1980_Texas_Rangers_season

1980 Texas Rangers
1980 Texas Rangers
League	American League
Division	West
Ballpark	Arlington Stadium
City	Arlington, Texas
Owners	Eddie Chiles
General managers	Eddie Robinson
Managers	Pat Corrales
Television	KXAS-TV; (Frank Glieber, Eric Nadel, Mel Proctor)
Radio	WBAP; (Eric Nadel, Bill Merrill, Mel Proctor)

1980 Texas Rangers season

Major League Baseball team season

The Texas Rangers 1980 season involved the Rangers finishing fourth in the American League West with a record of 76 wins and 85 losses.

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v t e AL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Kansas City Royals	97	65	0.599	—	49–32	48–33
Oakland Athletics	83	79	0.512	14	46–35	37–44
Minnesota Twins	77	84	0.478	19½	44–36	33–48
Texas Rangers	76	85	0.472	20½	39–41	37–44
Chicago White Sox	70	90	0.438	26	37–42	33–48
California Angels	65	95	0.406	31	30–51	35–44
Seattle Mariners	59	103	0.364	38	36–45	23–58

1980 American League record v t e Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIL	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TEX	TOR
Baltimore	—	8–5	10–2	6–6	6–7	10–3	6–6	7–6	10–2	7–6	7–5	6–6	6–6	11–2
Boston	5–8	—	9–3	6–4	7–6	8–5	5–7	6–7	6–6	3–10	9–3	7–5	5–7	7–6
California	2–10	3–9	—	3–10	4–6	5–7	5–8	6–6	7–6	2–10	3–10	11–2	11–2	3–9
Chicago	6–6	4–6	10–3	—	5–7	2–10	5–8	5–7	5–8	5–7	6–7	6–7	6–7–2	5–7
Cleveland	7–6	6–7	6–4	7–5	—	3–10	5–7	3–10	9–3	5–8	6–6	8–4	6–6	8–5
Detroit	3–10	5–8	7–5	10–2	10–3	—	2–10	7–6	6–6	5–8	6–6	10–2–1	4–8	9–4
Kansas City	6–6	7–5	8–5	8–5	7–5	10–2	—	6–6	5–8	8–4	6–7	7–6	10–3	9–3
Milwaukee	6–7	7–6	6–6	7–5	10–3	6–7	6–6	—	7–5	5–8	7–5	9–3	5–7	5–8
Minnesota	2–10	6–6	6–7	8–5	3–9	6–6	8–5	5–7	—	4–8	6–7	7–6	9–3	7–5
New York	6–7	10–3	10–2	7–5	8–5	8–5	4–8	8–5	8–4	—	8–4	9–3	7–5	10–3
Oakland	5–7	3–9	10–3	7–6	6–6	6–6	7–6	5–7	7–6	4–8	—	8–5	7–6	8–4
Seattle	6–6	5–7	2–11	7–6	4–8	2–10–1	6–7	3–9	6–7	3–9	5–8	—	4–9	6–6
Texas	6–6	7–5	2–11	7–6–2	6–6	8–4	3–10	7–5	3–9	5–7	6–7	9–4	—	7–5
Toronto	2–11	6–7	9–3	7–5	5–8	4–9	3–9	8–5	5–7	3–10	4–8	6–6	5–7	—

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Jim Sundberg	151	505	138	.273	10	63
1B	Pat Putnam	147	410	108	.263	13	55
2B	Bump Wills	146	578	152	.263	5	58
SS	Pepe Frías	116	227	55	.242	0	10
3B	Buddy Bell	129	490	161	.329	17	83
LF	Al Oliver	163	656	209	.319	19	117
CF	Mickey Rivers	147	630	210	.333	7	60
RF	Johnny Grubb	110	274	76	.277	9	32
DH	Richie Zisk	135	448	130	.290	19	77

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Rusty Staub	109	340	102	.300	9	52
Dave Roberts	101	235	56	.238	10	30
Billy Sample	99	204	53	.260	4	19
John Ellis	73	182	43	.236	1	23
Bud Harrelson	87	180	49	.272	1	9
Jim Norris	119	174	43	.247	0	16
Mike Richardt	22	71	16	.225	0	8
Tucker Ashford	15	32	4	.125	0	3
Nelson Norman	17	32	7	.219	0	1
Danny Walton	10	10	2	.200	0	1
Odie Davis	17	8	1	.125	0	0
Mike Hart	5	4	1	.250	0	0

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Jon Matlack	35	234.2	10	10	3.68	142
Doc Medich	34	204.1	14	11	3.92	91
Ferguson Jenkins	29	198.0	12	12	3.77	129
Gaylord Perry	24	155.0	6	9	3.43	107
Ken Clay	8	43.0	2	3	4.60	17
Steve Comer	12	41.2	2	4	7.99	9
Ed Figueroa	8	39.2	0	7	5.90	9
John Butcher	6	35.1	3	3	4.08	27
Don Kainer	4	19.2	0	0	1.83	10

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Danny Darwin	53	13	4	8	2.63	104
Sparky Lyle	49	3	2	8	4.69	43
Jim Kern	38	3	11	2	4.83	40
John Henry Johnson	33	2	2	4	2.33	44
Dave Rajsich	24	2	1	2	5.96	35
Charlie Hough	16	2	2	0	3.96	47
Adrian Devine	13	1	1	0	4.82	8
Bob Babcock	19	1	2	0	4.63	15
Jerry Don Gleaton	5	0	0	0	2.57	2
Dennis Lewallyn	4	0	0	0	7.94	1

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Charleston Charlies	International League	Tom Burgess
AA	Tulsa Drillers	Texas League	Wayne Terwilliger
A	Asheville Tourists	South Atlantic League	Tom Robson
Rookie	GCL Rangers	Gulf Coast League	Andy Hancock