1978 Texas Rangers

87-75 • 0.537 Win% • 2nd in AL W

📊 Season Record

87 Wins
75 Losses
0.537 Win %
2nd Rank
692 R 632 RA
Diff +60

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⚡ Quick Stats

692 Runs Scored
632 Runs Allowed
+60 Run Diff
1,447K Attendance

📈 vs. 1978 AL Average

Batting Avg .253 3% below the 1978 league average (.261)
OBP .331 2% above the 1978 league average (.325)
SLG .327 equal to the 1978 league average (.327)
Team ERA 3.36 11% better than the 1978 league average (3.76)
Runs Scored 692 2% above the 1978 league average (679 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumArlington Stadium
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Home Games 82
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Total Attendance 1,447,963
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Avg per Game 17,658

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Al Oliver 0.324 2 Jim Sundberg 0.278 3 Bobby Bonds 0.265 4 Richie Zisk 0.262 5 Juan Beniquez 0.260

Home Runs

1 Bobby Bonds 29 2 Richie Zisk 22 3 Al Oliver 14 4 Toby Harrah 12 5 Juan Beniquez 11

RBI

1 Al Oliver 89 2 Richie Zisk 85 3 Bobby Bonds 82 4 Toby Harrah 59 5 Jim Sundberg 58
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Bump Wills 157 539 78 135 0 0 9 57 63 91 52 0.250
Al Oliver 133 525 65 170 0 0 14 89 31 41 8 0.324
Jim Sundberg 149 518 54 144 0 0 6 58 64 70 2 0.278
Richie Zisk 140 511 68 134 0 0 22 85 58 76 3 0.262
Mike Hargrove 146 494 63 124 0 0 7 40 107 47 2 0.251
Bobby Bonds 130 475 85 126 0 0 29 82 69 110 37 0.265
Juan Beniquez 127 473 61 123 0 0 11 50 20 59 10 0.260
Toby Harrah 139 450 56 103 0 0 12 59 83 66 31 0.229
Bert Campaneris 98 269 30 50 0 0 1 17 20 36 22 0.186
Kurt Bevacqua 90 248 21 55 0 0 6 30 18 31 1 0.222
John Lowenstein 77 176 28 39 0 0 5 21 37 29 16 0.222
Bobby Thompson 64 120 23 27 0 0 2 12 9 26 7 0.225
Jim Mason 55 105 10 20 0 0 0 3 5 17 0 0.190
Mike Jorgensen 96 97 20 19 0 0 1 9 18 10 3 0.196
John Ellis 34 94 7 23 0 0 3 17 6 20 0 0.245
Gary Gray 17 50 4 12 0 0 2 6 1 12 1 0.240
Pat Putnam 20 46 4 7 0 0 1 2 2 5 0 0.152
Claudell Washington 12 42 1 7 0 0 0 2 1 12 0 0.167
Nelson Norman 23 34 1 9 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0.265
Johnny Grubb 21 33 8 13 0 0 1 6 11 5 1 0.394
Sandy Alomar 24 29 3 6 0 0 0 1 1 7 0 0.207
Billy Sample 8 15 2 7 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0.467
LaRue Washington 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Greg Mahlberg 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Doyle Alexander 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Len Barker 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Reggie Cleveland 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Steve Comer 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Danny Darwin 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dock Ellis 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Fergie Jenkins 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Paul Lindblad 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jon Matlack 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Doc Medich 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Paul Mirabella 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Roger Moret 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jim Umbarger 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Jon Matlack 2.27 2 Steve Comer 2.30 3 Fergie Jenkins 3.04 4 Reggie Cleveland 3.09 5 Paul Lindblad 3.63

Wins

1 Fergie Jenkins 18 2 Jon Matlack 15 3 Steve Comer 11 4 Doyle Alexander 9 5 Dock Ellis 9

Strikeouts

1 Fergie Jenkins 157 2 Jon Matlack 157 3 Doyle Alexander 81 4 Doc Medich 71 5 Steve Comer 65
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Jon Matlack 15 13 2.27 35 33 1 270.0 51 157
Fergie Jenkins 18 8 3.04 34 30 0 249.0 41 157
Doyle Alexander 9 10 3.86 31 28 0 191.0 71 81
Doc Medich 9 8 3.74 28 22 2 171.0 52 71
Dock Ellis 9 7 4.20 22 22 0 141.1 46 45
Steve Comer 11 5 2.30 30 11 1 117.1 37 65
Jim Umbarger 5 8 4.88 32 9 1 97.2 36 60
Reggie Cleveland 5 7 3.09 53 0 12 75.2 23 46
Len Barker 1 5 4.82 29 0 4 52.1 29 33
Paul Lindblad 1 1 3.63 18 0 2 39.2 15 25
Paul Mirabella 3 2 5.79 10 4 1 28.0 17 23
Roger Moret 0 1 4.91 7 2 1 14.2 2 5
Danny Darwin 1 0 4.15 3 1 0 8.2 1 8

👥 Roster (37)

Doyle Alexander Sandy Alomar Len Barker Juan Beniquez Kurt Bevacqua Bobby Bonds Bert Campaneris Reggie Cleveland Steve Comer Danny Darwin Dock Ellis John Ellis +25 more

37 players

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