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The 1979 Texas Rangers season involved the Rangers finishing third in the American League West with a record of 83 wins and 79 losses.
1979 Texas Rangers | ||
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League | American League | |
Division | West | |
Ballpark | Arlington Stadium | |
City | Arlington, Texas | |
Owners | Bradford G. Corbett | |
General managers | Eddie Robinson | |
Managers | Pat Corrales | |
Television | KXAS-TV (Jon Miller, Frank Glieber, Eric Nadel) | |
Radio | WBAP (Jon Miller, Bill Merrill) | |
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Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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California Angels | 88 | 74 | .543 | — | 49–32 | 39–42 |
Kansas City Royals | 85 | 77 | .525 | 3 | 46–35 | 39–42 |
Texas Rangers | 83 | 79 | .512 | 5 | 44–37 | 39–42 |
Minnesota Twins | 82 | 80 | .506 | 6 | 39–42 | 43–38 |
Chicago White Sox | 73 | 87 | .456 | 14 | 33–46 | 40–41 |
Seattle Mariners | 67 | 95 | .414 | 21 | 36–45 | 31–50 |
Oakland Athletics | 54 | 108 | .333 | 34 | 31–50 | 23–58 |
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Team | BAL | BOS | CAL | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIL | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TEX | TOR |
Baltimore | — | 8–5 | 9–3 | 8–3 | 8–5 | 7–6 | 6–6 | 8–5 | 8–4 | 5–6 | 8–4 | 10–2 | 6–6 | 11–2 |
Boston | 5–8 | — | 5–7 | 5–6 | 6–7 | 8–5 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 9–3 | 5–8 | 9–3 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 9–4 |
California | 3–9 | 7–5 | — | 9–4 | 6–6 | 4–8 | 7–6 | 7–5 | 9–4 | 7–5 | 10–3 | 7–6 | 5–8 | 7–5 |
Chicago | 3–8 | 6–5 | 4–9 | — | 6–6 | 3–9 | 5–8 | 5–7 | 5–8 | 4–8 | 9–4 | 5–8 | 11–2 | 7–5 |
Cleveland | 5–8 | 7–6 | 6–6 | 6–6 | — | 6–6 | 6–6 | 4–9 | 8–4 | 5–8 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 8–5 |
Detroit | 6–7 | 5–8 | 8–4 | 9–3 | 6–6 | — | 5–7 | 6–7 | 4–8 | 7–6 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 9–4 |
Kansas City | 6–6 | 4–8 | 6–7 | 8–5 | 6–6 | 7–5 | — | 5–7 | 7–6 | 5–7 | 9–4 | 7–6 | 6–7 | 9–3 |
Milwaukee | 5–8 | 4–8 | 5–7 | 7–5 | 9–4 | 7–6 | 7–5 | — | 8–4 | 9–4 | 6–6 | 9–3 | 9–3 | 10–3 |
Minnesota | 4–8 | 3–9 | 4–9 | 8–5 | 4–8 | 8–4 | 6–7 | 4–8 | — | 7–5 | 9–4 | 10–3 | 4–9 | 11–1 |
New York | 6–5 | 8–5 | 5–7 | 8–4 | 8–5 | 6–7 | 7–5 | 4–9 | 5–7 | — | 9–3 | 6–6 | 8–4 | 9–4 |
Oakland | 4–8 | 3–9 | 3–10 | 4–9 | 4–8 | 5–7 | 4–9 | 6–6 | 4–9 | 3–9 | — | 8–5 | 2–11 | 4–8 |
Seattle | 2–10 | 4–8 | 6–7 | 8–5 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 6–7 | 3–9 | 3–10 | 6–6 | 5–8 | — | 6–7 | 8–4 |
Texas | 6–6 | 6–6 | 8–5 | 2–11 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 3–9 | 9–4 | 4–8 | 11–2 | 7–6 | — | 7–5 |
Toronto | 2–11 | 4–9 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 5–8 | 4–9 | 3–9 | 3–10 | 1–11 | 4–9 | 8–4 | 4–8 | 5–7 | — |
1979 Texas Rangers | |||||||||
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Roster | |||||||||
Pitchers
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Catchers
Infielders
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Outfielders
Other batters
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Manager
Coaches
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Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Jim Sundberg | 150 | 495 | 136 | .275 | 5 | 64 |
1B | Pat Putnam | 139 | 426 | 118 | .277 | 18 | 64 |
2B | Bump Wills | 146 | 543 | 148 | .273 | 5 | 46 |
SS | Nelson Norman | 147 | 343 | 76 | .222 | 0 | 21 |
3B | Buddy Bell | 162 | 670 | 200 | .299 | 18 | 101 |
LF | Billy Sample | 128 | 325 | 95 | .292 | 5 | 35 |
CF | Al Oliver | 136 | 492 | 159 | .323 | 12 | 76 |
RF | Richie Zisk | 144 | 503 | 132 | .262 | 18 | 64 |
DH | John Ellis | 111 | 316 | 90 | .285 | 12 | 61 |
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Johnny Grubb | 102 | 289 | 79 | .273 | 10 | 37 |
Mickey Rivers | 58 | 247 | 74 | .300 | 6 | 25 |
Oscar Gamble | 64 | 161 | 54 | .335 | 8 | 32 |
Mike Jorgensen | 90 | 157 | 35 | .223 | 6 | 16 |
Eric Soderholm | 63 | 147 | 40 | .272 | 4 | 19 |
Willie Montañez | 38 | 144 | 46 | .319 | 8 | 24 |
Larvell Blanks | 68 | 120 | 24 | .200 | 1 | 15 |
Dave Roberts | 44 | 84 | 22 | .262 | 3 | 14 |
Gary Gray | 16 | 42 | 10 | .238 | 0 | 1 |
LaRue Washington | 25 | 18 | 5 | .278 | 0 | 2 |
Greg Mahlberg | 7 | 17 | 2 | .118 | 1 | 1 |
Bert Campaneris | 8 | 9 | 1 | .111 | 0 | 0 |
Dave Chalk | 9 | 8 | 2 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
Gary Holle | 5 | 6 | 1 | .167 | 0 | 0 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Ferguson Jenkins | 37 | 259.0 | 16 | 14 | 4.07 | 164 |
Steve Comer | 36 | 242.1 | 17 | 12 | 3.68 | 86 |
Doc Medich | 29 | 149.0 | 10 | 7 | 4.17 | 58 |
Doyle Alexander | 23 | 113.1 | 5 | 7 | 4.45 | 50 |
Jon Matlack | 13 | 85.0 | 5 | 4 | 4.13 | 35 |
John Henry Johnson | 17 | 82.1 | 2 | 6 | 4.92 | 46 |
Dock Ellis | 10 | 46.2 | 1 | 5 | 5.98 | 10 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Danny Darwin | 20 | 78.0 | 4 | 4 | 4.04 | 58 |
Brian Allard | 7 | 33.1 | 1 | 3 | 4.32 | 14 |
Ed Farmer | 11 | 33.0 | 2 | 0 | 4.36 | 25 |
Jerry Don Gleaton | 5 | 9.2 | 0 | 1 | 6.52 | 2 |
Larry McCall | 2 | 8.1 | 1 | 0 | 2.16 | 3 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Jim Kern | 71 | 13 | 5 | 29 | 1.57 | 136 |
Sparky Lyle | 67 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 3.13 | 48 |
Dave Rajsich | 27 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3.52 | 32 |
Bob Babcock | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.12 | 6 |
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