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1989 Texas Rangers (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1988/1990)
83-79, Finished 4th in AL Western Division
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Scored 695 runs, Allowed 714 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 79-83
Managed by Bobby Valentine

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

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1989 Stats (1988/1990) / Schedule / Transactions / Lineups / Batting Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / Gamelogs: Bat / Pitch / Amateur Draft

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Team Batting Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C  #Chad Kreuter        24   87  158   16   24   3  0   5    9  27   40  .152  .274  .266   0   1   4   0   6   1   0   52
1B *Rafael Palmeiro     24  156  559   76  154  23  4   8   64  63   48  .275  .354  .374   4   3  18   6   2   2   3  104
2B  Julio Franco        30  150  548   80  173  31  5  13   92  66   69  .316  .386  .462  21   3  27   1   0   6  11  137
3B  Steve Buechele      27  155  486   60  114  22  2  16   59  36  107  .235  .294  .387   1   3  21   5   2   1   0   89
SS  Scott Fletcher      30   83  314   47   75  14  1   0   22  38   41  .239  .323  .290   1   0   8   2   2   2   1   73
LF  Pete Incaviglia     25  133  453   48  107  27  4  21   81  32  136  .236  .293  .453   5   7  12   6   0   4   0  106
CF #Cecil Espy          26  142  475   65  122  12  7   3   31  38   99  .257  .313  .331  45  20   2   2  10   2   2   81
RF #Ruben Sierra        23  162  634  101  194  35 14  29  119  43   82  .306  .347  .543   8   2   7   2   0  10   2  146
DH *Harold Baines       30   50  172   18   49   9  0   3   16  13   27  .285  .333  .390   0   2   4   0   0   1   0  102
    Jeff Kunkel         27  108  293   39   79  21  2   8   29  20   75  .270  .323  .437   3   2   6   3  10   0   0  111
   *Rick Leach          32  110  239   32   65  14  1   1   23  32   33  .272  .358  .351   2   1   7   1   4   2   7  100
    Fred Manrique       27   54  191   23   55  12  0   2   22   9   33  .288  .318  .382   4   1   3   0   9   1   0   96
   *Geno Petralli       29   70  184   18   56   7  0   4   23  17   24  .304  .368  .408   0   0   5   2   1   1   1  117
    Jim Sundberg        38   76  147   13   29   7  1   2    8  23   37  .197  .304  .299   0   0   3   0   7   1   0   70
    Mike Stanley        26   67  122    9   30   3  1   1   11  12   29  .246  .324  .311   1   0   5   2   1   0   1   79
   #Jack Daugherty      28   52  106   15   32   4  2   1   10  11   21  .302  .364  .406   2   1   1   1   0   3   0  116
    Sammy Sosa          20   25   84    8   20   3  0   1    3   0   20  .238  .238  .310   0   2   3   0   4   0   0   52
    Buddy Bell          37   34   82    4   15   4  0   0    3   7   10  .183  .247  .232   0   0   4   0   1   0   0   35
    Juan Gonzalez       19   24   60    6    9   3  0   1    7   6   17  .150  .227  .250   0   0   4   0   2   0   0   34
    Scott Coolbaugh     23   25   51    7   14   1  0   2    7   4   12  .275  .321  .412   0   0   2   0   1   1   0  104
   *Thad Bosley         32   37   40    5    9   2  0   1    9   3   11  .225  .273  .350   2   0   2   0   0   1   0   73
   *Jeff Stone          28   22   36    5    6   1  2   0    5   3    5  .167  .250  .306   2   1   2   1   1   0   0   55
    Dean Palmer         20   16   19    0    2   2  0   0    1   0   12  .105  .100  .211   0   0   0   0   0   1   0  -15
   *Kevin Reimer        25    3    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   1   0   0   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.1  162 5458  695 1433 260 46 122  654 503  989  .263  .325  .394 101  49 151  34  63  40  28  101
    Rank among 14 AL teams        10    8    6   5  1   9        7    2     5     7     4   9  12                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

