1978 Texas Rangers
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionWest
BallparkArlington Stadium
CityArlington, Texas
OwnersBradford G. Corbett
General managersDan O'Brien Sr. / Eddie Robinson
ManagersBilly Hunter, Pat Corrales
TelevisionKXAS-TV
(Jon Miller, Frank Glieber)
RadioWBAP
(Jon Miller, Bill Merrill)
Seasons

The 1978 Texas Rangers season involved the Rangers finishing second in the American League West with a record of 87 wins and 75 losses.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Kansas City Royals 9270 0.568 — 56–25 36–45
Texas Rangers 8775 0.537 5 52–30 35–45
California Angels 8775 0.537 5 50–31 37–44
Minnesota Twins 7389 0.451 19 38–43 35–46
Chicago White Sox 7190 0.441 20½ 38–42 33–48
Oakland Athletics 6993 0.426 23 38–42 31–51
Seattle Mariners 56104 0.350 35 32–49 24–55

Record vs. opponents

1978 American League record

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore —7–84–68–19–67–82–87–85–56–911–09–17–48–7
Boston 8–7—9–27–37–812–34–610–59–27–95–57–33–711–4
California 6–42–9—8–76–44–79–65–512–35–59–69–65–107–3
Chicago 1–83–77–8—8–22–98–74–78–71–97–87–811–44–6
Cleveland 6–98–74–62–8—5–105–65–105–56–94–68–11–910–4
Detroit 8–73–127–49–210–5—4–67–84–64–116–48–27–39–6
Kansas City 8–26–46–97–86–56–4—6–47–86–510–512–37–85–5
Milwaukee 8–75–105–57–410–58–74–6—4–710–59–15–56–412–3
Minnesota 5–52–93–127–85–56–48–77–4—3–79–66–96–96–4
New York 9–69–75–59–19–611–45–65–107–3—8–26–56–411–4
Oakland 0–115–56–98–76–44–65–101–96–92–8—13–26–97–4
Seattle 1–93–76–98–71–82–83–125–59–65–62–13—3–128–2
Texas 4–77–310–54–119–13–78–74–69–64–69–612–3—4–7
Toronto 7–84–113–76–44–106–95–53–124–64–114–72–87–4—

Notable transactions

Roster

1978 Texas Rangers roster
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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
CJim Sundberg149518144.278658
1BMike Hargrove146494124.251740
2BBump Wills157539135.250957
SSBert Campaneris9826950.186117
3BToby Harrah139450103.2291259
LFAl Oliver133525170.3241489
CFJuan Beníquez127473123.2601150
RFBobby Bonds130475126.2652982
DHRichie Zisk140511134.2622285

Other batters

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
Kurt Bevacqua9024855.222630
John Lowenstein7717639.222521
Bobby Thompson6412027.225212
Jim Mason5510520.19003
Mike Jorgensen969719.19619
John Ellis349423.245317
Gary Gray175012.24026
Pat Putnam20467.15212
Claudell Washington12427.16702
Nelson Norman23349.26501
Johnny Grubb123313.39416
Sandy Alomar Sr.24296.20701
Billy Sample8157.46703
La Rue Washington330.00000
Greg Mahlberg110.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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 Matlack35270.015132.27157
Ferguson Jenkins34249.01883.04157
Doyle Alexander31191.09103.8681
Doc Medich28171.0983.7471
Doc Ellis22141.1974.2045

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Steve Comer30117.11152.3065
Jim Umbarger3297.2584.8860
Paul Mirabella1028.0325.7923
Roger Moret714.2014.915
Danny Darwin38.2104.158

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Reggie Cleveland5357123.0946
Len Barker291544.8233
Paul Lindblad181123.6325

Awards and honors

All-Stars

All-Star Game

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Tucson Toros Pacific Coast League Rich Donnelly
AA Tulsa Drillers Texas League Marty Martínez
A Asheville Tourists Western Carolinas League Wayne Terwilliger
Rookie GCL Rangers Gulf Coast League Joe Klein

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: GCL Rangers

Notes

  1. ↑ Gorman Thomas page at Baseball Reference
  2. ↑ Mike Marshall page at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ Richie Zisk page at Baseball Reference
  4. ↑ Darold Knowles page at Baseball Reference
  5. ↑ Doc Medich page at Baseball Reference
  6. ↑ Bert Blyleven page at Baseball Reference
  7. ↑ Ferguson Jenkins page at Baseball Reference
  8. ↑ Mike Jorgensen page at Baseball Reference
  9. ↑ Gaylord Perry page at Baseball Reference
  10. ↑ Gorman Thomas page at Baseball Reference
  11. ↑ David Clyde page at Baseball Reference
  12. ↑ 1978 Transactions page at Baseball Reference
  13. ↑ 1978 Transactions page at Baseball Reference
  14. ↑ 1978 Transactions page at Baseball Reference
  15. ↑ 1978 Transactions page at Baseball Reference
  16. ↑ Reggie Cleveland page at Baseball Reference
  17. ↑ Bobby Bonds page at Baseball Reference
  18. ↑ Dave May page at Baseball Reference
  19. ↑ Wayne Tolleson page at Baseball Reference
  20. ↑ Charlie O'Brien page at Baseball Reference
  21. ↑ Mike Richardt page at Baseball Reference
  22. ↑ Paul Lindblad page at Baseball Reference
  23. ↑ Johnny Grubb page at Baseball Reference

References

  • Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-17-6.
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