1989 Texas Rangers

83-79 • .512 Win% • 4th in AL W

📊 Season Record

83 Wins
79 Losses
.512 Win %
4th Rank
695 R 714 RA
Diff -19

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⚡ Quick Stats

695 Runs Scored
714 Runs Allowed
-19 Run Diff
2,042K Attendance

📈 vs. 1989 AL Average

Batting Avg .262 1% above the 1989 league average (.260)
OBP .326 equal to the 1989 league average (.325)
SLG .394 3% above the 1989 league average (.383)
Team ERA 3.91 1% worse than the 1989 league average (3.89)
Runs Scored 695 equal to the 1989 league average (695 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumArlington Stadium
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 2,042,604
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Avg per Game 25,217

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1989

Batting Avg

1 Julio Franco 0.316 2 Ruben Sierra 0.306 3 Geno Petralli 0.304 4 Jack Daugherty 0.302 5 Fred Manrique 0.288

Home Runs

1 Ruben Sierra 29 2 Pete Incaviglia 21 3 Steve Buechele 16 4 Julio Franco 13 5 Jeff Kunkel 8

RBI

1 Ruben Sierra 119 2 Julio Franco 92 3 Pete Incaviglia 81 4 Rafael Palmeiro 64 5 Steve Buechele 59
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Ruben Sierra 162 634 101 194 35 14 29 119 43 82 8 0.306
Rafael Palmeiro 156 559 76 154 23 4 8 64 63 48 4 0.275
Julio Franco 150 548 80 173 31 5 13 92 66 69 21 0.316
Steve Buechele 155 486 60 114 22 2 16 59 36 107 1 0.235
Cecil Espy 142 475 65 122 12 7 3 31 38 99 45 0.257
Pete Incaviglia 133 453 48 107 27 4 21 81 32 136 5 0.236
Scott Fletcher 83 314 47 75 14 1 0 22 38 41 1 0.239
Jeff Kunkel 108 293 39 79 21 2 8 29 20 75 3 0.270
Rick Leach 110 239 32 65 14 1 1 23 32 33 2 0.272
Fred Manrique 54 191 23 55 12 0 2 22 9 33 4 0.288
Geno Petralli 70 184 18 56 7 0 4 23 17 24 0 0.304
Harold Baines 50 172 18 49 9 0 3 16 13 27 0 0.285
Chad Kreuter 87 158 16 24 3 0 5 9 27 40 0 0.152
Jim Sundberg 76 147 13 29 7 1 2 8 23 37 0 0.197
Mike Stanley 67 122 9 30 3 1 1 11 12 29 1 0.246
Jack Daugherty 52 106 15 32 4 2 1 10 11 21 2 0.302
Sammy Sosa 25 84 8 20 3 0 1 3 0 20 0 0.238
Buddy Bell 34 82 4 15 4 0 0 3 7 10 0 0.183
Juan Gonzalez 24 60 6 9 3 0 1 7 6 17 0 0.150
Scott Coolbaugh 25 51 7 14 1 0 2 7 4 12 0 0.275
Thad Bosley 37 40 5 9 2 0 1 9 3 11 2 0.225
Jeff Stone 22 36 5 6 1 2 0 5 3 5 2 0.167
Dean Palmer 16 19 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 12 0 0.105
Kevin Reimer 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Darrel Akerfelds 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Wilson Alvarez 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Brad Arnsberg 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
John Barfield 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Kevin Brown 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Cecilio Guante 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Drew Hall 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Charlie Hough 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mike Jeffcoat 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Craig McMurtry 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Gary Mielke 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jamie Moyer 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Kenny Rogers 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jeff Russell 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Nolan Ryan 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Paul Wilmet 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bobby Witt 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1989

ERA

1 Jeff Russell 1.98 2 Kenny Rogers 2.93 3 Nolan Ryan 3.20 4 Gary Mielke 3.26 5 Kevin Brown 3.35

Wins

1 Nolan Ryan 16 2 Kevin Brown 12 3 Bobby Witt 12 4 Charlie Hough 10 5 Mike Jeffcoat 9

Strikeouts

1 Nolan Ryan 301 2 Bobby Witt 166 3 Kevin Brown 104 4 Charlie Hough 94 5 Jeff Russell 77
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Nolan Ryan 16 10 3.20 32 32 0 239.1 162 85 98 301
Bobby Witt 12 13 5.14 31 31 0 194.1 182 111 114 166
Kevin Brown 12 9 3.35 28 28 0 191.0 167 71 70 104
Charlie Hough 10 13 4.35 30 30 0 182.0 168 88 95 94
Mike Jeffcoat 9 6 3.58 22 22 0 130.2 139 52 33 64
Jamie Moyer 4 9 4.86 15 15 0 76.0 84 41 33 44
Kenny Rogers 3 4 2.93 73 0 2 73.2 60 24 42 63
Jeff Russell 6 4 1.98 71 0 38 72.2 45 16 24 77
Cecilio Guante 6 6 3.91 50 0 2 69.0 66 30 36 69
Drew Hall 2 1 3.70 38 0 0 58.1 42 24 33 45
Gary Mielke 1 0 3.26 43 0 1 49.2 52 18 25 26
Brad Arnsberg 2 1 4.13 16 1 1 48.0 45 22 22 26
Craig McMurtry 0 0 7.43 19 0 0 23.0 29 19 13 14
John Barfield 0 1 6.17 4 2 0 11.2 15 8 4 9
Darrel Akerfelds 0 1 3.27 6 0 0 11.0 11 4 5 9
Paul Wilmet 0 0 15.43 3 0 0 2.1 5 4 2 1
Jeff Kunkel 0 0 21.60 1 0 0 1.2 4 4 3 0
Wilson Alvarez 0 1 0.00 1 1 0 0.0 3 3 2 0

👥 Roster (41)

Darrel Akerfelds Wilson Alvarez Brad Arnsberg Harold Baines John Barfield Buddy Bell Thad Bosley Kevin Brown Steve Buechele Scott Coolbaugh Jack Daugherty Cecil Espy +29 more

41 players

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Frequently Asked Questions about the 1989 Texas Rangers

What was the 1989 Texas Rangers record?
The 1989 Texas Rangers finished 83-79 (.512 win pct).
Who led the 1989 Texas Rangers in home runs?
Ruben Sierra led the 1989 Texas Rangers with 29 home runs.
What was the 1989 Texas Rangers team ERA?
The 1989 Texas Rangers posted a team ERA of 3.91.
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