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1973 Texas Rangers (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1972/1974)
57-105, Finished 6th in AL Western Division
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Scored 619 runs, Allowed 844 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 59-103
Managed by Whitey Herzog, Del Wilber, and Billy Martin

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

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1973 Stats (1972/1974) / Schedule / Transactions / Lineups / Batting Orders / SplitsBat / Pitch / GamelogsBat / Pitch / Amateur Draft

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Team Batting    Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Ken Suarez          30   93  278   25   69  11  0   1   27  33   16  .248  .334  .299   1   2  10   5   3   4   0   84
1B *Jim Spencer         25  102  352   35   94  12  3   4   43  34   41  .267  .332  .352   0   3   8   1   1   2   6   98
2B  Dave Nelson         29  142  576   71  165  24  4   7   48  34   78  .286  .325  .378  43  16  11   0  11   3   3  102
3B  Toby Harrah         24  118  461   64  120  16  1  10   50  46   49  .260  .328  .364  10   3  11   2   7   3   2  100
SS *Jim Mason           22   93  238   23   49   7  2   3   19  23   48  .206  .273  .290   0   1   3   0   2   3   0   63
LF  Rico Carty          33   86  306   24   71  12  0   3   33  36   39  .232  .311  .301   2   0   9   1   0   4   2   77
CF #Vic Harris          23  152  555   71  138  14  7   8   44  55   81  .249  .317  .342  13  12  16   2   2   4   1   90
RF  Jeff Burroughs      22  151  526   71  147  17  1  30   85  67   88  .279  .355  .487   0   0   8   1   0  11   3  141
DH  Alex Johnson        30  158  624   62  179  26  3   8   68  32   82  .287  .322  .377  10   5  17   2   1   4   5  101
    Dick Billings       30   81  280   17   50  11  0   3   32  20   43  .179  .237  .250   1   1  12   2   1   2   2   41
   *Larry Biittner      27   83  258   19   65   8  2   1   12  20   21  .252  .307  .310   1   0   8   1   1   1   0   79
   #Bill Sudakis        27   82  235   32   60  11  0  15   43  23   53  .255  .320  .494   0   1   6   0   4   1   1  132
    Elliott Maddox      25  100  172   24   41   1  0   1   17  29   28  .238  .356  .262   5   4   3   3   5   1   2   81
    Jim Fregosi         31   45  157   25   42   6  2   6   16  12   31  .268  .318  .446   0   1   1   1   0   3   0  118
    Tom Grieve          25   66  123   22   38   6  0   7   21   7   25  .309  .348  .528   1   0   4   1   4   1   0  150
    Pete Mackanin       21   44   90    3    9   2  0   0    2   4   26  .100  .146  .122   0   0   1   1   2   1   0  -22
   *Mike Epstein        30   27   85    9   16   3  0   1    6  14   19  .188  .317  .259   0   0   2   3   0   2   0   68
    Bill Madlock        22   21   77   16   27   5  3   1    5   7    9  .351  .412  .532   3   2   0   1   0   0   0  171
   #Joe Lovitto         22   26   44    3    6   1  0   0    0   5    7  .136  .224  .159   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   12
   #Len Randle          24   10   29    3    6   1  1   1    1   0    2  .207  .207  .414   0   2   0   0   1   0   0   75
   *Don Castle          23    4   13    0    4   1  0   0    2   1    3  .308  .357  .385   0   0   2   0   0   0   0  114
   *Rick Stelmaszek     24    7    9    0    1   0  0   0    0   1    2  .111  .200  .111   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   -8
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 26.4  162 5488  619 1397 195 29 110  562 503  791  .255  .317  .361  91  53 120  15  33  38  15   95
    Rank among 12 AL teams        11   12   11  11  8  11       10    8     9     9    11   6   7                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.
Team Pitching    Glossary
    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Jim Bibby           28  26   3.24   9  10  1  23   1  11   2  180.3  121   73   65  14  106  155  753  10   6  1   4 114
SP  Pete Broberg        23  22   5.61   5   9  0  20   1   6   1  118.7  130   77   74   8   66   57  542   5   5  1   3  66
SP  Sonny Siebert       36  25   3.99   7  11  2  20   3   1   1  119.7  120   68   53  11   37   76  511   3   3  0   1  93
SP *Jim Merritt         29  35   4.05   5  13  1  19  11   8   1  160.0  191   79   72  18   34   65  694   7   1  0   3  92
SP *David Clyde         18  18   5.01   4   8  0  18   0   0   0   93.3  106   63   52   8   54   74  426   5   4  1   1  74
SP  Steve Dunning       24  23   5.34   2   6  0  12   4   2   0   94.3  101   63   56  11   52   38  426   4   1  0   2  69
SP  Dick Bosman         29   7   4.24   2   5  0   7   0   1   1   40.3   42   24   19   6   17   14  176   2   1  0   1  87
SP  Rich Hand           24   8   5.40   2   3  0   7   1   1   0   41.7   49   29   25   2   19   14  195   1   2  0   5  69

