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1981 Texas Rangers (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1980/1982)
First Half: 33-22, Finished 2nd
Second Half: 24-26, Finished 3rd
Overall: 57-48, Finished 2nd in AL Western Division
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Scored 452 runs, Allowed 389 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 60-45
Managed by Don Zimmer

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

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1981 Stats / Schedule (1980/1982) / Transactions / Lineups / Batting Orders / SplitsBat / Pitch / GamelogsBat / Pitch / Amateur Draft

Game Results

Season Summary   57-48 , Final Rank: 2, GB:    5.0
Days in First:               never

Most Games over  .500:          12 (last on August 29)
Most Games under .500:           2 (last on April 21)

Biggest Lead:                never led
Farthest Behind Leader:        8.5 (last on April 26)

Longest Winning Streak:          5 (May 22 to May 26 and September 28 to October 3)
Longest Losing Streak:           4 (September 5 to September 8)

Most Runs Allowed:              14 (May 19)
Most Runs Scored:               16 (April 22)

Longest Game:                   12 innings (May 23, May 29, June 5, and September 13)

Times Shutout by Opponent:       8
Times Opponent Shutout:         13

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Overall        57  48     452     389    .543

Home/Road
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Home           32  24     232     168    .571
Road           25  24     220     221    .510

Month by Month
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
April          10   7      94      62    .588
May            16  12     120     119    .571
June            7   3      55      35    .700
August          9  10      62      60    .474
September      13  15     110      98    .464
October         2   1      11      15    .667

By Season Half
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
First Half     33  22     269     216    .600
Second Half    24  26     183     173    .480

Extra-Innings
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
ExtraInning     4   4      43      42    .500
Full Games     53  44     409     347    .546
One-Run Games
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
One Run        13  15      81      83    .464

Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Blowout        19  10     188     127    .655

Opponent
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
BAL             1   2      12      14    .333
BOS             6   3      55      29    .667
CAL             4   2      32      31    .667
CHW             4   2      22      26    .667
CLE             2   2      20      15    .500
DET             3   9      45      62    .250
KCR             4   3      32      25    .571
MIL             5   4      46      39    .556
MIN             8   5      50      44    .615
NYY             4   5      26      32    .444
OAK             2   4      25      18    .333
SEA             8   5      53      35    .615
TOR             6   2      34      19    .750

