1980 Texas Rangers season

MLB yearly infobox
name = Texas Rangers
season = 1980
misc =

current league = American League
y1 = 1961
division = Western Division
y2 = 1972
Uniform logo =
ballpark = Arlington Stadium
y4 = 1972
city = Arlington, Texas
y5 = 1972
owners = Eddie Chiles
managers = Pat Corrales
television = KXAS-TV
(Frank Glieber, Eric Nadel, Bill Proctor)
radio =WBAP
(Eric Nadel, Bill Merrill, Bill Proctor)|

The Texas Rangers 1980 season involved the Rangers finishing 4th in the American League west with a record of 76 wins and 85 losses.

Offseason

* December 6, 1979: Doyle Alexander, Larvell Blanks and $50,000 were traded by the Rangers to the Atlanta Braves for Adrian Devine and Pepe Frias. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/a/alexado01.shtml 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. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/clydeda01.shtml David Clyde 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). [http://www.baseball-reference.com/p/perryga01.shtml 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. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/staubru01.shtml Rusty Staub page at Baseball Reference] ]
* March 31, 1980: David Clyde was released by the Rangers.

Regular season

eason standings

Notable transactions

* June 3, 1980: Tom Henke was drafted by the Rangers in the 4th round of the 1980 amateur draft (Secondary Phase). [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/h/henketo01.shtml Tom Henke page at Baseball Reference] ]
* July 11, 1980: Charlie Hough was purchased by the Rangers from the Los Angeles Dodgers. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/h/houghch01.shtml 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.

Roster

Pitching

tarting pitchers

Awards and Honors

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

References

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/TEX/1980.shtml 1980 Texas Rangers team page at Baseball Reference]
* [http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1980&t=TEX 1980 Texas Rangers team page at www.baseball-almanac.com]