Team Pitching Glossary

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Nolan Ryan          42  32   3.20  16  10  0  32   0   6   2  239.3  162   96   85  17   98  301  988  19   9  1   3 124
SP  Bobby Witt          25  31   5.14  12  13  0  31   0   5   1  194.3  182  123  111  14  114  166  869   7   2  4   3  77
SP  Charlie Hough       41  30   4.35  10  13  0  30   0   5   1  182.0  168   97   88  28   95   94  795   7   6  5   2  91
SP  Kevin Brown         24  28   3.35  12   9  0  28   0   7   0  191.0  167   81   71  10   70  104  798   7   4  2   2 119
SP *Mike Jeffcoat       29  22   3.58   9   6  0  22   0   2   2  130.7  139   65   52   7   33   64  559   0   4  1   0 111
SP *Jamie Moyer         26  15   4.86   4   9  0  15   0   1   0   76.0   84   51   41  10   33   44  337   1   2  0   0  82

CL  Jeff Russell        27  71   1.98   6   4 38   0  66   0   0   72.7   45   21   16   4   24   77  278   6   3  0   5 200
RP *Kenny Rogers        24  73   2.93   3   4  2   0  24   0   0   73.7   60   28   24   2   42   63  314   6   4  0   9 135
RP  Cecilio Guante      29  50   3.91   6   6  2   0  19   0   0   69.0   66   35   30   7   36   69  311   1   4  0  10 101
RP  Gary Mielke         26  43   3.26   1   0  1   0   8   0   0   49.7   52   18   18   4   25   26  217   1   2  0   3 122
RP *Drew Hall           26  38   3.70   2   1  0   0   6   0   0   58.3   42   24   24   3   33   45  242   1   3  0   1 107

    Brad Arnsberg       25  16   4.13   2   1  1   1   3   0   0   48.0   45   27   22   6   22   26  209   6   3  2   0  96
    Craig McMurtry      29  19   7.43   0   0  0   0   4   0   0   23.0   29   21   19   3   13   14  111   1   2  1   1  53
   *John Barfield       24   4   6.17   0   1  0   2   1   0   0   11.7   15   10    8   0    4    9   52   1   0  0   0  64
    Darrel Akerfelds    27   6   3.27   0   1  0   0   2   0   0   11.0   11    6    4   1    5    9   50   1   0  0   2 121
    Paul Wilmet         30   3  15.43   0   0  0   0   2   0   0    2.3    5    4    4   0    2    1   14   0   0  0   1  26
    Jeff Kunkel         27   1  21.60   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    1.7    4    4    4   1    3    0   12   0   0  0   0  18
   *Wilson Alvarez      19   1          0   1  0   1   0   0   0    0.0    3    3    3   2    2    0    5   0   0  0   0   0
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.8 162   3.91  83  79 44 162 136  26   7 1434.0 1279  714  623 119  654 1112 6161  65  48 16  42 101
    Rank among 14 AL teams          7   6   8  4           3  11      9    1    8        7   14    1

