The 1987 Texas Rangers season was the 27th of the Texas Rangers franchise overall, their 16th in Arlington as the Rangers, and the 16th season at Arlington Stadium. The Rangers finished sixth in the American League West with a record of 75 wins and 87 losses.

Offseason December 18, 1986: Mike Jeffcoat was signed as a free agent with the Texas Rangers.

Regular season Rubén Sierra set the Rangers' club record for extra base hits (69) in one season. He became the youngest player in the American League to get 100 RBIs in a season since Al Kaline in 1956.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Transactions June 2, 1987: 1987 Major League Baseball draft Bill Haselman was drafted by the Rangers in the first round (23rd pick).Bill Haselman at Baseball Reference Scott Coolbaugh was drafted by the Rangers in the third round. Player signed June 18, 1987.Scott Coolbaugh at Baseball Reference Kevin Belcher was drafted by the Rangers in the sixth round.Kevin Belcher at Baseball Reference

Roster 1987 Texas Rangers roster Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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 95 237 53 .224 8 16 1B Pete O'Brien 159 569 163 .286 23 88 2B Jerry Browne 132 454 123 .271 1 38 3B Steve Buechele 136 363 86 .237 13 50 SS Scott Fletcher 156 588 169 .287 5 63 LF Pete Incaviglia 139 509 138 .271 27 80 CF Oddibe McDowell 128 407 98 .241 14 52 RF Rubén Sierra 158 643 169 .263 30 109 DH Larry Parrish 152 557 149 .268 32 100

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 Bob Brower 127 303 79 .261 14 46 Mike Stanley 78 216 59 .273 6 37 Geno Petralli 101 202 61 .302 7 31 Curtis Wilkerson 85 138 37 .268 2 14 Darrell Porter 85 130 31 .238 7 21 Tom O'Malley 45 117 32 .274 1 12 Tom Paciorek 27 60 17 .283 3 12 Jeff Kunkel 15 32 7 .219 1 2 Dave Meier 13 21 6 .286 0 0 Greg Tabor 9 9 1 .111 0 1 Cecil Espy 14 8 0 .000 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 40 285.1 18 13 3.79 223 José Guzmán 37 208.1 14 14 4.67 143 Bobby Witt 26 143.0 8 10 4.91 160 Ed Correa 15 70.0 3 5 7.59 61 Bob Malloy 2 11.0 0 0 6.55 8 Mike Jeffcoat 2 7.0 0 1 12.86 1

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 Greg A. Harris 42 140.2 5 10 4.86 106 Paul Kilgus 25 89.1 2 7 4.13 42 Mike Loynd 26 69.1 1 5 6.10 48 Mike Mason 8 29.0 0 2 5.59 21

Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G W L SV ERA SO Dale Mohorcic 74 7 6 16 2.99 48 Mitch Williams 85 8 6 6 3.23 129 Jeff Russell 52 5 4 3 4.44 56 Steve Howe 24 3 3 1 4.31 19 Ron Meridith 11 1 0 0 6.10 17 Scott Anderson 8 0 1 0 9.53 6 Keith Creel 6 0 0 0 4.66 5 Dwayne Henry 5 0 0 0 9.00 7 Gary Mielke 3 0 0 0 6.00 3

Awards and honors Rubén Sierra, American League Leader At-Bats (643) All-Star Game

Farm system

References

1987 Texas Rangers at Baseball Reference 1987 Texas Rangers at Baseball Almanac