1988 Texas Rangers season

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The 1988 Texas Rangers season was the 28th of the Texas Rangers franchise overall, their 17th in Arlington as the Rangers, and the 17th season at Arlington Stadium. The Rangers finished sixth in the American League West with a record of 70 wins and 91 losses.

Offseason

Regular season

Opening Day starters

Season standings

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Record vs. opponents

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Detailed records

American League
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American League West
California Angels 5–8 3–4 2–4 45 50
Chicago White Sox 5–8 2–4 3–4 63 62
Kansas City Royals 6–7 4–3 2–4 65 83
Minnesota Twins 6–7 2–4 4–3 48 70
Oakland Athletics 5–8 3–4 2–4 52 64
Seattle Mariners 7–6 3–3 4–2 52 42
Texas Rangers
Total 34–44 17–22 17–22 325 371
American League East
Baltimore Orioles 6–6 4–2 2–4 59 49
Boston Red Sox 4–8 2–4 2–4 37 60
Cleveland Indians 6–6 3–3 3–3 43 39
Detroit Tigers 4–8 2–4 2–4 30 38
Milwaukee Brewers 4–8 2–4 2–4 37 50
New York Yankees 6–5 4–2 2–3 47 63
Toronto Blue Jays 6–6 4–2 2–4 59 65
Total 36–47 21–21 15–26 312 364

