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1983 Texas Rangers  (1982)  (1984) 88-74, 2nd in AL Western Division Scored 717 runs, Allowed 688 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 84-78 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .704 Park Factor: Batting - 104 / Pitching - 104 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 73-89   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 77-85 Manager(s): John Storer

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 OF  Gary Ward            29  159  647  100  186  31   5  22  102   4   1   55  106  .287  .343  .453   98   5.4  3(0)e10    30  
 2B  Davey Lopes          38  136  517   94  142  13   3  22   67  13   3   56   81  .275  .351  .439   83   5.8  4e13       25  
 OF #George Wright        24  162  614   75  165  24   3  20   70   8   3   49   77  .269  .322  .415   80   4.6  1(-1)e7    -8  
 1B *Pat Putnam           29  140  448   53  125  23   2  22   90   0   1   34   58  .279  .331  .487   69   5.4  2e10       44  
 3B  Buddy Bell           31  162  637   79  147  22   3  13   68   0   5   62   39  .231  .298  .336   60   3.1  1e18     -108  
 DH *Mickey Rivers        34  103  317   39   93  22   0   0   27   4   2   15   25  .293  .327  .363   38   4.5             32  
 1B  Dave Hostetler       27   80  223   26   49   8   1   9   32   0   0   34   80  .220  .337  .386   32   4.8  4e16       28  
 2B #Wayne Tolleson       27  121  368   45   79   7   3   2   27  18   3   38   65  .215  .290  .266   31   2.7  3e25      -78  
 SS  Tim Foli             32  125  344   32   88  16   0   2   33   0   1    4   22  .256  .275  .320   29   3.0  3e23       31  
 OF #Jerry Mumphrey       30   86  278   36   62   7   5   7   38   1   1   21   28  .223  .275  .360   24   2.8  3(+1)e9  -154  
 C  *Milt May             32   75  216   23   53  12   1   6   24   1   0   14   30  .245  .290  .394   23   3.7  4(+2)e12   -8  
 DH  Dave Edler           26   36   70   16   27   5   7   4   15   0   0    1   22  .386  .403  .829   22  14.0            688  
 C   Jim Sundberg         32  125  321   29   57   8   0   1   22   0   0   36   45  .178  .270  .212   21   2.1  2(0)e2    -44  
 SS  Tom Veryzer          30   38  115   12   38  12   0   2   11   0   0    4   16  .330  .350  .487   19   6.6  3e18      333  
 OF  Rusty Kuntz          28   67  150   22   36   3   0   0   12   0   0   23   42  .240  .339  .260   14   3.4  2(-1)e8    -2  
 OF *Garry Hancock        29   54  186   20   45   0   3   3   20   0   0    4   14  .242  .258  .323   14   2.6  3(-1)e8  -126  
 UT  Kurt Bevacqua        36   43  113    8   31   6   0   0   10   0   0   15   19  .274  .357  .327   13   4.2             37  
 1B  Bobby Johnson        23   23   56    6    8   0   1   1    6   0   0    6   18  .143  .222  .232    3   1.7  4e25     -168  
 SS #Curtis Wilkerson     22   17   35    2    3   0   1   0    3   1   1    5    6  .086  .200  .143    1   1.0  4e48     -102  
 PH *Pete O'Brien         25    2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0    .0           -660  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 30                                                                           681                   -6

