1989 Texas Rangers season

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1989  Texas Rangers
League American League
Division West
Ballpark Arlington Stadium
City Arlington, Texas
Owners George W. Bush
General managers Tom Grieve
Managers Bobby Valentine
Television KTVT
(Bob Carpenter, Steve Busby)
HSE
(Greg Lucas, Norm Hitzges, Merle Harmon)
Radio WBAP
(Eric Nadel, Mark Holtz )
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The 1986 Texas Rangers season was the 29th of the Texas Rangers franchise overall, their 18th in Arlington as the Rangers, and the 18th season at Arlington Stadium. The Rangers finished fourth in the American League West with a record of 83 wins and 79 losses. Nolan Ryan would achieve his 5,000th career strikeout during the season. He would finish as the American League leader in strikeouts.

Contents

This season, the Rangers were sold to a new ownership group; the managing partner was future United States President George W. Bush.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

AL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Oakland Athletics 9963.611—54‍–‍2745‍–‍36
Kansas City Royals 9270.568755‍–‍2637‍–‍44
California Angels 9171.562852‍–‍2939‍–‍42
Texas Rangers 8379.5121645‍–‍3638‍–‍43
Minnesota Twins 8082.4941945‍–‍3635‍–‍46
Seattle Mariners 7389.4512640‍–‍4133‍–‍48
Chicago White Sox 6992.42929½35‍–‍4534‍–‍47

Record vs. opponents

1989 American League record

Sources:
TeamBALBOSCALCWSCLEDETKCMILMINNYYOAKSEATEXTOR
Baltimore —6–76–66–67–610–36–67–64–88–55–76–69–37–6
Boston 7–6—4–87–58–511–24–86–76–67–67–55–76–65–8
California 6–68–4—8–55–711–14–97–511–26–65–87–66–77–5
Chicago 6–65–75–8—7–54–86–710–25–85–65–87–63–101–11
Cleveland 6–75–87–55–7—5–88–43–105–79–42–106–67–55–8
Detroit 3–102–111–118–48–5—6–66–75–76–74–84–84–82–11
Kansas City 6–68–49–47–64–86–6—8–47–66–67–69–48–57–5
Milwaukee 6–77–65–72–1010–37–64–8—9–38–55–77–55–76–7
Minnesota 8–46–62–118–57–57–56–73–9—6–66–77–65–89–3
New York 5–86–76–66–54–97–66–65–86–6—3–98–45–77–6
Oakland 7–55–78–58–510–28–46–77–57–69–3—9–48–57–5
Seattle 6–67–56–76–76–68–44–95–76–74–84–9—6–75–7
Texas 3–96–67–610–35–78–45–87–58–57–55–87–6—5–7
Toronto 6–78–55–711–18–511–25–77–63–96–75–77–57–5—

Notable transactions

Roster

1989 Texas Rangers
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

= Indicates team leader

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 Chad Kreuter 8715824.15259
1B Rafael Palmeiro 156559154.275864
2B Julio Franco 150548173.3161392
3B Steve Buechele 155486114.2351659
SS Scott Fletcher 8331475.239022
LF Pete Incaviglia 133453107.2362181
CF Cecil Espy 142275122.257331
RF Rubén Sierra 162634194.30629119
DH Harold Baines 5017249.285316

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Jeff Kunkel 10829379.270829
Rick Leach 11023965.272123
Fred Manrique 5419155.288222
Geno Petralli 7018456.304423
Jim Sundberg 7614729.19728
Mike Stanley 6712230.246111
Jack Daugherty 5210632.302110
Sammy Sosa 258420.23813
Buddy Bell 348215.18303
Juan González 24609.15017
Scott Coolbaugh 255114.27527
Thad Bosley 37409.22519
Jeff Stone 22366.16705
Dean Palmer 16192.10501
Kevin Reimer 350.00000

Pitching

= Indicates league leader

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Nolan Ryan 32239.116103.20301
Bobby Witt 31194.112135.14166
Kevin Brown 28191.01293.35104
Charlie Hough 30182.010134.3594
Mike Jeffcoat 22130.2963.5864
Jamie Moyer 1576.0494.8644
Wilson Álvarez 10.001inf0

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
John Barfield 411.2016.179

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Jeff Russell 7164381.9877
Kenny Rogers 733422.9363
Cecilio Guante 506623.9169
Gary Mielke 431013.2626
Drew Hall 382103.7045
Craig McMurtry 190007.4314
Brad Arnsberg 162114.1326
Darrel Akerfelds 60103.279
Paul Wilmet 300015.431
Jeff Kunkel 100021.600

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Oklahoma City 89ers American Association Jim Skaalen
AA Tulsa Drillers Texas League Tommy Thompson
A Charlotte Rangers Florida State League Bobby Jones
A Gastonia Rangers South Atlantic League Orlando Gómez
Rookie GCL Rangers Gulf Coast League Chino Cadahia
Rookie Butte Copper Kings Pioneer League Bump Wills

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  8. ↑ Rick Leach at Baseball Reference
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