Baseball may be over, but check out our Football, Basketball, and Hockey Sites.
Return to the Baseball-Reference.com Home Page
Quick Index: Play Index | Players | Teams | Leagues | Managers | Leaders | Awards | Postseason | Box Scores | Minors | Draft
  SportingNews.com | Stat of the Day | SR Blog | Tutorial Videos | All-Star | Travel | Bullpen Wiki | Random
You Are Here > Baseball-Reference.com > Teams > Texas Rangers > 1979 Trades and Transactions
1979 Texas Rangers (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1978/1980)
83-79, Finished 3rd in AL Western Division
View League Standings and Leaders
Scored 750 runs, Allowed 698 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 86-76
Managed by Pat Corrales

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

BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates
BaseballAmerica.com: Team Executives
Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms
News & ViewsThinkFactoryBallHypeArmchairGM
BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

Play free baseball sim games

Like this page? Sponsor it for $10.

  

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1979 Stats / Schedule / Transactions (1978/1980) / Lineups / Batting Orders / SplitsBat / Pitch / GamelogsBat / Pitch / Amateur Draft

Transactions listed are from November 1 of previous year to April 1 of the following year.

November 10, 1978

Traded Dave Righetti, Juan Beniquez, Mike Griffin, Paul Mirabella, and Greg Jemison (minors) to the New York Yankees. Received Domingo Ramos, Mike Heath, Sparky Lyle, Larry McCall, Dave Rajsich, and cash.

November 27, 1978

John Lowenstein selected by the Baltimore Orioles off waivers.

December 6, 1978

Sold Bobby Thompson to the Seattle Mariners.

December 8, 1978

Traded Toby Harrah to the Cleveland Indians. Received Buddy Bell.

Traded Jim Mason to the Montreal Expos. Received Mike Hart.

December 13, 1978

Traded Mike Bacsik to the Minnesota Twins. Received Mac Scarce.

December 15, 1978

Traded Reggie Cleveland to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Ed Farmer, Gary Holle, and cash.

February 12, 1979

Traded Keith Smith to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Tommy Toms.

March 26, 1979

Released Roger Moret.

May 4, 1979 (Standings)

Traded Bert Campaneris to the California Angels. Received Dave Chalk.

May 21, 1979 (Standings)

Signed Tom Grieve as a free agent.

June 5, 1979 (Standings)

Drafted Jerry Don Gleaton in the 1st round (17th pick) of the 1979 amateur draft.

Drafted Donnie Scott in the 2nd round of the 1979 amateur draft.

Drafted Nick Capra in the 3rd round of the 1979 amateur draft.

Drafted Tony Fossas in the 12th round of the 1979 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 1979.

Drafted Pete O'Brien in the 15th round of the 1979 amateur draft.

Drafted Dave Schmidt in the 26th round of the 1979 amateur draft.

Drafted Jay Pettibone in the 30th round of the 1979 amateur draft.

Drafted Ray Fontenot in the 34th round of the 1979 amateur draft.

June 15, 1979 (Standings)

Traded Dave Chalk, Mike Heath, and cash to the Oakland Athletics. Received John Henry Johnson.

Traded Dock Ellis to the New York Mets. Received Bob Myrick and Mike Bruhert.

Traded Ed Farmer and Gary Holle to the Chicago White Sox. Received Eric Soderholm.

June 27, 1979 (Standings)

Purchased Jack Lazorko from the Houston Astros.

August 1, 1979 (Standings)

Traded players to be named later, Oscar Gamble, and Amos Lewis (minors) to the New York Yankees. Received players to be named later and Mickey Rivers. The Texas Rangers sent Ray Fontenot (October 8, 1979) and Gene Nelson (October 8, 1979) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade. The New York Yankees sent Bob Polinsky (minors) (October 8, 1979), Neal Mersch (minors) (October 8, 1979), and Mark Softy (minors) (October 8, 1979) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade.

August 12, 1979 (Standings)

Traded players to be named later to the New York Mets. Received Willie Montanez. The Texas Rangers sent Ed Lynch (September 18, 1979) and Mike Jorgensen (October 23, 1979) to the New York Mets to complete the trade.

November 5, 1979

Sold Domingo Ramos to the Toronto Blue Jays.

November 14, 1979

Traded Eric Soderholm to the New York Yankees. Received players to be named later and cash. The New York Yankees sent Amos Lewis (minors) (December 13, 1979) and Ricky Burdette (minors) (December 13, 1979) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade.

December 6, 1979

Traded Doyle Alexander, Larvell Blanks, and $50,000 to the Atlanta Braves. Received Adrian Devine and Pepe Frias.

January 4, 1980

Traded Larry McCall, Gary Gray, and Mike Bucci (minors) to the Cleveland Indians. Received David Clyde and Jim Norris.

January 11, 1980

Drafted Tom Dunbar in the 1st round (25th pick) of the 1980 amateur draft (Secondary Phase).

Drafted Billy Taylor in the 2nd round of the 1980 amateur draft. Player signed March 24, 1980.

Drafted Al Newman in the 3rd round of the 1980 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

Drafted Daryl Smith in the 6th round of the 1980 amateur draft.

February 15, 1980

Traded Willie Montanez to the San Diego Padres. Received Gaylord Perry, Tucker Ashford, and Joe Carroll (minors).

March 31, 1980

Released David Clyde.

Traded La Rue Washington and Chris Smith to the Montreal Expos. Received Rusty Staub.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

1978/1980

Compare     Other Links@google.com   Report an error

Pages Updated through October 30,2008. Pages designed and created by Baseball-Reference part of Sports Reference, Inc. (Copyright ©2000-2007).
Statistics may come from our work, the Baseball Databank, or other sources including SABR.org and RetroSheet.org..

You Are Here > Baseball-Reference.com > Teams > Texas Rangers > 1979 Trades and Transactions
Quick Index: Play Index | Players | Teams | Leagues | Managers | Leaders | Awards | Postseason | Box Scores | Minors | Draft
  SportingNews.com | Stat of the Day | SR Blog | Tutorial Videos | All-Star | Travel | Bullpen Wiki | Random
Return to the Baseball-Reference.com Home Page

Stats updated through October 30, 2008.


Copyright © 2000-2008 Sports Reference, LLC, All rights reserved.
A Sports Reference LLC Site : About BR | About Sports Reference | Privacy Statement | Conditions & Terms of Service

Partner With: FantasyPlayers.com. Contact Fantasy Sports Ventures for advertising information.