1978 Texas Rangers season

MLB yearly infobox
name = Texas Rangers
season = 1978
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 = Billy Hunter and Pat Corrales
television = KXAS-TV
(Jon Miller, Frank Glieber)
radio =WBAP
(Jon Miller, Bill Merrill)|

The Texas Rangers 1978 season involved the Rangers finishing 2nd in the American League west with a record of 87 wins and 75 losses.

Offseason

* October 25, 1977: Gorman Thomas was sent to the Rangers by the Milwaukee Brewers to complete an earlier deal (the Brewers sent a player to be named later to the Rangers for Ed Kirkpatrick) made on August 20. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/t/thomago01.shtml Gorman Thomas page at Baseball Reference] ]
* November 10, 1977: Darold Knowles was purchased from the Rangers by the Montreal Expos. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/k/knowlda01.shtml Darold Knowles page at Baseball Reference] ]
* December 8, 1977: Bert Blyleven was traded by the Rangers to the Pittsburgh Pirates, Adrian Devine, Tommy Boggs, and Eddie Miller, were traded by the Rangers to the Atlanta Braves, and Tom Grieve and a player to be named later were traded by the Rangers to the New York Mets as part of a 4-team trade. Al Oliver and Nelson Norman were traded by the Pirates to the Rangers, and Jon Matlack was traded by the Mets to the Rangers. John Milner was traded by the Mets to the Pirates. Willie Montañez was traded by the Braves to the Mets. The Rangers completed the deal by sending Ken Henderson to the Mets on March 15, 1978. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/blylebe01.shtml Bert Blyleven page at Baseball Reference] ]
* January 25, 1978: Gaylord Perry was traded by the Rangers to the San Diego Padres for Dave Tomlin and $125,000. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/p/perryga01.shtml Gaylord Perry page at Baseball Reference] ]
* February 28, 1978: David Clyde and Willie Horton were traded by the Rangers to the Cleveland Indians for Tom Buskey and John Lowenstein. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/clydeda01.shtml David Clyde page at Baseball Reference] ]

Regular season

eason standings

Transactions

* June 6, 1978: 1978 Major League Baseball Draft
**Wayne Tolleson was drafted by the Rangers in the 8th round. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/t/tollewa01.shtml Wayne Tolleson page at Baseball Reference] ]
**Charlie O'Brien was drafted by the Rangers in the 14th round, but did not sign. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/o/o'brich01.shtml Charlie O'Brien page at Baseball Reference] ]

Roster

Pitching

tarting pitchers

Awards and Honors

*Jim Sundberg, C, Gold Glove, 1978All-Star Game

References

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/TEX/1978.shtml 1978 Texas Rangers team page at Baseball Reference]
* [http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1978&t=TEX 1978 Texas Rangers team page at www.baseball-almanac.com]