1980 Texas Rangers | ||
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League | American League | |
Division | West | |
Ballpark | Arlington Stadium | |
City | Arlington, Texas | |
Owners | Eddie Chiles | |
General managers | Eddie Robinson | |
Managers | Pat Corrales | |
Television | KXAS-TV (Frank Glieber, Eric Nadel, Mel Proctor) | |
Radio | WBAP (Eric Nadel, Bill Merrill, Mel Proctor) | |
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The Texas Rangers 1980 season involved the Rangers finishing fourth in the American League West with a record of 76 wins and 85 losses.
AL West | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Kansas City Royals | 97 | 65 | 0.599 | — | 49–32 | 48–33 |
Oakland Athletics | 83 | 79 | 0.512 | 14 | 46–35 | 37–44 |
Minnesota Twins | 77 | 84 | 0.478 | 19½ | 44–36 | 33–48 |
Texas Rangers | 76 | 85 | 0.472 | 20½ | 39–41 | 37–44 |
Chicago White Sox | 70 | 90 | 0.438 | 26 | 37–42 | 33–48 |
California Angels | 65 | 95 | 0.406 | 31 | 30–51 | 35–44 |
Seattle Mariners | 59 | 103 | 0.364 | 38 | 36–45 | 23–58 |
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Team | BAL | BOS | CAL | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIL | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TEX | TOR |
Baltimore | — | 8–5 | 10–2 | 6–6 | 6–7 | 10–3 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 10–2 | 7–6 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 11–2 |
Boston | 5–8 | — | 9–3 | 6–4 | 7–6 | 8–5 | 5–7 | 6–7 | 6–6 | 3–10 | 9–3 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 7–6 |
California | 2–10 | 3–9 | — | 3–10 | 4–6 | 5–7 | 5–8 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 2–10 | 3–10 | 11–2 | 11–2 | 3–9 |
Chicago | 6–6 | 4–6 | 10–3 | — | 5–7 | 2–10 | 5–8 | 5–7 | 5–8 | 5–7 | 6–7 | 6–7 | 6–7–2 | 5–7 |
Cleveland | 7–6 | 6–7 | 6–4 | 7–5 | — | 3–10 | 5–7 | 3–10 | 9–3 | 5–8 | 6–6 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 8–5 |
Detroit | 3–10 | 5–8 | 7–5 | 10–2 | 10–3 | — | 2–10 | 7–6 | 6–6 | 5–8 | 6–6 | 10–2–1 | 4–8 | 9–4 |
Kansas City | 6–6 | 7–5 | 8–5 | 8–5 | 7–5 | 10–2 | — | 6–6 | 5–8 | 8–4 | 6–7 | 7–6 | 10–3 | 9–3 |
Milwaukee | 6–7 | 7–6 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 10–3 | 6–7 | 6–6 | — | 7–5 | 5–8 | 7–5 | 9–3 | 5–7 | 5–8 |
Minnesota | 2–10 | 6–6 | 6–7 | 8–5 | 3–9 | 6–6 | 8–5 | 5–7 | — | 4–8 | 6–7 | 7–6 | 9–3 | 7–5 |
New York | 6–7 | 10–3 | 10–2 | 7–5 | 8–5 | 8–5 | 4–8 | 8–5 | 8–4 | — | 8–4 | 9–3 | 7–5 | 10–3 |
Oakland | 5–7 | 3–9 | 10–3 | 7–6 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 5–7 | 7–6 | 4–8 | — | 8–5 | 7–6 | 8–4 |
Seattle | 6–6 | 5–7 | 2–11 | 7–6 | 4–8 | 2–10–1 | 6–7 | 3–9 | 6–7 | 3–9 | 5–8 | — | 4–9 | 6–6 |
Texas | 6–6 | 7–5 | 2–11 | 7–6–2 | 6–6 | 8–4 | 3–10 | 7–5 | 3–9 | 5–7 | 6–7 | 9–4 | — | 7–5 |
Toronto | 2–11 | 6–7 | 9–3 | 7–5 | 5–8 | 4–9 | 3–9 | 8–5 | 5–7 | 3–10 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 5–7 | — |
1980 Texas Rangers roster | |||||||||
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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 | 151 | 505 | 138 | .273 | 10 | 63 |
1B | Pat Putnam | 147 | 410 | 108 | .263 | 13 | 55 |
2B | Bump Wills | 146 | 578 | 152 | .263 | 5 | 58 |
SS | Pepe Frías | 116 | 227 | 55 | .242 | 0 | 10 |
3B | Buddy Bell | 129 | 490 | 161 | .329 | 17 | 83 |
LF | Al Oliver | 163 | 656 | 209 | .319 | 19 | 117 |
CF | Mickey Rivers | 147 | 630 | 210 | .333 | 7 | 60 |
RF | Johnny Grubb | 110 | 274 | 76 | .277 | 9 | 32 |
DH | Richie Zisk | 135 | 448 | 130 | .290 | 19 | 77 |
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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Rusty Staub | 109 | 340 | 102 | .300 | 9 | 52 |
Dave Roberts | 101 | 235 | 56 | .238 | 10 | 30 |
Billy Sample | 99 | 204 | 53 | .260 | 4 | 19 |
John Ellis | 73 | 182 | 43 | .236 | 1 | 23 |
Bud Harrelson | 87 | 180 | 49 | .272 | 1 | 9 |
Jim Norris | 119 | 174 | 43 | .247 | 0 | 16 |
Mike Richardt | 22 | 71 | 16 | .225 | 0 | 8 |
Tucker Ashford | 15 | 32 | 4 | .125 | 0 | 3 |
Nelson Norman | 17 | 32 | 7 | .219 | 0 | 1 |
Danny Walton | 10 | 10 | 2 | .200 | 0 | 1 |
Odie Davis | 17 | 8 | 1 | .125 | 0 | 0 |
Mike Hart | 5 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 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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Jon Matlack | 35 | 234.2 | 10 | 10 | 3.68 | 142 |
Doc Medich | 34 | 204.1 | 14 | 11 | 3.92 | 91 |
Ferguson Jenkins | 29 | 198.0 | 12 | 12 | 3.77 | 129 |
Gaylord Perry | 24 | 155.0 | 6 | 9 | 3.43 | 107 |
Ken Clay | 8 | 43.0 | 2 | 3 | 4.60 | 17 |
Steve Comer | 12 | 41.2 | 2 | 4 | 7.99 | 9 |
Ed Figueroa | 8 | 39.2 | 0 | 7 | 5.90 | 9 |
John Butcher | 6 | 35.1 | 3 | 3 | 4.08 | 27 |
Don Kainer | 4 | 19.2 | 0 | 0 | 1.83 | 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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Brian Allard | 5 | 14.1 | 0 | 1 | 5.65 | 10 |
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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Danny Darwin | 53 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 2.63 | 104 |
Sparky Lyle | 49 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 4.69 | 43 |
Jim Kern | 38 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 4.83 | 40 |
John Henry Johnson | 33 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2.33 | 44 |
Dave Rajsich | 24 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5.96 | 35 |
Charlie Hough | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3.96 | 47 |
Adrian Devine | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.82 | 8 |
Bob Babcock | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4.63 | 15 |
Jerry Don Gleaton | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.57 | 2 |
Dennis Lewallyn | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.94 | 1 |
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