The Texas Rangers 1993 season involved the Rangers finishing 2nd in the American League West with a record of 86 wins and 76 losses. Before the 1993 season, Nolan Ryan announced his retirement, effective at the end of that season. It would also be the team's final year at Arlington Stadium before moving to The Ballpark in Arlington. Offseason December 15, 1992: Tom Henke was signed as a free agent with the Texas Rangers. December 18, 1992: Rob Ducey was signed as a free agent with the Texas Rangers. December 19, 1992: Manuel Lee was signed as a free agent with the Texas Rangers. December 19, 1992: Doug Dascenzo was signed as a free agent with the Texas Rangers. January 13, 1993: Mario Díaz was signed as a free agent with the Texas Rangers. February 1, 1993: Billy Ripken was signed as a free agent with the Texas Rangers. February 8, 1993: Steve Balboni was signed as a free agent with the Texas Rangers. March 22, 1993: Mike Schooler was signed as a free agent with the Texas Rangers. Regular season On May 26, 1993, during a game against the Cleveland Indians, Carlos Martínez hit a fly ball that Canseco lost in the lights as he was crossing the warning track. The ball hit him in the head and bounced over the wall for a home run. The cap Jose was wearing on that play, which This Week in Baseball rated in 1998 as the greatest blooper of the show's first 21 years, is in the Seth Swirsky collection. After the incident, the Harrisburg Heat offered him a soccer contract. May 29, 1993 – José Canseco asked his manager, Kevin Kennedy, to let him pitch the eighth inning of a runaway loss to the Boston Red Sox. While pitching, he injured his arm, underwent Tommy John surgery, and was lost for the remainder of the season, leading him to suffer further indignity and ridicule. On August 4, just before the end, Ryan had yet another high-profile moment – this time an on-the-mound fight. After Ryan hit Robin Ventura of the Chicago White Sox, Ventura charged the mound in order to fight Ryan, who was 20 years his senior. Ryan secured the 26-year-old Ventura in a headlock with his left arm, while pummelling Ventura's head with his right fist six times before catcher Iván Rodríguez was able to pull Ventura away