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- CKreuter 527 58 85 453 26 4 4 .992 21 27 64 14 JSundberg 457 53 73 353 27 3 3 .992 10 11 34 21 GPetralli 310 36 49 258 15 3 3 .989 7 21 33 13 MStanley 139 15 25 82 6 2 1 .978 4 6 9 3 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1434 162 162 1146 74 12 11 .990 42 65 140 51 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 *9.79 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RPalmeiro 1237 142 147 1167 119 12 106 .991 9.35 JDaugherty 136 13 23 129 13 0 11 1.000 9.40 MStanley 39 5 7 35 1 1 2 .973 8.31 RLeach 13 1 4 17 1 0 2 1.000 12.46 BBell 6 1 1 7 1 0 0 1.000 12.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1434 162 162 1355 135 13 121 .991 9.35 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 *5.24 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JFranco 1199 139 140 256 386 13 70 .980 4.82 FManrique 113 12 17 24 33 5 6 .919 4.54 SBuechele 81 7 18 21 23 0 6 1.000 4.89 JKunkel 41 4 8 14 12 0 6 1.000 5.71 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1434 162 162 315 454 18 88 .977 4.83 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .943 *2.73 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- SBuechele 1154 131 145 106 264 12 22 .969 2.88 SCoolbaugh 136 16 23 7 39 2 3 .958 3.04 BBell 58 7 9 3 12 0 0 1.000 2.33 FManrique 44 5 6 2 7 1 1 .900 1.84 JKunkel 20 1 4 1 5 4 0 .600 2.70 DPalmer 17 2 6 1 3 2 0 .667 2.12 MStanley 5 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1434 162 162 120 331 21 26 .956 2.83 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 *4.79 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- SFletcher 698 79 81 124 190 13 45 .960 4.05 JKunkel 469 53 59 68 150 15 21 .936 4.18 FManrique 262 30 37 52 79 5 22 .963 4.49 DPalmer 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.00 SBuechele 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 9.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1434 162 162 246 421 33 89 .953 4.19 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 *2.16 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- PIncaviglia 985 111 120 198 6 6 2 .971 1.86 RLeach 264 32 37 55 1 3 0 .949 1.91 SSosa 88 10 12 20 1 1 0 .955 2.15 JDaugherty 28 3 4 4 1 0 1 1.000 1.61 TBosley 20 2 6 9 1 0 1 1.000 4.35 JKunkel 14 1 5 2 0 1 0 .667 1.29 CEspy 14 1 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 RPalmeiro 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 JStone 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 JGonzalez 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1434 162 162 290 10 11 4 .965 1.88 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 *2.78 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CEspy 986 108 131 276 5 3 2 .989 2.56 JKunkel 174 22 24 56 1 2 0 .966 2.95 JGonzalez 167 19 24 54 0 2 0 .964 2.91 SSosa 51 7 8 14 0 1 0 .933 2.47 PIncaviglia 44 5 10 15 1 0 0 1.000 3.27 RSierra 10 1 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.70 JStone 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1434 162 162 418 7 8 2 .982 2.67 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 *2.33 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RSierra 1404 161 161 314 13 9 2 .973 2.10 HBaines 8 1 1 2 0 1 0 .667 2.25 JKunkel 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 RLeach 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 TBosley 4 0 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 6.75 CEspy 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 JDaugherty 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 SSosa 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 JStone 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1434 162 162 319 13 10 2 .971 2.08 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *2.42 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- RSierra 1414 162 162 313 13 9 2 .973 2.07 PIncaviglia 1029 116 125 213 7 6 2 .973 1.92 CEspy 1004 109 133 281 5 3 2 .990 2.56 RLeach 268 32 41 57 1 3 0 .951 1.95 JKunkel 193 23 30 59 1 3 0 .952 2.80 JGonzalez 169 19 24 53 0 2 0 .964 2.82 SSosa 141 17 19 33 1 2 0 .944 2.17 JDaugherty 30 3 5 3 1 0 1 1.000 1.20 TBosley 24 2 8 12 1 0 1 1.000 4.74 JStone 12 1 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 HBaines 8 1 1 2 0 1 0 .667 2.25 DPalmer 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1434 162 162 1027 30 29 8 .973 2.21 162 162 162 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .960 *1.87 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- NRyan 239 32 32 11 19 3 0 .909 1.13 BWitt 194 31 31 13 22 1 1 .972 1.62 KBrown 191 28 28 15 41 2 6 .966 2.64 CHough 182 30 30 13 18 1 3 .969 1.53 MJeffcoat 130 22 22 13 18 1 1 .969 2.13 JMoyer 76 15 15 5 14 0 2 1.000 2.25 KRogers 73 0 73 1 22 0 0 1.000 2.81 JRussell 72 0 71 6 14 0 3 1.000 2.48 CGuante 69 0 50 4 5 0 0 1.000 1.17 DHall 58 0 38 2 8 0 1 1.000 1.54 GMielke 49 0 43 3 6 1 0 .900 1.63 BArnsberg 48 1 16 5 10 0 2 1.000 2.81 CMcMurtry 23 0 19 1 5 1 0 .857 2.35 JBarfield 11 2 4 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.54 DAkerfelds 11 0 6 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.64 PWilmet 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.91 JKunkel 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 5.29 WAlvarez 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1434 162 162 94 206 10 19 .968 1.88 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Des. Hitter G ------------+--- HBaines 46 RLeach 44 BBell 22 MStanley 21 GPetralli 16 JStone 15 JFranco 10 JDaugherty 8 DPalmer 6 RPalmeiro 6 TBosley 5 PIncaviglia 5 JKunkel 5 CEspy 3 SCoolbaugh 2 SBuechele 1 FManrique 1 KReimer 1 JSundberg 1 ------------+---

