» June 4, 1990:
The Braves wisely select Florida high school SS Chipper Jones with the first pick in the annual free-agent draft. The Tigers follow with Tony Clark and the Phils use the 3rd pick on Mike Lieberthal. The A's use their 14th choice to take the much sought after Todd Van Poppel, passed over because of his stated intention to pitch at the University of Texas. The A's change his mind and he signs on July 16th for $1.2 million. Picking 20th, the Orioles take Stanford's Mike Mussina. Late in the 6th round, the independent Class A Miami Miracle drafts Mike Lansing under a never-before-used rule. The rule will be abolished, but Lansing will play two years with the Miracle and make the majors with the Expos. Troy Percival (Angels) and Mike Hampton (Mariners) go in the 6th round, Rusty Greer (Rangers) in the 10th, and on the 12th round, the Twins take SS Pat Meares. The White Sox end up with the best draft, taking Alex Fernandez (1st round), Bob Wickman (2nd), Robert Ellis (3rd), James Baldwin (4th), Ray Durham (5th), Brandon Wilson (18th), and Jason Bere (36th). After selecting Carl Everett with the 10th overall pick, the Yanks pull two winners out of the low rounds: Andy Pettitte in the 20th round and Jorge Posada in the 24th.
» June 8, 1995: The Rangers defeat the Royals, 10-9 in 10 innings, scoring all their runs after the 6th frame. In a 6-run 8th inning, Texas ties a major league record by getting four pinch-hits. Rusty Greer, Mike Pagliarulo, Shawn Hare, and Ivan Rodriguez all come through with singles as the Rangers cut the lead to 8-7. The win keeps the Rangers within 1/2 game of the Angels in the race for the American League West lead.
» July 21, 1996: Oakland defeats Texas, 11–8, despite five hits—including a double and homer—by Rangers' OF Rusty Greer. Terry Steinbach homers twice to extend his hitting streak to 21 games.
» August 22, 1997:
In another slugfest, the Rangers score a 17-8 victory over the White Sox. Each of the starting left fielders—Rusty Greer and Albert Belle—hits two homers and drives in six runs for his team.
» August 23, 1997: For the 2nd day in a row, Rangers' LF Rusty Greer hits a pair of home runs and posts six ribbies, doing so in today's 13-8 win over Chicago.
» September 10, 1997: The Rangers overcome a 5-run deficit in the 9th inning to defeat the Dodgers, 13–12. Rusty Greer drives in the winner with a 2-out single, the 4th time this year he's done it in the Rangers' final at-bat.
» May 14, 1998:
Rusty Greer hits a 2-run home run in the 13th inning, and has six RBIs, to lead Texas to a 7–5 win over the Yankees. For New York, it ends a major-league record streak of 25 straight wins in which they've homered.
» May 13, 1999: The Rangers score eight runs in the 4th inning on their way to a 15-7 victory over the Orioles. OFs Rusty Greer and Roberto Kelly drive home four runs each.
» July 15, 1999:
The Rangers tie the major league record with walks by three consecutive pinch hitters (Rusty Greer, Rafael Palmeiro, Lee Stevens) in the bottom of the 9th against the Diamondbacks. The Rangers win, 3–2.
» September 3, 1999:
The Rangers beat the White Sox, 10–4 and now have five players with 20+ home run for the 1st time in team history: Rafael Palmeiro (41), Juan Gonzalez (32), Ivan Rodriguez (31), Lee Stevens (22), Todd Zeile (20). Rusty Greer (18) will join them.
» April 16, 2000:
Texas Rangers OF Rusty Greer has surgery to remove bone chips from his right ankle. He will be out of action from 4-6 weeks.
» August 31, 2000: The Rangers defeat the Indians, 14-7, as OF Rusty Greer gets five hits and drives home four runs. 2B Luis Alicea scores five runs for Texas.
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