1970 Texas Rangers roster

31 players appeared for the Texas Rangers in the 1970 MLB season.

1970 Rangers roster: batting

1970 Texas Rangers batting
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.OBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches.OPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory.
Ed Brinkman158625631641408.262.330.631
Frank Howard16156690160441261.283.416.962
Ed Stroud1294336911553229.266.331.680
Mike Epstein1404305511020562.256.371.815
Paul Casanova10432825756300.229.251.604
Del Unser11932237835301.258.319.645
Tim Cullen12326222561183.214.301.580
Bernie Allen10426131618290.234.342.702
Jim French6916620351130.211.358.617
Tom Grieve4711612233100.198.290.626
Dave Nelson47107517042.159.207.375
Johnny Roseboro4686720161.233.365.679
Dick Billings112436110.250.308.766
Jeff Burroughs61212010.167.286.452
Dick Nen6511000.200.200.400
Larry Biittner2200000.000.000.000

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · OPS

1970 Rangers roster: pitching

1970 Texas Rangers pitching
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.GS: Games started — for a pitcher, games he opened on the mound.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.
Dick BosmanP363416123.00230.21341.230
Joe ColemanP39298123.58218.21521.280
Casey CoxP37308124.45192.1681.331
Jim HannanP42179114.01128.0611.350
Darold KnowlesRP7102142.04119.1711.3227
Jim ShellenbackP3914673.68117.1571.350
Joe GrzendaP493365.0084.2381.426
Horacio PinaP610532.7971.0411.426
Jackie BrownP245223.9557.0471.510
Dick SuchP215157.5650.0411.860
Bill GogolewskiP85224.8133.2191.720
Denny RiddlebergerP80000.969.150.960
Pedro RamosP40007.568.1101.680
Jan DukesP50002.706.241.050
Cisco CarlosP50001.506.021.170

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · WHIP · SV

Regular season. Player lines are the season lines ESPN files under this club; a player traded during the season may appear under his last club only. Age is the player’s age on June 30 of the season. Standings start in 1995, so this season shows no league or division placing.