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1989 Texas Rangers Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1988 / 1990)
83-79, Finished 4th in AL West
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Scored 695 runs, Allowed 714 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 79-83
Manager: Bobby Valentine (83-79)
Ballpark: Arlington Stadium (ballparks.com)
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 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR Salary
Darrel Akerfelds 27 R R 6' 2" 210 Jun 12, 1962 3 6 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wilson Alvarez 19 L L 6' 1" 235 Mar 24, 1970 1st 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brad Arnsberg 25 R R 6' 4" 215 Aug 20, 1963 3 16 0 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Harold Baines 30 L L 6' 2" 195 Mar 15, 1959 10 50 45 50 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 44 5 0 $1,204,281.00
John Barfield 24 L L 6' 1" 185 Oct 15, 1964 1st 4 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Buddy Bell 37 R R 6' 2" 185 Aug 27, 1951 18 34 22 34 10 0 0 1 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 14 11 0
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 1 33 0
Kevin Brown 24 R R 6' 4" 195 Mar 14, 1965 3 28 0 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $72,500.00
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 $430,000.00
Scott Coolbaugh 23 R R 5' 11" 185 Jun 13, 1966 1st 25 18 25 23 0 0 0 0 23 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Jack Daugherty 28 B L 6' 0" 195 Jul 3, 1960 2 52 21 52 27 0 0 22 0 0 0 4 0 1 5 5 24 3 $68,000.00
Cecil Espy 26 B R 6' 3" 195 Jan 20, 1963 4 142 111 142 133 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 131 1 133 2 15 6 $97,500.00
Scott Fletcher 30 R R 5' 11" 173 Jul 30, 1958 9 83 80 83 81 0 0 0 0 0 81 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 $1,200,000.00
Julio Franco 30 R R 6' 0" 165 Aug 23, 1958 8 150 149 150 140 0 0 0 140 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 1 0 $1,300,000.00 All-Star
Juan Gonzalez 19 R R 6' 3" 210 Oct 20, 1969 1st 24 19 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 24 0 24 0 1 1
Cecilio Guante 29 R R 6' 3" 205 Feb 1, 1960 8 50 0 1 50 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $445,000.00
Drew Hall 26 L L 6' 4" 205 Mar 27, 1963 4 38 0 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $74,000.00
Charlie Hough 41 R R 6' 2" 190 Jan 5, 1948 20 30 0 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $900,000.00
Pete Incaviglia 25 R R 6' 1" 230 Apr 2, 1964 4 133 120 133 124 0 0 1 0 0 0 120 10 0 124 4 5 4 $475,000.00
Mike Jeffcoat 29 L L 6' 2" 187 Aug 3, 1959 6 22 0 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $83,000.00
Chad Kreuter 24 B R 6' 2" 195 Aug 26, 1964 2 87 58 87 85 0 85 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 $72,500.00
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 1 7 6 $80,000.00
Rick Leach 32 L L 6' 0" 195 May 4, 1957 9 110 66 110 43 0 0 4 0 0 0 37 0 3 40 33 41 0 $350,000.00
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
Craig McMurtry 29 R R 6' 5" 195 Nov 5, 1959 6 19 0 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $275,000.00
Gary Mielke 26 R R 6' 3" 185 Jan 28, 1963 2 43 0 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $68,000.00
Jamie Moyer 26 L L 6' 0" 170 Nov 18, 1962 4 15 0 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $205,000.00
Rafael Palmeiro 24 L L 6' 0" 188 Sep 24, 1964 4 156 144 156 148 0 0 147 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 7 0
Dean Palmer 20 R R 6' 2" 195 Dec 27, 1968 1st 16 4 16 6 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 2 6 2
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 14 18 0 $325,000.00
Kevin Reimer 25 L R 6' 2" 225 Jun 28, 1964 2 3 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0
Kenny Rogers 24 L L 6' 1" 205 Nov 10, 1964 1st 73 0 73 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $68,000.00
Jeff Russell 27 R R 6' 3" 210 Sep 2, 1961 7 71 0 71 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $480,000.00 All-Star
Nolan Ryan HOF 42 R R 6' 2" 195 Jan 31, 1947 23 32 0 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,800,000.00 All-Star
Ruben Sierra 23 B R 6' 1" 200 Oct 6, 1965 4 162 162 162 162 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 161 162 0 0 0 $350,000.00 All-Star
Sammy Sosa 20 R R 6' 0" 220 Nov 12, 1968 1st 25 20 25 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 8 1 19 3 3 1 $68,000.00
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 14 27 0 $95,000.00
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 9 8 3
Jim Sundberg 38 R R 6' 0" 195 May 18, 1951 16 76 53 76 73 0 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 $475,000.00
Paul Wilmet 30 R R 5' 11" 170 Nov 8, 1958 1st 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bobby Witt 25 R R 6' 2" 205 May 11, 1964 4 31 0 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $205,000.00
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR Salary
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

1988 / 1990 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played