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1979 Texas Rangers Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(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 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	28	150	561	495	50	136	23	4	5	64	3	3	51	51	.275	.345	.368	.713	94	182	17	5	5	5	5
2	1B	Pat Putnam*	25	139	465	426	57	118	19	2	18	64	1	6	23	50	.277	.319	.458	.777	108	195	12	6	4	6	6
3	2B	Bump Wills#	26	146	617	543	90	148	21	3	5	46	35	11	53	58	.273	.340	.350	.690	88	190	12	4	14	3	4
4	SS	Nelson Norman#	21	147	383	343	36	76	9	3	0	21	4	1	19	41	.222	.260	.265	.526	43	91	5	0	18	3	0
5	3B	Buddy Bell	27	162	720	670	89	200	42	3	18	101	5	4	30	45	.299	.327	.451	.778	109	302	16	3	7	10	4
6	LF	Bill Sample	24	128	377	325	60	95	21	2	5	35	8	6	37	28	.292	.365	.415	.781	112	135	6	2	10	3	1
7	CF	Al Oliver*	32	136	538	492	69	159	28	4	12	76	4	5	34	34	.323	.367	.470	.836	126	231	14	4	1	7	8
8	RF	Richie Zisk	30	144	563	503	69	132	21	1	18	64	1	1	57	75	.262	.336	.416	.752	103	209	15	0	1	2	4
9	DH	John Ellis	30	111	337	316	33	90	12	0	12	61	2	2	15	55	.285	.318	.437	.754	103	138	3	2	0	4	1
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	OF	Johnny Grubb*	30	102	328	289	42	79	14	0	10	37	2	4	34	44	.273	.350	.426	.775	110	123	6	1	2	2	3
11	CF	Mickey Rivers*	30	58	263	247	35	74	9	3	6	25	7	2	9	18	.300	.323	.433	.756	104	107	2	1	3	3	0
12	UT	Oscar Gamble*	29	64	201	161	27	54	6	0	8	32	2	1	37	15	.335	.458	.522	.979	166	84	6	1	0	2	11
13	1B	Mike Jorgensen*	30	90	177	157	21	35	7	0	6	16	0	2	14	29	.223	.293	.382	.675	82	60	3	2	3	1	1
14	UT	Eric Soderholm	30	63	165	147	15	40	6	0	4	19	0	0	12	9	.272	.325	.395	.720	95	58	5	1	2	3	0
15	UT	Willie Montanez*	31	38	154	144	19	46	6	0	8	24	0	1	8	14	.319	.357	.528	.885	137	76	4	1	0	1	1
16	SS	Larvell Blanks	29	68	138	120	13	24	5	0	1	15	0	0	11	9	.200	.259	.267	.526	43	32	1	0	3	4	0
17	UT	Dave Roberts	28	44	93	84	12	22	2	1	3	14	1	0	7	17	.262	.319	.417	.735	98	35	3	0	2	0	0
18	DH	Gary Gray	26	16	44	42	4	10	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	8	.238	.273	.238	.511	40	10	2	0	0	0	0
19	UT	La Rue Washington	25	25	22	18	5	5	0	0	0	2	2	1	4	0	.278	.409	.278	.687	91	5	0	0	0	0	0
20	C	Greg Mahlberg	26	7	21	17	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	4	.118	.211	.294	.505	36	5	2	0	2	0	0
21	SS	Bert Campaneris	37	8	10	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	.111	.200	.111	.311	-13	1	0	0	0	0	0
22	UT	Dave Chalk	28	9	9	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	37	2	1	0	1	0	0
23	1B	Gary Holle	24	5	7	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.167	.286	.333	.619	68	2	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
24	P	Larry McCall*	26	0	0	0					0
25	P	Ed Farmer	29	0	0	0					0
26	P	Doyle Alexander	28	0	0	0					0
27	P	Fergie Jenkins	36	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
28	P	Doc Medich	30	0	0	0					0
29	P	Brian Allard	21	0	0	0					0
30	P	Jim Kern	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
31	P	Dave Rajsich*	27	0	0	0					0
32	P	Steve Comer#	25	0	0	0					0
33	P	Jerry Don Gleaton*	21	0	0	0					0
34	P	John Henry Johnson*	22	0	0	0					0
35	P	Jon Matlack*	29	0	0	0					0
36	P	Dock Ellis#	34	0	0	0					0
37	P	Danny Darwin	23	0	0	0					0
38	P	Bob Babcock	29	0	0	0					0
39	P	Sparky Lyle*	34	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	27.8	162	6193	5562	750	1549	252	26	140	718	79	51	461	607	.278	.334	.409	.743	101	2273	135	33	78	59	49
		Rank in 14 AL teams				2	9	5	8	13	7		10	10	12	13	5	9	8	7		5
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.

