1988 Texas Rangers season

March 2026 November 2013 Texas Rangers 1988 American League West Arlington Stadium Arlington, Texas 70 91 y 6th Eddie Chiles Tom Grieve Bobby Valentine KTVT(Bob Carpenter, Steve Busby)HSE(Bob Carpenter, Norm Hitzges, Merle Harmon) WBAP(Eric Nadel, Mark Holtz ) The 1988 Texas Rangers season was the 28th of the Texas Rangers franchise overall, their 17th in Arlington as the Rangers, and the 17th season at Arlington Stadium. The Rangers finished sixth in the American League West with a record of 70 wins and 91 losses. Offseason December 13, 1987: Bárbaro Garbey was signed as a free agent with the Texas Rangers.https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/garbeba01.shtml Barbaro Garbey Stats December 21, 1987: Greg A. Harris was released by the Texas Rangers.https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/harrigr01.shtml Greg Harris Stats March 25, 1988: Mike Loynd was traded by the Rangers to the Houston Astros for Robbie Wine.Robbie Wine at Baseball Reference Regular season Opening Day starters Jerry Browne Steve Buechele Scott Fletcher Charlie Hough Pete Incaviglia Oddibe McDowell Pete O'Brien Larry Parrish Geno Petralli Rubén Sierra1988 Texas Rangers Roster by Baseball Almanac Season standings Texas Rangers Record vs. opponents TEX Detailed records American League Opponent Total Home Away RS Runs scored RA Runs againstAmerican League WestCalifornia Angels 5–8 3–4 2–4 45 50Chicago White Sox 5–8 2–4 3–4 63 62Kansas City Royals 6–7 4–3 2–4 65 83Minnesota Twins 6–7 2–4 4–3 48 70Oakland Athletics 5–8 3–4 2–4 52 64Seattle Mariners 7–6 3–3 4–2 52 42Texas Rangers – – – – – Total 34–44 17–22 17–22 325 371American League EastBaltimore Orioles 6–6 4–2 2–4 59 49Boston Red Sox 4–8 2–4 2–4 37 60Cleveland Indians 6–6 3–3 3–3 43 39Detroit Tigers 4–8 2–4 2–4 30 38Milwaukee Brewers 4–8 2–4 2–4 37 50New York Yankees 6–5 4–2 2–3 47 63Toronto Blue Jays 6–6 4–2 2–4 59 65 Total 36–47 21–21 15–26 312 364 Notable transactions April 4, 1988: Guy Hoffman was signed as a free agent by the Rangers.Guy Hoffman at Baseball Reference July 21, 1988: Jim Sundberg was signed as a free agent by the Rangers.Jim Sundberg at Baseball Reference July 27, 1988: Iván Rodríguez was signed by the Rangers as an amateur free agent.Iván Rodríguez at Baseball Reference August 30, 1988: Dale Mohorcic was traded by the Rangers to the New York Yankees for Cecilio Guante.Cecilio Guante at Baseball Reference September 1, 1988: Tom O'Malley was traded by the Rangers to the Montreal Expos for a player to be named later. The Expos completed the deal by sending Jack Daugherty to the Rangers on September 13.Jack Daugherty at Baseball Reference Roster 1988 Texas Rangers roster Roster Pitchers 41 Kevin Brown 37 José Cecena 46 Tony Fossas 51 Cecilio Guante 23 José Guzmán 32 Ray Hayward 45 Dwayne Henry 42 Guy Hoffman 49 Charlie Hough 30 Mike Jeffcoat 39 Paul Kilgus 48 Scott May 38 Craig McMurtry 34 Dale Mohorcic 40 Jeff Russell 43 Ed Vande Berg 54 DeWayne Vaughn 28 Mitch Williams 34 Steve Wilson 36 Bobby Witt Catchers  7 Chad Kreuter 12 Geno Petralli 13 Larry See  5 Mike Stanley 10 Jim Sundberg Infielders  8 Jerry Browne 22 Steve Buechele  1 Scott Fletcher 20 Jeff Kunkel  9 Pete O'Brien 19 Curtis Wilkerson Outfielders 33 Bob Brower  6 Cecil Espy 17 Bárbaro Garbey 29 Pete Incaviglia 24 Steve Kemp  0 Oddibe McDowell 47 Kevin Reimer 21 Rubén Sierra 27 Jim Steels Other batters 15 Larry Parrish Manager  2 Bobby Valentine Coaches 52 Dick Egan 35 Tom House 10 Art Howe 14 Davey Lopes 26 Dave Oliver 31 Tom Robson Game log Texas Rangers 1988 Game Log 70–91 (Home: 38–43; Away: 32–48) y Texas Rangers April: 8–13 (Home: 4–7; Away: 4–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Record Streak |- style="background:#cfc;" | 1 || April 4 || Indians || 4–3 || || || || 1–0 || W1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 2 || April 6 || Indians || 1–5 || || || || 1–1 || L1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 3 || April 7 || Indians || 1–4 || || || || 1–2 || L2 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 4 || April 8 || Red Sox || 0–4 || || || || 1–3 || L3 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 5 || April 9 || Red Sox || 1–2 || || || || 1–4 || L4 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 6 || April 10 || Red Sox || 4–1 || || || || 2–4 || W1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 7 || April 12 || @ Tigers || 1–4 || || || || 2–5 || L1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 8 || April 14 || @ Tigers || 2–1 || || || || 3–5 || W1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 9 || April 15 || @ Red Sox || 3–2 (10) || || || || 4–5 || W2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 10 || April 16 || @ Red Sox || 2–0 || || || || 5–5 || W3 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 11 || April 17 || @ Red Sox || 2–15 || || || || 5–6 || L1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 12 || April 18 || @ Red Sox || 3–4 || || || || 5–7 || L2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 13 || April 19 || @ Indians || 3–0 || || || || 6–7 || W1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 14 || April 20 || @ Indians || 1–2 || || || || 6–8 || L1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 15 || April 22 || Tigers || 3–5 || || || || 6–9 || L2 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 16 || April 23 || Tigers || 6–7 || || || || 6–10 || L3 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 17 || April 24 || Tigers || 4–2 || || || || 7–10 || W1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 18 || April 26 || Brewers || 3–1 || || || || 8–10 || W2 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 19 || April 27 || Brewers || 3–4 || || || || 8–11 || L1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 20 || April 29 || @ Yankees || 1–2 || || || || 8–12 || L2 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 21 || April 30 || @ Yankees || 3–15 || || || || 8–13 || L3 |- y Texas Rangers May: 17–11 (Home: 11–5; Away: 6–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Record Streak |- style="background:#cfc;" | 22 || May 1 || @ Yankees || 5–1 || || || || 9–13 || W1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 23 || May 2 || @ Orioles || 4–9 || || || || 9–14 || L1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 24 || May 3 || @ Orioles || 4–2 || || || || 10–14 || W1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 25 || May 4 || @ Brewers || 5–6 || || || || 10–15 || L1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 26 || May 5 || @ Brewers || 1–9 || || || || 10–16 || L2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 27 || May 6 || Yankees || 7–6 || || || || 11–16 || W1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 28 || May 7 || Yankees || 3–2 || || || || 12–16 || W2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 29 || May 8 || Yankees || 10–8 || || || || 13–16 || W3 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 30 || May 10 || Orioles || 13–5 || || || || 14–16 || W4 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 31 || May 11 || Orioles || 8–0 || || || || 15–16 || W5 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 32 || May 12 || Orioles || 2–1 || || || || 16–16 || W6 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 33 || May 13 || Royals || 2–1 || || || || 17–16 || W7 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 34 || May 14 || Royals || 6–3 || || || || 18–16 || W8 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 35 || May 15 || Royals || 4–5 || || || || 18–17 || L1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 36 || May 16 || Royals || 6–7 || || || || 18–18 || L2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 37 || May 17 || @ Blue Jays || 7–6 (14) || || || || 19–18 || W1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 38 || May 18 || @ Blue Jays || 4–0 || || || || 20–18 || W2 |- style="background:#bbb;" | - || May 20 || Twins || colspan=4 |Postponed (rain); Makeup: May 22 || 20–18 || - |- style="background:#cfc;" | 39 || May 21 || Twins || 3–0 || || || || 21–18 || W3 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 40 || May 22 || Twins || 5–15 || || || || 21–19 || L1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 41 || May 22 || Twins || 2–4 || || || || 21–20 || L2 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 42 || May 24 || Blue Jays || 2–13 || || || || 21–21 || L3 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 43 || May 25 || Blue Jays || 5–1 || || || || 22–21 || W1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 44 || May 26 || Blue Jays || 8–7 || || || || 23–21 || W2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 45 || May 27 || @ Royals || 3–2 || || || || 24–21 || W3 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 46 || May 28 || @ Royals || 6–8 || || || || 24–22 || L1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 47 || May 29 || @ Royals || 1–12 || || || || 24–23 || L2 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 48 || May 30 || @ Twins || 6–1 || || || || 25–23 || W1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 49 || May 31 || @ Twins || 6–8 || || || || 25–24 || L1 |- y Texas Rangers June: 12–15 (Home: 4–7; Away: 6–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Record Streak |- style="background:#fbb;" | 50 || June 1 || @ Twins || 1–7 || || || || 25–25 || L2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 51 || June 2 || @ White Sox || 10–2 || || || || 26–25 || W1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 52 || June 3 || @ White Sox || 9–3 || || || || 27–25 || W2 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 53 || June 4 || @ White Sox || 8–10 || || || || 27–26 || L1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 54 || June 5 || @ White Sox || 4–5 || || || || 27–27 || L2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 55 || June 6 || Angels || 6–4 || || || || 28–27 || W1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 56 || June 7 || Angels || 0–1 || || || || 28–28 || L1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 57 || June 8 || Angels || 2–5 || || || || 28–29 || L2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 58 || June 9 || Athletics || 5–2 || || || || 29–29 || W1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 59 || June 10 || Athletics || 6–7 || || || || 29–30 || L1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 60 || June 11 || Athletics || 4–13 || || || || 29–31 || L2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 61 || June 12 || Athletics || 3–2 || || || || 30–31 || W1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 62 || June 14 || @ Angels || 0–3 || || || || 30–32 || L1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 63 || June 15 || @ Angels || 6–3 (10) || || || || 31–32 || W1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 64 || June 16 || @ Angels || 0–3 || || || || 31–33 || L1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 65 || June 17 || @ Athletics || 6–7 (14) || || || || 31–34 || L2 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 66 || June 18 || @ Athletics || 1–2 (13) || || || || 31–35 || L3 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 67 || June 19 || @ Athletics || 5–4 (11) || || || || 32–35 || W1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 68 || June 20 || Mariners || 4–3 || || || || 33–35 || W2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 69 || June 21 || Mariners || 6–0 || || || || 34–35 || W3 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 70 || June 22 || Mariners || 2–3 (10) || || || || 34–36 || L1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 71 || June 24 || White Sox || 5–2 || || || || 35–36 || W1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 72 || June 25 || White Sox || 5–10 || || || || 35–37 || L1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 73 || June 26 || White Sox || 5–7 || || || || 35–38 || L2 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 74 || June 27 || @ Mariners || 3–6 || || || || 35–39 || L3 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 75 || June 28 || @ Mariners || 6–0 || || || || 36–39 || W1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 76 || June 29 || @ Mariners || 1–0 (12) || || || || 37–39 || W2 |- y Texas Rangers July: 9–18 (Home: 4–9; Away: 5–9) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Record Streak |- style="background:#fbb;" | 77 || July 1 || Orioles || 1–7 || || || || 37–40 || L1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 78 || July 2 || Orioles || 4–7 || || || || 37–41 || L2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 79 || July 3 || Orioles || 13–1 || || || || 38–41 || W1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 80 || July 4 || Yankees || 2–13 || || || || 38–42 || L1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 81 || July 5 || Yankees || 3–5 || || || || 38–43 || L2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 82 || July 6 || Yankees || 4–2 || || || || 39–43 || W1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 83 || July 7 || @ Orioles || 0–6 || || || || 39–44 || L1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 84 || July 8 || @ Orioles || 8–5 || || || || 40–44 || W1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 85 || July 9 || @ Orioles || 1–4 || || || || 40–45 || L1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 86 || July 10 || @ Orioles || 1–2 || || || || 40–46 || L2 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 87 || July 14 || Brewers || 2–6 || || || || 40–47 || L3 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 88 || July 15 || Brewers || 2–4 || || || || 40–48 || L4 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 89 || July 16 || Brewers || 3–4 || || || || 40–49 || L5 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 90 || July 17 || Brewers || 3–0 || || || || 41–49 || W1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 91 || July 18 || @ Yankees || 2–7 || || || || 41–50 || L1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 92 || July 19 || @ Yankees || 7–2 || || || || 42–51 || W1 |- style="background:#bbb;" | - || July 20 || @ Yankees || colspan=4 |Cancelled (rain) || 42–51 || - |- style="background:#fbb;" | 93 || July 21 || @ Brewers || 1–6 || || || || 42–51 || L1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 94 || July 22 || @ Brewers || 1–2 || || || || 42–52 || L2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 95 || July 23 || @ Brewers || 7–4 || || || || 43–52 || W1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 96 || July 24 || @ Brewers || 6–4 || || || || 44–52 || W2 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 97 || July 25 || Red Sox || 0–2 || || || || 44–53 || L1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 98 || July 26 || Red Sox || 9–8 || || || || 45–53 || W1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 