1987_Texas_Rangers_season Knowpia

1987 Texas Rangers
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 )

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 edit

December 18, 1986: Mike Jeffcoat was signed as a free agent with the Texas Rangers.^[1]

Regular season edit

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 edit

v t e AL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
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 edit

1987 American League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
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 edit

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 edit

1987 Texas Rangers roster

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

2 Bobby Valentine

Coaches

Player stats edit

Batting edit

Starters by position edit

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
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 edit

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
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 edit

Starting pitchers edit

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
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

Other pitchers edit

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
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

Relief pitchers edit

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
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 edit

Rubén Sierra, American League Leader At-Bats (643)

All-Star Game

Farm system edit

Level	Team	League	Manager
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 edit

^ "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.