1979 Texas Rangers

83-79 • 0.512 Win% • 3rd in AL W

📊 Season Record

83 Wins
79 Losses
0.512 Win %
3rd Rank
750 R 698 RA
Diff +52

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⚡ Quick Stats

750 Runs Scored
698 Runs Allowed
+52 Run Diff
1,519K Attendance

📈 vs. 1979 AL Average

Batting Avg .278 3% above the 1979 league average (.269)
OBP .333 equal to the 1979 league average (.333)
SLG .354 2% above the 1979 league average (.348)
Team ERA 3.86 8% better than the 1979 league average (4.22)
Runs Scored 750 equal to the 1979 league average (752 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumArlington Stadium
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 1,519,672
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Avg per Game 18,761

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Oscar Gamble 0.335 2 Al Oliver 0.323 3 Willie Montanez 0.319 4 Mickey Rivers 0.300 5 Buddy Bell 0.299

Home Runs

1 Buddy Bell 18 2 Pat Putnam 18 3 Richie Zisk 18 4 John Ellis 12 5 Al Oliver 12

RBI

1 Buddy Bell 101 2 Al Oliver 76 3 Pat Putnam 64 4 Jim Sundberg 64 5 Richie Zisk 64
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Buddy Bell 162 670 89 200 0 0 18 101 30 45 5 0.299
Bump Wills 146 543 90 148 0 0 5 46 53 58 35 0.273
Richie Zisk 144 503 69 132 0 0 18 64 57 75 1 0.262
Jim Sundberg 150 495 50 136 0 0 5 64 51 51 3 0.275
Al Oliver 136 492 69 159 0 0 12 76 34 34 4 0.323
Pat Putnam 139 426 57 118 0 0 18 64 23 50 1 0.277
Nelson Norman 147 343 36 76 0 0 0 21 19 41 4 0.222
Billy Sample 128 325 60 95 0 0 5 35 37 28 8 0.292
John Ellis 111 316 33 90 0 0 12 61 15 55 2 0.285
Johnny Grubb 102 289 42 79 0 0 10 37 34 44 2 0.273
Mickey Rivers 58 247 35 74 0 0 6 25 9 18 7 0.300
Oscar Gamble 64 161 27 54 0 0 8 32 37 15 2 0.335
Mike Jorgensen 90 157 21 35 0 0 6 16 14 29 0 0.223
Eric Soderholm 63 147 15 40 0 0 4 19 12 9 0 0.272
Willie Montanez 38 144 19 46 0 0 8 24 8 14 0 0.319
Larvell Blanks 68 120 13 24 0 0 1 15 11 9 0 0.200
Dave Roberts 44 84 12 22 0 0 3 14 7 17 1 0.262
Gary Gray 16 42 4 10 0 0 0 1 2 8 1 0.238
LaRue Washington 25 18 5 5 0 0 0 2 4 0 2 0.278
Greg Mahlberg 7 17 2 2 0 0 1 1 2 4 0 0.118
Bert Campaneris 8 9 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 0.111
Dave Chalk 9 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.250
Gary Holle 5 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.167
Doyle Alexander 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Brian Allard 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bob Babcock 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Steve Comer 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Danny Darwin 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dock Ellis 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ed Farmer 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jerry Don Gleaton 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Fergie Jenkins 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
John Henry Johnson 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jim Kern 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Sparky Lyle 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jon Matlack 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Larry McCall 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Doc Medich 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dave Rajsich 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Jim Kern 1.57 2 Sparky Lyle 3.13 3 Dave Rajsich 3.52 4 Steve Comer 3.68 5 Danny Darwin 4.04

Wins

1 Steve Comer 17 2 Fergie Jenkins 16 3 Jim Kern 13 4 Doc Medich 10 5 Doyle Alexander 5

Strikeouts

1 Fergie Jenkins 164 2 Jim Kern 136 3 Steve Comer 86 4 Danny Darwin 58 5 Doc Medich 58
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Fergie Jenkins 16 14 4.07 37 37 0 259.0 81 164
Steve Comer 17 12 3.68 36 36 0 242.1 84 86
Doc Medich 10 7 4.17 29 19 0 149.0 49 58
Jim Kern 13 5 1.57 71 0 29 143.0 62 136
Doyle Alexander 5 7 4.45 23 18 0 113.1 69 50
Sparky Lyle 5 8 3.13 67 0 13 95.0 28 48
Jon Matlack 5 4 4.13 13 13 0 85.0 15 35
John Henry Johnson 2 6 4.92 17 12 0 82.1 36 46
Danny Darwin 4 4 4.04 20 6 0 78.0 30 58
Dave Rajsich 1 3 3.52 27 3 0 53.2 18 32
Dock Ellis 1 5 5.98 10 9 0 46.2 16 10
Brian Allard 1 3 4.32 7 4 0 33.1 13 14
Ed Farmer 2 0 4.36 11 2 0 33.0 19 25
Jerry Don Gleaton 0 1 6.52 5 2 0 9.2 2 2
Larry McCall 1 0 2.16 2 1 0 8.1 3 3
Bob Babcock 0 0 10.13 4 0 0 5.1 7 6

👥 Roster (39)

Doyle Alexander Brian Allard Bob Babcock Buddy Bell Larvell Blanks Bert Campaneris Dave Chalk Steve Comer Danny Darwin Dock Ellis John Ellis Ed Farmer +27 more

39 players

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