Team pitching report -- 1979 Texas Rangers
Regular season -- as of 5/31/1979
| Primary |
| Name | ERA | W | L | Pct. | G | GS | CG | SHO | GF | S | HLD | BF | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | GDP |
| Sparky Lyle* | 0.78 | 4 | 1 | .800 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 135 | 34.2 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 5 |
| Doc Medich | 2.61 | 1 | 3 | .250 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 137 | 31.0 | 32 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 |
| Jim Kern | 2.78 | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 150 | 35.2 | 38 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 38 | 3 | 3 |
| Ed Farmer | 2.84 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 109 | 25.1 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 2 | 4 |
| Dave Rajsich* | 3.20 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 19.2 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 |
| Ferguson Jenkins | 3.59 | 8 | 3 | .727 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 359 | 87.2 | 74 | 37 | 35 | 34 | 47 | 15 | 10 |
| Steve Comer | 3.76 | 4 | 3 | .571 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 321 | 79.0 | 63 | 36 | 33 | 25 | 28 | 5 | 5 |
| Doyle Alexander | 4.11 | 2 | 1 | .667 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 252 | 57.0 | 59 | 29 | 26 | 27 | 15 | 1 | 5 |
| Jon Matlack* | 5.74 | 3 | 3 | .500 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 181 | 42.1 | 56 | 27 | 27 | 5 | 26 | 9 | 6 |
| Dock Ellis | 10.24 | 1 | 4 | .200 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158 | 29.0 | 57 | 34 | 33 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 1 |
| Total | 3.92 | 29 | 19 | .604 | 48 | 48 | 3 | 2 | 45 | 15 | 6 | 1884 | 441.1 | 445 | 210 | 192 | 154 | 213 | 43 | 44 |
| Secondary |
| Name | AVG | OBP | SPC | OPS | WHIP | SB | CS | IBB | HBP | WP | BK | SH | SF | H/9 | BB/9 | R/9 | K/9 | K/BB | HR/9 | PCH/G |
| Sparky Lyle* | .198 | .267 | .264 | .531 | 1.01 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6.2 | 2.9 | 9.3 | 3.6 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 19.7 |
| Doc Medich | .267 | .348 | .317 | .665 | 1.45 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9.3 | 3.8 | 13.6 | 2.6 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 40.4 |
| Jim Kern | .270 | .302 | .376 | .678 | 1.26 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9.6 | 1.8 | 11.4 | 9.6 | 5.4 | 0.8 | 23.0 |
| Ed Farmer | .226 | .327 | .333 | .660 | 1.34 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7.5 | 4.6 | 12.4 | 7.5 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 38.1 |
| Dave Rajsich* | .269 | .296 | .372 | .668 | 1.22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9.6 | 1.4 | 11.0 | 3.2 | 2.3 | 0.9 | 28.5 |
| Ferguson Jenkins | .232 | .306 | .414 | .720 | 1.23 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7.6 | 3.5 | 11.2 | 4.8 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 105.5 |
| Steve Comer | .217 | .278 | .345 | .623 | 1.11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7.2 | 2.8 | 10.1 | 3.2 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 105.0 |
| Doyle Alexander | .271 | .351 | .362 | .713 | 1.51 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 9.3 | 4.3 | 13.9 | 2.4 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 85.9 |
| Jon Matlack* | .320 | .339 | .537 | .876 | 1.44 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11.9 | 1.1 | 13.0 | 5.5 | 5.2 | 1.9 | 87.4 |
| Dock Ellis | .413 | .471 | .572 | 1.043 | 2.52 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 17.7 | 5.0 | 22.7 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 65.3 |
| Total | .263 | .325 | .394 | .719 | 1.36 | 35 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 15 | 14 | 9.1 | 3.1 | 12.4 | 4.3 | 1.4 | 0.9 | |
| L/R Splits |
| | vs. Left-Handed Batters | | vs. Right-Handed Batters |
| Name | AVG | OBP | SPC | OPS | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | BB | SO | | AVG | OBP | SPC | OPS | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | BB | SO |
| Sparky Lyle* | .220 | .250 | .317 | .567 | 41 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | | .188 | .275 | .237 | .512 | 80 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 8 |
| Doc Medich | .302 | .373 | .340 | .713 | 53 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | | .239 | .329 | .299 | .627 | 67 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 |
| Jim Kern | .286 | .329 | .386 | .715 | 70 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 19 | | .254 | .274 | .366 | .640 | 71 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 19 |
| Ed Farmer | .225 | .392 | .275 | .667 | 40 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9 | | .226 | .268 | .377 | .645 | 53 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| Dave Rajsich* | .310 | .355 | .310 | .665 | 29 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | | .245 | .260 | .408 | .668 | 49 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Ferguson Jenkins | .246 | .347 | .474 | .820 | 171 | 42 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 27 | 14 | | .216 | .255 | .345 | .599 | 148 | 32 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 33 |
| Steve Comer | .221 | .294 | .349 | .643 | 149 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 7 | | .213 | .260 | .340 | .600 | 141 | 30 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 21 |
| Doyle Alexander | .266 | .354 | .367 | .721 | 109 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6 | | .275 | .347 | .358 | .705 | 109 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 9 |
| Jon Matlack* | .286 | .286 | .457 | .743 | 35 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | | .329 | .352 | .557 | .909 | 140 | 46 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 17 |
| Dock Ellis | .457 | .512 | .586 | 1.098 | 70 | 32 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | | .368 | .427 | .559 | .985 | 68 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 |
| Total | .272 | .349 | .402 | .750 | 767 | 209 | 31 | 7 | 18 | 94 | 77 | | .255 | .304 | .388 | .692 | 926 | 236 | 42 | 3 | 25 | 60 | 136 |
| Starter/Reliever |
| Name | P | GS | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% | RS/G | | GR | GF | S | BS | SV% | HLD | IR | IRS | IR% | STR% |
| Sparky Lyle* | mr | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0.0 | | 24 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 1.000 | 3 | 18 | 5 | .278 | .614 |
| Doc Medich | sp | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0.0 | | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 9 | 3 | .333 | .590 |
| Jim Kern | cl | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0.0 | | 25 | 14 | 6 | 4 | .600 | 3 | 16 | 6 | .375 | .654 |
| Ed Farmer | mr | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 | .500 | 5.0 | | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 4 | 1 | .250 | .578 |
| Dave Rajsich* | mr | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0.0 | | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 12 | 3 | .250 | .635 |
| Ferguson Jenkins | sp | 12 | 3 | .250 | 2 | 6 | .500 | 6.3 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .624 |
| Steve Comer | sp | 11 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 5 | .455 | 5.0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .620 |
| Doyle Alexander | sp | 9 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 5 | .556 | 4.7 | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .583 |
| Jon Matlack* | sp | 7 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 3 | .429 | 4.6 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .673 |
| Dock Ellis | sp | 7 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 4.4 | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .607 |
| Total | | 48 | 3 | .063 | 2 | 20 | .417 | 5.1 | | 82 | 45 | 15 | 4 | .789 | 6 | 59 | 18 | .305 | .618 |