1987 Texas Rangers season

The Texas Rangers 1987 season involved the Rangers finishing sixth in the American League West with a record of 75 wins and 87 losses.

1987 Texas Rangers
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
OwnersEddie Chiles
General managersTom Grieve
ManagersBobby Valentine
Local televisionKTVT
(Bob Carpenter, Steve Busby)
HSE
(Bob Carpenter, Norm Hitzges, Merle Harmon)
Local radioWBAP
(Eric Nadel, Mark Holtz )
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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
Minnesota Twins 8577 0.525 — 56–25 29–52
Kansas City Royals 8379 0.512 2 46–35 37–44
Oakland Athletics 8181 0.500 4 42–39 39–42
Seattle Mariners 7884 0.481 7 40–41 38–43
Chicago White Sox 7785 0.475 8 38–43 39–42
Texas Rangers 7587 0.463 10 43–38 32–49
California Angels 7587 0.463 10 38–43 37–44

Record vs. opponents
1987 American League record

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore —1–129–38–47–64–99–32–115–73–107–54–87–51–12
Boston 12–1—4–83–97–62–116–66–77–57–64–87–57–56–7
California 3–98–4—8–57–53–95–87–58–53–96–77–65–85–7
Chicago 4–89–35–8—7–53–96–76–66–75–79–46–77–64–8
Cleveland 6–76–75–75–7—4–96–64–93–96–74–85–72–105–8
Detroit 9–411–29–39–39–4—5–76–78–45–85–77–58–47–6
Kansas City 3–96–68–57–66–67–5—4–88–55–75–89–47–68–4
Milwaukee 11–27–65–76–69–47–68–4—3–97–66–64–89–39–4
Minnesota 7–55–75–87–69–34–85–89–3—6–610–39–46–73–9
New York 10–36–79–37–57–68–57–56–76–6—5–77–55–76–7
Oakland 5–78–47–64–98–47–58–56–63–107–5—5–86–77–5
Seattle 8–45–76–77–67–55–74–98–44–95–78–5—9–42–10
Texas 5–75–78–56–710–24–86–73–97–67–57–64–9—3–9
Toronto 12–17–67–58–48–56–74–84–99–37–65–710–29–3—

Transactions

Roster
1987 Texas Rangers roster
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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 Slaught9523753.224816
1BPete O'Brien159569163.2862388
2BJerry Browne132454123.271138
3BSteve Buechele13636386.2371350
SSScott Fletcher156588169.287563
LFPete Incaviglia139509138.2712780
CFOddibe McDowell12840798.2411452
RFRubén Sierra158643169.26330109
DHLarry Parrish152557149.26832100

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
Bob Brower12730379.2611446
Mike Stanley7821659.273637
Geno Petralli10120261.302731
Curtis Wilkerson8513837.268214
Darrell Porter8513031.238721
Tom O'Malley4511732.274112
Tom Paciorek276017.283312
Jeff Kunkel15327.21912
Dave Meier13216.28600
Greg Tabor991.11101
Cecil Espy1480.00000

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 Hough40285.118133.79223
José Guzmán37208.114144.67143
Bobby Witt26143.08104.91160
Ed Correa1570.0357.5961
Bob Malloy211.0006.558
Mike Jeffcoat27.00112.861

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
Greg A. Harris42140.25104.86106
Paul Kilgus2589.1274.1342
Mike Loynd2669.1156.1048
Mike Mason829.0025.5921

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Dale Mohorcic7476162.9948
Mitch Williams858663.23129
Jeff Russell525434.4456
Steve Howe243314.3119
Ron Meridith111006.1017
Scott Anderson80109.536
Keith Creel60004.665
Dwayne Henry50009.007
Gary Mielke30006.003

Awards and honors
  • Rubén Sierra, American League Leader At-Bats (643)

All-Star Game

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
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
  1. "Mike Jeffcoat Stats".
  2. Bill Haselman at Baseball Reference
  3. Scott Coolbaugh at Baseball Reference
  4. 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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