1976 Texas Rangers season

MLB yearly infobox
name = Texas Rangers
season = 1976
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 = Frank Lucchesi
television = KXAS-TV
(Dick Risenhoover, Tom Vandergriff)
radio =WBAP
(Dick Risenhoover, Bill Merrill)|

The Texas Rangers 1976 season involved the Rangers finishing 4th in the American League west with a record of 76 wins and 86 losses.

Offseason

* December 9, 1975: Stan Thomas and Ron Pruitt were traded by the Rangers to the Cleveland Indians for John Ellis. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/t/thomast01.shtml Stan Thomas page at Baseball Reference] ]

Regular season

eason standings

Transactions

* May 10, 1976: Danny Darwin was signed by the Rangers as an amateur free agent. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/d/darwida01.shtml Danny Darwin page at Baseball Reference] ]
* May 17, 1976: Bob Jones was selected off waivers from the Rangers by the California Angels. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/j/jonesbo02.shtml Bob Jones page at Baseball Reference] ]
* June 1, 1976: Bill Singer, Roy Smalley, Mike Cubbage, Jim Gideon, and $250,000 were traded by the Rangers to the Minnesota Twins for Bert Blyleven and Danny Thompson. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/blylebe01.shtml Bert Blyleven page at Baseball Reference] ]
* June 8, 1976: Billy Sample was drafted by the Rangers in the 10th round of the 1976 amateur draft. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/samplbi01.shtml Billy Sample page at Baseball Reference] ]

Roster

Pitching

tarting pitchers

Awards and Honors

*Jim Sundberg, C, Gold Glove, 1976All-Star Game

References

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/TEX/1976.shtml 1976 Texas Rangers team page at Baseball Reference]
* [http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1976&t=TEX 1976 Texas Rangers team page at www.baseball-almanac.com]