1976 Texas Rangers season

Summary

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

1976 Texas Rangers
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionWest
BallparkArlington Stadium
CityArlington, Texas
OwnersBradford G. Corbett
General managersDan O'Brien Sr.
ManagersFrank Lucchesi
TelevisionKXAS-TV
(Dick Risenhoover, Tom Vandergriff)
RadioWBAP
(Dick Risenhoover, Bill Merrill)
← 1975 Seasons 1977 →

Offseason edit

Regular season edit

Season standings edit

AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Kansas City Royals 90 72 0.556 49–32 41–40
Oakland Athletics 87 74 0.540 51–30 36–44
Minnesota Twins 85 77 0.525 5 44–37 41–40
Texas Rangers 76 86 0.469 14 39–42 37–44
California Angels 76 86 0.469 14 38–43 38–43
Chicago White Sox 64 97 0.398 25½ 35–45 29–52

Record vs. opponents edit


Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK TEX
Baltimore 7–11 8–4 8–4 7–11 12–6 6–6 11–7 4–8 13–5 4–8 8–4
Boston 11–7 7–5 6–6 9–9 14–4 3–9 12–6 7–5 7–11 4–8 3–9
California 4–8 5–7 11–7 7–5 6–6 8–10 4–8 8–10 5–7 6–12 12–6
Chicago 4–8 6–6 7–11 3–9 6–6 8–10 7–5 7–11 1–11 8–9 7–11
Cleveland 11–7 9–9 5–7 9–3 6–12 6–6 11–6 9–3 4–12 4–8 7–5
Detroit 6–12 4–14 6–6 6–6 12–6 4–8 12–6 4–8 9–8 6–6 5–7
Kansas City 6–6 9–3 10–8 10–8 6–6 8–4 8–4 10–8 7–5 9–9 7–11
Milwaukee 7–11 6–12 8–4 5–7 6–11 6–12 4–8 4–8 5–13 5–7 10–2
Minnesota 8–4 5–7 10–8 11–7 3–9 8–4 8–10 8–4 2–10 11–7 11–7
New York 5–13 11–7 7–5 11–1 12–4 8–9 5–7 13–5 10–2 6–6 9–3
Oakland 8–4 8–4 12–6 9–8 8–4 6–6 9–9 7–5 7–11 6–6 7–11
Texas 4–8 9–3 6–12 11–7 5–7 7–5 11–7 2–10 7–11 3–9 11–7 — Notable transactions edit

Roster edit

1976 Texas Rangers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats edit

Batting edit

Starters by position edit

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

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Jim Sundberg 140 448 102 .228 3 34
1B Mike Hargrove 151 541 155 .287 7 58
2B Lenny Randle 142 539 121 .224 1 51
3B Roy Howell 140 491 124 .253 8 53
SS Toby Harrah 155 584 152 .260 15 67
LF Gene Clines 116 446 123 .276 0 38
CF Juan Beníquez 145 478 122 .255 0 33
RF Jeff Burroughs 158 604 143 .237 18 86
DH Tom Grieve 149 546 139 .255 20 81

Other batters edit

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
Danny Thompson 64 196 42 .214 1 13
Dave Moates 85 137 33 .241 0 13
Jim Fregosi 58 133 31 .233 2 12
Roy Smalley 41 129 29 .225 1 8
Joe Lahoud 38 89 20 .225 1 5
Bill Fahey 38 80 20 .250 1 9
Mike Cubbage 14 32 7 .219 0 0
John Ellis 11 31 13 .419 1 8
Ken Pape 21 23 5 .217 1 4
Doug Ault 9 20 6 .300 0 0
Greg Pryor 5 8 3 .375 0 1

Pitching edit

Starting pitchers edit

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Gaylord Perry 32 250.1 15 14 3.24 143
Nelson Briles 32 210.0 11 9 3.26 98
Bert Blyleven 24 202.1 9 11 2.76 144
Jim Umbarger 30 197.1 10 12 3.15 105
Tommy Boggs 13 90.1 1 7 3.49 36
Bill Singer 10 64.2 4 1 3.48 34
Len Barker 2 15.0 1 0 2.40 7

Other pitchers edit

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Steve Hargan 35 124.1 8 8 3.62 63
Steve Barr 20 67.2 2 6 5.59 27
Fritz Peterson 4 15.0 1 0 3.60 4

Relief pitchers edit

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Joe Hoerner 41 0 4 8 5.14 15
Steve Foucault 46 8 8 5 3.33 41
Jeff Terpko 32 3 3 0 2.39 24
Mike Bacsik 23 3 2 0 4.25 21
Craig Skok 9 0 1 0 12.60 5
Stan Perzanowski 5 0 0 0 10.03 6

Awards and honors edit

All-Star Game

Farm system edit

Level Team League Manager
AAA Sacramento Solons Pacific Coast League Rich Donnelly
AA San Antonio Brewers Texas League Marty Martínez
A Asheville Tourists Western Carolinas League Wayne Terwilliger
Rookie GCL Rangers Gulf Coast League Joe Klein

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: GCL Rangers

Notes edit

  1. ^ Royals trade Briles to Texas
  2. ^ Stan Thomas page at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Mike Kekich page at Baseball-Reference
  4. ^ Danny Darwin page at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ Bobby Jones page at Baseball Reference
  6. ^ Fritz Peterson page at Baseball Reference
  7. ^ Bert Blyleven page at Baseball Reference
  8. ^ Billy Sample page at Baseball-Reference
  9. ^ Andre Robertson page at Baseball-Reference

References edit

  • Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-17-6.

External links edit

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