1979 Texas Rangers

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Season Record: 83-79
Attendance: 1,519,671
1979 AL Final Standings

Team Batting Statistics
PlayerGABRH2B3BHRRBISBCSBBSOAvgOBPSLGOPS
Bell, Buddy 162 670 89 200 42 3 18 101 5 4 30 45 .299 .327 .451 .778
Wills, Bump 146 543 90 148 21 3 5 46 35 11 53 58 .273 .340 .350 .690
Zisk, Richie 144 503 69 132 21 1 18 64 1 1 57 75 .262 .336 .416 .752
Sundberg, Jim 150 495 50 136 23 4 5 64 3 3 51 51 .275 .345 .368 .713
Oliver, Al 136 492 69 159 28 4 12 76 4 5 34 34 .323 .367 .470 .836
Putnam, Pat 139 426 57 118 19 2 18 64 1 6 23 50 .277 .319 .458 .777
Norman, Nelson 147 343 36 76 9 3 0 21 4 1 19 41 .222 .260 .265 .526
Sample, Billy 128 325 60 95 21 2 5 35 8 6 37 28 .292 .365 .415 .781
Ellis, John 111 316 33 90 12 0 12 61 2 2 15 55 .285 .318 .437 .754
Grubb, Johnny 102 289 42 79 14 0 10 37 2 4 34 44 .273 .350 .426 .775
Rivers, Mickey 58 247 35 74 9 3 6 25 7 2 9 18 .300 .323 .433 .756
Gamble, Oscar 64 161 27 54 6 0 8 32 2 1 37 15 .335 .458 .522 .979
Jorgensen, Mike 90 157 21 35 7 0 6 16 0 2 14 29 .223 .293 .382 .675
Soderholm, Eric 63 147 15 40 6 0 4 19 0 0 12 9 .272 .325 .395 .720
Montanez, Willie 38 144 19 46 6 0 8 24 0 1 8 14 .319 .357 .528 .885
Blanks, Larvell 68 120 13 24 5 0 1 15 0 0 11 9 .200 .259 .267 .526
Roberts, Dave 44 84 12 22 2 1 3 14 1 0 7 17 .262 .319 .417 .735
Gray, Gary 16 42 4 10 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 8 .238 .273 .238 .511
Washington, LaRue 25 18 5 5 0 0 0 2 2 1 4 0 .278 .409 .278 .687
Mahlberg, Greg 7 17 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 4 .118 .211 .294 .505
Campaneris, Bert 8 9 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 .111 .200 .111 .311
Chalk, Dave 9 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
Holle, Gary 5 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .167 .286 .333 .619

1979 Team Pitching Statistics
PlayerWLGGSCGSHOSVIPHRERERAWHIPHRBBSO
Jenkins, Fergie 16 14 37 37 10 3 0 259.0 252 127 117 4.07 1.29 40 81 164
Comer, Steve 17 12 36 36 6 1 0 242.1 230 114 99 3.68 1.30 24 84 86
Medich, Doc 10 7 29 19 4 1 0 149.0 156 78 69 4.17 1.38 9 49 58
Kern, Jim 13 5 71 0 0 0 29 143.0 99 35 25 1.57 1.13 5 62 136
Alexander, Doyle 5 7 23 18 0 0 0 113.1 114 65 56 4.45 1.61 3 69 50
Lyle, Sparky 5 8 67 0 0 0 13 95.0 78 37 33 3.13 1.12 9 28 48
Matlack, Jon 5 4 13 13 2 0 0 85.0 98 43 39 4.13 1.33 9 15 35
Johnson, John Henry 2 6 17 12 1 0 0 82.1 79 50 45 4.92 1.40 12 36 46
Darwin, Danny 4 4 20 6 1 0 0 78.0 50 36 35 4.04 1.03 5 30 58
Rajsich, Dave 1 3 27 3 0 0 0 53.2 56 25 21 3.52 1.38 7 18 32
Ellis, Dock 1 5 10 9 0 0 0 46.2 64 34 31 5.98 1.71 5 16 10
Allard, Brian 1 3 7 4 2 0 0 33.1 36 17 16 4.32 1.47 4 13 14
Farmer, Ed 2 0 11 2 0 0 0 33.0 30 21 16 4.36 1.48 2 19 25
Gleaton, Jerry Don 0 1 5 2 0 0 0 9.2 15 7 7 6.52 1.76 0 2 2
McCall, Larry 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 8.1 7 2 2 2.16 1.20 0 3 3
Babcock, Bob 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 5.1 7 7 6 10.13 2.62 1 7 6