1980 Texas Rangers season

March 2026 November 2013 Texas Rangers 1980 American League West Arlington Stadium Arlington, Texas 76 85 y 4th Eddie Chiles Eddie Robinson Pat Corrales KXAS-TV(Frank Glieber, Eric Nadel, Mel Proctor) WBAP(Eric Nadel, Bill Merrill, Mel Proctor) The 1980 Texas Rangers season was the 20th of the Texas Rangers franchise overall, their 9th in Arlington as the Rangers, and the 9th season at Arlington Stadium. The Rangers finished fourth in the American League West with a record of 76 wins and 85 losses. 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.https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/soderer01.shtml Eric Soderholm Stats 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.Doyle Alexander page at Baseball Reference 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.David Clyde page at Baseball Reference January 11, 1980: 1980 Major League Baseball draft Billy Taylor was drafted by the Rangers in the 2nd round. Player signed March 24, 1980.Billy Taylor page at Baseball Reference Al Newman was drafted by the Rangers in the 3rd round, but did not sign.Al Newman page at Baseball Reference Daryl Smith was drafted by the Rangers in the 6th round.Daryl Smith page at Baseball Reference February 15, 1980: Willie Montañez was traded by the Rangers to the San Diego Padres for Gaylord Perry, Tucker Ashford and Joe Carroll (minors).Gaylord Perry page at Baseball Reference March 31, 1980: La Rue Washington and Chris Smith were traded by the Rangers to the Montreal Expos for Rusty Staub.Rusty Staub page at Baseball Reference March 31, 1980: David Clyde was released by the Rangers. Regular season Season standings Texas Rangers Record vs. opponents TEX 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).Tom Henke page at Baseball Reference July 11, 1980: Charlie Hough was purchased by the Rangers from the Los Angeles Dodgers.Charlie Hough page at Baseball Reference 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. 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.Sparky Lyle page at Baseball Reference Roster 1980 Texas Rangers roster Roster Pitchers 23 Brian Allard 46 Bob Babcock 29 John Butcher 16 Ken Clay 11 Steve Comer 44 Danny Darwin 35 Adrian Devine 24 Ed Figueroa 27 Jerry Don Gleaton 49 Charlie Hough 31 Ferguson Jenkins 38 John Henry Johnson 43 Don Kainer 34 Jim Kern 28 Dennis Lewallyn 28 Sparky Lyle 32 Jon Matlack 33 Doc Medich 36 Gaylord Perry 26 Dave Rajsich Catchers 10 Jim Sundberg Infielders 29 Tucker Ashford 25 Buddy Bell 12 Odie Davis  9 John Ellis  3 Pepe Frías  7 Bud Harrelson  4 Nelson Norman 18 Pat Putnam  2 Mike Richardt 14 Dave Roberts 20 Rusty Staub  1 Bump Wills Outfielders  6 Johnny Grubb 30 Mike Hart 19 Jim Norris  0 Al Oliver 17 Mickey Rivers  5 Billy Sample 22 Richie Zisk Other batters  8 Danny Walton Manager 45 Pat Corrales Coaches 41 Jackie Brown 37 Rich Donnelly 47 Fred Koenig 48 Frank Lucchesi 43 Jackie Moore 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 151 505 138 .273 10 63 1B Pat Putnam 147 410 108 .263 13 55 2B Bump Wills 146 578 152 .263 5 58 SS Pepe Frías 116 227 55 .242 0 10 3B Buddy Bell 129 490 161 .329 17 83 LF Al Oliver 163 656 209 .319 19 117 CF Mickey Rivers 147 630 210 .333 7 60 RF Johnny Grubb 110 274 76 .277 9 32 DH Richie Zisk 135 448 130 .290 19 77 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 Staub 109 340 102 .300 9 52 Dave Roberts 101 235 56 .238 10 30 Billy Sample 99 204 53 .260 4 19 John Ellis 73 182 43 .236 1 23 Bud Harrelson 87 180 49 .272 1 9 Jim Norris 119 174 43 .247 0 16 Mike Richardt 22 71 16 .225 0 8 Tucker Ashford 15 32 4 .125 0 3 Nelson Norman 17 32 7 .219 0 1 Danny Walton 10 10 2 .200 0 1 Odie Davis 17 8 1 .125 0 0 Mike Hart Mike Hart (switch hitter) 5 4 1 .250 0 0 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 Jon Matlack 35 234.2 10 10 3.68 142 Doc Medich 34 204.1 14 11 3.92 91 Ferguson Jenkins 29 198.0 12 12 3.77 129 Gaylord Perry 24 155.0 6 9 3.43 107 Ken Clay 8 43.0 2 3 4.60 17 Steve Comer Steve Comer (baseball) 12 41.2 2 4 7.99 9 Ed Figueroa 8 39.2 0 7 5.90 9 John Butcher John Butcher (baseball) 6 35.1 3 3 4.08 27 Don Kainer 4 19.2 0 0 1.83 10 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 Allard 5 14.1 0 1 5.65 10 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 53 13 4 8 2.63 104 Sparky Lyle 49 3 2 8 4.69 43 Jim Kern 38 3 11 2 4.83 40 John Henry Johnson 33 2 2 4 2.33 44 Dave Rajsich 24 2 1 2 5.96 35 Charlie Hough 16 2 2 0 3.96 47 Adrian Devine 13 1 1 0 4.82 8 Bob Babcock Bob Babcock (baseball) 19 1 2 0 4.63 15 Jerry Don Gleaton 5 0 0 0 2.57 2 Dennis Lewallyn 4 0 0 0 7.94 1 Awards and honors Buddy Bell, 3B, Gold Glove 1980 Al Oliver, Silver Slugger Award, 1980 Jim Sundberg, C, Gold Glove, 1980 All-Star Game Farm system Minor League Baseball 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 2 References 1980 Texas Rangers team page at Baseball Reference 1980 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