From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

1986 Texas Rangers season

Field	Value
name	Texas Rangers
season	1986
league	American League
division	West
ballpark	Arlington Stadium
city	Arlington, Texas
record
divisional_place	2nd
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 )

(Bob Carpenter, Steve Busby) HSE (Bob Carpenter, Norm Hitzges, Merle Harmon) (Eric Nadel, Mark Holtz ) |}}

The 1986 Texas Rangers season was the 26th of the Texas Rangers franchise overall, their 15th in Arlington as the Rangers, and the 15th season at Arlington Stadium. The Rangers finished second in the American League West with a record of 87 wins and 75 losses.

Michael Stone was President of the Rangers and promoted Tom Grieve to General Manager.

Offseason

November 9, 1985: Chris Welsh was released by the Rangers.
November 25, 1985: Wayne Tolleson and Dave Schmidt were traded by the Rangers to the Chicago White Sox for Ed Correa, Scott Fletcher and a player to be named later. The White Sox completed the trade by sending José Mota to the Rangers on December 11.
December 20, 1985: Ellis Valentine was released by the Rangers.
December 20, 1985: Dickie Noles was released by the Rangers.

Regular season

September 13, 1986: Rubén Sierra became the youngest player in history to hit home runs from both sides of the plate in one game. This was accomplished against the Minnesota Twins.
Ed Correa set a club record for most wins by a rookie pitcher.
In his rookie year, Pete Incaviglia tied the club record for most home runs in a season.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

June 2, 1986: John Barfield was drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 11th round of the 1986 amateur draft. Player signed June 5, 1986.
June 2, 1986: Wayne Rosenthal was drafted by the Rangers in the 24th round of the 1986 Major League Baseball draft.
September 30, 1986: Randy Kramer was traded by the Rangers to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Jeff Zaske.

Roster

1986 Texas Rangers roster
Roster
Pitchers

Player stats

	= Indicates team leader

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	Don Slaught	95	314	83	.264	13	46
1B	Pete O'Brien	156	551	160	.290	23	90
2B	Toby Harrah	95	289	63	.218	7	41
SS	Scott Fletcher	147	530	159	.300	3	50
3B	Steve Buechele	153	461	112	.243	18	54
LF	Gary Ward	105	380	120	.316	5	51
CF	Oddibe McDowell	154	572	152	.266	18	49
RF	Pete Incaviglia	153	540	135	.250	30	88
DH	Larry Parrish	129	464	128	.276	28	94

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
Rubén Sierra	113	382	101	.264	16	55
Curt Wilkerson	110	236	56	.237	0	15
Tom Paciorek	88	213	61	.286	4	22
Darrell Porter	68	155	41	.265	12	29
Geno Petralli	69	137	35	.255	2	18
George Wright	49	106	23	.217	2	7
Orlando Mercado	46	102	24	.235	1	7
Mike Stanley	15	30	10	.333	1	1
Jerry Browne	12	24	10	.417	0	3
Bob Jones	13	21	2	.095	0	3
Jeff Kunkel	8	13	3	.231	1	2
Bob Brower	21	9	1	.111	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
Charlie Hough	33	230.1	17	10	3.79	146
Ed Correa	32	202.0	12	14	4.23	189
José Guzmán	29	172.0	9	15	4.54	87
Bobby Witt	31	158.0	11	9	5.48	174
Mike Mason	27	135.0	7	3	4.33	85
Kevin Brown	1	5.0	1	0	3.60	4

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
Mickey Mahler	29	63.0	0	2	4.14	28
Mike Loynd	9	42.0	2	2	5.36	33

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Greg A. Harris	73	111.0	10	8	20	2.83	95
Mitch Williams	80	98.0	8	6	8	3.58	90
Dale Mohorcic	58	79.0	2	4	7	2.51	29
Jeff Russell	37	82.0	5	2	2	3.40	54
Ricky Wright	21	39.1	1	0	0	5.03	23
Dwayne Henry	19	19.1	1	0	0	4.66	17
Dave Rozema	6	10.2	0	0	0	5.91	3
Ron Meridith	5	3.0	1	0	0	3.00	2

Farm system

References

1986 Texas Rangers at Baseball Reference
1986 Texas Rangers at Baseball Almanac

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/w/welshch01.shtml Chris Welsh] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/t/tollewa01.shtml Wayne Tolleson] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/v/valenel01.shtml Ellis Valentine page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/n/nolesdi01.shtml Dickie Noles] at ''Baseball Reference''
"John Barfield Stats".
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/rosenwa01.shtml Wayne Rosenthal] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/k/kramera01.shtml Randy Kramer] at ''Baseball Reference''

Info: Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

texas-rangers-seasons 1986-major-league-baseball-season 1986-in-sports-in-texas

Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about 1986 Texas Rangers season — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report