1986 Texas Rangers season

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1986  Texas Rangers
League American League
Division West
Ballpark Arlington Stadium
City Arlington, Texas
Owners Eddie Chiles
General managers Tom Grieve
Managers Bobby Valentine
Television KTVT
(Bob Carpenter, Steve Busby)
HSE
(Bob Carpenter, Norm Hitzges, Merle Harmon)
Radio WBAP
(Eric Nadel, Mark Holtz )
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The 1986 Texas Rangers season was the 26th of the Texas Rangers franchise overall, their 15th in Arlington as the Rangers, and the 15th season at Arlington Stadium. The Rangers finished second in the American League West with a record of 87 wins and 75 losses.

Contents

Michael Stone was President of the Rangers and promoted Tom Grieve to General Manager.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

AL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
California Angels 9270.568—50‍–‍3242‍–‍38
Texas Rangers 8775.537551‍–‍3036‍–‍45
Kansas City Royals 7686.4691645‍–‍3631‍–‍50
Oakland Athletics 7686.4691647‍–‍3629‍–‍50
Chicago White Sox 7290.4442041‍–‍4031‍–‍50
Minnesota Twins 7191.4382143‍–‍3828‍–‍53
Seattle Mariners 6795.4142541‍–‍4126‍–‍54

Record vs. opponents

1986 American League record

Sources:
TeamBALBOSCALCWSCLEDETKCMILMINNYYOAKSEATEXTOR
Baltimore —4–96–69–34–91–126–66–78–45–85–76–65–78–5
Boston 9–4—5–77–510–37–66–66–610–25–87–58–48–47–6
California 6–67–5—7–66–67–58–55–77–67–510–38–58–56–6
Chicago 3–95–76–7—5–76–67–65–76–76–67–68–52–116–6
Cleveland 9–43–106–67–5—4–98–48–56–65–810–29–36–63–10–1
Detroit 12–16–75–76–69–4—5–78–57–56–76–66–67–54–9
Kansas City 6–66–65–86–74–87–5—6–66–74–88–55–88–55–7
Milwaukee 7–66–67–57–55–85–86–6—4–88–55–76–64–87–6
Minnesota 4–82–106–77–66–65–77–68–4—4–86–76–76–74–8
New York 8–58–55–76–68–57–68–45–88–4—5–78–47–57–6
Oakland 7–55–73–106–72–106–65–87–57–67–5—10–33–108–4
Seattle 6–64–85–85–83–96–68–56–67–64–83–10—4–96–6
Texas 7–54–85–811–26–65–75–88–47–65–710–39–4—5–7
Toronto 5–86–76–66–610–3–19–47–56–78–46–74–86–67–5—

Notable transactions

Roster

1986 Texas Rangers roster
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Don Slaught 9531483.2641346
1B Pete O'Brien 156551160.2902390
2B Toby Harrah 9528963.218741
SS Scott Fletcher 147530159.300350
3B Steve Buechele 153461112.2431854
LF Gary Ward 105380120.316551
CF Oddibe McDowell 154572152.2661849
RF Pete Incaviglia 153540135.2503088
DH Larry Parrish 129464128.2762894

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Rubén Sierra 113382101.2641655
Curt Wilkerson 11023656.237015
Tom Paciorek 8821361.286422
Darrell Porter 6815541.2651229
Geno Petralli 6913735.255218
George Wright 4910623.21727
Orlando Mercado 4610224.23517
Mike Stanley 153010.33311
Jerry Browne 122410.41703
Bob Jones 13212.09503
Jeff Kunkel 8133.23112
Bob Brower 2191.11100

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Charlie Hough 33230.117103.79146
Ed Correa 32202.012144.23189
José Guzmán 29172.09154.5487
Bobby Witt 31158.01195.48174
Mike Mason 27135.0734.3385
Kevin Brown 15.0103.604

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Mickey Mahler 2963.0024.1428
Mike Loynd 942.0225.3633

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLSVERASO
Greg A. Harris 73111.0108202.8395
Mitch Williams 8098.08683.5890
Dale Mohorcic 5879.02472.5129
Jeff Russell 3782.05223.4054
Ricky Wright 2139.11005.0323
Dwayne Henry 1919.11004.6617
Dave Rozema 610.20005.913
Ron Meridith 53.01003.002

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Oklahoma City 89ers American Association Dave Oliver
AA Tulsa Drillers Texas League Bill Stearns
A Salem Redbirds Carolina League Mike Bucci
A Daytona Beach Admirals Florida State League Chino Cadahia
Rookie GCL Rangers Gulf Coast League Rudy Jaramillo

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References

  1. ↑ Chris Welsh at Baseball Reference
  2. ↑ Wayne Tolleson at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ Ellis Valentine page at Baseball Reference
  4. ↑ Dickie Noles at Baseball Reference
  5. ↑ "John Barfield Stats".
  6. ↑ Wayne Rosenthal at Baseball Reference
  7. ↑ Randy Kramer at Baseball Reference
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