1979 TEXAS RANGERS

| Level: MLB

Location: Arlington,TX
Team Record: 83-79 .512
Result: 3rd in American League - West Division
Manager(s): Pat Corrales
General Manager: Eddie Robinson
Stadium: Arlington Stadium
Attendance: 1,519,671
Playoffs: Did not qualify

Texas Rangers affiliate history

Oldest Player: Bert Campaneris (37)
Youngest Player: Nelson Norman (21)
Longest Tenure: Jim Sundberg (6)
Top Hitter: Buddy Bell (9)
Top Pitcher: Fergie Jenkins (7)
Top Draft Pick: Jerry Don Gleaton (#17)

Roster Continuity: 57.44%

American League Standings

West	W	L	Pct	GB
California	88	74	.543	--
KC Royals	85	77	.525	3.0
Texas	83	79	.512	5.0
Minnesota	82	80	.506	6.0
Chi White Sox	73	87	.456	14.0
Seattle	67	95	.414	21.0
Oakland	54	108	.333	34.0

BATTING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

Extra

Batting Orders

Defensive Lineups

Feats

Splits Analysis

#	Player	Pos	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	PA	OUT	RC	RC/G	babip
25	Buddy Bell	3b	9	27	1969-16-373	MLB	162	670	89	200	42	3	18	101	5	4	30	45	3	4	7	10	16	.299	.327	.451	778	302	720	507	111	5.9	.295
1	Bump Wills	2b	40	26	1975-1-6	MLB	146	543	90	148	21	3	5	46	35	11	53	58	4	4	14	3	12	.273	.340	.350	690	190	617	435	73	4.5	.296
22	Richie Zisk	of	-	30	1967-3-56	MLB	144	503	69	132	21	1	18	64	1	1	57	75	0	4	1	2	15	.262	.336	.416	752	209	563	390	74	5.1	.277
12	Jim Sundberg	c	87	28	1973-1-2	MLB	150	495	50	136	23	4	5	64	3	3	51	51	5	5	5	5	17	.275	.345	.368	713	182	561	389	68	4.7	.295
0	Al Oliver	of-1b	42	32	UDFA: 1964	MLB	136	492	69	159	28	4	12	76	4	5	34	34	4	8	1	7	14	.323	.367	.470	836	231	538	360	92	6.9	.325
18	Pat Putnam	1b	79	25	1975-1-22	MLB	139	426	57	118	19	2	18	64	1	6	23	50	6	6	4	6	12	.277	.319	.458	777	195	465	336	65	5.2	.275
4	Nelson Norman	ss	56	21	UDFA: 1975	MLB	147	343	36	76	9	3	0	21	4	1	19	41	0	0	18	3	5	.222	.260	.265	526	91	383	294	24	2.2	.249
15	Billy Sample	of	-	24	1976-10-228	MLB	128	325	60	95	21	2	5	35	8	6	37	28	2	1	10	3	6	.292	.365	.415	781	135	377	255	57	6.0	.305
17	John Ellis	1b-c	-	30	UDFA: 1967	MLB	111	316	33	90	12	0	12	61	2	2	15	55	2	1	0	4	3	.285	.318	.437	754	138	337	235	46	5.3	.308
6	Johnny Grubb	of	-	30	1971-1-23	MLB	102	289	42	79	14	0	10	37	2	4	34	44	1	3	2	2	6	.273	.350	.426	775	123	328	224	45	5.5	.291
17	Mickey Rivers	of	35	30	1969-1-8	MLB	58	247	35	74	9	3	6	25	7	2	9	18	1	0	3	3	2	.300	.323	.433	756	107	263	183	40	5.9	.301
30	Oscar Gamble	of	60	29	1968-16-363	MLB	64	161	27	54	6	0	8	32	2	1	37	15	1	11	0	2	6	.335	.458	.522	979	84	201	116	41	9.5	.329
35	Mike Jorgensen	1b-of	-	30	1966-4-61	MLB	90	157	21	35	7	0	6	16	0	2	14	29	2	1	3	1	3	.223	.293	.382	675	60	177	131	18	3.7	.236
5	Eric Soderholm	3b	-	30	1968-1-1	MLB	63	147	15	40	6	0	4	19	0	0	12	9	1	0	2	3	5	.272	.325	.395	720	58	165	117	21	4.9	.263
24	Willie Montanez	1b-of	-	31	UDFA: 1965	MLB	38	144	19	46	6	0	8	24	0	1	8	14	1	1	0	1	4	.319	.357	.528	885	76	154	104	28	7.3	.309
3	Larvell Blanks	ss-2b	-	29	1969-3-60	MLB	68	120	13	24	5	0	1	15	0	0	11	9	0	0	3	4	1	.200	.259	.267	526	32	138	104	10	2.6	.202
14	Dave Roberts	3b-c	-	28	1972-1-1	MLB	44	84	12	22	2	1	3	14	1	0	7	17	0	0	2	0	3	.262	.319	.417	735	35	93	67	11	4.4	.297
23	Gary Gray	1b	-	26	1974-18-406	MLB	16	42	4	10	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	8	0	0	0	0	2	.238	.273	.238	511	10	44	35	1	1.0	.294
10	LaRue Washington	of	-	25	1975-23-540	MLB	25	18	5	5	0	0	0	2	2	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.409	.278	687	5	22	14	3	5.5	.278
30	Greg Mahlberg	c	-	26	UDFA: 1978	MLB	7	17	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	4	0	0	2	0	2	.118	.211	.294	505	5	21	19	0	0.3	.083
19	Bert Campaneris	ss	96	37	UDFA: 1962	MLB	8	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.200	.111	311	1	10	8	0	-0.4	.167
12	Dave Chalk	3b-ss	-	28	1972-1-10	MLB	9	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.250	.250	.250	500	2	9	8	0	0.7	.250
38	Gary Holle	1b	-	24	1976-13-292	MLB	5	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.286	.333	619	2	7	5	1	4.8	.167
Totals: (23 players)							162	5562	750	1549	252	26	140	718	79	51	461	607	33	49	78	59	135	.278	.334	.409	743	2273	6193	4336	828	5.2	.289

