1988 Texas Rangers season

The Texas Rangers 1988 season involved the Rangers finishing 6th in the American League West with a record of 70 wins and 91 losses.

1988 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

Regular season

Opening Day starters

Season standings
AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Oakland Athletics 10458 0.642 — 54–27 50–31
Minnesota Twins 9171 0.562 13 47–34 44–37
Kansas City Royals 8477 0.522 19½ 44–36 40–41
California Angels 7587 0.463 29 35–46 40–41
Chicago White Sox 7190 0.441 32½ 40–41 31–49
Texas Rangers 7091 0.435 33½ 38–43 32–48
Seattle Mariners 6893 0.422 35½ 37–44 31–49

Record vs. opponents
1988 American League record

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore —4–95–74–74–95–80–124–93–93–104–87–56–65–8
Boston 9–4—8–47–58–56–76–610–37–59–43–96–68–42–11
California 7–54–8—9–48–45–75–83–94–96–64–96–78–56–6
Chicago 7–45–74–9—3–93–97–66–64–93–95–89–48–57–5
Cleveland 9–45–84–89–3—4–96–69–45–76–74–85–76–66–7
Detroit 8–57–67–59–39–4—8–45–81–118–54–89–38–45–8
Kansas City 12–06–68–56–76–64–8—3–97–66–68–57–57–64–8
Milwaukee 9–43–109–36–64–98–59–3—7–56–73–98–48–47–6
Minnesota 9–35–79–49–47–511–16–75–7—3–95–88–57–67–5
New York 10–34–96–69–37–65–86–67–69–3—6–65–75–66–7
Oakland 8–49–39–48–58–48–45–89–38–56–6—9–48–59–3
Seattle 5–76–67–64–97–53–95–74–85–87–54–9—6–75–7
Texas 6–64–85–85–86–64–86–74–86–76–55–87–6—6–6
Toronto 8–511–26–65–77–68–58–46–75–77–63–97–56–6—

Detailed records
American League
OpponentTotalHomeAwayRSRA
American League West
California Angels5–83–42–44550
Chicago White Sox5–82–43–46362
Kansas City Royals6–74–32–46583
Minnesota Twins6–72–44–34870
Oakland Athletics5–83–42–45264
Seattle Mariners7–63–34–25242
Texas Rangers–––––
Total34–4417–2217–22325371
American League East
Baltimore Orioles6–64–22–45949
Boston Red Sox4–82–42–43760
Cleveland Indians6–63–33–34339
Detroit Tigers4–82–42–43038
Milwaukee Brewers4–82–42–43750
New York Yankees6–54–22–34763
Toronto Blue Jays6–64–22–45965
Total36–4721–2115–26312364

