selected as the catcher for the Sporting News American League All-Star team. Tettleton continued to produce respectable offensive statistics in 1993. By midseason, he was tied with Barry Bonds for the major league home run lead of 24, along with 73 runs batted in, yet he was once again snubbed by fans in the voting for the 1993 All-Star Game. Cito Gaston, the American League manager for the All-Star game, also received criticism for failing to name Tettleton as a reserve player. In order to get more bats in the lineup, Detroit manager Sparky Anderson began to use Tettleton at other positions: he played 59 games as a first baseman, 56 games as a catcher, and 55 games as an outfielder. He ended the season with a .245 batting average and a .372 on-base percentage, along with 32 home runs and a career-high 110 runs batted in, helping the Tigers lead the American League in runs for the second consecutive year. Tettleton had 14 home runs and 41 runs batted in at the All-Star break in 1994 and was selected by Cito Gaston as a reserve player in the 1994 All-Star Game, perhaps to make amends for the previous year's snub. He continued to play as a first baseman and an outfielder; however, the majority of his games were played as catcher until the season ended prematurely when major league players decided to go on strike in August. In the final year of his contract with the Tigers, Tettleton's offensive statistics dropped to a .248 average with 17 home runs and 51 runs batted in, although he posted a career-high .419 on-base percentage. Texas Rangers Tettleton was granted free agency, and in April 1995, he signed a one-year contract for $550,000 to play for the Texas Rangers. With Iván Rodríguez having a secure hold on the Rangers' catching job, Tettleton played mostly as a right fielder and designated hitter. He posted a .238 batting average and matched his career high with 32 home runs along with 72 runs batted in. In December 1995, he turned down a lucrative offer from the New York Yankees and chose to remain with the Rangers, signing a two-year contract worth $2.5 million. He continued to play mostly as a designated hitter and occasional first baseman, ending the year with a .246 average, 24 home runs, and 83 runs batted in, to help the Rangers