Notable transactions

Roster

1988 Texas Rangers roster
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Game log

Template:Game log start Template:Game log section start |- style="background:#cfc;" | 1 || April 4 || Indians || 4–3 || || || || 1–0 || W1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 2 || April 6 || Indians || 1–5 || || || || 1–1 || L1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 3 || April 7 || Indians || 1–4 || || || || 1–2 || L2 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 4 || April 8 || Red Sox || 0–4 || || || || 1–3 || L3 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 5 || April 9 || Red Sox || 1–2 || || || || 1–4 || L4 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 6 || April 10 || Red Sox || 4–1 || || || || 2–4 || W1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 7 || April 12 || @ Tigers || 1–4 || || || || 2–5 || L1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 8 || April 14 || @ Tigers || 2–1 || || || || 3–5 || W1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 9 || April 15 || @ Red Sox || 3–2 (10) || || || || 4–5 || W2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 10 || April 16 || @ Red Sox || 2–0 || || || || 5–5 || W3 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 11 || April 17 || @ Red Sox || 2–15 || || || || 5–6 || L1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 12 || April 18 || @ Red Sox || 3–4 || || || || 5–7 || L2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 13 || April 19 || @ Indians || 3–0 || || || || 6–7 || W1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 14 || April 20 || @ Indians || 1–2 || || || || 6–8 || L1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 15 || April 22 || Tigers || 3–5 || || || || 6–9 || L2 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 16 || April 23 || Tigers || 6–7 || || || || 6–10 || L3 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 17 || April 24 || Tigers || 4–2 || || || || 7–10 || W1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 18 || April 26 || Brewers || 3–1 || || || || 8–10 || W2 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 19 || April 27 || Brewers || 3–4 || || || || 8–11 || L1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 20 || April 29 || @ Yankees || 1–2 || || || || 8–12 || L2 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 21 || April 30 || @ Yankees || 3–15 || || || || 8–13 || L3 |- Template:Game log section end Template:Game log section start |- style="background:#cfc;" | 22 || May 1 || @ Yankees || 5–1 || || || || 9–13 || W1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 23 || May 2 || @ Orioles || 4–9 || || || || 9–14 || L1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 24 || May 3 || @ Orioles || 4–2 || || || || 10–14 || W1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 25 || May 4 || @ Brewers || 5–6 || || || || 10–15 || L1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 26 || May 5 || @ Brewers || 1–9 || || || || 10–16 || L2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 27 || May 6 || Yankees || 7–6 || || || || 11–16 || W1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 28 || May 7 || Yankees || 3–2 || || || || 12–16 || W2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 29 || May 8 || Yankees || 10–8 || || || || 13–16 || W3 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 30 || May 10 || Orioles || 13–5 || || || || 14–16 || W4 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 31 || May 11 || Orioles || 8–0 || || || || 15–16 || W5 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 32 || May 12 || Orioles || 2–1 || || || || 16–16 || W6 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 33 || May 13 || Royals || 2–1 || || || || 17–16 || W7 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 34 || May 14 || Royals || 6–3 || || || || 18–16 || W8 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 35 || May 15 || Royals || 4–5 || || || || 18–17 || L1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 36 || May 16 || Royals || 6–7 || || || || 18–18 || L2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 37 || May 17 || @ Blue Jays || 7–6 (14) || || || || 19–18 || W1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 38 || May 18 || @ Blue Jays || 4–0 || || || || 20–18 || W2 |- style="background:#fbb;" | - || May 20 || Twins || colspan=7 | Postponed (rain); Makeup: May 22 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 39 || May 21 || Twins || 3–0 || || || || 21–18 || W3 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 40 || May 22 || Twins || 5–15 || || || || 21–19 || L1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 41 || May 22 || Twins || 2–4 || || || || 21–20 || L2 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 42 || May 24 || Blue Jays || 2–13 || || || || 21–21 || L3 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 43 || May 25 || Blue Jays || 5–1 || || || || 22–21 || W1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 44 || May 26 || Blue Jays || 8–7 || || || || 23–21 || W2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 45 || May 27 || @ Royals || 3–2 || || || || 24–21 || W3 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 46 || May 28 || @ Royals || 6–8 || || || || 24–22 || L1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 47 || May 29 || @ Royals || 1–12 || || || || 24–23 || L2 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 48 || May 30 || @ Twins || 6–1 || || || || 25–23 || W1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 49 || May 31 || @ Twins || 6–8 || || || || 25–24 || L1 |- Template:Game log section end Template:Game log section start |- style="background:#fbb;" | 50 || June 1 || @ Twins || 1–7 || || || || 25–25 || L2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 51 || June 2 || @ White Sox || 10–2 || || || || 26–25 || W1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 52 || June 3 || @ White Sox || 9–3 || || || || 27–25 || W2 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 53 || June 4 || @ White Sox || 8–10 || || || || 27–26 || L1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 54 || June 5 || @ White Sox || 4–5 || || || || 27–27 || L2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 55 || June 6 || Angels || 6–4 || || || || 28–27 || W1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 56 || June 7 || Angels || 0–1 || || || || 28–28 || L1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 57 || June 8 || Angels || 2–5 || || || || 28–29 || L2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 58 || June 9 || Athletics || 5–2 || || || || 29–29 || W1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 59 || June 10 || Athletics || 6–7 || || || || 29–30 || L1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 60 || June 11 || Athletics || 4–13 || || || || 29–31 || L2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 61 || June 12 || Athletics || 3–2 || || || || 30–31 || W1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 62 || June 14 || @ Angels || 0–3 || || || || 30–32 || L1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 63 || June 15 || @ Angels || 6–3 (10) || || || || 31–32 || W1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 64 || June 16 || @ Angels || 0–3 || || || || 31–33 || L1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 65 || June 17 || @ Athletics || 6–7 (14) || || || || 31–34 || L2 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 66 || June 18 || @ Athletics || 1–2 (13) || || || || 31–35 || L3 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 67 || June 19 || @ Athletics || 5–4 (11) || || || || 32–35 || W1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 68 || June 20 || Mariners || 4–3 || || || || 33–35 || W2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 69 || June 21 || Mariners || 6–0 || || || || 34–35 || W3 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 70 || June 22 || Mariners || 2–3 (10) || || || || 34–36 || L1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 71 || June 24 || White Sox || 5–2 || || || || 35–36 || W1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 72 || June 25 || White Sox || 5–10 || || || || 35–37 || L1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 73 || June 26 || White Sox || 5–7 || || || || 35–38 || L2 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 74 || June 27 || @ Mariners || 3–6 || || || || 35–39 || L3 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 75 || June 28 || @ Mariners || 6–0 || || || || 36–39 || W1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 76 || June 29 || @ Mariners || 1–0 (12) || || || || 37–39 || W2 |- Template:Game log section end Template:Game log section start |- style="background:#fbb;" | 77 || July 1 || Orioles || 1–7 || || || || 37–40 || L1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 78 || July 2 || Orioles || 4–7 || || || || 37–41 || L2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 79 || July 3 || Orioles || 13–1 || || || || 38–41 || W1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 80 || July 4 || Yankees || 2–13 || || || || 38–42 || L1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 81 || July 5 || Yankees || 3–5 || || || || 38–43 || L2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 82 || July 6 || Yankees || 