1996 Texas Rangers

90-72 • 0.556 Win% • 1st in AL W

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📊 Season Record

90 Wins

72 Losses

0.556 Win %

                        1st
                        Rank
                    

928 R 799 RA

Diff +129

📁 Franchise Info

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⚡ Quick Stats

928 Runs Scored

799 Runs Allowed

+129 Run Diff

2,889K Attendance

📈 vs. 1996 AL Average

Batting Avg .284 3% above the 1996 league average (.277)

OBP .358 3% above the 1996 league average (.348)

SLG .400 5% above the 1996 league average (.381)

Team ERA 4.65 7% better than the 1996 league average (4.99)

Runs Scored 928 6% above the 1996 league average (872 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumThe Ballpark at Arlington

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Home Games 81

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Total Attendance 2,889,040

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Avg per Game 35,667

⚾ Batting Leaders

Player	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
Ivan Rodriguez	153	639	116	192	19	86	38	55	5	0.300
Darryl Hamilton	148	627	94	184	6	51	54	66	15	0.293
Dean Palmer	154	582	98	163	38	107	59	145	2	0.280
Rusty Greer	139	542	96	180	18	100	62	86	9	0.332
Juan Gonzalez	134	541	89	170	47	144	45	82	2	0.314
Mark McLemore	147	517	84	150	5	46	87	69	27	0.290
Kevin Elster	157	515	79	130	24	99	52	138	4	0.252
Mickey Tettleton	143	491	78	121	24	83	95	137	2	0.246
Will Clark	117	436	69	124	13	72	64	67	2	0.284
Warren Newson	91	235	34	60	10	31	37	82	3	0.255
Damon Buford	90	145	30	41	6	20	15	34	8	0.283
Rene Gonzales	51	92	19	20	2	5	10	11	0	0.217
Dave Valle	42	86	14	26	3	17	9	17	0	0.302
Lee Stevens	27	78	6	18	3	12	6	22	0	0.231
Kurt Stillwell	46	77	12	21	1	4	10	11	0	0.273
Lou Frazier	30	50	5	13	0	5	8	10	4	0.260
Craig Worthington	13	19	2	3	1	4	6	3	0	0.158
Jack Voigt	5	9	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0.111
Luis Ortiz	3	7	1	2	1	1	0	1	0	0.286
Rikkert Faneyte	8	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.200
Benji Gil	5	5	0	2	0	1	1	1	0	0.400
Kevin Brown	3	4	1	0	0	1	2	2	0	0.000
Jose Alberro	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Mark Brandenburg	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
John Burkett	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Dennis Cook	60	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Kevin Gross	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Rick Helling	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Mike Henneman	49	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Gil Heredia	44	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Ken Hill	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Darren Oliver	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Danny Patterson	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Roger Pavlik	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Jeff Russell	55	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Mike Stanton	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Ed Vosberg	52	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Matt Whiteside	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Bobby Witt	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Mark Brandenburg 3.21 2 Ed Vosberg 3.27 3 Jeff Russell 3.38 4 Ken Hill 3.63 5 John Burkett 4.06

Wins

1 Ken Hill 16 2 Bobby Witt 16 3 Roger Pavlik 15 4 Darren Oliver 14 5 Kevin Gross 11

Strikeouts

1 Ken Hill 170 2 Bobby Witt 157 3 Roger Pavlik 127 4 Darren Oliver 112 5 Kevin Gross 78

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BB	SO
Ken Hill	16	10	3.63	35	35	0	250.2	95	170
Roger Pavlik	15	8	5.19	34	34	0	201.0	81	127
Bobby Witt	16	12	5.41	33	32	0	199.2	96	157
Darren Oliver	14	6	4.66	30	30	0	173.2	76	112
Kevin Gross	11	8	5.22	28	19	0	129.1	50	78
Gil Heredia	2	5	5.89	44	0	1	73.1	14	43
Dennis Cook	5	2	4.09	60	0	0	70.1	35	64
John Burkett	5	2	4.06	10	10	0	68.2	16	47
Jeff Russell	3	3	3.38	55	0	3	56.0	22	23
Mark Brandenburg	1	3	3.21	26	0	0	47.2	25	37
Ed Vosberg	1	1	3.27	52	0	8	44.0	21	32
Mike Henneman	0	7	5.79	49	0	31	42.0	17	34
Matt Whiteside	0	1	6.68	14	0	0	32.1	11	15
Mike Stanton	0	1	3.22	22	0	0	22.1	4	14
Rick Helling	1	2	7.52	6	2	0	20.1	9	16
Jose Alberro	0	1	5.79	5	1	0	9.1	7	2
Danny Patterson	0	0	0.00	7	0	0	8.2	3	5

🏆 Postseason Results

AL Division Series

Lost to NYA 3-1

👥 Roster (39)

Jose Alberro Mark Brandenburg Kevin Brown Damon Buford John Burkett Will Clark Dennis Cook Kevin Elster Rikkert Faneyte Lou Frazier Benji Gil Rene Gonzales +27 more

39 players