1987 Texas Rangers season

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1987 Texas Rangers
Major league affiliations
American League (Since 1961) Western Division (Since 1972)
Location
Arlington Stadium (Since 1972) Arlington, Texas (Since 1972)
1987 Information
Owner(s)	Eddie Chiles
Manager(s)	Bobby Valentine
Local television	KTVT (Bob Carpenter, Steve Busby) HSE (Bob Carpenter, Norm Hitzges, Merle Harmon)
Local radio	WBAP (Eric Nadel, Mark Holtz )

The Texas Rangers 1987 season involved the Rangers finishing 6th in the American League west with a record of 75 wins and 87 losses.

Contents 1 Regular Season 1.1 Season standings 2 Player stats 2.1 Batting 2.1.1 Other batters 2.2 Starting pitchers 2.2.1 Other pitchers 2.2.1.1 Relief pitchers 3 Awards and Honors 4 References

[edit] Regular Season

Rubén Sierra set the Ranger club record for extra base hits (69) in one season. He became the youngest player in the American League to get 100 RBIs in a season since Al Kaline in 1956.

[edit] Season standings

AL West Final Standings

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Away
Minnesota Twins	85	77	.525	--	56-25	29-52
Kansas City Royals	83	79	.512	2	46-35	37-44
Oakland Athletics	81	81	.500	4	42-39	39-42
Seattle Mariners	78	84	.481	7	40-41	38-43
Chicago White Sox	77	85	.475	8	38-43	39-42
Texas Rangers	75	87	.463	10	43-38	32-49
California Angels	75	87	.463	10	38-43	37-44

[edit] Player stats

[edit] 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
Rubén Sierra	158	643	169	.263	30	109

[edit] Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI

[edit] Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

[edit] Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA

[edit] Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

[edit] Awards and Honors

• Rubén Sierra, American League Leader At-Bats (643)

All-Star Game

[edit] References

• 1987 Texas Rangers team page at Baseball Reference
• 1987 Texas Rangers team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

v • d • e 1987 MLB season by team AL East Baltimore • Boston • Cleveland • Detroit • Milwaukee • New York • Toronto 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 1987 All-Star Game • 1987 World Series

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