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1977 Texas Rangers season

The 1977 Texas Rangers season was the 17th of the Texas Rangers franchise overall, their 6th in Arlington as the Rangers, and the 6th season at Arlington Stadium. The Rangers finished second in the American League West with a record of 94 wins and 68 losses. The 1977 Rangers were notable for having an American League record four managers in the same season. Frank Lucchesi began the season as the manager but team's board of directors decide to make a change after the Rangers entered June with a .500 record. Former Major League player and manager Eddie Stanky was introduced as the new manager on June 17 but changed his mind after one game and returned to his home in Alabama. Bench coach Connie Ryan served as the interim manager for six games before Billy Hunter was hired and led the team to a 60-33 record for the rest of the year.[1]

1977 Texas Rangers
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionWest
BallparkArlington Stadium
CityArlington, Texas
Record94–68 (.580)
Divisional place2nd
OwnersBradford G. Corbett
General managersDan O'Brien Sr. / Eddie Robinson
ManagersFrank Lucchesi, Eddie Stanky, Connie Ryan, Billy Hunter
TelevisionKXAS-TV
(Dick Risenhoover, Tom Vandergriff)
RadioWBAP
(Dick Risenhoover, Bill Merrill)
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Offseason

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On December 10, 1976, shortstop Danny Thompson died of leukemia. Thompson had played in 64 games for the Rangers in 1976.

Notable transactions

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Regular season

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For one June day in 1977, Eddie Stanky was drawn back into the major leagues as manager of the Rangers.[10] After that day, he abruptly quit and left for Alabama, saying only that he was homesick.[11]

Season standings

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AL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Kansas City Royals 10260 .630 — 55‍–‍26 47‍–‍34
Texas Rangers 9468 .580 8 44‍–‍37 50‍–‍31
Chicago White Sox 9072 .556 12 48‍–‍33 42‍–‍39
Minnesota Twins 8477 .522 17½ 48‍–‍32 36‍–‍45
California Angels 7488 .457 28 39‍–‍42 35‍–‍46
Seattle Mariners 6498 .395 38 29‍–‍52 35‍–‍46
Oakland Athletics 6398 .391 38½ 35‍–‍46 28‍–‍52

Record vs. opponents

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1977 American League record

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore —6–85–65–511–412–34–711–46–48–78–27–34–610–5
Boston 8–6—7–33–78–79–65–59–64–68–78–310–16–412–3
California 6–53–7—8–76–44–66–95–57–84–75–109–65–106–4
Chicago 5–57–37–8—6–44–68–76–510–53–710–510–56–98–3
Cleveland 4–117–84–64–6—8–73–711–42–93–127–37–32–99–5
Detroit 3–126–96–46–47–8—3–810–55–56–95–55–62–810–5
Kansas City 7–45–59–67–87–38–3—8–210–55–59–611–48–78–2
Milwaukee 4–116–95–55–64–115–102–8—3–88–75–57–35–58–7
Minnesota 4–66–48–75–109–25–55–108–3—2–88–67–88–79–1
New York 7–87–87–47–312–39–65–57–88–2—9–26–47–39–6
Oakland 2–83–810–55–103–75–56–95–56–82–9—7–82–137–3
Seattle 3–71–106–95–103–76–54–113–78–74–68–7—9–64–6
Texas 6–44–610–59–69–28–27–85–57–83–713–26–9—7–4
Toronto 5–103–124–63–85–95–102–87–81–96–93–76–44–7—

Opening Day starters

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Notable transactions

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Roster

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1977 Texas Rangers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

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Coaches

Player stats

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= Indicates team leader

Batting

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Starters by position

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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
CJim Sundberg149453132.291665
1BMike Hargrove153525160.3051869
2BBump Wills152541155.287962
3BToby Harrah159539142.2632787
SSBert Campaneris150552140.254546
LFClaudell Washington129521148.2841268
CFJuan Beníquez123424114.2691050
RFDave May12034082.241742
DHWillie Horton139519150.2891575

Other batters

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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
Ken Henderson7524463.258523
Tom Grieve7923653.225730
John Ellis4911928.235415
Kurt Bevacqua399632.333528
Sandy Alomar Sr.698322.265111
Bill Fahey376815.22105
Keith Smith236716.23926
Jim Mason365512.21817
Ed Kirkpatrick20489.18803
Lew Beasley25327.21903
Jim Fregosi13287.25015
Pat Putnam11268.30803
Roy Howell7170.00000
Eddie Miller1762.33301
Gary Gray120.00000

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Gaylord Perry34238.015123.37177
Doyle Alexander34237.017113.6582
Bert Blyleven30234.214122.72182
Dock Ellis23167.11062.9090
Tommy Boggs627.1035.9315

Other pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Nelson Briles28108.1644.2457
Roger Moret1872.1333.7339
Len Barker1547.1412.6651
Mike Marshall1235.2224.0418
Jim Umbarger313.0115.545
John Poloni27.0106.435

Relief pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Adrian Devine56116153.5867
Paul Lindblad424544.2046
Darold Knowles425243.2214
Steve Hargan61008.7610
Mike Wallace50007.562
Bobby Cuellar40001.353
Mike Bacsik200019.291

Awards and honors

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All-Stars

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Other team leaders

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  • Stolen bases – Bump Wills (28)
  • Walks – Toby Harrah (109)

Farm system

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Notes

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References

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  • 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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