1979 Texas Rangers season

MLB yearly infobox
name = Texas Rangers
season = 1979
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 = Bradford G. Corbett
managers = Pat Corrales
television = KXAS-TV
(Jon Miller, Frank Glieber, Eric Nadel)
radio =WBAP
(Jon Miller, Bill Merrill)|

The Texas Rangers 1979 season involved the Rangers finishing 3rd in the American League west with a record of 83 wins and 79 losses.

Offseason

* October 24, 1978: Sandy Alomar, Sr. was released by the Rangers. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/a/alomasa01.shtml Sandy Alomar page at Baseball Reference] ]
* 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. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/g/gamblos01.shtml Oscar Gamble page at Baseball Reference] ]
* 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. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/r/righeda01.shtml Dave Righetti page at Baseball Reference] ]
* December 8, 1978: Jim Mason was traded by the Rangers to the Montreal Expos for Mike Hart. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/masonji01.shtml Jim Mason page at Baseball Reference] ]

Regular season

eason standings

Notable transactions

* May 4, 1979: Bert Campaneris was traded by the Rangers to the California Angels for Dave Chalk. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/campabe01.shtml Bert Campaneris page at Baseball Reference] ]
* June 15, 1979: Dock Ellis was traded by the Rangers to the New York Mets for Bob Myrick and Mike Bruhert. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/e/ellisdo01.shtml Dock Ellis page at Baseball Reference] ]
* 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

Pitching

tarting pitchers

Awards and Honors

*Buddy Bell, 3B, Gold Glove 1979
*Jim Kern, Rolaids Relief Man of the Year Award1979
*Jim Sundberg, C, Gold Glove, 1979All-Star Game

References

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/TEX/1979.shtml 1979 Texas Rangers team page at Baseball Reference]
* [http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1979&t=TEX 1979 Texas Rangers team page at www.baseball-almanac.com]