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1981 Texas Rangers Statistics

1980 Season 1982 Season

Record: 57-48-0, Finished 2nd in AL_West (Schedule and Results)

First Half: 33-22, Finished 2nd

Second Half: 24-26, Finished 3rd

Manager: Don Zimmer (57-48)

General Manager: Eddie Robinson

Scouting Director: Joseph Klein

Ballpark: Arlington Stadium

Attendance: 850,076 (9th of 14)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 94, Pitching - 94
One-year: Batting - 91, Pitching - 90

Pythagorean W-L: 60-45, 452 Runs, 389 Runs Allowed

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Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Jim Sundberg	30	102	396	339	42	94	17	2	3	28	2	5	50	48	.277	.369	.366	.735	119	124	5	1	3	3	6
2	1B	Pat Putnam*	27	95	317	297	33	79	17	2	8	35	4	2	17	38	.266	.304	.418	.721	112	124	4	0	1	2	3
3	2B	Bump Wills#	28	102	454	410	51	103	13	2	2	41	12	9	32	49	.251	.304	.307	.611	82	126	8	1	6	5	2
4	SS	Mario Mendoza	30	88	254	229	18	53	6	1	0	22	2	1	7	25	.231	.254	.266	.521	55	61	9	1	14	3	0
5	3B	Buddy Bell	29	97	415	360	44	106	16	1	10	64	3	3	42	30	.294	.364	.428	.792	134	154	6	3	0	10	10
6	LF	Billy Sample	26	66	260	230	36	65	16	0	3	25	4	1	17	21	.283	.346	.391	.738	119	90	3	7	3	3	1
7	CF	Mickey Rivers*	32	99	428	399	62	114	21	2	3	26	9	5	24	31	.286	.327	.371	.698	107	148	3	1	3	1	2
8	RF	Johnny Grubb*	32	67	226	199	26	46	9	1	3	26	0	3	23	25	.231	.316	.332	.647	92	66	6	2	1	1	0
9	DH	Al Oliver*	34	102	448	421	53	130	29	1	4	55	3	0	24	28	.309	.348	.411	.759	125	173	17	2	0	1	10
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
10	OF	Leon Roberts	30	72	266	233	26	65	17	2	4	31	3	4	25	38	.279	.345	.421	.765	126	98	8	1	2	5	2
11	UT	Bill Stein	34	53	126	115	21	38	6	0	2	22	1	2	7	15	.330	.360	.435	.795	135	50	5	0	1	3	3
12	SS	Mark Wagner	27	50	95	85	15	22	4	1	1	14	1	1	8	13	.259	.323	.365	.687	104	31	2	0	2	0	0
13	OF	Tom Poquette*	29	30	71	64	2	10	1	0	0	7	0	1	5	1	.156	.225	.172	.397	19	11	3	1	0	1	0
14	1B	John Ellis	32	23	64	58	2	8	3	0	1	7	0	1	5	10	.138	.219	.241	.460	37	14	3	1	0	0	1
15	OF	Bob Jones*	31	10	35	34	4	9	1	0	3	7	0	1	1	7	.265	.286	.559	.845	146	19	0	0	0	0	0
16	IF	Wayne Tolleson#	25	14	25	24	6	4	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	5	.167	.200	.167	.367	10	4	0	0	0	0	0
17	OF	Rick Lisi	25	9	20	16	6	5	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	0	.313	.450	.313	.763	130	5	0	0	0	0	0
18	UT	Bob Johnson	21	6	19	18	2	5	0	0	2	4	0	0	1	3	.278	.316	.611	.927	170	11	1	0	0	0	0
19	LF	Dan Duran*	27	13	17	16	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.250	.294	.250	.544	63	4	1	0	0	0	0
20	SS	Nelson Norman#	23	7	15	13	1	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	2	.231	.267	.308	.574	70	4	0	0	0	1	0
21	C	Larry Cox	33	5	13	13	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.231	.231	.308	.538	59	4	0	0	0	0	0
22	DH	Don Werner	28	2	8	8	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	49	2	0	0	0	0	0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
23	P	Fergie Jenkins	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
24	P	Doc Medich	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
25	P	Len Whitehouse*	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
26	P	Charlie Hough	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
27	P	John Butcher	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
28	P	Jim Kern	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
29	P	Bob Lacey	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
30	P	Mark Mercer*	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
31	P	Rick Honeycutt*	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
32	P	Steve Comer#	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
33	P	Dave Schmidt	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
34	P	John Henry Johnson*	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
35	P	Jon Matlack*	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
36	P	Danny Darwin	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
37	P	Bob Babcock	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	30.0	105	3972	3581	452	968	178	15	49	418	46	41	295	396	.270	.326	.369	.696	106	1323	84	21	36	39	40
		Rank in 14 AL teams				9	6	3	1	12	12		9	9	12	2	3	7	9	9		10		5		3
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

