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Positional Players from the 1979 Texas Rangers | |||||||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Type | GP | PA/162 | H | HR | RBI | R | SB | SO | BB | BA | OBP | SLG | F/R/A | Salary | |
| Jim Sundberg | C | F | 150 | 561 | 136 | 5 | 64 | 50 | 3 | 51 | 51 | .275 | .345 | .368 | A/B/A+ | $4.02M | |
| Dave Roberts | C | F | 44 | 93 | 22 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 17 | 7 | .262 | .319 | .417 | C/D/D | $544K | |
| Pat Putnam | 1B | F | 139 | 465 | 118 | 18 | 64 | 57 | 1 | 50 | 23 | .277 | .319 | .458 | B+/B- | $3.02M | |
| Willie Montanez | 1B | P | 38 | 154 | 46 | 8 | 24 | 19 | 0 | 14 | 8 | .319 | .357 | .528 | C/B- | $1.09M | |
| Mike Jorgensen | 1B | F | 90 | 177 | 35 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 0 | 29 | 14 | .223 | .293 | .382 | C-/D- | $682K | |
| Bump Wills | 2B | F | 146 | 617 | 148 | 5 | 46 | 90 | 35 | 58 | 53 | .273 | .340 | .350 | C/A | $4.12M | |
| Buddy Bell | 3B | F | 162 | 720 | 200 | 18 | 101 | 89 | 5 | 45 | 30 | .299 | .327 | .451 | A/A | $6.57M | |
| Eric Soderholm | 3B | P | 63 | 165 | 40 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 12 | .272 | .325 | .395 | A/A- | $1.18M | |
| Nelson Norman | SS | F | 147 | 383 | 76 | 0 | 21 | 36 | 4 | 41 | 19 | .222 | .260 | .265 | C/D- | $1.26M | |
| Larvell Blanks | SS | F | 68 | 138 | 24 | 1 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 11 | .200 | .259 | .267 | B/D- | $370K | |
| John Ellis | DH | F | 111 | 337 | 90 | 12 | 61 | 33 | 2 | 55 | 15 | .285 | .318 | .437 | D-/D-/C- | $1.70M | |
| Al Oliver | OF | F | 136 | 538 | 159 | 12 | 76 | 69 | 4 | 34 | 34 | .323 | .367 | .470 | C/B- | $4.08M | |
| Richie Zisk | OF | F | 144 | 563 | 132 | 18 | 64 | 69 | 1 | 75 | 57 | .262 | .336 | .416 | C/D+ | $2.94M | |
| Bill Sample | OF | F | 128 | 377 | 95 | 5 | 35 | 60 | 8 | 28 | 37 | .292 | .365 | .415 | A+/D- | $2.25M | |
| Mickey Rivers | OF | P | 58 | 263 | 74 | 6 | 25 | 35 | 7 | 18 | 9 | .300 | .323 | .433 | C+/B+ | $1.89M | |
| Oscar Gamble | OF | P | 64 | 201 | 54 | 8 | 32 | 27 | 2 | 15 | 37 | .335 | .458 | .522 | C-/C- | $1.81M | |
| Johnny Grubb | OF | F | 102 | 328 | 79 | 10 | 37 | 42 | 2 | 44 | 34 | .273 | .350 | .426 | B/D- | $1.78M | |
Pitchers from the 1979 Texas Rangers | |||||||||||||
| Player | Role | Type | GP | IP/162 | GS | ERA | OAV | WHIP | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 | HR/9 | Salary |
| Fergie Jenkins | S | F | 37 | 259.00 | 37 | 4.07 | 0.256 | 1.29 | 2.025 | 5.70 | 2.81 | 1.390 | $5.37M |
| Steve Comer | S | F | 36 | 243.00 | 36 | 3.68 | 0.252 | 1.30 | 1.024 | 3.19 | 3.12 | 0.891 | $5.24M |
| Doc Medich | S | F | 29 | 149.00 | 19 | 4.17 | 0.269 | 1.38 | 1.184 | 3.50 | 2.96 | 0.544 | $3.21M |
| Doyle Alexander | S | F | 23 | 114.00 | 18 | 4.45 | 0.268 | 1.61 | 0.725 | 3.97 | 5.48 | 0.238 | $2.56M |
| John Henry Johnson | S | P | 17 | 83.00 | 12 | 4.92 | 0.255 | 1.40 | 1.278 | 5.03 | 3.94 | 1.312 | $1.49M |
| Jon Matlack | S | F | 13 | 85.00 | 13 | 4.13 | 0.293 | 1.33 | 2.333 | 3.71 | 1.59 | 0.953 | $1.47M |
| Dock Ellis | S | P | 10 | 47.00 | 9 | 5.98 | 0.323 | 1.71 | 0.625 | 1.93 | 3.09 | 0.964 | $504K |
| Brian Allard | S | F | 7 | 34.00 | 4 | 4.32 | 0.283 | 1.47 | 1.077 | 3.78 | 3.51 | 1.080 | $417K |
| Jim Kern | R | F | 71 | 143.00 | 0 | 1.57 | 0.199 | 1.13 | 2.194 | 8.56 | 3.90 | 0.315 | $5.27M |
| Danny Darwin | R | F | 20 | 78.00 | 6 | 4.04 | 0.186 | 1.03 | 1.933 | 6.69 | 3.46 | 0.577 | $2.68M |
| Sparky Lyle | R | F | 67 | 95.00 | 0 | 3.13 | 0.226 | 1.12 | 1.714 | 4.55 | 2.65 | 0.853 | $2.63M |
| Dave Rajsich | R | F | 27 | 54.00 | 3 | 3.52 | 0.267 | 1.38 | 1.778 | 5.37 | 3.02 | 1.174 | $887K |
| Ed Farmer | R | P | 11 | 33.00 | 2 | 4.36 | 0.252 | 1.48 | 1.316 | 6.82 | 5.18 | 0.545 | $566K |
The 1979 Texas Rangers roster is above. All columns may be sorted by clicking the column name. Clicking on an individual player will display the player's career statistics including his time with the 1979 Texas Rangers.
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