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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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Team Batting

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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
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
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* - 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 13 4 1 5 3 3 3 7 6 5
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
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* - 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 0.0 0.0 2.78 1.52 P
Brian Allard 21 7 4 33.1 8 3 5 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.16 1.14 P
Bob Babcock 29 4 0 5.1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 2.12 1.58 P
Danny Darwin 23 20 6 78.0 8 2 6 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.92 0.40 P
Dock Ellis 34 10 9 46.2 11 2 8 1 0 .909 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 3.72 0.80 P
Gary Gray 26 13 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 2.61 2.03 P
John Henry Johnson 22 17 12 82.1 12 1 11 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 1.57 0.35 P
Sparky Lyle 34 67 0 95.0 15 2 11 2 0 .867 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 2.01 1.46 P
Larry McCall 26 2 1 8.1 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.08 0.50 P
Doc Medich 30 29 19 149.0 41 6 33 2 0 .951 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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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