Arlington Stadium
1972 - 1993
Arlington, TX
Historic Aerials
What Was There
| Team | Years | Games |
|---|---|---|
| Rangers |
(1972 - 1993) |
1750 |
First Game
4/21/1972: Rangers 7, Angels 6Umpires: HP - Marty Springstead, 1B - Russ Goetz, 2B - Hank Morgenweck, 3B - John Rice
Managers: Ted Williams (TEX), Del Rice (CAL)
Starting Pitchers: Dick Bosman (TEX) vs Clyde Wright (CAL)
First Pitch: Arlington Mayor Tom Vandergriff
Attendance: 20,105
Time of Game: 2:44
Trivia
The first homer ever hit at Arlington Stadium was the 361st of Frank Howard's career and tied him with Joe DiMaggio for 20th on the all-time list. Angels hurler Nolan Ryan hit the first two batters in Arlington Stadium's history, plunking Dave Nelson in the bottom of the first inning on April 23, then drilling Lenny Randle in the bottom of the second. | Batting Event | First |
|---|---|
| First Batter | Sandy Alomar Sr. (CAL) popfly: 3B |
| Hit | Frank Howard (TEX) homered to CF vs. Clyde Wright (1st inning) - |
| Run Scored | Frank Howard (TEX) on home run to CF vs. Clyde Wright (1st inning) |
| Run Batted In | Frank Howard (TEX) on home run to CF vs. Clyde Wright (1st inning) |
| Single | Vada Pinson (CAL) to CF vs. Dick Bosman (2nd inning) |
| Double | Lenny Randle (TEX) to LF vs. Clyde Wright (3rd inning) |
| Triple | Toby Harrah (TEX) to RF vs. Rickey Clark (CAL) on 4/22/1972 (3rd inning, Game No. 2) |
| Home Run | Frank Howard (TEX) to CF vs. Clyde Wright (1st inning) |
| Grand Slam | Carlos May (CHA) to CF vs. Jim Panther (TEX) on 6/25/1972: 1B-Dick Allen, 2B-Luis Alvarado, 3B-Pat Kelly (4th inning, Game No. 34) |
| IPHR | Danny Thompson (MIN) vs. David Clyde (TEX) on 6/24/1974 (4th inning, Game No. 33) |
| Stolen Base | Lenny Randle (TEX), 2B vs. Tom Murphy/Art Kuysner (6th inning) |
| Sacrifice Hit | Dick Bosman (TEX) bunted Toby Harrah to 2B vs. Clyde Wright (3rd inning) |
| Sacrifice Fly | Luis Aparicio (BOS) to RF scored Doug Griffin vs. Pete Broberg (TEX) on 4/28/1966 (2nd inning, Game No. 7) |
| Cycle | Cal Ripken (BAL): 5/6/1984 (3B in 3rd, 1B in 5th, 2B in 7th, HR in 9th, Game No. 954) |
| Pitching Event | First |
| Win | SP, Dick Bosman (TEX): 5.1 IP, 9 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 0 HR, 0 HBP, 26 BF, 9 GB, 6 FB, 0 LD, 3 PU, 8 UNK, 37 GSc |
| Loss | SP, Clyde Wright (CAL): 4 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 1 HR, 0 HBP, 19 BF, 7 GB, 1 FB, 1 LD, 0 PU, 6 UNK, 37 GSc |
| Strikeout | Clyde Wright (CAL) struck out Dave Nelson (1st inning) |
| Shutout | Pete Broberg (TEX) on 4/22/1972 vs. CAL (Game No. 2) |
| Shutout, SP | Broberg: 9 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 5 BB, 2 K, 0 HR, 0 HBP, 34 BF, 12 GB, 11 FB, 1 LD, 0 PU, 4 UNK, 76 GSc |
| Shutout, RP | |
| Shutout, RP | |
| Shutout, RP | Save | Paul Lindblad (TEX): 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 0 HR, 0 HBP, 1 BF, 0 GB, 0 FB, 0 LD, 0 PU, 0 UNK, 1 IR, 0 IS |
| Hit by Pitch | Nolan Ryan (CAL) hit Dave Nelson (TEX) on April 23, 1972 (1st inning, Game No. 3) |
| Wild Pitch | Casey Cox (TEX) sent Vada Pinson home and Art Kuysner to 2B with Joe Azcue at bat (6th inning) |
| Balk | Dave Lemonds (CHA) sent Ted Ford to 2B with Dick Billings at bat on 6/24/1972 (4th, Game 33) | No-Hitter | Mike Witt (CAL) vs. Rangers on 9/30/1984: 9 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 10 K, 0 HR, 0 HBP, 27 BF, 13 GB, 4 FB, 0 LD, 0 PU, 0 UNK, 97 GSc (Game No. 1,021) |
| No-Hitter, SP | No-Hitter, RP | No-Hitter, RP |
| Batting Event | Last |
|---|---|
| Last Batter | Juan Gonzalez (TEX) groundout: SS-1B |
| Hit | Gary Gaetti (KCA) homered to LCF vs. Tom Henke (9th inning) - |
| Run Scored | Gary Gaetti (KCA) on HR to LCF vs. Tom Henke (9th inning) |
| Run Batted In | Gary Gaetti (KCA) on HR to LCF vs. Tom Henke (9th inning) |
| Single | George Brett (KCA) to CF vs. Tom Henke (9th inning) |
| Double | Felix Jose (TEX) to CF vs. Steve Dreyer (8th inning) |
| Triple | Ivan Rodriguez (TEX) to RF vs. Ron Darling (OAK) on 9/28/1993 (7th inning) |
| Home Run | Gary Gaetti (KCA) to LCF vs. Tom Henke (9th inning) |
| Grand Slam | Kirby Puckett (MIN) vs. Roger Pavlik (TEX) on 9/11/1993: 1B-Rich Becker, 2B-Chuck Knoblauch, 3B-Denny Hocking (5th inning) |
| IPHR | Gary Ward (TEX) to RF vs. Chris Codiroli (OAK) on 6/20/1986 (2nd inning) |
| Stolen Base | David Hulse (TEX), 2B vs. Tom Gordon/Nelson Santovenia (8th inning) |
| Sacrifice Hit | Kevin Koslofski (KCA) bunted Jose Lind to 3B vs. Roger Pavlik (6th inning) |
| Sacrifice Fly | Jose Lind (KCA) to RF scored Kevin McReynolds vs. Brian Bohanon on 10/2/1993 (2nd inning) |
| Cycle | Odibe McDowell (TEX): 7/23/1985 (2B in 1st, 1B in 3rd, 3B in 4th, HR in 8th) |
| Pitching Event | Last |
| Win | SP, Kevin Appier (KCA): 8 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 10 K, 0 HR, 0 HBP, 28 BF, 112 PIT, 75 Str, 15 StL, 18 StS, 9 GB, 8 FB, 4 LD, 1 PU, 0 UNK, 79 GSc |
| Loss | SP, Steve Dreyer (TEX): 8 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 1 HR, 0 HBP, 29 BF, 87 PIT, 64 Str, 14 StL, 10 StS, 15 GB, 9 FB, 4 LD, 1 PU, 0 UNK, 67 GSc |
| Strikeout | Jeff Montgomery (KCA) struck out Rafael Palmeiro (9th inning) |
| Shutout | Roger Pavlik/Tom Henke (TEX) on 10/1/1993 vs. KCA |
| Save | Jeff Montgomery (KCA): 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 0 HR, 0 HBP, 3 BF, 7 PIT, 6 Str, 1 StL, 1 StS, 1 GB, 1 FB, 0 LD, 0 PU, 0 UNK, 0 IR, 0 IR |
| Hit by Pitch | Mike Hartley (MIN) hit Juan Gonzalez on 9/10/1993 (8th inning) |
| Wild Pitch | Stan Belinda (KCA) sent Donald Harris to 3B with David Hulse at bat on 10/2/1993 (9th inning) |
| Balk | Kenny Rogers (TEX) sent Tim Salmon home with Chili Davis at bat on 8/12/1993 (4th inning) | No-Hitter | Nolan Ryan (TEX) vs. Blue Jays on 5/1/1991: 9 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 16 K, 0 HR, 0 HBP, 29 BF, 122 PIT, 83 Str, 22 StL, 29 StS, 3 GB, 8 FB, 1 LD, 5 PU, 0 UNK, 101 GSc |