1981 Texas Rangers season

1981 Texas Rangers season

MLB yearly infobox
name = Texas Rangers
season = 1981
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 = Eddie Chiles
managers = Don Zimmer
television = KXAS-TV
(Eric Nadel, Bill Proctor)
Vue-Pay
(Mark Holtz, Norm Hitzges)
radio =WBAP
(Eric Nadel, Bill Merrill, Bill 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. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hortowi01.shtml Willie Horton page at Baseball Reference] ]
*December 18, 1980: Bob Jones was signed as a free agent by the Rangers. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/j/jonesbo02.shtml Bob Jones page at Baseball Reference] ]

Regular season

eason standings

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 amateur draft. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/d/darliro01.shtml Ron Darling page at Baseball Reference] ]

Roster

Pitching

tarting pitchers

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

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/TEX/1981.shtml 1981 Texas Rangers team page at Baseball Reference]
* [http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1981&t=TEX 1981 Texas Rangers team page at www.baseball-almanac.com]


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