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1978 Texas Rangers Statistics

1977 Season 1979 Season

Record: 87-75-0, Finished 2nd in AL_West (Schedule and Results)

Managers: Billy Hunter (86-75) and Pat Corrales (1-0)

General Manager: Eddie Robinson (Co-General Manager)

Farm Director: Hal Keller

Ballpark: Arlington Stadium

Attendance: 1,447,963 (9th of 14)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 99
One-year: Batting - 97, Pitching - 96

Pythagorean W-L: 88-74, 692 Runs, 632 Runs Allowed

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Recent Game Results

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162. Oct 1, TEX (87-75) beat SEA, 9-4

Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	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	27	149	592	518	54	144	23	6	6	58	2	5	64	70	.278	.358	.380	.739	109	197	18	3	3	4	6
2	1B	Mike Hargrove*	28	146	616	494	63	124	24	1	7	40	2	5	107	47	.251	.388	.346	.734	109	171	11	7	2	6	8
3	2B	Bump Wills#	25	157	619	539	78	135	17	4	9	57	52	14	63	91	.250	.331	.347	.678	92	187	11	4	9	4	3
4	SS	Bert Campaneris	36	98	319	269	30	50	5	3	1	17	22	4	20	36	.186	.245	.238	.483	37	64	6	2	25	3	0
5	3B	Toby Harrah	29	139	547	450	56	103	17	3	12	59	31	8	83	66	.229	.349	.360	.709	101	162	8	2	9	3	3
6	LF	Al Oliver*	31	133	568	525	65	170	35	5	14	89	8	9	31	41	.324	.358	.490	.848	137	257	7	2	1	9	6
7	CF	Juan Beníquez	28	127	510	473	61	123	17	3	11	50	10	12	20	59	.260	.292	.378	.670	88	179	10	3	10	4	1
8	RF	Bobby Bonds	32	130	555	475	85	126	15	4	29	82	37	20	69	110	.265	.356	.497	.853	138	236	12	2	2	7	6
9	DH	Richie Zisk	29	140	581	511	68	134	19	1	22	85	3	3	58	76	.262	.338	.432	.770	116	221	14	3	4	5	7
Rk	Pos	Name	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	3B	Kurt Bevacqua	31	90	271	248	21	55	12	0	6	30	1	2	18	31	.222	.271	.343	.614	72	85	8	0	2	3	0
11	DH	John Lowenstein*	31	77	217	176	28	39	8	3	5	21	16	3	37	29	.222	.363	.386	.749	112	68	2	2	2	0	2
12	CF	Bobby Thompson#	24	64	136	120	23	27	3	3	2	12	7	2	9	26	.225	.284	.350	.634	78	42	0	2	2	3	1
13	1B	Mike Jorgensen*	29	96	118	97	20	19	3	0	1	9	3	1	18	10	.196	.319	.258	.577	65	25	3	0	2	1	1
14	SS	Jim Mason*	27	55	116	105	10	20	4	0	0	3	0	0	5	17	.190	.227	.229	.456	29	24	2	0	6	0	0
15	C	John Ellis	29	34	104	94	7	23	4	0	3	17	0	1	6	20	.245	.282	.383	.665	86	36	0	0	1	3	0
16	DH	Gary Gray	25	17	51	50	4	12	1	0	2	6	1	0	1	12	.240	.255	.380	.635	77	19	1	0	0	0	0
17	DH	Pat Putnam*	24	20	49	46	4	7	1	0	1	2	0	0	2	5	.152	.188	.239	.427	20	11	0	0	1	0	1
18	OF	Johnny Grubb*	29	21	44	33	8	13	3	0	1	6	1	1	11	5	.394	.545	.576	1.121	217	19	0	0	0	0	0
19	OF	Claudell Washington*	23	12	43	42	1	7	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	12	.167	.186	.167	.353	0	7	1	0	0	0	0
20	IF	Nelson Norman#	20	23	35	34	1	9	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.265	.265	.324	.588	65	11	1	0	1	0	0
21	IF	Sandy Alomar#	34	24	31	29	3	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	7	.207	.233	.241	.475	34	7	0	0	1	0	0
22	DH	Billy Sample	23	8	15	15	2	7	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	.467	.467	.600	1.067	199	9	0	0	0	0	0
23	DH	LaRue Washington	24	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	C	Greg Mahlberg	25	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rk	Pos	Name	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
25	P	Doyle Alexander	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
26	P	Fergie Jenkins	35	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
27	P	Doc Medich	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
28	P	Len Barker	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
29	P	Paul Mirabella*	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
30	P	Jim Umbarger*	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
31	P	Reggie Cleveland	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
32	P	Steve Comer#	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
33	P	Jon Matlack*	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
34	P	Dock Ellis#	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
35	P	Paul Lindblad*	36	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
36	P	Danny Darwin	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
37	P	Roger Moret#	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	29.0	162	6141	5347	692	1353	216	36	132	650	196	91	624	779	.253	.332	.381	.713	101	2037	115	32	83	55	45
		Rank in 14 AL teams				13	6	12	13	10	4		2	13	1	10	11	5	7	8		9		5		5
Rk	Pos	Name	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

