1981 Texas Rangers season

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Owner(s) Eddie Chiles Manager(s) Don Zimmer		General manager(s) Eddie Robinson

Local television KXAS-TV(Eric Nadel, Mel Proctor)Vue-Pay(Mark Holtz, Norm Hitzges) Local radio WBAP(Eric Nadel, Bill Merrill, Mel Proctor)

The Texas Rangers 1981 season involved the Rangers finishing 2nd in the American League West with a record of 57 wins and 48 losses. The season was suspended for 50 days due to the infamous 1981 players strike and the league chose as its playoff teams, the division winners from the first and second halves of the season, respectively.

Offseason

December 12, 1980: Richie Zisk, Rick Auerbach, Ken Clay, Jerry Don Gleaton, Brian Allard, and Steve Finch (minors) were traded by the Rangers to the Seattle Mariners for Willie Horton, Larry Cox, Rick Honeycutt, Mario Mendoza, and Leon Roberts.

December 18, 1980: Bob Jones was signed as a free agent by the Rangers.

Notable transactions

April 1, 1981: Willie Horton was released by the Rangers.

June 8, 1981: Ron Darling was drafted by the Rangers in the 1st round (9th pick) of the 1981 Major League Baseball Draft.

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Starting pitchers

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

Other pitchers

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

Relief pitchers

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

Awards and honors

Buddy Bell, 3B, Gold Glove 1981

Al Oliver, Silver Slugger Award, 1981

Jim Sundberg, C, Gold Glove, 1981

All-Star Game

References

1981 Texas Rangers season Wikipedia

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