CL  Steve Foucault      23  32   3.88   2   4  8   0  23   0   0   55.7   54   26   24   6   31   28  244   1   3  0   4  96
RP  Bill Gogolewski     25  49   4.22   3   6  6   1  22   0   0  123.7  139   67   58  10   48   77  546   3   1  0  16  88
RP *Mike Paul           28  36   4.95   5   4  2  10  13   1   0   87.3  104   55   48   9   36   49  401   3   5  0   2  75
RP  Jackie Brown        30  25   3.92   5   5  2   3  10   2   1   66.7   82   31   29   7   25   45  294   1   2  0   0  95
RP *Charlie Hudson      23  25   4.62   4   2  1   4   8   1   1   62.3   59   35   32   3   31   34  272   1   0  0   2  80

    Don Stanhouse       22  21   4.76   1   7  1   5  10   1   0   70.0   70   41   37   5   44   42  317   3   2  0   3  78
    Lloyd Allen         23  23   9.22   0   6  1   5  13   0   0   41.0   58   59   42   3   39   25  228   7   5  0   2  40
    Don Durham          24  15   7.59   0   4  1   4   5   0   0   40.3   49   35   34   7   23   23  189   1   1  0   0  49
    Rick Henninger      25   6   2.74   1   0  0   2   1   0   0   23.0   23    8    7   1   11    6  102   3   0  0   0 135
   *Jim Kremmel         25   4   9.00   0   2  0   2   0   0   0    9.0   15   10    9   1    6    6   50   2   2  0   1  41
   *Jim Shellenback     29   2   0.00   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    1.7    0    0    0   0    0    3    5   0   0  0   0    
   *Rick Waits          21   1   9.00   0   0  1   0   1   0   0    1.0    1    1    1   0    1    0    4   0   0  0   0  41
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 26.1 162   4.64  57 105 27 162 127  35  10 1430.0 1514  844  737 130  680  831 6375  62  44  3  50  80
    Rank among 12 AL teams         12  12   1  9          12   9     11   10   12        8   12    6
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
                        Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed
Team Fielding    Glossary  League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers     Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP   FP   PB  WP  SB  CS
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---
KSuarez      755  88  90  501   44   6   4  .989   3  27  50  32
DBillings    597  67  72  356   32  10   3  .975   3  30  55  25
BSudakis      51   5   9   25    3   0   1 1.000   1   5   3   1
RStelmaszek   26   2   7   17    0   0   0 1.000   1   0   1   0
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---
Team Total  1430 162 162  899   79  16   8  .984   8  62 109  58
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---