Team Pitching

League Register

Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	Jon Matlack*	28	15	13	.536	2.27	35	33	2	18	2	1	270.0	252	93	68	14	51	4	157	4	0	8	1097	165	2.71	1.122	8.4	0.5	1.7	5.2	3.08
2	SP	Fergie Jenkins	35	18	8	.692	3.04	34	30	3	16	4	0	249.0	228	92	84	21	41	2	157	3	1	2	990	123	2.95	1.080	8.2	0.8	1.5	5.7	3.83
3	SP	Doyle Alexander	27	9	10	.474	3.86	31	28	3	7	1	0	191.0	198	84	82	18	71	1	81	1	0	4	822	97	4.09	1.408	9.3	0.8	3.3	3.8	1.14
4	SP	Doc Medich	29	9	8	.529	3.74	28	22	3	6	2	2	171.0	166	78	71	10	52	2	71	3	0	5	717	100	3.48	1.275	8.7	0.5	2.7	3.7	1.37
5	SP	Dock Ellis	33	9	7	.563	4.20	22	22	0	3	0	0	141.1	131	81	66	15	46	0	45	2	0	3	592	89	4.35	1.252	8.3	1.0	2.9	2.9	0.98
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
6	CL	Reggie Cleveland	30	5	7	.417	3.09	53	0	41	0	0	12	75.2	65	33	26	5	23	6	46	3	1	1	315	122	3.26	1.163	7.7	0.6	2.7	5.5	2.00
7	RP	Steve Comer	24	11	5	.688	2.30	30	11	14	3	2	1	117.1	107	36	30	5	37	3	65	1	0	2	479	163	3.00	1.227	8.2	0.4	2.8	5.0	1.76
8	RP	Jim Umbarger*	25	5	8	.385	4.88	32	9	11	1	0	1	97.2	116	58	53	9	36	4	60	2	0	2	433	77	3.72	1.556	10.7	0.8	3.3	5.5	1.67
9	RP	Len Barker	22	1	5	.167	4.82	29	0	15	0	0	4	52.1	63	31	28	6	29	2	33	2	0	6	243	78	4.59	1.758	10.8	1.0	5.0	5.7	1.14
10	RP	Paul Lindblad*	36	1	1	.500	3.63	18	0	9	0	0	2	39.2	41	16	16	2	15	7	25	2	0	2	170	104	3.27	1.412	9.3	0.5	3.4	5.7	1.67
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
11		Paul Mirabella*	24	3	2	.600	5.79	10	4	3	0	0	1	28.0	30	18	18	2	17	0	23	0	1	0	125	66	3.69	1.679	9.6	0.6	5.5	7.4	1.35
12		Roger Moret*	28	0	1	.000	4.91	7	2	2	0	0	1	14.2	23	8	8	1	2	0	5	1	0	0	65	78	3.40	1.705	14.1	0.6	1.2	3.1	2.50
13		Danny Darwin	22	1	0	1.000	4.15	3	1	2	0	0	0	8.2	11	4	4	0	1	0	8	0	0	0	36	94	1.09	1.385	11.4	0.0	1.0	8.3	8.00
		Team Totals	29.1	87	75	.537	3.36	162	162	108	54	11	25	1456.1	1431	632	543	108	421	31	776	24	3	35	6084	110	3.40	1.272	8.8	0.7	2.6	4.8	1.84
		Rank in 14 AL teams		6	8		2				5	7	10	4	8	2	2	5	2		3
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W