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)
Seasons

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

Regular season

Season standings

AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
California Angels 8874 0.543 — 49–32 39–42
Kansas City Royals 8577 0.525 3 46–35 39–42
Texas Rangers 8379 0.512 5 44–37 39–42
Minnesota Twins 8280 0.506 6 39–42 43–38
Chicago White Sox 7387 0.456 14 33–46 40–41
Seattle Mariners 6795 0.414 21 36–45 31–50
Oakland Athletics 54108 0.333 34 31–50 23–58

Record vs. opponents

1979 American League record

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore —8–59–38–38–57–66–68–58–45–68–410–26–611–2
Boston 5–8—5–75–66–78–58–48–49–35–89–38–46–69–4
California 3–97–5—9–46–64–87–67–59–47–510–37–65–87–5
Chicago 3–86–54–9—6–63–95–85–75–84–89–45–811–27–5
Cleveland 5–87–66–66–6—6–66–64–98–45–88–47–55–78–5
Detroit 6–75–88–49–36–6—5–76–74–87–67–57–56–69–4
Kansas City 6–64–86–78–56–67–5—5–77–65–79–47–66–79–3
Milwaukee 5–84–85–77–59–47–67–5—8–49–46–69–39–310–3
Minnesota 4–83–94–98–54–88–46–74–8—7–59–410–34–911–1
New York 6–58–55–78–48–56–77–54–95–7—9–36–68–49–4
Oakland 4–83–93–104–94–85–74–96–64–93–9—8–52–114–8
Seattle 2–104–86–78–55–75–76–73–93–106–65–8—6–78–4
Texas 6–66–68–52–117–56–67–63–99–44–811–27–6—7–5
Toronto 2–114–95–75–75–84–93–93–101–114–98–44–85–7—

Notable transactions

Roster

1979 Texas Rangers
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 Sundberg150495136.275564
1BPat Putnam139426118.2771864
2BBump Wills146543148.273546
SSNelson Norman14734376.222021
3BBuddy Bell162670200.29918101
LFBilly Sample12832595.292535
CFAl Oliver136492159.3231276
RFRichie Zisk144503132.2621864
DHJohn Ellis11131690.2851261

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
Johnny Grubb10228979.2731037
Mickey Rivers5824774.300625
Oscar Gamble6416154.335832
Mike Jorgensen9015735.223616
Eric Soderholm6314740.272419
Willie Montañez3814446.319824
Larvell Blanks6812024.200115
Dave Roberts448422.262314
Gary Gray164210.23801
LaRue Washington25185.27802
Greg Mahlberg7172.11811
Bert Campaneris891.11100
Dave Chalk982.25000
Gary Holle561.16700

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
Ferguson Jenkins37259.016144.07164
Steve Comer36242.117123.6886
Doc Medich29149.01074.1758
Doyle Alexander23113.1574.4550
Jon Matlack1385.0544.1335
John Henry Johnson1782.1264.9246
Dock Ellis1046.2155.9810

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
Danny Darwin2078.0444.0458
Brian Allard733.1134.3214
Ed Farmer1133.0204.3625
Jerry Don Gleaton59.2016.522
Larry McCall28.1102.163

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
Jim Kern71135291.57136
Sparky Lyle6758133.1348
Dave Rajsich271303.5232
Bob Babcock400010.126

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 Jimmie Schaffer
A Asheville Tourists Western Carolinas League Wayne Terwilliger
Rookie GCL Rangers Gulf Coast League Andy Hancock

Notes

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