1988 Texas Rangers season explained

Texas Rangers
Season:	1988
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 1988 season involved the Rangers finishing sixth in the American League West with a record of 70 wins and 91 losses.

Offseason

• December 13, 1987: Bárbaro Garbey was signed as a free agent with the Texas Rangers.^[1]
• December 21, 1987: Greg A. Harris was released by the Texas Rangers.^[2]
• March 25, 1988: Mike Loynd was traded by the Rangers to the Houston Astros for Robbie Wine.^[3]

Regular season

Opening Day starters

• Jerry Browne
• Steve Buechele
• Scott Fletcher
• Charlie Hough
• Pete Incaviglia
• Oddibe McDowell
• Pete O'Brien
• Larry Parrish
• Geno Petralli
• Rubén Sierra^[4]

Detailed records

American League
Opponent	Total	Home	Away
American League West
	5–8	3–4	2–4	45	50
	5–8	2–4	3–4	63	62
	6–7	4–3	2–4	65	83
	6–7	2–4	4–3	48	70
	5–8	3–4	2–4	52	64
	7–6	3–3	4–2	52	42
Texas Rangers	–	–	–	–	–
Total	34–44	17–22	17–22	325	371
American League East
	6–6	4–2	2–4	59	49
	4–8	2–4	2–4	37	60
	6–6	3–3	3–3	43	39
	4–8	2–4	2–4	30	38
	4–8	2–4	2–4	37	50
	6–5	4–2	2–3	47	63
	6–6	4–2	2–4	59	65
Total	36–47	21–21	15–26	312	364

Notable transactions

• April 4, 1988: Guy Hoffman was signed as a free agent by the Rangers.^[5]
• July 21, 1988: Jim Sundberg was signed as a free agent by the Rangers.^[6]
• July 27, 1988: Iván Rodríguez was signed by the Rangers as an amateur free agent.^[7]
• August 30, 1988: Dale Mohorcic was traded by the Rangers to the New York Yankees for Cecilio Guante.^[8]
• September 1, 1988: Tom O'Malley was traded by the Rangers to the Montreal Expos for a player to be named later. The Expos completed the deal by sending Jack Daugherty to the Rangers on September 13.^[9]

Roster

1988 Texas Rangers roster
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		OutfieldersOther batters		ManagerCoaches

