Final Season and Relocation To Canada
The lowly A's returned as the team's parent in 1964. Moreover, that season the Texas League placed a team in Fort Worth, and the Rangers reverted to their Dallas-only identity.
The last Dallas Rangers club, managed by John McNamara, won only 53 of 157 PCL games and drew only 39,000 fans. The franchise moved to Vancouver in 1965. The Dallas-Fort Worth regional name was then applied to the Texas League club, which played in Arlington and became known as the Spurs through 1971. The old nickname Rangers was revived for the major league Texas Rangers, who moved to Turnpike (renamed Arlington) Stadium in 1972.
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