1978 Texas Rangers Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 87-75
Finished 2nd in the AL's West Division
Attendance: 1,447,963, Avg. 19,306
Ballpark: Arlington Stadium
Manager: Billy Hunter (86-75)
Manager: Pat Corrales (1-0)
Location: Arlington, Texas
1978 Texas Rangers Roster
1978 Texas Rangers Results

The Texas Rangers of the American League ended the 1978 season with a record of 87 wins and 75 losses, finishing second in the AL's West Division.

The Rangers scored 692 runs and allowed 632 runs. Bobby Bonds led Texas with 29 home runs, and Richie Zisk walloped 20 or more, too. Al Oliver recorded 89 runs batted in and topped all regular batters with a .324 average. Fergie Jenkins paced the team with 18 wins, while Jon Matlack added 15 or more wins, too Jon Matlack recorded a 2.27 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.

Billy Hunter and Pat Corrales coached the team.

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Pitching:

Player W L W% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF
Fergie Jenkins188.6923.04343031640249.0228928421412157312990
Jon Matlack1513.5362.27353321821270.02529368145141574081097
Steve Comer115.6882.30301114321117.31073630537365102479
Dock Ellis97.5634.2022220300141.313181661546045203592
Doc Medich98.5293.7428223622171.016678711052271305717
Doyle Alexander910.4743.8631283710191.019884821871181104822
Reggie Cleveland57.4173.0953041001275.7653326523646311315
Jim Umbarger58.3854.883291110197.71165853936460202433
Paul Mirabella32.6005.79104300128.0301818217023010125
Danny Darwin101.0004.153120008.71144010800036
Paul Lindblad11.5003.63180900239.7411616215725202170
Len Barker15.1674.822901500452.3633128629233206243
Roger Moret01.0004.9172200114.72388120510065
Totals8775.5373.423321621085411251456.3143163255410842131776243356084

Batting:

Player GP PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB DP HBP SH SF IBB
Al Oliver133568525651703551489893141.324.358.490.84825772196
Jim Sundberg14959251854144236658256470.278.358.380.739197183346
Bump Wills1576195397813517495752146391.250.331.347.678187114943
Richie Zisk140581511681341912285335876.262.338.432.770221143457
Bobby Bonds130555475851261542982372069110.265.356.497.853236122276
Mike Hargrove146616494631242417402510747.251.388.346.734171117268
Juan Beniquez12751047361123173115010122059.260.292.378.6701791031041
Toby Harrah1395474505610317312593188366.229.349.360.70916282933
Kurt Bevacqua902712482155120630121831.222.271.343.6148580230
Bert Campaneris983192693050531172242036.186.245.238.48364622530
John Lowenstein772171762839835211633729.222.363.386.7496822202
Bobby Thompson6413612023273321272926.225.284.350.6344202231
John Ellis34104947234031701620.245.282.383.6653600130
Jim Mason551161051020400300517.190.227.229.4562420600
Mike Jorgensen961189720193019311810.196.319.258.5772530211
Johnny Grubb214433813301611115.394.545.5761.1211900000
Gary Gray175150412102610112.240.255.380.6351910000
Nelson Norman2335341920010005.265.265.324.5881110100
Billy Sample815152720030003.467.467.6001.067900000
Claudell Washington12434217000201112.167.186.167.353710000
Pat Putnam2049464710120025.152.188.239.4271100101
Sandy Alomar2431293610010017.207.233.241.475700100
Greg Mahlberg1110000000000.000.000.000.000000000
LaRue Washington3330000000001.000.000.000.000000000
Jim Umbarger32000000000000000000
Roger Moret7000000000000000000
Paul Mirabella10000000000000000000
Len Barker29000000000000000000
Reggie Cleveland53000000000000000000
Steve Comer30000000000000000000
Danny Darwin3000000000000000000
Dock Ellis22000000000000000000
Fergie Jenkins34000000000000000000
Paul Lindblad18000000000000000000
Jon Matlack35000000000000000000
Doc Medich28000000000000000000
Doyle Alexander31000000000000000000
Totals20966141534769213532163613265019691624779.253.332.381.713203711532835545


Fielding:

Player Pos GP GS Inn. PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS%
Mike Hargrove1B1401391124.712211161790.9871.6999.5500000
Mike Jorgensen1B7817276.329931223.9941.7484.2310000
Sandy Alomar1B9435.335414.9759.9344.3330000
Pat Putnam1B4112.0151011.00012.0004.0000000
Kurt Bevacqua1B118.0110011.00012.37511.0000000
Bump Wills2B1561481336.33505261784.9815.9005.6150000
Kurt Bevacqua2B13979.0312934.9526.8354.6150000
Sandy Alomar2B6332.061312.9505.3443.1670000
LaRue Washington2B217.005021.0006.4292.5000000
Jim Mason2B102.00000.000.0000000
Toby Harrah3B9185771.754167815.9652.5782.4290000
Kurt Bevacqua3B4942381.72087157.8772.5232.1840000
John Lowenstein3B2521187.0224152.9263.0322.5200000
Jim Mason3B111179.061322.9052.1651.7270000
Nelson Norman3B6223.024011.0002.3481.0000000
Sandy Alomar3B3114.032001.0003.2141.6670000
Jim SundbergC1481451294.776991314.9975.9785.81180757048.3
John EllisC2217157.7811041.9585.1954.136409430.8
Greg MahlbergC104.020001.0004.5002.0000001100.0
Juan BeniquezOF1261241097.7309891.9722.5992.5160000
Bobby BondsOF111111971.32131375.9702.0942.0360000
Al OliverOF107107935.0219831.9872.1852.1210000
Richie ZiskOF9089779.7155620.9881.8581.7890000
Bobby ThompsonOF5232329.7109120.9823.0032.1150000
John LowensteinOF16676.312110.9291.533.8130000
Johnny GrubbOF13666.0142011.0002.1821.2310000
Claudell WashingtonOF7763.711010.9171.5551.5710000
Mike JorgensenOF9343.7180001.0003.7102.0000000
Billy SampleOF216.00000.000.0000000
Jon MatlackP3533270.0174252.9221.9671.6860000
Fergie JenkinsP3430249.0293714.9852.3861.9410000
Doyle AlexanderP3128191.0173641.9302.4971.7100000
Doc MedichP2822171.0113112.9772.2111.5000000
Dock EllisP2222141.3112222.9432.1011.5000000
Steve ComerP3011117.382010.9662.148.9330000
Jim UmbargerP32997.712120.9172.027.6880000
Reggie ClevelandP53075.731310.9411.903.3020000
Len BarkerP29052.32911.9171.892.3790000
Paul LindbladP18039.705011.0001.134.2780000
Paul MirabellaP10428.003001.000.964.3000000
Roger MoretP7214.711001.0001.227.2860000
Danny DarwinP318.70000.000.0000000
Bert CampanerisSS8987728.71512632044.9545.1134.6520000
Toby HarrahSS4947413.075163325.9885.1864.8570000
Jim MasonSS4220221.34179812.9384.8802.8570000
Nelson NormanSS18890.7144617.9845.9563.3330000
Sandy AlomarSS202.712011.0001.1251.5000000
Totals1831145713107.043691972153363.9764.3543.463120847547.2




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