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1983 Texas Rangers

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1982 / 1984

77-85, Finished 3rd in AL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Doug Rader (77-85)
Scored 639 runs, Allowed 609 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 85-77

Ballparks: Arlington Stadium · Attendance: 1,363,469 (10th of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 97, Pitching - 98 · one-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 101

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1982 / 1984 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
Jim Anderson 26 R R 6' 0" 170 Feb 23, 1957 5 50 26 50 47 0 1 0 17 3 27 2 0 1 3 2 0 5 -0.3 $
Buddy Bell 31 R R 6' 1" 180 Aug 27, 1951 12 156 153 156 154 0 0 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3.9 $
Larry Biittner 37 L L 6' 2" 205 Jul 27, 1945 14 66 22 66 24 0 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 9 38 0 0.1 $
John Butcher 26 R R 6' 4" 185 Mar 8, 1957 4 38 6 0 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.7 $
Nick Capra 25 R R 5' 8" 165 Mar 8, 1958 2 8 0 8 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 4 0 2 4 -0.1 $
Victor Cruz 25 R R 5' 9" 174 Dec 24, 1957 5 17 0 1 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 $
Danny Darwin 27 R R 6' 3" 185 Oct 25, 1955 6 28 26 0 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.6 $
Bucky Dent 31 R R 5' 9" 170 Nov 25, 1951 11 131 125 131 129 0 0 0 0 0 129 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 -0.2 $
Tom Dunbar 23 L L 6' 2" 192 Nov 24, 1959 1st 12 7 12 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 9 1 2 0 0.0 $
Tom Henke 25 R R 6' 5" 215 Dec 21, 1957 2 8 0 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Rick Honeycutt 29 L L 6' 1" 185 Jun 29, 1954 7 25 25 0 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.8 $ All-Star
Dave Hostetler 27 R R 6' 4" 215 Mar 27, 1956 3 94 84 94 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 88 10 0 -0.3 $
Charlie Hough 35 R R 6' 2" 190 Jan 5, 1948 14 34 33 0 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.6 $
Bob Johnson 23 R R 6' 3" 195 Jul 31, 1959 3 72 56 72 72 0 62 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.3 $
Bob Jones 33 L L 6' 2" 195 Oct 11, 1949 6 41 14 41 11 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 0 5 11 12 25 1 -0.2 $
Odell Jones 30 R R 6' 3" 175 Jan 13, 1953 6 42 0 0 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $
Al Lachowicz 22 R R 6' 3" 198 Sep 6, 1960 1st 2 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Mike Mason 24 L L 6' 2" 205 Nov 21, 1958 2 5 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Jon Matlack 33 L L 6' 3" 205 Jan 19, 1950 13 25 9 0 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Pete O'Brien 25 L L 6' 1" 185 Feb 9, 1958 2 154 141 154 150 0 0 132 0 0 0 9 0 17 26 1 8 2 0.8 $
Larry Parrish 29 R R 6' 3" 190 Nov 10, 1953 10 145 145 145 132 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 132 132 13 0 0 1.1 $
Mike Richardt 25 R R 6' 0" 170 May 24, 1958 3 22 19 22 20 0 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.4 $
Mickey Rivers 34 L L 5' 10" 165 Oct 31, 1948 14 96 70 96 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 8 24 53 22 3 0.3 $
Billy Sample 28 R R 5' 9" 175 Apr 2, 1955 6 147 140 147 147 0 0 1 0 0 0 142 3 2 147 0 3 2 3.1 $215,000
Dave Schmidt 26 R R 6' 1" 185 Apr 22, 1957 3 31 0 1 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $80,000
Donnie Scott 21 B R 5' 11" 185 Aug 16, 1961 1st 2 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Mike Smithson 28 R R 6' 8" 215 Jan 21, 1955 2 33 33 0 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.5 $
Bill Stein 36 R R 5' 10" 170 Jan 21, 1947 12 78 52 78 61 0 0 23 32 10 0 0 0 0 0 6 19 0 1.1 $
Dave Stewart 26 R R 6' 2" 200 Feb 19, 1957 4 8 8 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.9 $
Jim Sundberg 32 R R 6' 0" 190 May 18, 1951 10 131 116 131 131 0 131 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 $
Frank Tanana 29 L L 6' 2" 180 Jul 3, 1953 11 29 22 0 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 $412,500
Dave Tobik 30 R R 6' 1" 190 Mar 2, 1953 6 27 0 0 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $
Wayne Tolleson 27 B R 5' 9" 160 Nov 22, 1955 3 134 127 134 134 0 0 0 112 0 26 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0.2 $
Mark Wagner 29 R R 6' 0" 165 Mar 4, 1954 8 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Curt Wilkerson 22 B R 5' 9" 158 Apr 26, 1961 1st 16 9 16 13 0 0 0 2 2 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 -0.1 $
George Wright 24 B R 5' 11" 180 Dec 22, 1958 2 162 160 162 161 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 161 0 161 0 2 0 2.7 $
Ricky Wright 24 L L 6' 3" 175 Nov 22, 1958 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
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

Bill Stein

Mike Richardt

Wayne Tolleson

Nick Capra

Billy Sample

Bob Jones

Bucky Dent

Bob Johnson

Pete O'Brien

Jim Sundberg

Dave Hostetler

Tom Dunbar

Larry Biittner

Larry Parrish

Mike Mason

Mickey Rivers

Curt Wilkerson

Odell Jones

Victor Cruz

Dave Schmidt

Buddy Bell

George Wright

Frank Tanana

John Butcher

Mark Wagner

Dave Stewart

Jon Matlack

Tom Henke

Ricky Wright

Rick Honeycutt

Dave Tobik

Donnie Scott

Danny Darwin

Jim Anderson

Mike Smithson

Charlie Hough

Al Lachowicz

1982 / 1984 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers