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1979 Texas Rangers Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1978 / 1980)
83-79, Finished 3rd in AL West
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Scored 750 runs, Allowed 698 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 86-76
Manager: Pat Corrales (83-79)
Ballpark: Arlington Stadium (ballparks.com)
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 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Doyle Alexander 28 R R 6' 3" 205 Sep 4, 1950 9 23 0 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brian Allard 21 R R 6' 1" 175 Jan 3, 1958 1st 7 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Babcock 29 R R 6' 5" 210 Aug 25, 1949 1st 4 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Buddy Bell 27 R R 6' 2" 185 Aug 27, 1951 8 162 161 162 162 0 0 0 0 147 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 0 13 5
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
Dave Chalk 28 R R Aug 30, 1950 7 9 1 9 4 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 5 1
Steve Comer 25 B R 6' 3" 205 Jan 13, 1954 2 36 0 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Danny Darwin 23 R R 6' 3" 190 Oct 25, 1955 2 20 0 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dock Ellis 34 B R 6' 3" 210 Mar 11, 1945 12 10 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
John Ellis 30 R R 225 Aug 21, 1948 11 111 78 111 35 0 7 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 47 32 0
Ed Farmer 29 R R 6' 5" 210 Oct 18, 1949 7 11 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oscar Gamble 29 L R 5' 11" 165 Dec 20, 1949 11 64 48 64 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 21 30 16 0
Jerry Don Gleaton 21 L L 6' 3" 210 Sep 14, 1957 1st 5 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gary Gray 26 R R 6' 0" 203 Sep 21, 1952 3 16 12 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 4 0
Johnny Grubb 30 L R 6' 3" 188 Aug 4, 1948 8 102 69 102 83 0 0 0 0 0 0 39 29 26 83 5 27 1
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
Fergie Jenkins HOF 36 R R 6' 5" 210 Dec 13, 1942 15 37 0 1 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
John Henry Johnson 22 L L 6' 2" 190 Aug 21, 1956 2 17 0 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 0 21 10
Jim Kern 30 R R 6' 5" 205 Mar 15, 1949 6 71 0 1 71 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 All-Star
Sparky Lyle 34 L L 6' 1" 192 Jul 22, 1944 13 67 0 2 67 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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
Jon Matlack 29 L L 6' 3" 205 Jan 19, 1950 9 13 0 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Larry McCall 26 L R 6' 2" 195 Sep 8, 1952 3 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Doc Medich 30 R R 6' 5" 227 Dec 9, 1948 8 29 0 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Willie Montanez 31 L L 6' 1" 193 Apr 1, 1948 11 38 36 38 19 0 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 2 0
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
Al Oliver 32 L L 6' 0" 195 Oct 14, 1946 12 136 121 136 119 0 0 0 0 0 0 49 71 0 119 6 13 1
Pat Putnam 25 L R 6' 1" 214 Dec 3, 1953 3 139 112 139 96 0 0 96 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 25 0
Dave Rajsich 27 L L 6' 5" 175 Sep 28, 1951 2 27 0 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 0 3 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 1 4 11
Bill Sample 24 R R 5' 9" 175 Apr 2, 1955 2 128 83 128 104 0 0 0 0 0 0 92 10 5 104 4 24 17
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
Jim Sundberg 28 R R 6' 0" 195 May 18, 1951 6 150 144 150 150 0 150 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
La Rue 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 0 0 16
Bump Wills 26 B R 5' 9" 177 Jul 27, 1952 3 146 143 146 146 0 0 0 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
Richie Zisk 30 R R 6' 1" 208 Feb 6, 1949 9 144 134 144 135 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 127 135 2 10 0
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR

1978 / 1980 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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