4–2 || || || || 39–43 || W1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 83 || July 7 || @ Orioles || 0–6 || || || || 39–44 || L1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 84 || July 8 || @ Orioles || 8–5 || || || || 40–44 || W1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 85 || July 9 || @ Orioles || 1–4 || || || || 40–45 || L1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 86 || July 10 || @ Orioles || 1–2 || || || || 40–46 || L2 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 87 || July 14 || Brewers || 2–6 || || || || 40–47 || L3 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 88 || July 15 || Brewers || 2–4 || || || || 40–48 || L4 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 89 || July 16 || Brewers || 3–4 || || || || 40–49 || L5 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 90 || July 17 || Brewers || 3–0 || || || || 41–49 || W1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 91 || July 18 || @ Yankees || 2–7 || || || || 41–50 || L1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 92 || July 19 || @ Yankees || 7–2 || || || || 42–51 || W1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 93 || July 21 || @ Brewers || 1–6 || || || || 42–51 || L1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 94 || July 22 || @ Brewers || 1–2 || || || || 42–52 || L2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 95 || July 23 || @ Brewers || 7–4 || || || || 43–52 || W1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 96 || July 24 || @ Brewers || 6–4 || || || || 44–52 || W2 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 97 || July 25 || Red Sox || 0–2 || || || || 44–53 || L1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 98 || July 26 || Red Sox || 9–8 || || || || 45–53 || W1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 99 || July 27 || Red Sox || 7–10 || || || || 45–54 || L1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 100 || July 29 || @ Tigers || 2–3 || || || || 45–55 || L2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 101 || July 29 || @ Tigers || 2–1 || || || || 46–55 || W1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 102 || July 30 || @ Tigers || 0–3 || || || || 46–56 || L1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 103 || July 31 || @ Tigers || 1–5 || || || || 46–57 || L2 |- Template:Game log section end Template:Game log section start |- style="background:#fbb;" | 104 || August 2 || @ Red Sox || 2–7 || || || || 46–58 || L3 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 105 || August 3 || @ Red Sox || 4–5 || || || || 47–59 || L4 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 106 || August 5 || Indians || 8–4 || || || || 47–59 || W1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 107 || August 6 || Indians || 3–5 || || || || 47–60 || L1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 108 || August 7 || Indians || 2–0 || || || || 48–60 || W1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 109 || August 8 || Tigers || 2–3 || || || || 48–61 || L1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 110 || August 9 || Tigers || 6–2 || || || || 49–61 || W1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 111 || August 10 || Tigers || 1–2 || || || || 49–62 || L1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 112 || August 11 || @ Indians || 5–4 || || || || 50–62 || W1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 113 || August 12 || @ Indians || 3–6 || || || || 50–63 || L1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 114 || August 13 || @ Indians || 12–3 || || || || 51–63 || W1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 115 || August 14 || @ Indians || 0–3 || || || || 51–64 || L1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 116 || August 15 || @ Royals || 3–12 || || || || 51–65 || L2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 117 || August 16 || @ Royals || 5–4 || || || || 52–65 || W1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 118 || August 17 || @ Royals || 6–9 || || || || 52–66 || L1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 119 || August 18 || @ Twins || 4–2 || || || || 53–66 || W1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 120 || August 19 || @ Twins || 5–0 || || || || 54–66 || W2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 121 || August 20 || @ Twins || 3–2 || || || || 55–66 || W3 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 122 || August 21 || @ Twins || 2–12 || || || || 55–67 || L1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 123 || August 22 || Royals || 9–5 || || || || 56–67 || W1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 124 || August 23 || Royals || 7–11 || || || || 56–68 || L1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 125 || August 24 || Royals || 7–4 || || || || 57–68 || W1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 126 || August 26 || Blue Jays || 5–1 || || || || 58–68 || W2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 127 || August 27 || Blue Jays || 5–3 || || || || 59–68 || W3 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 128 || August 28 || Blue Jays || 5–6 (11) || || || || 59–69 || L1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 129 || August 29 || Twins || 2–3 || || || || 59–70 || L2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 130 || August 30 || Twins || 8–6 || || || || 60–70 || W1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 131 || August 31 || Twins || 1–10 || || || || 60–71 || L1 |- Template:Game log section end Template:Game log section start |- style="background:#fbb;" | 132 || September 1 || @ Blue Jays || 1–5 || || || || 60–72 || L2 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 133 || September 2 || @ Blue Jays || 6–7 || || || || 60–73 || L3 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 134 || September 3 || @ Blue Jays || 4–7 || || || || 60–74 || L4 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 135 || September 4 || @ Blue Jays || 7–9 || || || || 60–75 || L5 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 136 || September 5 || Athletics || 4–11 || || || || 60–76 || L6 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 137 || September 6 || Athletics || 3–1 || || || || 61–76 || W1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 138 || September 7 || Athletics || 3–6 || || || || 61–77 || L1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 139 || September 8 || Angels || 3–4 || || || || 61–78 || L2 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 140 || September 9 || Angels || 3–5 || || || || 61–79 || L3 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 141 || September 10 || Angels || 3–2 (17) || || || || 62–79 || W1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 142 || September 11 || Angels || 8–3 || || || || 63–79 || W2 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 143 || September 13 || @ Athletics || 1–2 || || || || 63–80 || L1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 144 || September 14 || @ Athletics || 9–1 || || || || 64–80 || W1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 145 || September 15 || @ Athletics || 2–6 || || || || 64–81 || L1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 146 || September 16 || @ Angels || 2–7 || || || || 64–82 || L2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 147 || September 17 || @ Angels || 7–4 || || || || 65–82 || W1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 148 || September 18 || @ Angels || 5–6 || || || || 65–83 || L1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 149 || September 19 || White Sox || 3–7 || || || || 65–84 || L2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 150 || September 20 || White Sox || 4–1 || || || || 66–84 || W1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 151 || September 21 || White Sox || 1–6 || || || || 66–85 || L1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 152 || September 23 || Mariners || 3–2 (10) || || || || 67–85 || W1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 153 || September 24 || Mariners || 0–3 || || || || 67–86 || L1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 154 || September 25 || Mariners || 5–8 || || || || 67–87 || L2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 155 || September 26 || @ White Sox || 5–3 || || || || 68–87 || W1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 156 || September 27 || @ White Sox || 2–3 || || || || 68–88 || L1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 157 || September 28 || @ White Sox || 2–3 || || || || 68–89 || L2 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 158 || September 29 || @ Mariners || 1–5 || || || || 68–90 || L3 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 159 || September 30 || @ Mariners || 11–6 || || || || 69–90 || W1 |- Template:Game log section end Template:Game log section start |- style="background:#fbb;" | 160 || October 1 || @ Mariners || 3–4 (11) || || || || 70–90 || L1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 161 || October 2 || @ Mariners || 7–2 || || || || 71–90 || W1 |- Template:Game log section end |- style="text-align:center;" | Legend:      <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" />  = Win      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Player stats

