1976 Texas Rangers season explained

Texas Rangers
Season:	1976
League:	American League
Division:	West
Ballpark:	Arlington Stadium
City:	Arlington, Texas
Owners:	Bradford G. Corbett
General Managers:	Dan O'Brien Sr.
Managers:	Frank Lucchesi
Television:	KXAS-TV (Dick Risenhoover, Tom Vandergriff)
Radio:	WBAP (Dick Risenhoover, Bill Merrill)

The 1976 Texas Rangers season involved the Rangers finishing fourth in the American League West with a record of 76 wins and 86 losses.

Offseason

November 12, 1975: Dave Nelson was traded by the Rangers to the Kansas City Royals for Nelson Briles.^[1]
December 9, 1975: Stan Thomas and Ron Pruitt were traded by the Rangers to the Cleveland Indians for John Ellis.^[2]
March 12, 1976: Mike Kekich was released by the Rangers.^[3]

May 10, 1976: Danny Darwin was signed as an amateur free agent by the Rangers.^[4]
May 17, 1976: Bobby Jones was selected off waivers from the Rangers by the California Angels.^[5]
May 28, 1976: Stan Perzanowski and cash were traded by the Rangers to the Cleveland Indians for Fritz Peterson.^[6]
June 1, 1976: Bill Singer, Roy Smalley, Mike Cubbage, Jim Gideon, and $250,000 were traded by the Rangers to the Minnesota Twins for Bert Blyleven and Danny Thompson.^[7]
June 8, 1976: 1976 Major League Baseball Draft
- Billy Sample was drafted by the Rangers in the 10th round.^[8]
- Andre Robertson was drafted by the Rangers in the 12th round, but did not sign.^[9]

1976 Texas Rangers
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		ManagerCoaches

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	140	448	102	.228	3	34
1B	151	541	155	.287	7	58
2B	142	539	121	.224	1	51
3B	140	491	124	.253	8	53
SS	155	584	152	.260	15	67
LF	116	446	123	.276	0	38
CF	145	478	122	.255	0	33
RF	158	604	143	.237	18	86
DH	149	546	139	.255	20	81

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
64	196	42	.214	1	13
85	137	33	.241	0	13
58	133	31	.233	2	12
41	129	29	.225	1	8
38	89	20	.225	1	5
38	80	20	.250	1	9
14	32	7	.219	0	0
11	31	13	.419	1	8
21	23	5	.217	1	4
9	20	6	.300	0	0
5	8	3	.375	0	1

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
32	250.1	15	14	3.24	143
32	210.0	11	9	3.26	98
24	202.1	9	11	2.76	144
30	197.1	10	12	3.15	105
13	90.1	1	7	3.49	36
10	64.2	4	1	3.48	34
2	15.0	1	0	2.40	7

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
35	124.1	8	8	3.62	63
20	67.2	2	6	5.59	27
4	15.0	1	0	3.60	4

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
41	0	4	8	5.14	15
46	8	8	5	3.33	41
32	3	3	0	2.39	24
23	3	2	0	4.25	21
9	0	1	0	12.60	5
5	0	0	0	10.03	6

Book: Johnson. Lloyd. Wolff. Miles. The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. 3rd. Durham, North Carolina. Baseball America. 2007. 978-1-932391-17-6.