 4–9	Gordon (6–2)	Leibrandt (9–7)	Gubicza (1)	2:51	28,847	51–50	L1
102	July 30		@ Athletics
103	July 31		@ Athletics

August: 17–12 (Home: 11–5; Away: 6–7)

#	Date	Time (CT)	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Time of Game	Attendance	Record	Box/ Streak
104	August 1		@ Athletics
105	August 2	7:35 p.m. CDT	White Sox	W 9–8	Henke (5–3)	Schwarz (2–2)	–	3:52	28,436	53–52	W1
106	August 3	7:36 p.m. CDT	White Sox	L 6–11	McCaskill (3–7)	Leibrandt (9–8)	–	2:54	29,487	53–53	L1
107	August 4	7:36 p.m. CDT	White Sox	W 5–2	Ryan (3–3)	Fernandez (12–6)	Henke (23)	2:42	32,312	54–53	W1
108	August 5	7:37 p.m. CDT	White Sox	W 7–1	Brown (9–7)	Belcher (9–7)	Carpenter (1)	2:51	35,413	55–53	W2
109	August 6		Mariners
110	August 7		Mariners
111	August 8		Mariners
112	August 10		Angels
113	August 11		Angels
114	August 12		Angels
115	August 13		@ Indians
116	August 14		@ Indians
117	August 15		@ Indians
–	August 16		@ Yankees	Postponed (Rain) (Makeup date: August 17)
118 (1)	August 17		@ Yankees
119 (2)	August 17		@ Yankees
120	August 18		@ Yankees
121	August 20		@ Orioles
122	August 21		@ Orioles
123	August 22		@ Orioles
124	August 23		@ Orioles
125	August 24		Red Sox
126	August 25		Red Sox
127	August 26		Red Sox
128	August 27		Orioles
129	August 28		Orioles
130	August 29		Orioles
131	August 30		@ Red Sox
132	August 31		@ Red Sox

September: 16–11 (Home: 11–3; Away: 5–8)

#	Date	Time (CT)	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Time of Game	Attendance	Record	Box/ Streak
133	September 1		@ Red Sox
134	September 3		@ Twins
135	September 4		@ Twins
136	September 5		@ Twins
137	September 6		Yankees
138	September 7		Yankees
139	September 8		Yankees
140 (1)	September 10		Twins
141 (2)	September 10		Twins
142	September 11		Twins
143	September 12		Twins
144	September 13		Indians
145	September 14		Indians
146	September 15		Indians
147	September 17		@ Angels
148	September 18		@ Angels
149	September 19		@ Angels
150	September 20		@ Mariners
151	September 21		@ Mariners
152	September 22		@ Mariners
153	September 24	7:07 p.m. CDT	@ White Sox	L 4–5	Hernández (3–4)	Patterson (2–4)	–	2:52	41,730	81–72	L3
–	September 25		@ White Sox	Postponed (Rain) (Makeup date: September 26)
154 (1)	September 26	11:37 a.m. CDT	@ White Sox	L 3–5	Bere (11–5)	Rogers (15–10)	Hernández (37)	3:13	–	81–73	L4
155 (2)	September 26	3:23 p.m. CDT	@ White Sox	W 3–2	Pavlik (11–6)	Fernandez (17–9)	Henke (39)	3:04	42,034	82–73	W1
156 (1)	September 28		Athletics
157 (2)	September 28		Athletics
158	September 29		Athletics
159	September 30		Athletics

October: 1–2 (Home: 1–2; Away: 0–0)

#	Date	Time (CT)	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Time of Game	Attendance	Record	Box/ Streak
160	October 1	7:37 p.m. CDT	Royals	W 2–0	Pavlik (12–6)	Cone (11–14)	Henke (40)	2:21	40,735	86–74	W3
161	October 2	3:07 p.m. CDT	Royals	L 4–7	Gordon (12–6)	Brown (15–12)	Montgomery (44)	2:58	41,074	86–75	L1
162	October 3	2:05 p.m. CDT	Royals	L 1–4	Appier (18–8)	Dreyer (3–3)	Montgomery (45)	2:16	41,039	86–76	L2

Legend: = Win = Loss = Postponement
Bold = Rangers team member

Detailed records

American League
Opponent	W	L	WP	RS	RA
AL East
Baltimore Orioles	8	4	0.667	82	54
Boston Red Sox	6	6	0.500	51	60
Cleveland Indians	5	7	0.417	60	53
Detroit Tigers	6	6	0.500	68	59
Milwaukee Brewers	8	4	0.667	82	37
New York Yankees	9	3	0.750	67	47
Toronto Blue Jays	7	5	0.583	71	58
Total	49	35	0.583	481	368
AL West
California Angels	7	6	0.538	69	54
Chicago White Sox	5	8	0.385	63	74
Kansas City Royals	6	7	0.462	47	62
Minnesota Twins	6	7	0.462	54	58
Oakland Athletics	8	5	0.615	73	63
Seattle Mariners	5	8	0.385	48	72
Texas Rangers
Total	37	41	0.474	354	383
Season Total	86	76	0.531	835	751

