Texas Rangers 1979

83–79record

.512win pct

750runs

698allowed

+52run diff

140home runs

39players

The three rarest things in 1979

Rarity	What	Who	Date	Rate	Game
57	Triple Play	Buddy Bell	1979-06-10	1 in 498 games	box score ↗
54	Triple Play (play-by-play era)	Texas Rangers	1979-06-10	1 in 372 games	box score ↗
53	Three-Homer Game	Al Oliver	1979-05-23	1 in 321 games	box score ↗

Batting (39)

Player	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Buddy Bell	162	720	670	89	200	42	3	18	101	30	45	5	4	.299	.327	.451	.778
Bump Wills	146	617	543	90	148	21	3	5	46	53	58	35	11	.273	.340	.350	.690
Richie Zisk	144	563	503	69	132	21	1	18	64	57	75	1	1	.262	.336	.416	.752
Jim Sundberg	150	561	495	50	136	23	4	5	64	51	51	3	3	.275	.345	.368	.713
Al Oliver	136	538	492	69	159	28	4	12	76	34	34	4	5	.323	.367	.470	.836
Pat Putnam	139	465	426	57	118	19	2	18	64	23	50	1	6	.277	.319	.458	.777
Nelson Norman	147	383	343	36	76	9	3	0	21	19	41	4	1	.222	.260	.265	.526
Billy Sample	128	377	325	60	95	21	2	5	35	37	28	8	6	.292	.365	.415	.781
John Ellis	111	337	316	33	90	12	0	12	61	15	55	2	2	.285	.318	.437	.754
Johnny Grubb	102	328	289	42	79	14	0	10	37	34	44	2	4	.273	.350	.426	.775
Mickey Rivers	58	263	247	35	74	9	3	6	25	9	18	7	2	.300	.323	.433	.756
Oscar Gamble	64	201	161	27	54	6	0	8	32	37	15	2	1	.335	.458	.522	.979
Mike Jorgensen	90	177	157	21	35	7	0	6	16	14	29	0	2	.223	.293	.382	.675
Eric Soderholm	63	166	147	15	40	6	0	4	19	12	9	0	0	.272	.325	.395	.720
Willie Montanez	38	154	144	19	46	6	0	8	24	8	14	0	1	.319	.357	.528	.885
Larvell Blanks	68	138	120	13	24	5	0	1	15	11	9	0	0	.200	.259	.267	.526
Dave Roberts	44	93	84	12	22	2	1	3	14	7	17	1	0	.262	.319	.417	.735
Gary Gray	16	44	42	4	10	0	0	0	1	2	8	1	1	.238	.273	.238	.511
LaRue Washington	25	22	18	5	5	0	0	0	2	4	0	2	1	.278	.409	.278	.687
Greg Mahlberg	7	21	17	2	2	0	0	1	1	2	4	0	0	.118	.211	.294	.505
Bert Campaneris	8	10	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	.111	.200	.111	.311
Dave Chalk	9	9	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500
Gary Holle	5	7	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.167	.286	.333	.619
Doyle Alexander	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–
Brian Allard	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–
Bob Babcock	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–
Steve Comer	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–
Danny Darwin	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–
Dock Ellis	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–
Ed Farmer	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–
Jerry Gleaton	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–
Fergie Jenkins	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–
John Henry Johnson	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–
Jim Kern	71	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–
Sparky Lyle	67	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–
Jon Matlack	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–
Larry McCall	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–
Doc Medich	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–
Dave Rajsich	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–

Pitching (16)

Player	G	W–L	GS	CG	SV	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP
Fergie Jenkins	37	16–14	37	10	0	252	127	117	81	164	40	259.0	4.07	1.29
Steve Comer	36	17–12	36	6	0	230	114	99	84	86	24	242.1	3.68	1.30
Doc Medich	29	10–7	19	4	0	156	78	69	49	58	9	149.0	4.17	1.38
Jim Kern	71	13–5	0	0	29	99	35	25	62	136	5	143.0	1.57	1.13
Doyle Alexander	23	5–7	18	0	0	114	65	56	69	50	3	113.1	4.45	1.61
Sparky Lyle	67	5–8	0	0	13	78	37	33	28	48	9	95.0	3.13	1.12
Jon Matlack	13	5–4	13	2	0	98	43	39	15	35	9	85.0	4.13	1.33
John Henry Johnson	17	2–6	12	1	0	79	50	45	36	46	12	82.1	4.92	1.40
Danny Darwin	20	4–4	6	1	0	50	36	35	30	58	5	78.0	4.04	1.03
Dave Rajsich	27	1–3	3	0	0	56	25	21	18	32	7	53.2	3.52	1.38
Dock Ellis	10	1–5	9	0	0	64	34	31	16	10	5	46.2	5.98	1.71
Brian Allard	7	1–3	4	2	0	36	17	16	13	14	4	33.1	4.32	1.47
Ed Farmer	11	2–0	2	0	0	30	21	16	19	25	2	33.0	4.36	1.48
Jerry Gleaton	5	0–1	2	0	0	15	7	7	2	2	0	9.2	6.52	1.76
Larry McCall	2	1–0	1	0	0	7	2	2	3	3	0	8.1	2.16	1.20
Bob Babcock	4	0–0	0	0	0	7	7	6	7	6	1	5.1	10.12	2.62