1989 Texas Rangers season

The Texas Rangers 1989 season involved the Rangers finishing fourth in the American League West with a record of 83 wins and 79 losses. Nolan Ryan would achieve his 5,000th career strikeout during the season. He would finish as the American League leader in strikeouts.

1989 Texas Rangers
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
OwnersGeorge W. Bush
General managersTom Grieve
ManagersBobby Valentine
Local televisionKTVT
(Bob Carpenter, Steve Busby)
HSE
(Greg Lucas, Norm Hitzges, Merle Harmon)
Local radioWBAP
(Eric Nadel, Mark Holtz )
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This season, the Rangers were sold to a new ownership group; the managing partner was future United States President George W. Bush.

Offseason

Regular season
  • June 16, 1989: Sammy Sosa made his major league debut in a game against the New York Yankees.[9] In four at-bats, Sosa appeared in 4 at-bats and had 2 hits.
  • August 22, 1989: Against the eventual World Champion Oakland A's, Ryan became the first pitcher ever to record 5,000 career strikeouts. He struck out Rickey Henderson in the fifth inning to break the 5,000 barrier.[10]
  • September 12, 1989: Nolan Ryan threw 164 pitches before he was replaced on the mound by Kenny Rogers in the ninth inning. The Rangers lost the game, 6–5, to the Kansas City Royals.
  • Rubén Sierra had a career year as he led the AL in triples and RBI but ranked 6th in home runs (29), third in runs scored (101) and 5th in hits (194). He set the club record for most total bases in a season (344), which also led the league.

Season standings
AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Oakland Athletics 9963 0.611 — 54–27 45–36
Kansas City Royals 9270 0.568 7 55–26 37–44
California Angels 9171 0.562 8 52–29 39–42
Texas Rangers 8379 0.512 16 45–36 38–43
Minnesota Twins 8082 0.494 19 45–36 35–46
Seattle Mariners 7389 0.451 26 40–41 33–48
Chicago White Sox 6992 0.429 29½ 35–45 34–47

Record vs. opponents
1989 American League record

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore —6–76–66–67–610–36–67–64–88–55–76–69–37–6
Boston 7–6—4–87–58–511–24–86–76–67–67–55–76–65–8
California 6–68–4—8–55–711–14–97–511–26–65–87–66–77–5
Chicago 6–65–75–8—7–54–86–710–25–85–65–87–63–101–11
Cleveland 6–75–87–55–7—5–88–43–105–79–42–106–67–55–8
Detroit 3–102–111–118–48–5—6–66–75–76–74–84–84–82–11
Kansas City 6–68–49–47–64–86–6—8–47–66–67–69–48–57–5
Milwaukee 6–77–65–72–1010–37–64–8—9–38–55–77–55–76–7
Minnesota 8–46–62–118–57–57–56–73–9—6–66–77–65–89–3
New York 5–86–76–66–54–97–66–65–86–6—3–98–45–77–6
Oakland 7–55–78–58–510–28–46–77–57–69–3—9–48–57–5
Seattle 6–67–56–76–76–68–44–95–76–74–84–9—6–75–7
Texas 3–96–67–610–35–78–45–87–58–57–55–87–6—5–7
Toronto 6–78–55–711–18–511–25–77–63–96–75–77–57–5—

Notable transactions

Roster
1989 Texas Rangers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting
= Indicates team leader

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
CChad Kreuter8715824.15259
1BRafael Palmeiro156559154.275864
2BJulio Franco150548173.3161392
3BSteve Buechele155486114.2351659
SSScott Fletcher8331475.239022
LFPete Incaviglia133453107.2362181
CFCecil Espy142275122.257331
RFRubén Sierra162634194.30629119
DHHarold Baines5017249.285316

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
Jeff Kunkel10829379.270829
Rick Leach11023965.272123
Fred Manrique5419155.288222
Geno Petralli7018456.304423
Jim Sundberg7614729.19728
Mike Stanley6712230.246111
Jack Daugherty5210632.302110
Sammy Sosa258420.23813
Buddy Bell348215.18303
Juan González24609.15017
Scott Coolbaugh255114.27527
Thad Bosley37409.22519
Jeff Stone22366.16705
Dean Palmer16192.10501
Kevin Reimer350.00000

Pitching
= Indicates league leader

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
Nolan Ryan32239.116103.20301
Bobby Witt31194.112135.14166
Kevin Brown28191.01293.35104
Charlie Hough30182.010134.3594
Mike Jeffcoat22130.2963.5864
Jamie Moyer1576.0494.8644
Wilson Álvarez10.001inf0

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
John Barfield411.2016.179

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
Jeff Russell7164381.9877
Kenny Rogers733422.9363
Cecilio Guante506623.9169
Gary Mielke431013.2626
Drew Hall382103.7045
Craig McMurtry190007.4314
Brad Arnsberg162114.1326
Darrel Akerfelds60103.279
Paul Wilmet300015.431
Jeff Kunkel100021.600

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Oklahoma City 89ers American Association Jim Skaalen
AA Tulsa Drillers Texas League Tommy Thompson
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: Charlotte

References
  1. Guy Hoffman at Baseball Reference
  2. Paul Kilgus at Baseball Reference
  3. "Bobby Beacham: Career Statistics". Baseball Reference. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
  4. Julio Franco at Baseball Reference
  5. Nolan Ryan at Baseball Reference
  6. Cecilio Guante at Baseball Reference
  7. Jim Sundberg at Baseball Reference
  8. Rick Leach at Baseball Reference
  9. Sammy Sosa at Baseball Reference
  10. "The Nolan Ryan Express | The Strikeout King". smackbomb.com/nolanryan. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved July 28, 2008.
  • 1989 Texas Rangers at Baseball Reference
  • 1989 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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