1978 Texas Rangers Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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1978 Texas Rangers Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1977 / 1979)
87-75, Finished 2nd in AL West
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Scored 692 runs, Allowed 632 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 88-74
Manager: Billy Hunter (86-75) and Pat Corrales (1-0)
Ballpark: Arlington Stadium (ballparks.com)
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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Jim Sundberg	27	149	592	518	54	144	23	6	6	58	2	5	64	70	.278	.358	.380	.739	109	197	18	3	3	4	6
2	1B	Mike Hargrove*	28	146	616	494	63	124	24	1	7	40	2	5	107	47	.251	.388	.346	.734	109	171	11	7	2	6	8
3	2B	Bump Wills#	25	157	619	539	78	135	17	4	9	57	52	14	63	91	.250	.331	.347	.678	92	187	11	4	9	4	3
4	SS	Bert Campaneris	36	98	319	269	30	50	5	3	1	17	22	4	20	36	.186	.245	.238	.483	37	64	6	2	25	3	0
5	3B	Toby Harrah	29	139	547	450	56	103	17	3	12	59	31	8	83	66	.229	.349	.360	.709	101	162	8	2	9	3	3
6	LF	Al Oliver*	31	133	568	525	65	170	35	5	14	89	8	9	31	41	.324	.358	.490	.848	137	257	7	2	1	9	6
7	CF	Juan Beniquez	28	127	510	473	61	123	17	3	11	50	10	12	20	59	.260	.292	.378	.670	88	179	10	3	10	4	1
8	RF	Bobby Bonds	32	130	555	475	85	126	15	4	29	82	37	20	69	110	.265	.356	.497	.853	138	236	12	2	2	7	6
9	DH	Richie Zisk	29	140	581	511	68	134	19	1	22	85	3	3	58	76	.262	.338	.432	.770	116	221	14	3	4	5	7
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
10	UT	Kurt Bevacqua	31	90	271	248	21	55	12	0	6	30	1	2	18	31	.222	.271	.343	.614	72	85	8	0	2	3	0
11	UT	John Lowenstein*	31	77	217	176	28	39	8	3	5	21	16	3	37	29	.222	.363	.386	.749	112	68	2	2	2	0	2
12	CF	Bobby Thompson#	24	64	136	120	23	27	3	3	2	12	7	2	9	26	.225	.284	.350	.634	78	42	0	2	2	3	1
13	1B	Mike Jorgensen*	29	96	118	97	20	19	3	0	1	9	3	1	18	10	.196	.319	.258	.577	65	25	3	0	2	1	1
14	SS	Jim Mason*	27	55	116	105	10	20	4	0	0	3	0	0	5	17	.190	.227	.229	.456	29	24	2	0	6	0	0
15	C	John Ellis	29	34	104	94	7	23	4	0	3	17	0	1	6	20	.245	.282	.383	.665	86	36	0	0	1	3	0
16	DH	Gary Gray	25	17	51	50	4	12	1	0	2	6	1	0	1	12	.240	.255	.380	.635	77	19	1	0	0	0	0
17	DH	Pat Putnam*	24	20	49	46	4	7	1	0	1	2	0	0	2	5	.152	.188	.239	.427	20	11	0	0	1	0	1
18	UT	Johnny Grubb*	29	21	44	33	8	13	3	0	1	6	1	1	11	5	.394	.545	.576	1.121	217	19	0	0	0	0	0
19	UT	Claudell Washington*	23	12	43	42	1	7	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	12	.167	.186	.167	.353	0	7	1	0	0	0	0
20	IF	Nelson Norman#	20	23	35	34	1	9	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.265	.265	.324	.588	65	11	1	0	1	0	0
21	UT	Sandy Alomar#	34	24	31	29	3	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	7	.207	.233	.241	.475	34	7	0	0	1	0	0
22	UT	Bill Sample	23	8	15	15	2	7	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	.467	.467	.600	1.067	199	9	0	0	0	0	0
23	UT	La Rue Washington	24	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	C	Greg Mahlberg	25	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
25	P	Doyle Alexander	27	0	0	0					0
26	P	Fergie Jenkins	35	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
27	P	Doc Medich	29	0	0	0					0
28	P	Len Barker	22	0	0	0					0
29	P	Paul Mirabella*	24	0	0	0					0
30	P	Jim Umbarger*	25	0	0	0					0
31	P	Reggie Cleveland	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
32	P	Steve Comer#	24	0	0	0					0
33	P	Jon Matlack*	28	0	0	0					0
34	P	Dock Ellis#	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
35	P	Paul Lindblad*	36	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
36	P	Danny Darwin	22	0	0	0					0
37	P	Roger Moret#	28	0	0	0					0
		Team Totals	28.9	162	6141	5347	692	1353	216	36	132	650	196	91	624	779	.253	.332	.381	.713	101	2037	115	32	83	55	45
		Rank in 14 AL teams				13	6	12	13	10	4		2	2	1	5	11	5	7	8		9
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

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Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1	SP	Jon Matlack*	28	15	13	.536	2.27	35	33	2	18	2	1	270.0	252	93	68	14	51	4	157	4	0	8	1097	167	1.122	8.4	0.5	1.7	5.2	3.08
2	SP	Fergie Jenkins	35	18	8	.692	3.04	34	30	3	16	4	0	249.0	228	92	84	21	41	2	157	3	1	2	990	124	1.080	8.2	0.8	1.5	5.7	3.83
3	SP	Doyle Alexander	27	9	10	.474	3.86	31	28	3	7	1	0	191.0	198	84	82	18	71	1	81	1	0	4	822	98	1.408	9.3	0.8	3.3	3.8	1.14
4	SP	Doc Medich	29	9	8	.529	3.74	28	22	3	6	2	2	171.0	166	78	71	10	52	2	71	3	0	5	717	101	1.275	8.7	0.5	2.7	3.7	1.37
5	SP	Dock Ellis	33	9	7	.563	4.20	22	22	0	3	0	0	141.1	131	81	66	15	46	0	45	2	0	3	592	90	1.252	8.3	1.0	2.9	2.9	0.98
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
6	CL	Reggie Cleveland	30	5	7	.417	3.09	53	0	41	0	0	12	75.2	65	33	26	5	23	6	46	3	1	1	315	122	1.163	7.7	0.6	2.7	5.5	2.00
7	RP	Steve Comer	24	11	5	.688	2.30	30	11	14	3	2	1	117.1	107	36	30	5	37	3	65	1	0	2	479	164	1.227	8.2	0.4	2.8	5.0	1.76
8	RP	Jim Umbarger*	25	5	8	.385	4.88	32	9	11	1	0	1	97.2	116	58	53	9	36	4	60	2	0	2	433	77	1.556	10.7	0.8	3.3	5.5	1.67
9	RP	Len Barker	22	1	5	.167	4.82	29	0	15	0	0	4	52.1	63	31	28	6	29	2	33	2	0	6	243	78	1.758	10.8	1.0	5.0	5.7	1.14
10	RP	Paul Lindblad*	36	1	1	.500	3.63	18	0	9	0	0	2	39.2	41	16	16	2	15	7	25	2	0	2	170	104	1.412	9.3	0.5	3.4	5.7	1.67
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
11		Paul Mirabella*	24	3	2	.600	5.79	10	4	3	0	0	1	28.0	30	18	18	2	17	0	23	0	1	0	125	65	1.679	9.6	0.6	5.5	7.4	1.35
12		Roger Moret*	28	0	1	.000	4.91	7	2	2	0	0	1	14.2	23	8	8	1	2	0	5	1	0	0	65	77	1.705	14.1	0.6	1.2	3.1	2.50
13		Danny Darwin	22	1	0	1.000	4.15	3	1	2	0	0	0	8.2	11	4	4	0	1	0	8	0	0	0	36	91	1.385	11.4	0.0	1.0	8.3	8.00
		Team Totals	29.1	87	75	.537	3.42	162	162	108	54	11	25	1456.1	1431	632	554	108	421	31	776	24	3	35	6084	110	1.272	8.8	0.7	2.6	4.8	1.84
		Rank in 14 AL teams		6	8						5	7	10	4	8	2	2	5	2		3
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB

* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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	Age	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzrd	Rtzhm	Rof	Rdp	Rctch	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	Pos. Summary
Doyle Alexander	27	31	28	191.0	57	17	36	4	1	.930									2.50	1.71						P
Sandy Alomar	34	23	8	84.0	68	45	21	2	7	.971	-0.2	-2.9	-0.2	-0.6	0.4		0		7.07	2.87						1B-2B-3B-SS-DH
Len Barker	22	29	0	52.1	12	2	9	1	1	.917									1.89	0.38						P
Juan Beniquez	28	126	124	1097.2	328	311	8	9	1	.973	-10.0	-10.9	-7.0	-1.3	-5.6	-3			2.62	2.53						CF
Kurt Bevacqua	31	79	52	468.2	196	62	116	18	12	.908	-7.5	-19.2	-7.5	-4.4	-3.0		0		3.42	2.25						3B-2B-1B-DH
Bobby Bonds	32	129	111	971.1	233	213	13	7	5	.970	5.0	6.2	-2.0	-1.7	-0.3	7			2.09	1.75						RF-DH
Bert Campaneris	36	93	87	728.2	434	151	263	20	44	.954	0.4	0.7	1.4	-2.3	3.7		-1		5.11	4.45						SS-DH
Reggie Cleveland	30	53	0	75.2	17	3	13	1	0	.941									1.90	0.30						P
Steve Comer	24	30	11	117.1	29	8	20	1	0	.966									2.15	0.93						P
Danny Darwin	22	3	1	8.2	0	0	0	0	0										0.00	0.00						P
Dock Ellis	33	22	22	141.1	35	11	22	2	2	.943									2.10	1.50						P
John Ellis	29	29	17	157.2	95	81	10	4	1	.958	-2.0	-15.2						-2	5.19	3.14	4	3	9	4	31%	C-DH
Gary Gray	25	11																		0.00						DH
Johnny Grubb	29	16	6	66.0	16	14	2	0	1	1.000	1.4	25.5	0.4	0.7	-0.1	1			2.18	1.00						LF-RF-DH
Mike Hargrove	28	144	139	1124.2	1354	1221	116	17	90	.987	-2.3	-2.5	-2.3	-5.5	3.2		0		10.70	9.28						1B-DH
Toby Harrah	29	140	132	1184.2	470	129	330	11	40	.977	4.8	4.9	4.8	-1.8	6.7		0		3.49	3.28						3B-SS
Fergie Jenkins	35	34	30	249.0	67	29	37	1	4	.985									2.39	1.94						P
Mike Jorgensen	29	89	20	320.0	350	317	31	2	23	.994	1.4	5.3	1.4	1.1	0.3	0	0		9.79	3.91						1B-CF-RF-LF-DH
Paul Lindblad	36	18	0	39.2	5	0	5	0	1	1.000									1.13	0.28						P
John Lowenstein	31	62	27	263.1	82	34	42	6	2	.927	-3.8	-17.3	-1.8	-1.7	0.0	-1	-1		2.60	1.23						3B-LF-RF-DH
Greg Mahlberg	25	1	0	4.0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	0.0	0.0						0	4.50	2.00	0	0	0	1	100%	C
Jim Mason	27	55	31	302.1	149	47	92	10	14	.933	0.4	1.6	1.4	-0.9	2.3		-1		4.14	2.53						SS-3B-2B-DH
Jon Matlack	28	35	33	270.0	64	17	42	5	2	.922									1.97	1.69						P
Doc Medich	29	28	22	171.0	43	11	31	1	2	.977									2.21	1.50						P
Paul Mirabella	24	10	4	28.0	3	0	3	0	0	1.000									0.96	0.30						P
Roger Moret	28	7	2	14.2	2	1	1	0	0	1.000									1.23	0.29						P
Nelson Norman	20	24	10	113.2	67	16	50	1	8	.985	5.2	54.9	5.2	1.7	3.5		0		5.23	2.75						SS-3B
Al Oliver	31	134	107	935.0	227	216	8	3	1	.987	3.1	4.0	-0.9	-7.5	6.6	4			2.16	1.67						LF-CF-DH
Pat Putnam	24	16	1	12.0	16	15	1	0	1	1.000	0.2	20.0	0.2	0.1	0.1		0		12.00	1.00						1B-DH
Bill Sample	23	5	1	6.0	0	0	0	0	0		-0.7	-140.0	-0.7	0.0	-0.7	0			0.00	0.00						LF-DH
Jim Sundberg	27	149	145	1294.2	863	769	91	3	14	.997	17.0	15.8						17	5.98	5.77	8	32	75	70	48%	C-DH
Bobby Thompson	24	58	32	329.2	114	111	1	2	0	.982	2.4	8.7	2.4	-0.3	2.7	0			3.06	1.93						CF-RF-LF-DH
Jim Umbarger	25	32	9	97.2	24	1	21	2	0	.917									2.03	0.69						P
Claudell Washington	23	11	7	63.2	12	11	0	1	0	.917	-2.8	-52.8	-1.8	-0.3	-1.5	-1			1.55	1.00						RF-LF-DH
La Rue Washington	24	3	1	7.0	5	0	5	0	2	1.000	0.6	102.9	0.6	0.1	0.4		0		6.43	1.67						2B-DH
Bump Wills	25	156	148	1336.1	893	350	526	17	84	.981	10.4	9.3	12.4	0.3	12.1		-2		5.90	5.62						2B
Richie Zisk	29	139	89	779.2	162	154	6	2	1	.988	-5.4	-8.3	-6.4	-2.0	-4.5	1			1.85	1.15						LF-RF-DH
Team Totals	28.7	162	1457	13107.0	6494	4369	1972	153	363	.976	17.6	1.6	-0.4	-26.3	26.3	8	-5	15	4.35	3.14	12	35	84	75	47%
Rank in 14 AL teams								2	11	12
	Age	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzrd	Rtzhm	Rof	Rdp	Rctch	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	Pos. Summary

1977 / 1979 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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