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.Chris Welsh at Baseball Reference 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.Wayne Tolleson at Baseball Reference December 20, 1985: Ellis Valentine was released by the Rangers.Ellis Valentine page at Baseball Reference December 20, 1985: Dickie Noles was released by the Rangers.Dickie Noles at Baseball Reference

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.Wayne Rosenthal at Baseball Reference September 30, 1986: Randy Kramer was traded by the Rangers to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Jeff Zaske.Randy Kramer at Baseball Reference

Roster 1986 Texas Rangers roster Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Game log Regular season

Legend Rangers Win Rangers Loss Game postponed Eliminated from playoff spot

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