1986 Texas Rangers season

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1986 Texas Rangers
Major league affiliations
Location
1986 Information
Owner(s) Eddie Chiles
Manager(s) Bobby Valentine
Local television KTVT
(Bob Carpenter, Steve Busby)
HSE
(Bob Carpenter, Norm Hitzges, Merle Harmon)
Local radio WBAP
(Eric Nadel, Mark Holtz )

The Texas Rangers 1986 season involved the Rangers finishing 2nd in the American League west with a record of 87 wins and 75 losses.

Contents

[edit] Offseason

  • December 20, 1985: Ellis Valentine was released by the Texas Rangers. [1]

[edit] Regular Season

  • Ed Correa set a club record for most wins by a rookie pitcher.
  • September 13, 1986 - Sierra became the youngest player in history to hit Home Runs from both sides of the plate in one game. This was accomplished versus the Minnesota Twins.
  • In his rookie year, Pete Incaviglia tied the club record for most home runs in a season.

[edit] Season standings

American League West
Rank Club Wins Losses Win %   GB
1st California Angels   92 70 .568    --
2nd Texas Rangers   87 75 .537   5.0
3rd Kansas City Royals   76 86 .469 16.0
3rd Oakland Athletics   76 86 .469 16.0
5th Chicago White Sox   72 90 .444 20.0
6th Minnesota Twins   71 91 .438 21.0
7th Seattle Mariners   67 95 .414 25.0


[edit] Player stats

[edit] Batting

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
Scott Fletcher 147 530 159 .300 3 50
Oddibe McDowell 154 572 152 .266 18 49
Pete O’Brien 156 551 160 .290 23 90
Pete Incaviglia 153 540 135 .250 30 88
Larry Parrish 129 464 128 .276 28 94
Gary Ward 105 380 120 .316 5 51

[edit] Other batters

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI

[edit] Starting pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Ed Correa 32 202 12 14 4.23 189
Jose Guzman 29 172 9 15 4.54 87
Bobby Witt 31 158 11 9 5.48 174

[edit] Other pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA

[edit] Relief pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO SV
Greg Harris 73 111 10 8 2.83 95 20

[edit] References

  1. ^ Ellis Valentine Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
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v • d • e
1986 MLB season by team
AL East
AL West
California • Chicago • Kansas City • Minnesota • Oakland • Seattle • Texas
NL East
NL West
1986 All-Star Game • 1986 World Series


v • d • e
Texas Rangers
Formerly the Washington Senators • Based in Arlington, Texas (Dallas–Ft. Worth)
The Franchise
Ballparks
Important Figures
Retired Numbers
26 • 34 • 42
Key Personnel
Owner: Tom Hicks • General Manager: Jon Daniels • Manager: Ron Washington
Minors
Division Titles
Western: 1996 • 1998 • 1999 • Wild Card: none