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1979 Texas Rangers Batting Statistics

1978 Season 1980 Season

Record: 83-79-0, Finished 3rd in AL_West (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Pat Corrales (83-79)

General Manager: Eddie Robinson (Sole GM as of Jan. 1979)

Farm Director: Joseph Klein

Ballpark: Arlington Stadium

Attendance: 1,519,671 (8th of 14)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 98
One-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 99

Pythagorean W-L: 86-76, 750 Runs, 698 Runs Allowed

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Jim Sundberg	28	150	561	495	50	136	23	4	5	64	3	3	51	51	.275	.345	.368	.713	95	182	17	5	5	5	5
2	1B	Pat Putnam*	25	139	465	426	57	118	19	2	18	64	1	6	23	50	.277	.319	.458	.777	109	195	12	6	4	6	6
3	2B	Bump Wills#	26	146	617	543	90	148	21	3	5	46	35	11	53	58	.273	.340	.350	.690	89	190	12	4	14	3	4
4	SS	Nelson Norman#	21	147	383	343	36	76	9	3	0	21	4	1	19	41	.222	.260	.265	.526	44	91	5	0	18	3	0
5	3B	Buddy Bell	27	162	720	670	89	200	42	3	18	101	5	4	30	45	.299	.327	.451	.778	110	302	16	3	7	10	4
6	LF	Billy Sample	24	128	377	325	60	95	21	2	5	35	8	6	37	28	.292	.365	.415	.781	113	135	6	2	10	3	1
7	CF	Al Oliver*	32	136	538	492	69	159	28	4	12	76	4	5	34	34	.323	.367	.470	.836	127	231	14	4	1	7	8
8	RF	Richie Zisk	30	144	563	503	69	132	21	1	18	64	1	1	57	75	.262	.336	.416	.752	104	209	15	0	1	2	4
9	DH	John Ellis	30	111	337	316	33	90	12	0	12	61	2	2	15	55	.285	.318	.437	.754	104	138	3	2	0	4	1
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
10	OF	Johnny Grubb*	30	102	328	289	42	79	14	0	10	37	2	4	34	44	.273	.350	.426	.775	111	123	6	1	2	2	3
11	CF	Mickey Rivers*	30	58	263	247	35	74	9	3	6	25	7	2	9	18	.300	.323	.433	.756	104	107	2	1	3	3	0
12	DH	Oscar Gamble*	29	64	201	161	27	54	6	0	8	32	2	1	37	15	.335	.458	.522	.979	167	84	6	1	0	2	11
13	1B	Mike Jorgensen*	30	90	177	157	21	35	7	0	6	16	0	2	14	29	.223	.293	.382	.675	83	60	3	2	3	1	1
14	3B	Eric Soderholm	30	63	166	147	15	40	6	0	4	19	0	0	12	9	.272	.325	.395	.720	96	58	5	1	2	3	0
15	1B	Willie Montañez*	31	38	154	144	19	46	6	0	8	24	0	1	8	14	.319	.357	.528	.885	138	76	4	1	0	1	1
16	SS	Larvell Blanks	29	68	138	120	13	24	5	0	1	15	0	0	11	9	.200	.259	.267	.526	44	32	1	0	3	4	0
17	UT	Dave Roberts	28	44	93	84	12	22	2	1	3	14	1	0	7	17	.262	.319	.417	.735	99	35	3	0	2	0	0
18	DH	Gary Gray	26	16	44	42	4	10	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	8	.238	.273	.238	.511	41	10	2	0	0	0	0
19	DH	LaRue Washington	25	25	22	18	5	5	0	0	0	2	2	1	4	0	.278	.409	.278	.687	92	5	0	0	0	0	0
20	C	Greg Mahlberg	26	7	21	17	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	4	.118	.211	.294	.505	36	5	2	0	2	0	0
21	SS	Bert Campaneris	37	8	10	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	.111	.200	.111	.311	-12	1	0	0	0	0	0
22	MI	Dave Chalk	28	9	9	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	37	2	1	0	1	0	0
23	1B	Gary Holle	24	5	7	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.167	.286	.333	.619	69	2	0	0	0	0	0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
24	P	Larry McCall*	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
25	P	Ed Farmer	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
26	P	Doyle Alexander	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
27	P	Fergie Jenkins	36	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
28	P	Doc Medich	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
29	P	Brian Allard	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
30	P	Jim Kern	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
31	P	Dave Rajsich*	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
32	P	Steve Comer#	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
33	P	Jerry Don Gleaton*	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
34	P	John Henry Johnson*	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
35	P	Dock Ellis#	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
36	P	Jon Matlack*	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
37	P	Danny Darwin	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
38	P	Bob Babcock	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
39	P	Sparky Lyle*	34	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	27.9	162	6194	5562	750	1549	252	26	140	718	79	51	461	607	.278	.334	.409	.743	102	2273	135	33	78	59	49
		Rank in 14 AL teams				2	9	5	8	13	7		10	5	12	2	5	9	8	7		5		6		4
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB