1981 Texas Rangers

Lineups and Defense

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1980 / 1982

First Half: 33-22, Finished 2nd
Second Half: 24-26, Finished 3rd
Overall: 57-48, Finished 2nd in AL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Don Zimmer (57-48)
Scored 452 runs, Allowed 389 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 60-45

Ballparks: Arlington Stadium · Attendance: 850,076 (10th of 14)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 94, Pitching - 94 · one-year: Batting - 91, Pitching - 90

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1980 / 1982 Lineups and Defense

Lineups are the starting lineups for that game.

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Game (# = Opp. LHS)	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	P	DH
1. Thu,4/9 at NYY L (3-10)#	Sundberg	Putnam	Wills	Bell	Mendoza	Sample	Rivers	Grubb	Matlack	Oliver
2. Sat,4/11 at NYY L (1-5)#	Sundberg	Putnam	Wills	Bell	Mendoza	Sample	Rivers	Grubb	Darwin	Oliver
3. Sun,4/12 at NYY W (6-4)#	Sundberg	Putnam	Wills	Bell	Mendoza	Sample	Rivers	Grubb	Jenkins	Oliver
4. Tue,4/14 vs CLE L (1-7)#	Sundberg	Putnam	Wills	Bell	Mendoza	Sample	Rivers	Grubb	Matlack	Oliver
5. Wed,4/15 vs CLE W (8-0)	Sundberg	Putnam	Wills	Bell	Mendoza	Sample	Rivers	Grubb	Medich	Oliver
6. Fri,4/17 vs NYY L (1-2)#	Sundberg	Putnam	Wills	Bell	Mendoza	Sample	Rivers	Grubb	Darwin	Oliver
7. Sat,4/18 vs NYY W (6-4)#	Sundberg	Putnam	Wills	Bell	Mendoza	Sample	Rivers	Grubb	Honeycutt	Oliver
8. Sun,4/19 vs NYY W (4-0)#	Sundberg	Putnam	Wills	Bell	Mendoza	Sample	Rivers	Roberts	Matlack	Oliver
9. Mon,4/20 at BOS L (2-4)	Sundberg	Putnam	Wills	Bell	Mendoza	Sample	Rivers	Grubb	Medich	Oliver
10. Tue,4/21 at BOS L (4-10)#	Sundberg	Ellis	Wills	Bell	Mendoza	Sample	Rivers	Roberts	Jenkins	Oliver
11. Wed,4/22 at BOS W (16-8)	Sundberg	Putnam	Wills	Bell	Mendoza	Sample	Rivers	Grubb	Darwin	Oliver
12. Sat,4/25 at CLE W (8-4)	Sundberg	Putnam	Wills	Bell	Mendoza	Sample	Rivers	Grubb	Honeycutt	Oliver
13. Sun,4/26 at CLE L (3-4)	Sundberg	Putnam	Wills	Bell	Mendoza	Sample	Rivers	Grubb	Matlack	Oliver
14. Mon,4/27 vs BOS W (10-0)	Sundberg	Putnam	Wills	Bell	Mendoza	Sample	Rivers	Grubb	Medich	Oliver
15. Tue,4/28 vs BOS W (9-0)	Sundberg	Putnam	Wills	Bell	Mendoza	Sample	Rivers	Grubb	Jenkins	Oliver
16. Wed,4/29 vs BOS W (5-0)#	Cox	Putnam	Wills	Bell	Mendoza	Sample	Rivers	Grubb	Darwin	Oliver
17. Thu,4/30 vs KCR W (7-0)	Sundberg	Putnam	Wills	Bell	Mendoza	Sample	Rivers	Grubb	Honeycutt	Oliver
18. Fri,5/1 vs KCR L (0-4)#	Sundberg	Ellis	Wills	Stein	Mendoza	Roberts	Rivers	Grubb	Comer	Oliver
19. Sat,5/2 vs KCR L (2-7)	Sundberg	Putnam	Wills	Stein	Mendoza	Duran	Rivers	Grubb	Medich	Oliver
20. Sun,5/3 vs KCR W (9-8)#	Sundberg	Putnam	Wills	Stein	Mendoza	Roberts	Rivers	Grubb	Jenkins	Oliver
21. Tue,5/5 vs CHW W (6-1)#	Sundberg	Putnam	Wills	Stein	Mendoza	Roberts	Rivers	Grubb	Darwin	Oliver
22. Wed,5/6 vs CHW W (4-2)#	Sundberg	Ellis	Wills	Stein	Mendoza	Putnam	Roberts	Grubb	Honeycutt	Oliver
