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1979 Texas Rangers season

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1979 Texas Rangers
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionWest
BallparkArlington Stadium
CityArlington, Texas
OwnersBradford G. Corbett
General managersEddie Robinson
ManagersPat Corrales
TelevisionKXAS-TV
(Jon Miller, Frank Glieber, Eric Nadel)
RadioWBAP
(Jon Miller, Bill Merrill)
← 1978 Seasons 1980 →

The 1979 Texas Rangers season involved the Rangers finishing third in the American League West with a record of 83 wins and 79 losses.

Offseason

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Regular season

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Season standings

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AL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
California Angels 88 74 .543 49‍–‍32 39‍–‍42
Kansas City Royals 85 77 .525 3 46‍–‍35 39‍–‍42
Texas Rangers 83 79 .512 5 44‍–‍37 39‍–‍42
Minnesota Twins 82 80 .506 6 39‍–‍42 43‍–‍38
Chicago White Sox 73 87 .456 14 33‍–‍46 40‍–‍41
Seattle Mariners 67 95 .414 21 36‍–‍45 31‍–‍50
Oakland Athletics 54 108 .333 34 31‍–‍50 23‍–‍58

Record vs. opponents

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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore 8–5 9–3 8–3 8–5 7–6 6–6 8–5 8–4 5–6 8–4 10–2 6–6 11–2
Boston 5–8 5–7 5–6 6–7 8–5 8–4 8–4 9–3 5–8 9–3 8–4 6–6 9–4
California 3–9 7–5 9–4 6–6 4–8 7–6 7–5 9–4 7–5 10–3 7–6 5–8 7–5
Chicago 3–8 6–5 4–9 6–6 3–9 5–8 5–7 5–8 4–8 9–4 5–8 11–2 7–5
Cleveland 5–8 7–6 6–6 6–6 6–6 6–6 4–9 8–4 5–8 8–4 7–5 5–7 8–5
Detroit 6–7 5–8 8–4 9–3 6–6 5–7 6–7 4–8 7–6 7–5 7–5 6–6 9–4
Kansas City 6–6 4–8 6–7 8–5 6–6 7–5 5–7 7–6 5–7 9–4 7–6 6–7 9–3
Milwaukee 5–8 4–8 5–7 7–5 9–4 7–6 7–5 8–4 9–4 6–6 9–3 9–3 10–3
Minnesota 4–8 3–9 4–9 8–5 4–8 8–4 6–7 4–8 7–5 9–4 10–3 4–9 11–1
New York 6–5 8–5 5–7 8–4 8–5 6–7 7–5 4–9 5–7 9–3 6–6 8–4 9–4
Oakland 4–8 3–9 3–10 4–9 4–8 5–7 4–9 6–6 4–9 3–9 8–5 2–11 4–8
Seattle 2–10 4–8 6–7 8–5 5–7 5–7 6–7 3–9 3–10 6–6 5–8 6–7 8–4
Texas 6–6 6–6 8–5 2–11 7–5 6–6 7–6 3–9 9–4 4–8 11–2 7–6 7–5
Toronto 2–11 4–9 5–7 5–7 5–8 4–9 3–9 3–10 1–11 4–9 8–4 4–8 5–7


Notable transactions

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Roster

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1979 Texas Rangers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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
C Jim Sundberg 150 495 136 .275 5 64
1B Pat Putnam 139 426 118 .277 18 64
2B Bump Wills 146 543 148 .273 5 46
SS Nelson Norman 147 343 76 .222 0 21
3B Buddy Bell 162 670 200 .299 18 101
LF Billy Sample 128 325 95 .292 5 35
CF Al Oliver 136 492 159 .323 12 76
RF Richie Zisk 144 503 132 .262 18 64
DH John Ellis 111 316 90 .285 12 61

Other batters

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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
Johnny Grubb 102 289 79 .273 10 37
Mickey Rivers 58 247 74 .300 6 25
Oscar Gamble 64 161 54 .335 8 32
Mike Jorgensen 90 157 35 .223 6 16
Eric Soderholm 63 147 40 .272 4 19
Willie Montañez 38 144 46 .319 8 24
Larvell Blanks 68 120 24 .200 1 15
Dave Roberts 44 84 22 .262 3 14
Gary Gray 16 42 10 .238 0 1
LaRue Washington 25 18 5 .278 0 2
Greg Mahlberg 7 17 2 .118 1 1
Bert Campaneris 8 9 1 .111 0 0
Dave Chalk 9 8 2 .250 0 0
Gary Holle 5 6 1 .167 0 0

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Ferguson Jenkins 37 259.0 16 14 4.07 164
Steve Comer 36 242.1 17 12 3.68 86
Doc Medich 29 149.0 10 7 4.17 58
Doyle Alexander 23 113.1 5 7 4.45 50
Jon Matlack 13 85.0 5 4 4.13 35
John Henry Johnson 17 82.1 2 6 4.92 46
Dock Ellis 10 46.2 1 5 5.98 10

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Danny Darwin 20 78.0 4 4 4.04 58
Brian Allard 7 33.1 1 3 4.32 14
Ed Farmer 11 33.0 2 0 4.36 25
Jerry Don Gleaton 5 9.2 0 1 6.52 2
Larry McCall 2 8.1 1 0 2.16 3

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Jim Kern 71 13 5 29 1.57 136
Sparky Lyle 67 5 8 13 3.13 48
Dave Rajsich 27 1 3 0 3.52 32
Bob Babcock 4 0 0 0 10.12 6

Awards and honors

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All-Stars

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All-Star Game

Farm system

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Level Team League Manager
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

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  1. ^ Larvell Blanks page at Baseball-Reference
  2. ^ Johnny Grubb page at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Sandy Alomar page at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ a b 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

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