1982 Texas Rangers season

The Texas Rangers 1982 season involved the Rangers finishing 6th in the American League West with a record of 64 wins and 98 losses.

1982 Texas Rangers
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Eddie Chiles
General manager(s)Eddie Robinson
Manager(s)Don Zimmer, Darrell Johnson
Local televisionKXAS-TV
5 Star Cable
(Steve Busby, Merle Harmon)
Local radioWBAP
(Eric Nadel, Mark Holtz )
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Offseason

Regular season
  • July 10, 1982: Larry Parrish hit his third grand slam of the week for the Rangers.[5]

Season standings
AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
California Angels 9369 0.574 — 52–29 41–40
Kansas City Royals 9072 0.556 3 56–25 34–47
Chicago White Sox 8775 0.537 6 49–31 38–44
Seattle Mariners 7686 0.469 17 42–39 34–47
Oakland Athletics 6894 0.420 25 36–45 32–49
Texas Rangers 6498 0.395 29 38–43 26–55
Minnesota Twins 60102 0.370 33 37–44 23–58

Record vs. opponents
1982 American League Records

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore —4–97–55–76–77–64–89–4–18–411–27–57–59–310–3
Boston 9–4—7–54–86–78–56–64–96–67–68–47–510–27–6
California 5–75–7—8–58–45–77–66–67–67–59–410–38–58–4
Chicago 7–58–45–8—6–69–33–103–97–68–49–46–78–58–4
Cleveland 7–67–64–86–6—6–72–107–68–44–94–89–37–57–6
Detroit 6–75–87–53–97–6—6–63–109–38–59–36–68–46–7
Kansas City 8–46–66–710–310–26–6—7–57–65–77–67–67–64–8
Milwaukee 4–9–19–46–69–36–710–35–7—7–58–57–58–47–59–4
Minnesota 4–86–66–76–74–83–96–75–7—2–103–105–85–85–7
New York 2–116–75–74–89–45–87–55–810–2—7–56–67–56–7
Oakland 5–74–84–94–98–43–96–75–710–35–7—6–75–83–9
Seattle 5–75–73–107–63–96–66–74–88–56–67–6—9–47–5
Texas 3–92–105–85–85–74–86–75–78–55–78–54–9—4–8
Toronto 3–106–74–84–86–77–68–44–97–57–69–35–78–4—

Opening Day lineup

Notable transactions

Roster
1982 Texas Rangers roster
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

  • 30 Mark Wagner
 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

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
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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
Doug Flynn8827057.211019

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
John Butcher1894.1154.8739

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

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
Dan Boitano190005.3428

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Denver Bears American Association Rich Donnelly
AA Tulsa Drillers Texas League Tom Burgess
A Burlington Rangers Midwest League Marty Scott
Rookie GCL Rangers Gulf Coast League Tom Grieve

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Tulsa

Notes
  1. Jim Kern page at Baseball Reference
  2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bailesc01.shtm%5B%5D
  3. Bump Wills page at Baseball Reference
  4. Al Oliver page at Baseball Reference
  5. Grand Slam Records
  6. Nelson Norman page at Baseball Reference
  7. Ron Darling page at Baseball Reference
  8. Randy Kramer page at Baseball Reference
  9. Lee Mazzilli page at Baseball Reference

References
  • 1982 Texas Rangers team page at Baseball Reference
  • 1982 Texas Rangers team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
  • Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-17-6.
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