1980 Texas Rangers season

The Texas Rangers 1980 season involved the Rangers finishing fourth in the American League West with a record of 76 wins and 85 losses.

1980 Texas Rangers
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionWest
BallparkArlington Stadium
CityArlington, Texas
OwnersEddie Chiles
General managersEddie Robinson
ManagersPat Corrales
TelevisionKXAS-TV
(Frank Glieber, Eric Nadel, Mel Proctor)
RadioWBAP
(Eric Nadel, Bill Merrill, Mel Proctor)
Seasons

Offseason
  • November 14, 1979: Eric Soderholm was traded by the Texas Rangers to the New York Yankees for players to be named later and cash. The New York Yankees sent Amos Lewis (minors) (December 13, 1979) and Ricky Burdette (minors) (December 13, 1979) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade.[1]
  • December 6, 1979: Doyle Alexander, Larvell Blanks and $50,000 were traded by the Rangers to the Atlanta Braves for Adrian Devine and Pepe Frías.[2]
  • January 4, 1980: Larry McCall, Gary Gray, and Mike Bucci (minors) were traded by the Rangers to the Cleveland Indians for David Clyde and Jim Norris.[3]
  • January 11, 1980: 1980 Major League Baseball draft
    • Billy Taylor was drafted by the Rangers in the 2nd round. Player signed March 24, 1980.[4]
    • Al Newman was drafted by the Rangers in the 3rd round, but did not sign.[5]
    • Daryl Smith was drafted by the Rangers in the 6th round.[6]
  • February 15, 1980: Willie Montañez was traded by the Rangers to the San Diego Padres for Gaylord Perry, Tucker Ashford and Joe Carroll (minors).[7]
  • March 31, 1980: La Rue Washington and Chris Smith were traded by the Rangers to the Montreal Expos for Rusty Staub.[8]
  • March 31, 1980: David Clyde was released by the Rangers.[3]

Regular season

Season standings
AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Kansas City Royals 9765 0.599 — 49–32 48–33
Oakland Athletics 8379 0.512 14 46–35 37–44
Minnesota Twins 7784 0.478 19½ 44–36 33–48
Texas Rangers 7685 0.472 20½ 39–41 37–44
Chicago White Sox 7090 0.438 26 37–42 33–48
California Angels 6595 0.406 31 30–51 35–44
Seattle Mariners 59103 0.364 38 36–45 23–58

Record vs. opponents
1980 American League record

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore —8–510–26–66–710–36–67–610–27–67–56–66–611–2
Boston 5–8—9–36–47–68–55–76–76–63–109–37–55–77–6
California 2–103–9—3–104–65–75–86–67–62–103–1011–211–23–9
Chicago 6–64–610–3—5–72–105–85–75–85–76–76–76–7–25–7
Cleveland 7–66–76–47–5—3–105–73–109–35–86–68–46–68–5
Detroit 3–105–87–510–210–3—2–107–66–65–86–610–2–14–89–4
Kansas City 6–67–58–58–57–510–2—6–65–88–46–77–610–39–3
Milwaukee 6–77–66–67–510–36–76–6—7–55–87–59–35–75–8
Minnesota 2–106–66–78–53–96–68–55–7—4–86–77–69–37–5
New York 6–710–310–27–58–58–54–88–58–4—8–49–37–510–3
Oakland 5–73–910–37–66–66–67–65–77–64–8—8–57–68–4
Seattle 6–65–72–117–64–82–10–16–73–96–73–95–8—4–96–6
Texas 6–67–52–117–6–26–68–43–107–53–95–76–79–4—7–5
Toronto 2–116–79–37–55–84–93–98–55–73–104–86–65–7—

Notable transactions
  • June 3, 1980: Tom Henke was drafted by the Rangers in the 4th round of the 1980 Major League Baseball draft (secondary phase).[9]
  • July 11, 1980: Charlie Hough was purchased by the Rangers from the Los Angeles Dodgers.[10]
  • August 14, 1980: Gaylord Perry was traded by the Rangers to the New York Yankees for Ken Clay and a player to be named later. The Yankees completed the deal by sending Marvin Thompson (minors) to the Rangers on October 1.[7]
  • September 13, 1980: Sparky Lyle was traded by the Rangers to the Philadelphia Phillies for a player to be named later. The Phillies completed the deal by sending Kevin Saucier to the Rangers on November 19.[11]

Roster
1980 Texas Rangers roster
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

  •  8 Danny Walton
 Manager

Coaches

  • 41 Jackie Brown
  • 37 Rich Donnelly
  • 47 Fred Koenig
  • 48 Frank Lucchesi
  • 43 Jackie Moore

Player stats

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CJim Sundberg151505138.2731063
1BPat Putnam147410108.2631355
2BBump Wills146578152.263558
SSPepe Frías11622755.242010
3BBuddy Bell129490161.3291783
LFAl Oliver163656209.31919117
CFMickey Rivers147630210.333760
RFJohnny Grubb11027476.277932
DHRichie Zisk135448130.2901977

Other batters

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
Rusty Staub109340102.300952
Dave Roberts10123556.2381030
Billy Sample9920453.260419
John Ellis7318243.236123
Bud Harrelson8718049.27219
Jim Norris11917443.247016
Mike Richardt227116.22508
Tucker Ashford15324.12503
Nelson Norman17327.21901
Danny Walton10102.20001
Odie Davis1781.12500
Mike Hart541.25000

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Jon Matlack35234.210103.68142
Doc Medich34204.114113.9291
Ferguson Jenkins29198.012123.77129
Gaylord Perry24155.0693.43107
Ken Clay843.0234.6017
Steve Comer1241.2247.999
Ed Figueroa839.2075.909
John Butcher635.1334.0827
Don Kainer419.2001.8310

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Brian Allard514.1015.6510

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Danny Darwin5313482.63104
Sparky Lyle493284.6943
Jim Kern3831124.8340
John Henry Johnson332242.3344
Dave Rajsich242125.9635
Charlie Hough162203.9647
Adrian Devine131104.828
Bob Babcock191204.6315
Jerry Don Gleaton50002.572
Dennis Lewallyn40007.941

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Charleston Charlies International League Tom Burgess
AA Tulsa Drillers Texas League Wayne Terwilliger
A Asheville Tourists South Atlantic League Tom Robson
Rookie GCL Rangers Gulf Coast League Andy Hancock

Notes
  1. "Eric Soderholm Stats".
  2. Doyle Alexander page at Baseball Reference
  3. David Clyde page at Baseball Reference
  4. Billy Taylor page at Baseball Reference
  5. Al Newman page at Baseball Reference
  6. Daryl Smith page at Baseball Reference
  7. Gaylord Perry page at Baseball Reference
  8. Rusty Staub page at Baseball Reference
  9. Tom Henke page at Baseball Reference
  10. Charlie Hough page at Baseball Reference
  11. Sparky Lyle page at Baseball Reference

References
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