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1978 Texas Rangers (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1977/1979) 87-75, Finished 2nd in AL Western Division View League Standings and Leaders Scored 692 runs, Allowed 632 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 88-74 Managed by Billy Hunter and Pat Corrales Ballpark: Arlington Stadium (ballparks.com) Attendance: 1,447,963 (9th of 14) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 100, Pitching - 100   (one-year): Batting - 97, Pitching - 96   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates BaseballAmerica.com: Team Executives Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms News & Views: ThinkFactory, BallHype, ArmchairGM BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

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Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Jim Sundberg        27  149  518   54  144  23  6   6   58  64   70  .278  .358  .380   2   5  18   3   3   4   6  109
1B *Mike Hargrove       28  146  494   63  124  24  1   7   40 107   47  .251  .388  .346   2   5  11   7   2   6   8  109
2B #Bump Wills          25  157  539   78  135  17  4   9   57  63   91  .250  .331  .347  52  14  11   4   9   4   3   92
3B  Toby Harrah         29  139  450   56  103  17  3  12   59  83   66  .229  .349  .360  31   8   8   2   9   3   3  101
SS  Bert Campaneris     36   98  269   30   50   5  3   1   17  20   36  .186  .245  .238  22   4   6   2  25   3   0   37
LF *Al Oliver           31  133  525   65  170  35  5  14   89  31   41  .324  .358  .490   8   9   7   2   1   9   6  137
CF  Juan Beniquez       28  127  473   61  123  17  3  11   50  20   59  .260  .292  .378  10  12  10   3  10   4   1   88
RF  Bobby Bonds         32  130  475   85  126  15  4  29   82  69  110  .265  .356  .497  37  20  12   2   2   7   6  138
DH  Richie Zisk         29  140  511   68  134  19  1  22   85  58   76  .262  .338  .432   3   3  14   3   4   5   7  116
    Kurt Bevacqua       31   90  248   21   55  12  0   6   30  18   31  .222  .271  .343   1   2   8   0   2   3   0   72
   *John Lowenstein     31   77  176   28   39   8  3   5   21  37   29  .222  .363  .386  16   3   2   2   2   0   2  112
   #Bobby Thompson      24   64  120   23   27   3  3   2   12   9   26  .225  .284  .350   7   2   0   2   2   3   1   78
   *Jim Mason           27   55  105   10   20   4  0   0    3   5   17  .190  .227  .229   0   0   2   0   6   0   0   29
   *Mike Jorgensen      29   96   97   20   19   3  0   1    9  18   10  .196  .319  .258   3   1   3   0   2   1   1   65
    John Ellis          29   34   94    7   23   4  0   3   17   6   20  .245  .282  .383   0   1   0   0   1   3   0   86
    Gary Gray           25   17   50    4   12   1  0   2    6   1   12  .240  .255  .380   1   0   1   0   0   0   0   77
   *Pat Putnam          24   20   46    4    7   1  0   1    2   2    5  .152  .188  .239   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   20
   *Claudell Washington 23   12   42    1    7   0  0   0    2   1   12  .167  .186  .167   0   1   1   0   0   0   0    0
   #Nelson Norman       20   23   34    1    9   2  0   0    1   0    5  .265  .265  .324   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   65
   *Johnny Grubb        29   21   33    8   13   3  0   1    6  11    5  .394  .545  .576   1   1   0   0   0   0   0  217
   #Sandy Alomar        34   24   29    3    6   1  0   0    1   1    7  .207  .233  .241   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   34
    Bill Sample         23    8   15    2    7   2  0   0    3   0    3  .467  .467  .600   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  199
    La Rue Washington   24    3    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Greg Mahlberg       25    1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.9  162 5347  692 1353 216 36 132  650 624  779  .253  .331  .381 196  91 115  32  83  55  45  101
    Rank among 14 AL teams        13    6   12  13 10   4        1    5    11     5     7   2   2                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP *Jon Matlack         28  35   2.27  15  13  1  33   2  18   2  270.0  252   93   68  14   51  157 1097   8   4  0   4 167
SP  Fergie Jenkins      35  34   3.04  18   8  0  30   3  16   4  249.0  228   92   84  21   41  157  990   2   3  1   2 124
SP  Doyle Alexander     27  31   3.86   9  10  0  28   3   7   1  191.0  198   84   82  18   71   81  822   4   1  0   1  98
SP  Dock Ellis          33  22   4.20   9   7  0  22   0   3   0  141.3  131   81   66  15   46   45  592   3   2  0   0  90
SP  Doc Medich          29  28   3.74   9   8  2  22   3   6   2  171.0  166   78   71  10   52   71  717   5   3  0   2 101

