Texas Rangers History (1961 - ) - The Baseball Gauge @ Seamheads.com

	Choose a Metric

Texas Rangers

From To

Record	3964 - 4356 (.476)
Home +/-	-80.1
Away +/-	-116.3

	#	Last	Since
World Series	0		52 yrs
League	2	2011	2 yrs
Division	5	2011	2 yrs
Wild Card	1	2012	1 yrs

Baseball-Reference Links		Links
Team Encyclopedia	Batting Stats	Retrosheet
Starters Positional	Pitching Stats	Baseball-Almanac
Starters Pitching	Batting Leaders	Baseball America Execs
Opening Day Starters	Pitching Leaders	Wikipedia / BR Bullpen
Managers	Team Batting	SportsLogos.net
Amateur Drafts	Team Pitching	Official Site

Texas Rangers All-Time Team

WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com

Left Field	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Frank Howard	8	1965	1972	26.7
Rusty Greer	9	1994	2002	22.3
Al Oliver	4	1978	1981	11.5
David Murphy	7	2007	2013	10.3

Center Field	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Josh Hamilton	5	2008	2012	22.1
Don Lock	5	1962	1966	10.4
Gary Matthews	3	2004	2006	10.2
Oddibe McDowell	5	1985	1994	9.4

Right Field	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Juan Gonzalez	13	1989	2003	31.8
Ruben Sierra	10	1986	2003	20.2
Nelson Cruz	8	2006	2013	9.8
Jeff Burroughs	7	1970	1976	9.2

Shortstop	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Toby Harrah	11	1969	1986	32.2
Alex Rodriguez	3	2001	2003	25.6
Michael Young	13	2000	2012	25.4
Elvis Andrus	5	2009	2013	14.3

Second Base	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Ian Kinsler	8	2006	2013	31.7
Julio Franco	5	1989	1993	20.2
Bump Wills	5	1977	1981	15.5
Mark McLemore	5	1995	1999	10.2

Third Base	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Buddy Bell	8	1979	1989	36.1
Ken McMullen	6	1965	1970	21.2
Adrian Beltre	3	2011	2013	13.9
Hank Blalock	8	2002	2009	13.4

First Base	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Rafael Palmeiro	10	1989	2003	44.4
Mark Teixeira	5	2003	2007	21.5
Pete O'Brien	7	1982	1988	18.2
Mike Hargrove	5	1974	1978	17.1

Manager	Yrs	First	Last	mPts
Ron Washington	7	2007	2013	26.8
Johnny Oates	7	1995	2001	14.5
Bobby Valentine	8	1985	1992	9.0
Buck Showalter	4	2003	2006	5.1

Catcher	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Ivan Rodriguez	13	1991	2009	49.9
Jim Sundberg	12	1974	1989	34.6
Mike Napoli	2	2011	2012	7.0
Gerald Laird	6	2003	2008	5.8

Designated Hitter	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Brian Downing	2	1991	1992	5.2
Milton Bradley	1	2008	2008	5.2

Starting Pitcher	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Charlie Hough	11	1980	1990	33.3
Kenny Rogers	12	1989	2005	32.2
Fergie Jenkins	6	1974	1981	22.1
Kevin Brown	8	1986	1994	17.9
Gaylord Perry	4	1975	1980	15.6
Nolan Ryan	5	1989	1993	15.4
Jose Guzman	6	1985	1992	14.0
Rick Helling	8	1994	2001	13.8
Jon Matlack	6	1978	1983	12.5
Bert Blyleven	2	1976	1977	11.1
Roger Pavlik	7	1992	1998	10.6
Dick Bosman	8	1966	1973	10.4
Bobby Witt	11	1986	1998	9.8
Darren Oliver	10	1993	2011	9.6
Claude Osteen	4	1961	1964	9.3

Swingman	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
C.J. Wilson	7	2005	2011	11.2
Danny Darwin	8	1978	1995	10.8
Alexi Ogando	4	2010	2013	8.0
Joaquin Benoit	8	2001	2008	5.9

Relief Pitcher	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Jeff Russell	10	1985	1996	11.0
Francisco Cordero	7	2000	2006	9.9
Darold Knowles	6	1967	1977	9.4
John Wetteland	4	1997	2000	8.1
Jeff Zimmerman	3	1999	2001	7.7
Ron Kline	4	1963	1966	7.4
Neftali Feliz	4	2009	2012	6.9
Greg Harris	3	1985	1987	6.8
Jim Kern	3	1979	1981	6.2
Dave Schmidt	5	1981	1985	6.0
Paul Lindblad	4	1971	1978	5.5
Frank Francisco	6	2004	2010	4.8
Darren O'Day	3	2009	2011	4.7
Dale Mohorcic	3	1986	1988	4.5
Ron Mahay	5	2003	2007	4.4

Any questions, comments, suggestions?? Please contact the webmaster at BaseballGauge@gmail.com

The statistics used were obtained free of charge from The Baseball Databank.

Wins Above Replacement data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com.

Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry.

The transaction and player splits data used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
Interested parties may contact Retrosheet at "www.retrosheet.org".

Uniform images used with permission from Marc Okkonen, author of Baseball Uniforms of the 20th Century.
Images can also be viewed at the Hall of Fame online exhibit Dressed to the Nines

Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James