Updated at 3:30 p.m.: Revised to include information from the arrest-warrant affidavit.

Texas Rangers Hall of Fame pitcher John Wetteland was arrested Monday on accusations that he sexually assaulted a young child three times over two years.

John Karl Wetteland (Denton County Sheriff's Office)

Wetteland, 52, has been charged with one count of continuous sexual abuse of a child younger than 14. The Trophy Club resident posted $25,000 bond and was released from custody the same day as his arrest.

He forced a relative to perform a sex act on him, according to his arrest-warrant affidavit, beginning in 2004 when the child was 4 years old. It happened two other times during a two-year period, the accuser told police.

The abuse occurred at Wetteland's former home in Bartonville, about 10 miles south of Denton, the affidavit said.

The Dallas Morning News generally does not identify those alleging sexual assault.

The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services referred the case to Bartonville police on Jan. 9, Chief Bobby Dowell said. Bartonville police issued a warrant for Wetteland's arrest, which the Denton County Sheriff's Office served.

The News has not been able to reach Wetteland for comment, and he does not have an attorney listed in court records.

His former wife declined to comment Tuesday. The pair divorced in 2015.

One of Wetteland's children said in a Facebook post Tuesday that the allegations were untrue and would be disproven in court.

Wetteland coached for the Rangers in the minor and major leagues in the early 2000s before joining the Washington Nationals in 2006. The Rangers said Tuesday that the team was aware of the arrest and that Wetteland has no current association with the club.

A long-time, born-again Christian, Wetteland coached baseball and taught high-school Bible classes part-time at Liberty Christian School in Argyle from 2007 to 2008, according to Dedra Brynn, the school's vice president of advancement.

He has not had any association with the school since, Brynn said.

Wetteland pitched for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Montreal Expos and New York Yankees before joining the Rangers in 1997. He was named the 1996 World Series MVP with the Yankees. He retired as the Rangers' all-time saves leader with 150 after the 2000 season and was inducted into the team Hall of Fame in 2005.

He later worked as a bullpen coach for the Washington Nationals and Seattle Mariners, but both tenures included disturbing incidents.

The Nationals fired him at the behest of then-manager Frank Robinson during the 2006 season for a series of practical jokes and transgressions.

"They seem to focus a little bit more on practical jokes and fooling around out there in the bullpen rather than focusing and concentrating on the game, and keeping their minds focused to what they would have to do when they came into the ballgame to get people out," Robinson said at the time. "I just couldn't put up with it anymore. I talked to John on a number of occasions and told him flat-out what I needed and how I wanted things done. He just didn't seem to understand."

In 2009, while with Seattle, he was hospitalized for what was originally termed a "mental health" issue related to a suicide threat, but Wetteland and the Mariners later released a statement saying the issue was related to elevated blood pressure and heart rate.