1987 Texas Rangers season
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Owner(s) | Eddie Chiles |
General manager(s) | Tom Grieve |
Manager(s) | Bobby Valentine |
Local television | KTVT (Bob Carpenter, Steve Busby) HSE (Bob Carpenter, Norm Hitzges, Merle Harmon) |
Local 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.
Offseason[]
- December 18, 1986: Mike Jeffcoat was signed as a free agent with the Texas Rangers.[1]
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 |
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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 |
Record vs. opponents[]
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] | ||||||||||||||
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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 | — |
Transactions[]
- June 2, 1987: 1987 Major League Baseball draft
- Bill Haselman was drafted by the Rangers in the first round (23rd pick).[2]
- Scott Coolbaugh was drafted by the Rangers in the third round. Player signed June 18, 1987.[3]
- Kevin Belcher was drafted by the Rangers in the sixth round.[4]
Roster[]
1987 Texas Rangers roster | |||||||||
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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
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 |
Other batters[]
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 |
Pitching[]
Starting pitchers[]
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 | 8 | 10 | 4.91 | 160 |
Ed Correa | 15 | 70 | 3 | 5 | 7.59 | 61 |
Bob Malloy | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 6.55 | 8 |
Mike Jeffcoat | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 12.86 | 1 |
Other pitchers[]
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 | 2 | 5.59 | 21 |
Relief pitchers[]
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 |
Awards and honors[]
- Rubén Sierra, American League Leader At-Bats (643)
Farm system[]
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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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 |
References[]
- ^ "Mike Jeffcoat Stats".
- ^ Bill Haselman at Baseball Reference
- ^ Scott Coolbaugh at Baseball Reference
- ^ Kevin Belcher at Baseball Reference
- 1987 Texas Rangers at Baseball Reference
- 1987 Texas Rangers at Baseball Almanac
- Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-17-6.
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