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1976 Texas Rangers season

Field	Value
name	Texas Rangers
season	1976
league	American League
division	West
ballpark	Arlington Stadium
city	Arlington, Texas
record
divisional_place	4th
owners	Bradford G. Corbett
general_managers	Dan O'Brien Sr.
managers	Frank Lucchesi
television	KXAS-TV
(Dick Risenhoover, Tom Vandergriff)
radio	WBAP
(Dick Risenhoover, Bill Merrill)

(Dick Risenhoover, Tom Vandergriff) (Dick Risenhoover, Bill Merrill) |}} The 1976 Texas Rangers season was the 16th of the Texas Rangers franchise overall, their 5th in Arlington as the Rangers, and the 5th season at Arlington Stadium. The Rangers finished fourth 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.
December 9, 1975: Stan Thomas and Ron Pruitt were traded by the Rangers to the Cleveland Indians for John Ellis.
March 12, 1976: Mike Kekich was released by the Rangers.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

May 10, 1976: Danny Darwin was signed as an amateur free agent by the Rangers.
May 17, 1976: Bobby Jones was selected off waivers from the Rangers by the California Angels.
May 28, 1976: Stan Perzanowski and cash were traded by the Rangers to the Cleveland Indians for Fritz Peterson.
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.
June 8, 1976: 1976 Major League Baseball draft
- Billy Sample was drafted by the Rangers in the 10th round.
- Andre Robertson was drafted by the Rangers in the 12th round, but did not sign.

Roster

1976 Texas Rangers
Roster
Pitchers

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	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	140	448	102	.228	3	34
1B	151	541	155	.287	7	58
2B	142	539	121	.224	1	51
3B	140	491	124	.253	8	53
SS	155	584	152	.260	15	67
LF	116	446	123	.276	0	38
CF	145	478	122	.255	0	33
RF	158	604	143	.237	18	86
DH	149	546	139	.255	20	81

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
	64	196	42	.214	1	13
	85	137	33	.241	0	13
Jim Fregosi	58	133	31	.233	2	12
	41	129	29	.225	1	8
Joe Lahoud	38	89	20	.225	1	5
Bill Fahey	38	80	20	.250	1	9
	14	32	7	.219	0	0
	11	31	13	.419	1	8
Ken Pape	21	23	5	.217	1	4
	9	20	6	.300	0	0
Greg Pryor	5	8	3	.375	0	1

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
Gaylord Perry	32	250.1	15	14	3.24	143
	32	210.0	11	9	3.26	98
	24	202.1	9	11	2.76	144
Jim Umbarger	30	197.1	10	12	3.15	105
	13	90.1	1	7	3.49	36
	10	64.2	4	1	3.48	34
	2	15.0	1	0	2.40	7

Other pitchers

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
35	124.1	8	8	3.62	63
20	67.2	2	6	5.59	27
4	15.0	1	0	3.60	4

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
Joe Hoerner	41	0	4	8	5.14	15
	46	8	8	5	3.33	41
Jeff Terpko	32	3	3	0	2.39	24
	23	3	2	0	4.25	21
Craig Skok	9	0	1	0	12.60	5
	5	0	0	0	10.03	6

Awards and honors

Jim Sundberg, C, Gold Glove, 1976 All-Star Game

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: GCL Rangers

Notes

References

[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1499&dat=19751112&id=lEkoAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PykEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6696,606697&hl=en Royals trade Briles to Texas]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/t/thomast01.shtml Stan Thomas page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kekicmi01.shtml Mike Kekich page at Baseball-Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/d/darwida01.shtml Danny Darwin page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/j/jonesbo02.shtml Bobby Jones page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/p/peterfr01.shtml Fritz Peterson page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/blylebe01.shtml Bert Blyleven page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/samplbi01.shtml Billy Sample page at Baseball-Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/roberan01.shtml Andre Robertson page at Baseball-Reference]

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