1986 Texas Rangers season

Michael Stone was President of the Rangers and promoted Tom Grieve to General Manager

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

Offseason

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

Season standings
AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
California Angels 9270 0.568 — 50–32 42–38
Texas Rangers 8775 0.537 5 51–30 36–45
Kansas City Royals 7686 0.469 16 45–36 31–50
Oakland Athletics 7686 0.469 16 47–36 29–50
Chicago White Sox 7290 0.444 20 41–40 31–50
Minnesota Twins 7191 0.438 21 43–38 28–53
Seattle Mariners 6795 0.414 25 41–41 26–54

Record vs. opponents
1986 American League Records

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore —4–96–69–34–91–126–66–78–45–85–76–65–78–5
Boston 9–4—5–77–510–37–66–66–610–25–87–58–48–47–6
California 6–67–5—7–66–67–58–55–77–67–510–38–58–56–6
Chicago 3–95–76–7—5–76–67–65–76–76–67–68–52–116–6
Cleveland 9–43–106–67–5—4–98–48–56–65–810–29–36–63–10–1
Detroit 12–16–75–76–69–4—5–78–57–56–76–66–67–54–9
Kansas City 6–66–65–86–74–87–5—6–66–74–88–55–88–55–7
Milwaukee 7–66–67–57–55–85–86–6—4–88–55–76–64–87–6
Minnesota 4–82–106–77–66–65–77–68–4—4–86–76–76–74–8
New York 8–58–55–76–68–57–68–45–88–4—5–78–47–57–6
Oakland 7–55–73–106–72–106–65–87–57–67–5—10–33–108–4
Seattle 6–64–85–85–83–96–68–56–67–64–83–10—4–96–6
Texas 7–54–85–811–26–65–75–88–47–65–710–39–4—5–7
Toronto 5–86–76–66–610–3–19–47–56–78–46–74–86–67–5—

Notable transactions

Roster
1986 Texas Rangers roster
Roster
Pitchers
  • 28 Mitch Williams
 Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders
  •  6 Bob Jones
 Manager

Coaches

Player stats
= Indicates team leader

Batting

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
1BPete O'Brien156551160.2902390
SSScott Fletcher147530159.300350
LFGary Ward105380120.316551
CFOddibe McDowell154572152.2661849
RFPete Incaviglia153540135.2503088
DHLarry Parrish129464128.2762894

Other batters
Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Rubén Sierra113382101.2641655
Orlando Mercado4610224.23517
Bob Jones13212.09503

Pitching

Starting pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Charlie Hough33230.117103.79146
Ed Correa3220212144.23189
José Guzmán291729154.5487
Bobby Witt311581195.48174
Kevin Brown15103.604

Other pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Mickey Mahler2963024.1428

Relief pitchers
Player G IP W L SV ERA SO
Greg A. Harris73111108202.8395
Mitch Williams80988683.5890

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Oklahoma City 89ers American Association Dave Oliver
AA Tulsa Drillers Texas League Bill Stearns
A Salem Redbirds Carolina League Mike Bucci
A Daytona Beach Admirals Florida State League Chino Cadahia
Rookie GCL Rangers Gulf Coast League Rudy Jaramillo

References
  1. Chris Welsh at Baseball Reference
  2. Wayne Tolleson at Baseball Reference
  3. Ellis Valentine page at Baseball Refefence
  4. Dickie Noles at Baseball Reference
  5. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/barfijo01.shtml
  6. Wayne Rosenthal at Baseball Reference
  7. Randy Kramer at Baseball Reference
  • 1986 Texas Rangers at Baseball Reference
  • 1986 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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