Notable transactions

Roster
1988 Texas Rangers roster
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Game log
1988 Game Log 70–91 (Home: 38–43; Away: 32–48)
April: 8–13 (Home: 4–7; Away: 4–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveRecordStreak
1April 4Indians4–31–0W1
2April 6Indians1–51–1L1
3April 7Indians1–41–2L2
4April 8Red Sox0–41–3L3
5April 9Red Sox1–21–4L4
6April 10Red Sox4–12–4W1
7April 12@ Tigers1–42–5L1
8April 14@ Tigers2–13–5W1
9April 15@ Red Sox3–2 (10)4–5W2
10April 16@ Red Sox2–05–5W3
11April 17@ Red Sox2–155–6L1
12April 18@ Red Sox3–45–7L2
13April 19@ Indians3–06–7W1
14April 20@ Indians1–26–8L1
15April 22Tigers3–56–9L2
16April 23Tigers6–76–10L3
17April 24Tigers4–27–10W1
18April 26Brewers3–18–10W2
19April 27Brewers3–48–11L1
20April 29@ Yankees1–28–12L2
21April 30@ Yankees3–158–13L3
May: 17–11 (Home: 11–5; Away: 6–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveRecordStreak
22May 1@ Yankees5–19–13W1
23May 2@ Orioles4–99–14L1
24May 3@ Orioles4–210–14W1
25May 4@ Brewers5–610–15L1
26May 5@ Brewers1–910–16L2
27May 6Yankees7–611–16W1
28May 7Yankees3–212–16W2
29May 8Yankees10–813–16W3
30May 10Orioles13–514–16W4
31May 11Orioles8–015–16W5
32May 12Orioles2–116–16W6
33May 13Royals2–117–16W7
34May 14Royals6–318–16W8
35May 15Royals4–518–17L1
36May 16Royals6–718–18L2
37May 17@ Blue Jays7–6 (14)19–18W1
38May 18@ Blue Jays4–020–18W2
-May 20TwinsPostponed (rain); Makeup: May 22
39May 21Twins3–021–18W3
40May 22Twins5–1521–19L1
41May 22Twins2–421–20L2
42May 24Blue Jays2–1321–21L3
43May 25Blue Jays5–122–21W1
44May 26Blue Jays8–723–21W2
45May 27@ Royals3–224–21W3
46May 28@ Royals6–824–22L1
47May 29@ Royals1–1224–23L2
48May 30@ Twins6–125–23W1
49May 31@ Twins6–825–24L1
June: 12–15 (Home: 4–7; Away: 6–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveRecordStreak
50June 1@ Twins1–725–25L2
51June 2@ White Sox10–226–25W1
52June 3@ White Sox9–327–25W2
53June 4@ White Sox8–1027–26L1
54June 5@ White Sox4–527–27L2
55June 6Angels6–428–27W1
56June 7Angels0–128–28L1
57June 8Angels2–528–29L2
58June 9Athletics5–229–29W1
59June 10Athletics6–729–30L1
60June 11Athletics4–1329–31L2
61June 12Athletics3–230–31W1
62June 14@ Angels0–330–32L1
63June 15@ Angels6–3 (10)31–32W1
64June 16@ Angels0–331–33L1
65June 17@ Athletics6–7 (14)31–34L2
66June 18@ Athletics1–2 (13)31–35L3
67June 19@ Athletics5–4 (11)32–35W1
68June 20Mariners4–333–35W2
69June 21Mariners6–034–35W3
70June 22Mariners2–3 (10)34–36L1
71June 24White Sox5–235–36W1
72June 25White Sox5–1035–37L1
73June 26White Sox5–735–38L2
74June 27@ Mariners3–635–39L3
75June 28@ Mariners6–036–39W1
76June 29@ Mariners1–0 (12)37–39W2
July: 9–18 (Home: 4–9; Away: 5–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveRecordStreak
77July 1Orioles1–737–40L1
78July 2Orioles4–737–41L2
79July 3Orioles13–138–41W1
80July 4Yankees2–1338–42L1
81July 5Yankees3–538–43L2
82July 6Yankees4–239–43W1
83July 7@ Orioles0–639–44L1
84July 8@ Orioles8–540–44W1
85July 9@ Orioles1–440–45L1
86July 10@ Orioles1–240–46L2
87July 14Brewers2–640–47L3
88July 15Brewers2–440–48L4
89July 16Brewers3–440–49L5
90July 17Brewers3–041–49W1
91July 18@ Yankees2–741–50L1
92July 19@ Yankees7–242–51W1
93July 21@ Brewers1–642–51L1
94July 22@ Brewers1–242–52L2
95July 23@ Brewers7–443–52W1
96July 24@ Brewers6–444–52W2
97July 25Red Sox0–244–53L1
98July 26Red Sox9–845–53W1
99July 27Red Sox7–1045–54L1
100July 29@ Tigers2–345–55L2
101July 29@ Tigers2–146–55W1
102July 30@ Tigers0–346–56L1
103July 31@ Tigers1–546–57L2
August: 14–14 (Home: 8–7; Away: 6–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveRecordStreak
104August 2@ Red Sox2–746–58L3
105August 3@ Red Sox4–547–59L4
106August 5Indians8–447–59W1
107August 6Indians3–547–60L1
108August 7Indians2–048–60W1
109August 8Tigers2–348–61L1
110August 9Tigers6–249–61W1
111August 10Tigers1–249–62L1
112August 11@ Indians5–450–62W1
113August 12@ Indians3–650–63L1
114August 13@ Indians12–351–63W1
115August 14@ Indians0–351–64L1
116August 15@ Royals3–1251–65L2
117August 16@ Royals5–452–65W1
118August 17@ Royals6–952–66L1
119August 18@ Twins4–253–66W1
120August 19@ Twins5–054–66W2
121August 20@ Twins3–255–66W3
122August 21@ Twins2–1255–67L1
123August 22Royals9–556–67W1
124August 23Royals7–1156–68L1
125August 24Royals7–457–68W1
126August 26Blue Jays5–158–68W2
127August 27Blue Jays5–359–68W3
128August 28Blue Jays5–6 (11)59–69L1
129August 29Twins2–359–70L2
130August 30Twins8–660–70W1
131August 31Twins1–1060–71L1
September: 9–17 (Home: 5–8; Away: 4–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveRecordStreak
132September 1@ Blue Jays1–560–72L2
133September 2@ Blue Jays6–760–73L3
134September 3@ Blue Jays4–760–74L4
135September 4@ Blue Jays7–960–75L5
136September 5Athletics4–1160–76L6
137September 6Athletics3–161–76W1
138September 7Athletics3–661–77L1
139September 8Angels3–461–78L2
140September 9Angels3–561–79L3
141September 10Angels3–2 (17)62–79W1
142September 11Angels8–363–79W2
143September 13@ Athletics1–263–80L1
144September 14@ Athletics9–164–80W1
145September 15@ Athletics2–664–81L1
146September 16@ Angels2–764–82L2
147September 17@ Angels7–465–82W1
148September 18@ Angels5–665–83L1
149September 19White Sox3–765–84L2
150September 20White Sox4–166–84W1
151September 21White Sox1–666–85L1
152September 23Mariners3–2 (10)67–85W1
153September 24Mariners0–367–86L1
154September 25Mariners5–867–87L2
155September 26@ White Sox5–368–87W1
156September 27@ White Sox2–368–88L1
157September 28@ White Sox2–368–89L2
158September 29@ Mariners1–568–90L3
159September 30@ Mariners11–669–90W1
October: 1–1 (Home: 0–0; Away: 1–1)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveRecordStreak
160October 1@ Mariners3–4 (11)70–90L1
161October 2@ Mariners7–271–90W1
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement
Bold = Rangers team member