Team Pitching

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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	Danny Darwin	25	9	9	.500	3.64	22	22	0	6	2	0	146.0	115	67	59	12	57	5	98	6	0	1	601	95	3.62	1.178	7.1	0.7	3.5	6.0	1.72
2	SP	Doc Medich	32	10	6	.625	3.08	20	20	0	4	4	0	143.1	136	51	49	8	33	5	65	2	0	1	585	112	3.15	1.179	8.5	0.5	2.1	4.1	1.97
3	SP	Rick Honeycutt*	27	11	6	.647	3.31	20	20	0	8	2	0	127.2	120	49	47	12	17	1	40	0	0	1	509	104	3.59	1.073	8.5	0.8	1.2	2.8	2.35
4	SP	Fergie Jenkins	38	5	8	.385	4.50	19	16	2	1	0	0	106.0	122	55	53	14	40	4	63	0	0	2	467	77	4.26	1.528	10.4	1.2	3.4	5.3	1.58
5	SP	Jon Matlack*	31	4	7	.364	4.14	17	16	0	1	1	0	104.1	101	59	48	8	41	1	43	1	0	2	447	84	3.98	1.361	8.7	0.7	3.5	3.7	1.05
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
6	CL	Steve Comer	27	8	2	.800	2.56	36	1	22	0	0	6	77.1	70	25	22	1	31	8	22	1	0	2	330	135	3.44	1.306	8.1	0.1	3.6	2.6	0.71
7	RP	Charlie Hough	33	4	1	.800	2.96	21	5	9	2	0	1	82.0	61	30	27	4	31	1	69	3	0	4	330	117	2.80	1.122	6.7	0.4	3.4	7.6	2.23
8	RP	Jim Kern	32	1	2	.333	2.70	23	0	15	0	0	6	30.0	21	10	9	0	22	3	20	1	1	1	131	129	3.57	1.433	6.3	0.0	6.6	6.0	0.91
9	RP	Bob Babcock	31	1	1	.500	2.20	16	0	7	0	0	0	28.2	21	7	7	2	16	1	18	1	0	0	117	159	4.03	1.291	6.6	0.6	5.0	5.7	1.13
10	RP	John Henry Johnson*	24	3	1	.750	2.66	24	0	15	0	0	2	23.2	19	7	7	2	6	1	8	1	0	1	94	132	3.91	1.056	7.2	0.8	2.3	3.0	1.33
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
11		Dave Schmidt	24	0	1	.000	3.13	14	1	8	0	0	1	31.2	31	11	11	1	11	3	13	1	1	3	132	112	3.33	1.326	8.8	0.3	3.1	3.7	1.18
12		John Butcher	24	1	2	.333	1.63	5	3	1	1	1	0	27.2	18	6	5	0	8	1	19	0	0	0	106	215	2.09	0.940	5.9	0.0	2.6	6.2	2.38
13		Mark Mercer*	27	0	1	.000	4.70	7	0	2	0	0	2	7.2	7	4	4	1	7	0	8	0	0	0	36	78	4.95	1.826	8.2	1.2	8.2	9.4	1.14
14		Len Whitehouse*	23	0	1	.000	16.20	2	1	0	0	0	0	3.1	8	7	6	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	20	24	7.10	3.000	21.6	2.7	5.4	5.4	1.00
15		Bob Lacey*	27	0	0		9.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	55	15.60	1.000	9.0	9.0	0.0	0.0
		Team Totals	29.7	57	48	.543	3.40	105	105	82	23	10	18	940.1	851	389	355	67	322	34	488	17	2	18	3909	102	3.57	1.247	8.1	0.6	3.1	4.7	1.52
		Rank in 14 AL teams		7	10		3				7	1	11	11	3	2	2	2	4		8
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