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1979 American League West Team Record GB California Angels 88 - 74 — Kansas City Royals 85 - 77 3.0 Texas Rangers 83 - 79 5.0 Minnesota Twins 82 - 80 6.0 Chicago White Sox 73 - 87 14.0 Seattle Mariners 67 - 95 21.0 Oakland Athletics 54 - 108 34.0	3rd (AL West) Runs Scored: 750 Runs Allowed: 698 Attendance: 1,519,671
1979 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 28 150 495 50 136 23 4 5 64 51 5 51 3 3 5 5 17 .275 .345 .368 .713 Pat Putnam 1B 25 139 426 57 118 19 2 18 64 23 6 50 1 6 4 6 12 .277 .319 .458 .777 Bump Wills 2B 26 146 543 90 148 21 3 5 46 53 4 58 35 11 14 4 12 .273 .340 .350 .690 Buddy Bell 3B 27 162 670 89 200 42 3 18 101 30 4 45 5 4 7 3 16 .299 .327 .451 .778 Nelson Norman SS 21 147 343 36 76 9 3 0 21 19 0 41 4 1 18 0 5 .222 .260 .265 .525 Bill Sample LF 24 128 325 60 95 21 2 5 35 37 1 28 8 6 10 2 6 .292 .365 .415 .780 Al Oliver CF 32 136 492 69 159 28 4 12 76 34 8 34 4 5 1 4 14 .323 .367 .470 .837 Richie Zisk RF 30 144 503 69 132 21 1 18 64 57 4 75 1 1 1 0 15 .262 .336 .416 .752 John Ellis DH 30 111 316 33 90 12 0 12 61 15 1 55 2 2 0 2 3 .285 .318 .437 .755
1979 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 Johnny Grubb 30 102 289 42 79 14 0 10 37 34 3 44 2 4 2 1 6 .273 .350 .426 .776 Mike Jorgensen 30 90 157 21 35 7 0 6 16 14 1 29 0 2 3 2 3 .223 .293 .382 .675 Larvell Blanks 29 68 120 13 24 5 0 1 15 11 0 9 0 0 3 0 1 .200 .259 .267 .526 Oscar Gamble 29 64 161 27 54 6 0 8 32 37 11 15 2 1 0 1 6 .335 .458 .522 .980 Eric Soderholm 30 63 147 15 40 6 0 4 19 12 0 9 0 0 2 1 5 .272 .325 .395 .720 Mickey Rivers 30 58 247 35 74 9 3 6 25 9 0 18 7 2 3 1 2 .300 .323 .433 .756 Dave Roberts 28 44 84 12 22 2 1 3 14 7 0 17 1 0 2 0 3 .262 .319 .417 .736 Willie Montanez 31 38 144 19 46 6 0 8 24 8 1 14 0 1 0 1 4 .319 .357 .528 .885 La Rue Washington 25 25 18 5 5 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 .278 .409 .278 .687 Gary Gray 26 16 42 4 10 0 0 0 1 2 0 8 1 1 0 0 2 .238 .273 .238 .511 Dave Chalk 28 9 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 Bert Campaneris 37 8 9 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 .111 .200 .111 .311 Greg Mahlberg 26 7 17 2 2 0 0 1 1 2 0 4 0 0 2 0 2 .118 .211 .294 .505 Gary Holle 24 5 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .286 .333 .619
1979 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 Fergie Jenkins 36 37 37 16 14 .533 4.07 259.0 127 117 252 40 81 164 .251 3 4 10 3 0 4.71 Steve Comer 25 36 36 17 12 .586 3.68 242.1 114 99 230 24 84 86 .248 8 7 6 1 0 4.72 Doc Medich 30 29 19 10 7 .588 4.17 149.0 78 69 156 9 49 58 .263 4 4 4 1 0 4.07 Doyle Alexander 28 23 18 5 7 .417 4.45 113.1 65 56 114 3 69 50 .260 1 4 0 0 0 4.31 Jon Matlack 29 13 13 5 4 .556 4.13 85.0 43 39 98 9 15 35 .289 1 1 2 0 0 4.12 John Henry Johnson 22 17 12 2 6 .250 4.92 82.1 50 45 79 12 36 46 .247 1 3 1 0 0 5.13 Dock Ellis 34 10 9 1 5 .167 5.98 46.2 34 31 64 5 16 10 .322 0 2 0 0 0 4.99 Brian Allard 21 7 4 1 3 .250 4.32 33.1 17 16 36 4 13 14 .281 0 0 2 0 0 4.89
1979 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 Jim Kern 30 71 0 13 5 .722 1.57 143.0 35 25 99 5 62 136 .193 2 5 0 0 29 2.90 Sparky Lyle 34 67 0 5 8 .385 3.13 95.0 37 33 78 9 28 48 .219 0 2 0 0 13 4.11 Dave Rajsich 27 27 3 1 3 .250 3.52 53.2 25 21 56 7 18 32 .265 0 0 0 0 0 4.51 Danny Darwin 23 20 6 4 4 .500 4.04 78.0 36 35 50 5 30 58 .180 5 0 1 0 0 3.69 Ed Farmer 29 11 2 2 0 1.000 4.36 33.0 21 16 30 2 19 25 .244 2 3 0 0 0 4.18 Jerry Don Gleaton 21 5 2 0 1 .000 6.52 9.2 7 7 15 0 2 2 .357 1 1 0 0 0 3.52 Bob Babcock 29 4 0 0 0 .000 10.13 5.1 7 6 7 1 7 6 .292 0 1 0 0 0 7.13 Larry McCall 26 2 1 1 0 1.000 2.16 8.1 2 2 7 0 3 3 .219 0 0 0 0 0 3.36