Offseason

• December 13, 1987: Barbaro Garbey was signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.
• December 21, 1987: Greg A. Harris
  Greg A. Harris
  Greg Allen Harris is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball for the New York Mets, Cincinnati Reds, Montreal Expos, San Diego Padres, Texas Rangers, Philadelphia Phillies, Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees from 1981 to 1995. Harris pitched in 703 games in his career, starting 98...
  
   was released by the Texas Rangers.
• March 25, 1988: Mike Loynd
  Mike Loynd
  Michael Loynd was a Major League Baseball pitcher with the Texas Rangers.-College career:He was drafted in June 1986 out of Florida State University and made the jump from college to the big leagues in less than two months...
  
   was traded by the Rangers to the Houston Astros
  Houston Astros
  The Houston Astros are a Major League Baseball team located in Houston, Texas. They are a member of the National League Central division. The Astros are expected to join the American League West division in 2013. Since , they have played their home games at Minute Maid Park, known as Enron Field...
  
   for Robbie Wine
  Robbie Wine
  Robert Paul Wine, Jr. is an American former Major League Baseball player. A catcher, Wine played for the Houston Astros in and . He last played professional baseball in ....
  
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Opening Day starters

• Jerry Browne
  Jerry Browne
  Jerome Austin "The Governor" Browne was a Major League Baseball second baseman from to . Currently, he is the hitting coach for the Syracuse Chiefs.-External links:...
  
  
• Steve Buechele
  Steve Buechele
  Steven Bernard Buechele is a former Major League Baseball third baseman. Buechele played from to for the Texas Rangers, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Chicago Cubs. He joined the Rangers in after he was named the Tom Grieve Minor League Player of the Year...
  
  
• Scott Fletcher
• Charlie Hough
  Charlie Hough
  Charles Oliver Hough is a former Major League Baseball knuckleball pitcher. He is currently a senior adviser of player development for the Los Angeles Dodgers.-Playing career:...
  
  
• Pete Incaviglia
  Pete Incaviglia
  Peter "Inky" Joseph Incaviglia is a former Major League Baseball outfielder. He was drafted in the 1st round by the Montreal Expos in the 1985 amateur draft out of Oklahoma State University, but was traded later the same year to the Texas Rangers...
  
  
• Oddibe McDowell
  Oddibe McDowell
  Oddibe McDowell is a former center fielder in Major League Baseball who played from to for the Texas Rangers, Cleveland Indians and Atlanta Braves. McDowell was the first player to hit for the cycle for the Rangers when he accomplished that feat on July 23, 1985...
  
  
• Pete O'Brien
  Pete O'Brien (first baseman)
  Peter Michael O'Brien is a former first baseman in Major League Baseball who played for the Texas Rangers , Cleveland Indians and Seattle Mariners...
  
  
• Larry Parrish
  Larry Parrish
  Larry Alton Parrish is a former Major League Baseball third baseman and right-handed batter who played with the Montreal Expos , Texas Rangers and Boston Red Sox...
  
  
• Geno Petralli
  Geno Petralli
  Eugene James Petralli is a former professional baseball player. He played all or part of twelve seasons in Major League Baseball from 1982 to 1993, primarily as a catcher.- Early life :...
  
  
• Rubén Sierra
  Rubén Sierra
  Rubén Angel Sierra García is a former Major League Baseball outfielder. Sierra also goes by the nicknames El Caballo and El Indio....
  
  

Notable transactions

• April 4, 1988: Guy Hoffman
  Guy Hoffman (baseball)
  Guy Alan Hoffman is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He played all or part of six seasons in the major leagues between and . After his major league career, he played three seasons for the Orix BlueWave in Japan from until -Sources:...
  
   was signed as a free agent by the Rangers.
• July 21, 1988: Jim Sundberg
  Jim Sundberg
  James Howard Sundberg is a former professional baseball catcher known for being one of the best defensive catchers of his era. He played for a number of Major League teams, most significantly the Texas Rangers and Kansas City Royals, with whom we won a World Championship...
  
   was signed as a free agent by the Rangers.
• July 27, 1988: Iván Rodríguez
  Iván Rodríguez
  Iván Rodríguez Torres , nicknamed "Pudge" and "I-Rod", is a Major League Baseball catcher...
  
   was signed by the Rangers as an amateur free agent.
• August 30, 1988: Dale Mohorcic
  Dale Mohorcic
  Dale Mohorcic was a relief pitcher in Major League Baseball from 1986 to 1990. Mohorcic was a star at Cleveland State University. After playing on farm teams for the Toronto Blue Jays and Pittsburgh Pirates, Mohorcic signed with the Texas Rangers in . His first two years, Mohorcic pitched well,...
  
   was traded by the Rangers to the New York Yankees
  New York Yankees
  The New York Yankees are a professional baseball team based in the The Bronx, New York. They compete in Major League Baseball in the American League's East Division...
  
   for Cecilio Guante
  Cecilio Guante
  Cecilio Guante Magallane is a former professional Major League Baseball player who played from 1982 to 1990. He made his MLB debut with the Pittsburgh Pirates and ended his career after playing with the Cleveland Indians. He finished his career with a 29-34 won/loss record and a 3.48 ERA...
  
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• September 1, 1988: Tom O'Malley
  Tom O'Malley
  ----Thomas Patrick O'Malley is a former Major League baseball player born in Orange, New Jersey, and raised in Montoursville, Pennsylvania in the United States. He played for the San Francisco Giants, Chicago White Sox, Baltimore Orioles, Texas Rangers, Montreal Expos, and New York Mets...
  
   was traded by the Rangers to the Montreal Expos
  Washington Nationals
  The Washington Nationals are a professional baseball team based in Washington, D.C. The Nationals are a member of the Eastern Division of the National League of Major League Baseball . The team moved into the newly built Nationals Park in 2008, after playing their first three seasons in RFK Stadium...
  
   for a player to be named later. The Expos completed the deal by sending Jack Daugherty
  Jack Daugherty (baseball)
  John Michael "Jack" Daugherty was a major league first baseman and outfielder for parts of seven seasons with the Texas Rangers, Houston Astros, Cincinnati Reds and Montreal Expos.-Amateur background:...
  
   to the Rangers on September 13.

Roster

Starters by position

Other batters

Starting pitchers

Other pitchers

Relief pitchers

Farm system