| 1996 Texas Rangers | ||
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| American League West Champions | ||
| League | American League | |
| Division | West | |
| Ballpark | The Ballpark in Arlington | |
| City | Arlington, Texas | |
| Record | 90–72 (.556) | |
| Divisional place | 1st | |
| Owners | George W. Bush | |
| General managers | Doug Melvin | |
| Managers | Johnny Oates | |
| Television | KXTX-TV 39 KXAS-TV 5 (Mark Holtz, Tom Grieve) | |
| Radio | KRLD–AM 1080 (Eric Nadel, Brad Sham) KXEB–AM 910 (Luis Mayoral, Josue Perez) | |
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The 1996 Texas Rangers season was the 36th of the Texas Rangers franchise overall, their 25th in Arlington as the Rangers, and their 3rd season at The Ballpark in Arlington. The Rangers finished first in the American League West with a record of 90 wins and 72 losses. It would be the first post-season appearance for the Senators/Rangers in franchise history, taking 36 seasons to finally accomplish the feat. This remains the longest amount of time it has ever taken any North American professional sports franchise to make their first playoff appearance. The Rangers would win their first post-season game at Yankee Stadium against the New York Yankees, but would lose the last three games to lose the division series. The one post-season win would be the club's only post-season success until 2010.