1979 Texas Rangers season

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

1979 Texas Rangers
Major league affiliations
American League (Since 1961) Western Division (Since 1972)
Location
Arlington Stadium (Since 1972) Arlington, Texas (Since 1972)
1979 Information
Owner(s)	Bradford G. Corbett
Manager(s)	Pat Corrales
Local television	KXAS-TV (Jon Miller, Frank Glieber, Eric Nadel)
Local radio	WBAP (Jon Miller, Bill Merrill)

The Texas Rangers 1979 season involved the Rangers finishing 3rd in the American League west with a record of 83 wins and 79 losses.

Contents 1 Offseason 2 Regular season 2.1 Season standings 2.2 Notable Transactions 3 Player stats 3.1 Batting 3.1.1 Other batters 3.2 Starting pitchers 3.2.1 Other pitchers 3.2.1.1 Relief pitchers 3.3 Awards and Honors 4 References

[edit] Offseason

• November 10, 1978: Dave Righetti was traded by the Texas Rangers with Greg Jemison (minors), Juan Beniquez, Mike Griffin, and Paul Mirabella to the New York Yankees for Domingo Ramos, Mike Heath, Sparky Lyle, Larry McCall, Dave Rajsich, and cash.

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Season standings

American League
Rank	Club	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
1st	California Angels	88	74	.543	--
2nd	Kansas City Royals	85	77	.525	3.0
3rd	Texas Rangers	83	79	.512	5.0
4th	Minnesota Twins	82	80	.506	6.0
5th	Chicago White Sox	73	87	.456	14.0
6th	Seattle Mariners	67	95	.414	21.0
7th	Oakland Athletics	54	108	.333	34.0

[edit] Notable Transactions

• June 15, 1979: Dock Ellis was traded by the Texas Rangers to the New York Mets for Bob Myrick and Mike Bruhert.

[edit] Player stats

[edit] Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Billy Sample	128	325	95	5	35	.292

[edit] Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI

[edit] Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

[edit] Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA

[edit] Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

[edit] Awards and Honors

• Buddy Bell, 3B, Gold Glove 1979
• Jim Kern, Rolaids Relief Man of the Year Award1979
• Jim Sundberg, C, Gold Glove, 1979

All-Star Game

[edit] References

• 1979 Texas Rangers team page at Baseball Reference
• 1979 Texas Rangers team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

v • d • e 1979 MLB season by team AL East Baltimore • Boston • Cleveland • Detroit • Milwaukee • New York • Toronto AL West California • Chicago • Kansas City • Minnesota • Oakland • Seattle • Texas NL East Chicago • Montréal • New York • Philadelphia • Pittsburgh • St. Louis NL West Atlanta • Cincinnati • Houston • Los Angeles • San Diego • San Francisco 1979 All-Star Game • 1979 World Series

v • d • e Texas Rangers Formerly the Washington Senators • Based in Arlington, Texas (Dallas–Ft. Worth) The Franchise Team Records • Awards & League Leaders • Broadcasters • Managers • Players • Roster • Rangers Captain Ballparks Griffith Stadium • RFK Stadium • Arlington Stadium • Rangers Ballpark in Arlington Important Figures Ted Williams • Mike Hargrove • Billy Martin • Ferguson Jenkins • Bobby Valentine • George W. Bush • Nolan Ryan • Kenny Rogers • Pudge Rodriguez • Alex Rodriguez • Johnny Oates • Michael Young • Hank Blalock Retired Numbers 26 • 34 • 42 Key Personnel Owner: Tom Hicks • General Manager: Jon Daniels • Manager: Ron Washington Minors Oklahoma RedHawks (AAA) • Frisco RoughRiders (AA) • Bakersfield Blaze (A) • Clinton LumberKings (A) • Spokane Indians (A) • AZL Rangers (Rookie) Division Titles Western: 1996 • 1998 • 1999 • Wild Card: none   Seasons (48) 1960s 1960 • 1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1964 • 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969 1970s 1970 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979 1980s 1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989 1990s 1990 • 1991 • 1992• 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 2000s 2000 • 2001• 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008