1980 Texas Rangers season

The Texas Rangers 1980 season involved the Rangers finishing fourth in the American League West with a record of 76 wins and 85 losses.

1980 Texas Rangers
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionWest
BallparkArlington Stadium
CityArlington, Texas
OwnersEddie Chiles
General managersEddie Robinson
ManagersPat Corrales
TelevisionKXAS-TV
(Frank Glieber, Eric Nadel, Mel Proctor)
RadioWBAP
(Eric Nadel, Bill Merrill, Mel Proctor)
← 1979 Seasons 1981 →

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
Kansas City Royals 97 65 .599 49‍–‍32 48‍–‍33
Oakland Athletics 83 79 .512 14 46‍–‍35 37‍–‍44
Minnesota Twins 77 84 .478 19½ 44‍–‍36 33‍–‍48
Texas Rangers 76 85 .472 20½ 39‍–‍41 37‍–‍44
Chicago White Sox 70 90 .438 26 37‍–‍42 33‍–‍48
California Angels 65 95 .406 31 30‍–‍51 35‍–‍44
Seattle Mariners 59 103 .364 38 36‍–‍45 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 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


Notable transactions

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Roster

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1980 Texas Rangers roster
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

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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 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

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
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

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
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

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
Brian Allard 5 14.1 0 1 5.65 10

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
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

Awards and honors

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All-Star Game

Farm system

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Level Team League Manager
AAA Charleston Charlies International League Tom Burgess
AA Tulsa Drillers Texas League Wayne Terwilliger
A Asheville Tourists South Atlantic League Tom Robson
Rookie GCL Rangers Gulf Coast League Andy Hancock

Notes

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  1. ^ "Eric Soderholm Stats".
  2. ^ Doyle Alexander page at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ a b David Clyde page at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ Billy Taylor page at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ Al Newman page at Baseball Reference
  6. ^ Daryl Smith page at Baseball Reference
  7. ^ a b Gaylord Perry page at Baseball Reference
  8. ^ Rusty Staub page at Baseball Reference
  9. ^ Tom Henke page at Baseball Reference
  10. ^ Charlie Hough page at Baseball Reference
  11. ^ Sparky Lyle page at Baseball Reference

References

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