1980 Texas Rangers season

The Texas Rangers 1980 season involved the Rangers finishing 4th in the American League west with a record of 76 wins and 85 losses.

1980 Texas Rangers
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Eddie Chiles
General manager(s)Eddie Robinson
Manager(s)Pat Corrales
Local televisionKXAS-TV
(Frank Glieber, Eric Nadel, Mel Proctor)
Local radioWBAP
(Eric Nadel, Bill Merrill, Mel Proctor)
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Offseason

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 Records

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

Roster
1980 Texas Rangers roster
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

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
SSPepe Frías11622755.242010

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
Jim Norris11917443.247016
Mike Richardt227116.22508
Tucker Ashford15324.12503
Nelson Norman17327.21901
Mike Hart541.25000

Starting pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Gaylord Perry24155693.43107
Steve Comer1241.2247.999
Ken Clay843234.6017
John Butcher635.1334.0827

Other pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Brian Allard514.1015.6510

Relief pitchers
Player G W L SV ERA SO
Charlie Hough162203.9647
Adrian Devine131104.828
Bob Babcock191204.6315

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. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/soderer01.shtml
  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
  • 1980 Texas Rangers team page at Baseball Reference
  • 1980 Texas Rangers team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
  • Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-17-6.
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