First Base   Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .992 *9.86
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
JSpencer     809  88  99  790   67   1  86  .999  9.53
MEpstein     211  25  25  200   12   2  19  .991  9.04
BSudakis     173  21  24  156   14   1  19  .994  8.84
LBiittner    139  15  20  143   14   0  16 1.000 10.14
JFregosi      61   9  10   61    4   0   4 1.000  9.59
DBillings     22   3   3   17    2   3   1  .864  7.53
JBurroughs    14   1   3   16    1   0   1 1.000 10.93
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1430 162 162 1383  114   7 146  .995  9.42
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Second Base  Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .980 *5.44
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
DNelson     1175 137 140  327  364  11  98  .984  5.29
VHarris      118  12  18   35   37   4   8  .947  5.49
JMason        90   8  19   30   24   2   8  .964  5.38
LRandle       46   5   5   18    9   1   3  .964  5.20
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1430 162 162  410  434  18 117  .979  5.31
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Third Base   Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .950 *3.00
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
THarrah      408  47  52   39   79   8   4  .937  2.60
JFregosi     263  33  34   29   45   5   7  .937  2.53
BSudakis     217  24  29   32   45   3   1  .962  3.19
VHarris      200  22  25   22   37  10   7  .855  2.65
BMadlock     172  21  21   13   32   4   2  .918  2.35
JLovitto     112  12  20   23   21   5   3  .898  3.54
EMaddox       34   3   7    4    7   0   1 1.000  2.91
PMackanin     21   0  10    0    3   0   0 1.000  1.29
JMason         1   0   1    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1430 162 162  162  269  35  25  .925  2.71
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Shortstop    Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .963 *5.10
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
THarrah      603  70  76  116  253  19  41  .951  5.50
JMason       562  64  74  113  206  18  43  .947  5.11
PMackanin    238  25  33   39   85   7  15  .947  4.68
JFregosi      26   3   6    8    4   0   2 1.000  4.15
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1430 162 162  276  548  44 101  .949  5.19
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field   Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .977 *2.00
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
RCarty       411  53  53   88    2   0   0 1.000  1.97
JBurroughs   347  41  45   79    5   4   0  .955  2.17
AJohnson     336  40  40   72    4   1   0  .987  2.04
LBiittner    144  14  21   31    3   1   0  .971  2.12
TGrieve      139  12  35   29    0   0   0 1.000  1.88
EMaddox       33   0  22    8    0   0   0 1.000  2.14
DBillings     17   2   3    1    0   0   0 1.000  0.53
VHarris        1   0   1    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1430 162 162  308   14   6   0  .982  2.03
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField  Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .983 *2.78
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
VHarris      937 108 111  291    5   7   1  .977  2.84
EMaddox      402  45  59  123    5   2   1  .985  2.86
TGrieve       54   6  10    9    0   0   0 1.000  1.49
LRandle       18   2   2    1    0   1   0  .500  0.50
AJohnson       9   1   1    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
JLovitto       7   0   3    2    0   0   0 1.000  2.57
LBiittner      2   0   1    2    0   0   0 1.000  9.00
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1430 162 162  428   10  10   2  .978  2.76
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Right Field  Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .976 *2.09
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
JBurroughs   894 102 105  223    8   4   2  .983  2.32
LBiittner    303  38  39   59    3   1   1  .984  1.84
TGrieve      127  14  19   28    0   0   0 1.000  1.98
EMaddox       53   4  11   14    2   1   0  .941  2.70
VHarris       25   1   9    5    0   0   0 1.000  1.80
BSudakis      17   2   2    3    0   1   0  .750  1.53
DBillings      8   1   1    2    0   0   0 1.000  2.25
JLovitto       1   0   2    1    0   0   0 1.000  6.92
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1430 162 162  335   13   7   3  .980  2.19
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield     Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .979 *2.29  LF  CF  RF 
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+---
JBurroughs  1242 143 148  304   13   8   2  .975  2.30
VHarris      963 109 113  297    5   7   1  .977  2.82
EMaddox      489  49  89  144    7   3   1  .981  2.78
LBiittner    449  52  57   91    6   2   1  .980  1.94
RCarty       411  53  53   87    2   0   0 1.000  1.95
AJohnson     345  41  41   72    4   1   0  .987  1.98
TGrieve      320  32  59   68    0   0   0 1.000  1.91
DBillings     25   3   4    3    0   0   0 1.000  1.08
LRandle       18   2   2    1    0   1   0  .500  0.50
BSudakis      17   2   2    3    0   1   0  .750  1.53
JLovitto       8   0   3    3    0   0   0 1.000  3.25
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+---
Team Total  1430 162 162 1073   37  23   5  .980  2.33 162 162 162
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+---

