Texas Rangers History - 1989 Summary

Team Results

Year	W	L	WPct	Finish	GB	Exp Rec	Diff	Avg	ERA	Playoffs	Champion	Attendance	Expenses	Revenue
1989 Texas Rangers	64	98	.395	6^th	36	59-103	5	.235	4.85			1,748,450	$3,158,500	$3,799,790

Award Winners

Award	Players	Qty
All-Star	Garry Maddox	1
Player of the Week	Kevin Seitzer (Aug 21)	1

Batting Stats

Pos	Player	Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SH	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR	OPS+
3B	Kevin Seitzer	27	156	609	161	31	8	15	61	83	62	2	1	3	109	2	1	.264	.333	.415	.748	2.3	103
CF	Garry Maddox	39	147	579	154	36	3	19	74	67	19	3	2	2	116	5	5	.266	.292	.437	.729	2.9	96
RF	Gary Ward	35	145	537	126	24	1	30	82	68	36	1	0	8	111	2	2	.235	.280	.451	.731	1.1	95
SS	Kevin Elster	24	151	493	108	29	3	21	60	61	34	5	12	4	139	4	2	.219	.274	.418	.692	1.7	86
LF	Mike Diaz	29	120	434	96	20	0	14	41	48	37	5	0	2	87	0	0	.221	.289	.364	.653	-0.9	77
1B	Chris Brown	27	108	416	105	17	1	15	50	50	28	8	0	2	63	2	1	.252	.311	.406	.717	1.0	94
2B	Bryan Little	29	117	366	77	7	1	1	21	40	40	5	12	3	29	1	2	.210	.295	.243	.538	-0.7	50
LF	Pete Incaviglia	25	80	306	61	8	0	15	39	32	22	5	0	2	123	0	0	.199	.263	.373	.635	-0.7	71
1B	Denny Walling	35	86	302	91	13	3	9	36	39	23	1	0	6	30	3	0	.301	.346	.454	.800	1.1	117
C	Don Slaught	30	66	241	59	18	3	4	26	29	19	0	0	0	41	2	1	.245	.300	.394	.694	1.3	88
3B	Mike Cubbage	38	61	193	35	6	1	3	16	12	25	0	7	2	37	0	1	.181	.273	.269	.542	-0.3	50
1B	Eddie Murray	33	53	190	37	11	2	4	25	17	21	2	0	2	37	1	0	.195	.279	.337	.616	-0.2	68
C	Ron Hassey	36	41	130	28	7	0	2	8	13	8	1	5	0	27	1	0	.215	.266	.315	.582	0.1	59
C	Bruce Benedict	33	32	102	19	3	0	1	7	4	6	0	0	0	14	0	1	.186	.231	.245	.477	-0.5	31
CF	Rudy Law	32	34	95	21	1	1	0	7	13	4	0	2	0	12	15	1	.221	.253	.253	.505	0.1	39
LF	Dan Pasqua	27	23	79	22	3	0	7	14	14	13	2	0	1	18	0	0	.278	.389	.582	.972	1.3	161
C	Ed Putman	35	26	87	14	3	0	4	9	7	5	0	0	0	24	1	0	.161	.207	.333	.540	-0.1	44
LF	Eddie Williams	24	27	83	14	3	1	4	8	7	4	1	0	1	19	0	0	.169	.213	.373	.587	-0.4	56
3B	Willie Lozado	30	17	45	13	2	0	0	1	3	3	0	0	0	9	0	0	.289	.333	.333	.667	-0.1	84
RF	Greg Gross	36	15	42	12	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	1	0	8	0	0	.286	.333	.381	.714	-0.0	95
3B	Hensley Meulens	22	9	24	5	3	0	1	5	1	3	3	0	0	5	0	1	.208	.367	.458	.825	-0.0	124
2B	Bobby Rose	22	5	17	5	1	0	1	2	4	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	.294	.368	.529	.898	0.2	142
-	Rob Richie	23	4	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	.200	.333	.200	.533	-0.0	52
23 Players		30.7	1523	5375	1264	248	29	170	593	615	418	44	43	38	1062	39	18	.235	.294	.387	.681	9.1	84
FL Rank				12	11	3	10	8	11	11	10	3	8	10	5	12	12	11	11	10	11	12
DBL Rank				23	21	9	14	13	22	22	22	6	15	18	9	24	24	20	22	17	19	23

