The 1984 Texas Rangers season was the 24th of the Texas Rangers franchise overall, their 13th in Arlington as the Rangers, and the 13th season at Arlington Stadium. The Rangers finished seventh 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.Marv Foley at Baseball Reference December 7, 1983: John Butcher and Mike Smithson were traded by the Rangers to the Minnesota Twins for Gary Ward and Sam Sorce (minors).John Butcher at Baseball Reference December 8, 1983: Jim Sundberg was traded by the Rangers to the Milwaukee Brewers for Ned Yost and Dan Scarpetta (minors).Jim Sundberg at Baseball Reference 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.Gordon Dillard at Baseball Reference January 27, 1984: Tommy Boggs was signed as a free agent by the Rangers.Tommy Boggs at Baseball Reference

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

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions May 25, 1984: Mike Richardt was traded by the Rangers to the Houston Astros for Alan Bannister.Mike Richardt at Baseball Reference 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.Dickie Noles at Baseball Reference

Roster 1984 Texas Rangers roster Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders

Other batters Manager

Coaches

Game log Regular season

|-style=background:#fbb | 1 || April 3 || 7:35p.m. CST || Indians || 1-9 || Sutcliffe (1–0) || Hough (0–1) || – || 2:51 || 21,537 || 0–1 || L1 |-style=background:#fbb | 2 || April 5 || 7:35p.m. CST || Indians || 3-7 || Heaton (1–0) || Stewart (0–1) || Spillner (1) || 2:48 || 9,032 || 0–2 || L2 |-style=background:#cfc | 3 || April 6 || 7:35p.m. CST || Yankees || 7-6 || Tobik (1–0) || Murray (0–1) || – || 2:52 || 14,038 || 1–2 || W1 |-style=background:#cfc | 4 || April 7 || 12:30p.m. CST || Yankees || 8-5 || Mason (1–0) || Fontenot (0–1) || – || 1:53 || 12,181 || 2–2 || W2 |-style=background:#fbb | 5 || April 8 || 12:30p.m. CST || Yankees || 3-4 || Murray (1–1) || Tobik (1–1) || – || 3:51 || 21,409 || 2–3 || L1 |-style=background:#fbb | 6 || April 10 || 1:30p.m. EST || @ Tigers || 1–5 || Petry (2–0) || Stewart (0–2) || – || 2:32 || 51,238 || 2–4 || L2 |-style=background:#fbb | 7 || April 12 || 1:30p.m. EST || @ Tigers || 4–9 || Morris (3–0) || Tanana (0–1) || – || 2:48 || 19,154 || 2–5 || L3 |-style=background:#fbb | 8 || April 13 || 7:35p.m. CST || Blue Jays || 2-3 || Lamp (1–2) || Tobik (1–2) || Key (1) || 2:53 || 10,515 || 2–6 || L4 |-style=background:#cfc | 9 || April 14 || 12:30p.m. CST || Blue Jays || 6-2 || Hough (1–1) || Clancy (0–1) || - || 2:14 || 9,852 || 3–6 || W1 |-style=background:#fbb | 10 || April 15 || 12:30p.m. CST || Blue Jays || 1-2 || Lamp (2–2) || Stewart (0–3) || - || 2:09 || 12,583 || 3–7 || L1 |-style=background:#cfc | 11 || April 17 || 7:35p.m. EST || @ Red Sox || 8-4 || Tanana (1–1) || Eckersley (0–2) || - || 2:35 || 13,293 || 4–7 || W1 |-style=background:#cfc | 12 || April 18 || 7:35p.m. EST || @ Red Sox || 4-3 || Darwin (1–0) || Ojeda (0–2) || Tobik (1) || 2:21 || 12,052 || 5–7 || W2 |-style=background:#cfc | 13 || April 19 || 2:05p.m. EST || @ Red Sox || 7-4 || Jones (1–0) || Boyd (0–2) || - || 2:24 || 10,926 || 6–7 || W3 |-style=background:#fbb | 14 || April 20 || 8:00p.m. EST || @ Yankees || 1-4 || Guidry (1–1) || Stewart (0–4) || - || 2:10 || 17,861 || 6–8 || L1 |-style=background:#cfc | 15 || April 21 || 2:00p.m. EST || @ Yankees || 1-0 || Tanana (2–1) || Fontenot (0–3) || Tobik (2) || 2:28 || 20,729 || 7–8 || W1 |-style=background:#cfc | 16 || April 22 || 2:00p.m. EST || @ Yankees || 4-0 || Darwin (2–0) || Rijo (0–1) || - || 2:28 || 20,530 || 8–8 || W2 |-style=background:#fbb | 17 || April 23 || 1:35p.m. EST || @ Indians || 1-3 || Sutcliffe (3–1) || Hough (1–2) || Camacho (3) || 2:16 || 3,188 || 8–9 || L1 |-style=background:#fbb | 18 || April 25 || 7:35p.m. CST || Tigers || 4–9 || Wilcox (2–0) || Stewart (0–5) || Hernández (2) || 2:38 || 25,883 || 8–10 || L2 |-style=background:#fbb | 19 || April 26 || 7:35p.m. CST || Tigers || 5–7 || Bair (2–0) || Tanana (2–2) || López (2) || 2:50 || 13,559 || 8–11 || L3 |-style=background:#fbb | 20 || April 27 || 2:05p.m. EST || @ Orioles || 3-4 || Stewart (3–0) || Tobik (1–3) || - || 3:15 || 35,629 || 8–12 || L4 |-style=background:#fbb | 21 || April 28 || 7:35p.m. EST || @ Orioles || 1-6 || McGregor (3–3) || Hough (1–3) || - || 2:16 || 22,124 || 8–13 || L5 |-style=background:#fbb | 22 || April 29 || 2:05p.m. EDT || @ Orioles || 2-3 || Davis (1–0) || Stewart (0–6) || Martinez (2) || 2:12 || 34,467 || 8–14 || L6

