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1981 Texas Rangers Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
Redesign Note: Summary Batting, Pitching and Fielding Stats are below. Detailed Batting, Pitching, and Fielding Stats are available using the navigation bar just above this note or the "Detailed" links beside the table headers. Leaderboards have been removed since all tables are now sortable by clicking the headers. The all-stars and salaries are on the roster page linked above.

Team Batting

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Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 C Jim Sundberg 30 102 396 339 42 94 17 2 3 28 2 5 50 48 .277 .369 .366 .735 119 124 5 1 3 3 6
2 1B Pat Putnam* 27 95 317 297 33 79 17 2 8 35 4 2 17 38 .266 .304 .418 .721 112 124 4 0 1 2 3
3 2B Bump Wills# 28 102 454 410 51 103 13 2 2 41 12 9 32 49 .251 .304 .307 .611 82 126 8 1 6 5 2
4 SS Mario Mendoza 30 88 254 229 18 53 6 1 0 22 2 1 7 25 .231 .254 .266 .521 55 61 9 1 14 3 0
5 3B Buddy Bell 29 97 415 360 44 106 16 1 10 64 3 3 42 30 .294 .364 .428 .792 134 154 6 3 0 10 10
6 LF Bill Sample 26 66 260 230 36 65 16 0 3 25 4 1 17 21 .283 .346 .391 .738 119 90 3 7 3 3 1
7 CF Mickey Rivers* 32 99 428 399 62 114 21 2 3 26 9 5 24 31 .286 .327 .371 .698 107 148 3 1 3 1 2
8 RF Johnny Grubb* 32 67 226 199 26 46 9 1 3 26 0 3 23 25 .231 .316 .332 .647 92 66 6 2 1 1 0
9 DH Al Oliver* 34 102 448 421 53 130 29 1 4 55 3 0 24 28 .309 .348 .411 .759 125 173 17 2 0 1 10
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
10 OF Leon Roberts 30 72 266 233 26 65 17 2 4 31 3 4 25 38 .279 .345 .421 .765 126 98 8 1 2 5 2
11 UT Bill Stein 34 53 126 115 21 38 6 0 2 22 1 2 7 15 .330 .360 .435 .795 135 50 5 0 1 3 3
12 SS Mark Wagner 27 50 95 85 15 22 4 1 1 14 1 1 8 13 .259 .323 .365 .687 104 31 2 0 2 0 0
13 OF Tom Poquette* 29 30 71 64 2 10 1 0 0 7 0 1 5 1 .156 .225 .172 .397 19 11 3 1 0 1 0
14 1B John Ellis 32 23 64 58 2 8 3 0 1 7 0 1 5 10 .138 .219 .241 .460 37 14 3 1 0 0 1
15 OF Bob Jones* 31 10 35 34 4 9 1 0 3 7 0 1 1 7 .265 .286 .559 .845 146 19 0 0 0 0 0
16 IF Wayne Tolleson# 25 14 25 24 6 4 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 5 .167 .200 .167 .367 10 4 0 0 0 0 0
17 OF Rick Lisi 25 9 20 16 6 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 0 .313 .450 .313 .763 130 5 0 0 0 0 0
18 UT Bob Johnson 21 6 19 18 2 5 0 0 2 4 0 0 1 3 .278 .316 .611 .927 170 11 1 0 0 0 0
19 UT Dan Duran* 27 13 17 16 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .250 .294 .250 .544 63 4 1 0 0 0 0
20 SS Nelson Norman# 23 7 15 13 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 .231 .267 .308 .574 70 4 0 0 0 1 0
21 C Larry Cox 33 5 13 13 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .231 .231 .308 .538 59 4 0 0 0 0 0
22 DH Don Werner 28 2 8 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 49 2 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 29.9 105 3972 3581 452 968 178 15 49 418 46 41 295 396 .270 .326 .369 .696 106 1323 84 21 36 39 40