Pitching Stats

Player	Age	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	HLD	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	WAR	ERA+
Mark Langston	28	33	33	12	15	0	4.29	235.0	205	128	112	58	105	195	0	6	1	1.32	.230	-1.0	100
Bob Kipper	24	34	34	12	17	0	5.19	218.3	224	137	126	39	57	168	0	1	1	1.29	.283	2.2	83
Darrell Jackson	33	25	24	9	11	0	5.14	154.0	163	95	88	30	50	70	0	2	1	1.38	.262	-0.2	83
Juan Nieves	24	22	22	3	13	0	4.54	136.7	118	74	69	21	74	137	0	2	0	1.40	.277	1.3	94
Bret Saberhagen	25	17	17	4	9	0	4.70	118.7	124	70	62	27	34	81	0	5	1	1.33	.271	0.1	91
Pete J. Smith	23	16	16	7	7	0	3.85	112.3	102	55	48	17	48	85	0	4	0	1.34	.258	0.9	112
Brian Fisher	27	46	0	0	2	2	6.38	103.0	115	74	73	34	49	73	0	0	0	1.59	.266	-3.1	67
Michael Jackson	24	57	0	8	10	20	3.43	84.0	73	34	32	10	36	74	7	0	0	1.30	.273	1.0	125
Charlie Nail	27	10	10	1	8	0	9.92	49.0	69	59	54	21	23	37	0	0	0	1.88	.314	-1.6	43
Dave Leiper	27	34	0	0	1	5	4.43	42.7	36	21	21	4	14	30	1	0	0	1.17	.264	0.4	97
Paul Gibson	29	27	0	4	3	5	3.29	38.3	36	14	14	5	14	25	2	0	0	1.30	.272	0.1	131
Jeff Calhoun	31	28	0	1	0	6	2.25	36.0	22	9	9	1	14	25	6	0	0	1.00	.216	0.9	191
Jaime Navarro	22	4	4	3	0	0	2.56	31.7	24	9	9	4	3	23	0	1	0	.85	.220	0.8	168
Jeff Jones	32	23	0	0	0	0	6.16	30.7	31	24	21	4	21	25	0	0	0	1.70	.293	-0.1	70
Gary Beare	36	9	0	0	0	0	9.82	14.7	21	17	16	4	11	8	0	0	0	2.18	.340	-0.5	44
Jim Gott	29	2	2	0	2	0	6.23	13.0	15	9	9	4	11	11	0	0	0	2.00	.314	-0.3	69
Dave Eiland	22	1	0	0	0	0	9.00	2.0	4	2	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	2.00	.500	-0.1	48
17 Pitchers	26.7	388	162	64	98	38	4.85	1420.0	1382	831	765	284	564	1069	16	21	4	1.37	.266	0.6	95
FL Rank		5	1	11	2	8	12	12	7	11	12	12	10	3	8	8	5	10	3	12
DBL Rank		9	3	21	3	16	23	24	17	22	23	24	18	6	13	16	9	21	12	24

Fielding Stats

Pitchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
M. Langston	33	33	5	26	2	31	0	1.000	235.0	1.19	-0.8
B. Kipper	34	34	9	26	0	38	3	.921	218.3	1.44	-2.2
D. Jackson	25	24	10	29	2	40	1	.975	154.0	2.28	-0.8
J. Nieves	22	22	6	15	1	21	0	1.000	136.7	1.38	-0.4
B. Saberhagen	17	17	5	12	1	18	1	.944	118.7	1.29	-1.1
P. Smith	16	16	3	12	0	15	0	1.000	112.3	1.20	-1.0
B. Fisher	46	0	7	12	1	19	0	1.000	103.0	1.66	-0.5
M. Jackson	57	0	3	11	0	16	2	.875	84.0	1.50	-1.5
C. Nail	10	10	3	4	0	8	1	.875	49.0	1.29	-0.1
D. Leiper	34	0	3	15	1	18	0	1.000	42.7	3.80	0.4
P. Gibson	26	0	0	2	0	2	0	1.000	38.3	0.47	-0.2
J. Calhoun	28	0	2	7	1	10	1	.900	36.0	2.25	-0.0
J. Navarro	4	4	2	3	0	5	0	1.000	31.7	1.42	-0.1
J. Jones	22	0	1	6	0	7	0	1.000	30.7	2.05	-0.6
G. Beare	9	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	14.7	0.00	-0.6
J. Gott	2	2	0	2	0	2	0	1.000	13.0	1.38	-0.1
D. Eiland	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	1.000	2.0	4.50	0.0
Totals	386	162	59	183	10	252	10	.960	1420.0	1.53	-9.6

Catchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR	PB	RTO%
D. Slaught	66	66	425	40	5	476	11	.977	581.0	7.20	0.5	2	27.2
R. Hassey	40	40	311	32	6	349	6	.983	353.0	8.75	0.5	3	24.6
B. Benedict	32	31	211	20	4	235	4	.983	269.0	7.73	-0.5	2	30.8
E. Putman	25	25	165	16	0	184	3	.984	217.0	7.51	0.2	2	28.0
Totals	163	162	1112	108	15	1244	24	.981	1420.0	7.73	0.7	9	27.1

First Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
C. Brown	107	107	843	47	50	895	5	.994	932.0	8.59	2.2
E. Murray	52	52	421	22	28	448	5	.989	449.0	8.88	-0.4
D. Walling	5	1	10	0	1	10	0	1.000	16.0	5.62	0.0
W. Lozado	4	1	16	1	0	17	0	1.000	12.0	12.75	0.1
K. Seitzer	1	1	5	1	0	6	0	1.000	8.0	6.75	0.1
R. Hassey	1	0	5	1	0	6	0	1.000	3.0	18.00	0.0
Totals	170	162	1300	72	79	1382	10	.993	1420.0	8.70	2.1

