Profile
| Affiliation | AL West |
|---|---|
| Ballpark | Globe Life Field |
| World Series Titles | 1 (2023) |
| AL Pennant | 3 (2010, 11 and 23) |
Introduction
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. The team's name derives from a historic law enforcement agency.
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, moved 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 moved 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 professional sports 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. In the 2010 World Series, the franchise's first, the Rangers fell to the San Francisco Giants in five games. They repeated as American League champions the following year, but lost the 2011 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.
From 1961 through the 2022 season the Rangers' all-time regular season win–loss record is 4,650–5,146 (.475)
Went and Took It (1st World Series Title)
IT'S OVER!! The Texas Rangers Win the World Series!
In a pitcher's duel, Gallen didn't allow a hit in six innings. Meanwhile, Arizona had a scoring opportunity with runners on second and third base in the third inning, but Eovaldi retired Tommy Pham on a groundout. The Diamondbacks loaded the bases in the fifth inning but again failed to score. The Rangers ended Gallen's no-hit bid in the seventh inning on Corey Seager's single in left field; Seager scored on an RBI single by Mitch Garver. In the top of the eighth, Kevin Ginkel escaped the one-out bases-loaded jam to end the Rangers threat of another scoring opportunity. A single by Jonah Heim in the ninth inning scored two more runs for Texas, and then Semien hit a two-run home run to expand the lead to 5–0. Josh Sborz recorded the final outs for the Rangers as they won the game and the first World Series championship in franchise history, ending a 63 year drought. Seager won the World Series Most Valuable Player Award. Manager Bruce Bochy won his fourth World Series championship, becoming the third manager ever to win World Series championships in both leagues, after Sparky Anderson and Tony LaRussa.
See Also
Minnesota Twins: Both Teams started known as Washington Senators before they leave Washington.
Houston Astros: Their Intra State and Intra Division Rival.
New York Rangers (NHL): Both teams using "Rangers" as their nickname.
Dallas Cowboys (NFL)
Dallas Mavericks (NBA)
Dallas Stars (NHL)
