Texas Rangers (baseball)

Texas Rangers
Texas Rangers
2024 Texas Rangers season
	Established in 1961; Based in Arlington since 1972;
Team logo	Cap insignia
Major league affiliations
	American League (1961–present) West Division (1972–present); East Division (1969–1971); ;
Current uniform
Retired numbers	7; 10; 26; 29; 34; 42;
Colors
	Blue, red, white; ;
Name
	Texas Rangers (1972–present); Washington Senators (1961–1971);
Ballpark
	Globe Life Field (2020–present); Rangers Ballpark in Arlington (1994–2019); Arlington Stadium (1972–1993); Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium (1962–1971); Griffith Stadium (1961);
Major league titles
World Series titles (1)	2023
AL Pennants (3)	2010; 2011; 2023;
West Division titles (7)	1996; 1998; 1999; 2010; 2011; 2015; 2016;
Wild card berths (2)	2012; 2023;
Front office
Principal owner(s)	Rangers Baseball Express, LLC (Ray Davis and Bob R. Simpson, co-chairmen)
President	Neil Leibman
General manager	Chris Young
Manager	Bruce Bochy

The Texas Rangers are an American professional baseball team based in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. The Rangers compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) West Division. In 2020, the Rangers moved to the new Globe Life Field in Arlington after having played at Globe Life Park (now Choctaw Stadium) from 1994 to 2019. They are one of two major league clubs based in Texas, alongside the Houston Astros of the same division. The team's name is derived from a historic law enforcement agency.^[5]

The franchise was established in 1961, as the Washington Senators, an expansion team awarded to Washington, D.C., after the city's first AL ballclub, the second Washington Senators, relocated to Minnesota and became the Twins (the original Washington Senators played primarily in the National League during the 1890s). After the 1971 season, the new Senators relocated to Arlington, and debuted as the Rangers the following spring.

The Rangers have made nine appearances in the MLB postseason, seven following division championships in 1996, 1998, 1999, 2010, 2011, 2015, and 2016 and as a wild card team in both 2012 and 2023. Prior to 2010, the Rangers were the only team in MLB to have never advanced past the first round of the playoffs. In 2010, the Rangers advanced past the Division Series for the first time, defeating the Tampa Bay Rays. The team then won their first American League pennant after beating the New York Yankees in six games; league MVP Josh Hamilton won their first ALCS MVP award for a Ranger player. In the their first appearance in a World Series, the Rangers fell to the San Francisco Giants in five games. They repeated as American League champions the following year, but lost the World Series to the St. Louis Cardinals in seven games. In 2023, the Rangers returned to the World Series and won their first-ever championship, defeating the Arizona Diamondbacks in five games, with Corey Seager being the first Ranger player to win the World Series Most Valuable Player Award.

From 1961 through the end of 2023, the franchise's overall win–loss record is 4,740–5,218–6 (.476). Since moving to Texas in 1972, the Rangers have an overall win–loss record of 4,000–4,186–5 (.489) through the end of 2023.^[6]

^ Landry, Kennedi (October 24, 2023). "Rangers boot Astros in Game 7 to reach 1st World Series since '11". TexasRangers.com. MLB Advanced Media. Retrieved November 7, 2023. Rangers first baseman Nathaniel Lowe sprinted from the stage in center field, carrying a large flag adorned with a "Texas Rangers: American League Champions" logo. He waved the flag in front of hundreds (thousands?) of fans wearing red, white and blue at Minute Maid Park, before disappearing into the clubhouse.
^ "Uniforms and Logos". TexasRangers.com. MLB Advanced Media. Archived from the original on January 2, 2021. Retrieved April 17, 2018.
^ Bloom, Barry M. (November 14, 2013). "MLB owners approve Davis as control person". MLB.com. MLB Advanced Media. Archived from the original on January 2, 2021. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
^ "Rangers All-Time Owners". TexasRangers.com. MLB Advanced Media. Archived from the original on January 2, 2021. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
^ Sullivan, T.R. (December 1, 2021). "How they came to be called the Rangers". TexasRangers.com. MLB Advanced Media. Retrieved November 1, 2023.
^ "Texas Rangers Team Record & Encyclopedia". Baseball–Reference. Sports Reference. Archived from the original on April 6, 2011. Retrieved September 28, 2020.

[1] Landry, Kennedi (October 24, 2023). "Rangers boot Astros in Game 7 to reach 1st World Series since '11". TexasRangers.com. MLB Advanced Media. Retrieved November 7, 2023. Rangers first baseman Nathaniel Lowe sprinted from the stage in center field, carrying a large flag adorned with a "Texas Rangers: American League Champions" logo. He waved the flag in front of hundreds (thousands?) of fans wearing red, white and blue at Minute Maid Park, before disappearing into the clubhouse.

[2] "Uniforms and Logos". TexasRangers.com. MLB Advanced Media. Archived from the original on January 2, 2021. Retrieved April 17, 2018.

[DavisControl-3] Bloom, Barry M. (November 14, 2013). "MLB owners approve Davis as control person". MLB.com. MLB Advanced Media. Archived from the original on January 2, 2021. Retrieved November 7, 2019.

[4] "Rangers All-Time Owners". TexasRangers.com. MLB Advanced Media. Archived from the original on January 2, 2021. Retrieved November 7, 2019.

[5] Sullivan, T.R. (December 1, 2021). "How they came to be called the Rangers". TexasRangers.com. MLB Advanced Media. Retrieved November 1, 2023.

[BRseasons-6] "Texas Rangers Team Record & Encyclopedia". Baseball–Reference. Sports Reference. Archived from the original on April 6, 2011. Retrieved September 28, 2020.

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