1981 Texas Rangers
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionWest
BallparkArlington Stadium
CityArlington, Texas
OwnersEddie Chiles
General managersEddie Robinson
ManagersDon Zimmer
TelevisionKXAS-TV
(Eric Nadel, Mel Proctor)
Vue-Pay
(Mark Holtz, Norm Hitzges)
RadioWBAP
(Eric Nadel, Bill Merrill, Mel Proctor)
Seasons
The Rangers playing against the Oakland Athletics during a 1981 away game at Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum.

The Texas Rangers 1981 season involved the Rangers finishing second in the American League West with a record of 57 wins and 48 losses. The season was suspended for 50 days due to the infamous 1981 players strike and the league chose as its playoff teams, the division winners from the first and second halves of the season, respectively.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Oakland Athletics 6445 0.587 — 35–21 29–24
Texas Rangers 5748 0.543 5 32–24 25–24
Chicago White Sox 5452 0.509 8½ 25–24 29–28
Kansas City Royals 5053 0.485 11 19–28 31–25
California Angels 5159 0.464 13½ 26–28 25–31
Seattle Mariners 4465 0.404 20 20–37 24–28
Minnesota Twins 4168 0.376 23 24–36 17–32
AL West
First Half Standings		 W L Pct. GB
Oakland Athletics3723.617—
Texas Rangers3322.6001+1⁄2
Chicago White Sox3122.5852+1⁄2
California Angels3129.5176
Kansas City Royals2030.40012
Seattle Mariners2136.36814+1⁄2
Minnesota Twins1739.30418
AL West
Second Half Standings		 W L Pct. GB
Kansas City Royals3023.566—
Oakland Athletics2722.5511
Texas Rangers2426.4804+1⁄2
Minnesota Twins2429.4536
Seattle Mariners2329.4426+1⁄2
Chicago White Sox2330.4347
California Angels2030.4008+1⁄2

Record vs. opponents

1981 American League record

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore —2–26–63–64–26–75–32–46–07–67–54–22–15–2
Boston 2–2—2–45–47–66–13–36–72–53–37–59–33–64–0
California 6–64–2—6–77–53–30–64–33–32–22–86–42–46–6
Chicago 6–34–57–6—2–53–32–04–12–45–77–63–32–47–5
Cleveland 2–46–75–75–2—1–54–43–62–17–53–28–42–24–2
Detroit 7–61–63–33–35–1—3–25–89–33–71–25–19–36–4
Kansas City 3–53–36–00–24–42–3—4–59–42–103–36–73–45–3
Milwaukee 4–27–63–41–46–38–55–4—9–33–34–22–24–56–4
Minnesota 0–65–23–34–21–23–94–93–9—3–32–83–6–15–85–1
New York 6–73–32–27–55–77–310–23–33–3—4–32–35–42–3
Oakland 5–75–78–26–72–32–13–32–48–23–4—6–14–210–2
Seattle 2–43–94–63–34–81–57–62–26–3–13–21–6—5–83–3
Texas 1–26–34–24–22–23–94–35–48–54–52–48–5—6–2
Toronto 2–50–46–65–72–44–63–54–61–53–22–103–32–6—

Notable transactions

Roster

1981 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 Sundberg10233994.277328
1BPat Putnam9529779.266835
2BBump Wills102410103.251241
SSMario Mendoza8822953.231022
3BBuddy Bell97360106.2941064
LFBilly Sample6623065.283325
CFMickey Rivers99399114.286326
RFJohnny Grubb6719946.231326
DHAl Oliver102421130.309455

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
Leon Roberts7223365.279431
Bill Stein5311538.330222
Mark Wagner508522.259114
Tom Poquette306410.15607
John Ellis23588.13817
Bobby Jones10349.26537
Wayne Tolleson14244.16701
Bob Johnson6185.27824
Rick Lisi9165.31301
Dan Duran13164.25000
Larry Cox5133.23101
Nelson Norman7133.23102
Don Werner282.25000

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
Danny Darwin22146.0993.6498
Doc Medich20143.11063.0865
Rick Honeycutt20127.21163.3140
Fergie Jenkins19106.0584.5063
Jon Matlack17104.1474.1443

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
Charlie Hough2182.0412.9669
John Butcher527.2121.6319
Len Whitehouse23.10116.202

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
Steve Comer368262.5622
John Henry Johnson243122.668
Jim Kern231262.7020
Bob Babcock161102.2018
Dave Scmiidt140113.1313
Mark Mercer70124.708
Bob Lacey10009.000

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Wichita Aeros American Association Rich Donnelly
AA Tulsa Drillers Texas League Tom Burgess
A Asheville Tourists South Atlantic League Tom Robson
Rookie GCL Rangers Gulf Coast League Andy Hancock

Notes

  1. 1 2 Willie Horton page at Baseball Reference
  2. ↑ Bob Jones page at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ Ron Darling page at Baseball Reference

References

  • 1981 Texas Rangers team page at Baseball Reference
  • 1981 Texas Rangers team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
  • 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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