1978 Texas Rangers
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionWest
BallparkArlington Stadium
CityArlington, Texas
OwnersBradford G. Corbett
General managersDan O'Brien Sr. / Eddie Robinson
ManagersBilly Hunter, Pat Corrales
TelevisionKXAS-TV
(Jon Miller, Frank Glieber)
RadioWBAP
(Jon Miller, Bill Merrill)
← 1977 Seasons 1979 →

The 1978 Texas Rangers season involved the Rangers finishing second in the American League West with a record of 87 wins and 75 losses.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

AL West 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Kansas City Royals 92 70 0.568 — 56–25 36–45
Texas Rangers 87 75 0.537 5 52–30 35–45
California Angels 87 75 0.537 5 50–31 37–44
Minnesota Twins 73 89 0.451 19 38–43 35–46
Chicago White Sox 71 90 0.441 20½ 38–42 33–48
Oakland Athletics 69 93 0.426 23 38–42 31–51
Seattle Mariners 56 104 0.350 35 32–49 24–55

Record vs. opponents

1978 American League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore — 7–8 4–6 8–1 9–6 7–8 2–8 7–8 5–5 6–9 11–0 9–1 7–4 8–7
Boston 8–7 — 9–2 7–3 7–8 12–3 4–6 10–5 9–2 7–9 5–5 7–3 3–7 11–4
California 6–4 2–9 — 8–7 6–4 4–7 9–6 5–5 12–3 5–5 9–6 9–6 5–10 7–3
Chicago 1–8 3–7 7–8 — 8–2 2–9 8–7 4–7 8–7 1–9 7–8 7–8 11–4 4–6
Cleveland 6–9 8–7 4–6 2–8 — 5–10 5–6 5–10 5–5 6–9 4–6 8–1 1–9 10–4
Detroit 8–7 3–12 7–4 9–2 10–5 — 4–6 7–8 4–6 4–11 6–4 8–2 7–3 9–6
Kansas City 8–2 6–4 6–9 7–8 6–5 6–4 — 6–4 7–8 6–5 10–5 12–3 7–8 5–5
Milwaukee 8–7 5–10 5–5 7–4 10–5 8–7 4–6 — 4–7 10–5 9–1 5–5 6–4 12–3
Minnesota 5–5 2–9 3–12 7–8 5–5 6–4 8–7 7–4 — 3–7 9–6 6–9 6–9 6–4
New York 9–6 9–7 5–5 9–1 9–6 11–4 5–6 5–10 7–3 — 8–2 6–5 6–4 11–4
Oakland 0–11 5–5 6–9 8–7 6–4 4–6 5–10 1–9 6–9 2–8 — 13–2 6–9 7–4
Seattle 1–9 3–7 6–9 8–7 1–8 2–8 3–12 5–5 9–6 5–6 2–13 — 3–12 8–2
Texas 4–7 7–3 10–5 4–11 9–1 3–7 8–7 4–6 9–6 4–6 9–6 12–3 — 4–7
Toronto 7–8 4–11 3–7 6–4 4–10 6–9 5–5 3–12 4–6 4–11 4–7 2–8 7–4 —


Notable transactions

Roster

1978 Texas Rangers roster
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

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 149 518 144 .278 6 58
1B Mike Hargrove 146 494 124 .251 7 40
2B Bump Wills 157 539 135 .250 9 57
SS Bert Campaneris 98 269 50 .186 1 17
3B Toby Harrah 139 450 103 .229 12 59
LF Al Oliver 133 525 170 .324 14 89
CF Juan Beníquez 127 473 123 .260 11 50
RF Bobby Bonds 130 475 126 .265 29 82
DH Richie Zisk 140 511 134 .262 22 85

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
Kurt Bevacqua 90 248 55 .222 6 30
John Lowenstein 77 176 39 .222 5 21
Bobby Thompson 64 120 27 .225 2 12
Jim Mason 55 105 20 .190 0 3
Mike Jorgensen 96 97 19 .196 1 9
John Ellis 34 94 23 .245 3 17
Gary Gray 17 50 12 .240 2 6
Pat Putnam 20 46 7 .152 1 2
Claudell Washington 12 42 7 .167 0 2
Nelson Norman 23 34 9 .265 0 1
Johnny Grubb 12 33 13 .394 1 6
Sandy Alomar Sr. 24 29 6 .207 0 1
Billy Sample 8 15 7 .467 0 3
La Rue Washington 3 3 0 .000 0 0
Greg Mahlberg 1 1 0 .000 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 35 270.0 15 13 2.27 157
Ferguson Jenkins 34 249.0 18 8 3.04 157
Doyle Alexander 31 191.0 9 10 3.86 81
Doc Medich 28 171.0 9 8 3.74 71
Doc Ellis 22 141.1 9 7 4.20 45

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 Comer 30 117.1 11 5 2.30 65
Jim Umbarger 32 97.2 5 8 4.88 60
Paul Mirabella 10 28.0 3 2 5.79 23
Roger Moret 7 14.2 0 1 4.91 5
Danny Darwin 3 8.2 1 0 4.15 8

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
Reggie Cleveland 53 5 7 12 3.09 46
Len Barker 29 1 5 4 4.82 33
Paul Lindblad 18 1 1 2 3.63 25

Awards and honors

All-Stars

All-Star Game

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Tucson Toros Pacific Coast League Rich Donnelly
AA Tulsa Drillers 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. ^ Gorman Thomas page at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Mike Marshall page at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Richie Zisk page at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ Darold Knowles page at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ Doc Medich page at Baseball Reference
  6. ^ Bert Blyleven page at Baseball Reference
  7. ^ Ferguson Jenkins page at Baseball Reference
  8. ^ Mike Jorgensen page at Baseball Reference
  9. ^ Gaylord Perry page at Baseball Reference
  10. ^ Gorman Thomas page at Baseball Reference
  11. ^ David Clyde page at Baseball Reference
  12. ^ 1978 Transactions page at Baseball Reference
  13. ^ 1978 Transactions page at Baseball Reference
  14. ^ 1978 Transactions page at Baseball Reference
  15. ^ 1978 Transactions page at Baseball Reference
  16. ^ Reggie Cleveland page at Baseball Reference
  17. ^ Bobby Bonds page at Baseball Reference
  18. ^ Dave May page at Baseball Reference
  19. ^ Wayne Tolleson page at Baseball Reference
  20. ^ Charlie O'Brien page at Baseball Reference
  21. ^ Mike Richardt page at Baseball Reference
  22. ^ Paul Lindblad page at Baseball Reference
  23. ^ Johnny Grubb page at Baseball Reference

References

External links

1978 MLB season by team
Texas Rangers
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