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1973 Texas Rangers

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1972 / 1974

57-105, Finished 6th in AL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Whitey Herzog (47-91), Del Wilber (1-0) and Billy Martin (9-14)
Scored 619 runs, Allowed 844 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 59-103

Ballparks: Arlington Stadium · Attendance: 686,085 (11th of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 95, Pitching - 97 · one-year: Batting - 97, Pitching - 100

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1972 / 1974 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR WAR Salary
Lloyd Allen 23 R R 6' 1" 185 May 8, 1950 5 23 5 0 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3.1 $20,000
Jim Bibby 28 R R 6' 5" 235 Oct 29, 1944 2 27 23 1 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4.3 $20,000
Larry Biittner 27 L L 6' 2" 205 Jul 27, 1945 4 83 68 83 76 0 0 20 0 0 0 21 1 39 61 3 8 0 -0.7 $
Dick Billings 30 R R 6' 1" 195 Dec 4, 1942 6 81 75 81 78 0 72 3 0 0 0 3 0 1 4 2 5 0 -2.2 $
Dick Bosman 29 R R 6' 2" 195 Feb 17, 1944 8 7 7 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Pete Broberg 23 R R 6' 3" 205 Mar 2, 1950 3 23 20 1 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.1 $
Jackie Brown 30 R R 6' 1" 195 May 31, 1943 3 25 3 0 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 $
Jeff Burroughs 22 R R 6' 1" 200 Mar 7, 1951 4 151 145 151 149 0 0 3 0 0 0 45 0 105 150 1 5 0 3.8 $
Rico Carty 33 R R 6' 3" 200 Sep 1, 1939 9 86 84 86 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 53 0 0 53 31 2 0 -1.2 $65,000
Don Castle 23 L L 6' 1" 205 Feb 1, 1950 1st 4 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 -0.2 $
David Clyde 18 L L 6' 1" 180 Apr 22, 1955 1st 18 18 0 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $
Steve Dunning 24 R R 6' 2" 205 May 15, 1949 4 27 12 4 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 -0.5 $
Don Durham 24 R R 6' 0" 170 Mar 21, 1949 2 16 4 1 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -1.2 $12,000
Mike Epstein 30 L L 6' 3" 230 Apr 4, 1943 8 27 25 27 25 0 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.2 $65,000
Steve Foucault 23 L R 6' 0" 205 Oct 3, 1949 1st 32 0 1 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $
Jim Fregosi 31 R R 6' 1" 190 Apr 4, 1942 13 45 45 45 45 0 0 10 0 34 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $80,000
Bill Gogolewski 25 L R 6' 4" 190 Oct 26, 1947 4 49 1 2 49 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Tom Grieve 25 R R 6' 2" 190 Mar 4, 1948 3 66 33 66 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 10 19 64 4 6 5 1.0 $
Rich Hand 24 R R 6' 1" 195 Jul 10, 1948 4 8 7 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Toby Harrah 24 R R 6' 0" 175 Oct 26, 1948 4 118 117 118 117 0 0 0 0 52 76 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.2 $
Vic Harris 23 B R 5' 11" 165 Mar 27, 1950 2 152 143 152 151 0 0 0 17 25 0 1 111 9 121 1 2 2 -0.8 $9,000
Rick Henninger 25 R R 6' 6" 225 Jan 11, 1948 1st 6 2 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $
Charlie Hudson 23 L L 6' 3" 185 Aug 18, 1949 2 25 4 0 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $9,000
Alex Johnson 30 R R 6' 0" 205 Dec 7, 1942 10 158 157 158 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 1 0 41 116 1 0 -0.1 $48,000
Jim Kremmel 25 L L 6' 0" 175 Feb 28, 1948 1st 4 2 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $6,600
Joe Lovitto 22 B R 6' 0" 185 Jan 6, 1951 2 26 12 26 24 0 0 0 0 19 0 0 3 2 5 1 0 6 -0.9 $
Pete Mackanin 21 R R 6' 2" 190 Aug 1, 1951 1st 44 25 44 43 0 0 0 0 10 33 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 -1.4 $
Elliott Maddox 25 R R 5' 11" 180 Dec 21, 1947 4 100 52 100 95 0 0 0 0 7 0 22 59 11 92 2 4 14 0.0 $
Bill Madlock 22 R R 5' 11" 180 Jan 2, 1951 1st 21 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.3 $15,000
Jim Mason 22 L R 6' 2" 185 Aug 14, 1950 3 93 72 93 92 0 0 0 19 1 74 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 -1.0 $14,000
Jim Merritt 29 L L 6' 3" 175 Dec 9, 1943 9 35 19 0 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 $
Dave Nelson 29 R R 5' 10" 160 Jun 20, 1944 6 142 137 142 140 0 0 0 140 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 2.4 $ All-Star
Mike Paul 28 L L 6' 0" 175 Apr 18, 1945 6 36 10 0 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $30,000
Lenny Randle 24 B R 5' 10" 169 Feb 12, 1949 3 10 7 10 7 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 2 0 2 3 0 3 -0.2 $
Jim Shellenback 29 L L 6' 2" 200 Nov 18, 1943 7 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Sonny Siebert 36 R R 6' 3" 190 Jan 14, 1937 10 25 20 1 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $
Jim Spencer 26 L L 6' 2" 195 Jul 30, 1946 6 102 88 102 99 0 0 99 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 0 0.3 $27,000 All-Star
Don Stanhouse 22 R R 6' 2" 185 Feb 12, 1951 2 23 5 2 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0.0 $18,000
Rick Stelmaszek 24 L R 6' 1" 195 Oct 8, 1948 2 7 2 7 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $15,000
Ken Suarez 30 R R 5' 9" 175 Apr 12, 1943 7 93 88 93 90 0 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1.0 $20,000
Bill Sudakis 27 B R 6' 1" 190 Mar 27, 1946 6 82 59 82 62 0 9 24 0 29 0 0 0 2 2 9 18 0 1.2 $
Rick Waits 21 L L 6' 3" 194 May 15, 1952 1st 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR WAR Salary

Dave Nelson

Jim Mason

Jim Spencer

Larry Biittner

Rico Carty
Jim Kremmel

Tom Grieve

Vic Harris

Dick Billings

Ken Suarez

Toby Harrah

Charlie Hudson

Alex Johnson

Jim Merritt
Jim Shellenback

Jackie Brown
Jim Fregosi
Don Stanhouse

Pete Broberg

Sonny Siebert

Jeff Burroughs

Don Durham
Lenny Randle
Bill Sudakis

Jim Bibby
Rick Henninger

Elliott Maddox

Pete Mackanin

Rico Carty
Rich Hand

Lloyd Allen
Mike Epstein

Dick Bosman
Steve Dunning

Bill Gogolewski

Steve Foucault

Mike Paul

Jackie Brown

David Clyde
Rick Stelmaszek

Don Durham

Don Durham

Rick Henninger
Joe Lovitto

Don Castle

Bill Madlock

Rick Waits

Steve Dunning

Charlie Hudson

1972 / 1974 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers