1976 Texas Rangers season

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1976  Texas Rangers
League American League
Division West
Ballpark Arlington Stadium
City Arlington, Texas
Record76–86 (.469)
Divisional place4th
Owners Bradford G. Corbett
General managers Dan O'Brien Sr.
Managers Frank Lucchesi
Television KXAS-TV
(Dick Risenhoover, Tom Vandergriff)
Radio WBAP
(Dick Risenhoover, Bill Merrill)
  1975 Seasons 1977  

The 1976 Texas Rangers season was the 16th of the Texas Rangers franchise overall, their 5th in Arlington as the Rangers, and the 5th season at Arlington Stadium. The Rangers finished fourth in the American League West with a record of 76 wins and 86 losses.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

AL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Kansas City Royals 9072.55649324140
Oakland Athletics 8774.54051303644
Minnesota Twins 8577.525544374140
Texas Rangers 7686.4691439423744
California Angels 7686.4691438433843
Chicago White Sox 6497.39825½35452952

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
TeamBALBOSCALCWSCLEDETKCMILMINNYYOAKTEX
Baltimore 7–118–48–47–1112–66–611–74–813–54–88–4
Boston 11–77–56–69–914–43–912–67–57–114–83–9
California 4–85–711–77–56–68–104–88–105–76–1212–6
Chicago 4–86–67–113–96–68–107–57–111–118–97–11
Cleveland 11–79–95–79–36–126–611–69–34–124–87–5
Detroit 6–124–146–66–612–64–812–64–89–86–65–7
Kansas City 6–69–310–810–86–68–48–410–87–59–97–11
Milwaukee 7–116–128–45–76–116–124–84–85–135–710–2
Minnesota 8–45–710–811–73–98–48–108–42–1011–711–7
New York 5–1311–77–511–112–48–95–713–510–26–69–3
Oakland 8–48–412–69–88–46–69–97–57–116–67–11
Texas 4–89–36–1211–75–77–511–72–107–113–911–7

Notable transactions

Roster

1976 Texas Rangers
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Jim Sundberg 140448102.228334
1B Mike Hargrove 151541155.287758
2B Lenny Randle 142539121.224151
3B Roy Howell 140491124.253853
SS Toby Harrah 155584152.2601567
LF Gene Clines 116446123.276038
CF Juan Beníquez 145478122.255033
RF Jeff Burroughs 158604143.2371886
DH Tom Grieve 149546139.2552081

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Danny Thompson 6419642.214113
Dave Moates 8513733.241013
Jim Fregosi 5813331.233212
Roy Smalley 4112929.22518
Joe Lahoud 388920.22515
Bill Fahey 388020.25019
Mike Cubbage 14327.21900
John Ellis 113113.41918
Ken Pape 21235.21714
Doug Ault 9206.30000
Greg Pryor 583.37501

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Gaylord Perry 32250.115143.24143
Nelson Briles 32210.01193.2698
Bert Blyleven 24202.19112.76144
Jim Umbarger 30197.110123.15105
Tommy Boggs 1390.1173.4936
Bill Singer 1064.2413.4834
Len Barker 215.0102.407

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Steve Hargan 35124.1883.6263
Steve Barr 2067.2265.5927
Fritz Peterson 415.0103.604

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Joe Hoerner 410485.1415
Steve Foucault 468853.3341
Jeff Terpko 323302.3924
Mike Bacsik 233204.2521
Craig Skok 901012.605
Stan Perzanowski 500010.036

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Sacramento Solons Pacific Coast League Rich Donnelly
AA San Antonio Brewers Texas League Marty Martínez
A Asheville Tourists Western Carolinas League Wayne Terwilliger
Rookie GCL Rangers Gulf Coast League Joe Klein

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: GCL Rangers

Notes

  1. Royals trade Briles to Texas
  2. Stan Thomas page at Baseball Reference
  3. Mike Kekich page at Baseball-Reference
  4. Danny Darwin page at Baseball Reference
  5. Bobby Jones page at Baseball Reference
  6. Fritz Peterson page at Baseball Reference
  7. Bert Blyleven page at Baseball Reference
  8. Billy Sample page at Baseball-Reference
  9. Andre Robertson page at Baseball-Reference

References