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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

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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
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
23	P	Fergie Jenkins	38	0	0	0					0
24	P	Doc Medich	32	0	0	0					0
25	P	Len Whitehouse*	23	0	0	0					0
26	P	Charlie Hough	33	0	0	0					0
27	P	John Butcher	24	0	0	0					0
28	P	Jim Kern	32	0	0	0					0
29	P	Bob Lacey	27	0	0	0					0
30	P	Mark Mercer*	27	0	0	0					0
31	P	Rick Honeycutt*	27	0	0	0					0
32	P	Steve Comer#	27	0	0	0					0
33	P	Dave Schmidt	24	0	0	0					0
34	P	John Henry Johnson*	24	0	0	0					0
35	P	Jon Matlack*	31	0	0	0					0
36	P	Danny Darwin	25	0	0	0					0
37	P	Bob Babcock	31	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

* - 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		3				7	6	11	11	4	2	2	2	4		6906
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

* - 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									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									2.60	1.60						P
Steve Comer	27	36	1	77.1	24	5	18	1	2	.958									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									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									2.33	1.65						P
Charlie Hough	33	21	5	82.0	10	2	8	0	1	1.000									1.10	0.48						P
Fergie Jenkins	38	19	16	106.0	32	10	22	0	3	1.000									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									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									1.80	0.26						P
Bob Lacey	27	1	0	1.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000									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									1.90	1.29						P
Doc Medich	32	20	20	143.1	42	15	26	1	1	.976									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									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									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																		0.00						DH
Len Whitehouse	23	2	1	3.1	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

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