1988 Texas Rangers Statistics and Roster

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1988 Texas Rangers (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1987/1989)
70-91, Finished 6th in AL Western Division
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Scored 637 runs, Allowed 735 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 70-91
Managed by Bobby Valentine

Ballpark: Arlington Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,581,901 (11th of 14)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 102, Pitching - 103
  (one-year): Batting - 102, Pitching - 103
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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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  *Geno Petralli       28  129  351   35   99  14  2   7   36  41   52  .282  .356  .393   0   1  12   2   1   5   5  109
1B *Pete O'Brien        30  156  547   57  149  24  1  16   71  72   73  .272  .352  .408   1   4  12   0   1   8   9  111
2B #Curtis Wilkerson    27  117  338   41   99  12  5   0   28  26   43  .293  .345  .358   9   4   7   2   3   2   3   96
3B  Steve Buechele      26  155  503   68  126  21  4  16   58  65   79  .250  .342  .404   2   4   8   5   6   0   6  107
SS  Scott Fletcher      29  140  515   59  142  19  4   0   47  62   34  .276  .364  .328   8   5  13  12  15   5   1   94
LF  Pete Incaviglia     24  116  418   59  104  19  3  22   54  39  153  .249  .321  .467   6   4   6   7   0   3   3  117
CF *Oddibe McDowell     25  120  437   55  108  19  5   6   37  41   89  .247  .311  .355  33  10   3   2   2   5   2   85
RF #Ruben Sierra        22  156  615   77  156  32  2  23   91  44   91  .254  .301  .424  18   4  15   1   0   8  10  100
DH  Larry Parrish       34   68  248   22   47   9  1   7   26  20   79  .190  .253  .319   0   0   4   2   0   3   2   58
   #Cecil Espy          25  123  347   46   86  17  6   2   39  20   83  .248  .288  .349  33  10   2   1   5   3   1   77
    Mike Stanley        25   94  249   21   57   8  0   3   27  37   62  .229  .323  .297   0   0   6   0   1   5   0   74
   #Jerry Browne        22   73  214   26   49   9  2   1   17  25   32  .229  .308  .304   7   5   5   0   3   1   0   71
    Bob Brower          28   82  201   29   45   7  0   1   11  27   38  .224  .316  .274  10   5   6   0   6   0   0   66
    Jeff Kunkel         26   55  154   14   35   8  3   2   15   4   35  .227  .250  .357   0   1   5   1   1   1   1   67
    Jim Sundberg        37   38   91   13   26   4  0   4   13   5   17  .286  .323  .462   0   0   2   0   3   0   0  116
    Barbaro Garbey      31   30   62    4   12   2  0   0    5   4   11  .194  .239  .226   0   0   3   0   0   1   0   30
   *Jim Steels          27   36   53    4   10   1  0   0    5   0   15  .189  .185  .208   2   0   0   0   0   1   0    9
   #Chad Kreuter        23   16   51    3   14   2  1   1    5   7   13  .275  .362  .412   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  115
   *Steve Kemp          33   16   36    2    8   0  0   0    2   2    9  .222  .256  .222   1   0   1   0   0   1   0   35
   *Kevin Reimer        24   12   25    2    3   0  0   1    2   0    6  .120  .115  .240   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   -4
    Larry See           28   13   23    0    3   0  0   0    0   1    8  .130  .167  .130   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  -16