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
CGeno Petralli12935199.282736
1BPete O'Brien156547149.2721671
2BCurt Wilkerson11733899.293028
SSScott Fletcher140515142.276047
3BSteve Buechele155503126.2501658
LFPete Incaviglia116418104.2492254
CFOddibe McDowell120437108.247637
RFRubén Sierra156615156.2542391
DHLarry Parrish6824847.190726

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
Cecil Espy12334786.248239
Mike Stanley9424957.229327
Jerry Browne7321449.229117
Bob Brower8220145.224111
Jeff Kunkel5515435.227215
Jim Sundberg389126.286413
Barbaro Garbey306212.19405
Jim Steels365310.18905
Chad Kreuter165114.27515
Steve Kemp16368.22202
Kevin Reimer12253.12012
Larry See13233.13000

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 Hough34252.015163.32174
José Guzmán30206.211133.70157
Paul Kilgus32203.112154.1688
Jeff Russell34188.21093.8288
Bobby Witt22174.18103.92148
Ray Hayward1262.2465.4637
Kevin Brown423.1114.2412

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
Mike Jeffcoat510.00211.705
Scott May37.1008.594

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
Mitch Williams6727184.6361
Dale Mohorcic432654.8525
Craig McMurtry323332.2535
Ed Vande Berg262224.1418
José Cecena220018.7110
Guy Hoffman110005.249
Dwayne Henry110018.7110
DeWayne Vaughn80007.638
Cecilio Guante70011.934
Tony Fossas50004.760
Steve Wilson30005.871
Jeff Kunkel10000.001

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Oklahoma City 89ers American Association Toby Harrah
AA Tulsa Drillers Texas League Jim Skaalen
A Charlotte Rangers Florida State League Bobby Jones
A Gastonia Rangers South Atlantic League Orlando Gómez
Rookie GCL Rangers Gulf Coast League Chino Cadahia
Rookie Butte Copper Kings Pioneer League Bump Wills

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Tulsa

References
  1. "Barbaro Garbey Stats".
  2. "Greg Harris Stats".
  3. Robbie Wine at Baseball Reference
  4. 1988 Texas Rangers Roster by Baseball Almanac
  5. Guy Hoffman at Baseball Reference
  6. Jim Sundberg at Baseball Reference
  7. Iván Rodríguez at Baseball Reference
  8. Cecilio Guante at Baseball Reference
  9. Jack Daugherty at Baseball Reference
  • 1988 Texas Rangers at Baseball Reference
  • 1988 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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