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1986 Texas Rangers season

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Owner(s)
  
Eddie Chiles

Manager(s)
  
Bobby Valentine

General manager(s)
  
Tom Grieve

Local television
  
KTVT(Bob Carpenter, Steve Busby)HSE(Bob Carpenter, Norm Hitzges, Merle Harmon)

Local radio
  
WBAP(Eric Nadel, Mark Holtz )

The Texas Rangers 1986 season involved the Rangers finishing 2nd in the American League west with a record of 87 wins and 75 losses.

Contents

Offseason

  • November 9, 1985: Chris Welsh was released by the Rangers.
  • 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.
  • December 20, 1985: Ellis Valentine was released by the Rangers.
  • December 20, 1985: Dickie Noles was released by the Rangers.

    • 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.

    • 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.
  • September 30, 1986: Randy Kramer was traded by the Rangers to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Jeff Zaske.

    • Starters by position

    Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

    References

    1986 Texas Rangers season Wikipedia
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