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1979 Texas Rangers Pitching Statistics

1978 Season 1980 Season

Record: 83-79-0, Finished 3rd in AL_West (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Pat Corrales (83-79)

General Manager: Eddie Robinson (Sole GM as of Jan. 1979)

Farm Director: Joseph Klein

Ballpark: Arlington Stadium

Attendance: 1,519,671 (8th of 14)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 98
One-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 99

Pythagorean W-L: 86-76, 750 Runs, 698 Runs Allowed

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	Fergie Jenkins	36	16	14	.533	4.07	37	37	0	10	3	0	259.0	252	127	117	40	81	6	164	3	0	4	1089	102	4.45	1.286	8.8	1.4	2.8	5.7	2.02
2	SP	Steve Comer	25	17	12	.586	3.68	36	36	0	6	1	0	242.1	230	114	99	24	84	4	86	8	0	7	1021	113	4.45	1.296	8.5	0.9	3.1	3.2	1.02
3	SP	Doc Medich	30	10	7	.588	4.17	29	19	1	4	1	0	149.0	156	78	69	9	49	3	58	4	0	4	647	100	3.81	1.376	9.4	0.5	3.0	3.5	1.18
4	SP	Doyle Alexander	28	5	7	.417	4.45	23	18	3	0	0	0	113.1	114	65	56	3	69	3	50	1	0	4	508	94	4.05	1.615	9.1	0.2	5.5	4.0	0.72
5	SP	Jon Matlack*	29	5	4	.556	4.13	13	13	0	2	0	0	85.0	98	43	39	9	15	1	35	1	0	1	355	101	3.85	1.329	10.4	1.0	1.6	3.7	2.33
6	SP	John Henry Johnson*	22	2	6	.250	4.92	17	12	1	1	0	0	82.1	79	50	45	12	36	3	46	1	1	3	357	85	4.86	1.397	8.6	1.3	3.9	5.0	1.28
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
7	CL	Jim Kern	30	13	5	.722	1.57	71	0	57	0	0	29	143.0	99	35	25	5	62	6	136	2	0	5	578	264	2.63	1.126	6.2	0.3	3.9	8.6	2.19
8	RP	Sparky Lyle*	34	5	8	.385	3.13	67	0	53	0	0	13	95.0	78	37	33	9	28	6	48	0	0	2	384	133	3.84	1.116	7.4	0.9	2.7	4.5	1.71
9	RP	Danny Darwin	23	4	4	.500	4.04	20	6	4	1	0	0	78.0	50	36	35	5	30	2	58	5	1	0	313	103	3.42	1.026	5.8	0.6	3.5	6.7	1.93
10	RP	Dave Rajsich*	27	1	3	.250	3.52	27	3	8	0	0	0	53.2	56	25	21	7	18	0	32	0	0	0	229	119	4.24	1.379	9.4	1.2	3.0	5.4	1.78
11	RP	Ed Farmer	29	2	0	1.000	4.36	11	2	5	0	0	0	33.0	30	21	16	2	19	2	25	2	0	3	144	96	3.91	1.485	8.2	0.5	5.2	6.8	1.32
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
12		Dock Ellis	34	1	5	.167	5.98	10	9	0	0	0	0	46.2	64	34	31	5	16	2	10	0	0	2	215	70	4.72	1.714	12.3	1.0	3.1	1.9	0.63
13		Brian Allard	21	1	3	.250	4.32	7	4	1	2	0	0	33.1	36	17	16	4	13	2	14	0	0	0	141	97	4.62	1.470	9.7	1.1	3.5	3.8	1.08
14		Jerry Don Gleaton*	21	0	1	.000	6.52	5	2	1	0	0	0	9.2	15	7	7	0	2	0	2	1	0	1	45	66	3.25	1.759	14.0	0.0	1.9	1.9	1.00
15		Larry McCall	26	1	0	1.000	2.16	2	1	1	0	0	0	8.1	7	2	2	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	35	200	3.09	1.200	7.6	0.0	3.2	3.2	1.00
16		Bob Babcock	29	0	0		10.13	4	0	1	0	0	0	5.1	7	7	6	1	7	0	6	0	0	1	31	44	6.86	2.625	11.8	1.7	11.8	10.1	0.86
		Team Totals	29.1	83	79	.512	3.86	162	162	136	26	5	42	1437.0	1371	698	617	135	532	40	773	28	2	37	6092	108	4.05	1.324	8.6	0.8	3.3	4.8	1.45
		Rank in 14 AL teams		8	7		3				13	4	1	5	3	3	3	7	6		5
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W