1980 Texas Rangers season explained

Texas Rangers
Season:	1980
League:	American League
Division:	West
Ballpark:	Arlington Stadium
City:	Arlington, Texas
Owners:	Eddie Chiles
General Managers:	Eddie Robinson
Managers:	Pat Corrales
Television:	KXAS-TV (Frank Glieber, Eric Nadel, Mel Proctor)
Radio:	WBAP (Eric Nadel, Bill Merrill, Mel Proctor)

The Texas Rangers 1980 season involved the Rangers finishing fourth 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]

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.
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]

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	151	505	138	.273	10	63
1B	147	410	108	.263	13	55
2B	146	578	152	.263	5	58
SS	116	227	55	.242	0	10
3B	129	490	161	.329	17	83
LF	163	656	209	.319	19	117
CF	147	630	210	.333	7	60
RF	110	274	76	.277	9	32
DH	135	448	130	.290	19	77

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
109	340	102	.300	9	52
101	235	56	.238	10	30
99	204	53	.260	4	19
73	182	43	.236	1	23
87	180	49	.272	1	9
119	174	43	.247	0	16
22	71	16	.225	0	8
15	32	4	.125	0	3
17	32	7	.219	0	1
10	10	2	.200	0	1
17	8	1	.125	0	0
5	4	1	.250	0	0

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
35	234.2	10	10	3.68	142
34	204.1	14	11	3.92	91
29	198.0	12	12	3.77	129
24	155.0	6	9	3.43	107
8	43.0	2	3	4.60	17
12	41.2	2	4	7.99	9
8	39.2	0	7		5.90	9
6	35.1	3	3	4.08	27
4	19.2	0	0	1.83	10

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

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

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
53	13	4	8	2.63	104
49	3	2	8	4.69	43
38	3	11	2	4.83	40
33	2	2	4	2.33	44
24	2	1	2	5.96	35
16	2	2	0	3.96	47
13	1	1	0	4.82	8
19	1	2	0	4.63	15
5	0	0	0	2.57	2
4	0	0	0	7.94	1

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