Team Pitching

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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	Fergie Jenkins	36	16	14	.533	4.07	37	37	0	10	3	0	259.0	252	127	117	40	81	6	164	3	0	4	1089	102	1.286	8.8	1.4	2.8	5.7	2.02
2	SP	Steve Comer	25	17	12	.586	3.68	36	36	0	6	1	0	242.1	230	114	99	24	84	4	86	8	0	7	1021	113	1.296	8.5	0.9	3.1	3.2	1.02
3	SP	Doc Medich	30	10	7	.588	4.17	29	19	1	4	1	0	149.0	156	78	69	9	49	3	58	4	0	4	647	99	1.376	9.4	0.5	3.0	3.5	1.18
4	SP	Doyle Alexander	28	5	7	.417	4.45	23	18	3	0	0	0	113.1	114	65	56	3	69	3	50	1	0	4	508	93	1.615	9.1	0.2	5.5	4.0	0.72
5	SP	Jon Matlack*	29	5	4	.556	4.13	13	13	0	2	0	0	85.0	98	43	39	9	15	1	35	1	0	1	355	100	1.329	10.4	1.0	1.6	3.7	2.33
6	SP	John Henry Johnson*	22	2	6	.250	4.92	17	12	1	1	0	0	82.1	79	50	45	12	36	3	46	1	1	3	357	84	1.397	8.6	1.3	3.9	5.0	1.28
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
7	CL	Jim Kern	30	13	5	.722	1.57	71	0	57	0	0	29	143.0	99	35	25	5	62	6	136	2	0	5	578	264	1.126	6.2	0.3	3.9	8.6	2.19
8	RP	Sparky Lyle*	34	5	8	.385	3.13	67	0	53	0	0	13	95.0	78	37	33	9	28	6	48	0	0	2	384	133	1.116	7.4	0.9	2.7	4.5	1.71
9	RP	Danny Darwin	23	4	4	.500	4.04	20	6	4	1	0	0	78.0	50	36	35	5	30	2	58	5	1	0	313	103	1.026	5.8	0.6	3.5	6.7	1.93
10	RP	Dave Rajsich*	27	1	3	.250	3.52	27	3	8	0	0	0	53.2	56	25	21	7	18	0	32	0	0	0	229	118	1.379	9.4	1.2	3.0	5.4	1.78
11	RP	Ed Farmer	29	2	0	1.000	4.36	11	2	5	0	0	0	33.0	30	21	16	2	19	2	25	2	0	3	144	95	1.485	8.2	0.5	5.2	6.8	1.32
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
12		Dock Ellis	34	1	5	.167	5.98	10	9	0	0	0	0	46.2	64	34	31	5	16	2	10	0	0	2	215	69	1.714	12.3	1.0	3.1	1.9	0.63
13		Brian Allard	21	1	3	.250	4.32	7	4	1	2	0	0	33.1	36	17	16	4	13	2	14	0	0	0	141	96	1.470	9.7	1.1	3.5	3.8	1.08
14		Jerry Don Gleaton*	21	0	1	.000	6.52	5	2	1	0	0	0	9.2	15	7	7	0	2	0	2	1	0	1	45	64	1.759	14.0	0.0	1.9	1.9	1.00
15		Larry McCall	26	1	0	1.000	2.16	2	1	1	0	0	0	8.1	7	2	2	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	35	192	1.200	7.6	0.0	3.2	3.2	1.00
16		Bob Babcock	29	0	0		10.12	4	0	1	0	0	0	5.1	7	7	6	1	7	0	6	0	0	1	31	41	2.625	11.8	1.7	11.8	10.1	0.86
		Team Totals	29.1	83	79	.512	3.86	162	162	136	26	5	42	1437.0	1371	698	617	135	532	40	773	28	2	37	6092	107	1.324	8.6	0.8	3.3	4.8	1.45
		Rank in 14 AL teams		8	7		3				13	4	1	5	3	3	3	7	6		10116
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	28	23	18	113.1	35	12	23	0	1	1.000									2.78	1.52						P
Brian Allard	21	7	4	33.1	8	3	5	0	0	1.000									2.16	1.14						P
Bob Babcock	29	4	0	5.1	1	0	1	0	0	1.000									1.69	0.25						P
Buddy Bell	27	180	161	1416.0	593	147	429	17	31	.971	30.0	25.4	32.0	9.9	22.1		-2		3.66	3.20						3B-SS
Larvell Blanks	29	66	39	308.0	158	65	90	3	22	.981	-2.1	-8.2	-3.1	-1.2	-1.9		1		4.53	2.35						SS-2B-DH
Bert Campaneris	37	8	3	31.0	26	12	13	1	5	.962	-0.7	-27.1	-0.7	-0.3	-0.4		0		7.26	3.13						SS
Dave Chalk	28	6	0	6.0	4	1	3	0	0	1.000	0.6	120.0	0.6	-0.2	0.7		0		6.00	0.67						SS-2B-DH
Steve Comer	25	36	36	242.1	61	19	38	4	0	.934									2.12	1.58						P