Month	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
April	21	11	10	0.524	108	77
May	28	14	14	0.500	130	144
June	26	10	16	0.385	129	135
July	28	17	11	0.607	172	138
August	29	17	12	0.586	158	129
September	27	16	11	0.593	131	117
October	3	1	2	0.333	7	11
Total	162	86	76	0.531	835	751

Total	162	86	76	0.531	835	751
	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
Home	81	50	31	0.617	414	341
Away	81	36	45	0.444	421	410

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

Batting

Starters by position

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Pos	Player	G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
C	Iván Rodríguez	137	473	56	129	.273	10	66	7
1B	Rafael Palmeiro	160	597	124	176	.295	37	105	7
2B	Doug Strange	145	484	58	124	.256	7	60	6
3B	Dean Palmer	148	519	88	127	.245	33	96	11
SS	Manuel Lee	73	205	31	45	.220	1	12	2
LF	Juan González	140	536	105	166	.310	46	118	4
CF	David Hulse	114	407	71	118	.290	1	29	29
RF	Jose Canseco	60	231	30	59	.255	10	46	6
DH	Julio Franco	144	532	85	154	.289	14	84	9

^[12]

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
Gary Redus	77	222	28	64	.288	6	31	4
Mario Díaz	71	205	24	56	.273	2	24	1
Dan Peltier	65	160	23	43	.269	1	17	0
Butch Davis	62	159	24	39	.245	3	20	3
Doug Dascenzo	76	146	20	29	.199	2	10	2
Geno Petralli	59	133	16	32	.241	1	13	2
Billy Ripken	50	132	12	25	.189	0	11	0
Rob Ducey	27	85	15	24	.282	2	9	2
Donald Harris	40	76	10	15	.197	1	8	0
Benji Gil	22	57	3	7	.123	0	2	1
Jon Shave	17	47	3	15	.319	0	7	1
Jeff Huson	23	45	3	6	.133	0	2	0
Chris James	8	31	5	11	.355	3	7	0
John Russell	18	22	1	5	.227	1	3	0
Steve Balboni	2	5	0	3	.600	0	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	34	233.0	15	12	3.59	142
Kenny Rogers	35	208.1	16	10	4.10	140
Roger Pavlik	26	166.1	12	6	3.41	131
Charlie Leibrandt	26	150.1	9	10	4.55	89
Nolan Ryan	13	66.1	5	5	4.88	46

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
Brian Bohanon	36	92.2	4	4	4.76	45
Todd Burns	25	65.0	0	4	4.57	35
Steve Dreyer	10	41.0	3	3	5.71	23
Robb Nen	9	22.2	1	1	6.35	12

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Tom Henke	66	74.1	5	5	40	2.91	79
Matt Whiteside	60	73.0	2	1	1	4.32	39
Craig Lefferts	52	83.1	3	9	0	6.05	58
Bob Patterson	52	52.2	2	4	1	4.78	46
Cris Carpenter	27	32.0	4	1	1	4.22	27
Jeff Bronkey	21	36.0	1	1	1	4.00	18
Mike Schooler	17	24.1	3	0	0	5.55	16
Gene Nelson	6	8.0	0	0	1	3.38	4
Rick Reed	2	4.0	1	0	0	2.25	2
Darren Oliver	2	3.1	0	0	0	2.70	4
José Canseco	1	1.0	0	0	0	27.00	0
Héctor Fajardo	1	0.2	0	0	0	0.00	1

Awards and honors

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 Rainbows	South Atlantic League	Walt Williams
A-Short Season	Erie Sailors	New York–Penn League	Doug Sisson
Rookie	GCL Rangers	Gulf Coast League	Chino Cadahia

Notes

References

1993 Texas Rangers at Baseball Reference
1993 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.

1993 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston Cleveland Detroit Milwaukee New York Toronto
AL West	California Chicago Kansas City Minnesota Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Chicago Florida Montréal New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis
NL West	Atlanta Cincinnati Colorado Houston Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

Texas Rangers

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Formerly the Washington Senators
Based in Arlington, Texas (Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex)

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Culture and lore

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Key personnel

Owners: Ray Davis & Bob R. Simpson
Executive Vice President/General Manager: Chris Young
Manager: Bruce Bochy

World Series
Championships (1)

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American League
championships (3)

American League
West Division titles (7)

Wild card berths (2)

2012
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2000s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
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