1982 Texas Rangers season

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

1982 Texas Rangers
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
OwnersEddie Chiles
General managersEddie Robinson
ManagersDon Zimmer, Darrell Johnson
Local televisionKXAS-TV
5 Star Cable
(Steve Busby, Merle Harmon)
Local radioWBAP
(Eric Nadel, Mark Holtz )
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Offseason

Regular season
  • July 10, 1982: Larry Parrish hit his third grand slam of the week for the Rangers.[5]

Season standings
AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
California Angels 9369 0.574 — 52–29 41–40
Kansas City Royals 9072 0.556 3 56–25 34–47
Chicago White Sox 8775 0.537 6 49–31 38–44
Seattle Mariners 7686 0.469 17 42–39 34–47
Oakland Athletics 6894 0.420 25 36–45 32–49
Texas Rangers 6498 0.395 29 38–43 26–55
Minnesota Twins 60102 0.370 33 37–44 23–58

Record vs. opponents
1982 American League record

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore —4–97–55–76–77–64–89–4–18–411–27–57–59–310–3
Boston 9–4—7–54–86–78–56–64–96–67–68–47–510–27–6
California 5–75–7—8–58–45–77–66–67–67–59–410–38–58–4
Chicago 7–58–45–8—6–69–33–103–97–68–49–46–78–58–4
Cleveland 7–67–64–86–6—6–72–107–68–44–94–89–37–57–6
Detroit 6–75–87–53–97–6—6–63–109–38–59–36–68–46–7
Kansas City 8–46–66–710–310–26–6—7–57–65–77–67–67–64–8
Milwaukee 4–9–19–46–69–36–710–35–7—7–58–57–58–47–59–4
Minnesota 4–86–66–76–74–83–96–75–7—2–103–105–85–85–7
New York 2–116–75–74–89–45–87–55–810–2—7–56–67–56–7
Oakland 5–74–84–94–98–43–96–75–710–35–7—6–75–83–9
Seattle 5–75–73–107–63–96–66–74–88–56–67–6—9–47–5
Texas 3–92–105–85–85–74–86–75–78–55–78–54–9—4–8
Toronto 3–106–74–84–86–77–68–44–97–57–69–35–78–4—

Notable transactions

Roster
1982 Texas Rangers roster
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Starters by position

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
CJim Sundberg139470118.2511047
1BDave Hostetler11341897.2322267
2BMike Richardt11940297.241343
SSMark Wagner6017943.24008
3BBuddy Bell148537159.2961367
LFBilly Sample9736094.2611029
CFGeorge Wright150557147.2641150
RFLarry Parrish128440116.2641762
DHLamar Johnson10532484.259738

Other batters

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
Johnny Grubb10330886.279326
Doug Flynn8827057.211019
Lee Mazzilli5819547.241417
Bill Stein8518444.239116
Bucky Dent4614632.219114
Pat Putnam4312228.23029
Leon Roberts317317.23316
Wayne Tolleson38708.11402
Mickey Rivers196816.23514
Pete O'Brien206716.239413
Terry Bogener246013.21714
Don Werner225912.20303
Bob Johnson20567.12527
Randy Bass164810.20816
Mario Mendoza12172.11800
Nick Capra13154.26711

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Charlie Hough34228.016133.95128
Frank Tanana30194.17184.2187
Rick Honeycutt30164.05175.2764
Doc Medich21122.27115.0637
John Butcher1894.1154.8739
Mike Smithson846.2345.0124
Mike Mason423.0125.098

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Jon Matlack33147.2773.5378
Dave Schmidt33109.2463.2069

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Danny Darwin5610873.4461
Paul Mirabella401134.8029
Steve Comer371665.1023
Dan Boitano190005.3428
Tom Henke81001.159
Jim Farr50002.506

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Denver Bears American Association Rich Donnelly
AA Tulsa Drillers Texas League Tom Burgess
A Burlington Rangers Midwest League Marty Scott
Rookie GCL Rangers Gulf Coast League Tom Grieve

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Tulsa

Notes
  1. Jim Kern page at Baseball Reference
  2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bailesc01.shtm%5B%5D
  3. Bump Wills page at Baseball Reference
  4. Al Oliver page at Baseball Reference
  5. Grand Slam Records
  6. Nelson Norman page at Baseball Reference
  7. Ron Darling page at Baseball Reference
  8. Randy Kramer page at Baseball Reference
  9. Lee Mazzilli page at Baseball Reference

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