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1977 Texas Rangers

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1976 / 1978

94-68, Finished 2nd in AL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Frank Lucchesi (31-31), Eddie Stanky (1-0), Connie Ryan (2-4) and Billy Hunter (60-33)
Scored 767 runs, Allowed 657 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 92-70

Ballparks: Arlington Stadium · Attendance: 1,250,722 (9th of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 101, Pitching - 101 · one-year: Batting - 105, Pitching - 104

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1976 / 1978 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
Doyle Alexander 26 R R 6' 3" 190 Sep 4, 1950 7 34 34 0 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.4 $150,000
Sandy Alomar 33 B R 5' 9" 140 Oct 19, 1943 14 69 19 69 30 0 0 3 18 1 6 4 0 1 5 30 2 42 -0.2 $
Mike Bacsik 25 R R 6' 2" 180 Apr 1, 1952 3 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Len Barker 21 R R 6' 5" 225 Jul 27, 1955 2 15 3 0 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.3 $
Lew Beasley 28 L R 5' 10" 172 Aug 27, 1948 1st 25 8 25 19 0 0 0 0 0 1 14 0 4 18 2 3 6 -0.6 $
Juan Beniquez 27 R R 5' 11" 150 May 13, 1950 6 123 119 123 123 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 123 0 123 0 1 1 2.1 $50,000
Kurt Bevacqua 30 R R 6' 0" 180 Jan 23, 1947 7 39 18 39 30 0 0 5 5 11 0 6 0 8 14 3 16 3 1.3 $
Bert Blyleven HOF 26 R R 6' 3" 200 Apr 6, 1951 8 30 30 0 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.7 $140,000
Tommy Boggs 21 R R 6' 2" 195 Oct 25, 1955 2 6 6 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Nelson Briles 33 R R 5' 11" 195 Aug 5, 1943 13 28 15 0 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Bert Campaneris 35 R R 5' 10" 160 Mar 9, 1942 14 150 145 150 149 0 0 0 0 0 149 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3.3 $190,000 All-Star
Bobby Cuellar 24 R R 5' 11" 188 Aug 20, 1952 1st 4 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Adrian Devine 25 R R 6' 4" 185 Dec 2, 1951 4 56 2 1 56 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.3 $
Dock Ellis 32 B R 6' 3" 205 Mar 11, 1945 10 23 22 0 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.6 $
John Ellis 28 R R 6' 2" 225 Aug 21, 1948 9 49 25 49 24 0 16 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 18 0 -0.5 $
Bill Fahey 27 L R 6' 0" 200 Jun 14, 1950 6 37 20 37 34 0 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 -0.3 $
Jim Fregosi 35 R R 6' 1" 190 Apr 4, 1942 17 13 6 13 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 1 0.1 $
Gary Gray 24 R R 6' 0" 187 Sep 21, 1952 1st 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Tom Grieve 29 R R 6' 2" 190 Mar 4, 1948 7 79 62 79 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 0 32 62 13 14 0 -1.2 $80,000
Steve Hargan 34 R R 6' 3" 170 Sep 8, 1942 12 6 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $
Mike Hargrove 27 L L 6' 0" 195 Oct 26, 1949 4 153 144 153 152 0 0 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 5.1 $85,000
Toby Harrah 28 R R 6' 0" 175 Oct 26, 1948 8 159 157 159 159 0 0 0 0 159 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5.5 $100,000
Ken Henderson 31 B R 6' 2" 180 Jun 15, 1946 13 75 62 75 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 61 71 3 10 0 0.2 $110,000
Willie Horton 34 R R 5' 11" 209 Oct 18, 1942 15 139 132 139 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 10 128 7 0 0.8 $
Roy Howell 23 L R 6' 1" 190 Dec 18, 1953 4 7 3 7 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 2 2 2 -0.3 $
Ed Kirkpatrick 32 L R 5' 11" 195 Oct 8, 1944 16 20 10 20 10 0 1 3 0 0 0 5 0 1 6 5 8 0 -0.2 $
Darold Knowles 35 L L 6' 0" 180 Dec 9, 1941 13 42 0 0 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $
Paul Lindblad 35 L L 6' 1" 185 Aug 9, 1941 13 42 1 1 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Mike Marshall 34 R R 5' 10" 180 Jan 15, 1943 10 12 4 0 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Jim Mason 26 L R 6' 2" 185 Aug 14, 1950 7 36 12 36 33 0 0 0 0 1 32 0 0 0 0 1 3 7 0.0 $
Dave May 33 L R 5' 10" 186 Dec 23, 1943 11 120 87 120 111 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 2 92 115 5 14 4 0.6 $
Eddie Miller 20 B R 5' 9" 175 Jun 29, 1957 1st 17 1 17 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 6 0 15 0.0 $
Roger Moret 27 B L 6' 4" 170 Sep 16, 1949 8 18 8 0 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Gaylord Perry HOF 38 R R 6' 4" 205 Sep 15, 1938 16 34 34 0 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 $
John Poloni 23 L L 6' 5" 210 Feb 28, 1954 1st 2 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Pat Putnam 23 L R 6' 0" 205 Dec 3, 1953 1st 11 7 11 7 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 -0.2 $
Keith Smith 24 R R 5' 9" 178 May 3, 1953 1st 23 17 23 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 0 0 22 0 3 2 0.4 $
Jim Sundberg 26 R R 6' 0" 190 May 18, 1951 4 149 137 149 149 0 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 4.6 $80,000
Jim Umbarger 24 L L 6' 6" 200 Feb 17, 1953 3 3 2 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Mike Wallace 26 L L 6' 2" 190 Feb 3, 1951 5 5 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Claudell Washington 22 L L 6' 0" 190 Aug 31, 1954 4 129 122 129 127 0 0 0 0 0 0 92 41 4 137 1 2 3 1.3 $100,000
Bump Wills 24 B R 5' 9" 172 Jul 27, 1952 1st 152 145 152 150 0 0 0 150 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 4.9 $19,000
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

Bump Wills

Sandy Alomar

Jim Mason

Tom Grieve

Lew Beasley

John Ellis

Jim Sundberg

Toby Harrah

Juan Beniquez

Kurt Bevacqua
Roy Howell

Bill Fahey

Claudell Washington

Dave May
Claudell Washington

Dock Ellis
Jim Fregosi

Ed Kirkpatrick
Pat Putnam

Bert Campaneris

Ken Henderson

Mike Hargrove

Tommy Boggs

Willie Horton

Bobby Cuellar
Gary Gray
Paul Lindblad
Mike Wallace

Paul Lindblad

Steve Hargan
Keith Smith

John Poloni
Mike Wallace

Bert Blyleven

Roger Moret

Eddie Miller

Mike Marshall

Darold Knowles

Doyle Alexander

Nelson Briles

Adrian Devine

Gaylord Perry

Mike Bacsik

Tommy Boggs

Len Barker

Jim Umbarger

Roger Moret

Mike Bacsik

Bobby Cuellar

1976 / 1978 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers