1976 Texas Rangers season

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1976 Texas Rangers
Major league affiliations
American League (Since 1961) Western Division (Since 1972)
Location
Arlington Stadium (Since 1972) Arlington, Texas (Since 1972)
1976 Information
Owner(s)	Bradford G. Corbett
Manager(s)	Frank Lucchesi
Local television	KXAS-TV (Dick Risenhoover, Tom Vandergriff)
Local radio	WBAP (Dick Risenhoover, Bill Merrill)

The Texas Rangers 1976 season involved the Rangers finishing 4th in the American League west with a record of 76 wins and 86 losses.

Contents 1 Offseason 2 Regular season 2.1 Season standings 2.2 Transactions 3 Player stats 3.1 Batting 3.1.1 Other batters 3.2 Starting pitchers 3.2.1 Other pitchers 3.2.1.1 Relief pitchers 4 Awards and Honors 5 References

[edit] Offseason

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Season standings

American League West
Rank	Club	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
1st	Kansas City Royals	90	72	.556	--
2nd	Oakland Athletics	87	74	.540	2.5
3rd	Minnesota Twins	85	77	.525	5.0
4th	Texas Rangers	76	86	.469	14.0
4th	California Angels	76	86	.469	14.0
6th	Chicago White Sox	64	97	.398	25.5

[edit] Transactions

• May 10, 1976: Danny Darwin signed by the Texas Rangers as an amateur free agent. ^[1]
• June 1, 1976: Bert Blyleven was traded by the Minnesota Twins with Danny Thompson to the Texas Rangers for Bill Singer, Roy Smalley, Mike Cubbage, Jim Gideon, and $250,000.
• June 8, 1976: Bill Sample was drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 10th round of the 1976 amateur draft.

[edit] Player stats

[edit] Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI

[edit] Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Doug Ault	9	20	6	.300	0	0

[edit] Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

[edit] Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA

[edit] Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

[edit] Awards and Honors

• Jim Sundberg, C, Gold Glove, 1976

All-Star Game

[edit] References

1. ^ Danny Darwin Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com

• 1976 Texas Rangers team page at Baseball Reference
• 1976 Texas Rangers team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

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