1987 Texas Rangers season explained

Texas Rangers
Season:	1987
League:	American League
Division:	West
Ballpark:	Arlington Stadium
City:	Arlington, Texas
Owners:	Eddie Chiles
General Managers:	Tom Grieve
Managers:	Bobby Valentine
Television:	KTVT (Bob Carpenter, Steve Busby) HSE (Bob Carpenter, Norm Hitzges, Merle Harmon)
Radio:	WBAP (Eric Nadel, Mark Holtz)

The Texas Rangers 1987 season involved the Rangers finishing sixth in the American League West with a record of 75 wins and 87 losses.

Offseason

• December 18, 1986: Mike Jeffcoat was signed as a free agent with the Texas Rangers.^[1]

Regular season

Rubén Sierra set the Rangers' club record for extra base hits (69) in one season. He became the youngest player in the American League to get 100 RBIs in a season since Al Kaline in 1956.

Transactions

• June 2, 1987: 1987 Major League Baseball draft
  • Bill Haselman was drafted by the Rangers in the first round (23rd pick).^[2]
  • Scott Coolbaugh was drafted by the Rangers in the third round. Player signed June 18, 1987.^[3]
  • Kevin Belcher was drafted by the Rangers in the sixth round.^[4]

Roster

1987 Texas Rangers roster
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		ManagerCoaches

Player stats

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
C		95	237	53	.224	8	16
1B		159	569	163	.286	23	88
2B		132	454	123	.271	1	38
3B		136	363	86	.237	13	50
SS		156	588	169	.287	5	63
LF		139	509	138	.271	27	80
CF		128	407	98	.241	14	52
RF		158	643	169	.263	30	109
DH		152	557	149	.268	32	100

Other batters

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
	127	303	79	.261	14	46
	78	216	59	.273	6	37
	101	202	61	.302	7	31
	85	138	37	.268	2	14
	85	130	31	.238	7	21
	45	117	32	.274	1	12
	27	60	17	.283	3	12
	15	32	7	.219	1	2
	13	21	6	.286	0	0
	9	9	1	.111	0	1
	14	8	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
	40	285.1	18	13	3.79	223
	37	208.1	14	14	4.67	143
	26	143.0	8	10	4.91	160
	15	70.0	3	5	7.59	61
	2	11.0	0	0	6.55	8
	2	7.0	0	1	12.86	1

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
	42	140.2	5	10	4.86	106
	25	89.1	2	7	4.13	42
	26	69.1	1	5	6.10	48
	8	29.0	0	2	5.59	21

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
	74	7	6	16	2.99	48
	85	8	6	6	3.23	129
	52	5	4	3	4.44	56
	24	3	3	1	4.31	19
	11	1	0	0	6.10	17
	8	0	1	0	9.53	6
	6	0	0	0	4.66	5
	5	0	0	0	9.00	7
	3	0	0	0	6.00	3

Awards and honors

• Rubén Sierra, American League Leader At-Bats (643)

All-Star Game

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

References

• 1987 Texas Rangers at Baseball Reference
• 1987 Texas Rangers at Baseball Almanac
• Book: Johnson. Lloyd. Wolff. Miles. The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. 3rd. Durham, North Carolina. Baseball America. 2007. 978-1-932391-17-6.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mike Jeffcoat Stats.
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/haselbi01.shtml Bill Haselman
3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/coolbsc01.shtml Scott Coolbaugh
4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/belchke01.shtml Kevin Belcher