23. Thu,5/7 vs CHW W (9-4)#	Sundberg	Stein	Wills	Bell	Mendoza	Roberts	Rivers	Grubb	Matlack	Oliver
24. Sat,5/9 vs BAL L (3-7)	Sundberg	Putnam	Wills	Bell	Mendoza	Duran	Rivers	Grubb	Jenkins	Oliver
25. Sat,5/9 vs BAL L (2-4)	Cox	Putnam	Wills	Bell	Wagner	Duran	Rivers	Grubb	Schmidt	Oliver
26. Sun,5/10 vs BAL W (7-3)#	Sundberg	Stein	Wills	Bell	Mendoza	Putnam	Rivers	Roberts	Darwin	Oliver
27. Mon,5/11 at KCR W (9-1)#	Sundberg	Stein	Wills	Bell	Mendoza	Roberts	Rivers	Lisi	Honeycutt	Oliver
28. Tue,5/12 at KCR L (2-3)	Sundberg	Putnam	Wills	Bell	Mendoza	Roberts	Rivers	Grubb	Matlack	Oliver
29. Thu,5/14 at KCR W (3-2)#	Sundberg	Putnam	Wills	Bell	Mendoza	Roberts	Rivers	Grubb	Medich	Oliver
30. Fri,5/15 at CHW W (2-1)	Sundberg	Putnam	Wills	Bell	Mendoza	Roberts	Rivers	Grubb	Jenkins	Oliver
31. Sat,5/16 at CHW L (1-9)#	Cox	Putnam	Wills	Bell	Wagner	Roberts	Rivers	Lisi	Darwin	Oliver
32. Sun,5/17 at CHW L (0-9)#	Sundberg	Ellis	Wills	Bell	Mendoza	Roberts	Rivers	Grubb	Honeycutt	Oliver
33. Mon,5/18 at DET W (13-5)	Sundberg	Putnam	Wills	Bell	Mendoza	Roberts	Rivers	Grubb	Matlack	Oliver
34. Tue,5/19 at DET L (1-14)#	Sundberg	Putnam	Wills	Bell	Mendoza	Roberts	Rivers	Grubb	Medich	Oliver
35. Wed,5/20 at DET L (4-8)	Sundberg	Putnam	Wills	Bell	Mendoza	Roberts	Rivers	Grubb	Jenkins	Oliver
36. Fri,5/22 at SEA W (6-2)#	Sundberg	Putnam	Wills	Bell	Mendoza	Roberts	Rivers	Grubb	Darwin	Oliver
37. Sat,5/23 at SEA W (6-4)#	Sundberg	Putnam	Wills	Bell	Mendoza	Roberts	Rivers	Grubb	Honeycutt	Oliver
38. Sun,5/24 at SEA W (5-3)	Sundberg	Putnam	Wills	Bell	Mendoza	Roberts	Rivers	Grubb	Matlack	Oliver
39. Mon,5/25 vs MIN W (4-3)	Sundberg	Putnam	Wills	Bell	Mendoza	Roberts	Rivers	Grubb	Medich	Oliver
40. Tue,5/26 vs MIN W (2-1)	Sundberg	Putnam	Wills	Bell	Mendoza	Roberts	Rivers	Grubb	Jenkins	Oliver
41. Wed,5/27 vs MIN L (1-2)#	Sundberg	Ellis	Wills	Bell	Mendoza	Stein	Rivers	Roberts	Darwin	Oliver
42. Thu,5/28 vs MIN W (6-2)	Sundberg	Putnam	Wills	Bell	Mendoza	Roberts	Rivers	Grubb	Honeycutt	Oliver
43. Fri,5/29 vs SEA L (4-5)#	Sundberg	Ellis	Wills	Bell	Mendoza	Stein	Lisi	Roberts	Matlack	Oliver
44. Sat,5/30 vs SEA W (6-0)	Sundberg	Putnam	Wills	Bell	Mendoza	Roberts	Rivers	Grubb	Medich	Oliver
45. Sun,5/31 vs SEA L (3-5)	Cox	Putnam	Wills	Bell	Wagner	Stein	Roberts	Grubb	Jenkins	Oliver
46. Tue,6/2 at MIN W (5-3)#	Sundberg	Ellis	Wills	Bell	Wagner	Stein	Sample	Roberts	Darwin	Oliver
47. Wed,6/3 at MIN W (6-3)	Sundberg	Putnam	Wills	Bell	Wagner	Sample	Rivers	Grubb	Honeycutt	Oliver
48. Thu,6/4 at MIN L (3-7)	Sundberg	Putnam	Wills	Bell	Wagner	Sample	Rivers	Grubb	Matlack	Oliver
49. Fri,6/5 vs TOR W (5-4)	Sundberg	Putnam	Wills	Bell	Wagner	Sample	Rivers	Grubb	Medich	Oliver
50. Sat,6/6 vs TOR W (4-1)	Sundberg	Putnam	Wills	Bell	Wagner	Roberts	Rivers	Grubb	Jenkins	Oliver
51. Sun,6/7 vs TOR W (9-0)	Sundberg	Putnam	Wills	Bell	Mendoza	Roberts	Rivers	Grubb	Darwin	Oliver
52. Mon,6/8 vs DET W (8-1)#	Sundberg	Ellis	Wills	Bell	Mendoza	Stein	Rivers	Roberts	Honeycutt	Oliver
53. Tue,6/9 vs DET L (0-5)	Cox	Putnam	Wills	Bell	Mendoza	Sample	Rivers	Roberts	Matlack	Oliver
54. Wed,6/10 at MIL W (12-5)	Sundberg	Putnam	Wills	Bell	Mendoza	Sample	Rivers	Roberts	Medich	Oliver
55. Thu,6/11 at MIL L (3-6)	Sundberg	Putnam	Wills	Bell	Mendoza	Sample	Rivers	Roberts	Jenkins	Oliver
56. Mon,8/10 at NYY L (0-2)#	Sundberg	Stein	Wills	Bell	Mendoza	Sample	Rivers	Roberts	Darwin	Oliver
57. Tue,8/11 at NYY W (1-0)#	Sundberg	Stein	Wills	Bell	Mendoza	Sample	Rivers	Roberts	Honeycutt	Oliver
58. Wed,8/12 at NYY L (4-5)	Sundberg	Putnam	Wills	Bell	Mendoza	Sample	Rivers	Grubb	Matlack	Oliver
59. Fri,8/14 vs BOS W (3-2)#	Sundberg	Stein	Wills	Bell	Mendoza	Sample	Rivers	Roberts	Medich	Oliver
60. Sat,8/15 vs BOS L (3-5)	Sundberg	Putnam	Wills	Bell	Mendoza	Sample	Rivers	Grubb	Darwin	Oliver
61. Sun,8/16 vs BOS W (3-0)#	Sundberg	Stein	Wills	Bell	Mendoza	Sample	Rivers	Roberts	Honeycutt	Oliver
62. Tue,8/18 vs MIL L (1-3)	Sundberg	Putnam	Wills	Bell	Mendoza	Sample	Rivers	Grubb	Matlack	Oliver
63. Tue,8/18 vs MIL W (8-6)	Sundberg	Putnam	Wills	Bell	Mendoza	Sample	Rivers	Grubb	Jenkins	Oliver
64. Wed,8/19 vs MIL W (4-1)	Sundberg	Putnam	Wills	Bell	Mendoza	Sample	Rivers	Grubb	Medich	Oliver
65. Fri,8/21 at DET L (4-7)	Sundberg	Putnam	Wills	Bell	Mendoza	Sample	Rivers	Grubb	Darwin	Oliver
66. Sat,8/22 at DET L (0-2)	Sundberg	Putnam	Wills	Bell	Mendoza	Sample	Rivers	Grubb	Honeycutt	Oliver
67. Sun,8/23 at DET L (4-5)	Sundberg	Putnam	Wills	Bell	Mendoza	Sample	Rivers	Grubb	Matlack	Oliver
68. Mon,8/24 at TOR W (3-0)	Sundberg	Putnam	Wills	Bell	Mendoza	Sample	Rivers	Roberts	Medich	Oliver
69. Tue,8/25 at TOR W (6-1)	Sundberg	Putnam	Wills	Bell	Mendoza	Sample	Rivers	Roberts	Jenkins	Oliver
70. Thu,8/27 at MIL W (5-1)#	Sundberg	Stein	Wills	Bell	Mendoza	Sample	Rivers	Roberts	Darwin	Oliver
71. Fri,8/28 at MIL L (3-6)	Sundberg	Putnam	Wills	Bell	Mendoza	Sample	Rivers	Roberts	Honeycutt	Oliver
72. Sat,8/29 at MIL W (8-5)#	Sundberg	Stein	Wills	Bell	Mendoza	Sample	Rivers	Roberts	Matlack	Oliver
73. Sun,8/30 at MIL L (2-6)	Sundberg	Putnam	Wills	Bell	Mendoza	Sample	Rivers	Roberts	Medich	Oliver
74. Mon,8/31 vs TOR L (0-3)	Sundberg	Putnam	Wills	Bell	Mendoza	Sample	Rivers	Grubb	Jenkins	Oliver
75. Tue,9/1 vs TOR L (3-9)	Sundberg	Putnam	Wills	Bell	Mendoza	Sample	Rivers	Grubb	Darwin	Oliver
76. Wed,9/2 vs TOR W (4-1)	Sundberg	Ellis	Wills	Bell	Mendoza	Sample	Rivers	Jones	Honeycutt	Oliver
77. Thu,9/3 vs DET L (5-8)	Sundberg	Ellis	Wills	Bell	Mendoza	Sample	Rivers	Jones	Matlack	Oliver
78. Fri,9/4 vs DET W (3-2)	Sundberg	Stein	Wills	Bell	Mendoza	Sample	Rivers	Jones	Medich	Oliver
79. Sat,9/5 vs DET L (0-1)	Sundberg	Stein	Wills	Bell	Mendoza	Sample	Rivers	Jones	Jenkins	Oliver
80. Sun,9/6 vs DET L (3-4)	Sundberg	Stein	Wills	Bell	Mendoza	Sample	Rivers	Jones	Darwin	Oliver
81. Mon,9/7 at OAK L (1-2)	Sundberg	Stein	Wills	Bell	Mendoza	Sample	Rivers	Jones	Honeycutt	Oliver
82. Tue,9/8 at OAK L (0-3)	Sundberg	Putnam	Wills	Bell	Mendoza	Sample	Rivers	Jones	Hough	Oliver
