1979 Texas Rangers season

Offseason

• October 3, 1978: Len Barker and Bobby Bonds were traded by the Rangers to the Cleveland Indians for Larvell Blanks and Jim Kern. Bobby Cuellar and Dave Rivera were sent to Cleveland to complete the August 31, 1978 trade for Johnny Grubb.
• October 24, 1978: Sandy Alomar Sr. was released by the Rangers.
• October 25, 1978: Mike Hargrove, Kurt Bevacqua, and Bill Fahey were traded by the Rangers to the San Diego Padres for Oscar Gamble, Dave Roberts and $300,000.
• November 10, 1978: Dave Righetti, Juan Beníquez, Mike Griffin, Paul Mirabella, and Greg Jemison (minors) were traded by the Rangers to the New York Yankees for Domingo Ramos, Mike Heath, Sparky Lyle, Larry McCall, Dave Rajsich, and cash.
• December 8, 1978: Jim Mason was traded by the Rangers to the Montreal Expos for Mike Hart.

Regular season

• June 24, 1979: Rickey Henderson made his major league debut for the Oakland Athletics in a game against the Rangers. Henderson had 4 at bats with 2 hits, and 1 stolen base.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

• May 4, 1979: Bert Campaneris was traded by the Rangers to the California Angels for Dave Chalk.
• June 15, 1979: Dock Ellis was traded by the Rangers to the New York Mets for Bob Myrick and Mike Bruhert.
• June 15, 1979: Eric Soderholm was traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Texas Rangers for Ed Farmer and Gary Holle.
• August 1, 1979: Oscar Gamble, Amos Lewis (minors) and players to be named later were traded by the Rangers to the New York Yankees for Mickey Rivers and players to be named later. The Rangers completed the deal by sending Ray Fontenot and Gene Nelson to the Yankees on October 8. The Yankees completed the deal by sending Bob Polinsky (minors), Neal Mersch (minors), and Mark Softy (minors) to the Rangers on October 8.

Roster

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

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Other pitchers

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

Relief pitchers

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

Awards and honors

• Jim Kern, Rolaids Relief Man of the Year Award
• Buddy Bell, 3B, Gold Glove
• Jim Sundberg, C, Gold Glove

All-Stars

All-Star Game

Farm system

Notes

References

• 1979 Texas Rangers team page at Baseball Reference
• 1979 Texas Rangers team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

References

1. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/blankla01.shtml Larvell Blanks page at Baseball-Reference]
2. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/grubbjo01.shtml Johnny Grubb page at Baseball Reference]
3. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/a/alomasa01.shtml Sandy Alomar page at Baseball Reference]
4. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/g/gamblos01.shtml Oscar Gamble page at Baseball Reference]
5. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/righeda01.shtml Dave Righetti page at Baseball Reference]
6. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/masonji01.shtml Jim Mason page at Baseball Reference]
7. "Rickey Henderson Stats".
8. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/campabe01.shtml Bert Campaneris page at Baseball Reference]
9. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/e/ellisdo01.shtml Dock Ellis page at Baseball Reference]
10. "Eric Soderholm Stats".