Oakland Athletics vs Texas Rangers - September 16,1981

Visiting Team

Oakland Athletics (54-40)

Home Team

Texas Rangers (48-41)

Game Date

September 16,1981

Year

1981

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

Ballpark

Arlington Stadium

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

9,743

Time of Game

2:29

Umpires

[HP]: Dave Phillips [1B]: Jerry Neudecker [2B]: Larry McCoy [3B]: Durwood Merrill

6th inning: HP **hit on hip**
8th inning: 53 **Johnson ejected by HP umpire Phillips for fighting;**
8th inning: 53 **after grounding out**
8th inning: 53 **pitcher Darwin; both benches cleared and there were**
8th inning: 53 **several fights with Johnson in many of them; he was still**
8th inning: 53 **angry from being hit on the hip by a pitch in the 6th**

Oakland Athletics - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi	bb	so	avg	s-g	c-g
1	Rickey Henderson	lf	22.265	R	4	1	1	0	1	0	.330	93	340
2	Dwayne Murphy	cf	26.182	L	4	1	1	2	0	1	.264	92	432
3	Cliff Johnson	dh	34.056	R	3	0	2	0	0	0	.261	74	804
4	Tony Armas	rf	28.076	R	4	0	0	0	0	2	.262	94	544
5	Wayne Gross	3b	29.245	L	3	0	1	0	1	0	.196	71	596
6	Jim Spencer	1b	34.048	L	4	0	0	0	0	2	.193	68	1508
7	Dave McKay	2b	31.186	B	4	0	1	0	0	3	.238	64	551
8	Jeff Newman	c	33.005	R	2	0	0	0	0	0	.239	61	572
	Keith Drumright	ph	26.330	L	1	0	1	0	0	0	.290	23	40
	Mike Heath	c	26.223	R	1	0	0	0	0	0	.244	75	274
9	Fred Stanley	ss	34.034	R	1	0	0	0	1	0	.205	55	704
	Mike Davis	ph	22.097	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	12	63
	Rob Picciolo	ss	28.224	R	1	0	0	0	0	0	.237	71	507
Totals

HR: Dwayne Murphy (13)

RBI: Dwayne Murphy 2 (53)

HBP: Cliff Johnson (3)

GDP: Rickey Henderson 2 (7)

SB: Rickey Henderson (47), Cliff Johnson (4)

Texas Rangers - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi	bb	so	avg	s-g	c-g
1	Bump Wills	2b	29.051	B	4	0	0	0	0	1	.249	89	690
2	Mickey Rivers	cf	32.321	L	4	0	4	0	0	0	.276	87	1239
3	Al Oliver	dh	34.337	L	4	0	0	0	0	0	.310	89	1823
4	Buddy Bell	3b	30.020	R	3	0	0	0	1	0	.300	84	1360
5	Pat Putnam	1b	27.287	L	3	0	0	0	0	1	.259	81	398
6	Tom Poquette	lf	29.321	L	3	0	0	0	0	1	.200	20	415
7	Jim Sundberg	c	30.121	R	3	1	1	0	0	0	.278	87	1111
8	Leon Roberts	rf	30.237	R	3	0	0	0	0	2	.281	56	701
9	Mark Wagner	ss	27.196	R	2	0	0	1	0	0	.341	37	257
Totals

2B: Mickey Rivers (17), Jim Sundberg (13)

RBI: Mark Wagner (7)

SH: Mark Wagner (2)

GDP: Al Oliver 2 (16)

Oakland Athletics - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr	era	whip	s-g	c-g
1	Mike Norris	R	W 11-7	9.0	5	1	1	1	5	0	3.50	1.21	20	140
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Mike Norris (0-0-0)

Texas Rangers - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr	era	whip	s-g	c-g
1	Danny Darwin	R	L 8-8	7.1	6	2	2	2	7	1	3.81	1.20	19	95
2	Steve Comer	R		1.2	1	0	0	1	1	0	2.86	1.31	31	109
Totals				0.0

HB: Danny Darwin (5)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Danny Darwin (0-0-0), Steve Comer (0-0-0)

team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9		R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Oakland Athletics	OAK	54-40		0	0	0		0	0	0		0	2	0		2	7	0		1	2	5	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Texas Rangers	TEX	48-41		0	0	1		0	0	0		0	0	0		1	5	1		2	7	12	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

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