1982 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 | Don Zimmer, Darrell Johnson | |
Television | KXAS-TV 5 Star Cable (Steve Busby, Merle Harmon) | |
Radio | WBAP (Eric Nadel, Mark Holtz ) | |
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The Texas Rangers 1982 season involved the Rangers finishing sixth in the American League West with a record of 64 wins and 98 losses.
AL West | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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California Angels | 93 | 69 | 0.574 | — | 52–29 | 41–40 |
Kansas City Royals | 90 | 72 | 0.556 | 3 | 56–25 | 34–47 |
Chicago White Sox | 87 | 75 | 0.537 | 6 | 49–31 | 38–44 |
Seattle Mariners | 76 | 86 | 0.469 | 17 | 42–39 | 34–47 |
Oakland Athletics | 68 | 94 | 0.420 | 25 | 36–45 | 32–49 |
Texas Rangers | 64 | 98 | 0.395 | 29 | 38–43 | 26–55 |
Minnesota Twins | 60 | 102 | 0.370 | 33 | 37–44 | 23–58 |
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Team | BAL | BOS | CAL | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIL | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TEX | TOR |
Baltimore | — | 4–9 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 6–7 | 7–6 | 4–8 | 9–4–1 | 8–4 | 11–2 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 9–3 | 10–3 |
Boston | 9–4 | — | 7–5 | 4–8 | 6–7 | 8–5 | 6–6 | 4–9 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 10–2 | 7–6 |
California | 5–7 | 5–7 | — | 8–5 | 8–4 | 5–7 | 7–6 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 7–5 | 9–4 | 10–3 | 8–5 | 8–4 |
Chicago | 7–5 | 8–4 | 5–8 | — | 6–6 | 9–3 | 3–10 | 3–9 | 7–6 | 8–4 | 9–4 | 6–7 | 8–5 | 8–4 |
Cleveland | 7–6 | 7–6 | 4–8 | 6–6 | — | 6–7 | 2–10 | 7–6 | 8–4 | 4–9 | 4–8 | 9–3 | 7–5 | 7–6 |
Detroit | 6–7 | 5–8 | 7–5 | 3–9 | 7–6 | — | 6–6 | 3–10 | 9–3 | 8–5 | 9–3 | 6–6 | 8–4 | 6–7 |
Kansas City | 8–4 | 6–6 | 6–7 | 10–3 | 10–2 | 6–6 | — | 7–5 | 7–6 | 5–7 | 7–6 | 7–6 | 7–6 | 4–8 |
Milwaukee | 4–9–1 | 9–4 | 6–6 | 9–3 | 6–7 | 10–3 | 5–7 | — | 7–5 | 8–5 | 7–5 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 9–4 |
Minnesota | 4–8 | 6–6 | 6–7 | 6–7 | 4–8 | 3–9 | 6–7 | 5–7 | — | 2–10 | 3–10 | 5–8 | 5–8 | 5–7 |
New York | 2–11 | 6–7 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 9–4 | 5–8 | 7–5 | 5–8 | 10–2 | — | 7–5 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 6–7 |
Oakland | 5–7 | 4–8 | 4–9 | 4–9 | 8–4 | 3–9 | 6–7 | 5–7 | 10–3 | 5–7 | — | 6–7 | 5–8 | 3–9 |
Seattle | 5–7 | 5–7 | 3–10 | 7–6 | 3–9 | 6–6 | 6–7 | 4–8 | 8–5 | 6–6 | 7–6 | — | 9–4 | 7–5 |
Texas | 3–9 | 2–10 | 5–8 | 5–8 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 6–7 | 5–7 | 8–5 | 5–7 | 8–5 | 4–9 | — | 4–8 |
Toronto | 3–10 | 6–7 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 6–7 | 7–6 | 8–4 | 4–9 | 7–5 | 7–6 | 9–3 | 5–7 | 8–4 | — |
1982 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 | 139 | 470 | 118 | .251 | 10 | 47 |
1B | Dave Hostetler | 113 | 418 | 97 | .232 | 22 | 67 |
2B | Mike Richardt | 119 | 402 | 97 | .241 | 3 | 43 |
SS | Mark Wagner | 60 | 179 | 43 | .240 | 0 | 8 |
3B | Buddy Bell | 148 | 537 | 159 | .296 | 13 | 67 |
LF | Billy Sample | 97 | 360 | 94 | .261 | 10 | 29 |
CF | George Wright | 150 | 557 | 147 | .264 | 11 | 50 |
RF | Larry Parrish | 128 | 440 | 116 | .264 | 17 | 62 |
DH | Lamar Johnson | 105 | 324 | 84 | .259 | 7 | 38 |
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 | 103 | 308 | 86 | .279 | 3 | 26 |
Doug Flynn | 88 | 270 | 57 | .211 | 0 | 19 |
Lee Mazzilli | 58 | 195 | 47 | .241 | 4 | 17 |
Bill Stein | 85 | 184 | 44 | .239 | 1 | 16 |
Bucky Dent | 46 | 146 | 32 | .219 | 1 | 14 |
Pat Putnam | 43 | 122 | 28 | .230 | 2 | 9 |
Leon Roberts | 31 | 73 | 17 | .233 | 1 | 6 |
Wayne Tolleson | 38 | 70 | 8 | .114 | 0 | 2 |
Mickey Rivers | 19 | 68 | 16 | .235 | 1 | 4 |
Pete O'Brien | 20 | 67 | 16 | .239 | 4 | 13 |
Terry Bogener | 24 | 60 | 13 | .217 | 1 | 4 |
Don Werner | 22 | 59 | 12 | .203 | 0 | 3 |
Bob Johnson | 20 | 56 | 7 | .125 | 2 | 7 |
Randy Bass | 16 | 48 | 10 | .208 | 1 | 6 |
Mario Mendoza | 12 | 17 | 2 | .118 | 0 | 0 |
Nick Capra | 13 | 15 | 4 | .267 | 1 | 1 |
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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Charlie Hough | 34 | 228.0 | 16 | 13 | 3.95 | 128 |
Frank Tanana | 30 | 194.1 | 7 | 18 | 4.21 | 87 |
Rick Honeycutt | 30 | 164.0 | 5 | 17 | 5.27 | 64 |
Doc Medich | 21 | 122.2 | 7 | 11 | 5.06 | 37 |
John Butcher | 18 | 94.1 | 1 | 5 | 4.87 | 39 |
Mike Smithson | 8 | 46.2 | 3 | 4 | 5.01 | 24 |
Mike Mason | 4 | 23.0 | 1 | 2 | 5.09 | 8 |
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 | 33 | 147.2 | 7 | 7 | 3.53 | 78 |
Dave Schmidt | 33 | 109.2 | 4 | 6 | 3.20 | 69 |
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 | 56 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 3.44 | 61 |
Paul Mirabella | 40 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4.80 | 29 |
Steve Comer | 37 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 5.10 | 23 |
Dan Boitano | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.34 | 28 |
Tom Henke | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.15 | 9 |
Jim Farr | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.50 | 6 |
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