83. Wed,9/9 at OAK W (9-4)	Sundberg	Putnam	Wills	Bell	Mendoza	Sample	Rivers	Jones	Medich	Oliver
84. Fri,9/11 at CAL W (11-6)	Sundberg	Putnam	Wills	Bell	Mendoza	Sample	Rivers	Jones	Darwin	Oliver
85. Sat,9/12 at CAL W (3-2)#	Sundberg	Stein	Wills	Bell	Mendoza	Sample	Rivers	Roberts	Honeycutt	Oliver
86. Sun,9/13 at CAL L (7-8)	Sundberg	Putnam	Wills	Bell	Mendoza	Sample	Rivers	Grubb	Jenkins	Oliver
87. Mon,9/14 vs OAK L (2-5)	Sundberg	Putnam	Wills	Bell	Mendoza	Sample	Rivers	Poquette	Medich	Oliver
88. Tue,9/15 vs OAK W (12-2)	Sundberg	Putnam	Wills	Bell	Wagner	Poquette	Rivers	Roberts	Hough	Oliver
89. Wed,9/16 vs OAK L (1-2)	Sundberg	Putnam	Wills	Bell	Wagner	Poquette	Rivers	Roberts	Darwin	Oliver
90. Fri,9/18 vs MIN L (3-6)	Sundberg	Putnam	Wills	Bell	Wagner	Poquette	Rivers	Roberts	Honeycutt	Oliver
91. Sat,9/19 vs MIN W (6-0)#	Sundberg	Stein	Wills	Bell	Wagner	Sample	Rivers	Roberts	Medich	Oliver
92. Sun,9/20 vs MIN W (4-3)#	Sundberg	Ellis	Wills	Bell	Wagner	Stein	Sample	Roberts	Hough	Oliver
93. Mon,9/21 vs SEA W (4-1)	Sundberg	Putnam	Wills	Bell	Mendoza	Poquette	Rivers	Roberts	Darwin	Oliver
94. Tue,9/22 vs SEA L (2-3)	Sundberg	Putnam	Wills	Bell	Mendoza	Grubb	Poquette	Roberts	Butcher	Oliver
95. Wed,9/23 vs SEA L (1-2)	Sundberg	Putnam	Wills	Bell	Mendoza	Poquette	Rivers	Roberts	Honeycutt	Oliver
96. Thu,9/24 vs SEA L (1-2)	Sundberg	Putnam	Wills	Bell	Mendoza	Poquette	Rivers	Roberts	Medich	Oliver
97. Fri,9/25 at MIN W (5-2)	Sundberg	Putnam	Wills	Bell	Wagner	Poquette	Rivers	Roberts	Hough	Oliver
98. Sat,9/26 at MIN L (3-7)	Sundberg	Putnam	Wills	Bell	Wagner	Poquette	Rivers	Roberts	Darwin	Oliver
99. Sun,9/27 at MIN L (2-5)	Sundberg	Putnam	Wills	Bell	Wagner	Grubb	Poquette	Roberts	Butcher	Oliver
100. Mon,9/28 at SEA W (6-5)	Sundberg	Putnam	Wills	Bell	Wagner	Poquette	Rivers	Roberts	Honeycutt	Oliver
101. Tue,9/29 at SEA W (6-2)#	Sundberg	Putnam	Wills	Bell	Wagner	Sample	Rivers	Roberts	Medich	Oliver
102. Wed,9/30 at SEA W (3-1)#	Sundberg	Johnson	Wagner	Tolleson	Norman	Sample	Poquette	Roberts	Hough	Ellis
103. Fri,10/2 vs CAL W (8-6)#	Johnson	Ellis	Wagner	Tolleson	Norman	Sample	Poquette	Roberts	Darwin	Werner
104. Sat,10/3 vs CAL W (1-0)#	Johnson	Ellis	Wagner	Tolleson	Norman	Sundberg	Sample	Roberts	Butcher	Werner
105. Sun,10/4 vs CAL L (2-9)	Johnson	Putnam	Wagner	Tolleson	Norman	Sample	Poquette	Roberts	Whitehouse	Wills
105 Games	3 Players	4 Players	2 Players	3 Players	3 Players	8 Players	5 Players	5 Players	10 Players	4 Players
Most-Games	Sundberg-97 Cox-5 Johnson-3	Putnam-76 Stein-15 Ellis-13 Johnson-1	Wills-101 Wagner-4	Bell-96 Stein-5 Tolleson-4	Mendoza-83 Wagner-18 Norman-4	Sample-60 Roberts-22 Poquette-9 Stein-6 Duran-3 Grubb-2 Putnam-2 Sundberg-1	Rivers-94 Poquette-5 Sample-3 Roberts-2 Lisi-1	Grubb-54 Roberts-39 Jones-9 Lisi-2 Poquette-1	Darwin-22 Medich-20 Honeycutt-20 Jenkins-16 Matlack-16 Hough-5 Butcher-3 Whitehouse-1 Comer-1 Schmidt-1	Oliver-101 Werner-2 Wills-1 Ellis-1

