1986 Texas Rangers
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionWest
BallparkArlington Stadium
CityArlington, Texas
OwnersEddie Chiles
General managersTom Grieve
ManagersBobby Valentine
TelevisionKTVT
(Bob Carpenter, Steve Busby)
HSE
(Bob Carpenter, Norm Hitzges, Merle Harmon)
RadioWBAP
(Eric Nadel, Mark Holtz )
Seasons

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

Regular season

  • 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

AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
California Angels 9270 0.568 — 50–32 42–38
Texas Rangers 8775 0.537 5 51–30 36–45
Kansas City Royals 7686 0.469 16 45–36 31–50
Oakland Athletics 7686 0.469 16 47–36 29–50
Chicago White Sox 7290 0.444 20 41–40 31–50
Minnesota Twins 7191 0.438 21 43–38 28–53
Seattle Mariners 6795 0.414 25 41–41 26–54

Record vs. opponents

1986 American League record

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore —4–96–69–34–91–126–66–78–45–85–76–65–78–5
Boston 9–4—5–77–510–37–66–66–610–25–87–58–48–47–6
California 6–67–5—7–66–67–58–55–77–67–510–38–58–56–6
Chicago 3–95–76–7—5–76–67–65–76–76–67–68–52–116–6
Cleveland 9–43–106–67–5—4–98–48–56–65–810–29–36–63–10–1
Detroit 12–16–75–76–69–4—5–78–57–56–76–66–67–54–9
Kansas City 6–66–65–86–74–87–5—6–66–74–88–55–88–55–7
Milwaukee 7–66–67–57–55–85–86–6—4–88–55–76–64–87–6
Minnesota 4–82–106–77–66–65–77–68–4—4–86–76–76–74–8
New York 8–58–55–76–68–57–68–45–88–4—5–78–47–57–6
Oakland 7–55–73–106–72–106–65–87–57–67–5—10–33–108–4
Seattle 6–64–85–85–83–96–68–56–67–64–83–10—4–96–6
Texas 7–54–85–811–26–65–75–88–47–65–710–39–4—5–7
Toronto 5–86–76–66–610–3–19–47–56–78–46–74–86–67–5—

Notable transactions

Roster

1986 Texas Rangers roster
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

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
CDon Slaught9531483.2641346
1BPete O'Brien156551160.2902390
2BToby Harrah9528963.218741
SSScott Fletcher147530159.300350
3BSteve Buechele153461112.2431854
LFGary Ward105380120.316551
CFOddibe McDowell154572152.2661849
RFPete Incaviglia153540135.2503088
DHLarry Parrish129464128.2762894

Other batters

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
Rubén Sierra113382101.2641655
Curt Wilkerson11023656.237015
Tom Paciorek8821361.286422
Darrell Porter6815541.2651229
Geno Petralli6913735.255218
George Wright4910623.21727
Orlando Mercado4610224.23517
Mike Stanley153010.33311
Jerry Browne122410.41703
Bob Jones13212.09503
Jeff Kunkel8133.23112
Bob Brower2191.11100

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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 Hough33230.117103.79146
Ed Correa32202.012144.23189
José Guzmán29172.09154.5487
Bobby Witt31158.01195.48174
Mike Mason27135.0734.3385
Kevin Brown15.0103.604

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Mickey Mahler2963.0024.1428
Mike Loynd942.0225.3633

Relief pitchers

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
Greg A. Harris73111.0108202.8395
Mitch Williams8098.08683.5890
Dale Mohorcic5879.02472.5129
Jeff Russell3782.05223.4054
Ricky Wright2139.11005.0323
Dwayne Henry1919.11004.6617
Dave Rozema610.20005.913
Ron Meridith53.01003.002

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Oklahoma City 89ers American Association Dave Oliver
AA Tulsa Drillers Texas League Bill Stearns
A Salem Redbirds Carolina League Mike Bucci
A Daytona Beach Admirals Florida State League Chino Cadahia
Rookie GCL Rangers Gulf Coast League Rudy Jaramillo

References

  1. ↑ Chris Welsh at Baseball Reference
  2. ↑ Wayne Tolleson at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ Ellis Valentine page at Baseball Reference
  4. ↑ Dickie Noles at Baseball Reference
  5. ↑ "John Barfield Stats".
  6. ↑ Wayne Rosenthal at Baseball Reference
  7. ↑ 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.
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