Game Results

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
  1 Thu, Apr  9 box TEX @NYY  L   3-10       0-1     3     1.0  2:48 T John       J Matlack     55,123 -
  2 Sat, Apr 11 box TEX @NYY  L   1-5        0-2     6     2.5  2:10 R May        D Darwin      23,845 --
  3 Sun, Apr 12 box TEX @NYY  W   6-4        1-2     5     2.5  2:36 F Jenkins    R Guidry      30,079 +
  4 Tue, Apr 14 box TEX  CLE  L   1-7        1-3     5     4.0  2:23 R Waits      J Matlack     22,761 -
  5 Wed, Apr 15 box TEX  CLE  W   8-0        2-3     3     4.0  2:22 D Medich     L Barker      10,845 +
  6 Fri, Apr 17 box TEX  NYY  L   1-2        2-4     4     5.5  2:18 R Guidry     D Darwin      34,333 -
  7 Sat, Apr 18 box TEX  NYY  W   6-4        3-4     3     5.5  2:22 S Comer      B Castro      23,744 +
  8 Sun, Apr 19 box TEX  NYY  W   4-0        4-4     3     5.0  1:57 J Matlack    T Underwood   20,757 ++
  9 Mon, Apr 20 box TEX @BOS  L   2-4        4-5     3     6.0  2:18 M Torrez     D Medich      26,844 -
 10 Tue, Apr 21 box TEX @BOS  L   4-10       4-6     3     7.0  2:32 J Tudor      F Jenkins     13,233 --
 11 Wed, Apr 22 box TEX @BOS  W  16-8        5-6     3     7.0  2:50 D Darwin     D Eckersley   15,699 +
 12 Sat, Apr 25 box TEX @CLE  W   8-4        6-6     3     7.5  2:07 R Honeycutt  W Garland     10,413 ++
 13 Sun, Apr 26 box TEX @CLE  L   3-4        6-7     3     8.5  2:57 B Blyleven   J Johnson     13,777 -
 14 Mon, Apr 27 box TEX  BOS  W  10-0        7-7     3     7.5  2:00 D Medich     M Torrez      11,862 +
 15 Tue, Apr 28 box TEX  BOS  W   9-0        8-7     3     6.5  2:12 S Comer      S Crawford    11,898 ++
 16 Wed, Apr 29 box TEX  BOS  W   5-0        9-7     3     6.5  2:05 D Darwin     J Tudor       11,632 +++
 17 Thu, Apr 30 box TEX  KCR  W   7-0       10-7     3     6.0  2:19 R Honeycutt  R Gale        19,352 ++++
 18 Fri, May  1 box TEX  KCR  L   0-4       10-8     3     7.0  2:32 L Gura       S Comer       26,520 -
 19 Sat, May  2 box TEX  KCR  L   2-7       10-9     3     8.0  2:29 D Leonard    D Medich      30,628 --
 20 Sun, May  3 box TEX  KCR  W   9-8 (10)  11-9     3     6.5  3:11 J Johnson    J Berenguer   12,974 +
 21 Tue, May  5 box TEX  CHW  W   6-1       12-9     2     6.5  2:45 D Darwin     R Baumgarten  10,399 ++
 22 Wed, May  6 box TEX  CHW  W   4-2       13-9     2     5.5  2:56 J Johnson    B Burns       12,104 +++
 23 Thu, May  7 box TEX  CHW  W   9-4       14-9     2     5.5  2:56 B Babcock    E Farmer      11,710 ++++
 24 Sat, May  9 box TEX  BAL  L   3-7       14-10    2     7.5  2:19 D Martinez   F Jenkins          0 -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 25             box TEX  BAL  L   2-4       14-11    2     7.5  2:23 S Stone      D Schmidt     20,188 --
 26 Sun, May 10 box TEX  BAL  W   7-3       15-11    2     6.5  2:42 D Darwin     M Flanagan    13,190 +
 27 Mon, May 11 box TEX @KCR  W   9-1       16-11    2     6.0  2:26 R Honeycutt  L Gura        28,876 ++
 28 Tue, May 12 box TEX @KCR  L   2-3       16-12    2     6.0  2:18 D Leonard    J Matlack     19,155 -
 29 Thu, May 14 box TEX @KCR  W   3-2       17-12    2     5.5  2:16 D Medich     P Splittorff  25,892 +
 30 Fri, May 15 box TEX @CHW  W   2-1       18-12    2     4.5  2:40 F Jenkins    R Dotson      29,829 ++
 31 Sat, May 16 box TEX @CHW  L   1-9       18-13    2     4.5  2:43 B Burns      D Darwin      20,206 -
 32 Sun, May 17 box TEX @CHW  L   0-9       18-14    2     4.5  2:35 R Baumgarten R Honeycutt   30,990 --
 33 Mon, May 18 box TEX @DET  W  13-5       19-14    2     3.5  3:14 J Matlack    D Petry       10,114 +
 34 Tue, May 19 box TEX @DET  L   1-14      19-15    2     3.5  2:16 D Schatzeder D Medich      10,002 -
 35 Wed, May 20 box TEX @DET  L   4-8       19-16    3     3.5  2:19 J Morris     F Jenkins      9,757 --
 36 Fri, May 22 box TEX @SEA  W   6-2       20-16    3     3.0  2:16 D Darwin     F Bannister    6,956 +
 37 Sat, May 23 box TEX @SEA  W   6-4 (12)  21-16    3     3.0  3:28 S Comer      S Rawley      31,306 ++
 38 Sun, May 24 box TEX @SEA  W   5-3       22-16    3     3.5  2:29 J Matlack    K Clay         6,382 +++
 39 Mon, May 25 box TEX  MIN  W   4-3       23-16    2     3.5  2:20 J Johnson    D Jackson     21,558 ++++
 40 Tue, May 26 box TEX  MIN  W   2-1       24-16    2     2.5  2:06 F Jenkins    P Redfern     12,932 +++++
 41 Wed, May 27 box TEX  MIN  L   1-2       24-17    3     2.5  2:02 J Koosman    D Darwin      13,961 -
 42 Thu, May 28 box TEX  MIN  W   6-2       25-17    2     2.0  2:12 R Honeycutt  R Erickson    15,604 +
 43 Fri, May 29 box TEX  SEA  L   4-5 (12)  25-18    3     2.0  3:32 D Drago      B Babcock     14,447 -
 44 Sat, May 30 box TEX  SEA  W   6-0       26-18    3     1.0  1:56 D Medich     M Parrott     20,530 +
 45 Sun, May 31 box TEX  SEA  L   3-5       26-19    3     2.0  2:15 B Allard     F Jenkins     16,636 -
 46 Tue, Jun  2 box TEX @MIN  W   5-3       27-19    2     2.0  2:16 D Darwin     J Koosman      3,655 +
 47 Wed, Jun  3 box TEX @MIN  W   6-3       28-19    2     2.0  2:22 R Honeycutt  R Erickson     3,789 ++
 48 Thu, Jun  4 box TEX @MIN  L   3-7       28-20    2     2.0  2:20 F Arroyo     J Matlack      4,793 -
 49 Fri, Jun  5 box TEX  TOR  W   5-4 (12)  29-20    2     1.0  3:33 S Comer      L Leal        11,495 +