Second Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
B. Little	103	99	203	251	48	458	4	.991	869.0	4.70	3.3
K. Seitzer	57	56	97	119	27	220	4	.982	486.0	4.00	-3.7
B. Rose	5	5	7	9	1	16	0	1.000	45.0	3.20	0.1
M. Cubbage	3	2	5	4	0	9	0	1.000	20.0	4.05	0.2
Totals	168	162	312	383	76	703	8	.989	1420.0	4.40	-0.1

Third Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
K. Seitzer	98	97	46	165	9	219	8	.963	846.7	2.24	-4.0
M. Cubbage	58	57	31	100	7	134	3	.978	499.3	2.36	2.1
W. Lozado	4	4	1	5	0	9	3	.667	35.0	1.54	-1.3
H. Meulens	4	3	1	6	1	8	1	.875	28.0	2.25	-0.4
B. Little	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	8.0	1.12	-0.2
C. Brown	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	2.0	0.00	0.0
E. Williams	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.0	0.00	0.0
Totals	168	162	80	276	17	371	15	.960	1420.0	2.26	-3.8

Shortstops
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
K. Elster	151	150	167	433	52	609	9	.985	1310.0	4.12	0.8
B. Little	15	12	13	35	7	50	2	.960	110.0	3.93	-1.5
Totals	166	162	180	468	59	659	11	.983	1420.0	4.11	-0.6

Left Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
P. Incaviglia	79	79	162	3	1	167	2	.988	695.0	2.14	-2.7
M. Diaz	57	56	124	5	1	138	9	.935	482.0	2.41	-5.6
D. Pasqua	23	23	39	0	0	39	0	1.000	203.0	1.73	2.4
R. Law	3	2	7	0	0	7	0	1.000	18.0	3.50	-0.1
E. Williams	3	2	5	0	0	5	0	1.000	18.0	2.50	-0.1
H. Meulens	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	2.0	0.00	0.0
W. Lozado	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	2.0	4.50	0.1
Totals	167	162	338	8	2	357	11	.969	1420.0	2.19	-6.0

Center Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
G. Maddox	146	143	442	18	4	469	9	.981	1252.0	3.31	5.8
R. Law	16	15	42	2	1	44	0	1.000	130.0	3.05	0.4
G. Ward	3	2	7	0	0	7	0	1.000	20.0	3.15	0.1
M. Diaz	3	2	5	0	0	6	1	.833	18.0	2.50	-1.0
Totals	168	162	496	20	5	526	10	.981	1420.0	3.27	5.4

Right Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
G. Ward	143	143	333	7	1	347	7	.980	1248.0	2.45	-1.1
R. Law	11	7	19	2	0	22	1	.955	64.0	2.95	0.3
M. Diaz	7	7	19	0	0	19	0	1.000	62.0	2.76	-0.9
G. Gross	5	4	11	0	0	11	0	1.000	37.0	2.68	0.0
H. Meulens	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	9.0	1.00	0.0
Totals	167	162	383	9	1	400	8	.980	1420.0	2.48	-1.7

Team Leaders

Batting Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Batting Average	Garry Maddox	.266
On-Base Percentage	Kevin Seitzer	.333
Slugging Percentage	Gary Ward	.451
OPS	Kevin Seitzer	.748
Games	Kevin Seitzer	156
At-Bats	Kevin Seitzer	609
Runs	Kevin Seitzer	83
Hits	Kevin Seitzer	161
Doubles	Garry Maddox	36
Triples	Kevin Seitzer	8
Home Runs	Gary Ward	30
Runs Batted In	Gary Ward	82
Stolen Bases	Rudy Law	15
Caught Stealing	Garry Maddox	5
Walks	Kevin Seitzer	62
Strikeouts	Kevin Elster	139

Pitching Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Wins	Mark Langston, Bob Kipper	12
Losses	Bob Kipper	17
Saves	Michael Jackson	20
Games	Michael Jackson	57
Games Started	Bob Kipper	34
Complete Games	Mark Langston	6
Shutouts	4 Players Tied	1
Innings Pitched	Mark Langston	235.0
Hits Allowed	Bob Kipper	224
Home Runs Allowed	Mark Langston	58
Strikeouts	Mark Langston	195
Walks Allowed	Mark Langston	105
Earned Run Average	Mark Langston	4.29
Walks + Hits per IP	Bob Kipper	1.29
BABIP	Mark Langston	.230

Trades
Date	Sent		Recieved
May 26th	1B Eddie Murray	to the New York Yankees for	P Jim Gott LF Dan Pasqua
May 26th	P Scott Scudder	to the Toronto Blue Jays for	1B Chris Brown P Jeff Calhoun
June 20th	LF Dan Pasqua LF Eddie Williams	to the Montreal Expos for	LF Pete Incaviglia P Derek Lilliquist
June 20th	P Bret Saberhagen	to the Boston Red Sox for	P Xavier Hernandez P Pete J. Smith
June 25th	CF Rudy Law	to the Pittsburgh Pirates for	C Don Slaught