|-style=background:#fbb | 84 || July 5 || 7:35p.m. CDT || Tigers || 4–7 || López (7–0) || Hough (8–7) || Hernández (15) || 2:26 || 15,151 || 36–48 || L3 |-style=background:#cfc | 85 || July 6 || 7:35p.m. CDT || Tigers || 5–3 || Mason (6–6) || Berenguer (4–7) || Schmidt (4) || 2:42 || 22,378 || 37–48 || W1 |-style=background:#fbb | 86 || July 7 || 7:35p.m. CDT || Tigers || 2–5 || Rozema (5–1) || Darwin (5–5) || Hernández (16) || 2:41 || 29,262 || 37–49 || L1 |-style=background:#cfc | 87 || July 8 || 7:35p.m. CDT || Tigers || 9–7 || Tanana (9–8) || Bair (4–2) || Schmidt (5) || 2:37 || 16,010 || 38–48 || W1 |-style=background:#bbbfff |colspan="12"|55th All-Star Game in San Francisco, CA |-style=background:#fbb | 95 || July 19 || 6:35p.m. CDT || @ Tigers || 2–9 || Wilcox (9–6) || Stewart (4–11) || – || 2:32 || 26,908 || 40–55 || L2 |-style=background:#fbb | 96 || July 20 || 6:35p.m. CDT || @ Tigers || 1–3 || Rozema (7–1) || Tanana (9–9) || Hernández (18) || 2:16 || 39,484 || 40–56 || L3 |-style=background:#fbb | 97 || July 21 || 6:35p.m. CDT || @ Tigers || 6–7 || Monge (1–0) || Noles (1–1) || Hernández (19) || 2:38 || 46,219 || 40–57 || L4 |-style=background:#fbb | 98 || July 22 || 12:30p.m. CDT || @ Tigers || 0–2 || Petry (13–4) || Hough (10–8) || Hernández (20) || 2:11 || 37,846 || 66–29 || L5

|- style="text-align:center;" | Legend:      = Win      = Loss      = PostponementBold = Rangers team member

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 Donnie Scott 81 235 52 .221 3 20 1B 142 520 149 .287 18 80 2B Wayne Tolleson 118 338 72 .213 0 9 SS Curt Wilkerson 153 484 120 .248 1 26 3B 148 553 174 .315 11 83 LF 130 489 121 .247 5 33 CF 155 602 171 .284 21 79 RF Larry Parrish 156 613 175 .285 22 101 DH Mickey Rivers 102 313 94 .300 4 33

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 George Wright 101 383 93 .243 9 48 80 242 44 .182 6 25 64 143 37 .259 4 22 Jeff Kunkel 50 142 29 .204 3 7 63 115 25 .217 6 19 47 112 33 .295 2 9 Tom Dunbar 34 97 25 .258 2 10 Dave Hostetler 37 82 18 .220 3 10 Jim Anderson 39 47 5 .106 0 1 Bill Stein 27 43 12 .279 0 3 6 9 1 .111 0 0 Kevin Buckley 5 7 2 .286 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 Charlie Hough 36 266.0 16 14 3.76 164 Frank Tanana 35 246.1 15 15 3.25 141 Danny Darwin 35 223.2 8 12 3.94 123 Dave Stewart 32 192.1 7 14 4.73 119 Mike Mason 36 184.1 9 13 3.61 113

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 18 57.2 2 3 5.15 39 Ricky Wright 8 14.2 0 2 6.14 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 Dave Schmidt 43 6 6 12 2.56 46 Odell Jones 33 2 4 2 3.64 28 Tom Henke 25 1 1 2 6.35 25 Dave Tobik 24 1 6 5 3.61 30 Joey McLaughlin 15 2 1 0 4.41 21 8 0 0 0 4.41 6 Dwayne Henry 3 0 1 0 8.31 2

Awards and honors Buddy Bell, 3B, Gold Glove 1984 Buddy Bell, 3B, Silver Slugger Award, 1984 All-Star Game

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Tri-City, GCL Rangers

Notes

References 1984 Texas Rangers at Baseball Reference 1984 Texas Rangers at Baseball Almanac