Pitchers     Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .951 *1.86
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
JBibby       180  23  26    5   18   1   1  .958  1.15
JMerritt     160  19  35    7   22   2   1  .935  1.63
BGogolewski  123   1  49    9   28   2   2  .949  2.69
SSiebert     119  20  25   13   25   0   0 1.000  2.86
PBroberg     118  20  22    5   18   1   1  .958  1.74
SDunning      94  12  23    9   14   3   0  .885  2.20
DClyde        93  18  18    3   12   2   2  .882  1.45
MPaul         87  10  36    3   19   1   2  .957  2.27
DStanhouse    70   5  21   11   18   1   2  .967  3.73
JBrown        66   3  25    3    4   0   3 1.000  0.94
CHudson       62   4  25    3   10   1   0  .929  1.88
SFoucault     55   0  32    4   10   0   1 1.000  2.26
RHand         41   7   8    3    5   2   0  .800  1.73
LAllen        41   5  23    3   10   2   1  .867  2.85
DBosman       40   7   7    1    5   0   0 1.000  1.34
DDurham       40   4  15    4    2   0   1 1.000  1.34
RHenninger    23   2   6    1    1   0   0 1.000  0.78
JKremmel       9   2   4    0    1   0   0 1.000  1.00
JShellenbac    1   0   2    0    1   0   0 1.000  5.29
RWaits         1   0   1    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1430 162 162   87  223  18  17  .945  1.95
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Des. Hitter   G
------------+---
AJohnson     116
RCarty        31
BSudakis       8
LBiittner      3
DCastle        3
DBillings      2
JBurroughs     1
TGrieve        1
EMaddox        1
JSpencer       1
------------+---

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

Team Leaders
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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders
Batting AverageJohnson.287
On-base %Burroughs.355
Slugging %Burroughs.487
OPSBurroughs.842
GamesJohnson158
At BatsJohnson624
Plate Appearances (approx.)Johnson663
RunsBurroughs, Harris, and Nelson71
HitsJohnson179
Total BasesBurroughs256
DoublesJohnson26
TriplesHarris7
Home RunsBurroughs30
RBIBurroughs85
Bases on BallsBurroughs67
StrikeoutsBurroughs88
Stolen BasesNelson43
SinglesJohnson142
Adjusted OPS+Burroughs141
Runs CreatedBurroughs95
Adjusted Batting RunsBurroughs29
Batting WinsBurroughs2.9
Extra-Base HitsBurroughs48
Times on BaseBurroughs215
Offensive Win%Burroughs.671
Hit By PitchSuarez5
Sac. HitsNelson11
Sac. FliesBurroughs11
Intentional WalksSpencer6
Grounded into Double PlaysJohnson17
Caught StealingNelson16
Power/Speed NumberNelson12.0
At Bats per StrikeoutHarrah9.4
At Bats per Home RunBurroughs17.5
OutsJohnson472

 

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders
ERABibby3.24
WinsBibby9
Won-Loss %Bibby.474
BB + H per IP (WHIP)Bibby1.259
Hits Allowed/9IPBibby6.04
Bases on Balls/9IPBibby5.29
Strikeouts/9IPBibby7.74
GamesGogolewski49
SavesFoucault8
InningsBibby180.3
StrikeoutsBibby155
Games StartedBibby23
Comp. GamesBibby11
ShutoutsBibby2
Home Runs Allow.Merritt18
Bases On Balls Allow.Bibby106
Hits AllowedMerritt191
SO to WalkBibby1.46
LossesMerritt13
Earned Runs Allow.Broberg74
Wild PitchesBibby10
Hit BatsmenBibby6
Batters FacedBibby753
Games FinishedFoucault23
Adjusted ERA+Bibby114

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