1987 Texas Rangers | ||
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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.
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.
AL West | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Minnesota Twins | 85 | 77 | 0.525 | — | 56–25 | 29–52 |
Kansas City Royals | 83 | 79 | 0.512 | 2 | 46–35 | 37–44 |
Oakland Athletics | 81 | 81 | 0.500 | 4 | 42–39 | 39–42 |
Seattle Mariners | 78 | 84 | 0.481 | 7 | 40–41 | 38–43 |
Chicago White Sox | 77 | 85 | 0.475 | 8 | 38–43 | 39–42 |
Texas Rangers | 75 | 87 | 0.463 | 10 | 43–38 | 32–49 |
California Angels | 75 | 87 | 0.463 | 10 | 38–43 | 37–44 |
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Team | BAL | BOS | CAL | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIL | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TEX | TOR |
Baltimore | — | 1–12 | 9–3 | 8–4 | 7–6 | 4–9 | 9–3 | 2–11 | 5–7 | 3–10 | 7–5 | 4–8 | 7–5 | 1–12 |
Boston | 12–1 | — | 4–8 | 3–9 | 7–6 | 2–11 | 6–6 | 6–7 | 7–5 | 7–6 | 4–8 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 6–7 |
California | 3–9 | 8–4 | — | 8–5 | 7–5 | 3–9 | 5–8 | 7–5 | 8–5 | 3–9 | 6–7 | 7–6 | 5–8 | 5–7 |
Chicago | 4–8 | 9–3 | 5–8 | — | 7–5 | 3–9 | 6–7 | 6–6 | 6–7 | 5–7 | 9–4 | 6–7 | 7–6 | 4–8 |
Cleveland | 6–7 | 6–7 | 5–7 | 5–7 | — | 4–9 | 6–6 | 4–9 | 3–9 | 6–7 | 4–8 | 5–7 | 2–10 | 5–8 |
Detroit | 9–4 | 11–2 | 9–3 | 9–3 | 9–4 | — | 5–7 | 6–7 | 8–4 | 5–8 | 5–7 | 7–5 | 8–4 | 7–6 |
Kansas City | 3–9 | 6–6 | 8–5 | 7–6 | 6–6 | 7–5 | — | 4–8 | 8–5 | 5–7 | 5–8 | 9–4 | 7–6 | 8–4 |
Milwaukee | 11–2 | 7–6 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 9–4 | 7–6 | 8–4 | — | 3–9 | 7–6 | 6–6 | 4–8 | 9–3 | 9–4 |
Minnesota | 7–5 | 5–7 | 5–8 | 7–6 | 9–3 | 4–8 | 5–8 | 9–3 | — | 6–6 | 10–3 | 9–4 | 6–7 | 3–9 |
New York | 10–3 | 6–7 | 9–3 | 7–5 | 7–6 | 8–5 | 7–5 | 6–7 | 6–6 | — | 5–7 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 6–7 |
Oakland | 5–7 | 8–4 | 7–6 | 4–9 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 8–5 | 6–6 | 3–10 | 7–5 | — | 5–8 | 6–7 | 7–5 |
Seattle | 8–4 | 5–7 | 6–7 | 7–6 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 4–9 | 8–4 | 4–9 | 5–7 | 8–5 | — | 9–4 | 2–10 |
Texas | 5–7 | 5–7 | 8–5 | 6–7 | 10–2 | 4–8 | 6–7 | 3–9 | 7–6 | 7–5 | 7–6 | 4–9 | — | 3–9 |
Toronto | 12–1 | 7–6 | 7–5 | 8–4 | 8–5 | 6–7 | 4–8 | 4–9 | 9–3 | 7–6 | 5–7 | 10–2 | 9–3 | — |
1987 Texas Rangers roster | |||||||||
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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 | Don Slaught | 95 | 237 | 53 | .224 | 8 | 16 |
1B | Pete O'Brien | 159 | 569 | 163 | .286 | 23 | 88 |
2B | Jerry Browne | 132 | 454 | 123 | .271 | 1 | 38 |
3B | Steve Buechele | 136 | 363 | 86 | .237 | 13 | 50 |
SS | Scott Fletcher | 156 | 588 | 169 | .287 | 5 | 63 |
LF | Pete Incaviglia | 139 | 509 | 138 | .271 | 27 | 80 |
CF | Oddibe McDowell | 128 | 407 | 98 | .241 | 14 | 52 |
RF | Rubén Sierra | 158 | 643 | 169 | .263 | 30 | 109 |
DH | Larry Parrish | 152 | 557 | 149 | .268 | 32 | 100 |
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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Bob Brower | 127 | 303 | 79 | .261 | 14 | 46 |
Mike Stanley | 78 | 216 | 59 | .273 | 6 | 37 |
Geno Petralli | 101 | 202 | 61 | .302 | 7 | 31 |
Curtis Wilkerson | 85 | 138 | 37 | .268 | 2 | 14 |
Darrell Porter | 85 | 130 | 31 | .238 | 7 | 21 |
Tom O'Malley | 45 | 117 | 32 | .274 | 1 | 12 |
Tom Paciorek | 27 | 60 | 17 | .283 | 3 | 12 |
Jeff Kunkel | 15 | 32 | 7 | .219 | 1 | 2 |
Dave Meier | 13 | 21 | 6 | .286 | 0 | 0 |
Greg Tabor | 9 | 9 | 1 | .111 | 0 | 1 |
Cecil Espy | 14 | 8 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 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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Charlie Hough | 40 | 285.1 | 18 | 13 | 3.79 | 223 |
José Guzmán | 37 | 208.1 | 14 | 14 | 4.67 | 143 |
Bobby Witt | 26 | 143.0 | 8 | 10 | 4.91 | 160 |
Ed Correa | 15 | 70.0 | 3 | 5 | 7.59 | 61 |
Bob Malloy | 2 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | 6.55 | 8 |
Mike Jeffcoat | 2 | 7.0 | 0 | 1 | 12.86 | 1 |
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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Greg A. Harris | 42 | 140.2 | 5 | 10 | 4.86 | 106 |
Paul Kilgus | 25 | 89.1 | 2 | 7 | 4.13 | 42 |
Mike Loynd | 26 | 69.1 | 1 | 5 | 6.10 | 48 |
Mike Mason | 8 | 29.0 | 0 | 2 | 5.59 | 21 |
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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Dale Mohorcic | 74 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 2.99 | 48 |
Mitch Williams | 85 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 3.23 | 129 |
Jeff Russell | 52 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4.44 | 56 |
Steve Howe | 24 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4.31 | 19 |
Ron Meridith | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.10 | 17 |
Scott Anderson | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9.53 | 6 |
Keith Creel | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.66 | 5 |
Dwayne Henry | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 7 |
Gary Mielke | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 3 |