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 Geno Petralli 129 351 99 .282 7 36
1B Pete O'Brien 156 547 149 .272 16 71
2B Curt Wilkerson 117 338 99 .293 0 28
SS Scott Fletcher 140 515 142 .276 0 47
3B Steve Buechele 155 503 126 .250 16 58
LF Pete Incaviglia 116 418 104 .249 22 54
CF Oddibe McDowell 120 437 108 .247 6 37
RF Rubén Sierra 156 615 156 .254 23 91
DH Larry Parrish 68 248 47 .190 7 26

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
Cecil Espy 123 347 86 .248 2 39
Mike Stanley 94 249 57 .229 3 27
Jerry Browne 73 214 49 .229 1 17
Bob Brower 82 201 45 .224 1 11
Jeff Kunkel 55 154 35 .227 2 15
Jim Sundberg 38 91 26 .286 4 13
Barbaro Garbey 30 62 12 .194 0 5
Jim Steels 36 53 10 .189 0 5
Chad Kreuter 16 51 14 .275 1 5
Steve Kemp 16 36 8 .222 0 2
Kevin Reimer 12 25 3 .120 1 2
Larry See 13 23 3 .130 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 34 252.0 15 16 3.32 174
José Guzmán 30 206.2 11 13 3.70 157
Paul Kilgus 32 203.1 12 15 4.16 88
Jeff Russell 34 188.2 10 9 3.82 88
Bobby Witt 22 174.1 8 10 3.92 148
Ray Hayward 12 62.2 4 6 5.46 37
Kevin Brown 4 23.1 1 1 4.24 12

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
Mike Jeffcoat 5 10.0 0 2 11.70 5
Scott May 3 7.1 0 0 8.59 4

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Mitch Williams 67 2 7 18 4.63 61
Dale Mohorcic 43 2 6 5 4.85 25
Craig McMurtry 32 3 3 3 2.25 35
Ed Vande Berg 26 2 2 2 4.14 18
José Cecena 22 0 0 1 8.71 10
Guy Hoffman 11 0 0 0 5.24 9
Dwayne Henry 11 0 0 1 8.71 10
DeWayne Vaughn 8 0 0 0 7.63 8
Cecilio Guante 7 0 0 1 1.93 4
Tony Fossas 5 0 0 0 4.76 0
Steve Wilson 3 0 0 0 5.87 1
Jeff Kunkel 1 0 0 0 0.00 1

Farm system

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References

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  3. Robbie Wine at Baseball Reference
  4. 1988 Texas Rangers Roster by Baseball Almanac
  5. Guy Hoffman at Baseball Reference
  6. Jim Sundberg at Baseball Reference
  7. Iván Rodríguez at Baseball Reference
  8. Cecilio Guante at Baseball Reference
  9. Jack Daugherty at Baseball Reference

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