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Texas Rangers

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Record	3975 - 4372 (.476)
Home +/-	-82.2
Away +/-	-116.9

	#	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-Home Grown Team

WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com

Left Field	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Rusty Greer	9	1994	2002	22.3
Bill Sample	7	1978	1984	9.4
Kevin Mench	5	2002	2006	5.7
Tom Grieve	7	1970	1977	2.3

Center Field	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Oddibe McDowell	4	1985	1988	8.8
Del Unser	4	1968	1971	5.2
Craig Gentry	5	2009	2013	5.2
David Hulse	3	1992	1994	2.9

Right Field	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Juan Gonzalez	11	1989	1999	30.0
Ruben Sierra	7	1986	1992	19.7
Jeff Burroughs	7	1970	1976	9.2
Larry Biittner	4	1970	1973	-0.7

Shortstop	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Ed Brinkman	10	1961	1970	10.2
Curtis Wilkerson	6	1983	1988	2.0
Roy Smalley	2	1975	1976	1.2
Jeff Kunkel	7	1984	1990	1.1

Second Base	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Ian Kinsler	8	2006	2013	32.0
Bump Wills	5	1977	1981	15.5
Len Randle	6	1971	1976	5.2
Jeff Frye	3	1992	1995	3.9

Third Base	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Hank Blalock	8	2002	2009	13.4
Steve Buechele	7	1985	1991	11.4
Dean Palmer	8	1989	1997	8.6
Roy Howell	4	1974	1977	1.4

First Base	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Mark Teixeira	5	2003	2007	21.5
Pete O'Brien	7	1982	1988	18.2
Mike Hargrove	5	1974	1978	17.1
Mitch Moreland	4	2010	2013	2.7

Catcher	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Ivan Rodriguez	12	1991	2002	50.4
Jim Sundberg	10	1974	1983	33.5
Jim French	7	1965	1971	3.0
Taylor Teagarden	4	2008	2011	1.5

Starting Pitcher	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Kevin Brown	8	1986	1994	17.9
Jose Guzman	6	1985	1992	14.0
C.J. Wilson	7	2005	2011	11.2
Roger Pavlik	7	1992	1998	10.6
Darren Oliver	6	1993	1998	6.6
Derek Holland	5	2009	2013	6.1
Doug Davis	5	1999	2003	4.7
Steve Comer	5	1978	1982	4.0
Scott Feldman	8	2005	2012	3.7
Tommy Hunter	4	2008	2011	3.7
Paul Kilgus	2	1987	1988	2.7
Juan Dominguez	3	2003	2005	1.4
Len Barker	3	1976	1978	1.0
R.A. Dickey	5	2001	2006	0.2
Michael Kirkman	4	2010	2013	-0.0

Swingman	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Kenny Rogers	7	1989	1995	13.2
Danny Darwin	7	1978	1984	11.1
Dave Schmidt	5	1981	1985	6.0
Bobby Witt	7	1986	1992	5.9

Relief Pitcher	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Jeff Zimmerman	3	1999	2001	7.7
Steve Foucault	4	1973	1976	3.6
David Clyde	3	1973	1975	-0.3
Ryan Glynn	3	1999	2001	-0.5
Mike Loynd	2	1986	1987	-0.8
Gerald Alexander	3	1990	1992	-0.8
Terry Burrows	2	1994	1995	-0.9
Colby Lewis	3	2002	2004	-1.1
Jose Alberro	3	1995	1997	-1.2
Julio Santana	2	1997	1998	-1.7
Brian Bohanon	5	1990	1994	-1.8
Carl Bouldin	4	1961	1964	-2.0
Pete Broberg	4	1971	1974	-2.1

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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.
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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