1976 Texas Rangers season

1976 Texas Rangers
1976 Texas Rangers
Major League affiliations
	American League (since 1961) Western Division (since 1972); ;
Location
	Arlington Stadium (since 1972); Arlington, Texas (since 1972);
Other information
Owners	Bradford G. Corbett
General managers	Dan O'Brien Sr.
Managers	Frank Lucchesi
Local television	KXAS-TV; (Dick Risenhoover, Tom Vandergriff)
Local radio	WBAP; (Dick Risenhoover, Bill Merrill)
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The 1976 Texas Rangers season involved the Rangers finishing 4th in the American League West with a record of 76 wins and 86 losses.

Offseason

November 12, 1975: Dave Nelson was traded by the Rangers to the Kansas City Royals for Nelson Briles.[1]
December 9, 1975: Stan Thomas and Ron Pruitt were traded by the Rangers to the Cleveland Indians for John Ellis.[2]
March 12, 1976: Mike Kekich was released by the Rangers.[3]

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	2½	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

1976 American League record Sources:
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	—

May 10, 1976: Danny Darwin was signed as an amateur free agent by the Rangers.[4]
May 17, 1976: Bobby Jones was selected off waivers from the Rangers by the California Angels.[5]
May 28, 1976: Stan Perzanowski and cash were traded by the Rangers to the Cleveland Indians for Fritz Peterson.[6]
June 1, 1976: Bill Singer, Roy Smalley, Mike Cubbage, Jim Gideon, and $250,000 were traded by the Rangers to the Minnesota Twins for Bert Blyleven and Danny Thompson.[7]
June 8, 1976: 1976 Major League Baseball Draft
- Billy Sample was drafted by the Rangers in the 10th round.[8]
- Andre Robertson was drafted by the Rangers in the 12th round, but did not sign.[9]

1976 Texas Rangers

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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