1989 Texas Rangers season

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1989 Texas Rangers
Major league affiliations
American League (Since 1961) Western Division (Since 1972)
Location
Arlington Stadium (Since 1972) Arlington, Texas (Since 1972)
1989 Information
Owner(s)	George W. Bush
Manager(s)	Bobby Valentine
Local television	KTVT (Bob Carpenter, Steve Busby) HSE (Greg Lucas, Norm Hitzges, Merle Harmon)
Local radio	WBAP (Eric Nadel, Mark Holtz )

The Texas Rangers 1989 season involved the Rangers finishing fourth in the American League West with a record of 83 wins and 79 losses.

Contents 1 Offseason 2 Regular Season 2.1 Season standings 2.2 Notable Transactions 2.3 Roster 2.4 Nolan Ryan's 5000th Strikeout 3 Player stats 3.1 Batting 3.1.1 Other batters 3.2 Starting pitchers 3.2.1 Other pitchers 3.2.1.1 Relief pitchers 4 Awards and Honors 5 References

[edit] Offseason

• December 5, 1988 – The Rangers send Paul Kilgus, Mitch Williams, Luis Benitez, Curtis Wilkerson, Pablo Delgado and Steve Wilson to the Chicago Cubs in exchange for Rafael Palmeiro and Drew Hall.
• December 7, 1988: Nolan Ryan signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers. ^[1]
• January 6, 1989: Cecilio Guante was signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers. ^[2]

[edit] Regular Season

• 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.

[edit] Season standings

AL West	W	L	Pct.	GB
Oakland Athletics	99	63	.611	--
Kansas City Royals	92	70	.568	7
California Angels	91	71	.562	8
Texas Rangers	83	79	.512	16
Minnesota Twins	80	82	.494	19
Seattle Mariners	73	89	.451	26
Chicago White Sox	69	92	.429	29½

[edit] Notable Transactions

• July 29, 1989 - The Rangers send Sammy Sosa, Wilson Alvarez, and Scott Fletcher to the Chicago White Sox for Harold Baines and Fred Manrique. ^[3]

[edit] Roster

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Roster
Pitchers 24 Darrel Akerfelds 27 John Barfield 28 Brad Arnsberg 30 Mike Jeffcoat 34 Nolan Ryan 36 Bobby Witt 37 Kenny Rogers 38 Craig McMurtry 39 Jamie Moyer 40 Jeff Russell 41 Kevin Brown 43 Wilson Alvarez 44 Drew Hall 49 Charlie Hough 51 Cecilio Guante		Catchers  5 Mike Stanley  7 Chad Kreuter 10 Jim Sundberg 12 Geno Petralli Infielders  1 Scott Fletcher  3 Rafael Palmeiro  8 Jack Daugherty 14 Julio Franco 16 Dean Palmer 17 Fred Manrique 20 Jeff Kunkel 22 Steve Buechele 42 Scott Coolbaugh		Outfielders  6 Cecil Espy 19 Juan González 21 Rubén Sierra 29 Pete Incaviglia Designated Hitters 13 Harold Baines 25 Buddy Bell		Manager -- Bobby Valentine

[edit] Nolan Ryan's 5000th Strikeout

• 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.

[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
Julio Franco	150	548	173	.316	13	92
Rubén Sierra	162	634	194	.306	29	119
Harold Baines	50	172	49	.285	3	16
Rafael Palmeiro	156	559	154	.275	8	64
Cecil Espy	142	275	122	.257	3	31
Scott Fletcher	83	314	75	.239	0	22
Pete Incaviglia	133	453	107	.236	21	81
Steve Buechele	155	486	114	.235	16	59
Chad Kreuter	87	158	24	.152	5	9

[edit] Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Juan Gonzalez	24	60	9	.150	1	7

[edit] Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Nolan Ryan	32	239⅓	16	10	3.20	301
Kevin Brown	28	191	12	9	3.35	104
Mike Jeffcoat	22	130⅔	9	6	3.58	64
Charlie Hough	30	182	10	13	4.35	94
Jamie Moyer	15	76	4	9	4.86	44
Bobby Witt	31	194⅓	12	13	5.14	166

[edit] Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA

[edit] Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

[edit] Awards and Honors

• Julio Franco, Silver Slugger Award, 1989
• Jeff Russell, Rolaids Relief Man of the Year Award1989
• Nolan Ryan, American League Leader Strikeouts (301)
• Rubén Sierra, Silver Slugger Award, 1989
• Rubén Sierra, American League Leader, Triples (14)
• Rubén Sierra, American League Leader, RBI (119)
• Rubén Sierra, American League Leader, Total Bases (344)

All-Star Game

• Julio Franco, Second Baseman, Starter
• Rubén Sierra, Outfield, Starter
• Nolan Ryan, Pitcher, Reserve
• Jeff Russell, Relief Pithcer, Reserve

[edit] References

1. ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/r/ryanno01.shtml
2. ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/g/guantce01.shtml
3. ^ Sammy Sosa Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com

• 1989 Texas Rangers team page at Baseball Reference
• 1989 Texas Rangers team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

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