     * - 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           36  18   7  .720  28  28   8   0   0   0   1  205.2  144   74   61  15  108  187  2.67   69   3.0   15  
  P *Rick Honeycutt       29  15   8  .652  25  25   7   0   0   0   3  184.1  182   59   55   9   39   59  2.69   71   3.5  -14  
  P *Frank Tanana         30  14   4  .778  24  23   2   0   0   0   0  166.0  143   54   44   9   43  126  2.39   50   2.7 -103  
  P *Geoff Zahn           37  12  13  .480  33  32   2   0   0   0   0  213.0  227  100   92  24   61   81  3.89  106   4.5  -15  
  P  Charlie Puleo        28   7   7  .500  22  19   0   2   0   0   0  108.2  104   72   68  13   79   46  5.63   65   5.5  -35  
  P  Dick Tidrow          36   4   1  .800  58   0   0  23   3   2   0   94.2   77   30   25   9   23   76  2.38   31   3.0 -151  
  P  Kevin Gross          22   4   6  .400  17  17   1   0   0   0   0   99.2  119   61   60  14   29   65  5.42   69   6.3   30  
  P  Dave Schmidt         26   3   3  .500  41   0   0  15   4   0   0   47.0   45   19   13   1   14   34  2.49   18   3.5  -45  
  P  Larry Andersen       30   2   0 1.000  19   0   0   2   0   3   0   24.0   25    9    9   0    8   10  3.38    8   3.1   56  
  P  Bob James            24   2   2  .500  45   0   0  39  29   3   0   49.0   28   13   11   5   24   52  2.02   12   2.3  -61  
  P *Sid Monge            32   2   4  .333  71   0   0  32   3   4   0   81.0   87   48   45   4   54   27  5.00   52   5.8   10  
  P *Howard Bailey        25   2   6  .250  56   0   0  19   2   1   0   75.1   87   45   37   7   37   32  4.42   45   5.6  -19  
  P *Brad Havens          23   2  11  .154  23  14   0   6   0   0   0   77.2  112   71   66  13   35   41  7.65   75   8.8  -11  
  P  Rick Steirer         26   1   1  .500  11   1   0   2   0   0   0   32.2   37   18   17   5    7   19  4.68   17   4.7  -21  
  P *Bryan Oelkers        22   0   1  .000   7   3   0   2   0   0   0   15.2   29   15   13   2    4    5  7.47   17   9.3  -47  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 30                                                                                      712        -27

     * - 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 915 100 123 591 36 2 5 .997 55 23 Milt May 544 62 74 372 33 7 5 .983 43 23 Bobby Johnson 12 0 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 1 0 Curtis Wilkerson 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1 0 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Pat Putnam 1003 106 128 1032 80 11 114 .990 9.97 Dave Hostetler 259 32 34 237 13 1 18 .996 8.69 Kurt Bevacqua 117 14 18 98 6 1 14 .990 8.00 Bobby Johnson 87 10 11 82 10 1 13 .989 9.52 Dave Edler 8 0 3 9 1 0 1 1.000 11.25 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Davey Lopes 764 92 94 254 217 6 72 .987 5.55 Wayne Tolleson 709 70 104 187 204 10 58 .975 4.96 Curtis Wilkerson 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Buddy Bell 1469 162 162 174 312 17 48 .966 2.98 Davey Lopes 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 Kurt Bevacqua 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Tim Foli 936 101 125 175 384 12 68 .979 5.38 Tom Veryzer 300 34 37 61 121 3 24 .984 5.46 Wayne Tolleson 127 14 22 28 50 2 9 .975 5.51 Curtis Wilkerson 106 13 15 22 43 6 5 .915 5.52 Kurt Bevacqua 5 0 1 2 2 2 0 .667 7.20 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Gary Ward 1443 159 159 296 18 9 4 .972 1.96 Garry Hancock 16 2 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.56 Kurt Bevacqua 7 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57 Mickey Rivers 5 0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.60 Rusty Kuntz 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- George Wright 1474 162 162 425 14 3 3 .993 2.68 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Jerry Mumphrey 601 68 73 103 2 2 0 .981 1.57 Rusty Kuntz 390 40 62 80 4 2 2 .977 1.94 Garry Hancock 347 39 44 77 2 5 1 .940 2.05 Kurt Bevacqua 121 15 16 18 1 0 0 1.000 1.41 Mickey Rivers 15 0 6 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.20 Davey Lopes 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1983 Draft

Round 1 (#2):	Kevin Gross
Round 2 (#26):	Bob James
Round 3 (#47):	Pat Putnam
Round 4 (#67):	Milt May
Round 5 (#84):	Dick Tidrow
Round 6 (#96):	Garry Hancock
Round 7 (#106):	Howard Bailey
Round 8 (#111):	Tom Veryzer
Round 9 (#114):	Sid Monge
Round 10 (#115):	Rusty Kuntz

Transactions

• 1983-01: acquired Charlie Puleo as a free agent
• 1983-01: traded John Butcher, Mike Smithson, Billy Sample to MNA for Gary Ward, Geoff Zahn, Larry Andersen, Brad Havens, Bryan Oelkers
• 1983-20: acquired Rick Steirer as a free agent
• 1983-20: released Dick Tidrow
• 1983 postseason: released Garry Hancock, Milt May, Charlie Puleo, Tom Veryzer

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