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1980 Texas Rangers

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1979 / 1981

76-85, Finished 4th in AL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Pat Corrales (76-85)
Scored 756 runs, Allowed 752 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 81-80

Ballparks: Arlington Stadium · Attendance: 1,198,175 (9th of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 97, Pitching - 96 · one-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 99

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1979 / 1981 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
Brian Allard 22 R R 6' 1" 175 Jan 3, 1958 2 5 2 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Tucker Ashford 25 R R 6' 1" 195 Dec 4, 1954 4 15 11 15 14 0 0 0 0 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.5 $
Bob Babcock 30 R R 6' 5" 210 Aug 25, 1949 2 19 0 0 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Buddy Bell 28 R R 6' 1" 180 Aug 27, 1951 9 129 120 129 120 0 0 0 0 120 3 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 6.1 $ All-Star
John Butcher 23 R R 6' 4" 185 Mar 8, 1957 1st 6 6 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Ken Clay 26 R R 6' 3" 185 Apr 6, 1954 4 8 8 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
Steve Comer 26 B R 6' 3" 195 Jan 13, 1954 3 12 11 0 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.4 $
Danny Darwin 24 R R 6' 3" 185 Oct 25, 1955 3 53 2 0 53 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.9 $
Odie Davis 24 R R 6' 1" 178 Aug 13, 1955 1st 17 1 17 14 0 0 0 0 1 13 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 -0.2 $
Adrian Devine 28 R R 6' 4" 185 Dec 2, 1951 7 13 0 0 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
John Ellis 31 R R 6' 2" 225 Aug 21, 1948 12 73 52 73 42 0 3 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 18 0 -1.2 $
Ed Figueroa 31 R R 6' 1" 190 Oct 14, 1948 7 8 8 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Pepe Frias 31 R R 5' 10" 159 Jul 14, 1948 8 116 76 116 115 0 0 0 2 7 106 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 -2.3 $
Jerry Gleaton 22 L L 6' 3" 205 Sep 14, 1957 2 5 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Johnny Grubb 31 L R 6' 3" 175 Aug 4, 1948 9 110 71 110 77 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 3 62 83 9 36 1 0.3 $
Bud Harrelson 36 B R 5' 11" 160 Jun 6, 1944 16 87 77 87 87 0 0 0 2 0 87 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.4 $
Mike Hart 28 B R 6' 3" 185 Dec 20, 1951 1st 5 1 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 2 -0.1 $
Charlie Hough 32 R R 6' 2" 190 Jan 5, 1948 11 16 2 0 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $
Fergie Jenkins HOF 37 R R 6' 5" 205 Dec 13, 1942 16 29 29 0 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.6 $
John Henry Johnson 23 L L 6' 2" 190 Aug 21, 1956 3 33 0 0 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 $
Don Kainer 24 R R 6' 3" 205 Sep 3, 1955 1st 4 3 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $
Jim Kern 31 R R 6' 5" 185 Mar 15, 1949 7 38 1 0 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Dennis Lewallyn 26 R R 6' 4" 200 Aug 11, 1953 6 4 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Sparky Lyle 35 L L 6' 1" 182 Jul 22, 1944 14 49 0 0 49 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Jon Matlack 30 L L 6' 3" 205 Jan 19, 1950 10 35 34 0 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.4 $
Doc Medich 31 R R 6' 5" 225 Dec 9, 1948 9 35 32 1 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2.4 $250,000
Nelson Norman 22 B R 6' 2" 160 May 23, 1958 3 17 12 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.0 $
Jim Norris 31 L L 5' 10" 175 Dec 20, 1948 4 119 29 119 88 0 0 10 0 0 0 7 21 58 86 4 45 15 -1.4 $
Al Oliver 33 L L 6' 0" 195 Oct 14, 1946 13 163 159 163 157 0 0 1 0 0 0 141 0 16 157 4 4 0 2.9 $ All-Star
Gaylord Perry HOF 41 R R 6' 4" 205 Sep 15, 1938 19 24 24 0 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.5 $200,000
Pat Putnam 26 L R 6' 0" 205 Dec 3, 1953 4 147 102 147 138 0 0 137 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 19 4 -0.6 $45,000
Dave Rajsich 28 L L 6' 5" 175 Sep 28, 1951 3 24 1 0 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Mike Richardt 22 R R 6' 0" 170 May 24, 1958 1st 22 20 22 20 0 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 -0.4 $
Mickey Rivers 31 L L 5' 10" 165 Oct 31, 1948 11 147 141 147 141 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 141 0 141 4 4 1 3.1 $
Dave Roberts 29 R R 6' 3" 215 Feb 17, 1951 8 101 50 101 96 0 22 4 4 37 33 0 0 5 5 3 14 8 -0.3 $
Billy Sample 25 R R 5' 9" 175 Apr 2, 1955 3 99 53 99 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 19 40 75 10 30 10 0.2 $
Rusty Staub 36 L R 6' 2" 190 Apr 1, 1944 18 109 91 109 42 0 0 30 0 0 0 3 0 11 14 58 18 0 1.4 $
Jim Sundberg 29 R R 6' 0" 190 May 18, 1951 7 151 145 151 151 0 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3.3 $
Danny Walton 32 R R 6' 0" 195 Jul 14, 1947 9 10 1 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 0 0.0 $
Bump Wills 27 B R 5' 9" 172 Jul 27, 1952 4 146 144 146 144 0 0 0 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1.8 $
Richie Zisk 31 R R 6' 1" 200 Feb 6, 1949 10 135 111 135 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 35 37 87 23 0 0.5 $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

Al Oliver

Bump Wills

Mike Richardt

Pepe Frias

Nelson Norman

Billy Sample

Johnny Grubb

Bud Harrelson

Danny Walton

John Ellis

Jim Sundberg

Steve Comer

Brian Allard
Odie Davis

Dave Roberts

Jerry Gleaton

Ken Clay

Mickey Rivers

Pat Putnam

Jim Norris

Bob Babcock
Rusty Staub

Richie Zisk

Brian Allard

Ed Figueroa

Buddy Bell

Dave Rajsich

Jerry Gleaton

Dennis Lewallyn
Sparky Lyle

Tucker Ashford
John Butcher

Mike Hart

Fergie Jenkins

Jon Matlack

Don Kainer
Doc Medich

Jim Kern

Adrian Devine

Gaylord Perry

John Henry Johnson

Doc Medich

Don Kainer

Danny Darwin

Bob Babcock

Charlie Hough

1979 / 1981 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers