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1979 Texas Rangers

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1978 / 1980

83-79, Finished 3rd in AL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Pat Corrales (83-79)
Scored 750 runs, Allowed 698 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 86-76

Ballparks: Arlington Stadium · Attendance: 1,519,671 (8th of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 98 · one-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 99

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1978 / 1980 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 28 R R 6' 3" 190 Sep 4, 1950 9 23 18 0 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $150,000
Brian Allard 21 R R 6' 1" 175 Jan 3, 1958 1st 7 4 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Bob Babcock 29 R R 6' 5" 210 Aug 25, 1949 1st 4 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Buddy Bell 27 R R 6' 1" 180 Aug 27, 1951 8 162 161 162 162 0 0 0 0 147 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.9 $
Larvell Blanks 29 R R 5' 8" 167 Jan 28, 1950 8 68 39 68 63 0 0 0 16 0 49 0 0 0 0 1 13 5 -0.4 $
Bert Campaneris 37 R R 5' 10" 160 Mar 9, 1942 16 8 3 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 -0.1 $190,000
Dave Chalk 28 R R 5' 10" 175 Aug 30, 1950 7 9 1 9 4 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 5 1 -0.1 $
Steve Comer 25 B R 6' 3" 195 Jan 13, 1954 2 36 36 0 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.6 $
Danny Darwin 23 R R 6' 3" 185 Oct 25, 1955 2 20 6 0 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 $
Dock Ellis 34 B R 6' 3" 205 Mar 11, 1945 12 10 9 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $
John Ellis 30 R R 6' 2" 225 Aug 21, 1948 11 111 78 111 35 0 7 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 61 32 0 0.4 $
Ed Farmer 29 R R 6' 5" 200 Oct 18, 1949 7 11 2 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $35,000
Oscar Gamble 29 L R 5' 11" 160 Dec 20, 1949 11 64 48 64 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 21 37 16 0 2.4 $475,000
Jerry Gleaton 21 L L 6' 3" 205 Sep 14, 1957 1st 5 2 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Gary Gray 26 R R 6' 0" 187 Sep 21, 1952 3 16 12 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 4 0 -0.4 $
Johnny Grubb 30 L R 6' 3" 175 Aug 4, 1948 8 102 69 102 83 0 0 0 0 0 0 39 29 26 94 6 27 1 1.0 $
Gary Holle 24 R L 6' 6" 210 Aug 11, 1954 1st 5 1 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.1 $
Fergie Jenkins HOF 36 R R 6' 5" 205 Dec 13, 1942 15 37 37 1 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.4 $
John Henry Johnson 22 L L 6' 2" 190 Aug 21, 1956 2 17 12 0 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $
Mike Jorgensen 30 L L 6' 0" 195 Aug 16, 1948 11 90 34 90 75 0 0 60 0 0 0 5 7 9 21 2 21 10 0.0 $
Jim Kern 30 R R 6' 5" 185 Mar 15, 1949 6 71 0 1 71 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.0 $ All-Star
Sparky Lyle 34 L L 6' 1" 182 Jul 22, 1944 13 67 0 2 67 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.3 $
Greg Mahlberg 26 R R 5' 10" 180 Aug 8, 1952 2 7 5 7 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Jon Matlack 29 L L 6' 3" 205 Jan 19, 1950 9 13 13 0 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $
Larry McCall 26 L R 6' 2" 195 Sep 8, 1952 3 2 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Doc Medich 30 R R 6' 5" 225 Dec 9, 1948 8 29 19 0 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $250,000
Willie Montanez 31 L L 6' 0" 170 Apr 1, 1948 11 38 36 38 19 0 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 2 0 1.2 $
Nelson Norman 21 B R 6' 2" 160 May 23, 1958 2 147 115 147 144 0 0 0 1 0 143 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 -1.4 $
Al Oliver 32 L L 6' 0" 195 Oct 14, 1946 12 136 121 136 119 0 0 0 0 0 0 49 71 0 120 10 13 1 3.1 $
Pat Putnam 25 L R 6' 0" 205 Dec 3, 1953 3 139 112 139 96 0 0 96 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 25 0 1.0 $
Dave Rajsich 27 L L 6' 5" 175 Sep 28, 1951 2 27 3 0 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Mickey Rivers 30 L L 5' 10" 165 Oct 31, 1948 10 58 55 58 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 57 0 57 1 3 0 2.0 $
Dave Roberts 28 R R 6' 3" 215 Feb 17, 1951 7 44 25 44 35 0 14 6 8 1 0 1 5 5 11 5 4 11 0.5 $
Billy Sample 24 R R 5' 9" 175 Apr 2, 1955 2 128 83 128 104 0 0 0 0 0 0 92 10 5 107 14 24 17 2.8 $
Eric Soderholm 30 R R 5' 11" 187 Sep 24, 1948 8 63 34 63 39 0 0 2 0 37 0 0 0 0 0 14 17 1 0.5 $
Jim Sundberg 28 R R 6' 0" 190 May 18, 1951 6 150 144 150 150 0 150 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3.3 $
LaRue Washington 25 R R 6' 0" 170 Sep 7, 1953 2 25 5 25 14 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 12 1 13 7 0 16 0.0 $
Bump Wills 26 B R 5' 9" 172 Jul 27, 1952 3 146 143 146 146 0 0 0 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 3.2 $
Richie Zisk 30 R R 6' 1" 200 Feb 6, 1949 9 144 134 144 135 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 127 142 3 10 0 0.7 $312,500
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
Larvell Blanks
Nelson Norman
Billy Sample
Johnny Grubb
Oscar Gamble
John Ellis

Jim Sundberg
Steve Comer
Dave Chalk
Oscar Gamble
Eric Soderholm
Dave Roberts
LaRue Washington
Bob Babcock
Dock Ellis
Mickey Rivers
Pat Putnam
Bert Campaneris

Bob Babcock
Richie Zisk
Gary Gray
Brian Allard
Willie Montanez
Buddy Bell
Dave Rajsich
Jerry Gleaton
Sparky Lyle

Ed Farmer
Greg Mahlberg
Fergie Jenkins
Jon Matlack
Doyle Alexander
Jim Kern
Mike Jorgensen
Larry McCall
John Henry Johnson

Gary Holle
Doc Medich
Danny Darwin

1978 / 1980 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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