The 1982 Texas Rangers season was the 22nd of the Texas Rangers franchise overall, their 11th in Arlington as the Rangers, and the 11th season at Arlington Stadium. The Rangers finished sixth in the American League West with a record of 64 wins and 98 losses.

Offseason December 11, 1981: Jim Kern was traded by the Rangers to the New York Mets for Doug Flynn and Dan Boitano. January 12, 1982: Scott Bailes was drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 7th round of the 1982 amateur draft, but did not sign. March 26, 1982: Bump Wills was traded by the Rangers to the Chicago Cubs for Paul Mirabella, a player to be named later, and cash. The Cubs completed the trade by sending Paul Semall (minors) to the Rangers on April 21. March 31, 1982: Al Oliver was traded by the Rangers to the Montreal Expos for Larry Parrish and Dave Hostetler.

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

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions April 1, 1982: Nelson Norman was traded by the Rangers to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Víctor Cruz. April 1, 1982: Ron Darling and Walt Terrell were traded by the Rangers to the New York Mets for Lee Mazzilli. June 7, 1982: Randy Kramer was drafted by the Rangers in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1982 Major League Baseball draft (secondary phase). August 8, 1982: Lee Mazzilli was traded by the Rangers to the New York Yankees for Bucky Dent.

Roster 1982 Texas Rangers roster Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders 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 C Jim Sundberg 139 470 118 .251 10 47 1B Dave Hostetler 113 418 97 .232 22 67 2B 119 402 97 .241 3 43 SS Mark Wagner 60 179 43 .240 0 8 3B Buddy Bell 148 537 159 .296 13 67 LF Billy Sample 97 360 94 .261 10 29 CF George Wright 150 557 147 .264 11 50 RF Larry Parrish 128 440 116 .264 17 62 DH Lamar Johnson 105 324 84 .259 7 38

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 Johnny Grubb 103 308 86 .279 3 26 88 270 57 .211 0 19 Lee Mazzilli 58 195 47 .241 4 17 Bill Stein 85 184 44 .239 1 16 Bucky Dent 46 146 32 .219 1 14 Pat Putnam 43 122 28 .230 2 9 Leon Roberts 31 73 17 .233 1 6 Wayne Tolleson 38 70 8 .114 0 2 Mickey Rivers 19 68 16 .235 1 4 Pete O'Brien 20 67 16 .239 4 13 Terry Bogener 24 60 13 .217 1 4 Don Werner 22 59 12 .203 0 3 Bob Johnson 20 56 7 .125 2 7 Randy Bass 16 48 10 .208 1 6 Mario Mendoza 12 17 2 .118 0 0 Nick Capra 13 15 4 .267 1 1

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 Charlie Hough 34 228.0 16 13 3.95 128 Frank Tanana 30 194.1 7 18 4.21 87 Rick Honeycutt 30 164.0 5 17 5.27 64 Doc Medich 21 122.2 7 11 5.06 37 18 94.1 1 5 4.87 39 Mike Smithson 8 46.2 3 4 5.01 24 Mike Mason 4 23.0 1 2 5.09 8

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 Jon Matlack 33 147.2 7 7 3.53 78 Dave Schmidt 33 109.2 4 6 3.20 69

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 Danny Darwin 56 10 8 7 3.44 61 Paul Mirabella 40 1 1 3 4.80 29 Steve Comer 37 1 6 6 5.10 23 19 0 0 0 5.34 28 Tom Henke 8 1 0 0 1.15 9 Jim Farr 5 0 0 0 2.50 6

Awards and honors Buddy Bell, 3B, Gold Glove 1982 All-Star Game

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Tulsa

Notes

References 1982 Texas Rangers team page at Baseball Reference 1982 Texas Rangers team page at www.baseball-almanac.com