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1981 Texas Rangers

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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 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
Bob Babcock 31 R R 6' 5" 210 Aug 25, 1949 3 16 0 0 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
Buddy Bell 29 R R 6' 1" 180 Aug 27, 1951 10 97 96 97 96 0 0 0 0 96 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6.2 $ All-Star
John Butcher 24 R R 6' 4" 185 Mar 8, 1957 2 5 3 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 $
Steve Comer 27 B R 6' 3" 195 Jan 13, 1954 4 36 1 0 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 $
Larry Cox 33 R R 5' 10" 178 Sep 11, 1947 8 5 5 5 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Danny Darwin 25 R R 6' 3" 185 Oct 25, 1955 4 22 22 0 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
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 -0.3 $
John Ellis 32 R R 6' 2" 225 Aug 21, 1948 13 23 14 23 18 0 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 0 -0.8 $
Johnny Grubb 32 L R 6' 3" 175 Aug 4, 1948 10 67 56 67 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 56 58 0 10 0 -0.3 $
Rick Honeycutt 27 L L 6' 1" 185 Jun 29, 1954 5 20 20 0 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 $167,000
Charlie Hough 33 R R 6' 2" 190 Jan 5, 1948 12 21 5 0 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $
Fergie Jenkins HOF 38 R R 6' 5" 205 Dec 13, 1942 17 19 16 0 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.0 $
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 0.3 $
John Henry Johnson 24 L L 6' 2" 190 Aug 21, 1956 4 24 0 0 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
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 0.8 $
Jim Kern 32 R R 6' 5" 185 Mar 15, 1949 8 23 0 0 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $163,000
Bob Lacey 27 R L 6' 5" 210 Aug 25, 1953 5 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 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 0.1 $
Jon Matlack 31 L L 6' 3" 205 Jan 19, 1950 11 17 16 0 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.2 $
Doc Medich 32 R R 6' 5" 225 Dec 9, 1948 10 20 20 0 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.8 $250,000
Mario Mendoza 30 R R 5' 11" 170 Dec 26, 1950 8 88 83 88 88 0 0 0 0 0 88 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $
Mark Mercer 27 L L 6' 5" 220 May 22, 1954 1st 7 0 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
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 0.2 $
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 1.6 $ 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 -0.9 $
Pat Putnam 27 L R 6' 0" 205 Dec 3, 1953 5 95 78 95 94 0 0 94 0 0 0 3 0 1 4 0 3 1 1.1 $
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 2.2 $
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 76 0 7 1 1.3 $
Billy Sample 26 R R 5' 9" 175 Apr 2, 1955 4 66 63 66 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 61 5 1 67 0 3 0 2.1 $
Dave Schmidt 24 R R 6' 1" 185 Apr 22, 1957 1st 14 1 0 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
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 0.6 $
Jim Sundberg 30 R R 6' 0" 190 May 18, 1951 8 102 98 102 100 0 98 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 3 0 4.0 $
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 1 1 8 -0.2 $
Mark Wagner 27 R R 6' 0" 165 Mar 4, 1954 6 50 22 50 49 0 0 0 4 2 43 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0.9 $
Don Werner 28 R R 6' 1" 175 Mar 8, 1953 6 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 -0.1 $
Len Whitehouse 23 L L 5' 11" 175 Sep 10, 1957 1st 2 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $
Bump Wills 28 B R 5' 9" 172 Jul 27, 1952 5 102 102 102 101 0 0 0 101 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.9 $
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

Wayne Tolleson

Nelson Norman

Billy Sample

Johnny Grubb

Leon Roberts

Bob Johnson

John Ellis

Jim Sundberg

Steve Comer

Len Whitehouse

Bill Stein

Mario Mendoza

Len Whitehouse

Tom Poquette
Leon Roberts

Mickey Rivers

Pat Putnam

Larry Cox
Don Werner

Dan Duran

Rick Honeycutt

Rick Lisi
Dave Schmidt

Buddy Bell

Bob Jones

John Butcher

Mark Wagner

Fergie Jenkins

Jon Matlack

Doc Medich

Jim Kern

Bob Lacey

John Henry Johnson

Bob Babcock

Rick Honeycutt

Danny Darwin

Bob Babcock

Charlie Hough

Mark Mercer

1980 / 1982 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers