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1979 Texas Rangers (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1978/1980) 83-79, Finished 3rd in AL Western Division View League Standings and Leaders Scored 750 runs, Allowed 698 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 86-76 Managed by Pat Corrales Ballpark: Arlington Stadium (ballparks.com) Attendance: 1,519,671 (8th of 14) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 99, Pitching - 98   (one-year): Batting - 99, Pitching - 99   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates BaseballAmerica.com: Team Executives Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms News & Views: ThinkFactory, BallHype, ArmchairGM BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

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Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Jim Sundberg        28  150  495   50  136  23  4   5   64  51   51  .275  .345  .368   3   3  17   5   5   5   5   94
1B *Pat Putnam          25  139  426   57  118  19  2  18   64  23   50  .277  .319  .458   1   6  12   6   4   6   6  108
2B #Bump Wills          26  146  543   90  148  21  3   5   46  53   58  .273  .340  .350  35  11  12   4  14   3   4   88
3B  Buddy Bell          27  162  670   89  200  42  3  18  101  30   45  .299  .327  .451   5   4  16   3   7  10   4  109
SS #Nelson Norman       21  147  343   36   76   9  3   0   21  19   41  .222  .260  .265   4   1   5   0  18   3   0   43
LF  Bill Sample         24  128  325   60   95  21  2   5   35  37   28  .292  .365  .415   8   6   6   2  10   3   1  112
CF *Al Oliver           32  136  492   69  159  28  4  12   76  34   34  .323  .367  .470   4   5  14   4   1   7   8  126
RF  Richie Zisk         30  144  503   69  132  21  1  18   64  57   75  .262  .336  .416   1   1  15   0   1   2   4  103
DH  John Ellis          30  111  316   33   90  12  0  12   61  15   55  .285  .318  .437   2   2   3   2   0   4   1  103
   *Johnny Grubb        30  102  289   42   79  14  0  10   37  34   44  .273  .350  .426   2   4   6   1   2   2   3  110
   *Mickey Rivers       30   58  247   35   74   9  3   6   25   9   18  .300  .323  .433   7   2   2   1   3   3   0  104
   *Oscar Gamble        29   64  161   27   54   6  0   8   32  37   15  .335  .458  .522   2   1   6   1   0   2  11  166
   *Mike Jorgensen      30   90  157   21   35   7  0   6   16  14   29  .223  .293  .382   0   2   3   2   3   1   1   82
    Eric Soderholm      30   63  147   15   40   6  0   4   19  12    9  .272  .325  .395   0   0   5   1   2   3   0   95
   *Willie Montanez     31   38  144   19   46   6  0   8   24   8   14  .319  .357  .528   0   1   4   1   0   1   1  137
    Larvell Blanks      29   68  120   13   24   5  0   1   15  11    9  .200  .259  .267   0   0   1   0   3   4   0   43
    Dave Roberts        28   44   84   12   22   2  1   3   14   7   17  .262  .319  .417   1   0   3   0   2   0   0   98
    Gary Gray           26   16   42    4   10   0  0   0    1   2    8  .238  .273  .238   1   1   2   0   0   0   0   40
    La Rue Washington   25   25   18    5    5   0  0   0    2   4    0  .278  .409  .278   2   1   0   0   0   0   0   91
    Greg Mahlberg       26    7   17    2    2   0  0   1    1   2    4  .118  .211  .294   0   0   2   0   2   0   0   36
    Bert Campaneris     37    8    9    2    1   0  0   0    0   1    3  .111  .200  .111   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  -13
    Dave Chalk          28    9    8    0    2   0  0   0    0   0    0  .250  .250  .250   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   37
    Gary Holle          24    5    6    0    1   1  0   0    0   1    0  .167  .286  .333   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   68
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.8  162 5562  750 1549 252 26 140  718 461  607  .278  .334  .409  79  51 135  33  78  59  49  101
    Rank among 14 AL teams         2    9    5   8 13   7       12   13     5     9     8  10  10                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Fergie Jenkins      36  37   4.07  16  14  0  37   0  10   3  259.0  252  127  117  40   81  164 1089   4   3  0   6 102
SP  Steve Comer         25  36   3.68  17  12  0  36   0   6   1  242.3  230  114   99  24   84   86 1021   7   8  0   4 113
SP  Doc Medich          30  29   4.17  10   7  0  19   1   4   1  149.0  156   78   69   9   49   58  647   4   4  0   3  99
SP  Doyle Alexander     28  23   4.45   5   7  0  18   3   0   0  113.3  114   65   56   3   69   50  508   4   1  0   3  93
SP *Jon Matlack         29  13   4.13   5   4  0  13   0   2   0   85.0   98   43   39   9   15   35  355   1   1  0   1 100
SP *John Henry Johnson  22  17   4.92   2   6  0  12   1   1   0   82.3   79   50   45  12   36   46  357   3   1  1   3  84
SP  Dock Ellis          34  10   5.98   1   5  0   9   0   0   0   46.7   64   34   31   5   16   10  215   2   0  0   2  69

