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Record: 83-79 .512.... 3rd in American League West
Stadium: Arlington Stadium
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 1,519,671

Top Draft Pick: Jerry Don Gleaton (#17) MLB
Manager - Pat Corrales

Affiliates - AAA Tucson Toros AA Tulsa Drillers A Asheville Tourists Rk Gulf Coast Rangers

Team Leaders

HR: Bell, Zisk, Putnam [18]
RBI: Bell [101]
2B: Bell [42]
SB: Wills [35]
W: Comer [17]
SV: Kern [29]
SO: Jenkins [164]

Oldest Player: Bert Campaneris [37]
Youngest Player: Nelson Norman [21]
Longest Tenure: Jim Sundberg [6]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Gary Holle (Jun 2)
Pitchers: Brian Allard (Aug 8) Bob Babcock (Jul 22) Jerry Don Gleaton (Jul 11)

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Batting Statistics

Pos	Player Name	Age	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
C	Jim Sundberg	28	150	495	50	136	23	4	5	64	3	3	51	51	5	5	5	5	17	.275	.345	.368	713
1B	Pat Putnam	25	139	426	57	118	19	2	18	64	1	6	23	50	6	6	4	6	12	.277	.319	.458	777
2B	Bump Wills	26	146	543	90	148	21	3	5	46	35	11	53	58	4	4	14	3	12	.273	.340	.350	690
3B	Buddy Bell	27	162	670	89	200	42	3	18	101	5	4	30	45	3	4	7	10	16	.299	.327	.451	778
SS	Nelson Norman	21	147	343	36	76	9	3	0	21	4	1	19	41	0	0	18	3	5	.222	.260	.265	525
OF	Richie Zisk	30	144	503	69	132	21	1	18	64	1	1	57	75	0	4	1	2	15	.262	.336	.416	752
OF	Al Oliver	32	136	492	69	159	28	4	12	76	4	5	34	34	4	8	1	7	14	.323	.367	.470	837
OF	Billy Sample	24	128	325	60	95	21	2	5	35	8	6	37	28	2	1	10	3	6	.292	.365	.415	780
DH	John Ellis	30	111	316	33	90	12	0	12	61	2	2	15	55	2	1	0	4	3	.285	.318	.437	755

OF	Johnny Grubb	30	102	289	42	79	14	0	10	37	2	4	34	44	1	3	2	2	6	.273	.350	.426	776
P	Doyle Alexander	28	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
OF	Mickey Rivers	30	58	247	35	74	9	3	6	25	7	2	9	18	1	0	3	3	2	.300	.323	.433	756
P	Steve Comer	25	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
DH-OF	Oscar Gamble	29	64	161	27	54	6	0	8	32	2	1	37	15	1	11	0	2	6	.335	.458	.522	980
P	Danny Darwin	23	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
1B-OF	Mike Jorgensen	30	90	157	21	35	7	0	6	16	0	2	14	29	2	1	3	1	3	.223	.293	.382	675
P	Dock Ellis	34	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
3B-DH	Eric Soderholm	30	63	147	15	40	6	0	4	19	0	0	12	9	1	0	2	3	5	.272	.325	.395	720
P	Fergie Jenkins	35	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
1B-DH	Willie Montanez	31	38	144	19	46	6	0	8	24	0	1	8	14	1	1	0	1	4	.319	.357	.528	885
P	Jon Matlack	29	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
SS-2B	Larvell Blanks	29	68	120	13	24	5	0	1	15	0	0	11	9	0	0	3	4	1	.200	.259	.267	526
P	Doc Medich	30	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
C-OF	Dave Roberts	28	44	84	12	22	2	1	3	14	1	0	7	17	0	0	2	0	3	.262	.319	.417	736
DH	Gary Gray	26	16	42	4	10	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	8	0	0	0	0	2	.238	.273	.238	511
OF	LaRue Washington	25	25	18	5	5	0	0	0	2	2	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.409	.278	687
C	Greg Mahlberg	26	7	17	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	4	0	0	2	0	2	.118	.211	.294	505
SS	Bert Campaneris	37	8	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.200	.111	311
SS-DH	Dave Chalk	28	9	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.250	.250	.250	500
1B	Gary Holle	24	5	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.286	.333	619
P	Brian Allard	21	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
P	Bob Babcock	29	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
P	Ed Farmer	29	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
P	Jerry Don Gleaton	21	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
P	John Henry Johnson	22	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
P	Jim Kern	30	71	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
P	Sparky Lyle	34	67	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
P	Larry McCall	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
P	Dave Rajsich	27	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
Batting Totals			162	5562	750	1549	252	26	140	718	79	51	461	607	33	49	78	59	135	.278	.334	.409	743