Danny Darwin	23	20	6	78.0	8	2	6	0	0	1.000									0.92	0.40						P
Dock Ellis	34	10	9	46.2	11	2	8	1	0	.909									1.93	1.00						P
John Ellis	30	99	31	213.0	249	232	12	5	18	.980	-1.7	-9.6	-0.7	1.0	-1.6		0	-1	10.31	2.46	0	2	4	1	20%	1B-C-DH
Ed Farmer	29	11	2	33.0	6	2	4	0	0	1.000									1.64	0.55						P
Oscar Gamble	29	58	18	152.0	43	41	2	0	2	1.000	3.8	30.0	2.8	1.2	1.6	1			2.55	0.74						RF-DH
Jerry Don Gleaton	21	5	2	9.2	4	0	4	0	0	1.000									3.72	0.80						P
Gary Gray	26	13																		0.00						DH
Johnny Grubb	30	94	64	587.2	143	134	8	1	4	.993	0.2	0.4	-0.8	-0.9	0.1	1			2.17	1.51						LF-CF-RF
Gary Holle	24	1	1	8.0	11	11	0	0	1	1.000	0.1	15.0	0.1	0.1	0.0		0		12.38	11.00						1B
Fergie Jenkins	36	37	37	259.0	78	25	50	3	5	.962									2.61	2.03						P
John Henry Johnson	22	17	12	82.1	12	1	11	0	1	1.000									1.31	0.71						P
Mike Jorgensen	30	83	34	395.1	355	320	31	4	28	.989	3.4	10.3	1.4	1.8	-0.4	1	1		7.99	4.23						1B-RF-CF-LF-DH
Jim Kern	30	71	0	143.0	32	9	16	7	1	.781									1.57	0.35						P
Sparky Lyle	34	67	0	95.0	15	2	11	2	0	.867									1.23	0.19						P
Greg Mahlberg	26	7	5	49.0	23	22	1	0	0	1.000	-1.0	-24.5						-1	4.22	3.29	0	1	6	0	0%	C
Jon Matlack	29	13	13	85.0	21	3	16	2	1	.905									2.01	1.46						P
Larry McCall	26	2	1	8.1	1	0	1	0	1	1.000									1.08	0.50						P
Doc Medich	30	29	19	149.0	41	6	33	2	0	.951									2.36	1.34						P
Willie Montanez	31	36	19	170.0	208	191	16	1	14	.995	3.2	22.6	3.2	3.1	0.0		0		10.96	5.75						1B-DH
Nelson Norman	21	143	115	1017.0	503	177	302	24	64	.952	-7.9	-9.3	-7.9	-3.2	-4.7		0		4.24	3.35						SS-2B
Al Oliver	32	130	115	988.1	271	256	8	7	2	.974	-2.6	-3.2	-0.6	-0.7	0.1	-2			2.40	2.03						CF-LF-DH
Pat Putnam	25	128	89	771.1	899	832	62	5	65	.994	4.2	6.5	4.2	3.0	1.2		0		10.43	6.98						1B-DH
Dave Rajsich	27	27	3	53.2	14	1	13	0	0	1.000									2.35	0.52						P
Mickey Rivers	30	57	55	484.1	162	155	4	3	1	.981	8.0	19.8	7.0	3.5	3.6	1			2.95	2.79						CF
Dave Roberts	28	44	24	219.0	113	82	30	1	10	.991	2.2	12.1	1.2	0.5	0.8	0	0	1	4.60	2.55	0	2	4	4	50%	C-2B-CF-RF-1B-LF-3B-DH
Bill Sample	24	116	79	728.2	183	176	7	0	2	1.000	5.4	8.9	5.4	4.5	0.7	0			2.26	1.58						LF-CF-RF-DH
Eric Soderholm	30	53	20	217.0	83	29	49	5	5	.940	-0.4	-2.2	-0.4	-0.5	0.2		0		3.24	1.47						3B-1B-DH
Jim Sundberg	28	150	144	1271.0	833	754	75	4	14	.995	10.0	9.4						10	5.87	5.53	8	33	76	53	41%	C
La Rue Washington	25	15	5	57.0	17	16	1	0	0	1.000	-1.3	-27.4	-0.3	-0.8	0.5	-1	0		2.68	1.13						CF-RF-3B-DH
Bump Wills	26	146	143	1269.0	825	337	468	20	95	.976	9.2	8.7	11.2	7.4	3.9		-2		5.71	5.51						2B
Richie Zisk	30	145	132	1136.1	251	233	11	7	6	.972	-4.9	-5.2	-1.9	-2.1	0.3	-3			1.93	1.68						RF-LF-DH
Team Totals	28.0	162	1458	12932.0	6303	4311	1862	130	398	.979	57.7	5.4	52.7	26.1	26.8	-2	-2	9	4.30	2.90	8	38	90	58	39%
Rank in 14 AL teams								9	11	5
	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

1978 / 1980 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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