1982 Texas Rangers season explained

Texas Rangers
Season:	1982
League:	American League
Division:	West
Ballpark:	Arlington Stadium
City:	Arlington, Texas
Owners:	Eddie Chiles
General Managers:	Eddie Robinson
Managers:	Don Zimmer, Darrell Johnson
Television:	KXAS-TV 5 Star Cable (Steve Busby, Merle Harmon)
Radio:	WBAP (Eric Nadel, Mark Holtz)

The Texas Rangers 1982 season involved the Rangers finishing sixth in the American League West with a record of 64 wins and 98 losses.

Offseason

December 11, 1981: Jim Kern was traded by the Rangers to the New York Mets for Doug Flynn and Dan Boitano.^[1]
January 12, 1982: Scott Bailes was drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 7th round of the 1982 amateur draft, but did not sign.^[2]
March 26, 1982: Bump Wills was traded by the Rangers to the Chicago Cubs for Paul Mirabella, a player to be named later, and cash. The Cubs completed the trade by sending Paul Semall (minors) to the Rangers on April 21.^[3]
March 31, 1982: Al Oliver was traded by the Rangers to the Montreal Expos for Larry Parrish and Dave Hostetler.^[4]

July 10, 1982: Larry Parrish hit his third grand slam of the week for the Rangers.^[5]

April 1, 1982: Nelson Norman was traded by the Rangers to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Víctor Cruz.^[6]
April 1, 1982: Ron Darling and Walt Terrell were traded by the Rangers to the New York Mets for Lee Mazzilli.^[7]
June 7, 1982: Randy Kramer was drafted by the Rangers in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1982 Major League Baseball draft (secondary phase).^[8]
August 8, 1982: Lee Mazzilli was traded by the Rangers to the New York Yankees for Bucky Dent.^[9]

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	139	470	118	.251	10	47
1B	113	418	97	.232	22	67
2B	119	402	97	.241	3	43
SS	60	179	43	.240	0	8
3B	148	537	159	.296	13	67
LF	97	360	94	.261	10	29
CF	150	557	147	.264	11	50
RF	128	440	116	.264	17	62
DH	105	324	84	.259	7	38

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
103	308	86	.279	3	26
88	270	57	.211	0	19
58	195	47	.241	4	17
85	184	44	.239	1	16
46	146	32	.219	1	14
43	122	28	.230	2	9
31	73	17	.233	1	6
38	70	8	.114	0	2
19	68	16	.235	1	4
20	67	16	.239	4	13
24	60	13	.217	1	4
22	59	12	.203	0	3
20	56	7	.125	2	7
16	48	10	.208	1	6
12	17	2	.118	0	0
13	15	4	.267	1	1

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
34	228.0	16	13	3.95	128
30	194.1	7	18	4.21	87
30	164.0	5	17	5.27	64
21	122.2	7	11	5.06	37
18	94.1	1	5	4.87	39
8	46.2	3	4	5.01	24
4	23.0	1	2	5.09	8

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
	33	147.2	7	7	3.53	78
	33	109.2	4	6	3.20	69

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

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
56	10	8	7	3.44	61
40	1	1	3	4.80	29
37	1	6	6	5.10	23
19	0	0	0	5.34	28
8	1	0	0	1.15	9
5	0	0	0	2.50	6

1982 Texas Rangers team page at Baseball Reference
1982 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.