1978 Texas Rangers season

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1978 Texas Rangers
Major league affiliations
American League (Since 1961) Western Division (Since 1972)
Location
Arlington Stadium (Since 1972) Arlington, Texas (Since 1972)
1978 Information
Owner(s)	Bradford G. Corbett
Manager(s)	Billy Hunter and Pat Corrales
Local television	KXAS-TV (Jon Miller, Frank Glieber)
Local radio	WBAP (Jon Miller, Bill Merrill)

The Texas Rangers 1978 season involved the Rangers finishing 2nd in the American League west with a record of 87 wins and 75 losses.

Contents 1 Offseason 2 Regular season 2.1 Season standings 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

• December 8, 1977: Bert Blyleven was traded as part of a 4-team trade by the Texas Rangers to the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Atlanta Braves sent Willie Montanez to the New York Mets. The Texas Rangers sent Adrian Devine, Tommy Boggs, and Eddie Miller to the Atlanta Braves. The Texas Rangers sent a player to be named later and Tom Grieve to the New York Mets. The Pittsburgh Pirates sent Al Oliver and Nelson Norman to the Texas Rangers. The New York Mets sent Jon Matlack to the Texas Rangers. The New York Mets sent John Milner to the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Texas Rangers sent Ken Henderson (March 15, 1978) to the New York Mets to complete the trade.

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Season standings

American League West
Rank	Club	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
1st	Kansas City Royals	92	70	.568	--
2nd	Texas Rangers	87	75	.537	5.0
3rd	California Angels	87	75	.537	5.0
4th	Minnesota Twins	73	89	.451	19.0
5th	Chicago White Sox	71	90	.441	20.5
6th	Oakland Athletics	69	93	.426	23.0
7th	Seattle Mariners	56	104	.350	35.0

[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

[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, 1978

All-Star Game

[edit] References

• 1978 Texas Rangers team page at Baseball Reference
• 1978 Texas Rangers team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

v • d • e 1978 MLB season by team AL East Baltimore • Boston • Cleveland • Detroit • Milwaukee • New York • Toronto AL West California • Chicago • Kansas City • Minnesota • Oakland • Seattle • Texas NL East Chicago • Montréal • New York • Philadelphia • Pittsburgh • St. Louis NL West Atlanta • Cincinnati • Houston • Los Angeles • San Diego • San Francisco 1978 All-Star Game • 1978 World Series

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