    Jeff Russell        26    1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 26.7  161 5479  637 1378 227 39 112  589 542 1022  .252  .319  .368 130  57 111  35  48  53  43   91
    Rank among 14 AL teams         9   12   11  11  3  14        5    1    11     8    13   4   3                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        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  Charlie Hough       40  34   3.32  15  16  0  34   0  10   0  252.0  202  111   93  20  126  174 1067  10  12 10   1 123
SP *Paul Kilgus         26  32   4.16  12  15  0  32   0   5   3  203.3  190  105   94  18   71   88  871   6  10  4   2  98
SP  Jose Guzman         25  30   3.70  11  13  0  30   0   6   2  206.7  180   99   85  20   82  157  876  10   5 12   3 111
SP  Jeff Russell        26  34   3.82  10   9  0  24   1   5   0  188.7  183   86   80  15   66   88  793   5   7  7   3 107
SP  Bobby Witt          24  22   3.92   8  10  0  22   0  13   2  174.3  134   83   76  13  101  148  736  16   1  8   2 104
SP *Ray Hayward         27  12   5.46   4   6  0  12   0   1   1   62.7   63   44   38   6   35   37  271   6   0  4   0  75

CL *Mitch Williams      23  67   4.63   2   7 18   0  51   0   0   68.0   48   38   35   4   47   61  296   5   6  6   3  88
RP  Dale Mohorcic       32  43   4.85   2   6  5   0  21   0   0   52.0   62   35   28   6   20   25  240   2   5  0   5  84
RP  Craig McMurtry      28  32   2.25   3   3  3   0  14   0   0   60.0   37   16   15   5   24   35  236   2   1  2   4 182
RP *Ed Vande Berg       29  26   4.14   2   2  2   0   7   0   0   37.0   44   19   17   2   11   18  159   0   0  1   4  99
RP  Jose Cecena         24  22   4.78   0   0  1   0   7   0   0   26.3   20   16   14   2   23   27  121   3   2  2   1  86

    Kevin Brown         23   4   4.24   1   1  0   4   0   1   0   23.3   33   15   11   2    8   12  110   1   1  0   0  97
   *Guy Hoffman         31  11   5.24   0   0  0   0   2   0   0   22.3   22   14   13   5    8    9   99   1   1  0   0  78
    De Wayne Vaughn     28   8   7.63   0   0  0   0   4   0   0   15.3   24   15   13   4    4    8   75   1   0  0   0  54
    Dwayne Henry        26  11   8.71   0   1  1   0   5   0   0   10.3   15   10   10   1    9   10   59   3   3  1   1  47
   *Mike Jeffcoat       28   5  11.70   0   2  0   2   2   0   0   10.0   19   13   13   1    5    5   52   0   2  0   1  35
   *Steve Wilson        23   3   5.87   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    7.7    7    5    5   1    4    1   31   0   0  0   1  70
    Scott May           26   3   8.59   0   0  0   1   0   0   0    7.3    8    7    7   3    4    4   33   0   0  0   1  48
   *Tony Fossas         30   5   4.76   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    5.7   11    3    3   0    2    0   28   1   0  0   0  86
    Cecilio Guante      28   7   1.93   0   0  1   0   3   0   0    4.7    8    1    1   1    4    4   24   0   0  0   1 212
    Jeff Kunkel         26   1   0.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    1.0    0    0    0   0    0    1    3   0   0  0   0    
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.0 161   4.05  70  91 31 161 120  41  11 1438.0 1310  735  647 129  654  912 6180  72  56 57  33 101
    Rank among 14 AL teams          8  12   3 12           1   4      8    1    9        5   14    4
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
                        Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+

    * - 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 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- GPetralli 625 72 85 409 45 9 7 .981 20 27 58 30 MStanley 449 49 64 310 14 3 3 .991 3 24 57 11 JSundberg 232 25 36 141 9 0 2 1.000 3 12 18 6 CKreuter 126 15 16 93 8 1 0 .990 9 8 12 5 LSee 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 CEspy 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1438 161 161 954 76 13 12 .988 36 72 145 52 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 *9.57 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- PO'Brien 1307 148 155 1346 140 8 124 .995 10.23 BGarbey 39 4 7 34 7 0 3 1.000 9.39 MStanley 36 4 6 30 2 1 2 .970 8.00 JSteels 32 3 7 30 3 0 1 1.000 9.28 GPetralli 13 2 2 11 0 0 1 1.000 7.62 LSee 5 0 2 11 1 1 2 .923 21.60 CEspy 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 SKemp 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1438 161 161 1465 153 10 133 .994 10.13 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 *5.12 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CWilkerson 671 77 87 153 240 12 52 .970 5.27 JBrowne 551 60 70 112 139 11 27 .958 4.09 JKunkel 194 22 28 42 70 6 15 .949 5.18 SBuechele 16 2 2 4 3 0 0 1.000 3.94 GPetralli 2 0 2 1 3 0 0 1.000 18.00 CEspy 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1438 161 161 312 455 29 94 .964 4.80 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 *2.71 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- SBuechele 1305 149 153 110 297 16 25 .962 2.81 JKunkel 46 5 10 4 15 0 0 1.000 3.72 CWilkerson 42 4 11 4 13 1 0 .944 3.62 GPetralli 22 2 9 0 6 1 0 .857 2.45 MStanley 10 1 2 2 0 1 0 .667 1.80 BGarbey 8 0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 3.38 LSee 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1438 161 161 123 332 19 25 .960 2.85 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 *4.69 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- SFletcher 1180 135 139 215 414 11 90 .983 4.80 CWilkerson 143 14 24 29 46 2 6 .974 4.71 JKunkel 110 12 19 28 34 2 8 .969 5.07 CEspy 5 0 3 2 1 1 0 .750 5.40 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1438 161 161 274 495 16 104 .980 4.81 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 *2.26 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- PIncaviglia 783 92 93 171 12 2 1 .989 2.10 CEspy 378 43 52 101 7 2 0 .982 2.57 BBrower 162 16 26 43 2 2 1 .957 2.49 BGarbey 40 4 7 9 0 1 0 .900 1.99 JSteels 26 2 9 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.42 JKunkel 23 2 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.57 SKemp 22 2 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.05 KReimer 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1438 161 161 340 21 7 2 .981 2.26 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 *2.91 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- OMcDowell 903 103 113 268 2 3 1 .989 2.69 CEspy 301 31 46 88 1 3 0 .967 2.66 BBrower 231 27 33 56 0 1 0 .982 2.18 JKunkel 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 JSteels 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1438 161 161 412 3 7 1 .983 2.60 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 *2.24 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RSierra 1338 152 153 311 11 7 3 .979 2.17 CEspy 48 5 8 7 2 1 0 .900 1.69 JSteels 31 3 7 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.16 BBrower 19 1 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.37 SKemp 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 BGarbey 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1438 161 161 327 13 8 3 .977 2.13 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 *2.47 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- RSierra 1338 152 153 310 11 7 3 .979 2.16 OMcDowell 903 103 113 267 2 3 1 .989 2.68 PIncaviglia 783 92 93 172 12 2 1 .989 2.11 CEspy 728 79 98 196 10 6 0 .972 2.55 BBrower 412 44 59 104 2 3 1 .972 2.31 JSteels 58 5 17 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.71 BGarbey 41 4 8 9 0 1 0 .900 1.94 JKunkel 25 2 6 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.44 SKemp 23 2 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.93 KReimer 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1438 161 161 1078 37 22 6 .981 2.33 161 161 161 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .961 *1.78 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CHough 252 34 34 27 43 1 4 .986 2.50 JGuzman 206 30 30 15 24 3 1 .929 1.70 PKilgus 203 32 32 11 34 2 4 .957 1.99 JRussell 188 24 34 12 37 5 3 .907 2.34 BWitt 174 22 22 15 15 4 2 .882 1.55 MWilliams 68 0 67 3 10 1 0 .929 1.72 RHayward 62 12 12 5 12 2 3 .895 2.44 CMcMurtry 60 0 32 8 10 2 3 .900 2.70 DMohorcic 52 0 43 7 8 1 0 .937 2.60 EVande Berg 37 0 26 1 4 1 0 .833 1.22 JCecena 26 0 22 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.03 KBrown 23 4 4 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.16 GHoffman 22 0 11 1 4 0 0 1.000 2.02 DVaughn 15 0 8 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 DHenry 10 0 11 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.87 MJeffcoat 10 2 5 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.80 SWilson 7 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 SMay 7 1 3 1 0 0 1 1.000 1.23 TFossas 5 0 5 1 1 0 1 1.000 3.16 CGuante 4 0 7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 JKunkel 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1438 161 161 110 208 22 22 .935 1.99 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Des. Hitter G ------------+--- LParrish 67 GPetralli 23 PIncaviglia 21 MStanley 18 BBrower 13 CEspy 12 BGarbey 7 SKemp 7 KReimer 7 LSee 7 JSteels 7 JKunkel 3 OMcDowell 3 JBrowne 1 PO'Brien 1 RSierra 1 CWilkerson 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 Fletcher .276

