1989 Texas Rangers | ||
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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 Texas Rangers 1989 season involved the Rangers finishing 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.
This season, the Rangers were sold to a new ownership group; the managing partner was future United States President George W. Bush.
AL West | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Oakland Athletics | 99 | 63 | 0.611 | — | 54–27 | 45–36 |
Kansas City Royals | 92 | 70 | 0.568 | 7 | 55–26 | 37–44 |
California Angels | 91 | 71 | 0.562 | 8 | 52–29 | 39–42 |
Texas Rangers | 83 | 79 | 0.512 | 16 | 45–36 | 38–43 |
Minnesota Twins | 80 | 82 | 0.494 | 19 | 45–36 | 35–46 |
Seattle Mariners | 73 | 89 | 0.451 | 26 | 40–41 | 33–48 |
Chicago White Sox | 69 | 92 | 0.429 | 29½ | 35–45 | 34–47 |
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Team | BAL | BOS | CAL | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIL | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TEX | TOR |
Baltimore | — | 6–7 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 10–3 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 4–8 | 8–5 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 9–3 | 7–6 |
Boston | 7–6 | — | 4–8 | 7–5 | 8–5 | 11–2 | 4–8 | 6–7 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 5–8 |
California | 6–6 | 8–4 | — | 8–5 | 5–7 | 11–1 | 4–9 | 7–5 | 11–2 | 6–6 | 5–8 | 7–6 | 6–7 | 7–5 |
Chicago | 6–6 | 5–7 | 5–8 | — | 7–5 | 4–8 | 6–7 | 10–2 | 5–8 | 5–6 | 5–8 | 7–6 | 3–10 | 1–11 |
Cleveland | 6–7 | 5–8 | 7–5 | 5–7 | — | 5–8 | 8–4 | 3–10 | 5–7 | 9–4 | 2–10 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 5–8 |
Detroit | 3–10 | 2–11 | 1–11 | 8–4 | 8–5 | — | 6–6 | 6–7 | 5–7 | 6–7 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 2–11 |
Kansas City | 6–6 | 8–4 | 9–4 | 7–6 | 4–8 | 6–6 | — | 8–4 | 7–6 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 9–4 | 8–5 | 7–5 |
Milwaukee | 6–7 | 7–6 | 5–7 | 2–10 | 10–3 | 7–6 | 4–8 | — | 9–3 | 8–5 | 5–7 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 6–7 |
Minnesota | 8–4 | 6–6 | 2–11 | 8–5 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 6–7 | 3–9 | — | 6–6 | 6–7 | 7–6 | 5–8 | 9–3 |
New York | 5–8 | 6–7 | 6–6 | 6–5 | 4–9 | 7–6 | 6–6 | 5–8 | 6–6 | — | 3–9 | 8–4 | 5–7 | 7–6 |
Oakland | 7–5 | 5–7 | 8–5 | 8–5 | 10–2 | 8–4 | 6–7 | 7–5 | 7–6 | 9–3 | — | 9–4 | 8–5 | 7–5 |
Seattle | 6–6 | 7–5 | 6–7 | 6–7 | 6–6 | 8–4 | 4–9 | 5–7 | 6–7 | 4–8 | 4–9 | — | 6–7 | 5–7 |
Texas | 3–9 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 10–3 | 5–7 | 8–4 | 5–8 | 7–5 | 8–5 | 7–5 | 5–8 | 7–6 | — | 5–7 |
Toronto | 6–7 | 8–5 | 5–7 | 11–1 | 8–5 | 11–2 | 5–7 | 7–6 | 3–9 | 6–7 | 5–7 | 7–5 | 7–5 | — |
1989 Texas Rangers | |||||||||
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Roster | |||||||||
Pitchers
| Catchers
Infielders
| Outfielders
Other batters
| Manager Coaches
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= Indicates team leader |
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Chad Kreuter | 87 | 158 | 24 | .152 | 5 | 9 |
1B | Rafael Palmeiro | 156 | 559 | 154 | .275 | 8 | 64 |
2B | Julio Franco | 150 | 548 | 173 | .316 | 13 | 92 |
3B | Steve Buechele | 155 | 486 | 114 | .235 | 16 | 59 |
SS | Scott Fletcher | 83 | 314 | 75 | .239 | 0 | 22 |
LF | Pete Incaviglia | 133 | 453 | 107 | .236 | 21 | 81 |
CF | Cecil Espy | 142 | 275 | 122 | .257 | 3 | 31 |
RF | Rubén Sierra | 162 | 634 | 194 | .306 | 29 | 119 |
DH | Harold Baines | 50 | 172 | 49 | .285 | 3 | 16 |
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Jeff Kunkel | 108 | 293 | 79 | .270 | 8 | 29 |
Rick Leach | 110 | 239 | 65 | .272 | 1 | 23 |
Fred Manrique | 54 | 191 | 55 | .288 | 2 | 22 |
Geno Petralli | 70 | 184 | 56 | .304 | 4 | 23 |
Jim Sundberg | 76 | 147 | 29 | .197 | 2 | 8 |
Mike Stanley | 67 | 122 | 30 | .246 | 1 | 11 |
Jack Daugherty | 52 | 106 | 32 | .302 | 1 | 10 |
Sammy Sosa | 25 | 84 | 20 | .238 | 1 | 3 |
Buddy Bell | 34 | 82 | 15 | .183 | 0 | 3 |
Juan González | 24 | 60 | 9 | .150 | 1 | 7 |
Scott Coolbaugh | 25 | 51 | 14 | .275 | 2 | 7 |
Thad Bosley | 37 | 40 | 9 | .225 | 1 | 9 |
Jeff Stone | 22 | 36 | 6 | .167 | 0 | 5 |
Dean Palmer | 16 | 19 | 2 | .105 | 0 | 1 |
Kevin Reimer | 3 | 5 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
= Indicates league leader |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Nolan Ryan | 32 | 239.1 | 16 | 10 | 3.20 | 301 |
Bobby Witt | 31 | 194.1 | 12 | 13 | 5.14 | 166 |
Kevin Brown | 28 | 191.0 | 12 | 9 | 3.35 | 104 |
Charlie Hough | 30 | 182.0 | 10 | 13 | 4.35 | 94 |
Mike Jeffcoat | 22 | 130.2 | 9 | 6 | 3.58 | 64 |
Jamie Moyer | 15 | 76.0 | 4 | 9 | 4.86 | 44 |
Wilson Álvarez | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | inf | 0 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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John Barfield | 4 | 11.2 | 0 | 1 | 6.17 | 9 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Jeff Russell | 71 | 6 | 4 | 38 | 1.98 | 77 |
Kenny Rogers | 73 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2.93 | 63 |
Cecilio Guante | 50 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3.91 | 69 |
Gary Mielke | 43 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3.26 | 26 |
Drew Hall | 38 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3.70 | 45 |
Craig McMurtry | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.43 | 14 |
Brad Arnsberg | 16 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4.13 | 26 |
Darrel Akerfelds | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.27 | 9 |
Paul Wilmet | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.43 | 1 |
Jeff Kunkel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.60 | 0 |
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