1981 Texas Rangers season

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1981 Texas Rangers
Major league affiliations
American League (Since 1961) Western Division (Since 1972)
Location
Arlington Stadium (Since 1972) Arlington, Texas (Since 1972)
1981 Information
Owner(s)	Eddie Chiles
Manager(s)	Don Zimmer
Local television	KXAS-TV (Eric Nadel, Bill Proctor) Vue-Pay (Mark Holtz, Norm Hitzges)
Local radio	WBAP (Eric Nadel, Bill Merrill, Bill Proctor)

The Texas Rangers 1981 season involved the Rangers finishing 2nd in the American League west with a record of 57 wins and 48 losses. The season was suspended for 50 days due to the infamous 1981 players strike and the league chose as its playoff teams, the division winners from the first and second halves of the season, respectively.

Contents 1 Regular season 1.1 Season standings 1.2 Notable Transactions 2 Player stats 2.1 Batting 2.1.1 Other batters 2.2 Starting pitchers 2.2.1 Other pitchers 2.2.1.1 Relief pitchers 3 Awards and Honors= 4 References

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Season standings

American League West
Rank	Club	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
1st	Oakland Athletics	64	45	.587	--
2nd	Texas Rangers	57	48	.543	5.0
3rd	Chicago White Sox	54	52	.509	8.5
4th	Kansas City Royals	50	53	.485	11.0
5th	California Angels	51	59	.464	13.5
6th	Seattle Mariners	44	65	.404	20.0
7th	Minnesota Twins	41	68	.376	23.0

[edit] Notable Transactions

• June 8, 1981: Ron Darling was drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 1st round (9th pick) of the 1981 amateur draft. ^[1]

[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=

• Buddy Bell, 3B, Gold Glove 1981
• Al Oliver, Silver Slugger Award, 1981
• Jim Sundberg, C, Gold Glove, 1981

All-Star Game

[edit] References

1. ^ Ron Darling Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com

• 1981 Texas Rangers team page at Baseball Reference
• 1981 Texas Rangers team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

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