1981 Texas Rangers

57-48 • 0.543 Win% • 2nd in AL W

📊 Season Record

57 Wins
48 Losses
0.543 Win %
2nd Rank
452 R 389 RA
Diff +63

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⚡ Quick Stats

452 Runs Scored
389 Runs Allowed
+63 Run Diff
853K Attendance

📈 vs. 1981 AL Average

Batting Avg .270 6% above the 1981 league average (.256)
OBP .325 2% above the 1981 league average (.319)
SLG .311 2% below the 1981 league average (.318)
Team ERA 3.40 7% better than the 1981 league average (3.66)
Runs Scored 452 4% above the 1981 league average (437 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumArlington Stadium
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Home Games 56
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Total Attendance 853,032
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Avg per Game 15,232

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Bill Stein 0.330 2 Al Oliver 0.309 3 Buddy Bell 0.294 4 Mickey Rivers 0.286 5 Billy Sample 0.283

Home Runs

1 Buddy Bell 10 2 Pat Putnam 8 3 Al Oliver 4 4 Leon Roberts 4 5 Johnny Grubb 3

RBI

1 Buddy Bell 64 2 Al Oliver 55 3 Bump Wills 41 4 Pat Putnam 35 5 Leon Roberts 31
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Al Oliver 102 421 53 130 0 0 4 55 24 28 3 0.309
Bump Wills 102 410 51 103 0 0 2 41 32 49 12 0.251
Mickey Rivers 99 399 62 114 0 0 3 26 24 31 9 0.286
Buddy Bell 97 360 44 106 0 0 10 64 42 30 3 0.294
Jim Sundberg 102 339 42 94 0 0 3 28 50 48 2 0.277
Pat Putnam 95 297 33 79 0 0 8 35 17 38 4 0.266
Leon Roberts 72 233 26 65 0 0 4 31 25 38 3 0.279
Billy Sample 66 230 36 65 0 0 3 25 17 21 4 0.283
Mario Mendoza 88 229 18 53 0 0 0 22 7 25 2 0.231
Johnny Grubb 67 199 26 46 0 0 3 26 23 25 0 0.231
Bill Stein 53 115 21 38 0 0 2 22 7 15 1 0.330
Mark Wagner 50 85 15 22 0 0 1 14 8 13 1 0.259
Tom Poquette 30 64 2 10 0 0 0 7 5 1 0 0.156
John Ellis 23 58 2 8 0 0 1 7 5 10 0 0.138
Bob Jones 10 34 4 9 0 0 3 7 1 7 0 0.265
Wayne Tolleson 14 24 6 4 0 0 0 1 1 5 2 0.167
Bob Johnson 6 18 2 5 0 0 2 4 1 3 0 0.278
Dan Duran 13 16 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.250
Rick Lisi 9 16 6 5 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0.312
Larry Cox 5 13 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.231
Nelson Norman 7 13 1 3 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0.231
Don Werner 2 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.250
Bob Babcock 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
John Butcher 5 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 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Rick Honeycutt 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Charlie Hough 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Fergie Jenkins 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
John Henry Johnson 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jim Kern 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bob Lacey 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jon Matlack 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Doc Medich 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mark Mercer 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dave Schmidt 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Len Whitehouse 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Steve Comer 2.56 2 Jim Kern 2.70 3 Charlie Hough 2.96 4 Doc Medich 3.08 5 Dave Schmidt 3.13

Wins

1 Rick Honeycutt 11 2 Doc Medich 10 3 Danny Darwin 9 4 Steve Comer 8 5 Fergie Jenkins 5

Strikeouts

1 Danny Darwin 98 2 Charlie Hough 69 3 Doc Medich 65 4 Fergie Jenkins 63 5 Jon Matlack 43
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Danny Darwin 9 9 3.64 22 22 0 146.0 57 98
Doc Medich 10 6 3.08 20 20 0 143.1 33 65
Rick Honeycutt 11 6 3.31 20 20 0 127.2 17 40
Fergie Jenkins 5 8 4.50 19 16 0 106.0 40 63
Jon Matlack 4 7 4.14 17 16 0 104.1 41 43
Charlie Hough 4 1 2.96 21 5 1 82.0 31 69
Steve Comer 8 2 2.56 36 1 6 77.1 31 22
Dave Schmidt 0 1 3.13 14 1 1 31.2 11 13
Jim Kern 1 2 2.70 23 0 6 30.0 22 20
Bob Babcock 1 1 2.20 16 0 0 28.2 16 18
John Butcher 1 2 1.63 5 3 0 27.2 8 19
John Henry Johnson 3 1 2.66 24 0 2 23.2 6 8
Mark Mercer 0 1 4.70 7 0 2 7.2 7 8
Len Whitehouse 0 1 16.20 2 1 0 3.1 2 2
Bob Lacey 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 1.0 0 0

👥 Roster (37)

Bob Babcock Buddy Bell John Butcher Steve Comer Larry Cox Danny Darwin Dan Duran John Ellis Johnny Grubb Rick Honeycutt Charlie Hough Fergie Jenkins +25 more

37 players

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