I felt alone out there, like I was on a desert island. I felt like Gilligan.

They also won the 1976 pennant but lost in the World Series to the Cincinnati Reds. There he set the single-season record for hits by a Ranger with 210 in 1980 a mark since eclipsed by Michael Young. 326 batting average in 1977 but was traded in the middle of the 1979 season to Texas.

He was generally known as a speedy leadoff hitter who made contact and was an excellent center fielder with a below-average throwing arm.