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 50 Sat, Jun  6 box TEX  TOR  W   4-1       30-20    2     1.0  2:25 F Jenkins    D Stieb       24,312 ++
 51 Sun, Jun  7 box TEX  TOR  W   9-0       31-20    2     1.0  2:39 D Darwin     J Todd        14,857 +++
 52 Mon, Jun  8 box TEX  DET  W   8-1       32-20    2     0.5  2:24 R Honeycutt  D Schatzeder  13,753 ++++
 53 Tue, Jun  9 box TEX  DET  L   0-5       32-21    2     2.0  2:30 A Lopez      J Matlack     37,350 -
 54 Wed, Jun 10 box TEX @MIL  W  12-5       33-21    2     1.0  2:37 D Medich     M Haas        19,189 +
 55 Thu, Jun 11 box TEX @MIL  L   3-6       33-22    2     1.5  2:18 P Vuckovich  F Jenkins     15,259 -
 56 Mon, Aug 10 box TEX @NYY  L   0-2       33-23    2     1.5  1:43 T John       D Darwin      40,373 --
 57 Tue, Aug 11 box TEX @NYY  W   1-0       34-23    2     1.5  2:24 R Honeycutt  D Righetti    30,117 +
 58 Wed, Aug 12 box TEX @NYY  L   4-5       34-24    2     1.5  2:08 D LaRoche    F Jenkins     20,918 -
 59 Fri, Aug 14 box TEX  BOS  W   3-2       35-24    2     1.5  2:20 J Kern       T Burgmeier   32,400 +
 60 Sat, Aug 15 box TEX  BOS  L   3-5 (10)  35-25    2     2.5  2:41 B Stanley    J Kern        29,353 -
 61 Sun, Aug 16 box TEX  BOS  W   3-0       36-25    2     2.5  2:07 R Honeycutt  B Ojeda       20,348 +
 62 Tue, Aug 18 box TEX  MIL  L   1-3       36-26    2     3.0  2:25 M Haas       J Matlack          0 -
 63             box TEX  MIL  W   8-6       37-26    2     3.0  2:33 S Comer      P Vuckovich   37,310 +
 64 Wed, Aug 19 box TEX  MIL  W   4-1       38-26    2     3.0  2:04 D Medich     J Slaton      13,908 ++
 65 Fri, Aug 21 box TEX @DET  L   4-7       38-27    2     2.5  2:29 A Lopez      D Darwin      27,761 -
 66 Sat, Aug 22 box TEX @DET  L   0-2       38-28    3     3.5  2:22 D Petry      R Honeycutt   23,763 --
 67 Sun, Aug 23 box TEX @DET  L   4-5       38-29    3     3.5  2:57 D Rozema     J Kern        21,388 ---
 68 Mon, Aug 24 box TEX @TOR  W   3-0       39-29    3     3.5  2:05 D Medich     J Berenguer   12,735 +
 69 Tue, Aug 25 box TEX @TOR  W   6-1       40-29    3     2.5  2:19 F Jenkins    D Stieb       13,729 ++
 70 Thu, Aug 27 box TEX @MIL  W   5-1       41-29    3     1.5  2:07 D Darwin     M Caldwell     8,908 +++
 71 Fri, Aug 28 box TEX @MIL  L   3-6       41-30    3     1.5  2:47 M Haas       R Honeycutt   17,072 -
 72 Sat, Aug 29 box TEX @MIL  W   8-5       42-30    2     0.5  2:58 J Matlack    R Lerch       15,536 +
 73 Sun, Aug 30 box TEX @MIL  L   2-6       42-31    2     1.5  2:34 P Vuckovich  D Medich      14,722 -
 74 Mon, Aug 31 box TEX  TOR  L   0-3       42-32    2     2.5  2:29 D Stieb      F Jenkins      8,034 --

