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1978 American League West
Team Record GB
Kansas City Royals 92 - 70 —
California Angels 87 - 75 5.0
Texas Rangers 87 - 75 5.0
Minnesota Twins 73 - 89 19.0
Chicago White Sox 71 - 90 20.5
Oakland Athletics 69 - 93 23.0
Seattle Mariners 56 - 104 35.0

3rd (AL West)
Runs Scored: 692
Runs Allowed: 632
Attendance: 1,447,963

1978 Texas Rangers Batting (Starters)
Player Pos Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Jim Sundberg C 27 149 518 54 144 23 6 6 58 64 6 70 2 5 3 3 18 .278 .358 .380 .738
Mike Hargrove 1B 28 146 494 63 124 24 1 7 40 107 8 47 2 5 2 7 11 .251 .388 .346 .734
Bump Wills 2B 25 157 539 78 135 17 4 9 57 63 3 91 52 14 9 4 11 .250 .331 .347 .678
Toby Harrah 3B 29 139 450 56 103 17 3 12 59 83 3 66 31 8 9 2 8 .229 .349 .360 .709
Bert Campaneris SS 36 98 269 30 50 5 3 1 17 20 0 36 22 4 25 2 6 .186 .245 .238 .483
Al Oliver LF 31 133 525 65 170 35 5 14 89 31 6 41 8 9 1 2 7 .324 .358 .490 .848
Juan Beniquez CF 28 127 473 61 123 17 3 11 50 20 1 59 10 12 10 3 10 .260 .292 .378 .670
Bobby Bonds RF 32 130 475 85 126 15 4 29 82 69 6 110 37 20 2 2 12 .265 .356 .497 .853
Richie Zisk DH 29 140 511 68 134 19 1 22 85 58 7 76 3 3 4 3 14 .262 .338 .432 .770

1978 Texas Rangers Batting (Bench)
Player Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Mike Jorgensen 29 96 97 20 19 3 0 1 9 18 1 10 3 1 2 0 3 .196 .319 .258 .577
Kurt Bevacqua 31 90 248 21 55 12 0 6 30 18 0 31 1 2 2 0 8 .222 .271 .343 .614
John Lowenstein 31 77 176 28 39 8 3 5 21 37 2 29 16 3 2 2 2 .222 .363 .386 .749
Bobby Thompson 24 64 120 23 27 3 3 2 12 9 1 26 7 2 2 2 0 .225 .284 .350 .634
Jim Mason 27 55 105 10 20 4 0 0 3 5 0 17 0 0 6 0 2 .190 .227 .229 .456
John Ellis 29 34 94 7 23 4 0 3 17 6 0 20 0 1 1 0 0 .245 .282 .383 .665
Sandy Alomar 34 24 29 3 6 1 0 0 1 1 0 7 0 0 1 0 0 .207 .233 .241 .474
Nelson Norman 20 23 34 1 9 2 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 1 0 1 .265 .265 .324 .589
Johnny Grubb 29 21 33 8 13 3 0 1 6 11 0 5 1 1 0 0 0 .394 .545 .576 1.121
Pat Putnam 24 20 46 4 7 1 0 1 2 2 1 5 0 0 1 0 0 .152 .188 .239 .427
Gary Gray 25 17 50 4 12 1 0 2 6 1 0 12 1 0 0 0 1 .240 .255 .380 .635
Claudell Washington 23 12 42 1 7 0 0 0 2 1 0 12 0 1 0 0 1 .167 .186 .167 .353
Bill Sample 23 8 15 2 7 2 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 .467 .467 .600 1.067
La Rue Washington 24 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Greg Mahlberg 25 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000

1978 Texas Rangers Pitching (Starters)
Player Age G GS W L Pct. ERA IP R ER H HR BB K OBA HB WP CG SO SV BS DICE
Jon Matlack 28 35 33 15 13 .536 2.27 270.0 93 68 252 14 51 157 .242 4 8 18 2 1 3.12
Fergie Jenkins 35 34 30 18 8 .692 3.04 249.0 92 84 228 21 41 157 .241 3 2 16 4 0 3.37
Doyle Alexander 27 31 28 9 10 .474 3.86 191.0 84 82 198 18 71 81 .264 1 4 7 1 0 4.51
Dock Ellis 33 22 22 9 7 .563 4.20 141.1 81 66 131 15 46 45 .241 2 3 3 0 0 4.76
Doc Medich 29 28 22 9 8 .529 3.74 171.0 78 71 166 10 52 71 .251 3 5 6 2 2 3.89

1978 Texas Rangers Pitching (Bullpen)
Player Age G GS W L Pct. ERA IP R ER H HR BB K OBA HB WP CG SO SV BS DICE
Reggie Cleveland 30 53 0 5 7 .417 3.09 75.2 33 26 65 5 23 46 .225 3 1 0 0 12 3.67
Jim Umbarger 25 32 9 5 8 .385 4.88 97.2 58 53 116 9 36 60 .294 2 2 1 0 1 4.14
Steve Comer 24 30 11 11 5 .688 2.30 117.1 36 30 107 5 37 65 .243 1 2 3 2 1 3.42
Len Barker 22 29 0 1 5 .167 4.82 52.1 31 28 63 6 29 33 .297 2 6 0 0 4 5.01
Paul Lindblad 36 18 0 1 1 .500 3.63 39.2 16 16 41 2 15 25 .268 2 2 0 0 2 3.68
Paul Mirabella 24 10 4 3 2 .600 5.79 28.0 18 18 30 2 17 23 .278 0 0 0 0 1 4.11
Roger Moret 28 7 2 0 1 .000 4.91 14.2 8 8 23 1 2 5 .371 1 0 0 0 1 3.82
Danny Darwin 22 3 1 1 0 1.000 4.15 8.2 4 4 11 0 1 8 .314 0 0 0 0 0 1.50