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1989 Texas Rangers

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1988 / 1990

83-79, Finished 4th in AL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Bobby Valentine (83-79)
Scored 695 runs, Allowed 714 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 79-83

Ballparks: Arlington Stadium · Attendance: 2,043,993 (9th of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 102, Pitching - 102 · one-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 102

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1988 / 1990 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR WAR Salary
Darrel Akerfelds 27 R R 6' 2" 210 Jun 12, 1962 3 6 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Wilson Alvarez 19 L L 6' 1" 175 Mar 24, 1970 1st 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Brad Arnsberg 25 R R 6' 4" 205 Aug 20, 1963 3 16 1 0 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Harold Baines 30 L L 6' 2" 175 Mar 15, 1959 10 50 45 50 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 46 5 0 -0.1 $1,204,281
John Barfield 24 L L 6' 1" 185 Oct 15, 1964 1st 4 2 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Buddy Bell 37 R R 6' 1" 180 Aug 27, 1951 18 34 22 34 10 0 0 1 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 22 11 0 -0.6 $
Thad Bosley 32 L L 6' 3" 175 Sep 17, 1956 13 37 3 37 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 2 8 5 33 0 -0.1 $
Kevin Brown 24 R R 6' 4" 195 Mar 14, 1965 3 28 28 0 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.2 $72,500
Steve Buechele 27 R R 6' 2" 190 Sep 26, 1961 5 155 139 155 153 0 0 0 18 145 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 0.5 $430,000
Scott Coolbaugh 23 R R 5' 10" 185 Jun 13, 1966 1st 25 18 25 23 0 0 0 0 23 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0.3 $
Jack Daugherty 28 B L 6' 0" 188 Jul 3, 1960 2 52 21 52 27 0 0 22 0 0 0 4 0 1 5 7 24 3 0.5 $68,000
Cecil Espy 26 B R 6' 3" 195 Jan 20, 1963 4 142 111 142 133 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 131 1 135 3 15 6 1.3 $97,500
Scott Fletcher 30 R R 5' 11" 168 Jul 30, 1958 9 83 80 83 81 0 0 0 0 0 81 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 -0.1 $1,200,000
Julio Franco 30 R R 6' 0" 160 Aug 23, 1958 8 150 149 150 140 0 0 0 140 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 1 0 5.2 $1,300,000 All-Star
Juan Gonzalez 19 R R 6' 3" 175 Oct 20, 1969 1st 24 19 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 24 0 25 0 1 1 -0.3 $
Cecilio Guante 29 R R 6' 3" 200 Feb 1, 1960 8 50 0 1 50 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $445,000
Drew Hall 26 L L 6' 4" 220 Mar 27, 1963 4 38 0 0 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $74,000
Charlie Hough 41 R R 6' 2" 190 Jan 5, 1948 20 30 30 0 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 $900,000
Pete Incaviglia 25 R R 6' 1" 225 Apr 2, 1964 4 133 120 133 124 0 0 1 0 0 0 120 10 0 130 6 5 4 0.3 $475,000
Mike Jeffcoat 29 L L 6' 2" 187 Aug 3, 1959 6 22 22 0 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 $83,000
Chad Kreuter 24 B R 6' 2" 190 Aug 26, 1964 2 87 58 87 85 0 85 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 -1.5 $72,500
Jeff Kunkel 27 R R 6' 2" 180 Mar 25, 1962 6 108 82 108 97 1 0 0 8 4 59 5 24 2 31 5 7 6 1.2 $80,000
Rick Leach 32 L L 6' 1" 180 May 4, 1957 9 110 66 110 43 0 0 4 0 0 0 37 0 3 40 44 41 0 1.1 $350,000
Fred Manrique 27 R R 6' 1" 175 Nov 5, 1961 7 54 47 54 54 0 0 0 17 6 37 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1.1 $
Craig McMurtry 29 R R 6' 5" 195 Nov 5, 1959 6 19 0 0 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $275,000
Gary Mielke 26 R R 6' 3" 185 Jan 28, 1963 2 43 0 0 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 $68,000
Jamie Moyer 26 L L 6' 0" 170 Nov 18, 1962 4 15 15 0 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8 $205,000
Rafael Palmeiro 24 L L 6' 0" 180 Sep 24, 1964 4 156 144 156 148 0 0 147 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 7 0 2.0 $
Dean Palmer 20 R R 6' 1" 175 Dec 27, 1968 1st 16 4 16 6 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 6 6 2 -0.5 $
Geno Petralli 29 L R 6' 2" 185 Sep 25, 1959 8 70 50 70 49 0 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 18 0 0.7 $325,000
Kevin Reimer 25 L R 6' 2" 215 Jun 28, 1964 2 3 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 -0.1 $
Kenny Rogers 24 L L 6' 1" 200 Nov 10, 1964 1st 73 0 0 73 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 $68,000
Jeff Russell 27 R R 6' 4" 200 Sep 2, 1961 7 71 0 0 71 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.5 $480,000 All-Star
Nolan Ryan HOF 42 R R 6' 2" 170 Jan 31, 1947 23 32 32 0 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.6 $1,800,000 All-Star
Ruben Sierra 23 B R 6' 1" 175 Oct 6, 1965 4 162 162 162 162 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 161 163 0 0 0 5.7 $350,000 All-Star
Sammy Sosa 20 R R 6' 0" 165 Nov 12, 1968 1st 25 20 25 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 8 1 21 6 3 1 -0.5 $68,000
Mike Stanley 26 R R 6' 1" 185 Jun 25, 1963 4 67 34 67 34 0 25 7 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 21 27 0 -0.6 $95,000
Jeff Stone 28 L R 6' 0" 175 Dec 26, 1960 7 22 10 22 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 15 8 3 -0.4 $
Jim Sundberg 38 R R 6' 0" 190 May 18, 1951 16 76 53 76 73 0 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 0.3 $475,000
Paul Wilmet 30 R R 5' 11" 170 Nov 8, 1958 1st 3 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Bobby Witt 25 R R 6' 2" 190 May 11, 1964 4 31 31 0 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.0 $205,000
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR WAR Salary
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

Scott Fletcher

Harold Baines
Rafael Palmeiro

Mike Stanley

Cecil Espy

Chad Kreuter

Jack Daugherty

Rick Leach

Jim Sundberg

Geno Petralli

Harold Baines
Juan Gonzalez

Julio Franco

Dean Palmer

Fred Manrique
Sammy Sosa

Juan Gonzalez
Jeff Stone

Jeff Kunkel

Ruben Sierra

Steve Buechele

Darrel Akerfelds

Buddy Bell
Rafael Palmeiro

John Barfield

Brad Arnsberg

Pete Incaviglia

Mike Jeffcoat

Thad Bosley

Nolan Ryan

Bobby Witt

Kenny Rogers

Craig McMurtry

Jamie Moyer

Jeff Russell

Kevin Brown

Scott Coolbaugh

Wilson Alvarez

Drew Hall

Kevin Reimer

Charlie Hough

Gary Mielke

Cecilio Guante

Paul Wilmet

1988 / 1990 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers