1987 Texas Rangers season

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1987  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 Texas Rangers 1987 season involved the Rangers finishing sixth in the American League West with a record of 75 wins and 87 losses.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Rubén Sierra set the Rangers' club record for extra base hits (69) in one season. He became the youngest player in the American League to get 100 RBIs in a season since Al Kaline in 1956.

Season standings

AL West 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Minnesota Twins 85770.525—56–2529–52
Kansas City Royals 83790.512246–3537–44
Oakland Athletics 81810.500442–3939–42
Seattle Mariners 78840.481740–4138–43
Chicago White Sox 77850.475838–4339–42
Texas Rangers 75870.4631043–3832–49
California Angels 75870.4631038–4337–44

Record vs. opponents

1987 American League record

Sources:
TeamBALBOSCALCWSCLEDETKCMILMINNYYOAKSEATEXTOR
Baltimore —1–129–38–47–64–99–32–115–73–107–54–87–51–12
Boston 12–1—4–83–97–62–116–66–77–57–64–87–57–56–7
California 3–98–4—8–57–53–95–87–58–53–96–77–65–85–7
Chicago 4–89–35–8—7–53–96–76–66–75–79–46–77–64–8
Cleveland 6–76–75–75–7—4–96–64–93–96–74–85–72–105–8
Detroit 9–411–29–39–39–4—5–76–78–45–85–77–58–47–6
Kansas City 3–96–68–57–66–67–5—4–88–55–75–89–47–68–4
Milwaukee 11–27–65–76–69–47–68–4—3–97–66–64–89–39–4
Minnesota 7–55–75–87–69–34–85–89–3—6–610–39–46–73–9
New York 10–36–79–37–57–68–57–56–76–6—5–77–55–76–7
Oakland 5–78–47–64–98–47–58–56–63–107–5—5–86–77–5
Seattle 8–45–76–77–67–55–74–98–44–95–78–5—9–42–10
Texas 5–75–78–56–710–24–86–73–97–67–57–64–9—3–9
Toronto 12–17–67–58–48–56–74–84–99–37–65–710–29–3—

Transactions

Roster

1987 Texas Rangers roster
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

Player stats

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 9523753.224816
1B Pete O'Brien 159569163.2862388
2B Jerry Browne 132454123.271138
3B Steve Buechele 13636386.2371350
SS Scott Fletcher 156588169.287563
LF Pete Incaviglia 139509138.2712780
CF Oddibe McDowell 12840798.2411452
RF Rubén Sierra 158643169.26330109
DH Larry Parrish 152557149.26832100

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Bob Brower 12730379.2611446
Mike Stanley 7821659.273637
Geno Petralli 10120261.302731
Curtis Wilkerson 8513837.268214
Darrell Porter 8513031.238721
Tom O'Malley 4511732.274112
Tom Paciorek 276017.283312
Jeff Kunkel 15327.21912
Dave Meier 13216.28600
Greg Tabor 991.11101
Cecil Espy 1480.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Charlie Hough 40285.118133.79223
José Guzmán 37208.114144.67143
Bobby Witt 26143.08104.91160
Ed Correa 1570.0357.5961
Bob Malloy 211.0006.558
Mike Jeffcoat 27.00112.861

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Greg A. Harris 42140.25104.86106
Paul Kilgus 2589.1274.1342
Mike Loynd 2669.1156.1048
Mike Mason 829.0025.5921

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Dale Mohorcic 7476162.9948
Mitch Williams 858663.23129
Jeff Russell 525434.4456
Steve Howe 243314.3119
Ron Meridith 111006.1017
Scott Anderson 80109.536
Keith Creel 60004.665
Dwayne Henry 50009.007
Gary Mielke 30006.003

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Oklahoma City 89ers American Association Toby Harrah
AA Tulsa Drillers Texas League Bill Stearns
A Charlotte Rangers Florida State League Jim Skaalen
A Gastonia Rangers South Atlantic League Chino Cadahia
Rookie GCL Rangers Gulf Coast League Stan Hough

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References

  1. ↑ "Mike Jeffcoat Stats".
  2. ↑ Bill Haselman at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ Scott Coolbaugh at Baseball Reference
  4. ↑ Kevin Belcher at Baseball Reference
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