1976 Texas Rangers
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionWest
BallparkArlington Stadium
CityArlington, Texas
OwnersBradford G. Corbett
General managersDan O'Brien Sr.
ManagersFrank Lucchesi
TelevisionKXAS-TV
(Dick Risenhoover, Tom Vandergriff)
RadioWBAP
(Dick Risenhoover, Bill Merrill)
← 1975 Seasons 1977 →

The 1976 Texas Rangers season involved the Rangers finishing fourth in the American League West with a record of 76 wins and 86 losses.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

AL West 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Kansas City Royals 90 72 0.556 — 49–32 41–40
Oakland Athletics 87 74 0.540 2½ 51–30 36–44
Minnesota Twins 85 77 0.525 5 44–37 41–40
Texas Rangers 76 86 0.469 14 39–42 37–44
California Angels 76 86 0.469 14 38–43 38–43
Chicago White Sox 64 97 0.398 25½ 35–45 29–52

Record vs. opponents

1976 American League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK TEX
Baltimore — 7–11 8–4 8–4 7–11 12–6 6–6 11–7 4–8 13–5 4–8 8–4
Boston 11–7 — 7–5 6–6 9–9 14–4 3–9 12–6 7–5 7–11 4–8 3–9
California 4–8 5–7 — 11–7 7–5 6–6 8–10 4–8 8–10 5–7 6–12 12–6
Chicago 4–8 6–6 7–11 — 3–9 6–6 8–10 7–5 7–11 1–11 8–9 7–11
Cleveland 11–7 9–9 5–7 9–3 — 6–12 6–6 11–6 9–3 4–12 4–8 7–5
Detroit 6–12 4–14 6–6 6–6 12–6 — 4–8 12–6 4–8 9–8 6–6 5–7
Kansas City 6–6 9–3 10–8 10–8 6–6 8–4 — 8–4 10–8 7–5 9–9 7–11
Milwaukee 7–11 6–12 8–4 5–7 6–11 6–12 4–8 — 4–8 5–13 5–7 10–2
Minnesota 8–4 5–7 10–8 11–7 3–9 8–4 8–10 8–4 — 2–10 11–7 11–7
New York 5–13 11–7 7–5 11–1 12–4 8–9 5–7 13–5 10–2 — 6–6 9–3
Oakland 8–4 8–4 12–6 9–8 8–4 6–6 9–9 7–5 7–11 6–6 — 7–11
Texas 4–8 9–3 6–12 11–7 5–7 7–5 11–7 2–10 7–11 3–9 11–7 —


Notable transactions

Roster

1976 Texas Rangers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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 140 448 102 .228 3 34
1B Mike Hargrove 151 541 155 .287 7 58
2B Lenny Randle 142 539 121 .224 1 51
3B Roy Howell 140 491 124 .253 8 53
SS Toby Harrah 155 584 152 .260 15 67
LF Gene Clines 116 446 123 .276 0 38
CF Juan Beníquez 145 478 122 .255 0 33
RF Jeff Burroughs 158 604 143 .237 18 86
DH Tom Grieve 149 546 139 .255 20 81

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
Danny Thompson 64 196 42 .214 1 13
Dave Moates 85 137 33 .241 0 13
Jim Fregosi 58 133 31 .233 2 12
Roy Smalley 41 129 29 .225 1 8
Joe Lahoud 38 89 20 .225 1 5
Bill Fahey 38 80 20 .250 1 9
Mike Cubbage 14 32 7 .219 0 0
John Ellis 11 31 13 .419 1 8
Ken Pape 21 23 5 .217 1 4
Doug Ault 9 20 6 .300 0 0
Greg Pryor 5 8 3 .375 0 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
Gaylord Perry 32 250.1 15 14 3.24 143
Nelson Briles 32 210.0 11 9 3.26 98
Bert Blyleven 24 202.1 9 11 2.76 144
Jim Umbarger 30 197.1 10 12 3.15 105
Tommy Boggs 13 90.1 1 7 3.49 36
Bill Singer 10 64.2 4 1 3.48 34
Len Barker 2 15.0 1 0 2.40 7

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
Steve Hargan 35 124.1 8 8 3.62 63
Steve Barr 20 67.2 2 6 5.59 27
Fritz Peterson 4 15.0 1 0 3.60 4

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
Joe Hoerner 41 0 4 8 5.14 15
Steve Foucault 46 8 8 5 3.33 41
Jeff Terpko 32 3 3 0 2.39 24
Mike Bacsik 23 3 2 0 4.25 21
Craig Skok 9 0 1 0 12.60 5
Stan Perzanowski 5 0 0 0 10.03 6

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Sacramento Solons Pacific Coast League Rich Donnelly
AA San Antonio Brewers Texas League Marty Martínez
A Asheville Tourists Western Carolinas League Wayne Terwilliger
Rookie GCL Rangers Gulf Coast League Joe Klein

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: GCL Rangers

Notes

  1. ^ Royals trade Briles to Texas
  2. ^ Stan Thomas page at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Mike Kekich page at Baseball-Reference
  4. ^ Danny Darwin page at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ Bobby Jones page at Baseball Reference
  6. ^ Fritz Peterson page at Baseball Reference
  7. ^ Bert Blyleven page at Baseball Reference
  8. ^ Billy Sample page at Baseball-Reference
  9. ^ Andre Robertson page at Baseball-Reference

References

External links

1976 MLB season by team
Texas Rangers
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