The 1991 Texas Rangers season was the 31st of the Texas Rangers franchise overall, their 20th in Arlington as the Rangers, and the 20th season at Arlington Stadium. The Rangers finished third in the American League West with a record of 85 wins and 77 losses.
Offseason December 12, 1990: Scott Coolbaugh was traded by the Rangers to the San Diego Padres for Mark Parent.Scott Coolbaugh at Baseball Reference December 14, 1990: Mario Díaz was signed as a free agent with the Texas Rangers. January 25, 1991: Rich Gossage was signed as a free agent by the Rangers.Rich Gossage at Baseball Reference
Regular season September 30, 1991: Nolan Ryan struck out Tino Martinez for the 5500th strikeout in his career. Juan González became the 18th player in Major League history to have a 100 RBI season before his 22nd birthday.
Nolan Ryan's 7th No-Hitter May 1, 1991 – Nolan Ryan threw the seventh no-hitter of his career against the Toronto Blue Jays. Of the 122 pitches that Ryan threw, 83 were strikes.Baseball's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records, p.12, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC,
Scorecard May 1, Arlington Stadium, Arlington, Texas Team123456789RHE Toronto000000000003Texas003000000381W: Nolan Ryan L: Jimmy Key HRs: Rubén Sierra, Attendance: 33,439. Length of game: 2:25. Umpires: HP: Tschida, 1B: Coble, 2B: Shulock, 3B: Johnson
Batting Toronto Blue JaysABRHRBITexas RangersABRHRBI Devon White, cf4000Gary Pettis, cf4110Roberto Alomar, 2b4000Jack Daugherty, lf4010 Kelly Gruber, 3b2000Rafael Palmeiro, 1b4120Joe Carter, lf2000Rubén Sierra, rf4112John Olerud, 1b3000Julio Franco, 2b4000Mark Whiten, rf3000Juan Gonzalez, dh3010Glenallen Hill, dh3000Mike Stanley, c3010Greg Myers, c3000Steve Buechele, 3b4010Manuel Lee, ss3000Jeff Huson, ss2000Totals27000Totals32382
Pitching Texas RangersIPHRERBBSONolan Ryan, W 9.0000216Totals9.0000216
Toronto Blue JaysIPHRERBBSOJimmy Key, L6.053315Bob MacDonald 120002Willie Fraser110000Totals8.083317
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Notable transactions April 7, 1991: Denny Walling was signed as a free agent by the Rangers.Denny Walling at Baseball Reference June 2, 1991: Steve Balboni was signed as a free agent by the Rangers.Steve Balboni at Baseball Reference June 22, 1991: Denny Walling was released by the Rangers. July 21, 1991: Jonathan Hurst, Joey Eischen and a player to be named later were traded by the Rangers to the Montreal Expos for Oil Can Boyd. The Texas Rangers completed their trade by sending Travis Buckley (minors) to the Expos on September 1.Oil Can Boyd at Baseball Reference
Roster 1991 Texas Rangers Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders
Other batters Manager
Coaches
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 88 280 74 .264 3 27 1B 159 631 203 .322 26 88 2B 146 589 201 .341 15 78 3B 121 416 111 .267 18 66 SS 119 268 57 .213 2 26 LF 142 545 144 .264 27 102 CF 137 282 61 .216 0 19 RF 161 661 203 .307 25 116 DH 123 407 113 .278 17 49
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 Kevin Reimer 136 394 106 .269 20 69 Dean Palmer 81 268 50 .187 15 37 Geno Petralli 87 199 54 .271 2 20 Mario Díaz 96 182 48 .264 1 22 Mike Stanley 95 181 45 .249 3 25 58 144 28 .194 1 11 José Hernández 45 98 18 .184 0 4 24 44 4 .091 0 2 Monty Fariss 19 31 8 .258 1 6 John Russell 22 27 3 .111 0 1 Gary Green 8 20 3 .150 0 1 Rob Maurer 13 16 1 .063 0 2 Donald Harris 18 8 3 .375 1 2 Tony Scruggs 5 6 0 .000 0 0 Chad Kreuter 3 4 0 .000 0 0 3 1 0 .000 0 0 Nick Capra 2 0 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 33 210.0 9 12 4.40 96 27 173.0 12 6 2.91 203 25 169.2 13 7 3.08 125 Bobby Witt 17 88.2 3 7 6.09 82 12 62.0 2 7 6.68 33 Brian Bohanon 11 61.1 4 3 4.84 34 Scott Chiamparino 5 22.1 1 0 4.03 8 Héctor Fajardo 4 19.0 0 2 5.68 15
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 Gerald Alexander 30 89.1 5 3 5.24 50 John Barfield 28 83.1 4 4 4.54 27 Mark Petkovsek 4 9.1 0 1 14.46 6
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 68 6 4 30 3.29 52 Mike Jeffcoat 70 5 3 1 4.63 43 Kenny Rogers 63 10 10 5 5.42 73 44 4 2 1 3.57 28 36 1 4 1 5.25 61 Terry Mathews 34 4 0 1 3.61 51 Joe Bitker 9 1 0 0 6.75 16 Brad Arnsberg 9 0 1 0 8.38 8 Barry Manuel 8 1 0 0 1.13 5 Jim Poole 5 0 0 1 4.50 4 3 0 1 0 11.57 1 Eric Nolte 3 0 0 0 3.38 1
Awards and honors Julio Franco, A.L. Batting Title Julio Franco, Silver Slugger Award José Guzmán, Comeback Player of The Year All-Star Game
Farm system
References
External links 1991 Texas Rangers at Baseball Reference 1991 Texas Rangers at Baseball Almanac