1982 Texas Rangers season

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

1982 Texas Rangers
Major league affiliations
American League (Since 1961) Western Division (Since 1972)
Location
Arlington Stadium (Since 1972) Arlington, Texas (Since 1972)
1982 Information
Owner(s)	Eddie Chiles
Manager(s)	Don Zimmer and Darrell Johnson
Local television	KXAS-TV 5 Star Cable (Steve Busby, Merle Harmon)
Local radio	WBAP (Eric Nadel, Mark Holtz )

The Texas Rangers 1982 season involved the Rangers finishing 6th in the American League west with a record of 64 wins and 98 losses.

Contents 1 Regular season 1.1 Season standings 1.2 Opening Day Starters 1.3 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 2.3 Awards and Honors 3 References

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Season standings

American League West
Rank	Club	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
1st	California Angels	93	69	.574	--
2nd	Kansas City Royals	90	72	.556	3.0
3rd	Chicago White Sox	87	75	.537	6.0
4th	Seattle Mariners	76	86	.469	17.0
5th	Oakland Athletics	68	94	.420	25,0
6th	Texas Rangers	64	98	.395	29.0
7th	Minnesota Twins	60	102	.370	33.0

[edit] Opening Day Starters

[edit] Notable Transactions

• April 1, 1982: Lee Mazzilli was traded by the New York Mets to the Texas Rangers for Ron Darling and Walt Terrell.^[1]
• August 8, 1982: Lee Mazzilli was traded by the Texas Rangers to the New York Yankees for Bucky Dent.

[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 1982

All-Star Game

[edit] References

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

• 1982 Texas Rangers team page at Baseball Reference
• 1982 Texas Rangers team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

v • d • e 1982 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 1982 All-Star Game • 1982 World Series

v • d • e Texas Rangers Formerly the Washington Senators • Based in Arlington, Texas (Dallas–Ft. Worth) The Franchise Team Records • Awards & League Leaders • Broadcasters • Managers • Players • Roster • Rangers Captain Ballparks Griffith Stadium • RFK Stadium • Arlington Stadium • Rangers Ballpark in Arlington Important Figures Ted Williams • Mike Hargrove • Billy Martin • Ferguson Jenkins • Bobby Valentine • George W. Bush • Nolan Ryan • Kenny Rogers • Pudge Rodriguez • Alex Rodriguez • Johnny Oates • Michael Young • Hank Blalock Retired Numbers 26 • 34 • 42 Key Personnel Owner: Tom Hicks • General Manager: Jon Daniels • Manager: Ron Washington Minors Oklahoma RedHawks (AAA) • Frisco RoughRiders (AA) • Bakersfield Blaze (A) • Clinton LumberKings (A) • Spokane Indians (A) • AZL Rangers (Rookie) Division Titles Western: 1996 • 1998 • 1999 • Wild Card: none   Seasons (48) 1960s 1960 • 1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1964 • 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969 1970s 1970 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979 1980s 1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989 1990s 1990 • 1991 • 1992• 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 2000s 2000 • 2001• 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008