Game log

|- style="background:#cfc;"| 1 || April 4 || Indians || 4–3 || || || || 1–0 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 2 || April 6 || Indians || 1–5 || || || || 1–1 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 3 || April 7 || Indians || 1–4 || || || || 1–2 || L2|- style="background:#fbb;"| 4 || April 8 || Red Sox || 0–4 || || || || 1–3 || L3|- style="background:#fbb;"| 5 || April 9 || Red Sox || 1–2 || || || || 1–4 || L4|- style="background:#cfc;"| 6 || April 10 || Red Sox || 4–1 || || || || 2–4 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 7 || April 12 || @ Tigers || 1–4 || || || || 2–5 || L1|- style="background:#cfc;"| 8 || April 14 || @ Tigers || 2–1 || || || || 3–5 || W1|- style="background:#cfc;"| 9 || April 15 || @ Red Sox || 3–2 (10) || || || || 4–5 || W2|- style="background:#cfc;"| 10 || April 16 || @ Red Sox || 2–0 || || || || 5–5 || W3|- style="background:#fbb;"| 11 || April 17 || @ Red Sox || 2–15 || || || || 5–6 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 12 || April 18 || @ Red Sox || 3–4 || || || || 5–7 || L2|- style="background:#cfc;"| 13 || April 19 || @ Indians || 3–0 || || || || 6–7 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 14 || April 20 || @ Indians || 1–2 || || || || 6–8 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 15 || April 22 || Tigers || 3–5 || || || || 6–9 || L2|- style="background:#fbb;"| 16 || April 23 || Tigers || 6–7 || || || || 6–10 || L3|- style="background:#cfc;"| 17 || April 24 || Tigers || 4–2 || || || || 7–10 || W1|- style="background:#cfc;"| 18 || April 26 || Brewers || 3–1 || || || || 8–10 || W2|- style="background:#fbb;"| 19 || April 27 || Brewers || 3–4 || || || || 8–11 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 20 || April 29 || @ Yankees || 1–2 || || || || 8–12 || L2|- style="background:#fbb;"| 21 || April 30 || @ Yankees || 3–15 || || || || 8–13 || L3|-|- style="background:#cfc;"| 22 || May 1 || @ Yankees || 5–1 || || || || 9–13 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 23 || May 2 || @ Orioles || 4–9 || || || || 9–14 || L1|- style="background:#cfc;"| 24 || May 3 || @ Orioles || 4–2 || || || || 10–14 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 25 || May 4 || @ Brewers || 5–6 || || || || 10–15 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 26 || May 5 || @ Brewers || 1–9 || || || || 10–16 || L2|- style="background:#cfc;"| 27 || May 6 || Yankees || 7–6 || || || || 11–16 || W1|- style="background:#cfc;"| 28 || May 7 || Yankees || 3–2 || || || || 12–16 || W2|- style="background:#cfc;"| 29 || May 8 || Yankees || 10–8 || || || || 13–16 || W3|- style="background:#cfc;"| 30 || May 10 || Orioles || 13–5 || || || || 14–16 || W4|- style="background:#cfc;"| 31 || May 11 || Orioles || 8–0 || || || || 15–16 || W5|- style="background:#cfc;"| 32 || May 12 || Orioles || 2–1 || || || || 16–16 || W6|- style="background:#cfc;"| 33 || May 13 || Royals || 2–1 || || || || 17–16 || W7|- style="background:#cfc;"| 34 || May 14 || Royals || 6–3 || || || || 18–16 || W8|- style="background:#fbb;"| 35 || May 15 || Royals || 4–5 || || || || 18–17 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 36 || May 16 || Royals || 6–7 || || || || 18–18 || L2|- style="background:#cfc;"| 37 || May 17 || @ Blue Jays || 7–6 (14) || || || || 19–18 || W1|- style="background:#cfc;"| 38 || May 18 || @ Blue Jays || 4–0 || || || || 20–18 || W2|- style="background:#fbb;"| - || May 20 || Twins || colspan=7 | Postponed (rain); Makeup: May 22|- style="background:#cfc;"| 39 || May 21 || Twins || 3–0 || || || || 21–18 || W3|- style="background:#fbb;"| 40 || May 22 || Twins || 5–15 || || || || 21–19 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 41 || May 22 || Twins || 2–4 || || || || 21–20 || L2|- style="background:#fbb;"| 42 || May 24 || Blue Jays || 2–13 || || || || 21–21 || L3|- style="background:#cfc;"| 43 || May 25 || Blue Jays || 5–1 || || || || 22–21 || W1|- style="background:#cfc;"| 44 || May 26 || Blue Jays || 8–7 || || || || 23–21 || W2|- style="background:#cfc;"| 45 || May 27 || @ Royals || 3–2 || || || || 24–21 || W3|- style="background:#fbb;"| 46 || May 28 || @ Royals || 6–8 || || || || 24–22 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 47 || May 29 || @ Royals || 1–12 || || || || 24–23 || L2|- style="background:#fbb;"| 48 || May 30 || @ Twins || 6–1 || || || || 25–23 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 49 || May 31 || @ Twins || 6–8 || || || || 25–24 || L1|-|- style="background:#fbb;"| 50 || June 1 || @ Twins || 1–7 || || || || 25–25 || L2|- style="background:#cfc;"| 51 || June 2 || @ White Sox || 10–2 || || || || 26–25 || W1|- style="background:#cfc;"| 52 || June 3 || @ White Sox || 9–3 || || || || 27–25 || W2|- style="background:#fbb;"| 53 || June 4 || @ White Sox || 8–10 || || || || 27–26 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 54 || June 5 || @ White Sox || 4–5 || || || || 27–27 || L2|- style="background:#cfc;"| 55 || June 6 || Angels || 6–4 || || || || 28–27 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 56 || June 7 || Angels || 0–1 || || || || 