99 || July 27 || Red Sox || 7–10 || || || || 45–54 || L1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 100 || July 29 || @ Tigers || 2–3 || || || || 45–55 || L2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 101 || July 29 || @ Tigers || 2–1 || || || || 46–55 || W1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 102 || July 30 || @ Tigers || 0–3 || || || || 46–56 || L1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 103 || July 31 || @ Tigers || 1–5 || || || || 46–57 || L2 |- y Texas Rangers August: 14–14 (Home: 8–7; Away: 6–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Record Streak |- style="background:#fbb;" | 104 || August 2 || @ Red Sox || 2–7 || || || || 46–58 || L3 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 105 || August 3 || @ Red Sox || 4–5 || || || || 47–59 || L4 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 106 || August 5 || Indians || 8–4 || || || || 47–59 || W1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 107 || August 6 || Indians || 3–5 || || || || 47–60 || L1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 108 || August 7 || Indians || 2–0 || || || || 48–60 || W1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 109 || August 8 || Tigers || 2–3 || || || || 48–61 || L1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 110 || August 9 || Tigers || 6–2 || || || || 49–61 || W1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 111 || August 10 || Tigers || 1–2 || || || || 49–62 || L1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 112 || August 11 || @ Indians || 5–4 || || || || 50–62 || W1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 113 || August 12 || @ Indians || 3–6 || || || || 50–63 || L1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 114 || August 13 || @ Indians || 12–3 || || || || 51–63 || W1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 115 || August 14 || @ Indians || 0–3 || || || || 51–64 || L1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 116 || August 15 || @ Royals || 3–12 || || || || 51–65 || L2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 117 || August 16 || @ Royals || 5–4 || || || || 52–65 || W1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 118 || August 17 || @ Royals || 6–9 || || || || 52–66 || L1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 119 || August 18 || @ Twins || 4–2 || || || || 53–66 || W1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 120 || August 19 || @ Twins || 5–0 || || || || 54–66 || W2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 121 || August 20 || @ Twins || 3–2 || || || || 55–66 || W3 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 122 || August 21 || @ Twins || 2–12 || || || || 55–67 || L1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 123 || August 22 || Royals || 9–5 || || || || 56–67 || W1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 124 || August 23 || Royals || 7–11 || || || || 56–68 || L1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 125 || August 24 || Royals || 7–4 || || || || 57–68 || W1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 126 || August 26 || Blue Jays || 5–1 || || || || 58–68 || W2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 127 || August 27 || Blue Jays || 5–3 || || || || 59–68 || W3 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 128 || August 28 || Blue Jays || 5–6 (11) || || || || 59–69 || L1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 129 || August 29 || Twins || 2–3 || || || || 59–70 || L2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 130 || August 30 || Twins || 8–6 || || || || 60–70 || W1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 131 || August 31 || Twins || 1–10 || || || || 60–71 || L1 |- y Texas Rangers September: 9–17 (Home: 5–8; Away: 4–9) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Record Streak |- style="background:#fbb;" | 132 || September 1 || @ Blue Jays || 1–5 || || || || 60–72 || L2 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 133 || September 2 || @ Blue Jays || 6–7 || || || || 60–73 || L3 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 134 || September 3 || @ Blue Jays || 4–7 || || || || 60–74 || L4 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 135 || September 4 || @ Blue Jays || 7–9 || || || || 60–75 || L5 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 136 || September 5 || Athletics || 4–11 || || || || 60–76 || L6 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 137 || September 6 || Athletics || 3–1 || || || || 61–76 || W1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 138 || September 7 || Athletics || 3–6 || || || || 61–77 || L1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 139 || September 8 || Angels || 3–4 || || || || 61–78 || L2 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 140 || September 9 || Angels || 3–5 || || || || 61–79 || L3 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 141 || September 10 || Angels || 