Arlington Stadium,Arlington,TX,US Ball Park First Game Date – 04/21/1972 (1) Starting Pitchers – vs. Angels: 04/21/1972 Final Score 7-6 (TEX) Attendance – 20,105 Starting Pitchers Dick Bosman (TEX); Clyde Wright (CAL) First Batter – Sandy Alomar Sr. (CAL) Result – Popped to 3B First Hits – Frank Howard (TEX),Homered (1st) First Run – Frank Howard…
Randy Johnson ties Ron Guidry’s American League mark for strikeouts in a game for left-handers. The Mariners southpaw fans 18 batters in eight innings of work in the team’s 3-2 loss to Texas at Arlington Stadium.
1991 – Nolan Ryan becomes the 12th pitcher in major league history to surpass 5,000 innings pitched and gets plenty of hitting help as Texas whips Baltimore, 15 – 3.
On May 23, 1989, at Arlington Stadium, Bo Jackson of the Kansas City Royals hits a monstrous 461-foot home run against Nolan Ryan of the Texas Rangers. Jackson had struggled in his previous matchups against the future Hall of Famer, striking out the last six times in succession. Bo Jackson’s 461-foot three-run homer…
On July 18, 1987, At Arlington Stadium, With his home run leading off the top of the fourth inning off Jose Guzman New York Yankees first baseman Don Mattingly ties a major league record when he homers in his eighth consecutive game. Mattingly connects in a 7-2 loss to the Texas Rangers, matching a 31-year-old…
October 4, 1986, At Arlington Stadium, Texas Ranger Toby Harrah Ks for the 2nd out in the bottom of the 9th against Vern Ruhle, pitching for the Angels. That’s the last time anyone from the 1961-71 Washington Senators played in MLB. The Angels win the game 2-0. John Candelaria gets the win pitching the first…
Oddibe McDowell becomes the first Ranger player to hit for the cycle. His seventh-inning home run completes the unique event, but the center fielder adds another round-tripper in the following frame when Texas beats the Indians at Arlington Stadium, 8-4.
John Wathan breaks Ray Schalk’s 1916 record for stolen bases by a catcher with his 31st stolen base of the season. The Royals’ backstop accomplishes the feat when he swipes third base in the seventh inning of Kansas City’s 5-3 victory over Texas at Arlington Stadium.
White Sox third base coach Bobby Winkles, baserunner Mike Squires and manager Tony LaRussa go off on third base umpire Fredd Spenn in Arlington, Texas on July 17, 1980 after Spenn had called Squires out on an attempt to steal the base. All three argued he was safe, but the ump got the last word,…
On May 3, 1980, Ferguson Jenkins of the Texas Rangers becomes the fourth pitcher in history to record 100 wins in each major league. He joins fellow Hall of Famers Jim Bunning, Gaylord Perry, and Cy Young in the exclusive club. Jenkins defeats the Baltimore Orioles, 3-2 at Arlington Stadium, for his 100th American League…