PITCHING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

Extra

Starting Pitcher Log

Feats

Splits Analysis

Draft Picks

#	Player	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	Bk	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	BB/SO	BABIP	GB/FB
24	Fergie Jenkins	7	35	UDFA: 1963	MLB	16	14	4.07	37	37	10	3	0	0	259.0	252	127	117	40	81	164	4	0	1.29	8.76	1.39	2.81	5.70	0.49	.271	1.21
11	Steve Comer	20	25	UDFA: 1976	MLB	17	12	3.68	36	36	6	1	0	0	242.1	230	114	99	24	84	86	7	0	1.30	8.54	0.89	3.12	3.19	0.98	.256	1.31
42	Doc Medich	-	30	1970-30-692	MLB	10	7	4.17	29	19	4	1	1	0	149.0	156	78	69	9	49	58	4	0	1.38	9.42	0.54	2.96	3.50	0.84	.286	1.46
34	Jim Kern	21	30	UDFA: 1968	MLB	13	5	1.57	71	0	0	0	57	29	143.0	99	35	25	5	62	136	5	0	1.13	6.23	0.31	3.90	8.56	0.46	.263	1.66
33	Doyle Alexander	-	28	1968-9-185	MLB	5	7	4.45	23	18	0	0	3	0	113.1	114	65	56	3	69	50	4	0	1.61	9.05	0.24	5.48	3.97	1.38	.298	0.99
28	Sparky Lyle	31	34	UDFA: 1964	MLB	5	8	3.13	67	0	0	0	53	13	95.0	78	37	33	9	28	48	2	0	1.12	7.39	0.85	2.65	4.55	0.58	.240	1.05
32	Jon Matlack	-	29	1967-1-4	MLB	5	4	4.13	13	13	2	0	0	0	85.0	98	43	39	9	15	35	1	0	1.33	10.38	0.95	1.59	3.71	0.43	.306	1.27
31	John Henry Johnson	44	22	1974-15-353	MLB	2	6	4.92	17	12	1	0	1	0	82.1	79	50	45	12	36	46	3	1	1.40	8.64	1.31	3.94	5.03	0.78	--	0.55
44	Danny Darwin	-	23	UDFA: 1976	MLB	4	4	4.04	20	6	1	0	4	0	78.0	50	36	35	5	30	58	0	1	1.03	5.77	0.58	3.46	6.69	0.52	.218	0.72
26	Dave Rajsich	-	27	UDFA: 1975	MLB	1	3	3.52	27	3	0	0	8	0	53.2	56	25	21	7	18	32	0	0	1.38	9.39	1.17	3.02	5.37	0.56	.287	1.47
27	Dock Ellis	-	34	UDFA: 1964	MLB	1	5	5.98	10	9	0	0	0	0	46.2	64	34	31	5	16	10	2	0	1.71	12.34	0.96	3.09	1.93	1.60	--	2.20
23	Brian Allard	-	21	1976-4-84	MLB	1	3	4.32	7	4	2	0	1	0	33.1	36	17	16	4	13	14	0	0	1.47	9.72	1.08	3.51	3.78	0.93	.294	1.23
9	Ed Farmer	43	29	1967-5-91	MLB	2	0	4.36	11	2	0	0	5	0	33.0	30	21	16	2	19	25	3	0	1.48	8.18	0.55	5.18	6.82	0.76	--	1.40
7	Jerry Don Gleaton	-	21	1979-1-17	MLB	0	1	6.52	5	2	0	0	1	0	9.2	15	7	7	0	2	2	1	0	1.76	13.97	0.00	1.86	1.86	1.00	.395	2.57
29	Larry McCall	-	26	UDFA: 1978	MLB	1	0	2.16	2	1	0	0	1	0	8.1	7	2	2	0	3	3	0	0	1.20	7.56	0.00	3.24	3.24	1.00	.250	0.69
17,20	Bob Babcock	-	29	UDFA: 1968	MLB	0	0	10.13	4	0	0	0	1	0	5.1	7	7	6	1	7	6	1	0	2.63	11.81	1.69	11.81	10.13	1.17	.400	1.20
Totals: (23 players)						83	79	3.86	162	162	26	5	136	42	1,437	1371	698	617	140	532	773	37	2	1.40	8.59	0.85	3.33	4.84	0.69	.318