Most Common Lineups

25 Games C. Sundberg 1B. Putnam 2B. Wills 3B. Bell SS. Mendoza LF. Sample CF. Rivers RF. Grubb P. Pitcher DH. Oliver	14 Games C. Sundberg 1B. Putnam 2B. Wills 3B. Bell SS. Mendoza LF. Roberts CF. Rivers RF. Grubb P. Pitcher DH. Oliver	7 Games C. Sundberg 1B. Putnam 2B. Wills 3B. Bell SS. Mendoza LF. Sample CF. Rivers RF. Roberts P. Pitcher DH. Oliver	7 Games C. Sundberg 1B. Stein 2B. Wills 3B. Bell SS. Mendoza LF. Sample CF. Rivers RF. Roberts P. Pitcher DH. Oliver	6 Games C. Sundberg 1B. Putnam 2B. Wills 3B. Bell SS. Wagner LF. Poquette CF. Rivers RF. Roberts P. Pitcher DH. Oliver	4 Games C. Sundberg 1B. Stein 2B. Wills 3B. Bell SS. Mendoza LF. Sample CF. Rivers RF. Jones P. Pitcher DH. Oliver

25 Games
C. Sundberg
1B. Putnam
2B. Wills
3B. Bell
SS. Mendoza
LF. Sample
CF. Rivers
RF. Grubb
P. Pitcher
DH. Oliver

14 Games
C. Sundberg
1B. Putnam
2B. Wills
3B. Bell
SS. Mendoza
LF. Roberts
CF. Rivers
RF. Grubb
P. Pitcher
DH. Oliver

7 Games
C. Sundberg
1B. Putnam
2B. Wills
3B. Bell
SS. Mendoza
LF. Sample
CF. Rivers
RF. Roberts
P. Pitcher
DH. Oliver

7 Games
C. Sundberg
1B. Stein
2B. Wills
3B. Bell
SS. Mendoza
LF. Sample
CF. Rivers
RF. Roberts
P. Pitcher
DH. Oliver

6 Games
C. Sundberg
1B. Putnam
2B. Wills
3B. Bell
SS. Wagner
LF. Poquette
CF. Rivers
RF. Roberts
P. Pitcher
DH. Oliver

4 Games
C. Sundberg
1B. Stein
2B. Wills
3B. Bell
SS. Mendoza
LF. Sample
CF. Rivers
RF. Jones
P. Pitcher
DH. Oliver

38 total lineups (67 when including pitchers)

1980 / 1982 Lineups and Defense

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