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1981 Texas Rangers  (1980)  (1982) 82-80, 4th in AL Western Division Scored 632 runs, Allowed 663 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 77-85 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .714 Park Factor: Batting - 98 / Pitching - 99 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 78-84   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 57-48 Manager(s): Jim Sheehan

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 OF #Jerry Mumphrey       28  134  468   75  141  18  15   7   55  24   6   47   42  .301  .362  .449   80   6.3  3(+1)e16   28  
 OF *Mickey Rivers        32  150  635   77  179  24   5   6   51  29   9   33   37  .282  .317  .364   76   4.3  2(+1)e2   -17  
 2B #Bump Wills           28  160  642   69  174  23   5   2   59  21  12   43   79  .271  .321  .332   69   3.7  3e16       42  
 C   Jim Sundberg         30  159  561   67  150  30   2   3   59   2   5   58   76  .267  .338  .344   66   4.1  1(-3)e1   -53  
 3B  Buddy Bell           29  155  583   69  149  16   1  10   61   5   4   48   57  .256  .321  .338   64   3.9  1e24     -133  
 1B *Pat Putnam           27  137  452   42  125  30   2   9   65  13   3   19   57  .277  .304  .412   54   4.3  2e12       -5  
 OF  Billy Sample         26  118  385   50  109  22   0   3   36   5   2   27   41  .283  .343  .364   50   4.6  3(+1)e3   -31  
 OF  Jerry Martin         32  101  289   45   89   5   2   2   29   9   6   21   59  .308  .364  .360   37   4.7  2(+1)e3    79  
 1B  Bob Watson           35   72  204   32   47   5   0  12   36   0   0   36   23  .230  .344  .431   31   5.1  4e4        74  
 SS  Tom Veryzer          28  118  313   19   86   8   0   0   29   2   1    6   21  .275  .299  .300   29   3.2  3e23       59  
 OF *Larry Harlow         29   46  128   10   27   3   0   0   14   0   2   21   40  .211  .320  .234   10   2.8  3(0)e6     -2  
 SS  Mick Kelleher        33   36  102    8   24   7   0   0   10   0   0    9    7  .235  .297  .304    9   3.2  3e26       46  
 OF *Mike Lum             35   41  108   10   26   2   0   3   16   0   0    5    8  .241  .274  .343    9   3.2  4(0)e20     3  
 C   Dave Roberts         30   38   98    8   25   9   0   0   12   0   0    3   15  .255  .282  .347    9   3.3  4(0)e16     5  
 DH *Jay Johnstone        35   52  140   14   26   4   0   5   15   0   0    6   17  .186  .219  .321    7   1.8            -75  
 OF *Thad Bosley          24   52  147   14   30   4   0   0   10   2   0   12   18  .204  .264  .231    7   1.7  3(+1)e12  -22  
 SS  Freddie Patek        36   41   63    6   19   0   1   0    7   0   0    2    6  .302  .338  .333    7   4.2  3e88      124  
 OF  Rick Bosetti         27   44   91    2   19   1   0   0    8   0   0   11   19  .209  .294  .220    6   2.4  2(-1)e5    33  
 SS  Rick Auerbach        31   30   83    7   17   3   0   2   14   0   0    4   11  .205  .239  .313    6   2.4  4e17      126  
 3B  Dave Edler           24    8   18    2    6   1   0   0    2   0   0    5    1  .333  .500  .389    4   9.6  4e56      459  
 OF  Gary Alexander       28   22   77    6   11   4   0   2   10   0   0    3   24  .143  .173  .273    3   1.2  4(+2)e19 -214  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                           644                   -5

     * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, otherwise bats right-handed

Team Pitching   Glossary
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     Player               Ag  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV  BS SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   ERA   RC  RC/27  OPS
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
  P  Nolan Ryan           34  17   9  .654  31  31   7   0   0   0   1  238.0  153   72   67   2  121  228  2.53   61   2.3   -6  
  P  Mike Torrez          34  14  12  .538  32  32   0   0   0   0   0  182.0  196  100   92  13   65   75  4.55   96   4.7  -27  
  P  Danny Darwin         25  12   7  .632  24  24   2   0   0   0   0  171.0  140   65   61  14   68  132  3.21   68   3.6  -31  
  P *Rick Honeycutt       27   9  13  .409  31  31   1   0   0   0   0  198.1  190   81   71  21   32   76  3.22   81   3.7    2  
  P  Fernando Arroyo      29   7  10  .412  60   4   0  33  13   4   0   99.2  116   61   56   5   40   34  5.06   59   5.3  -31  
  P  Fergie Jenkins       38   6  14  .300  32  32   0   0   0   0   0  165.2  214  112  106  24   63   79  5.76  122   6.6   17  
  P  Mike Griffin         24   5   3  .625  48   2   0  18  11   4   0   75.0   79   33   29   3   16   19  3.48   32   3.9 -112  
  P  Dave Schmidt         24   4   3  .571  30   0   0  19   3   2   0   46.1   39   19   17   1   16   18  3.30   14   2.8  -98  
  P *Frank Tanana         28   3   0 1.000   5   5   0   0   0   0   0   28.2   25   12   12   5    8   21  3.77   12   3.8  -52  
  P *Jamie Easterly       28   3   2  .600  71   0   0  27  10   3   0   82.1   67   24   20   1   47   42  2.19   28   3.0   -4  
  P  John Butcher         24   1   1  .500  28   1   0  18   9   0   0   42.0   26    7    7   0   11   21  1.50    7   1.6  -41  
  P *Sid Monge            30   1   5  .167  40   0   0  21   3   2   0   72.0   81   51   48  15   27   55  6.00   46   5.8   20  
  P *Ken Brett            32   0   0  .000  14   0   0   7   4   2   0   19.2   28   12   12   3   10    4  5.49   17   7.9  120  
  P  Bob Babcock          31   0   1  .000  26   0   0   9   4   1   0   29.1   25   14   14   3   15   18  4.30   13   4.0   25  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 30                                                                                      661        -15

     * - throws left-handed, otherwise throws right-handed

Team Fielding   (completed seasons only)
 An asterisk after a player's name means his fielding stats are for multiple teams.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP OSB OCS +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Jim Sundberg 1376 155 159 871 49 6 8 .994 53 21 Dave Roberts 74 7 16 47 2 3 0 .942 3 2 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Pat Putnam 979 104 134 968 91 5 103 .995 9.73 Bob Watson 467 58 62 448 47 1 33 .998 9.54 Mike Lum 3 0 1 3 1 0 0 1.000 13.50 Dave Roberts 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bump Wills 1434 160 160 483 439 13 102 .986 5.79 Freddie Patek 16 2 2 7 5 0 2 1.000 6.75 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Buddy Bell 1330 150 151 123 284 23 37 .947 2.75 Dave Roberts 47 5 6 5 6 3 0 .786 2.11 Dave Edler 40 4 6 8 6 1 2 .933 3.15 Mick Kelleher 17 2 3 1 3 1 0 .800 2.12 Freddie Patek 16 1 8 5 1 0 0 1.000 3.45 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Tom Veryzer 849 93 118 150 310 16 57 .966 4.88 Mick Kelleher 227 27 30 37 85 3 9 .976 4.83 Rick Auerbach 215 25 28 47 67 1 16 .991 4.78 Freddie Patek 139 15 27 27 50 9 10 .895 4.99 Buddy Bell 19 2 3 2 10 0 1 1.000 5.68 Dave Edler 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Jerry Martin 605 66 79 121 4 0 2 1.000 1.86 Billy Sample 579 68 70 115 0 1 0 .991 1.79 Jerry Mumphrey 173 20 20 37 1 1 1 .974 1.98 Mike Lum 44 5 9 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.43 Pat Putnam 15 2 2 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.60 Rick Bosetti 14 0 7 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.51 Gary Alexander 8 1 1 2 0 1 0 .667 2.25 Larry Harlow 6 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 Jay Johnstone 3 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 Mickey Rivers 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Mickey Rivers 1319 148 148 389 17 3 2 .993 2.77 Jerry Mumphrey 122 14 14 21 1 0 1 1.000 1.62 Rick Bosetti 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Jerry Martin 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Larry Harlow 336 41 41 59 1 4 0 .938 1.61 Billy Sample 277 28 40 61 1 0 1 1.000 2.01 Jerry Mumphrey 258 29 33 55 2 2 0 .966 1.99 Thad Bosley 244 28 28 43 1 1 0 .978 1.62 Rick Bosetti 221 25 31 48 1 2 0 .961 2.00 Gary Alexander 67 7 7 20 0 0 0 1.000 2.69 Jerry Martin 29 2 7 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.79 Mike Lum 18 2 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1981 Draft

Round 1 (#5):	Jerry Mumphrey
Round 3 (#46):	Jerry Martin
Round 4 (#67):	Jamie Easterly
Round 5 (#88):	Bob Watson
Round 6 (#106):	Dave Roberts
Round 7 (#121):	Mick Kelleher
Round 8 (#134):	Thad Bosley
Round 9 (#142):	Jerry Manuel
Round 10 (#147):	Rick Bosetti
Round 11 (#151):	Gary Alexander
Round 12 (#153):	Sid Monge
Round 13 (#154):	Mike Griffin
Round 14 (#155):	Jay Johnstone
Round 15 (#156):	Ken Brett

Transactions

• 1981-01: traded Bobby Clark, Jerry Manuel to NYA for Tom Veryzer, Larry Harlow
• 1981-03: acquired Rick Auerbach as a free agent
• 1981-04: acquired Mike Lum as a free agent
• 1981-18: traded Danny Darwin to SFN for Frank Tanana
• 1981-20: acquired Luis Tiant as a free agent
• 1981 postseason: released Jamie Easterly

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