28–28 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 57 || June 8 || Angels || 2–5 || || || || 28–29 || L2|- style="background:#cfc;"| 58 || June 9 || Athletics || 5–2 || || || || 29–29 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 59 || June 10 || Athletics || 6–7 || || || || 29–30 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 60 || June 11 || Athletics || 4–13 || || || || 29–31 || L2|- style="background:#cfc;"| 61 || June 12 || Athletics || 3–2 || || || || 30–31 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 62 || June 14 || @ Angels || 0–3 || || || || 30–32 || L1|- style="background:#cfc;"| 63 || June 15 || @ Angels || 6–3 (10) || || || || 31–32 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 64 || June 16 || @ Angels || 0–3 || || || || 31–33 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 65 || June 17 || @ Athletics || 6–7 (14) || || || || 31–34 || L2|- style="background:#fbb;"| 66 || June 18 || @ Athletics || 1–2 (13) || || || || 31–35 || L3|- style="background:#cfc;"| 67 || June 19 || @ Athletics || 5–4 (11) || || || || 32–35 || W1|- style="background:#cfc;"| 68 || June 20 || Mariners || 4–3 || || || || 33–35 || W2|- style="background:#cfc;"| 69 || June 21 || Mariners || 6–0 || || || || 34–35 || W3|- style="background:#fbb;"| 70 || June 22 || Mariners || 2–3 (10) || || || || 34–36 || L1|- style="background:#cfc;"| 71 || June 24 || White Sox || 5–2 || || || || 35–36 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 72 || June 25 || White Sox || 5–10 || || || || 35–37 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 73 || June 26 || White Sox || 5–7 || || || || 35–38 || L2|- style="background:#fbb;"| 74 || June 27 || @ Mariners || 3–6 || || || || 35–39 || L3|- style="background:#cfc;"| 75 || June 28 || @ Mariners || 6–0 || || || || 36–39 || W1|- style="background:#cfc;"| 76 || June 29 || @ Mariners || 1–0 (12) || || || || 37–39 || W2|-|- style="background:#fbb;"| 77 || July 1 || Orioles || 1–7 || || || || 37–40 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 78 || July 2 || Orioles || 4–7 || || || || 37–41 || L2|- style="background:#cfc;"| 79 || July 3 || Orioles || 13–1 || || || || 38–41 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 80 || July 4 || Yankees || 2–13 || || || || 38–42 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 81 || July 5 || Yankees || 3–5 || || || || 38–43 || L2|- style="background:#cfc;"| 82 || July 6 || Yankees || 4–2 || || || || 39–43 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 83 || July 7 || @ Orioles || 0–6 || || || || 39–44 || L1|- style="background:#cfc;"| 84 || July 8 || @ Orioles || 8–5 || || || || 40–44 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 85 || July 9 || @ Orioles || 1–4 || || || || 40–45 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 86 || July 10 || @ Orioles || 1–2 || || || || 40–46 || L2|- style="background:#fbb;"| 87 || July 14 || Brewers || 2–6 || || || || 40–47 || L3|- style="background:#fbb;"| 88 || July 15 || Brewers || 2–4 || || || || 40–48 || L4|- style="background:#fbb;"| 89 || July 16 || Brewers || 3–4 || || || || 40–49 || L5|- style="background:#cfc;"| 90 || July 17 || Brewers || 3–0 || || || || 41–49 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 91 || July 18 || @ Yankees || 2–7 || || || || 41–50 || L1|- style="background:#cfc;"| 92 || July 19 || @ Yankees || 7–2 || || || || 42–51 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 93 || July 21 || @ Brewers || 1–6 || || || || 42–51 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 94 || July 22 || @ Brewers || 1–2 || || || || 42–52 || L2|- style="background:#cfc;"| 95 || July 23 || @ Brewers || 7–4 || || || || 43–52 || W1|- style="background:#cfc;"| 96 || July 24 || @ Brewers || 6–4 || || || || 44–52 || W2|- style="background:#fbb;"| 97 || July 25 || Red Sox || 0–2 || || || || 44–53 || L1|- style="background:#cfc;"| 98 || July 26 || Red Sox || 9–8 || || || || 45–53 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 99 || July 27 || Red Sox || 7–10 || || || || 45–54 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 100 || July 29 || @ Tigers || 2–3 || || || || 45–55 || L2|- style="background:#cfc;"| 101 || July 29 || @ Tigers || 2–1 || || || || 46–55 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 102 || July 30 || @ Tigers || 0–3 || || || || 46–56 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 103 || July 31 || @ Tigers || 1–5 || || || || 46–57 || L2|-|- style="background:#fbb;"| 104 || August 2 || @ Red Sox || 2–7 || || || || 46–58 || L3|- style="background:#fbb;"| 105 || August 3 || @ Red Sox || 4–5 || || || || 47–59 || L4|- style="background:#cfc;"| 106 || August 5 || Indians || 8–4 || || || || 47–59 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 107 || August 6 || Indians || 3–5 || || || || 47–60 || L1|- style="background:#cfc;"| 108 || August 7 || Indians || 2–0 || || || || 48–60 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 109 || August 8 || Tigers || 2–3 || || || || 48–61 || L1|- style="background:#cfc;"| 110 || August 9 || Tigers || 6–2 || || || || 49–61 