CL  Jim Kern            30  71   1.57  13   5 29   0  57   0   0  143.0   99   35   25   5   62  136  578   5   2  0   6 264
RP *Sparky Lyle         34  67   3.13   5   8 13   0  53   0   0   95.0   78   37   33   9   28   48  384   2   0  0   6 133
RP *Dave Rajsich        27  27   3.52   1   3  0   3   8   0   0   53.7   56   25   21   7   18   32  229   0   0  0   0 118
RP  Danny Darwin        23  20   4.04   4   4  0   6   4   1   0   78.0   50   36   35   5   30   58  313   0   5  1   2 103
RP  Ed Farmer           29  11   4.36   2   0  0   2   5   0   0   33.0   30   21   16   2   19   25  144   3   2  0   2  95

    Brian Allard        21   7   4.32   1   3  0   4   1   2   0   33.3   36   17   16   4   13   14  141   0   0  0   2  96
   *Jerry Don Gleaton   21   5   6.52   0   1  0   2   1   0   0    9.7   15    7    7   0    2    2   45   1   1  0   0  64
    Larry McCall        26   2   2.16   1   0  0   1   1   0   0    8.3    7    2    2   0    3    3   35   0   0  0   0 192
    Bob Babcock         29   4  10.13   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    5.3    7    7    6   1    7    6   31   1   0  0   0  41
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.3 162   3.86  83  79 42 162 136  26  10 1437.0 1371  698  616 135  532  773 6092  37  28  2  40 107
    Rank among 14 AL teams          3   8   7  1          13   4      5    3    3        7    6    5

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- JSundberg 1271 144 150 754 75 4 14 .995 8 33 76 53 DRoberts 89 10 14 45 5 1 0 .980 0 2 4 4 GMahlberg 49 5 7 22 1 0 0 1.000 0 1 6 0 JEllis 28 3 7 16 1 0 1 1.000 0 2 4 1 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1437 162 162 837 82 5 15 .995 8 38 90 58 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 *10.08 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- PPutnam 771 89 96 832 62 5 65 .994 10.43 MJorgensen 277 23 60 287 30 4 28 .988 10.27 JEllis 185 28 30 216 11 5 17 .978 11.04 WMontanez 170 19 19 191 16 1 14 .995 10.96 ESoderholm 14 2 2 9 1 1 0 .909 6.43 DRoberts 11 0 6 9 0 0 1 1.000 7.36 GHolle 8 1 1 11 0 0 1 1.000 12.38 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1437 162 162 1555 120 16 126 .991 10.49 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 *5.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BWills 1269 143 146 337 468 20 95 .976 5.71 LBlanks 106 12 16 26 25 0 6 1.000 4.33 DRoberts 58 7 8 15 23 0 9 1.000 5.90 DChalk 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 NNorman 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1437 162 162 379 516 20 110 .978 5.61 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .953 *3.07 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BBell 1232 144 147 112 364 15 22 .969 3.48 ESoderholm 203 18 37 20 48 4 5 .944 3.01 DRoberts 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 LWashington 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1437 162 162 132 414 19 27 .966 3.42 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .965 *5.01 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- NNorman 1015 115 142 177 302 24 64 .952 4.25 LBlanks 202 27 49 39 65 3 16 .972 4.63 BBell 184 17 33 35 65 2 9 .980 4.89 BCampaneris 31 3 8 12 13 1 5 .962 7.26 DChalk 4 0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 6.75 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1437 162 162 263 448 30 94 .960 4.45 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *2.22 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BSample 632 68 92 144 6 0 2 1.000 2.13 AOliver 399 47 49 96 3 1 0 .990 2.23 JGrubb 256 29 39 58 4 0 1 1.000 2.17 RZisk 116 14 15 20 1 2 0 .913 1.63 MJorgensen 26 3 5 11 0 0 0 1.000 3.81 DRoberts 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1437 162 162 329 14 3 3 .991 2.15 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 *2.92 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- AOliver 588 68 71 160 5 6 2 .965 2.52 MRivers 484 55 57 155 4 3 1 .981 2.95 JGrubb 168 18 29 40 1 0 1 1.000 2.20 BSample 68 8 10 21 1 0 0 1.000 2.91 LWashington 53 5 12 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.55 MJorgensen 43 4 7 12 1 0 0 1.000 2.72 DRoberts 32 4 5 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1437 162 162 411 12 9 4 .979 2.65 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *2.25 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RZisk 1020 118 127 213 10 5 6 .978 1.97 JGrubb 163 17 26 36 3 1 2 .975 2.15 OGamble 152 18 21 41 2 0 2 1.000 2.55 MJorgensen 48 4 9 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.85 BSample 28 3 5 11 0 0 0 1.000 3.54 DRoberts 22 2 5 5 1 0 0 1.000 2.45 LWashington 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1437 162 162 317 16 6 10 .982 2.09 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 *2.46 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- RZisk 1136 132 134 234 10 7 6 .972 1.93 AOliver 988 115 119 260 9 7 2 .975 2.45 BSample 728 79 103 173 7 0 1 1.000 2.22 JGrubb 587 64 82 135 8 2 4 .986 2.19 MRivers 484 55 57 153 4 3 1 .981 2.92 OGamble 152 18 21 41 2 0 2 1.000 2.55 MJorgensen 117 11 20 33 1 0 0 1.000 2.60 DRoberts 60 7 11 13 1 0 0 1.000 2.10 LWashington 56 5 13 16 0 0 0 1.000 2.57 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1437 162 162 1058 42 19 16 .983 2.30 162 162 162 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .949 *1.92 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- FJenkins 259 37 37 25 50 3 5 .962 2.61 SComer 242 36 36 19 38 4 0 .934 2.12 DMedich 149 19 29 6 33 2 0 .951 2.36 JKern 143 0 71 9 16 7 1 .781 1.57 DAlexander 113 18 23 12 23 0 1 1.000 2.78 SLyle 95 0 67 2 11 2 0 .867 1.23 JMatlack 85 13 13 3 16 2 1 .905 2.01 JJohnson 82 12 17 1 11 0 1 1.000 1.31 DDarwin 78 6 20 2 6 0 0 1.000 0.92 DRajsich 53 3 27 1 13 0 0 1.000 2.35 DEllis 46 9 10 2 8 1 0 .909 1.93 BAllard 33 4 7 3 5 0 0 1.000 2.16 EFarmer 33 2 11 2 4 0 0 1.000 1.64 JGleaton 9 2 5 0 4 0 0 1.000 3.71 LMcCall 8 1 2 0 1 0 1 1.000 1.08 BBabcock 5 0 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.70 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1437 162 162 87 240 21 10 .940 2.05 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Des. Hitter G ------------+--- JEllis 62 OGamble 37 PPutnam 32 WMontanez 17 ESoderholm 14 GGray 13 AOliver 10 BSample 9 DRoberts 4 RZisk 3 DChalk 2 MJorgensen 2 LBlanks 1 LWashington 1 ------------+---

