The 'Texas Rangers' finished the 2004 season in 3rd place in the West division of the American League. Five Rangers were All Stars, Francisco Cordero, Kenny Rogers, Hank Blalock, Michael Young and All-Star Game MVP Alfonso Soriano.
October 8, 2003: Tony Mounce was released by the Rangers.
November 19, 2003: Ken Huckaby was signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.
February 5, 2004: Mike Lamb was traded by the Texas Rangers to the New York Yankees for Jose Garcia (minors).
February 16, 2004: Alex Rodriguez was traded by the Texas Rangers with cash to the New York Yankees for a player to be named later and Alfonso Soriano. The New York Yankees sent Joaquin Arias (April 23, 2004) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade.
Gerald Laird, C
Mark Teixeira, 1B
Alfonso Soriano, 2B
Hank Blalock, 3B
Michael Young, SS
David Dellucci, LF
Laynce Nix, CF
Kevin Mench, RF
Brad Fullmer, DH
Kenny Rogers, LHP
May 8: Alfonso Soriano set a club record with six hits in nine innings in a 16–15, 10-inning victory over the Detroit Tigers. The game featured an hour-long fifth inning: up by two runs entering the inning, Detroit scored eight runs in the top half of the inning to take a ten run lead over the Rangers; the Rangers would score ten runs in the bottom half of the inning to tie the game (the largest deficit ever overcome by the Rangers and tying an MLB record for most runs in an inning by two teams).
October 1: In a game against the Texas Rangers, Ichiro Suzuki set an MLB record for most hits in one season.
July 6, 2004: Ken Huckaby was selected off waivers by the Baltimore Orioles from the Texas Rangers.
August 18, 2004: Ken Huckaby was signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Awards and honors
Alfonso Soriano, 2004 All-Star Game Most Valuable Player
Alfonso Soriano, Second Base, Silver Slugger Award
Kenny Rogers, Pitcher, Gold Glove Award
Buck Showalter, American League Manager of the Year Award
Mark Teixeira, First Base, Silver Slugger Award
All-Star Game
Alfonso Soriano, Second Base, Starter
Francisco Cordero, Pitcher, Reserve
Kenny Rogers, Pitcher, Reserve
Hank Blalock, Third Base, Reserve
Michael Young, Shortstop, Reserve
Texas Rangers Hall of Fame Inductees
Buddy Bell
Ferguson Jenkins
Tom Vandergriff (former Mayor of Arlington, who spearheaded the campaign to bring a Major League Baseball franchise to the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex)
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Frisco