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Jim Sundberg	C	150		754	75	4	14	.995	0.00
Dave Roberts	C	14		45	5	1	0	.980	0.00
John Ellis	C	7		16	1	0	1	1.000	0.00
Greg Mahlberg	C	7		22	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Pat Putnam	1B	96		832	62	5	65	.994	0.00
Mike Jorgensen	1B	60		287	30	4	28	.988	0.00
John Ellis	1B	30		216	11	5	17	.978	0.00
Willie Montanez	1B	19		191	16	1	14	.995	0.00
Dave Roberts	1B	6		9	0	0	1	1.000	0.00
Eric Soderholm	1B	2		9	1	1	0	.909	0.00
Gary Holle	1B	1		11	0	0	1	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Bump Wills	2B	146		337	468	20	95	.976	0.00
Larvell Blanks	2B	16		26	25	0	6	1.000	0.00
Dave Roberts	2B	8		15	23	0	9	1.000	0.00
Dave Chalk	2B	1		1	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Nelson Norman	2B	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Buddy Bell	3B	147		112	364	15	22	.969	0.00
Eric Soderholm	3B	37		20	48	4	5	.944	0.00
Dave Roberts	3B	1		0	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
LaRue Washington	3B	1		0	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Nelson Norman	SS	142		177	302	24	64	.952	0.00
Larvell Blanks	SS	49		39	65	3	16	.972	0.00
Buddy Bell	SS	33		35	65	2	9	.980	0.00
Bert Campaneris	SS	8		12	13	1	5	.962	0.00
Dave Chalk	SS	3		0	3	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Richie Zisk	OF	134		234	10	7	6	.972	0.00
Al Oliver	OF	119		260	9	7	2	.975	0.00
Billy Sample	OF	103		173	7	0	1	1.000	0.00
Johnny Grubb	OF	82		135	8	2	4	.986	0.00
Mickey Rivers	OF	57		153	4	3	1	.981	0.00
Oscar Gamble	OF	21		41	2	0	2	1.000	0.00
Mike Jorgensen	OF	20		33	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
LaRue Washington	OF	13		16	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Dave Roberts	OF	11		13	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Jim Kern	P	71	143	9	16	7	1	.781	1.57
Sparky Lyle	P	67	95	2	11	2	0	.867	1.23
Fergie Jenkins	P	37	259	25	50	3	5	.962	2.61
Steve Comer	P	36	242	19	38	4	0	.934	2.12
Doc Medich	P	29	149	6	33	2	0	.951	2.36
Dave Rajsich	P	27	53	1	13	0	0	1.000	2.37
Doyle Alexander	P	23	113	12	23	0	1	1.000	2.79
Danny Darwin	P	20	78	2	6	0	0	1.000	0.92
John Henry Johnson	P	17	82	1	11	0	1	1.000	1.32
Jon Matlack	P	13	85	3	16	2	1	.905	2.01
Ed Farmer	P	11	33	2	4	0	0	1.000	1.64
Dock Ellis	P	10	46	2	8	1	0	.909	1.95
Brian Allard	P	7	33	3	5	0	0	1.000	2.18
Jerry Don Gleaton	P	5	9	0	4	0	0	1.000	3.91
Bob Babcock	P	4	5	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.76
Larry McCall	P	2	8	0	1	0	1	1.000	1.11
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
John Ellis	DH	62						.000	0.00
Oscar Gamble	DH	37						.000	0.00
Pat Putnam	DH	32						.000	0.00
Willie Montanez	DH	17						.000	0.00
Eric Soderholm	DH	14						.000	0.00
Gary Gray	DH	13						.000	0.00
Al Oliver	DH	10						.000	0.00
Billy Sample	DH	9						.000	0.00
Dave Roberts	DH	4						.000	0.00
Richie Zisk	DH	3						.000	0.00
Dave Chalk	DH	2						.000	0.00
Mike Jorgensen	DH	2						.000	0.00
Larvell Blanks	DH	1						.000	0.00
LaRue Washington	DH	1						.000	0.00

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