On-base % Fletcher .364

Slugging % Sierra .424

OPS O'Brien .760

Games O'Brien and Sierra 156

At Bats Sierra 615

Plate Appearances (approx.) Sierra 668

Runs Sierra 77

Hits Sierra 156

Total Bases Sierra 261

Doubles Sierra 32

Triples Espy 6

Home Runs Sierra 23

RBI Sierra 91

Bases on Balls O'Brien 72

Strikeouts Incaviglia 153

Stolen Bases Espy and McDowell 33

Singles Fletcher 119

Adjusted OPS+ O'Brien 111

Runs Created O'Brien 80

Adjusted Batting Runs O'Brien 10

Batting Wins O'Brien 1.0

Extra-Base Hits Sierra 57

Times on Base O'Brien 221

Offensive Win% O'Brien .563

Hit By Pitch Fletcher 12

Sac. Hits Fletcher 15

Sac. Flies O'Brien and Sierra 8

Intentional Walks Sierra 10

Grounded into Double Plays Sierra 15

Caught Stealing Espy and McDowell 10

Power/Speed Number Sierra 20.2

At Bats per Strikeout Fletcher 15.1

At Bats per Home Run Sierra 26.7

Outs Sierra 486

Pitching Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

ERA Hough 3.32

Wins Hough 15

Won-Loss % Russell .526

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Guzman 1.268

Hits Allowed/9IP Witt 6.92

Bases on Balls/9IP Kilgus 3.14

Strikeouts/9IP Witt 7.64

Games Williams 67

Saves Williams 18

Innings Hough 252.0

Strikeouts Hough 174

Games Started Hough 34

Comp. Games Witt 13

Shutouts Kilgus 3

Home Runs Allow. Guzman and Hough 20

Bases On Balls Allow. Hough 126

Hits Allowed Hough 202

SO to Walk Guzman 1.91

Losses Hough 16

Earned Runs Allow. Kilgus 94

Wild Pitches Witt 16

Hit Batsmen Hough 12

Batters Faced Hough 1067

Games Finished Williams 51

Adjusted ERA+ Hough 123

Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

Salaries

Charlie Hough $ 850,000

Scott Fletcher $ 575,000

Pete O'Brien $ 562,500

Larry Parrish $ 550,131

Cecilio Guante $ 380,000

Pete Incaviglia $ 275,000

Curtis Wilkerson $ 252,500

Oddibe McDowell $ 250,000

Ruben Sierra $ 230,000

Mitch Williams $ 200,000

Jeff Russell $ 190,000

Steve Buechele $ 180,000

Jose Guzman $ 170,000

Dale Mohorcic $ 157,500

Geno Petralli $ 135,000

Bobby Witt $ 130,000

Jerry Browne $ 117,500

Bob Brower $ 98,000

Mike Stanley $ 84,000

Paul Kilgus $ 80,000

Jose Cecena $ 62,500

Cecil Espy $ 62,500

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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