1989 Texas Rangers
83 - 79
1988 / 1990 (Organization)
4th place in the AL West (16 GB)
Home Record:
Away Record:
45 - 36 (.556)
38 - 43 (.469)
+0.4 wins
+1.6 wins
   
Scored/Expected: 695 / 703 ( -8 )
Allowed/Expected: 714 / 704 ( -10 )
Pyth Record: 79 - 83 (+4)
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Arlington Stadium
Attendance: 2,043,993 Avg Att: 25,234 (0.96)
Att Rank: 9 / 14 Lg Avg: 26,345
       
Park Factor: 1.02    
HR Factor: 1.07 R/L HR: 1.09 / 1.03
Notes:


Batting

Filters
Bats
#
R
H
K
1 Ruben Sierra
RF
23.7
689
40.4
27.7
99.7
53.3
-1.6
9.0
10.6
14.7
72.0
16.0
13.2
-15.7
26.5
-1.9
-6.1
-3.4
-6.6
1.1
2 Julio Franco
2B
30.9
621
26.3
29.2
41.4
37.9
17.3
8.8
2.0
-0.5
12.2
19.4
36.7
13.3
26.6
-2.5
24.9
7.6
4.5
4.5
3 Geno Petralli
C
29.8
205
4.1
7.7
3.9
-6.4
10.1
-0.9
-1.1
-0.2
-3.8
5.1
8.1
-0.4
9.4
0.8
2.7
-4.6
-6.6
0.0
4 Jack Daugherty
1B
29.0
121
3.5
4.2
2.0
-1.4
4.3
-0.6
1.4
-1.5
-2.1
-3.8
4.3
0.7
6.2
0.3
-1.6
-0.6
-0.8
-0.1
5 Jeff Kunkel
SS
27.3
326
2.6
2.0
14.8
2.5
-8.1
9.3
0.4
0.9
12.7
-28.8
-1.6
-7.7
-2.3
1.2
-25.0
-2.0
-2.3
-0.4
6 Rafael Palmeiro
1B
24.8
632
1.9
7.2
-7.2
-9.9
11.5
-1.4
0.7
-5.0
-14.4
42.1
16.6
9.4
15.3
2.5
34.4
-9.4
-12.5
-0.8
7 Scott Coolbaugh
3B
23.1
57
-0.1
0.6
1.3
-0.8
1.2
-1.0
-0.3
0.8
0.7
-3.9
-0.4
-0.8
-0.8
-0.3
-3.2
-1.1
-1.5
0.0
8 Rick Leach
DH
32.2
278
-0.4
2.2
-8.4
-3.1
1.7
3.3
-0.4
-4.7
-10.7
6.5
8.2
8.4
7.9
-0.6
12.3
-3.8
-5.5
-0.1
9 Harold Baines
DH
30.3
186
-0.7
3.8
0.5
-10.7
5.4
1.8
-1.0
-0.8
-3.3
-0.6
1.0
-2.8
1.0
-1.1
-3.2
-3.6
-3.2
-1.4
10 Pete Incaviglia
LF
25.2
495
-1.0
-12.1
30.0
23.7
-30.3
9.3
1.6
10.3
42.1
-66.0
-17.4
-10.1
-20.4
3.2
-49.9
-1.6
2.5
-3.3
11 Kevin Reimer
DH
25.0
5
-1.0
-1.3
-1.9
-1.2
-0.9
-0.2
-0.0
-0.1
-0.6
-0.3
-1.6
-0.4
-2.5
-0.0
-0.6
0.0
0.0
0.0
12 Fred Manrique
SS
27.7
210
-1.3
4.8
-0.9
-14.1
4.9
4.5
-1.0
-2.6
-5.7
-3.2
-1.9
-8.9
-2.1
-1.2
-10.8
0.5
-0.1
0.6
13 Thad Bosley
LF
32.8
44
-1.3
-1.5
-1.5
0.8
-1.5
0.3
-0.2
0.1
0.0
-4.7
-2.4
-0.7
-3.0
-0.2
-3.6
1.4
1.1
0.6
14 Dean Palmer
DH
20.5
20
-2.7
-3.0
-3.3
-2.4
-3.4
1.3
-0.1
-0.4
-0.4
-9.2
-4.6
-1.7
-3.9
-0.1
-7.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
15 Jeff Stone
DH
28.5
41
-2.8
-3.5
-2.9
0.7
-4.0
-0.6
1.8
-0.8
0.5
0.8
-3.1
-0.5
-5.1
0.8
0.0
1.5
2.3
-0.1
16 Mike Stanley
C
26.0
137
-4.1
-2.1
-9.2
-7.1
1.4
-1.9
0.3
-2.0
-7.1
-9.5
-0.6
0.4
-1.5
1.2
-5.4
-1.8
-3.0
0.3
17 Jim Sundberg
C
38.1
178
-5.6
-9.6
-12.9
4.1
-11.7
0.6
0.1
-1.9
-3.2
-11.7
-4.1
7.9
-3.6
-1.0
0.9
-3.0
-4.3
0.0
18 Juan Gonzalez
CF
19.7
68
-6.5
-6.8
-8.2
-1.8
-6.7
0.6
-0.3
-0.5
-1.4
-7.3
-6.6
0.2
-9.1
-0.4
-4.2
-0.8
-1.1
0.0
19 Sammy Sosa
LF
20.6
88
-7.4
-2.1
-6.5
-15.4
0.9
-0.2
-0.4
-0.9
-4.4
-7.5
-7.6
-7.5
-11.0
-0.5
-12.0
-1.1
0.4
-1.4
20 Buddy Bell
DH
37.8
90
-8.0
-6.6
-12.7
-7.9
-4.5
0.8
-0.4
-2.0
-6.2
2.8
-7.2
-0.7
-8.6
-0.5
1.0
-1.3
-1.8
0.0
21 Cecil Espy
CF
26.4
527
-9.3
-2.8
-26.8
-11.6
10.1
-7.9
4.4
-8.1
-24.0
-24.2
-7.6
-6.8
-15.8
-1.0
-21.4
35.3
50.9
0.3
22 Scott Fletcher
SS
30.9
358
-10.4
-7.5
-30.5
-17.5
-1.6
1.2
-0.7
-7.8
-23.0
9.9
-1.7
7.6
1.2
-0.0
13.5
-6.1
-9.3
0.3
23 Chad Kreuter
C
24.8
192
-10.5
-17.5
-19.1
7.6
-16.8
-4.3
-1.0
1.0
-1.6
-12.7
-10.0
10.7
-10.8
-1.1
3.1
-3.1
-3.4
-0.7
24 Steve Buechele
3B
27.8
530
-13.6
-13.8
0.1
-4.1
-17.3
3.0
-0.6
4.5
13.9
-31.9
-18.2
-9.1
-25.8
2.0
-28.2
-7.2
-7.8
-1.8
6098
-7.9
-0.7
41.4
15.3
-39.8
34.7
15.9
-7.5
42.1
-122.6
-8.6
-15.4
-32.0
-0.4
-89.3
-8.1
-8.5
-2.2
 
#
R
H
K
1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0

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