What did the Rangers get from those horrible trades back in the day?

Dave Stewart - September 13, 1985: Traded by the Texas Rangers to the Philadelphia Phillies for Rich Surhoff. 
July 26, 1986: The Texas Rangers sent Surhoff  and Bryan Dial (minors) to the Chicago Cubs for Ron Meridith. 
June 18, 1987: Meridith was purchased by the Detroit Tigers from the Texas Rangers.  End the end - NOTHING.


Ron Darling - April 1, 1982: Traded by the Texas Rangers with Walt Terrell to the New York Mets for Lee Mazzilli.  
August 8, 1982: Mazilli was traded by the Texas Rangers to the New York Yankees for Bucky Dent. 
April 2, 1984: Dent was released by the Texas Rangers.  End the end - NOTHING


Sammy Sosa - July 29, 1989: Traded by the Texas Rangers with Wilson Alvarez and Scott Fletcher to the Chicago White Sox for Harold Baines and Fred Manrique.
August 29, 1990: Harold Baines traded by the Texas Rangers to the Oakland Athletics for players to be named later. The Oakland Athletics sent Joe Bitker (September 4, 1990) and Scott Chiamparino (September 4, 1990) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade.  Bitker and Chiamparino left the organization without any return.  Fred Manrique was later traded for a minor leaguer that never got called up.  End the end - NOTHING


Jim Sundberg - December 8, 1983: Traded by the Texas Rangers to the Milwaukee Brewers for Dan Scarpetta (minors) and Ned Yost.  
April 1, 1985: Ned Yost released by the Texas Rangers.  Scarpetta never left the minors.


Ferguson Jenkins - November 17, 1975: Traded by the Texas Rangers to the Boston Red Sox for a player to be named later, Steve Barr and Juan Beniquez. The Boston Red Sox sent Craig Skok (December 12, 1975) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade.


November 10, 1978: Juan Beniquez traded by the Texas Rangers with Greg Jemison (minors), Mike Griffin, Paul Mirabella and Dave Righetti to the New York Yankees for Mike Heath, Sparky Lyle, Larry McCall, Dave Rajsich, Domingo Ramos and cash.

1. June 15, 1979: Mike Heath traded by the Texas Rangers with Dave Chalk and cash to the Oakland Athletics for John Henry Johnson.

• April 9, 1982: John Henry Johnson traded by the Texas Rangers to the Boston Red Sox for Mike Smithson.
• December 7, 1983: Mike Smithson traded by the Texas Rangers with John Butcher to the Minnesota Twins for Sam Sorce (minors) and Gary Ward. Ward was released by the Rangers in '86.

1. September 13, 1980: Sparky Lyle traded by the Texas Rangers to the Philadelphia Phillies for a player to be named later. The Philadelphia Phillies sent Kevin Saucier (November 19, 1980) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade.

• December 10, 1980: Kevin Saucier traded by the Texas Rangers to the Detroit Tigers for Mark Wagner.
• November 7, 1983: Wagner Granted Free Agency.

1. January 4, 1980: Larry McCall traded by the Texas Rangers with Mike Bucci (minors) and Gary Gray to the Cleveland Indians for David Clyde and Jim Norris. 

• Neither Clyde or Norris panned out.

1. October 20, 1981: Dave Rajsich traded by the Texas Rangers to the Philadelphia Phillies for Ramon Aviles.

• Aviles never played for the Rangers

1. Domingo Ramos never played for the Rangers

In the end.  The Rangers got a little bit of Gary Ward for Ferguson Jenkins.