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(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1986 / 1988)
75-87, Finished 6th in AL West
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Scored 823 runs, Allowed 849 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 79-83
Manager: Bobby Valentine (75-87)
Ballpark: Arlington Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,763,053 (10th of 14)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 101; one-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 103
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1986 / 1988 Trades and Transactions
Transactions listed are from November 1 of previous year to April 1 of the following year.
October 6, 1986
Signed Cris Colon as an amateur free agent.
October 15, 1986
Jeff Moronko granted Free Agency.
November 12, 1986
Toby Harrah granted Free Agency.
Darrell Porter granted Free Agency.
Gary Ward granted Free Agency.
December 3, 1986
Signed Alan Knicely as a free agent.
Signed Tom O'Malley as a free agent.
Signed Dave Rucker as a free agent.
December 5, 1986
Signed Darrell Porter as a free agent.
December 8, 1986
Drafted Cecil Espy from the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1986 rule 5 draft.
December 9, 1986
Drafted Jose Cecena from the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1986 minor league draft.
Signed Keith Creel as a free agent.
Signed Dave Meier as a free agent.
December 16, 1986
Released Ricky Wright.
December 18, 1986
Signed Mike Jeffcoat as a free agent.
January 10, 1987
Signed Nick Capra as a free agent.
January 13, 1987
Signed Jose Hernandez as an amateur free agent.
February 17, 1987
Signed Ed Jurak as a free agent.
February 26, 1987
Signed Frank Pastore as a free agent.
March 4, 1987
Signed Steve Kemp as a free agent.
March 24, 1987
Traded Orlando Mercado to the Detroit Tigers. Received Ruben Guzman (minors).
May 15, 1987 (Standings)
Traded Mike Mason to the Chicago Cubs. Received a player to be named later. The Chicago Cubs sent Dave Pavlas (June 6, 1987) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade.
June 2, 1987 (Standings)
Drafted Brian Bohanon in the 1st round (19th pick) of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed June 20, 1987.
Drafted Bill Haselman in the 1st round (23rd pick) of the 1987 amateur draft.
Drafted Mark Petkovsek in the 1st round (29th pick) of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed June 29, 1987.
Drafted Barry Manuel in the 2nd round of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed June 19, 1987.
Drafted Scott Coolbaugh in the 3rd round of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed June 18, 1987.
Drafted Jonathan Hurst in the 4th round of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed June 5, 1987.
Drafted Terry Mathews in the 5th round of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed June 4, 1987.
Drafted Kevin Belcher in the 6th round of the 1987 amateur draft.
Drafted Tony Scruggs in the 7th round of the 1987 amateur draft.
Drafted Bert Heffernan in the 9th round of the 1987 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
Drafted Kevin Mmahat in the 31st round of the 1987 amateur draft.
Drafted Robb Nen in the 32nd round of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed June 29, 1987.
Drafted Ed Pierce in the 35th round of the 1987 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
Drafted Keith Osik in the 47th round of the 1987 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
June 18, 1987 (Standings)
Sold Ron Meridith to the Detroit Tigers.
June 25, 1987 (Standings)
Traded Jose Mota to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Larry See.
July 12, 1987 (Standings)
Signed Steve Howe as a free agent.
July 31, 1987 (Standings)
Traded Dave Owen to the Kansas City Royals. Received a player to be named later. The Kansas City Royals sent Rufus Ellis (minors) (October 13, 1987) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade.
August 6, 1987 (Standings)
Signed Larry McWilliams as a free agent.
August 13, 1987 (Standings)
Traded Greg Ferlenda (minors) to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Kurt Beamesderfer (minors).
October 15, 1987 (Standings)
Nick Capra granted Free Agency.
Keith Creel granted Free Agency.
Ed Jurak granted Free Agency.
Released Steve Kemp.
Dave Rucker granted Free Agency.
October 23, 1987
Signed Jim Steels as a free agent.
October 31, 1987
Signed Dave Sax as a free agent.
Signed Dallas Williams as a free agent.
November 2, 1987
Traded Don Slaught to the New York Yankees. Received a player to be named later. The New York Yankees sent Brad Arnsberg (November 10, 1987) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade.
November 9, 1987
Tom Paciorek granted Free Agency.
November 12, 1987
Signed Jose Oliva as an amateur free agent.
Signed De Wayne Vaughn as a free agent.
December 1, 1987
Signed Tony Fossas as a free agent.
December 8, 1987
Signed Craig McMurtry as a free agent.
December 12, 1987
Traded Kris Killingworth (minors) and Tom Duggan (minors) to the Oakland Athletics. Received Jose Tolentino.
December 13, 1987
Signed Barbaro Garbey as a free agent.
December 21, 1987
Released Greg Harris.
Released Darrell Porter.
December 23, 1987
Traded Javier Ortiz to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Scott May.
January 19, 1988
Released Steve Howe.
Signed Steve Kemp as a free agent.
February 2, 1988
Released Larry McWilliams.
Signed Ed Vande Berg as a free agent.
March 17, 1988
Traded Dave Meier and Greg Tabor to the Chicago Cubs. Received Ray Hayward.
March 25, 1988
Traded Mike Loynd to the Houston Astros. Received Robbie Wine.
March 29, 1988
Released Ed Vande Berg.