CL  Reggie Cleveland    30  53   3.09   5   7 12   0  41   0   0   75.7   65   33   26   5   23   46  315   1   3  1   6 122
RP  Len Barker          22  29   4.82   1   5  4   0  15   0   0   52.3   63   31   28   6   29   33  243   6   2  0   2  78
RP *Jim Umbarger        25  32   4.88   5   8  1   9  11   1   0   97.7  116   58   53   9   36   60  433   2   2  0   4  77
RP  Steve Comer         24  30   2.30  11   5  1  11  14   3   2  117.3  107   36   30   5   37   65  479   2   1  0   3 164
RP *Paul Lindblad       36  18   3.63   1   1  2   0   9   0   0   39.7   41   16   16   2   15   25  170   2   2  0   7 104

   *Paul Mirabella      24  10   5.79   3   2  1   4   3   0   0   28.0   30   18   18   2   17   23  125   0   0  1   0  65
   *Roger Moret         28   7   4.91   0   1  1   2   2   0   0   14.7   23    8    8   1    2    5   65   0   1  0   0  77
    Danny Darwin        22   3   4.15   1   0  0   1   2   0   0    8.7   11    4    4   0    1    8   36   0   0  0   0  91
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.0 162   3.36  87  75 25 162 108  54  12 1456.0 1431  632  544 108  421  776 6084  35  24  3  31 110
    Rank among 14 AL teams          2   6   8 10           5   7      4    8    2        5    2    3

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- JSundberg 1294 145 148 769 91 3 14 .997 8 32 75 70 JEllis 157 17 22 81 10 4 1 .958 4 3 9 4 GMahlberg 4 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 1 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1456 162 162 852 101 7 15 .993 12 35 84 75 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 *10.05 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MHargrove 1124 139 140 1221 116 17 90 .987 10.70 MJorgensen 276 17 78 299 31 2 23 .994 10.75 SAlomar 35 4 9 35 4 1 4 .975 9.94 PPutnam 12 1 4 15 1 0 1 1.000 12.00 KBevacqua 8 1 1 11 0 0 1 1.000 12.38 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1456 162 162 1581 152 20 119 .989 10.71 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *5.47 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BWills 1336 148 156 350 526 17 84 .981 5.90 KBevacqua 79 9 13 31 29 3 4 .952 6.84 SAlomar 32 3 6 6 13 1 2 .950 5.34 LWashington 7 1 2 0 5 0 2 1.000 6.43 JMason 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1456 162 162 387 573 21 92 .979 5.93 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 *3.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- THarrah 771 85 91 54 167 8 15 .965 2.58 KBevacqua 381 42 49 20 87 15 7 .877 2.52 JLowenstein 187 21 25 22 41 5 2 .926 3.03 JMason 79 11 11 6 13 2 2 .905 2.16 NNorman 23 2 6 2 4 0 1 1.000 2.35 SAlomar 14 1 3 3 2 0 0 1.000 3.21 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1456 162 162 107 314 30 27 .933 2.60 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .964 *4.92 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BCampaneris 728 87 89 151 263 20 44 .954 5.11 THarrah 413 47 49 75 163 3 25 .988 5.19 JMason 221 20 42 41 79 8 12 .937 4.88 NNorman 90 8 18 14 46 1 7 .984 5.95 SAlomar 2 0 2 1 2 0 1 1.000 10.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1456 162 162 282 553 32 89 .963 5.16 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 *2.21 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- AOliver 877 100 100 192 7 3 1 .985 2.04 RZisk 408 47 48 93 0 2 0 .979 2.05 JLowenstein 73 6 14 12 0 1 0 .923 1.47 JGrubb 49 5 8 10 2 0 1 1.000 2.20 BThompson 24 1 9 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.22 CWashington 10 1 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.60 MJorgensen 8 1 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38 BSample 6 1 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1456 162 162 320 9 6 2 .982 2.03 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 *2.97 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JBeniquez 1097 124 126 311 8 9 1 .973 2.62 BThompson 278 30 37 98 1 2 0 .980 3.21 AOliver 58 7 8 24 1 0 0 1.000 3.88 MJorgensen 22 1 4 13 0 0 0 1.000 5.15 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1456 162 162 446 10 11 1 .976 2.82 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 *2.24 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BBonds 971 111 111 213 13 7 5 .970 2.09 RZisk 371 42 42 61 6 0 1 1.000 1.63 CWashington 53 6 6 7 0 1 0 .875 1.17 BThompson 27 1 9 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.31 JGrubb 17 1 5 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.12 MJorgensen 13 1 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.38 JLowenstein 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1456 162 162 294 20 8 6 .975 1.94 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 *2.47 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- JBeniquez 1097 124 126 309 8 9 1 .972 2.60 BBonds 971 111 111 213 13 7 5 .970 2.09 AOliver 935 107 107 219 8 3 1 .987 2.19 RZisk 779 89 90 155 6 2 0 .988 1.86 BThompson 329 32 52 109 1 2 0 .982 3.00 JLowenstein 76 6 16 12 1 1 0 .929 1.53 JGrubb 66 6 13 14 2 0 1 1.000 2.18 CWashington 63 7 7 11 0 1 0 .917 1.55 MJorgensen 43 3 9 18 0 0 0 1.000 3.71 BSample 6 1 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1456 162 162 1060 39 25 8 .978 2.26 162 162 162 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 *1.90 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JMatlack 270 33 35 17 42 5 2 .922 1.97 FJenkins 249 30 34 29 37 1 4 .985 2.39 DAlexander 191 28 31 17 36 4 1 .930 2.50 DMedich 171 22 28 11 31 1 2 .977 2.21 DEllis 141 22 22 11 22 2 2 .943 2.10 SComer 117 11 30 8 20 1 0 .966 2.15 JUmbarger 97 9 32 1 21 2 0 .917 2.03 RCleveland 75 0 53 3 13 1 0 .941 1.90 LBarker 52 0 29 2 9 1 1 .917 1.89 PLindblad 39 0 18 0 5 0 1 1.000 1.13 PMirabella 28 4 10 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.96 RMoret 14 2 7 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.22 DDarwin 8 1 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1456 162 162 100 240 18 13 .950 2.10 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Des. Hitter G ------------+--- RZisk 49 AOliver 26 JLowenstein 21 BBonds 18 KBevacqua 16 PPutnam 12 GGray 11 JEllis 7 BCampaneris 4 MHargrove 4 CWashington 4 SAlomar 3 JGrubb 3 BSample 3 BThompson 3 MJorgensen 1 JMason 1 JSundberg 1 LWashington 1 ------------+---

