1989 Texas Rangers season
1989Texas RangersMajor league affiliations
- American League (Since 1961)
- Western Division (Since 1972)
- Arlington Stadium (Since 1972)
- Arlington, Texas (Since 1972)
(Bob Carpenter, Steve Busby)
HSE
(Greg Lucas, Norm Hitzges, Merle Harmon) Local radio WBAP
(Eric Nadel, Mark Holtz)
The Texas Rangers 1989 season involved the Rangers finishing fourth in the American League West with a record of 83 wins and 79 losses.
Contents
Offseason
- December 5, 1988 – The Rangers send Paul Kilgus, Mitch Williams, Luis Benitez, Curtis Wilkerson, Pablo Delgado and Steve Wilson to the Chicago Cubs in exchange for Rafael Palmeiro and Drew Hall.
- December 7, 1988: Nolan Ryan signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers. [1]
- January 6, 1989: Cecilio Guante was signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers. [2]
Regular Season
- Rubén Sierra had a career year as he led the AL in Triples and RBI but ranked 6th in Home Runs (29), third in runs scored (101) and 5th in hits (194). He set the club record for most total bases in a season (344), which also led the league.
Season standings
AL WestW L Pct. GB Oakland Athletics99 63 .611 -- Kansas City Royals92 70 .568 7 California Angels91 71 .562 8 Texas Rangers 83 79 .512 16 Minnesota Twins80 82 .494 19 Seattle Mariners73 89 .451 26 Chicago White Sox69 92 .429 29½Notable Transactions
- July 29, 1989 - The Rangers send Sammy Sosa, Wilson Alvarez, and Scott Fletcher to the Chicago White Sox for Harold Baines and Fred Manrique. [3]
Roster
1989 Texas Rangers roster view • talk • editRoster Pitchers- 24 Darrel Akerfelds
- 27 John Barfield
- 28 Brad Arnsberg
- 30 Mike Jeffcoat
- 34 Nolan Ryan
- 36 Bobby Witt
- 37 Kenny Rogers
- 38 Craig McMurtry
- 39 Jamie Moyer
- 40 Jeff Russell
- 41 Kevin Brown
- 43 Wilson Alvarez
- 44 Drew Hall
- 49 Charlie Hough
- 51 Cecilio Guante
- 5 Mike Stanley
- 7 Chad Kreuter
- 10 Jim Sundberg
- 12 Geno Petralli
Infielders
- 1 Scott Fletcher
- 3 Rafael Palmeiro
- 8 Jack Daugherty
- 14 Julio Franco
- 16 Dean Palmer
- 17 Fred Manrique
- 20 Jeff Kunkel
- 22 Steve Buechele
- 42 Scott Coolbaugh
- 6 Cecil Espy
- 19 Juan González
- 21 Rubén Sierra
- 29 Pete Incaviglia
Designated Hitters
- 13 Harold Baines
- 25 Buddy Bell
Manager
Nolan Ryan's 5000th Strikeout
- August 22, 1989 - Against the eventual World Champion Oakland A's, Ryan became the first pitcher ever to record 5,000 career strikeouts. He struck out Rickey Henderson in the fifth inning to break the 5,000 barrier.
Player stats
Batting
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 Julio Franco150 548 173 .316 13 92 Rubén Sierra162 634 194 .306 29 119 Harold Baines50 172 49 .285 3 16 Rafael Palmeiro156 559 154 .275 8 64 Cecil Espy142 275 122 .257 3 31 Scott Fletcher83 314 75 .239 0 22 Pete Incaviglia133 453 107 .236 21 81 Steve Buechele155 486 114 .235 16 59 Chad Kreuter87 158 24 .152 5 9Other batters
Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI Juan Gonzalez24 60 9 .150 1 7Starting pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO Nolan Ryan32 239⅓ 16 10 3.20 301 Kevin Brown28 191 12 9 3.35 104 Mike Jeffcoat22 130⅔ 9 6 3.58 64 Charlie Hough30 182 10 13 4.35 94 Jamie Moyer15 76 4 9 4.86 44 Bobby Witt31 194⅓ 12 13 5.14 166Other pitchers
Player G IP W L ERAAwards and Honors
- Julio Franco, Silver Slugger Award, 1989
- Jeff Russell, Rolaids Relief Man of the Year Award1989
- Nolan Ryan, American League Leader Strikeouts (301)
- Rubén Sierra, Silver Slugger Award, 1989
- Rubén Sierra, American League Leader, Triples (14)
- Rubén Sierra, American League Leader, RBI (119)
- Rubén Sierra, American League Leader, Total Bases (344)
- Julio Franco, Second Baseman, Starter
- Rubén Sierra, Outfield, Starter
- Nolan Ryan, Pitcher, Reserve
- Jeff Russell, Relief Pithcer, Reserve
References
- ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/r/ryanno01.shtml
- ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/g/guantce01.shtml
- ^ Sammy Sosa Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
- 1989 Texas Rangers team page at Baseball Reference
- 1989 Texas Rangers team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
AL West California• Chicago• Kansas City• Minnesota• Oakland• Seattle• Texas
NL East Chicago• Montréal• New York• Philadelphia• Pittsburgh• St. Louis
NL West Atlanta• Cincinnati• Houston• Los Angeles• San Diego• San Francisco
1989 All-Star Game• 1989 World Series
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