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

Team Leaders
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Batting Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

Batting Average Franco .316

On-base % Franco .386

Slugging % Sierra .543

OPS Sierra .890

Games Sierra 162

At Bats Sierra 634

Plate Appearances (approx.) Sierra 689

Runs Sierra 101

Hits Sierra 194

Total Bases Sierra 344

Doubles Sierra 35

Triples Sierra 14

Home Runs Sierra 29

RBI Sierra 119

Bases on Balls Franco 66

Strikeouts Incaviglia 136

Stolen Bases Espy 45

Singles Franco 124

Adjusted OPS+ Sierra 146

Runs Created Sierra 122

Adjusted Batting Runs Sierra 35

Batting Wins Sierra 3.5

Extra-Base Hits Sierra 78

Times on Base Franco 240

Offensive Win% Sierra .712

Hit By Pitch Incaviglia and Palmeiro 6

Sac. Hits Espy and Kunkel 10

Sac. Flies Sierra 10

Intentional Walks Franco 11

Grounded into Double Plays Franco 27

Caught Stealing Espy 20

Power/Speed Number Franco 16.1

At Bats per Strikeout Palmeiro 11.6

At Bats per Home Run Sierra 21.9

Outs Sierra 459

Pitching Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

ERA Ryan 3.20

Wins Ryan 16

Won-Loss % Ryan .615

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Ryan 1.086

Hits Allowed/9IP Ryan 6.09

Bases on Balls/9IP Brown 3.30

Strikeouts/9IP Ryan 11.32

Games Rogers 73

Saves Russell 38

Innings Ryan 239.3

Strikeouts Ryan 301

Games Started Ryan 32

Comp. Games Brown 7

Shutouts Jeffcoat and Ryan 2

Home Runs Allow. Hough 28

Bases On Balls Allow. Witt 114

Hits Allowed Witt 182

SO to Walk Ryan 3.07

Losses Hough and Witt 13

Earned Runs Allow. Witt 111

Wild Pitches Ryan 19

Hit Batsmen Ryan 9

Batters Faced Ryan 988

Games Finished Russell 66

Adjusted ERA+ Ryan 124

Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

Salaries

Nolan Ryan $ 1,800,000

Julio Franco $ 1,300,000

Harold Baines $ 1,204,281

Scott Fletcher $ 1,200,000

Charlie Hough $ 900,000

Jeff Russell $ 480,000

Pete Incaviglia $ 475,000

Jim Sundberg $ 475,000

Cecilio Guante $ 445,000

Steve Buechele $ 430,000

Rick Leach $ 350,000

Ruben Sierra $ 350,000

Geno Petralli $ 325,000

Craig McMurtry $ 275,000

Jamie Moyer $ 205,000

Bobby Witt $ 205,000

Fred Manrique $ 192,500

Cecil Espy $ 97,500

Mike Stanley $ 95,000

Mike Jeffcoat $ 83,000

Jeff Kunkel $ 80,000

Drew Hall $ 74,000

Kevin Brown $ 72,500

Chad Kreuter $ 72,500

Jack Daugherty $ 68,000

Gary Mielke $ 68,000

Kenny Rogers $ 68,000

Sammy Sosa $ 68,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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