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 75 Tue, Sep  1 box TEX  TOR  L   3-9       42-33    2     3.0  2:43 J Clancy     D Darwin       8,358 ---
 76 Wed, Sep  2 box TEX  TOR  W   4-1       43-33    2     1.5  2:23 R Honeycutt  L Leal         6,851 +
 77 Thu, Sep  3 box TEX  DET  L   5-8       43-34    2     2.5  2:33 J Morris     J Matlack      9,986 -
 78 Fri, Sep  4 box TEX  DET  W   3-2       44-34    2     2.5  2:31 D Medich     M Wilcox      11,027 +
 79 Sat, Sep  5 box TEX  DET  L   0-1       44-35    2     2.5  2:32 D Petry      F Jenkins     17,635 -
 80 Sun, Sep  6 box TEX  DET  L   3-4       44-36    2     2.5  3:06 K Saucier    M Mercer      11,892 --
 81 Mon, Sep  7 box TEX @OAK  L   1-2       44-37    2     3.5  2:11 M Norris     R Honeycutt   36,393 ---
 82 Tue, Sep  8 box TEX @OAK  L   0-3       44-38    2     4.5  2:26 S McCatty    C Hough       17,469 ----
 83 Wed, Sep  9 box TEX @OAK  W   9-4       45-38    2     3.5  3:02 S Comer      T Underwood   11,655 +
 84 Fri, Sep 11 box TEX @CAL  W  11-6       46-38    2     3.5  3:03 S Comer      D Aase        24,720 ++
 85 Sat, Sep 12 box TEX @CAL  W   3-2       47-38    2     2.5  2:28 R Honeycutt  G Zahn        30,675 +++
 86 Sun, Sep 13 box TEX @CAL  L   7-8 (12)  47-39    2     2.5  3:39 S Renko      S Comer       20,461 -
 87 Mon, Sep 14 box TEX  OAK  L   2-5       47-40    2     3.5  2:32 R Langford   D Medich       9,995 --
 88 Tue, Sep 15 box TEX  OAK  W  12-2       48-40    2     2.5  2:47 C Hough      B Kingman     11,829 +
 89 Wed, Sep 16 box TEX  OAK  L   1-2       48-41    2     3.5  2:29 M Norris     D Darwin       9,743 -
 90 Fri, Sep 18 box TEX  MIN  L   3-6       48-42    2     4.5  2:17 P Redfern    R Honeycutt   10,509 --
 91 Sat, Sep 19 box TEX  MIN  W   6-0       49-42    2     4.5  2:04 D Medich     D Jackson     13,065 +
 92 Sun, Sep 20 box TEX  MIN  W   4-3       50-42    2     3.5  2:26 C Hough      D Corbett      7,441 ++
 93 Mon, Sep 21 box TEX  SEA  W   4-1       51-42    2     3.0  2:06 D Darwin     B Stoddard     5,873 +++
 94 Tue, Sep 22 box TEX  SEA  L   2-3       51-43    2     4.5  2:23 K Clay       J Butcher     12,121 -
 95 Wed, Sep 23 box TEX  SEA  L   1-2       51-44    2     5.5  1:50 G Abbott     R Honeycutt    7,644 --
 96 Thu, Sep 24 box TEX  SEA  L   1-2 (11)  51-45    2     6.0  2:58 S Rawley     D Medich       7,087 ---
 97 Fri, Sep 25 box TEX @MIN  W   5-2       52-45    2     5.0  2:11 C Hough      A Williams    15,607 +
 98 Sat, Sep 26 box TEX @MIN  L   3-7       52-46    2     6.0  2:05 F Arroyo     D Darwin       4,959 -
 99 Sun, Sep 27 box TEX @MIN  L   2-5       52-47    2     5.5  2:20 P Redfern    J Butcher      4,428 --

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
100 Mon, Sep 28 box TEX @SEA  W   6-5       53-47    2     5.0  2:22 R Honeycutt  G Abbott       4,674 +
101 Tue, Sep 29 box TEX @SEA  W   6-2       54-47    2     5.0  2:57 D Medich     B Clark        4,810 ++
102 Wed, Sep 30 box TEX @SEA  W   3-1       55-47    2     5.0  2:12 C Hough      F Bannister    5,158 +++
103 Fri, Oct  2 box TEX  CAL  W   8-6 (10)  56-47    2     4.0  2:43 S Comer      A Hassler      9,197 ++++
104 Sat, Oct  3 box TEX  CAL  W   1-0       57-47    2     4.0  2:15 J Butcher    A Moreno      11,550 +++++
105 Sun, Oct  4 box TEX  CAL  L   2-9       57-48    2     5.0  2:32 M Witt       L Whitehouse   7,544 -

Rank and Games Behind are at the end of all games played on that date.


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