3–2 (17) || || || || 62–79 || W1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 142 || September 11 || Angels || 8–3 || || || || 63–79 || W2 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 143 || September 13 || @ Athletics || 1–2 || || || || 63–80 || L1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 144 || September 14 || @ Athletics || 9–1 || || || || 64–80 || W1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 145 || September 15 || @ Athletics || 2–6 || || || || 64–81 || L1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 146 || September 16 || @ Angels || 2–7 || || || || 64–82 || L2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 147 || September 17 || @ Angels || 7–4 || || || || 65–82 || W1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 148 || September 18 || @ Angels || 5–6 || || || || 65–83 || L1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 149 || September 19 || White Sox || 3–7 || || || || 65–84 || L2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 150 || September 20 || White Sox || 4–1 || || || || 66–84 || W1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 151 || September 21 || White Sox || 1–6 || || || || 66–85 || L1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 152 || September 23 || Mariners || 3–2 (10) || || || || 67–85 || W1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 153 || September 24 || Mariners || 0–3 || || || || 67–86 || L1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 154 || September 25 || Mariners || 5–8 || || || || 67–87 || L2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 155 || September 26 || @ White Sox || 5–3 || || || || 68–87 || W1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 156 || September 27 || @ White Sox || 2–3 || || || || 68–88 || L1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 157 || September 28 || @ White Sox || 2–3 || || || || 68–89 || L2 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 158 || September 29 || @ Mariners || 1–5 || || || || 68–90 || L3 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 159 || September 30 || @ Mariners || 11–6 || || || || 69–90 || W1 |- y Texas Rangers October: 1–1 (Home: 0–0; Away: 1–1) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Record Streak |- style="background:#fbb;" | 160 || October 1 || @ Mariners || 3–4 (11) || || || || 70–90 || L1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 161 || October 2 || @ Mariners || 7–2 || || || || 71–90 || W1 |- |- style="text-align:center;" | Legend:      #cfc darkgray = Win      #fbb darkgray = Loss      #bbb darkgray = PostponementBold = Rangers team member 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 Geno Petralli 129 351 99 .282 7 36 1B Pete O'Brien 156 547 149 .272 16 71 2B Curt Wilkerson 117 338 99 .293 0 28 SS Scott Fletcher 140 515 142 .276 0 47 3B Steve Buechele 155 503 126 .250 16 58 LF Pete Incaviglia 116 418 104 .249 22 54 CF Oddibe McDowell 120 437 108 .247 6 37 RF Rubén Sierra 156 615 156 .254 23 91 DH Larry Parrish 68 248 47 .190 7 26 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 Cecil Espy 123 347 86 .248 2 39 Mike Stanley 94 249 57 .229 3 27 Jerry Browne 73 214 49 .229 1 17 Bob Brower 82 201 45 .224 1 11 Jeff Kunkel 55 154 35 .227 2 15 Jim Sundberg 38 91 26 .286 4 13 Barbaro Garbey 30 62 12 .194 0 5 Jim Steels 36 53 10 .189 0 5 Chad Kreuter 16 51 14 .275 1 5 Steve Kemp 16 36 8 .222 0 2 Kevin Reimer 12 25 3 .120 1 2 Larry See 13 23 3 .130 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 34 252.0 15 16 3.32 174 José Guzmán 30 206.2 11 13 3.70 157 Paul Kilgus 32 203.1 12 15 4.16 88 Jeff Russell 34 188.2 10 9 3.82 88 Bobby Witt 22 174.1 8 10 3.92 148 Ray Hayward 12 62.2 4 6 5.46 37 Kevin Brown 4 23.1 1 1 4.24 12 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 Mike Jeffcoat 5 10.0 0 2 11.70 5 Scott May 3 7.1 0 0 8.59 4 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 Mitch Williams 67 2 7 18 4.63 61 Dale Mohorcic 43 2 6 5 4.85 25 Craig McMurtry 32 3 3 3 2.25 35 Ed Vande Berg 26 2 2 2 4.14 18 José Cecena 22 0 0 1 8.71 10 Guy Hoffman 11 0 0 0 5.24 9 Dwayne Henry 11 0 0 1 8.71 10 DeWayne Vaughn 8 0 0 0 7.63 8 Cecilio Guante 7 0 0 1 1.93 4 Tony Fossas 5 0 0 0 4.76 0 Steve Wilson 3 0 0 0 5.87 1 Jeff Kunkel 1 0 0 0 0.00 1 Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Oklahoma City 89ers American Association Toby Harrah AA Tulsa Drillers Texas League Jim Skaalen A Charlotte Rangers Florida State League Bobby Jones A Gastonia Rangers South Atlantic League Orlando Gómez Rookie GCL Rangers Gulf Coast League Chino Cadahia Rookie Butte Copper Kings Pioneer League Bump Wills LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Tulsa References 1988 Texas Rangers at Baseball Reference 1988 Texas Rangers at Baseball Almanac Johnson Lloyd Wolff Miles The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball 3rd Durham, North Carolina Baseball America 2007 978-1-932391-17-6 Category:Texas Rangers seasons Texas Rangers season Texas Rang