1996 Texas Rangers

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W-L Record: 90-72 -- 1st in American League West Manager: Johnny Oates Location: Baseball Stadium: The Ballpark in Arlington Top Draft Pick: R.A. Dickey (#18) Attendance: 2,889,020 Payroll $35,862,028 Youngest Player: Kevin Brown (23) Oldest Player: Rene Gonzales (35) Longest Tenure: Juan Gonzalez (8) Playoffs: Lost in 1st Round (Yankees)

Statistics

Roster

Personnel

Baseball Roster for 1996 Texas Rangers

#	Player Name	Pos	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	Born	Place	High Level	mlbYears	Salary
48	Jose Alberro	P	27	R	R	6-2	190	6/29/1969	San Juan,Puerto Rico	MLB	1995-1997	109,000
51	Mark Brandenburg	P	25	R	R	6-0	180	7/14/1970	Houston,Texas	MLB	1995-1997	123,500
6	Kevin Brown	C	23	R	R	6-2	215	4/21/1973	Valparaiso,Indiana	MLB	1996-2002	109,000
2	Damon Buford	CF	26	R	R	5-10	180	6/12/1970	Baltimore,Maryland	MLB	1993-2001	165,000
33	John Burkett	P	31	R	R	6-3	215	11/28/1964	New Brighton,Pennsylvania	MLB	1987-2003	3,550,000
22	Will Clark	1B	32	L	L	6-1	200	3/13/1964	New Orleans,Louisiana	MLB	1986-2000	5,657,365
42	Dennis Cook	P	33	L	L	6-3	190	10/4/1962	La Marque,Texas	MLB	1988-2002	330,000
18	Kevin Elster	SS	31	R	R	6-2	200	8/3/1964	San Pedro,California	MLB	1986-2000	270,000
30	Rikkert Faneyte	CF-RF	27	R	R	6-1	170	5/31/1969	Amsterdam,Netherlands	MLB	1993-1996	109,000
14	Lou Frazier	LF-CF	31	B	R	6-2	175	1/26/1965	St. Louis,Missouri	MLB	1993-1998	165,500
23	Benji Gil	SS	23	R	R	6-2	210	10/6/1972	Tijuana,Mexico	MLB	1993-2003	200,000
88	Rene Gonzales	3B-2B	35	R	R	6-3	201	9/3/1960	Austin,Texas	MLB	1984-1997	232,875
19	Juan Gonzalez	RF-LF	26	R	R	6-3	220	10/16/1969	Vega Baja,Puerto Rico	MLB	1989-2005	7,425,000
29	Rusty Greer	LF	27	L	L	6-0	195	1/21/1969	Fort Rucker,Alabama	MLB	1994-2002	258,333
46	Kevin Gross	P	35	R	R	6-5	215	6/8/1961	Downey,California	MLB	1983-1997	3,300,000
4	Darryl Hamilton	CF-RF	31	L	R	6-1	192	12/3/1964	Baton Rouge,Louisiana	MLB	1988-2001	1,300,000
32	Rick Helling	P	25	R	R	6-3	220	12/15/1970	Devils Lake,North Dakota	MLB	1994-2006	109,000
39	Mike Henneman	P	34	R	R	6-4	195	12/11/1961	St. Charles,Missouri	MLB	1987-1996	1,519,681
37	Gil Heredia	P	30	R	R	6-1	221	10/26/1965	Nogales,Arizona	MLB	1991-2001	360,000
44	Ken Hill	P	30	R	R	6-2	215	12/14/1965	Lynn,Massachusetts	MLB	1988-2001	3,100,000
3	Mark McLemore	2B-LF	31	B	R	5-11	207	10/4/1964	San Diego,California	MLB	1986-2004	1,225,000
21	Warren Newson	RF-LF	31	L	L	5-7	200	7/3/1964	Newnan,Georgia	MLB	1991-1998	250,000
28	Darren Oliver	P	25	R	L	6-2	210	10/6/1970	Kansas City,Missouri	MLB	1993-2011	220,000
9	Luis Ortiz	3B	26	R	R	6-0	195	5/25/1970	Santo Domingo,Dominican Republic	MLB	1993-1996	109,000
16	Dean Palmer	3B	27	R	R	6-1	210	12/27/1968	Tallahassee,Florida	MLB	1989-2003	2,000,000
46	Danny Patterson	P	25	R	R	6-0	225	2/17/1971	San Gabriel,California	MLB	1996-2004	109,000
59	Roger Pavlik	P	28	R	R	6-2	220	10/4/1967	Houston,Texas	MLB	1992-1998	1,250,000
7	Ivan Rodriguez	C	24	R	R	5-9	205	11/30/1971	Vega Baja,Puerto Rico	MLB	1991-2011	4,000,000
40	Jeff Russell	P	34	R	R	6-3	210	9/2/1961	Cincinnati,Ohio	MLB	1983-1996	109,000
32	Mike Stanton	P	29	L	L	6-1	215	6/2/1967	Houston,Texas	MLB	1989-2007	1,750,000
11	Lee Stevens	1B	28	L	L	6-4	235	7/10/1967	Kansas City,Missouri	MLB	1990-2002	109,000
1	Kurt Stillwell	SS-2B	31	B	R	5-11	175	6/4/1965	Glendale,California	MLB	1986-1996	150,000
15	Mickey Tettleton	C	35	B	R	6-2	212	9/16/1960	Oklahoma City,Oklahoma	MLB	1984-1997	1,461,649
10	Dave Valle	C	35	R	R	6-2	200	10/30/1960	Bayside,New York	MLB	1984-1996	725,000
24	Jack Voigt	LF-RF	30	R	R	6-1	178	5/17/1966	Sarasota,Florida	MLB	1993-1998	109,000
52	Ed Vosberg	P	34	L	L	6-1	210	9/28/1961	Tucson,Arizona	MLB	1986-2002	198,000
27	Matt Whiteside	P	28	R	R	6-0	200	8/8/1967	Charleston,Missouri	MLB	1992-2005	375,000
36	Bobby Witt	P	32	R	R	6-2	205	5/11/1964	Arlington,Virginia	MLB	1986-2001	1,350,000
24	Craig Worthington	3B	31	R	R	6-0	202	4/17/1965	Los Angeles,California	MLB	1988-1996	167,500

Team Personnel

Hector Acevedo (Scout)
Carlos Bernhardt (Scout)
Dick Bosman (Pitching Coach)
Mike Cadahia (Scout)
Bucky Dent (Bench Coach)
Kip Fagg (Scout)
Mark Giegler (Scout)
Tom Grieve (Broadcaster)
Michael Grouse (Scout)
Larry Hardy (Bullpen Coach)
Gail Henley (Scout)
Mark Holtz (Broadcaster)
Rudy Jaramillo (Hitting Coach)
Steve Luebber (Roving Pitching Instructor)
Douglas Melvin (General Manager)
Omar Minaya (Scout)
Eric Nadel (Broadcaster)
Ed Napoleon (First Base Coach)
Jerry Narron (Third Base Coach)
Johnny Oates (Manager)
Cornelio Pena (Scout)
Brad Sham (Broadcaster)
David Stockstill (Scout)

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