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Oliver .324 On-base % Hargrove .388 Slugging % Bonds .497 OPS Bonds .853 Games Wills 157 At Bats Wills 539 Plate Appearances (approx.) Wills 619 Runs Bonds 85 Hits Oliver 170 Total Bases Oliver 257 Doubles Oliver 35 Triples Sundberg 6 Home Runs Bonds 29 RBI Oliver 89 Bases on Balls Hargrove 107 Strikeouts Bonds 110 Stolen Bases Wills 52 Singles Oliver 116 Adjusted OPS+ Bonds 138 Runs Created Oliver 90 Adjusted Batting Runs Oliver 25 Batting Wins Bonds and Oliver 2.5 Extra-Base Hits Oliver 54 Times on Base Hargrove 238 Offensive Win% Oliver .667 Hit By Pitch Hargrove 7 Sac. Hits Campaneris 25 Sac. Flies Oliver 9 Intentional Walks Hargrove 8 Grounded into Double Plays Sundberg 18 Caught Stealing Bonds 20 Power/Speed Number Bonds 32.5 At Bats per Strikeout Oliver 12.8 At Bats per Home Run Bonds 16.4 Outs Wills 442

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Matlack 2.27 Wins Jenkins 18 Won-Loss % Jenkins .692 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Jenkins 1.080 Hits Allowed/9IP Jenkins 8.24 Bases on Balls/9IP Jenkins 1.48 Strikeouts/9IP Jenkins 5.67 Games Cleveland 53 Saves Cleveland 12 Innings Matlack 270.0 Strikeouts Jenkins and Matlack 157 Games Started Matlack 33 Comp. Games Matlack 18 Shutouts Jenkins 4 Home Runs Allow. Jenkins 21 Bases On Balls Allow. Alexander 71 Hits Allowed Matlack 252 SO to Walk Jenkins 3.83 Losses Matlack 13 Earned Runs Allow. Jenkins 84 Wild Pitches Matlack 8 Hit Batsmen Matlack 4 Batters Faced Matlack 1097 Games Finished Cleveland 41 Adjusted ERA+ Matlack 167

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Jim Sundberg
Richie Zisk (Starting RF)

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