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1978 Texas Rangers

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1977 / 1979

87-75, Finished 2nd in AL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Billy Hunter (86-75) and Pat Corrales (1-0)
Scored 692 runs, Allowed 632 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 88-74

Ballparks: Arlington Stadium · Attendance: 1,447,963 (9th of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 100 · one-year: Batting - 97, Pitching - 96

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1977 / 1979 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 27 R R 6' 3" 190 Sep 4, 1950 8 31 28 0 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 $150,000
Sandy Alomar 34 B R 5' 9" 140 Oct 19, 1943 15 24 8 24 19 0 0 9 6 3 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 10 -0.2 $
Len Barker 22 R R 6' 5" 225 Jul 27, 1955 3 29 0 0 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $
Juan Beniquez 28 R R 5' 11" 150 May 13, 1950 7 127 124 127 126 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 126 0 126 0 2 0 -0.5 $
Kurt Bevacqua 31 R R 6' 0" 180 Jan 23, 1947 8 90 65 90 61 0 0 1 13 49 0 0 0 0 0 16 20 1 -1.1 $
Bobby Bonds 32 R R 6' 1" 190 Mar 15, 1946 11 130 128 130 111 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 111 111 18 2 0 4.0 $
Bert Campaneris 36 R R 5' 10" 160 Mar 9, 1942 15 98 87 98 90 0 0 0 0 0 90 0 0 0 0 5 2 8 -1.0 $190,000
Reggie Cleveland 30 R R 6' 1" 195 May 23, 1948 10 53 0 1 53 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $
Steve Comer 24 B R 6' 3" 195 Jan 13, 1954 1st 30 11 0 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.8 $
Danny Darwin 22 R R 6' 3" 185 Oct 25, 1955 1st 3 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Dock Ellis 33 B R 6' 3" 205 Mar 11, 1945 11 22 22 1 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
John Ellis 29 R R 6' 2" 225 Aug 21, 1948 10 34 24 34 22 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 5 0 -0.2 $
Gary Gray 25 R R 6' 0" 187 Sep 21, 1952 2 17 11 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 6 0 -0.2 $
Johnny Grubb 29 L R 6' 3" 175 Aug 4, 1948 7 21 9 21 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 5 13 3 8 1 0.8 $
Mike Hargrove 28 L L 6' 0" 195 Oct 26, 1949 5 146 143 146 140 0 0 140 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 1.3 $
Toby Harrah 29 R R 6' 0" 175 Oct 26, 1948 9 139 132 139 137 0 0 0 0 91 49 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 3.5 $
Fergie Jenkins HOF 35 R R 6' 5" 205 Dec 13, 1942 14 34 30 1 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.9 $
Mike Jorgensen 29 L L 6' 0" 195 Aug 16, 1948 10 96 20 96 86 0 0 78 0 0 0 2 4 4 10 1 4 39 -0.2 $
Paul Lindblad 36 L L 6' 1" 185 Aug 9, 1941 14 18 0 1 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
John Lowenstein 31 L R 6' 0" 175 Jan 27, 1947 9 77 43 77 41 0 0 0 0 25 0 14 0 2 16 21 25 1 0.8 $
Greg Mahlberg 25 R R 5' 10" 180 Aug 8, 1952 1st 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Jim Mason 27 L R 6' 2" 185 Aug 14, 1950 8 55 31 55 54 0 0 0 1 11 42 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 -0.4 $
Jon Matlack 28 L L 6' 3" 205 Jan 19, 1950 8 35 33 0 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.1 $
Doc Medich 29 R R 6' 5" 225 Dec 9, 1948 7 28 22 0 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.7 $250,000
Paul Mirabella 24 L L 6' 1" 190 Mar 20, 1954 1st 10 4 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Roger Moret 28 B L 6' 4" 170 Sep 16, 1949 9 7 2 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Nelson Norman 20 B R 6' 2" 160 May 23, 1958 1st 23 10 23 23 0 0 0 0 6 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.6 $
Al Oliver 31 L L 6' 0" 195 Oct 14, 1946 11 133 133 133 107 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 8 0 108 26 0 0 3.6 $
Pat Putnam 24 L R 6' 0" 205 Dec 3, 1953 2 20 11 20 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 7 0 -0.5 $
Billy Sample 23 R R 5' 9" 175 Apr 2, 1955 1st 8 3 8 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 3 4 0 0.2 $
Jim Sundberg 27 R R 6' 0" 190 May 18, 1951 5 149 146 149 148 0 148 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4.9 $ All-Star
Bobby Thompson 24 B R 5' 11" 175 Nov 3, 1953 1st 64 32 64 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 37 9 55 5 1 18 0.3 $
Jim Umbarger 25 L L 6' 6" 200 Feb 17, 1953 4 32 9 0 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $
Claudell Washington 23 L L 6' 0" 190 Aug 31, 1954 5 12 11 12 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 7 4 1 0 -0.9 $
LaRue Washington 24 R R 6' 0" 170 Sep 7, 1953 1st 3 1 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 $
Bump Wills 25 B R 5' 9" 172 Jul 27, 1952 2 157 148 157 156 0 0 0 156 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 3.1 $
Richie Zisk 29 R R 6' 1" 200 Feb 6, 1949 8 140 138 140 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 48 0 42 90 49 1 0 1.0 $312,500 All-Star
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

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Al Oliver
Bump Wills
Sandy Alomar
Jim Mason
Nelson Norman
Johnny Grubb
Billy Sample
John Ellis

Jim Sundberg
Toby Harrah
Juan Beniquez
Kurt Bevacqua
Claudell Washington
LaRue Washington
Paul Mirabella
Dock Ellis
Pat Putnam

Bert Campaneris
Bobby Thompson
Mike Hargrove
Richie Zisk
Gary Gray
Bobby Bonds
Paul Lindblad
Reggie Cleveland

Doc Medich
Steve Comer
Roger Moret
Fergie Jenkins
Jon Matlack
Doyle Alexander
John Lowenstein
Gary Gray
Mike Jorgensen

Len Barker
Jim Umbarger
Doc Medich
Greg Mahlberg
Danny Darwin
Bobby Thompson
Steve Comer

1977 / 1979 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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