1986 Texas Rangers season
1986 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 1986 season involved the Rangers finishing second in the American League West with a record of 87 wins and 75 losses.
Michael Stone was President of the Rangers and promoted Tom Grieve to General Manager.
Offseason
[edit]- November 9, 1985: Chris Welsh was released by the Rangers.[1]
- November 25, 1985: Wayne Tolleson and Dave Schmidt were traded by the Rangers to the Chicago White Sox for Ed Correa, Scott Fletcher and a player to be named later. The White Sox completed the trade by sending José Mota to the Rangers on December 11.[2]
- December 20, 1985: Ellis Valentine was released by the Rangers.[3]
- December 20, 1985: Dickie Noles was released by the Rangers.[4]
Regular season
[edit]- September 13, 1986: Rubén Sierra became the youngest player in history to hit home runs from both sides of the plate in one game. This was accomplished against the Minnesota Twins.
- Ed Correa set a club record for most wins by a rookie pitcher.
- In his rookie year, Pete Incaviglia tied the club record for most home runs in a season.
Season standings
[edit]Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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California Angels | 92 | 70 | .568 | — | 50–32 | 42–38 |
Texas Rangers | 87 | 75 | .537 | 5 | 51–30 | 36–45 |
Kansas City Royals | 76 | 86 | .469 | 16 | 45–36 | 31–50 |
Oakland Athletics | 76 | 86 | .469 | 16 | 47–36 | 29–50 |
Chicago White Sox | 72 | 90 | .444 | 20 | 41–40 | 31–50 |
Minnesota Twins | 71 | 91 | .438 | 21 | 43–38 | 28–53 |
Seattle Mariners | 67 | 95 | .414 | 25 | 41–41 | 26–54 |
Record vs. opponents
[edit]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 | — | 4–9 | 6–6 | 9–3 | 4–9 | 1–12 | 6–6 | 6–7 | 8–4 | 5–8 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 8–5 |
Boston | 9–4 | — | 5–7 | 7–5 | 10–3 | 7–6 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 10–2 | 5–8 | 7–5 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 7–6 |
California | 6–6 | 7–5 | — | 7–6 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 8–5 | 5–7 | 7–6 | 7–5 | 10–3 | 8–5 | 8–5 | 6–6 |
Chicago | 3–9 | 5–7 | 6–7 | — | 5–7 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 5–7 | 6–7 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 8–5 | 2–11 | 6–6 |
Cleveland | 9–4 | 3–10 | 6–6 | 7–5 | — | 4–9 | 8–4 | 8–5 | 6–6 | 5–8 | 10–2 | 9–3 | 6–6 | 3–10–1 |
Detroit | 12–1 | 6–7 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 9–4 | — | 5–7 | 8–5 | 7–5 | 6–7 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 4–9 |
Kansas City | 6–6 | 6–6 | 5–8 | 6–7 | 4–8 | 7–5 | — | 6–6 | 6–7 | 4–8 | 8–5 | 5–8 | 8–5 | 5–7 |
Milwaukee | 7–6 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 5–8 | 5–8 | 6–6 | — | 4–8 | 8–5 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 4–8 | 7–6 |
Minnesota | 4–8 | 2–10 | 6–7 | 7–6 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 7–6 | 8–4 | — | 4–8 | 6–7 | 6–7 | 6–7 | 4–8 |
New York | 8–5 | 8–5 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 8–5 | 7–6 | 8–4 | 5–8 | 8–4 | — | 5–7 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 7–6 |
Oakland | 7–5 | 5–7 | 3–10 | 6–7 | 2–10 | 6–6 | 5–8 | 7–5 | 7–6 | 7–5 | — | 10–3 | 3–10 | 8–4 |
Seattle | 6–6 | 4–8 | 5–8 | 5–8 | 3–9 | 6–6 | 8–5 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 4–8 | 3–10 | — | 4–9 | 6–6 |
Texas | 7–5 | 4–8 | 5–8 | 11–2 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 5–8 | 8–4 | 7–6 | 5–7 | 10–3 | 9–4 | — | 5–7 |
Toronto | 5–8 | 6–7 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 10–3–1 | 9–4 | 7–5 | 6–7 | 8–4 | 6–7 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 7–5 | — |
Notable transactions
