1979 Texas Rangers season

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1979  Texas Rangers
League American League
Division West
Ballpark Arlington Stadium
City Arlington, Texas
Record83–79 (.512)
Divisional place3rd
Owner 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)
  1978 Seasons 1980  

The 1979 Texas Rangers season was the 19th of the Texas Rangers franchise overall, their 8th in Arlington as the Rangers, and the 8th season at Arlington Stadium. The Rangers finished third in the American League West with a record of 83 wins and 79 losses.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

AL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
California Angels 8874.54349323942
Kansas City Royals 8577.525346353942
Texas Rangers 8379.512544373942
Minnesota Twins 8280.506639424338
Chicago White Sox 7387.4561433464041
Seattle Mariners 6795.4142136453150
Oakland Athletics 54108.3333431502358

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
TeamBALBOSCALCWSCLEDETKCMILMINNYYOAKSEATEXTOR
Baltimore 8–59–38–38–57–66–68–58–45–68–410–26–611–2
Boston 5–85–75–66–78–58–48–49–35–89–38–46–69–4
California 3–97–59–46–64–87–67–59–47–510–37–65–87–5
Chicago 3–86–54–96–63–95–85–75–84–89–45–811–27–5
Cleveland 5–87–66–66–66–66–64–98–45–88–47–55–78–5
Detroit 6–75–88–49–36–65–76–74–87–67–57–56–69–4
Kansas City 6–64–86–78–56–67–55–77–65–79–47–66–79–3
Milwaukee 5–84–85–77–59–47–67–58–49–46–69–39–310–3
Minnesota 4–83–94–98–54–88–46–74–87–59–410–34–911–1
New York 6–58–55–78–48–56–77–54–95–79–36–68–49–4
Oakland 4–83–93–104–94–85–74–96–64–93–98–52–114–8
Seattle 2–104–86–78–55–75–76–73–93–106–65–86–78–4
Texas 6–66–68–52–117–56–67–63–99–44–811–27–67–5
Toronto 2–114–95–75–75–84–93–93–101–114–98–44–85–7

Notable transactions

Roster

1979 Texas Rangers
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

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 150495136.275564
1B Pat Putnam 139426118.2771864
2B Bump Wills 146543148.273546
SS Nelson Norman 14734376.222021
3B Buddy Bell 162670200.29918101
LF Billy Sample 12832595.292535
CF Al Oliver 136492159.3231276
RF Richie Zisk 144503132.2621864
DH John Ellis 11131690.2851261

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Johnny Grubb 10228979.2731037
Mickey Rivers 5824774.300625
Oscar Gamble 6416154.335832
Mike Jorgensen 9015735.223616
Eric Soderholm 6314740.272419
Willie Montañez 3814446.319824
Larvell Blanks 6812024.200115
Dave Roberts 448422.262314
Gary Gray 164210.23801
LaRue Washington 25185.27802
Greg Mahlberg 7172.11811
Bert Campaneris 891.11100
Dave Chalk 982.25000
Gary Holle 561.16700

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Ferguson Jenkins 37259.016144.07164
Steve Comer 36242.117123.6886
Doc Medich 29149.01074.1758
Doyle Alexander 23113.1574.4550
Jon Matlack 1385.0544.1335
John Henry Johnson 1782.1264.9246
Dock Ellis 1046.2155.9810

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Danny Darwin 2078.0444.0458
Brian Allard 733.1134.3214
Ed Farmer 1133.0204.3625
Jerry Don Gleaton 59.2016.522
Larry McCall 28.1102.163

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Jim Kern 71135291.57136
Sparky Lyle 6758133.1348
Dave Rajsich 271303.5232
Bob Babcock 400010.126

Awards and honors

All-Stars

All-Star Game

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Tucson Toros Pacific Coast League Rich Donnelly
AA Tulsa Drillers Texas League Jimmie Schaffer
A Asheville Tourists Western Carolinas League Wayne Terwilliger
Rookie GCL Rangers Gulf Coast League Andy Hancock

Notes

  1. Larvell Blanks page at Baseball-Reference
  2. Johnny Grubb page at Baseball Reference
  3. Sandy Alomar page at Baseball Reference
  4. 1 2 Oscar Gamble page at Baseball Reference
  5. Dave Righetti page at Baseball Reference
  6. Jim Mason page at Baseball Reference
  7. "Rickey Henderson Stats".
  8. Bert Campaneris page at Baseball Reference
  9. Dock Ellis page at Baseball Reference
  10. "Eric Soderholm Stats".

References