Rank in 14 AL teams 9 6 3 1 12 12 9 6 12 13 3 8 9 9 10
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
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* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 SP Danny Darwin 25 9 9 .500 3.64 22 22 0 6 2 0 146.0 115 67 59 12 57 5 98 6 0 1 601 95 1.178 7.1 0.7 3.5 6.0 1.72
2 SP Doc Medich 32 10 6 .625 3.08 20 20 0 4 4 0 143.1 136 51 49 8 33 5 65 2 0 1 585 112 1.179 8.5 0.5 2.1 4.1 1.97
3 SP Rick Honeycutt* 27 11 6 .647 3.31 20 20 0 8 2 0 127.2 120 49 47 12 17 1 40 0 0 1 509 104 1.073 8.5 0.8 1.2 2.8 2.35
4 SP Fergie Jenkins 38 5 8 .385 4.50 19 16 2 1 0 0 106.0 122 55 53 14 40 4 63 0 0 2 467 77 1.528 10.4 1.2 3.4 5.3 1.58
5 SP Jon Matlack* 31 4 7 .364 4.14 17 16 0 1 1 0 104.1 101 59 48 8 41 1 43 1 0 2 447 83 1.361 8.7 0.7 3.5 3.7 1.05
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
6 CL Steve Comer 27 8 2 .800 2.56 36 1 22 0 0 6 77.1 70 25 22 1 31 8 22 1 0 2 330 134 1.306 8.1 0.1 3.6 2.6 0.71
7 RP Charlie Hough 33 4 1 .800 2.96 21 5 9 2 0 1 82.0 61 30 27 4 31 1 69 3 0 4 330 116 1.122 6.7 0.4 3.4 7.6 2.23
8 RP Jim Kern 32 1 2 .333 2.70 23 0 15 0 0 6 30.0 21 10 9 0 22 3 20 1 1 1 131 128 1.433 6.3 0.0 6.6 6.0 0.91
9 RP Bob Babcock 31 1 1 .500 2.20 16 0 7 0 0 0 28.2 21 7 7 2 16 1 18 1 0 0 117 157 1.291 6.6 0.6 5.0 5.7 1.13
10 RP John Henry Johnson* 24 3 1 .750 2.66 24 0 15 0 0 2 23.2 19 7 7 2 6 1 8 1 0 1 94 129 1.056 7.2 0.8 2.3 3.0 1.33
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
11 Dave Schmidt 24 0 1 .000 3.13 14 1 8 0 0 1 31.2 31 11 11 1 11 3 13 1 1 3 132 110 1.326 8.8 0.3 3.1 3.7 1.18
12 John Butcher 24 1 2 .333 1.63 5 3 1 1 1 0 27.2 18 6 5 0 8 1 19 0 0 0 106 212 0.940 5.9 0.0 2.6 6.2 2.38
13 Mark Mercer* 27 0 1 .000 4.70 7 0 2 0 0 2 7.2 7 4 4 1 7 0 8 0 0 0 36 73 1.826 8.2 1.2 8.2 9.4 1.14
14 Len Whitehouse* 23 0 1 .000 16.20 2 1 0 0 0 0 3.1 8 7 6 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 20 21 3.000 21.6 2.7 5.4 5.4 1.00
15 Bob Lacey* 27 0 0 9.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 38 1.000 9.0 9.0 0.0 0.0
Team Totals 29.7 57 48 .543 3.40 105 105 82 23 10 18 940.1 851 389 355 67 322 34 488 17 2 18 3909 101 1.247 8.1 0.6 3.1 4.7 1.52
Rank in 14 AL teams 7 10 7 6 11 11 4 2 2 2 4 8
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
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* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% Pos. Summary
Bob Babcock 31 16 0 28.2 6 2 4 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.88 0.38 P
Buddy Bell 29 97 96 837.2 365 67 284 14 19 .962 27.4 39.3 27.4 7.4 20.0 0 3.77 3.62 3B-SS
John Butcher 24 5 3 27.2 8 3 5 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.60 1.60 P
Steve Comer 27 36 1 77.1 24 5 18 1 2 .958 0.0 0.0 2.68 0.64 P
Larry Cox 33 5 5 43.0 35 33 2 0 0 1.000 -2.0 -55.8 -2 7.33 7.00 2 1 7 0 0% C
Danny Darwin 25 22 22 146.0 26 8 16 2 3 .923 0.0 0.0 1.48 1.09 P
Dan Duran 27 8 3 37.0 8 7 1 0 0 1.000 -2.2 -71.4 -2.2 -0.6 -1.6 0 1.95 1.00 LF-1B
