1976 Rangers Statistics
Team Record: 38-16
Finished 1st in the GCL
Manager: Joe Klein (38-16)
Affiliation: Texas Rangers
Location: Sarasota, Florida
The Rangers of the Gulf Coast League ended the 1976 season with a record of 38 wins and 16 losses, finishing first in the GCL.
The Rangers conceded 187 runs, the lowest total in the circuit. The team tallied 279 runs. Dave Rivera drove in 40 runs. Billy Sample led batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .382 clip. Steve Comer topped the team with 7 wins and a team-best 0.9 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Members of the 1976 Rangers who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Brian Allard, Steve Comer and Billy Sample.
Joe Klein served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Comer | 7 | 2 | .778 | 0.90 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 60.0 | 35 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Steven Bianchi | 6 | 3 | .667 | 1.80 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 60.0 | 42 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 42 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Brian Allard | 5 | 1 | .833 | 2.38 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 68.0 | 46 | 25 | 18 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 35 | 2 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Kevin Keenan | 4 | 1 | .800 | 2.00 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 36.0 | 33 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Steve Finch | 4 | 1 | .800 | 2.59 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 59.0 | 41 | 21 | 17 | 1 | 36 | 0 | 53 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Mike Williamson | 3 | 1 | .750 | 4.50 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30.0 | 20 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Richard Couch | 3 | 3 | .500 | 2.57 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42.0 | 40 | 19 | 12 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Phillip Roddy | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.34 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 47.0 | 27 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Pat Moock | 2 | 1 | .667 | 4.74 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 19.0 | 22 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Philip Watson | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.64 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22.0 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Orvin Kiser | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.00 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9.0 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ted Davis | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.00 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 33 | 25 | 20 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 38 | 16 | .704 | 2.56 | 119 | 54 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 13 | 472.0 | 372 | 187 | 134 | 4 | 220 | 4 | 302 | 14 | 4 | 27 | 0 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Sample | 45 | 199 | 152 | 35 | 58 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 33 | 27 | 3 | 39 | 14 | .382 | .505 | .566 | 1.071 | 86 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Dave Rivera | 51 | 220 | 204 | 28 | 53 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 40 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 39 | .260 | .295 | .412 | .707 | 84 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Greg Jemison | 50 | 210 | 166 | 40 | 45 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 32 | 7 | 36 | 24 | .271 | .410 | .355 | .765 | 59 | 3 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Victor Mabee | 43 | 172 | 145 | 21 | 38 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 9 | 0 | 22 | 31 | .262 | .359 | .310 | .669 | 45 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| James Jennings | 39 | 146 | 110 | 18 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 22 | .236 | .403 | .264 | .666 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| John Takacs | 42 | 153 | 125 | 16 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 13 | .208 | .336 | .280 | .616 | 35 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||
| James Capowski | 26 | 92 | 82 | 10 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 19 | .268 | .330 | .329 | .659 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| David Peterson | 32 | 116 | 94 | 10 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 19 | .234 | .339 | .309 | .648 | 29 | 0 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Mike Jaccar | 36 | 123 | 96 | 14 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 24 | 10 | .229 | .377 | .250 | .627 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| David Robinson | 31 | 112 | 90 | 16 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 17 | 28 | .222 | .364 | .322 | .686 | 29 | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Billy Simpson | 44 | 177 | 154 | 17 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 40 | .130 | .227 | .143 | .370 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Glenn Williams | 32 | 118 | 87 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 22 | .207 | .410 | .264 | .675 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Alphonso Lewis | 30 | 88 | 69 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 7 | .246 | .376 | .319 | .695 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Wayne Wilkerson | 23 | 101 | 81 | 16 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 12 | .210 | .333 | .247 | .580 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Peter Zilonis | 21 | 62 | 55 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 15 | .164 | .246 | .200 | .446 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 545 | 2089 | 1710 | 279 | 413 | 45 | 27 | 11 | 229 | 116 | 25 | 306 | 315 | .242 | .359 | .319 | .678 | 545 | 0 | 21 | 29 | 23 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Jennings | 1B | 31 | 256 | 15 | 6 | 21 | .978 | 8.742 | ||||
| David Robinson | 1B | 18 | 157 | 14 | 4 | 5 | .977 | 9.500 | ||||
| John Takacs | 1B | 14 | 118 | 6 | 2 | 13 | .984 | 8.857 | ||||
| Victor Mabee | 1B | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Billy Sample | 2B | 38 | 81 | 113 | 8 | 16 | .960 | 5.105 | ||||
| Mike Jaccar | 2B | 19 | 46 | 57 | 6 | 18 | .945 | 5.421 | ||||
| James Capowski | 2B | 2 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
| John Takacs | 3B | 27 | 27 | 42 | 4 | 5 | .945 | 2.556 | ||||
| Wayne Wilkerson | 3B | 16 | 10 | 33 | 1 | 3 | .977 | 2.688 | ||||
| Mike Jaccar | 3B | 9 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 1 | .957 | 2.444 | ||||
| Peter Zilonis | 3B | 8 | 5 | 16 | 5 | 1 | .808 | 2.625 | ||||
| David Peterson | C | 32 | 197 | 25 | 4 | 2 | .982 | 6.938 | 8 | |||
| Alphonso Lewis | C | 27 | 133 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .986 | 5.185 | 8 | |||
| Peter Zilonis | C | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 0 | |||
| Dave Rivera | OF | 48 | 78 | 5 | 3 | 1 | .965 | 1.729 | ||||
| Greg Jemison | OF | 45 | 66 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.511 | ||||
| Billy Simpson | OF | 44 | 75 | 6 | 3 | 1 | .964 | 1.841 | ||||
| Glenn Williams | OF | 20 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.450 | ||||
| David Robinson | OF | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .750 | .667 | ||||
| Wayne Wilkerson | OF | 7 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .583 | 1.000 | ||||
| Steven Bianchi | P | 14 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 0 | .917 | 1.571 | ||||
| Pat Moock | P | 13 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .385 | ||||
| Brian Allard | P | 13 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .846 | .846 | ||||
| Philip Watson | P | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .167 | ||||
| Steve Finch | P | 10 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .933 | 1.400 | ||||
| Phillip Roddy | P | 9 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.778 | ||||
| Richard Couch | P | 9 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 1 | .933 | 1.556 | ||||
| Steve Comer | P | 9 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.889 | ||||
| Mike Williamson | P | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .500 | ||||
| Kevin Keenan | P | 8 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | .875 | 1.750 | ||||
| Orvin Kiser | P | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .143 | ||||
| Ted Davis | P | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Victor Mabee | SS | 33 | 45 | 112 | 15 | 13 | .913 | 4.758 | ||||
| James Capowski | SS | 24 | 34 | 72 | 7 | 10 | .938 | 4.417 | ||||
| Peter Zilonis | SS | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Glenn Williams | SS | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Totals | 595 | 1414 | 649 | 89 | 113 | .959 | 3.467 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
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