1980 Texas Rangers season

1980 Texas Rangers
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1961)
Western Division (since 1972)
Location
Arlington Stadium (since 1972)
Arlington, Texas (since 1972)
Other information
Owner(s)	Eddie Chiles
General manager(s)	Eddie Robinson
Manager(s)	Pat Corrales
Local television	KXAS-TV (Frank Glieber, Eric Nadel, Mel Proctor)
Local radio	WBAP (Eric Nadel, Bill Merrill, Mel Proctor)
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The Texas Rangers 1980 season involved the Rangers finishing 4th 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.^[1]
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.^[2]
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.^[3]
January 11, 1980: 1980 Major League Baseball Draft
- Billy Taylor was drafted by the Rangers in the 2nd round. Player signed March 24, 1980.^[4]
- Al Newman was drafted by the Rangers in the 3rd round, but did not sign.^[5]
- Daryl Smith was drafted by the Rangers in the 6th round.^[6]
February 15, 1980: Willie Montañez was traded by the Rangers to the San Diego Padres for Gaylord Perry, Tucker Ashford and Joe Carroll (minors).^[7]
March 31, 1980: La Rue Washington and Chris Smith were traded by the Rangers to the Montreal Expos for Rusty Staub.^[8]
March 31, 1980: David Clyde was released by the Rangers.^[3]

Regular season

Season standings

AL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Kansas City Royals	97	65	0.599	—	49–32	48–33
Oakland Athletics	83	79	0.512	14	46–35	37–44
Minnesota Twins	77	84	0.478	19½	44–36	33–48
Texas Rangers	76	85	0.472	20½	39–41	37–44
Chicago White Sox	70	90	0.438	26	37–42	33–48
California Angels	65	95	0.406	31	30–51	35–44
Seattle Mariners	59	103	0.364	38	36–45	23–58

Record vs. opponents

1980 American League Records Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIL	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TEX	TOR
Baltimore	—	8–5	10–2	6–6	6–7	10–3	6–6	7–6	10–2	7–6	7–5	6–6	6–6	11–2
Boston	5–8	—	9–3	6–4	7–6	8–5	5–7	6–7	6–6	3–10	9–3	7–5	5–7	7–6
California	2–10	3–9	—	3–10	4–6	5–7	5–8	6–6	7–6	2–10	3–10	11–2	11–2	3–9
Chicago	6–6	4–6	10–3	—	5–7	2–10	5–8	5–7	5–8	5–7	6–7	6–7	6–7–2	5–7
Cleveland	7–6	6–7	6–4	7–5	—	3–10	5–7	3–10	9–3	5–8	6–6	8–4	6–6	8–5
Detroit	3–10	5–8	7–5	10–2	10–3	—	2–10	7–6	6–6	5–8	6–6	10–2–1	4–8	9–4
Kansas City	6–6	7–5	8–5	8–5	7–5	10–2	—	6–6	5–8	8–4	6–7	7–6	10–3	9–3
Milwaukee	6–7	7–6	6–6	7–5	10–3	6–7	6–6	—	7–5	5–8	7–5	9–3	5–7	5–8
Minnesota	2–10	6–6	6–7	8–5	3–9	6–6	8–5	5–7	—	4–8	6–7	7–6	9–3	7–5
New York	6–7	10–3	10–2	7–5	8–5	8–5	4–8	8–5	8–4	—	8–4	9–3	7–5	10–3
Oakland	5–7	3–9	10–3	7–6	6–6	6–6	7–6	5–7	7–6	4–8	—	8–5	7–6	8–4
Seattle	6–6	5–7	2–11	7–6	4–8	2–10–1	6–7	3–9	6–7	3–9	5–8	—	4–9	6–6
Texas	6–6	7–5	2–11	7–6–2	6–6	8–4	3–10	7–5	3–9	5–7	6–7	9–4	—	7–5
Toronto	2–11	6–7	9–3	7–5	5–8	4–9	3–9	8–5	5–7	3–10	4–8	6–6	5–7	—

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).^[9]
July 11, 1980: Charlie Hough was purchased by the Rangers from the Los Angeles Dodgers.^[10]
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.^[7]
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.^[11]

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
SS	Frías, PepePepe Frías	116	227	55	.242	0	10

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
Staub, RustyRusty Staub	109	340	102	.300	9	52
Norris, JimJim Norris	119	174	43	.247	0	16
Richardt, MikeMike Richardt	22	71	16	.225	0	8
Ashford, TuckerTucker Ashford	15	32	4	.125	0	3
Norman, NelsonNelson Norman	17	32	7	.219	0	1
Hart, MikeMike Hart	5	4	1	.250	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Perry, GaylordGaylord Perry	24	155	6	9	3.43	107
Comer, SteveSteve Comer	12	41.2	2	4	7.99	9
Clay, KenKen Clay	8	43	2	3	4.60	17
Butcher, JohnJohn Butcher	6	35.1	3	3	4.08	27

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Allard, BrianBrian Allard	5	14.1	0	1	5.65	10

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	ERA	SO
Hough, CharlieCharlie Hough	16	2	2	3.96	47
Devine, AdrianAdrian Devine	13	1	1	4.82	8
Babcock, BobBob Babcock	19	1	2	4.63	15

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
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

References

1980 Texas Rangers team page at Baseball Reference
1980 Texas Rangers team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-17-6.

1980 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston Cleveland Detroit Milwaukee New York Toronto

AL West	California Chicago Kansas City Minnesota Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Chicago Montréal New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Atlanta Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

1980 MLB draft 1980 All-Star Game 1980 World Series

Texas Rangers

Formerly the Washington Senators
Based in Arlington, Texas (Dallas–Ft. Worth)

Franchise

Ballparks

Griffith Stadium RFK Stadium Arlington Stadium Globe Life Park in Arlington New Rangers Ballpark

Spring training	Pompano Beach Municipal Stadium Ranger Stadium Surprise Stadium

Culture and lore

Rivalries

Houston Astros

Retired numbers

Key personnel

Owners: Ray Davis & Bob R. Simpson
General Manager: Jon Daniels
Manager: Jeff Banister

Texas Rangers
Hall of Fame

Wild card berths (1)

2012

American League
West Division titles (6)

American League
championships (2)

2010
2011

Minor league affiliates

Seasons (56)

1960s	1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969

1970s	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979

1980s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

1990s	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

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