1971 Texas Rangers roster

34 players appeared for the Texas Rangers in the 1971 MLB season.

1971 Rangers roster: batting

1971 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.
Del Unser1535816314894111.255.325.679
Frank Howard1535496015326831.279.367.840
Tim Cullen12540334772262.191.252.510
Toby Harrah127383458822210.230.300.590
Dick Billings11634932866482.246.296.634
Dave Nelson85329479253317.280.328.705
Paul Casanova9431119635260.203.238.524
Elliott Maddox128258385611810.217.344.619
Bernie Allen9722918614222.266.359.734
Lenny Randle7521527472131.219.298.595
Tommy McCraw12220733447253.213.291.672
Jeff Burroughs5918120425251.232.319.683
Larry Biittner6617112440161.257.323.615
Joe Foy4112812300114.234.363.660
Richie Scheinblum274957040.143.263.467
Jim French144166040.146.271.466
Don Wert204022020.050.156.231
Curt Flood133547020.200.300.500
Tom Ragland102314000.174.208.382
Jim Mason3903000.333.400.733
Rick Stelmaszek6900000.000.000.000
Bill Fahey2800000.000.000.000

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

1971 Rangers roster: pitching

1971 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 BosmanP353512163.73236.21131.340
Denny McLainP333210224.28216.21031.410
Pete BrobergP1818593.47124.2891.260
Bill GogolewskiP2717652.75124.1701.210
Casey CoxP5411573.98124.1431.387
Jim ShellenbackP40153113.53120.0471.430
Joe GrzendaP460521.9270.1561.015
Denny RiddlebergerP570313.2369.2561.421
Mike ThompsonP1612164.8666.2411.610
Jerry JaneskiP2310154.9661.2191.721
Horacio PinaP560113.5957.2381.352
Jackie BrownP149345.9447.0211.850

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.