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
Owner(s)Eddie Chiles
General manager(s)Tom Grieve
Manager(s)Bobby 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 Records

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—

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
13April 19@ Indians3–06–7W1
14April 20@ Indians1–26–8L1
May: 17–11 (Home: 11–5; Away: 6–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveRecordStreak
June: 12–15 (Home: 4–7; Away: 6–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveRecordStreak
July: 9–18 (Home: 4–9; Away: 5–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveRecordStreak
August: 14–14 (Home: 8–7; Away: 6–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveRecordStreak
106August 5Indians8–447–59W1
107August 6Indians3–547–60L1
108August 7Indians2–048–60W1
112August 11@ Indians5–450–62W1
113August 12@ Indians3–650–63L1
114August 13@ Indians12–351–63W1
115August 14@ Indians0–351–64L1
September: 9–17 (Home: 5–8; Away: 4–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveRecordStreak
October: 1–1 (Home: 0–0; Away: 1–1)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveRecordStreak
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
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
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Charlie Hough3425215163.32174
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
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Mike Jeffcoat5100211.705
Scott May37.1008.594

Relief pitchers
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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