1982 Texas Rangers season

March 2026 November 2013 Texas Rangers 1982 American League West Arlington Stadium Arlington, Texas 64 98 y 6th Eddie Chiles Eddie Robinson Don Zimmer, Darrell Johnson KXAS-TV5 Star Cable(Steve Busby, Merle Harmon) WBAP(Eric Nadel, Mark Holtz ) The 1982 Texas Rangers season was the 22nd of the Texas Rangers franchise overall, their 11th in Arlington as the Rangers, and the 11th season at Arlington Stadium. The Rangers finished sixth in the American League West with a record of 64 wins and 98 losses. Offseason December 11, 1981: Jim Kern was traded by the Rangers to the New York Mets for Doug Flynn and Dan Boitano.Jim Kern https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kernji01.shtml 2024-09-08 Baseball-Reference.com en January 12, 1982: Scott Bailes was drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 7th round of the 1982 amateur draft, but did not sign.Scott Bailes https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bailesc01.shtml 2024-09-08 Baseball-Reference.com en March 26, 1982: Bump Wills was traded by the Rangers to the Chicago Cubs for Paul Mirabella, a player to be named later, and cash. The Cubs completed the trade by sending Paul Semall (minors) to the Rangers on April 21.Bump Wills https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/willsbu01.shtml 2024-09-08 Baseball-Reference.com en March 31, 1982: Al Oliver was traded by the Rangers to the Montreal Expos for Larry Parrish and Dave Hostetler.Al Oliver https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/o/oliveal01.shtml 2024-09-08 Baseball-Reference.com en Regular season July 10, 1982: Larry Parrish hit his third grand slam of the week for the Rangers.MLB Grand Slam Records https://www.baseball-almanac.com/recbooks/rb_grsl.shtml 2024-09-08 Baseball Almanac en-us Season standings Texas Rangers Record vs. opponents TEX Notable transactions April 1, 1982: Nelson Norman was traded by the Rangers to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Víctor Cruz.Nelson Norman https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/n/normane01.shtml 2024-09-08 Baseball-Reference.com en April 1, 1982: Ron Darling and Walt Terrell were traded by the Rangers to the New York Mets for Lee Mazzilli.Ron Darling https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/darliro01.shtml 2024-09-08 Baseball-Reference.com en June 7, 1982: Randy Kramer was drafted by the Rangers in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1982 Major League Baseball draft (secondary phase).Randy Kramer https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kramera01.shtml 2024-09-08 Baseball-Reference.com en August 8, 1982: Lee Mazzilli was traded by the Rangers to the New York Yankees for Bucky Dent.Lee Mazzilli https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mazzile01.shtml 2024-09-08 Baseball-Reference.com en Roster 1982 Texas Rangers roster Roster Pitchers 54 Dan Boitano 29 John Butcher 11 Steve Comer 44 Danny Darwin 33 Jim Farr 35 Tom Henke 40 Rick Honeycutt 49 Charlie Hough 16 Mike Mason 32 Jon Matlack 33 Doc Medich 34 Paul Mirabella 24 Dave Schmidt 48 Mike Smithson 28 Frank Tanana Catchers  8 Bob Johnson 10 Jim Sundberg 20 Don Werner Infielders 35 Randy Bass 25 Buddy Bell  7 Bucky Dent 21 Doug Flynn 12 Dave Hostetler 14 Mario Mendoza 18 Pat Putnam  2 Mike Richardt  1 Bill Stein  3 Wayne Tolleson 30 Mark Wagner Outfielders 38 Terry Bogener  4 Nick Capra  6 Johnny Grubb 16 Lee Mazzilli 23 Pete O'Brien  9 Larry Parrish  7 Leon Roberts  5 Billy Sample 26 George Wright Other batters 27 Lamar Johnson 17 Mickey Rivers Manager 22 Darrell Johnson 23 Don Zimmer Coaches 41 Jackie Brown 19 Tommy Helms 22 Darrell Johnson 47 Fred Koenig 42 Wayne Terwilliger Player stats Batting 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 C Jim Sundberg 139 470 118 .251 10 47 1B Dave Hostetler 113 418 97 .232 22 67 2B Mike Richardt 119 402 97 .241 3 43 SS Mark Wagner 60 179 43 .240 0 8 3B Buddy Bell 148 537 159 .296 13 67 LF Billy Sample 97 360 94 .261 10 29 CF George Wright 150 557 147 .264 11 50 RF Larry Parrish 128 440 116 .264 17 62 DH Lamar Johnson 105 324 84 .259 7 38 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 Johnny Grubb 103 308 86 .279 3 26 Doug Flynn 88 270 57 .211 0 19 Lee Mazzilli 58 195 47 .241 4 17 Bill Stein 85 184 44 .239 1 16 Bucky Dent 46 146 32 .219 1 14 Pat Putnam 43 122 28 .230 2 9 Leon Roberts 31 73 17 .233 1 6 Wayne Tolleson 38 70 8 .114 0 2 Mickey Rivers 19 68 16 .235 1 4 Pete O'Brien 20 67 16 .239 4 13 Terry Bogener 24 60 13 .217 1 4 Don Werner 22 59 12 .203 0 3 Bob Johnson 20 56 7 .125 2 7 Randy Bass 16 48 10 .208 1 6 Mario Mendoza 12 17 2 .118 0 0 Nick Capra 13 15 4 .267 1 1 Pitching 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 Charlie Hough 34 228.0 16 13 3.95 128 Frank Tanana 30 194.1 7 18 4.21 87 Rick Honeycutt 30 164.0 5 17 5.27 64 Doc Medich 21 122.2 7 11 5.06 37 John Butcher John Butcher (baseball) 18 94.1 1 5 4.87 39 Mike Smithson 8 46.2 3 4 5.01 24 Mike Mason 4 23.0 1 2 5.09 8 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 Jon Matlack 33 147.2 7 7 3.53 78 Dave Schmidt 33 109.2 4 6 3.20 69 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 Darwin 56 10 8 7 3.44 61 Paul Mirabella 40 1 1 3 4.80 29 Steve Comer 37 1 6 6 5.10 23 Dan Boitano 19 0 0 0 5.34 28 Tom Henke 8 1 0 0 1.15 9 Jim Farr 5 0 0 0 2.50 6 Awards and honors Buddy Bell, 3B, Gold Glove 1982 All-Star Game Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Denver Bears American Association Rich Donnelly AA Tulsa Drillers Texas League Tom Burgess A Burlington Rangers Midwest League Marty Scott Rookie GCL Rangers Gulf Coast League Tom Grieve LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Tulsa Notes 2 References 1982 Texas Rangers team page at Baseball Reference 1982 Texas Rangers team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Johnson Lloyd Wolff Miles The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball 3rd Durham, North Carolina Baseball America 2007 978-1-932391-17-6 Category:Texas Rangers seasons Texas Rangers season Texas Rang