[edit]- June 2, 1986: John Barfield was drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 11th round of the 1986 amateur draft. Player signed June 5, 1986.[5]
- June 2, 1986: Wayne Rosenthal was drafted by the Rangers in the 24th round of the 1986 Major League Baseball draft.[6]
- September 30, 1986: Randy Kramer was traded by the Rangers to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Jeff Zaske.[7]
Roster
[edit]1986 Texas Rangers roster | |||||||||
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Pitchers
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Catchers
Infielders
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Outfielders
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Manager
Coaches
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Player stats
[edit]= Indicates team leader |
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 |
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C | Don Slaught | 95 | 314 | 83 | .264 | 13 | 46 |
1B | Pete O'Brien | 156 | 551 | 160 | .290 | 23 | 90 |
2B | Toby Harrah | 95 | 289 | 63 | .218 | 7 | 41 |
SS | Scott Fletcher | 147 | 530 | 159 | .300 | 3 | 50 |
3B | Steve Buechele | 153 | 461 | 112 | .243 | 18 | 54 |
LF | Gary Ward | 105 | 380 | 120 | .316 | 5 | 51 |
CF | Oddibe McDowell | 154 | 572 | 152 | .266 | 18 | 49 |
RF | Pete Incaviglia | 153 | 540 | 135 | .250 | 30 | 88 |
DH | Larry Parrish | 129 | 464 | 128 | .276 | 28 | 94 |
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 |
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Rubén Sierra | 113 | 382 | 101 | .264 | 16 | 55 |
Curt Wilkerson | 110 | 236 | 56 | .237 | 0 | 15 |
Tom Paciorek | 88 | 213 | 61 | .286 | 4 | 22 |
Darrell Porter | 68 | 155 | 41 | .265 | 12 | 29 |
Geno Petralli | 69 | 137 | 35 | .255 | 2 | 18 |
George Wright | 49 | 106 | 23 | .217 | 2 | 7 |
Orlando Mercado | 46 | 102 | 24 | .235 | 1 | 7 |
Mike Stanley | 15 | 30 | 10 | .333 | 1 | 1 |
Jerry Browne | 12 | 24 | 10 | .417 | 0 | 3 |
Bob Jones | 13 | 21 | 2 | .095 | 0 | 3 |
Jeff Kunkel | 8 | 13 | 3 | .231 | 1 | 2 |
Bob Brower | 21 | 9 | 1 | .111 | 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 |
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Charlie Hough | 33 | 230.1 | 17 | 10 | 3.79 | 146 |
Ed Correa | 32 | 202.0 | 12 | 14 | 4.23 | 189 |
José Guzmán | 29 | 172.0 | 9 | 15 | 4.54 | 87 |
Bobby Witt | 31 | 158.0 | 11 | 9 | 5.48 | 174 |
Mike Mason | 27 | 135.0 | 7 | 3 | 4.33 | 85 |
Kevin Brown | 1 | 5.0 | 1 | 0 | 3.60 | 4 |
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 |
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Mickey Mahler | 29 | 63.0 | 0 | 2 | 4.14 | 28 |
Mike Loynd | 9 | 42.0 | 2 | 2 | 5.36 | 33 |
Relief pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Greg A. Harris | 73 | 111.0 | 10 | 8 | 20 | 2.83 | 95 |
Mitch Williams | 80 | 98.0 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 3.58 | 90 |
Dale Mohorcic | 58 | 79.0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2.51 | 29 |
Jeff Russell | 37 | 82.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3.40 | 54 |
Ricky Wright | 21 | 39.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.03 | 23 |
Dwayne Henry | 19 | 19.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.66 | 17 |
Dave Rozema | 6 | 10.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.91 | 3 |
Ron Meridith | 5 | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 2 |
Farm system
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Chris Welsh at Baseball Reference
- ^ Wayne Tolleson at Baseball Reference
- ^ Ellis Valentine page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Dickie Noles at Baseball Reference
- ^ "John Barfield Stats".
- ^ Wayne Rosenthal at Baseball Reference
- ^ Randy Kramer at Baseball Reference
- 1986 Texas Rangers at Baseball Reference
- 1986 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.