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Rangers TEX

198983–79 (0.512)
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GM: Tom Grieve

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 1989, or a custom range (defaults to every team-season since 1985, when our data starts).

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Front Office

PoorAverageGreat
Value
Payroll $M
$10M
Surplus $M
+3
Win %
0.512
TAB
+6.8
WAB
+4.9
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
37.4
Dead money %
33%
Depth Players
8.0
Dead WAR
-5.1

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

1989 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

BChad Kreuter85
RJim Sundberg73
LGeno Petralli49
RMike Stanley25

1B

LRafael Palmeiro147
BJack Daugherty22
RMike Stanley7
LRick Leach4
RBuddy Bell1
RPete Incaviglia1

2B

RJulio Franco140
RScott Fletcher⇄82
RFred Manrique⇄33
RSteve Buechele18
RJeff Kunkel8

3B

RSteve Buechele145
RScott Coolbaugh23
RBuddy Bell9
RDean Palmer5
RJeff Kunkel4
RFred Manrique⇄3
RMike Stanley3

SS

RJeff Kunkel59
RFred Manrique⇄18
RDean Palmer1
RSteve Buechele1

LF

RPete Incaviglia120
LRick Leach37
LThad Bosley6
RJeff Kunkel5
BJack Daugherty4
BCecil Espy3
LJeff Stone⇄1
RJuan Gonzalez1
LRafael Palmeiro1

CF

BCecil Espy131
RJeff Kunkel24
RJuan Gonzalez24
RPete Incaviglia10
BRuben Sierra2

RF

BRuben Sierra161
LHarold Baines⇄9
LRick Leach3
RJeff Kunkel2
LThad Bosley2
BJack Daugherty1
BCecil Espy1

DH

LHarold Baines⇄41
LRick Leach33
RBuddy Bell14
RMike Stanley14
LGeno Petralli14
RJulio Franco10
LJeff Stone⇄9
BJack Daugherty5
RPete Incaviglia4
RSammy Sosa⇄3
BCecil Espy2
RDean Palmer2
RScott Coolbaugh2
LKevin Reimer1
RJeff Kunkel1
LRafael Palmeiro1
RScott Fletcher⇄1
RSteve Buechele1
LThad Bosley1

Starters

RNolan Ryan7.0 WAR
RKevin Brown3.1 WAR
RBobby Witt2.5 WAR
LMike Jeffcoat2.4 WAR
LJohn Barfield0.3 WAR
LJamie Moyer0.2 WAR
LWilson Alvarez0.0 WAR
RBrad Arnsberg-0.4 WAR
RCharlie Hough-0.8 WAR

Bullpen

★ RJeff Russell38 sv
LKenny Rogers0 h
RCecilio Guante0 h
RGary Mielke0 h
LDrew Hall0 h
RCraig McMurtry0 h
RBrad Arnsberg0 h
RDarrel Akerfelds0 h

Each position shows its top 3 by games (top = starter) — click "+more" for the rest. The letter is bats/throws; ⇄ marks a player traded mid-season. Starters are ranked by WAR, bullpen by holds; ★ marks the closer (most save chances). MLB Stats API.

Key additions (new vs 1988)

PlayerfWAR
Nolan Ryan Jr.7.0
Julio Franco5.5
Rafael Palmeiro2.5
Rick Leach1.0
Fred Manrique0.9
Kenny Rogers0.8

Key subtractions (gone from 1988)

Player1988 fWAR
Pete O'Brien3.4
Jose Guzman2.9
Curtis Wilkerson1.8
Paul Kilgus1.7
Oddibe McDowell1.3
Ray Hayward0.4

Contract Value

WAR translated into tier-adjusted market value, then compared with what the player was paid by Rangers. Guaranteed contracts from the 2015-present contract-data period use the known contract period through 1989; everyone else is shown as a 1989 season snapshot.

