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1981 Texas Rangers Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1980 / 1982)
First Half: 33-22, Finished 2nd
Second Half: 24-26, Finished 3rd
Overall: 57-48, Finished 2nd in AL West
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Scored 452 runs, Allowed 389 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 60-45
Manager: Don Zimmer (57-48)
Ballpark: Arlington Stadium (ballparks.com)
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 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

Team Roster & Games By Position

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Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Bob Babcock 31 R R 6' 5" 210 Aug 25, 1949 3 16 0 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Buddy Bell 29 R R 6' 2" 185 Aug 27, 1951 10 97 96 97 96 0 0 0 0 96 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 All-Star
John Butcher 24 R R 6' 4" 190 Mar 8, 1957 2 5 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Steve Comer 27 B R 6' 3" 205 Jan 13, 1954 4 36 0 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Larry Cox 33 R R 5' 11" 190 Sep 11, 1947 8 5 5 5 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Danny Darwin 25 R R 6' 3" 190 Oct 25, 1955 4 22 0 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dan Duran 27 L L 5' 11" 190 Mar 16, 1954 1st 13 3 13 8 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 0 0 7 0 6 0
John Ellis 32 R R 225 Aug 21, 1948 13 23 14 23 18 0 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 0
Johnny Grubb 32 L R 6' 3" 188 Aug 4, 1948 10 67 56 67 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 56 58 0 10 0
Rick Honeycutt 27 L L 5' 11" 190 Jun 29, 1954 5 20 0 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Charlie Hough 33 R R 6' 2" 190 Jan 5, 1948 12 21 0 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fergie Jenkins HOF 38 R R 6' 5" 210 Dec 13, 1942 17 19 0 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Johnson 21 R R 6' 3" 195 Jul 31, 1959 1st 6 4 6 6 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
John Henry Johnson 24 L L 6' 2" 190 Aug 21, 1956 4 24 0 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Jones 31 L L 6' 2" 195 Oct 11, 1949 5 10 9 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 10 0 0 0
Jim Kern 32 R R 6' 5" 205 Mar 15, 1949 8 23 0 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Lacey 27 R L 6' 5" 210 Aug 25, 1953 5 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rick Lisi 25 R R 6' 0" 175 Mar 17, 1956 1st 9 3 9 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 8 0 2 2
Jon Matlack 31 L L 6' 3" 205 Jan 19, 1950 11 17 0 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Doc Medich 32 R R 6' 5" 227 Dec 9, 1948 10 20 0 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mario Mendoza 30 R R 5' 11" 187 Dec 26, 1950 8 88 83 88 88 0 0 0 0 0 88 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mark Mercer 27 L L 6' 5" 220 May 22, 1954 1st 7 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nelson Norman 23 B R 6' 2" 160 May 23, 1958 4 7 4 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Al Oliver 34 L L 6' 0" 195 Oct 14, 1946 14 102 101 102 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 101 1 0 All-Star
Tom Poquette 29 L R 5' 10" 175 Oct 30, 1951 6 30 15 30 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 6 3 18 0 15 0
Pat Putnam 27 L R 6' 1" 214 Dec 3, 1953 5 95 78 95 94 0 0 94 0 0 0 3 0 1 3 0 3 1
Mickey Rivers 32 L L 5' 10" 165 Oct 31, 1948 12 99 94 99 97 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 97 0 97 0 5 0
Leon Roberts 30 R R 6' 3" 200 Jan 22, 1951 8 72 63 72 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 4 46 71 0 7 1
Bill Sample 26 R R 5' 9" 175 Apr 2, 1955 4 66 63 66 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 61 5 1 64 0 3 0
Dave Schmidt 24 R R 6' 1" 185 Apr 22, 1957 1st 14 0 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Stein 34 R R 5' 10" 170 Jan 21, 1947 10 53 26 53 39 0 0 20 3 7 2 7 0 1 8 0 22 1
Jim Sundberg 30 R R 6' 0" 195 May 18, 1951 8 102 98 102 100 0 98 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 3 0
Wayne Tolleson 25 B R 5' 9" 160 Nov 22, 1955 1st 14 4 14 8 0 0 0 0 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 8
Mark Wagner 27 R R 6' 1" 175 Mar 4, 1954 6 50 22 50 49 0 0 0 4 2 43 0 0 0 0 0 3 2
Don Werner 28 R R 6' 1" 185 Mar 8, 1953 6 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Len Whitehouse 23 L L 5' 11" 175 Sep 10, 1957 1st 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bump Wills 28 B R 5' 9" 177 Jul 27, 1952 5 102 102 102 101 0 0 0 101 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR

1980 / 1982 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played