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Oliver .323 On-base % Oliver .367 Slugging % Oliver .470 OPS Oliver .837 Games Bell 162 At Bats Bell 670 Plate Appearances (approx.) Bell 720 Runs Wills 90 Hits Bell 200 Total Bases Bell 302 Doubles Bell 42 Triples Oliver and Sundberg 4 Home Runs Bell, Putnam, and Zisk 18 RBI Bell 101 Bases on Balls Zisk 57 Strikeouts Zisk 75 Stolen Bases Wills 35 Singles Bell 137 Adjusted OPS+ Oliver 126 Runs Created Bell 95 Adjusted Batting Runs Oliver and Gamble 18 Batting Wins Gamble and Oliver 1.7 Extra-Base Hits Bell 63 Times on Base Bell 233 Offensive Win% Oliver .609 Hit By Pitch Putnam 6 Sac. Hits Norman 18 Sac. Flies Bell 10 Intentional Walks Gamble 11 Grounded into Double Plays Sundberg 17 Caught Stealing Wills 11 Power/Speed Number Wills 8.8 At Bats per Strikeout Bell 14.9 At Bats per Home Run Zisk 27.9 Outs Bell 507

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Comer 3.68 Wins Comer 17 Won-Loss % Kern .722 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Jenkins 1.286 Hits Allowed/9IP Comer 8.54 Bases on Balls/9IP Jenkins 2.81 Strikeouts/9IP Jenkins 5.70 Games Kern 71 Saves Kern 29 Innings Jenkins 259.0 Strikeouts Jenkins 164 Games Started Jenkins 37 Comp. Games Jenkins 10 Shutouts Jenkins 3 Home Runs Allow. Jenkins 40 Bases On Balls Allow. Comer 84 Hits Allowed Jenkins 252 SO to Walk Jenkins 2.02 Losses Jenkins 14 Earned Runs Allow. Jenkins 117 Wild Pitches Comer 7 Hit Batsmen Comer 8 Batters Faced Jenkins 1089 Games Finished Kern 57 Adjusted ERA+ Comer 113

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