PlayerPeriodfWARTier Market $MPaid $MSurplus $M$ / WARTierContract
Nolan Ryan Jr. 1989 +7.0 +140.5 1.8 +138.7 $0.3M 2.50× –
Ruben Sierra 1989 +5.6 +91.9 0.3 +91.5 $0.1M 2.05× –
Julio Franco 1989 +5.5 +60.8 1.3 +59.5 $0.2M 1.38× –
Kevin Brown 1989 +3.1 +48.1 0.1 +48.0 $0.0M 1.96× –
Bobby Witt 1989 +2.5 +39.2 0.2 +39.0 $0.1M 1.96× –
Jeff Russell 1989 +2.1 +32.3 0.5 +31.9 $0.2M 1.95× –
Mike Jeffcoat 1989 +2.4 +28.6 0.1 +28.5 $0.0M 1.49× –
Jeff Kunkel 1989 +1.7 +12.2 0.1 +12.1 $0.0M 0.89× –
Cecil Espy 1989 +1.4 +9.5 0.1 +9.4 $0.1M 0.83× –
Pete Incaviglia 1989 +1.1 +7.6 0.5 +7.1 $0.4M 0.83× –
Rick Leach 1989 +1.0 +6.7 0.3 +6.3 $0.3M 0.83× –
Steve Buechele 1989 +1.3 +5.9 0.4 +5.5 $0.3M 0.58× –
Kenny Rogers 1989 +0.8 +4.4 0.1 +4.3 $0.1M 0.67× –
Fred Manrique↔ 1989 +0.9 +4.0 0.1 +3.9 $0.1M 0.56× –
Geno Petralli 1989 +0.8 +3.1 0.3 +2.8 $0.4M 0.52× –
Jack Daugherty 1989 +0.6 +2.5 0.1 +2.4 $0.1M 0.56× –
Jim Sundberg 1989 +0.7 +2.9 0.5 +2.4 $0.7M 0.52× –
Jamie Moyer 1989 +0.2 +1.6 0.2 +1.4 $1.1M 1.02× –
Drew Hall 1989 +0.2 +1.0 0.1 +0.9 $0.4M 0.67× –
Cecilio Guante 1989 +0.2 +1.2 0.4 +0.7 $2.0M 0.67× –
Scott Fletcher↔ 1989 +0.1 +0.6 0.7 -0.1 $6.3M 0.69× –
Harold Baines↔ 1989 +0.0 +0.1 0.4 -0.3 $34.9M 0.69× –
Gary Mielke 1989 -0.2 -1.3 0.1 -1.3 – 0.67× –
Mike Stanley 1989 -0.3 -1.2 0.1 -1.3 – 0.52× –
Sammy Sosa↔ 1989 -0.3 -1.5 0.0 -1.6 – 0.69× –
Craig McMurtry 1989 -0.3 -1.5 0.3 -1.8 – 0.67× –
Chad Kreuter 1989 -1.2 -4.8 0.1 -4.9 – 0.52× –
Charlie Hough 1989 -0.8 -6.9 0.9 -7.8 – 1.02× –
Brad Arnsberg 1989 -0.4 -2.1 – – – 0.67× –
Buddy Bell 1989 -0.5 -3.0 – – – 0.69× –
Darrel Akerfelds 1989 +0.0 +0.2 – – – 0.67× –
Dean Palmer 1989 -0.4 -1.9 – – – 0.58× –
Jeff Stone↔ 1989 -0.4 -2.0 – – – 0.69× –
John Barfield 1989 +0.3 +2.4 – – – 1.02× –
Juan Gonzalez 1989 -0.1 -0.7 – – – 0.83× –
Kevin Reimer 1989 -0.1 -0.7 – – – 0.69× –
Paul Wilmet 1989 -0.0 -0.0 – – – 0.67× –
Rafael Palmeiro 1989 +2.5 +21.6 – – – 1.07× –
Scott Coolbaugh 1989 +0.4 +1.9 – – – 0.58× –
Thad Bosley 1989 -0.0 -0.2 – – – 0.83× –
Wilson Alvarez 1989 +0.0 +0.0 – – – 1.02× –
Total—+37.4+503.010.1+477.2—

Trades

Every graded 1989 deal involving the Rangers — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 3 total.

1989 · TEX / MIL
TEX · Tom Grieve +$0.0M
LaVel Freeman, Todd Simmons
MIL · Harry Dalton +$0.0M
Scott May, Tack Wilson
Even trade
1989 · TEX / ATL
TEX · Tom Grieve +$1.6M
Dave Miller
ATL · Bobby Cox −$1.6M
Dwayne Henry
TEX came out ahead by $1.6M
1989 · CHW / TEX
CHW · Larry Himes +$63.2M
Scott Fletcher, Sammy Sosa, Wilson Álvarez
TEX · Tom Grieve −$63.2M
Harold Baines, Fred Manrique
CHW came out ahead by $63.2M

Current & Historical Payroll

1989 payroll
$10.0M

What the front office was committed to as of 1989, 1989–1995. Pre-2015 has no contract-terms data — forward italic $ are realized actuals (hindsight, not commitments known then). Control labels (ARB/FA) are point-in-time.

current $ guaranteed $ actual $ (hindsight) arbitration (proj) pre-arb (proj) free agent

Guaranteed / signed (17)

PlayerAgeSvc1989199019911992199319941995
Nolan Ryan Jr.4223.000$1.8M$1.4M$3.3M$4.2M$3.8MFREE AGENT
Julio Franco307.000$1.3M$1.6M$2.4M$2.5M$3.0MFREE AGENT
Charlie Hough4119.000$900k$1.0MFREE AGENT
Scott Fletcher308.000$701kFREE AGENT
Jeff Russell276.000$480k$1.2M$2.2M$2.2MFREE AGENT$615k
Jim Sundberg3815.000$475kFREE AGENT
Cecilio Guante297.000$445kFREE AGENT
Harold Baines309.000$412k$872kFREE AGENT
Rick Leach328.000$350kFREE AGENT
Geno Petralli297.000$325k$462k$562k$675k$650kFREE AGENT
Craig McMurtry296.000$275k$250kFREE AGENT
Cecil Espy266.000$98k$162kFREE AGENT
Fred Manrique278.000$87kFREE AGENT
Mike Jeffcoat296.000$83k$185k$390kFREE AGENT
Buddy Bell3717.000—FREE AGENT
Thad Bosley3212.000—$250kFREE AGENT
Jeff Stone286.000—FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (12)

PlayerAgeSvc1989199019911992199319941995
Pete Incaviglia253.000$475kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Steve Buechele274.000$430kARB 3FREE AGENT
Ruben Sierra233.000$350kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jamie Moyer263.000$205kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Bobby Witt253.000$205kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Stanley263.000$95kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jeff Kunkel275.000$80kFREE AGENT
Drew Hall263.000$74kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Kevin Brown243.000$72kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Darrel Akerfelds273.000—ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brad Arnsberg253.000—ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Rafael Palmeiro243.000—ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (12)

PlayerAgeSvc1989199019911992199319941995
Chad Kreuter241.000$72kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jack Daugherty282.000$68kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Gary Mielke262.000$68kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Kenny Rogers240.000$68kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Sammy Sosa200.000$29kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Wilson Alvarez190.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
John Barfield240.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Scott Coolbaugh230.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Juan Gonzalez190.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Dean Palmer200.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Kevin Reimer251.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Paul Wilmet30–—

Graphs

How each 1989 acquisition stacked onto Rangers's playoff-odds curve. The side table is ranked by PPA.

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