1982 Texas Rangers season

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1982  Texas Rangers
League American League
Division West
Ballpark Arlington Stadium
City Arlington, Texas
Record64–98 (.395)
Divisional place6th
Owner Eddie Chiles
General managers Eddie Robinson
Managers Don Zimmer, Darrell Johnson
Television KXAS-TV
5 Star Cable
(Steve Busby, Merle Harmon)
Radio WBAP
(Eric Nadel, Mark Holtz )
  1981 Seasons 1983  

The 1982 Texas Rangers season was the 22nd of the Texas Rangers franchise overall, their 11th in Arlington as the Rangers, and the 11th season at Arlington Stadium. The Rangers finished sixth in the American League West with a record of 64 wins and 98 losses.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

AL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
California Angels 9369.57452294140
Kansas City Royals 9072.556356253447
Chicago White Sox 8775.537649313844
Seattle Mariners 7686.4691742393447
Oakland Athletics 6894.4202536453249
Texas Rangers 6498.3952938432655
Minnesota Twins 60102.3703337442358

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
TeamBALBOSCALCWSCLEDETKCMILMINNYYOAKSEATEXTOR
Baltimore 4–97–55–76–77–64–89–4–18–411–27–57–59–310–3
Boston 9–47–54–86–78–56–64–96–67–68–47–510–27–6
California 5–75–78–58–45–77–66–67–67–59–410–38–58–4
Chicago 7–58–45–86–69–33–103–97–68–49–46–78–58–4
Cleveland 7–67–64–86–66–72–107–68–44–94–89–37–57–6
Detroit 6–75–87–53–97–66–63–109–38–59–36–68–46–7
Kansas City 8–46–66–710–310–26–67–57–65–77–67–67–64–8
Milwaukee 4–9–19–46–69–36–710–35–77–58–57–58–47–59–4
Minnesota 4–86–66–76–74–83–96–75–72–103–105–85–85–7
New York 2–116–75–74–89–45–87–55–810–27–56–67–56–7
Oakland 5–74–84–94–98–43–96–75–710–35–76–75–83–9
Seattle 5–75–73–107–63–96–66–74–88–56–67–69–47–5
Texas 3–92–105–85–85–74–86–75–78–55–78–54–94–8
Toronto 3–106–74–84–86–77–68–44–97–57–69–35–78–4

Notable transactions

Roster

1982 Texas Rangers roster
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

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 139470118.2511047
1B Dave Hostetler 11341897.2322267
2B Mike Richardt 11940297.241343
SS Mark Wagner 6017943.24008
3B Buddy Bell 148537159.2961367
LF Billy Sample 9736094.2611029
CF George Wright 150557147.2641150
RF Larry Parrish 128440116.2641762
DH Lamar Johnson 10532484.259738

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 10330886.279326
Doug Flynn 8827057.211019
Lee Mazzilli 5819547.241417
Bill Stein 8518444.239116
Bucky Dent 4614632.219114
Pat Putnam 4312228.23029
Leon Roberts 317317.23316
Wayne Tolleson 38708.11402
Mickey Rivers 196816.23514
Pete O'Brien 206716.239413
Terry Bogener 246013.21714
Don Werner 225912.20303
Bob Johnson 20567.12527
Randy Bass 164810.20816
Mario Mendoza 12172.11800
Nick Capra 13154.26711

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Charlie Hough 34228.016133.95128
Frank Tanana 30194.17184.2187
Rick Honeycutt 30164.05175.2764
Doc Medich 21122.27115.0637
John Butcher 1894.1154.8739
Mike Smithson 846.2345.0124
Mike Mason 423.0125.098

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Jon Matlack 33147.2773.5378
Dave Schmidt 33109.2463.2069

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Danny Darwin 5610873.4461
Paul Mirabella 401134.8029
Steve Comer 371665.1023
Dan Boitano 190005.3428
Tom Henke 81001.159
Jim Farr 50002.506

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Denver Bears American Association Rich Donnelly
AA Tulsa Drillers Texas League Tom Burgess
A Burlington Rangers Midwest League Marty Scott
Rookie GCL Rangers Gulf Coast League Tom Grieve

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Tulsa

Notes

  1. "Jim Kern". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2024.
  2. "Scott Bailes". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2024.
  3. "Bump Wills". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2024.
  4. "Al Oliver". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2024.
  5. "MLB Grand Slam Records". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved September 8, 2024.
  6. "Nelson Norman". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2024.
  7. "Ron Darling". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2024.
  8. "Randy Kramer". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2024.
  9. "Lee Mazzilli". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2024.

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