John Ellis 32 19 13 117.0 149 140 8 1 16 .993 -2.3 -23.6 -2.3 -0.3 -2.0 0 11.38 7.79 1B-DH
Johnny Grubb 32 58 56 479.0 95 92 2 1 1 .989 -3.7 -9.3 -3.7 -1.7 -2.1 0 1.77 1.62 RF-LF
Rick Honeycutt 27 20 20 127.2 36 3 30 3 1 .917 0.0 0.0 2.33 1.65 P
Charlie Hough 33 21 5 82.0 10 2 8 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.10 0.48 P
Fergie Jenkins 38 19 16 106.0 32 10 22 0 3 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.72 1.68 P
Bob Johnson 21 6 4 43.0 31 31 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 5.6 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 0 6.49 5.17 0 0 2 0 0% C-1B
John Henry Johnson 24 24 0 23.2 8 1 7 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 3.04 0.33 P
Bob Jones 31 10 9 79.0 24 20 4 0 0 1.000 2.8 42.5 1.8 0.9 0.9 1 2.73 2.40 RF-LF
Jim Kern 32 23 0 30.0 7 3 3 1 0 .857 0.0 0.0 1.80 0.26 P
Bob Lacey 27 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 9.00 1.00 P
Rick Lisi 25 8 3 45.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -5.3 -0.2 -0.1 -0.2 0 1.80 1.13 RF-CF
Jon Matlack 31 17 16 104.1 24 2 20 2 0 .917 0.0 0.0 1.90 1.29 P
Doc Medich 32 20 20 143.1 42 15 26 1 1 .976 0.0 0.0 2.57 2.05 P
Mario Mendoza 30 88 83 687.2 396 114 270 12 47 .970 7.8 13.6 9.8 3.0 6.8 -2 5.03 4.36 SS
Mark Mercer 27 7 0 7.2 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.35 0.29 P
Nelson Norman 23 5 4 38.0 27 5 21 1 5 .963 2.2 69.5 2.2 0.4 1.7 0 6.16 5.20 SS
Al Oliver 34 102 0 1.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 18.00 0.02 1B-DH
Tom Poquette 29 18 15 132.0 27 26 0 1 0 .963 -1.8 -16.4 -0.8 0.2 -0.9 -1 1.77 1.44 LF-CF-RF
Pat Putnam 27 98 78 709.0 841 771 64 6 65 .993 3.2 5.4 3.2 -1.4 4.6 0 0 10.60 8.52 1B-LF-RF
Mickey Rivers 32 97 94 832.1 240 227 12 1 3 .996 -4.5 -6.5 -0.5 3.1 -3.6 -4 2.58 2.46 CF
Leon Roberts 30 76 63 581.2 135 130 3 2 0 .985 -0.9 -1.9 -0.9 -0.7 -0.2 0 2.06 1.75 RF-LF-CF
Bill Sample 26 67 63 558.0 138 132 5 1 1 .993 1.8 3.9 2.8 4.4 -1.6 -1 2.21 2.04 LF-CF-RF
Dave Schmidt 24 14 1 31.2 7 1 6 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.99 0.50 P
Bill Stein 34 39 26 232.1 194 166 26 2 10 .990 -1.1 -5.7 -0.1 -0.2 0.0 -1 0 7.44 4.92 1B-LF-3B-2B-SS-RF
Jim Sundberg 30 100 98 874.1 519 465 52 2 9 .996 7.6 10.4 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 0 8 5.32 5.17 8 17 41 38 48% C-LF
Wayne Tolleson 25 8 4 51.2 13 5 8 0 0 1.000 -0.8 -18.6 -0.8 0.5 -1.2 0 2.26 1.63 3B-SS
Mark Wagner 27 49 22 249.2 146 54 87 5 18 .966 1.0 4.8 2.0 4.2 -2.3 -1 5.08 2.88 SS-2B-3B
Don Werner 28 2 0.0 0.00 DH
Len Whitehouse 23 2 1 3.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 P
Bump Wills 28 102 101 894.1 604 268 326 10 70 .983 2.3 3.1 5.3 1.2 4.2 -3 5.98 5.82 2B-DH
Team Totals 29.6 105 945 8463.0 4230 2821 1340 69 275 .984 36.7 5.2 42.7 20.5 22.0 -6 -6 6 4.43 3.20 10 18 50 38 43%
Rank in 14 AL teams 12 9 2
Age G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% Pos. Summary

1980 / 1982 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics