1996 Texas Rangers Season, Schedule & Results

1996 Texas Rangers

What was the record of the 1996 Texas Rangers?

The Texas Rangers finished the regular season with a 90-72 record. They went 50-31 at home and 40-41 on the road. Including the postseason, the Texas Rangers went 91-75. Their final game was a loss in the AL Divisional Series to the New York Yankees.

What division did the 1996 Texas Rangers play in?

The 1996 Texas Rangers played in the West Division of the American League.

What was the division record of the 1996 Texas Rangers?

During the regular season, the 1996 Texas Rangers went 18-21 against their AL West opponents.

Who won the AL West in 1996?

The Rangers won the AL West in the 1996 season with a 90-72 record. The Mariners finished 4.5 games back with a 85-76 record. The Athletics finished 12 games back with a 78-84 record. The Angels finished 19.5 games back with a 70-91 record.

What was the 1996 Texas Rangers record against each of their divisional opponents?

Opponent	Record	Win Percentage %	Run Differential
California Angels	9-4	69.2%	+23
Oakland Athletics	6-7	46.2%	+5
Seattle Mariners	3-10	23.1%	-34

What was the 1996 Texas Rangers record by month?

The 1996 Texas Rangers had their best month in May, when they went 18-9 and had a 66.7% win percentage. Their worst month was September, when they went 13-14 and had a 48.1% win percentage.

Month	Record	Win Percentage %	Run Differential
April	16-10	61.5%	+34
May	18-9	66.7%	+36
June	14-13	51.9%	+20
July	13-14	48.1%	+14
August	16-12	57.1%	+35
September	13-14	48.1%	-10

Did the 1996 Texas Rangers make the Postseason?

Yes, the Texas Rangers made the Postseason in 1996. They lost their only series against the New York Yankees in the AL Divisional Series.

What was the run differential for the 1996 Texas Rangers?

The Texas Rangers finished the regular season with a run differential of +129. Based on their run differential and their pythagorean expectation, the Rangers could have been expected to have about 92.0 wins, or a 92-70 record in the regular season.

How did the 1996 Texas Rangers perform in one-run games?

In one-run games, or games that went into extra innings, the 1996 Texas Rangers went 23-22.

How did the 1996 Texas Rangers perform in extra inning games?

During the regular season, the 1996 Texas Rangers went 5-7 in extra inning games.

What was the longest win streak for the 1996 Texas Rangers?

The longest win streak during the regular season for the 1996 Texas Rangers was a 7 game winning streak on 2 separate stretches during the season.

What was the longest losing streak for the 1996 Texas Rangers?

The longest losing streak that the Texas Rangers had during the 1996 regular season was 5 games, which happened once during the season.

1996 Texas Rangers Schedule

= Playoff Team

Bold = Division Opponent

Date

Opponent

Score

Regular Season

Mon, Apr 1, 1996

vs Boston Red Sox

Win 5 - 3

Wed, Apr 3, 1996

vs Boston Red Sox

Win 7 - 2

Thu, Apr 4, 1996

vs Boston Red Sox

Win 13 - 2

Sat, Apr 6, 1996

vs New York Yankees

Win 4 - 2

Sun, Apr 7, 1996

vs New York Yankees

Win 7 - 2

Sun, Apr 7, 1996

vs New York Yankees

Win 4 - 1

Tue, Apr 9, 1996

@ Chicago White Sox

Win 3 - 2

Thu, Apr 11, 1996

@ Chicago White Sox

Loss 5 - 8

(11)

Fri, Apr 12, 1996

@ New York Yankees

Loss 3 - 4

Sat, Apr 13, 1996

@ New York Yankees

Win 10 - 6

Sun, Apr 14, 1996

@ New York Yankees

Loss 3 - 12

Mon, Apr 15, 1996

vs Oakland Athletics

Loss 3 - 8

Tue, Apr 16, 1996

vs Oakland Athletics

Win 5 - 3

Wed, Apr 17, 1996

vs Oakland Athletics

Win 12 - 1

Fri, Apr 19, 1996

vs Baltimore Orioles

Win 26 - 7

Sat, Apr 20, 1996

vs Baltimore Orioles

Win 8 - 3

Sun, Apr 21, 1996

vs Baltimore Orioles

Win 9 - 6

Mon, Apr 22, 1996

vs Chicago White Sox

Loss 4 - 12

Tue, Apr 23, 1996

vs Chicago White Sox

Loss 5 - 6

Wed, Apr 24, 1996

@ Boston Red Sox

Loss 9 - 11

Thu, Apr 25, 1996

@ Boston Red Sox

Loss 3 - 8

Fri, Apr 26, 1996

@ Baltimore Orioles

Win 5 - 4

Sat, Apr 27, 1996

@ Baltimore Orioles

Win 4 - 2

Sun, Apr 28, 1996

@ Baltimore Orioles

Win 5 - 4

(10)

Mon, Apr 29, 1996

@ Baltimore Orioles

Loss 7 - 8

Tue, Apr 30, 1996

vs Seattle Mariners

Loss 0 - 8

Wed, May 1, 1996

vs Seattle Mariners

Win 5 - 4

Thu, May 2, 1996

@ Detroit Tigers

Loss 2 - 5

Fri, May 3, 1996

@ Detroit Tigers

Win 11 - 0

Sat, May 4, 1996

@ Detroit Tigers

Win 3 - 1

Sun, May 5, 1996

@ Detroit Tigers

Win 3 - 2

Tue, May 7, 1996

vs Toronto Blue Jays

Win 5 - 1

Wed, May 8, 1996

vs Toronto Blue Jays

Win 4 - 2

Thu, May 9, 1996

vs Toronto Blue Jays

Loss 2 - 5

Fri, May 10, 1996

vs Detroit Tigers

Win 6 - 2

Sat, May 11, 1996

vs Detroit Tigers

Win 11 - 7

Sun, May 12, 1996

vs Detroit Tigers

Loss 3 - 5

Mon, May 13, 1996

vs Kansas City Royals

Win 7 - 6

Tue, May 14, 1996

vs Kansas City Royals

Win 10 - 0

Wed, May 15, 1996

vs Kansas City Royals

Loss 1 - 3

Fri, May 17, 1996

@ Cleveland Indians

Loss 10 - 12

Sat, May 18, 1996

@ Cleveland Indians

Win 6 - 3

Sun, May 19, 1996

@ Cleveland Indians

Loss 5 - 8

Tue, May 21, 1996

@ Minnesota Twins

Loss 3 - 4

Wed, May 22, 1996

@ Minnesota Twins

Win 6 - 5

Thu, May 23, 1996

@ Kansas City Royals

Loss 2 - 4

Fri, May 24, 1996

@ Kansas City Royals

Loss 0 - 8

Sat, May 25, 1996

@ Kansas City Royals

Win 2 - 1

Sun, May 26, 1996

@ Kansas City Royals

Win 6 - 4

Mon, May 27, 1996

vs Cleveland Indians

Win 3 - 2

Tue, May 28, 1996

vs Cleveland Indians

Win 11 - 3

Wed, May 29, 1996

vs Cleveland Indians

Win 5 - 4

Fri, May 31, 1996

vs Minnesota Twins

Win 7 - 2

Sat, Jun 1, 1996

vs Minnesota Twins

Loss 5 - 9

Sun, Jun 2, 1996

vs Minnesota Twins

Loss 5 - 6

Mon, Jun 3, 1996

@ Milwaukee Brewers

Win 9 - 6

Tue, Jun 4, 1996

@ Milwaukee Brewers

Loss 2 - 6

Wed, Jun 5, 1996

@ Milwaukee Brewers

Loss 4 - 6

Fri, Jun 7, 1996

vs Toronto Blue Jays

Win 10 - 7

Sat, Jun 8, 1996

vs Toronto Blue Jays

Win 2 - 0

Sun, Jun 9, 1996

vs Toronto Blue Jays

Win 8 - 6

Mon, Jun 10, 1996

vs Milwaukee Brewers

Win 8 - 3

Tue, Jun 11, 1996

vs Milwaukee Brewers

Loss 4 - 14

Wed, Jun 12, 1996

vs Milwaukee Brewers

Win 13 - 6

Thu, Jun 13, 1996

@ Boston Red Sox

Loss 7 - 8

(10)

Fri, Jun 14, 1996

@ Boston Red Sox

Loss 3 - 4

Sat, Jun 15, 1996

@ Boston Red Sox

Win 13 - 3

Sun, Jun 16, 1996

@ Boston Red Sox

Loss 9 - 10

Tue, Jun 18, 1996

@ Baltimore Orioles

Win 7 - 0

Wed, Jun 19, 1996

@ Baltimore Orioles

Win 3 - 2

Thu, Jun 20, 1996

@ Baltimore Orioles

Loss 2 - 3

Fri, Jun 21, 1996

vs Boston Red Sox

Win 14 - 4

Sat, Jun 22, 1996

vs Boston Red Sox

Win 8 - 2

Sun, Jun 23, 1996

vs Boston Red Sox

Loss 4 - 6

Mon, Jun 24, 1996

vs Baltimore Orioles

Loss 3 - 8

Tue, Jun 25, 1996

vs Baltimore Orioles

Win 5 - 2

Wed, Jun 26, 1996

vs Baltimore Orioles

Win 6 - 5

Fri, Jun 28, 1996

@ Seattle Mariners

Loss 8 - 19

Sat, Jun 29, 1996

@ Seattle Mariners

Win 9 - 5

Sun, Jun 30, 1996

@ Seattle Mariners

Loss 3 - 4

Mon, Jul 1, 1996

@ California Angels

Win 8 - 6

Tue, Jul 2, 1996

@ California Angels

Loss 5 - 6

Wed, Jul 3, 1996

@ California Angels

Win 8 - 1

Thu, Jul 4, 1996

vs Seattle Mariners

Loss 5 - 9

Fri, Jul 5, 1996

vs Seattle Mariners

Loss 3 - 6

Sat, Jul 6, 1996

vs Seattle Mariners

Loss 5 - 9

Sun, Jul 7, 1996

vs Seattle Mariners

Win 8 - 3

Thu, Jul 11, 1996

@ Oakland Athletics

Loss 3 - 8

Fri, Jul 12, 1996

@ Oakland Athletics

Win 8 - 4

(10)

Sat, Jul 13, 1996

@ Oakland Athletics

Win 8 - 1

Sun, Jul 14, 1996

@ Oakland Athletics

Loss 1 - 9

Mon, Jul 15, 1996

vs California Angels

Loss 7 - 10

Tue, Jul 16, 1996

vs California Angels

Win 6 - 2

Wed, Jul 17, 1996

vs California Angels

Win 7 - 3

Thu, Jul 18, 1996

vs Oakland Athletics

Loss 4 - 5

(11)

Fri, Jul 19, 1996

vs Oakland Athletics

Loss 6 - 9

Sat, Jul 20, 1996

vs Oakland Athletics

Win 8 - 4

Sun, Jul 21, 1996

vs Oakland Athletics

Loss 8 - 11

Mon, Jul 22, 1996

@ New York Yankees

Win 6 - 1

Tue, Jul 23, 1996

@ New York Yankees

Loss 0 - 6

Wed, Jul 24, 1996

@ New York Yankees

Loss 2 - 4

Thu, Jul 25, 1996

@ Chicago White Sox

Win 4 - 3

(12)

Fri, Jul 26, 1996

@ Chicago White Sox

Loss 2 - 6

Sat, Jul 27, 1996

@ Chicago White Sox

Win 6 - 4

(10)

