1996 Texas Rangers season

MLB yearly infobox
name = Texas Rangers
season = 1996
misc = 1996 AL West Champions

current league = American League
y1 = 1961
division = Western Division
y2 = 1972
Uniform logo =
ballpark = The Ballpark in Arlington
y4 = 1994
city = Arlington, Texas
y5 = 1972
owners = George W. Bush
managers = Johnny Oates
television = KXTX-TV
KXAS-TV
(Mark Holtz, Tom Grieve)
radio =KRLD
(Eric Nadel, Brad Sham )
KXEB
(Luis Mayoral, Josue Perez)|

The Texas Rangers 1996 season involved the Rangers finishing 1st in the American League west with a record of 90 wins and 72 losses.

Offseason

* October 8, 1995: Scott Podsednik was sent by the Texas Rangers to the Florida Marlins to complete an earlier deal made on August 8, 1995. The Texas Rangers sent players to be named later to the Florida Marlins for Bobby Witt. The Texas Rangers sent Wilson Heredia (August 11, 1995) and Scott Podsednik (October 8, 1995) to the Florida Marlins to complete the trade. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/p/podsesc01.shtml Scott Podsednik Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
*December 21, 1995: Ken Hill was signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hillke01.shtml Ken Hill Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
*December 22, 1995: Mike Henneman was signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hennemi01.shtml]

Regular Season

eason standings

Transactions

*June 4, 1996: Travis Hafner was drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 31st round of the 1996 amateur draft. Player signed June 2, 1997. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hafnetr01.shtml]
*July 31, 1996: Mike Stanton was traded by the Boston Red Sox with a player to be named later to the Texas Rangers for Mark Brandenburg and Kerry Lacy. The Boston Red Sox sent Dwayne Hosey (November 4, 1996) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/stantmi02.shtml Mike Stanton Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]

Player stats

Batting

"Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In"

Other pitchers

Relief pitchers

ALDS

Game 1, October 1

Yankee Stadium, The Bronx, New York
Linescore|
Road=Texas|RoadAbr=Tex
R1=0|R2=0|R3=0|R4=5|R5=0|R6=1|R7=0|R8=0|R9=0|RR=6|RH=8|RE=0
Home=New York|HomeAbr=NYY
H1=1|H2=0|H3=0|H4=1|H5=0|H6=0|H7=0|H8=0|H9=0|HR=2|HH=10|HE=0
RSP=|HSP=
WP=John Burkett (1-0)|LP=David Cone (0-1)|SV=
RoadHR=Juan González (1), Dean Palmer (1)|HomeHR=|

Game 2, October 2

Yankee Stadium, The Bronx, New York
Linescore|
Road=Texas|RoadAbr=Tex
R1=0|R2=1|R3=3|R4=0|R5=0|R6=0|R7=0|R8=0|R9=0|R10=0|R11=0|R12=0|RR=4|RH=8|RE=1
Home=New York|HomeAbr=NYY
H1=0|H2=1|H3=0|H4=1|H5=0|H6=0|H7=1|H8=1|H9=0|H10=0|H11=0|H12=1|HR=5|HH=8|HE=0
RSP=|HSP=
WP=Brian Boehringer (1-0)|LP=Mike Stanton (0-1)|SV=
RoadHR=Juan González (2, 3)|HomeHR=Cecil Fielder (1)|

Game 3, October 4

The Ballpark in Arlington, Arlington, Texas
Linescore|
Road=New York|RoadAbr=NYY
R1=1|R2=0|R3=0|R4=0|R5=0|R6=0|R7=0|R8=0|R9=2|RR=3|RH=7|RE=1
Home=Texas|HomeAbr=Tex
H1=0|H2=0|H3=0|H4=1|H5=1|H6=0|H7=0|H8=0|H9=0|HR=2|HH=6|HE=1
RSP=|HSP=
WP=Jeff Nelson (1-0)|LP=Darren Oliver (0-1)|SV=John Wetteland (1)
RoadHR=Bernie Williams (1)|HomeHR=Juan González (4)|

Game 4, October 5

The Ballpark in Arlington, Arlington, Texas
Linescore|
Road=New York|RoadAbr=NYY
R1=0|R2=0|R3=0|R4=3|R5=1|R6=0|R7=1|R8=0|R9=1|RR=6|RH=12|RE=1
Home=Texas|HomeAbr=Tex
H1=0|H2=2|H3=2|H4=0|H5=0|H6=0|H7=0|H8=0|H9=0|HR=4|HH=9|HE=0
RSP=|HSP=
WP=David Weathers (1-0)|LP=Roger Pavlik (0-1)|SV=John Wetteland (2)
RoadHR=Bernie Williams (2, 3)|HomeHR=Juan González (5)|

Awards and Honors

*Kevin Elster, Comeback Player of The Year
*Juan González, AL MVP
*Juan González, Silver Slugger Award
*Johnny Oates, AL Managers of the Year (was co-manager with Joe Torre)
*Iván Rodríguez, C, Gold Glove
*Iván Rodríguez, Silver Slugger Award All-Star Game

References

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/TEX/1996.shtml 1996 Texas Rangers team page at Baseball Reference]
* [http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1996&t=TEX 1996 Texas Rangers team page at www.baseball-almanac.com]

succession box
title = AL West Championship Season
years = 1996
before = Seattle Mariners
1995
after = Seattle Mariners
1997