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1982 Texas Rangers season

Field	Value
name	Texas Rangers
season	1982
league	American League
division	West
ballpark	Arlington Stadium
city	Arlington, Texas
record
divisional_place	6th
owner	Eddie Chiles
general_managers	Eddie Robinson
managers	Don Zimmer, Darrell Johnson
television	KXAS-TV
5 Star Cable
(Steve Busby, Merle Harmon)
radio	WBAP
(Eric Nadel, Mark Holtz )

5 Star Cable (Steve Busby, Merle Harmon) (Eric Nadel, Mark Holtz ) |}}

The 1982 Texas Rangers season was the 22nd of the Texas Rangers franchise overall, their 11th in Arlington as the Rangers, and the 11th season at Arlington Stadium. The Rangers finished sixth in the American League West with a record of 64 wins and 98 losses.

Offseason

December 11, 1981: Jim Kern was traded by the Rangers to the New York Mets for Doug Flynn and Dan Boitano.
January 12, 1982: Scott Bailes was drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 7th round of the 1982 amateur draft, but did not sign.
March 26, 1982: Bump Wills was traded by the Rangers to the Chicago Cubs for Paul Mirabella, a player to be named later, and cash. The Cubs completed the trade by sending Paul Semall (minors) to the Rangers on April 21.
March 31, 1982: Al Oliver was traded by the Rangers to the Montreal Expos for Larry Parrish and Dave Hostetler.

Regular season

July 10, 1982: Larry Parrish hit his third grand slam of the week for the Rangers.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

April 1, 1982: Nelson Norman was traded by the Rangers to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Víctor Cruz.
April 1, 1982: Ron Darling and Walt Terrell were traded by the Rangers to the New York Mets for Lee Mazzilli.
June 7, 1982: Randy Kramer was drafted by the Rangers in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1982 Major League Baseball draft (secondary phase).
August 8, 1982: Lee Mazzilli was traded by the Rangers to the New York Yankees for Bucky Dent.

Roster

1982 Texas Rangers roster
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	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Jim Sundberg	139	470	118	.251	10	47
1B	Dave Hostetler	113	418	97	.232	22	67
2B		119	402	97	.241	3	43
SS	Mark Wagner	60	179	43	.240	0	8
3B	Buddy Bell	148	537	159	.296	13	67
LF	Billy Sample	97	360	94	.261	10	29
CF	George Wright	150	557	147	.264	11	50
RF	Larry Parrish	128	440	116	.264	17	62
DH	Lamar Johnson	105	324	84	.259	7	38

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 Grubb	103	308	86	.279	3	26
	88	270	57	.211	0	19
Lee Mazzilli	58	195	47	.241	4	17
Bill Stein	85	184	44	.239	1	16
Bucky Dent	46	146	32	.219	1	14
Pat Putnam	43	122	28	.230	2	9
Leon Roberts	31	73	17	.233	1	6
Wayne Tolleson	38	70	8	.114	0	2
Mickey Rivers	19	68	16	.235	1	4
Pete O'Brien	20	67	16	.239	4	13
Terry Bogener	24	60	13	.217	1	4
Don Werner	22	59	12	.203	0	3
Bob Johnson	20	56	7	.125	2	7
Randy Bass	16	48	10	.208	1	6
Mario Mendoza	12	17	2	.118	0	0
Nick Capra	13	15	4	.267	1	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
Charlie Hough	34	228.0	16	13	3.95	128
Frank Tanana	30	194.1	7	18	4.21	87
Rick Honeycutt	30	164.0	5	17	5.27	64
Doc Medich	21	122.2	7	11	5.06	37
	18	94.1	1	5	4.87	39
Mike Smithson	8	46.2	3	4	5.01	24
Mike Mason	4	23.0	1	2	5.09	8

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 Matlack	33	147.2	7	7	3.53	78
Dave Schmidt	33	109.2	4	6	3.20	69

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	56	10	8	7	3.44	61
Paul Mirabella	40	1	1	3	4.80	29
Steve Comer	37	1	6	6	5.10	23
	19	0	0	0	5.34	28
Tom Henke	8	1	0	0	1.15	9
Jim Farr	5	0	0	0	2.50	6

Awards and honors

Buddy Bell, 3B, Gold Glove 1982 All-Star Game

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Tulsa

Notes

References

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