Sun, Jul 28, 1996

@ Chicago White Sox

Loss 1 - 5

Tue, Jul 30, 1996

vs New York Yankees

Win 15 - 2

Wed, Jul 31, 1996

vs New York Yankees

Win 9 - 2

Thu, Aug 1, 1996

vs New York Yankees

Loss 5 - 6

Fri, Aug 2, 1996

vs Chicago White Sox

Loss 0 - 9

Sat, Aug 3, 1996

vs Chicago White Sox

Loss 9 - 11

Sun, Aug 4, 1996

vs Chicago White Sox

Win 9 - 5

Mon, Aug 5, 1996

vs Chicago White Sox

Loss 5 - 15

Tue, Aug 6, 1996

@ Detroit Tigers

Win 4 - 2

Wed, Aug 7, 1996

@ Detroit Tigers

Loss 2 - 4

Thu, Aug 8, 1996

@ Detroit Tigers

Loss 2 - 3

Fri, Aug 9, 1996

@ Toronto Blue Jays

Win 5 - 4

Sat, Aug 10, 1996

@ Toronto Blue Jays

Win 12 - 1

Sun, Aug 11, 1996

@ Toronto Blue Jays

Win 6 - 0

Mon, Aug 12, 1996

vs Detroit Tigers

Win 7 - 0

Tue, Aug 13, 1996

vs Detroit Tigers

Win 6 - 2

Wed, Aug 14, 1996

vs Detroit Tigers

Win 5 - 4

Fri, Aug 16, 1996

vs Kansas City Royals

Win 5 - 3

Sat, Aug 17, 1996

vs Kansas City Royals

Loss 1 - 4

Sun, Aug 18, 1996

vs Kansas City Royals

Win 10 - 3

Mon, Aug 19, 1996

@ Cleveland Indians

Win 10 - 3

Tue, Aug 20, 1996

@ Cleveland Indians

Loss 4 - 10

Wed, Aug 21, 1996

@ Cleveland Indians

Win 10 - 8

(10)

Thu, Aug 22, 1996

@ Minnesota Twins

Win 11 - 2

Fri, Aug 23, 1996

@ Minnesota Twins

Loss 2 - 9

Sat, Aug 24, 1996

@ Minnesota Twins

Loss 5 - 6

Sun, Aug 25, 1996

@ Minnesota Twins

Win 13 - 2

Tue, Aug 27, 1996

@ Kansas City Royals

Loss 3 - 4

(10)

Wed, Aug 28, 1996

@ Kansas City Royals

Loss 3 - 4

(12)

Fri, Aug 30, 1996

vs Cleveland Indians

Win 5 - 3

Sat, Aug 31, 1996

vs Cleveland Indians

Win 6 - 3

Sun, Sep 1, 1996

vs Cleveland Indians

Loss 2 - 8

Mon, Sep 2, 1996

vs Minnesota Twins

Loss 4 - 6

Tue, Sep 3, 1996

vs Minnesota Twins

Win 9 - 7

Wed, Sep 4, 1996

vs Minnesota Twins

Loss 6 - 7

Fri, Sep 6, 1996

@ Milwaukee Brewers

Win 7 - 3

Sat, Sep 7, 1996

@ Milwaukee Brewers

Win 2 - 1

Sun, Sep 8, 1996

@ Milwaukee Brewers

Win 7 - 1

Mon, Sep 9, 1996

@ Toronto Blue Jays

Win 4 - 3

Tue, Sep 10, 1996

@ Toronto Blue Jays

Win 11 - 8

Wed, Sep 11, 1996

@ Toronto Blue Jays

Loss 3 - 8

Thu, Sep 12, 1996

vs Milwaukee Brewers

Loss 4 - 15

Fri, Sep 13, 1996

vs Milwaukee Brewers

Loss 3 - 6

Sat, Sep 14, 1996

vs Milwaukee Brewers

Loss 6 - 8

Sun, Sep 15, 1996

vs Milwaukee Brewers

Win 6 - 2

Mon, Sep 16, 1996

@ Seattle Mariners

Loss 0 - 6

Tue, Sep 17, 1996

@ Seattle Mariners

Loss 2 - 5

Wed, Sep 18, 1996

@ Seattle Mariners

Loss 2 - 5

Thu, Sep 19, 1996

@ Seattle Mariners

Loss 6 - 7

Fri, Sep 20, 1996

@ California Angels

Loss 5 - 6

(10)

Sat, Sep 21, 1996

@ California Angels

Win 7 - 1

Sun, Sep 22, 1996

@ California Angels

Win 4 - 1

Mon, Sep 23, 1996

@ Oakland Athletics

Loss 3 - 5

Tue, Sep 24, 1996

@ Oakland Athletics

Win 7 - 3

Thu, Sep 26, 1996

vs California Angels

Win 6 - 5

Fri, Sep 27, 1996

vs California Angels

Loss 3 - 4

(15)

Sat, Sep 28, 1996

vs California Angels

Win 4 - 3

Sun, Sep 29, 1996

vs California Angels

Win 4 - 3

Postseason

AL Divisional Series (Lost 1 - 3)

Tue, Oct 1, 1996

@ New York Yankees

Win 6 - 2

Wed, Oct 2, 1996

@ New York Yankees

Loss 4 - 5

(12)

Fri, Oct 4, 1996

vs New York Yankees

Loss 2 - 3

Sat, Oct 5, 1996

vs New York Yankees

Loss 4 - 6

90-72	Lost ALDS
Record	Outcome

1996 Texas Rangers

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