1986 Texas Rangers season

1986 Texas Rangers
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1961)
Western Division (since 1972)
Location
Arlington Stadium (since 1972)
Arlington, Texas (since 1972)
Other information
Owner(s)	Eddie Chiles
General manager(s)	Tom Grieve
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 )
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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

November 9, 1985: Chris Welsh was released by the Rangers.^[1]
November 25, 1985: Wayne Tolleson and Dave Schmidt were traded by the Rangers to the Chicago White Sox for Ed Correa, Scott Fletcher and a player to be named later. The White Sox completed the trade by sending José Mota to the Rangers on December 11.^[2]
December 20, 1985: Ellis Valentine was released by the Rangers.^[3]
December 20, 1985: Dickie Noles was released by the Rangers.^[4]

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	92	70	0.568	—	50–32	42–38
Texas Rangers	87	75	0.537	5	51–30	36–45
Kansas City Royals	76	86	0.469	16	45–36	31–50
Oakland Athletics	76	86	0.469	16	47–36	29–50
Chicago White Sox	72	90	0.444	20	41–40	31–50
Minnesota Twins	71	91	0.438	21	43–38	28–53
Seattle Mariners	67	95	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	—	4–9	6–6	9–3	4–9	1–12	6–6	6–7	8–4	5–8	5–7	6–6	5–7	8–5
Boston	9–4	—	5–7	7–5	10–3	7–6	6–6	6–6	10–2	5–8	7–5	8–4	8–4	7–6
California	6–6	7–5	—	7–6	6–6	7–5	8–5	5–7	7–6	7–5	10–3	8–5	8–5	6–6
Chicago	3–9	5–7	6–7	—	5–7	6–6	7–6	5–7	6–7	6–6	7–6	8–5	2–11	6–6
Cleveland	9–4	3–10	6–6	7–5	—	4–9	8–4	8–5	6–6	5–8	10–2	9–3	6–6	3–10–1
Detroit	12–1	6–7	5–7	6–6	9–4	—	5–7	8–5	7–5	6–7	6–6	6–6	7–5	4–9
Kansas City	6–6	6–6	5–8	6–7	4–8	7–5	—	6–6	6–7	4–8	8–5	5–8	8–5	5–7
Milwaukee	7–6	6–6	7–5	7–5	5–8	5–8	6–6	—	4–8	8–5	5–7	6–6	4–8	7–6
Minnesota	4–8	2–10	6–7	7–6	6–6	5–7	7–6	8–4	—	4–8	6–7	6–7	6–7	4–8
New York	8–5	8–5	5–7	6–6	8–5	7–6	8–4	5–8	8–4	—	5–7	8–4	7–5	7–6
Oakland	7–5	5–7	3–10	6–7	2–10	6–6	5–8	7–5	7–6	7–5	—	10–3	3–10	8–4
Seattle	6–6	4–8	5–8	5–8	3–9	6–6	8–5	6–6	7–6	4–8	3–10	—	4–9	6–6
Texas	7–5	4–8	5–8	11–2	6–6	5–7	5–8	8–4	7–6	5–7	10–3	9–4	—	5–7
Toronto	5–8	6–7	6–6	6–6	10–3–1	9–4	7–5	6–7	8–4	6–7	4–8	6–6	7–5	—

Notable transactions

June 2, 1986: John Barfield was drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 11th round of the 1986 amateur draft. Player signed June 5, 1986.^[5]
June 2, 1986: Wayne Rosenthal was drafted by the Rangers in the 24th round of the 1986 Major League Baseball draft.^[6]
September 30, 1986: Randy Kramer was traded by the Rangers to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Jeff Zaske.^[7]

Roster

1986 Texas Rangers roster

Roster

Pitchers

43 Kevin Brown

18 Ed Correa

23 José Guzmán

27 Greg Harris

45 Dwayne Henry

49 Charlie Hough

46 Mike Loynd

42 Mickey Mahler

16 Mike Mason

38 Ron Meridith

34 Dale Mohorcic

30 Dave Rozema

40 Jeff Russell

28 Mitch Williams

48 Bobby Witt

24 Ricky Wright

Catchers

7 Orlando Mercado

12 Geno Petralli

17 Darrell Porter

4 Don Slaught

Infielders

8 Jerry Browne

22 Steve Buechele

1 Scott Fletcher

11 Toby Harrah

20 Jeff Kunkel

9 Pete O'Brien

15 Larry Parrish

5 Mike Stanley

19 Curtis Wilkerson

Outfielders

51 Bob Brower

5,29 Pete Incaviglia

6 Bob Jones

0 Oddibe McDowell

44 Tom Paciorek

3 Rubén Sierra

32 Gary Ward

26 George Wright

Manager

2 Bobby Valentine

Coaches

41 Joe Ferguson

14 Tim Foli

35 Tom House

10 Art Howe

31 Tom Robson

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
1B	Pete O'Brien	156	551	160	.290	23	90
SS	Scott Fletcher	147	530	159	.300	3	50
LF	Gary Ward	105	380	120	.316	5	51
CF	Oddibe McDowell	154	572	152	.266	18	49
RF	Pete Incaviglia	153	540	135	.250	30	88
DH	Larry Parrish	129	464	128	.276	28	94

Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Rubén Sierra	113	382	101	.264	16	55
Orlando Mercado	46	102	24	.235	1	7
Bob Jones	13	21	2	.095	0	3

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Charlie Hough	33	230.1	17	10	3.79	146
Ed Correa	32	202	12	14	4.23	189
José Guzmán	29	172	9	15	4.54	87
Bobby Witt	31	158	11	9	5.48	174
Kevin Brown	1	5	1	0	3.60	4

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Mickey Mahler	29	63	0	2	4.14	28

Relief pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Greg A. Harris	73	111	10	8	20	2.83	95
Mitch Williams	80	98	8	6	8	3.58	90

Farm system

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

↑ Chris Welsh at Baseball Reference
↑ Wayne Tolleson at Baseball Reference
↑ Ellis Valentine page at Baseball Refefence
↑ Dickie Noles at Baseball Reference
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/barfijo01.shtml
↑ Wayne Rosenthal at Baseball Reference
↑ 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.

1986 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston Cleveland Detroit Milwaukee New York Toronto

AL West	California Chicago Kansas City Minnesota Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Chicago Montréal New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Atlanta Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

1986 MLB draft 1986 All-Star Game 1986 World Series

Texas Rangers

Formerly the Washington Senators
Based in Arlington, Texas (Dallas–Ft. Worth)

Franchise

Ballparks

Griffith Stadium RFK Stadium Arlington Stadium Globe Life Park in Arlington New Rangers Ballpark

Spring training	Pompano Beach Municipal Stadium Ranger Stadium Surprise Stadium

Culture and lore

Rivalries

Houston Astros

Retired numbers

Key personnel

Owners: Ray Davis & Bob R. Simpson
General Manager: Jon Daniels
Manager: Jeff Banister

Texas Rangers
Hall of Fame

Wild card berths (1)

2012

American League
West Division titles (6)

American League
championships (2)

2010
2011

Minor league affiliates

Seasons (56)

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