The 1980 Texas Rangers season was the 20th of the Texas Rangers franchise overall, their 9th in Arlington as the Rangers, and the 9th season at Arlington Stadium. The Rangers finished fourth in the American League West with a record of 76 wins and 85 losses.

Offseason November 14, 1979: Eric Soderholm was traded by the Texas Rangers to the New York Yankees for players to be named later and cash. The New York Yankees sent Amos Lewis (minors) (December 13, 1979) and Ricky Burdette (minors) (December 13, 1979) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade. December 6, 1979: Doyle Alexander, Larvell Blanks and $50,000 were traded by the Rangers to the Atlanta Braves for Adrian Devine and Pepe Frías.Doyle Alexander page at Baseball Reference January 4, 1980: Larry McCall, Gary Gray, and Mike Bucci (minors) were traded by the Rangers to the Cleveland Indians for David Clyde and Jim Norris.David Clyde page at Baseball Reference January 11, 1980: 1980 Major League Baseball draft Billy Taylor was drafted by the Rangers in the 2nd round. Player signed March 24, 1980.Billy Taylor page at Baseball Reference Al Newman was drafted by the Rangers in the 3rd round, but did not sign.Al Newman page at Baseball Reference Daryl Smith was drafted by the Rangers in the 6th round.Daryl Smith page at Baseball Reference February 15, 1980: Willie Montañez was traded by the Rangers to the San Diego Padres for Gaylord Perry, Tucker Ashford and Joe Carroll (minors).Gaylord Perry page at Baseball Reference March 31, 1980: La Rue Washington and Chris Smith were traded by the Rangers to the Montreal Expos for Rusty Staub.Rusty Staub page at Baseball Reference March 31, 1980: David Clyde was released by the Rangers.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions June 3, 1980: Tom Henke was drafted by the Rangers in the 4th round of the 1980 Major League Baseball draft (secondary phase).Tom Henke page at Baseball Reference July 11, 1980: Charlie Hough was purchased by the Rangers from the Los Angeles Dodgers.Charlie Hough page at Baseball Reference August 14, 1980: Gaylord Perry was traded by the Rangers to the New York Yankees for Ken Clay and a player to be named later. The Yankees completed the deal by sending Marvin Thompson (minors) to the Rangers on October 1. September 13, 1980: Sparky Lyle was traded by the Rangers to the Philadelphia Phillies for a player to be named later. The Phillies completed the deal by sending Kevin Saucier to the Rangers on November 19.Sparky Lyle page at Baseball Reference

Roster 1980 Texas Rangers roster Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders

Other batters Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

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 C Jim Sundberg 151 505 138 .273 10 63 1B Pat Putnam 147 410 108 .263 13 55 2B Bump Wills 146 578 152 .263 5 58 SS 116 227 55 .242 0 10 3B Buddy Bell 129 490 161 .329 17 83 LF Al Oliver 163 656 209 .319 19 117 CF Mickey Rivers 147 630 210 .333 7 60 RF Johnny Grubb 110 274 76 .277 9 32 DH Richie Zisk 135 448 130 .290 19 77

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 109 340 102 .300 9 52 Dave Roberts 101 235 56 .238 10 30 Billy Sample 99 204 53 .260 4 19 John Ellis 73 182 43 .236 1 23 Bud Harrelson 87 180 49 .272 1 9 119 174 43 .247 0 16 22 71 16 .225 0 8 15 32 4 .125 0 3 17 32 7 .219 0 1 Danny Walton 10 10 2 .200 0 1 Odie Davis 17 8 1 .125 0 0 5 4 1 .250 0 0

Pitching

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 Jon Matlack 35 234.2 10 10 3.68 142 Doc Medich 34 204.1 14 11 3.92 91 Ferguson Jenkins 29 198.0 12 12 3.77 129 24 155.0 6 9 3.43 107 Ken Clay 8 43.0 2 3 4.60 17 12 41.2 2 4 7.99 9 Ed Figueroa 8 39.2 0 7 5.90 9 6 35.1 3 3 4.08 27 Don Kainer 4 19.2 0 0 1.83 10

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 5 14.1 0 1 5.65 10

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 Darwin 53 13 4 8 2.63 104 Sparky Lyle 49 3 2 8 4.69 43 Jim Kern 38 3 11 2 4.83 40 John Henry Johnson 33 2 2 4 2.33 44 Dave Rajsich 24 2 1 2 5.96 35 16 2 2 0 3.96 47 13 1 1 0 4.82 8 19 1 2 0 4.63 15 Jerry Don Gleaton 5 0 0 0 2.57 2 Dennis Lewallyn 4 0 0 0 7.94 1

Awards and honors Buddy Bell, 3B, Gold Glove 1980 Al Oliver, Silver Slugger Award, 1980 Jim Sundberg, C, Gold Glove, 1980 All-Star Game

Farm system

Notes

References 1980 Texas Rangers team page at Baseball Reference 1980 Texas Rangers team page at www.baseball-almanac.com