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 111 || August 10 || Tigers || 1–2 || || || || 49–62 || L1|- style="background:#cfc;"| 112 || August 11 || @ Indians || 5–4 || || || || 50–62 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 113 || August 12 || @ Indians || 3–6 || || || || 50–63 || L1|- style="background:#cfc;"| 114 || August 13 || @ Indians || 12–3 || || || || 51–63 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 115 || August 14 || @ Indians || 0–3 || || || || 51–64 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 116 || August 15 || @ Royals || 3–12 || || || || 51–65 || L2|- style="background:#cfc;"| 117 || August 16 || @ Royals || 5–4 || || || || 52–65 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 118 || August 17 || @ Royals || 6–9 || || || || 52–66 || L1|- style="background:#cfc;"| 119 || August 18 || @ Twins || 4–2 || || || || 53–66 || W1|- style="background:#cfc;"| 120 || August 19 || @ Twins || 5–0 || || || || 54–66 || W2|- style="background:#cfc;"| 121 || August 20 || @ Twins || 3–2 || || || || 55–66 || W3|- style="background:#fbb;"| 122 || August 21 || @ Twins || 2–12 || || || || 55–67 || L1|- style="background:#cfc;"| 123 || August 22 || Royals || 9–5 || || || || 56–67 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 124 || August 23 || Royals || 7–11 || || || || 56–68 || L1|- style="background:#cfc;"| 125 || August 24 || Royals || 7–4 || || || || 57–68 || W1|- style="background:#cfc;"| 126 || August 26 || Blue Jays || 5–1 || || || || 58–68 || W2|- style="background:#cfc;"| 127 || August 27 || Blue Jays || 5–3 || || || || 59–68 || W3|- style="background:#fbb;"| 128 || August 28 || Blue Jays || 5–6 (11) || || || || 59–69 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 129 || August 29 || Twins || 2–3 || || || || 59–70 || L2|- style="background:#cfc;"| 130 || August 30 || Twins || 8–6 || || || || 60–70 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 131 || August 31 || Twins || 1–10 || || || || 60–71 || L1|-|- style="background:#fbb;"| 132 || September 1 || @ Blue Jays || 1–5 || || || || 60–72 || L2|- style="background:#fbb;"| 133 || September 2 || @ Blue Jays || 6–7 || || || || 60–73 || L3|- style="background:#fbb;"| 134 || September 3 || @ Blue Jays || 4–7 || || || || 60–74 || L4|- style="background:#fbb;"| 135 || September 4 || @ Blue Jays || 7–9 || || || || 60–75 || L5|- style="background:#fbb;"| 136 || September 5 || Athletics || 4–11 || || || || 60–76 || L6|- style="background:#cfc;"| 137 || September 6 || Athletics || 3–1 || || || || 61–76 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 138 || September 7 || Athletics || 3–6 || || || || 61–77 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 139 || September 8 || Angels || 3–4 || || || || 61–78 || L2|- style="background:#fbb;"| 140 || September 9 || Angels || 3–5 || || || || 61–79 || L3|- style="background:#cfc;"| 141 || September 10 || Angels || 3–2 (17) || || || || 62–79 || W1|- style="background:#cfc;"| 142 || September 11 || Angels || 8–3 || || || || 63–79 || W2|- style="background:#fbb;"| 143 || September 13 || @ Athletics || 1–2 || || || || 63–80 || L1|- style="background:#cfc;"| 144 || September 14 || @ Athletics || 9–1 || || || || 64–80 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 145 || September 15 || @ Athletics || 2–6 || || || || 64–81 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 146 || September 16 || @ Angels || 2–7 || || || || 64–82 || L2|- style="background:#cfc;"| 147 || September 17 || @ Angels || 7–4 || || || || 65–82 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 148 || September 18 || @ Angels || 5–6 || || || || 65–83 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 149 || September 19 || White Sox || 3–7 || || || || 65–84 || L2|- style="background:#cfc;"| 150 || September 20 || White Sox || 4–1 || || || || 66–84 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 151 || September 21 || White Sox || 1–6 || || || || 66–85 || L1|- style="background:#cfc;"| 152 || September 23 || Mariners || 3–2 (10) || || || || 67–85 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 153 || September 24 || Mariners || 0–3 || || || || 67–86 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 154 || September 25 || Mariners || 5–8 || || || || 67–87 || L2|- style="background:#cfc;"| 155 || September 26 || @ White Sox || 5–3 || || || || 68–87 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 156 || September 27 || @ White Sox || 2–3 || || || || 68–88 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 157 || September 28 || @ White Sox || 2–3 || || || || 68–89 || L2|- style="background:#fbb;"| 158 || September 29 || @ Mariners || 1–5 || || || || 68–90 || L3|- style="background:#cfc;"| 159 || September 30 || @ Mariners || 11–6 || || || || 69–90 || W1|-|- style="background:#fbb;"| 160 || October 1 || @ Mariners || 3–4 (11) || || || || 70–90 || L1|- style="background:#cfc;"| 161 || October 2 || @ Mariners || 7–2 || || || || 71–90 || W1|-|- style="text-align:center;"| Legend:      = Win      = Loss      = Postponement
Bold = Rangers team member

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		129	351	99	.282	7	36
1B		156	547	149	.272	16	71
2B		117	338	99	.293	0	28
SS		140	515	142	.276	0	47
3B		155	503	126	.250	16	58
LF		116	418	104	.249	22	54
CF		120	437	108	.247	6	37
RF		156	615	156	.254	23	91
DH		68	248	47	.190	7	26

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
	123	347	86	.248	2	39
	94	249	57	.229	3	27
	73	214	49	.229	1	17
	82	201	45	.224	1	11
	55	154	35	.227	2	15
	38	91	26	.286	4	13
	30	62	12	.194	0	5
	36	53	10	.189	0	5
	16	51	14	.275	1	5
	16	36	8	.222	0	2
	12	25	3	.120	1	2
	13	23	3	.130	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
	34	252.0	15	16	3.32	174
	30	206.2	11	13	3.70	157
	32	203.1	12	15	4.16	88
	34	188.2	10	9	3.82	88
	22	174.1	8	10	3.92	148
	12	62.2	4	6	5.46	37
	4	23.1	1	1	4.24	12

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
	5	10.0	0	2	11.70	5
	3	7.1	0	0	8.59	4

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
	67	2	7	18	4.63	61
	43	2	6	5	4.85	25
	32	3	3	3	2.25	35
	26	2	2	2	4.14	18
	22	0	0	1	8.71	10
	11	0	0	0	5.24	9
	11	0	0	1	8.71	10
	8	0	0	0	7.63	8
	7	0	0	1	1.93	4
	5	0	0	0	4.76	0
	3	0	0	0	5.87	1
	1	0	0	0	0.00	1

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Tulsa

References

1. Web site: Barbaro Garbey Stats.
2. Web site: Greg Harris Stats.
3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/w/winero01.shtml Robbie Wine
4. http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1988&t=TEX 1988 Texas Rangers Roster by Baseball Almanac
5. https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hoffmgu01.shtml Guy Hoffman
6. https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sundbji01.shtml Jim Sundberg
7. https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/rodriiv01.shtml Iván Rodríguez
8. https://www.baseball-reference.com/g/guantce01.shtml Cecilio Guante
9. https://www.baseball-reference.com/d/daughja01.shtml Jack Daugherty

• 1988 Texas Rangers at Baseball Reference
• 1988 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.