Texas Rangers (baseball)

Texas Rangers
Texas Rangers
	2024 Texas Rangers season
Established	1961
Based in Arlington since 1972
	Cap insignia
Major league affiliations
American League (1961–present) West Division (1972–present); ;
Retired numbers	7; 10; 26; 29; 34; 42;
Colors
	Blue, red, white; ;
Name
	Texas Rangers (1972–present);
	Washington Senators (1961–1971); ;
Other nicknames
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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)	2023 · 2011 · 2010
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West Division titles (7)	2016 · 2015 · 2011 · 2010 · 1999 · 1998 · 1996
{{{misc5}}}	{{{OTHER DIV CHAMPS}}}
Wild card berths (1)	2012 ·
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Front office
Owner(s)	Rangers Baseball Express, LLC (Ray Davis and Bob R. Simpson, co-chairmen)
Manager	Bruce Bochy
General Manager	Chris Young

The Texas Rangers are an American Major League Baseball team from Arlington, Texas. The team plays in Arlington, but it also represents the cities of Dallas and Fort Worth and the surrounding area. The Rangers are part of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League.

Their first home field in Texas was Arlington Stadium. They built Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, later known as Globe Life Park in Arlington, next door, and tore down Arlington Stadium when they moved in to the new stadium. After the 2019 season, they left Globe Life Park for the new Globe Life Field, located across the street. Globe Life Park was then rebuilt into a football and soccer stadium.

The team began in 1961 as the Washington Senators. The Senators played poorly and had too few fans to support them. The team moved to Arlington, Texas, in 1972. They were renamed in honor of the famous state police force called the Texas Rangers. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, there had also been a minor league baseball team called the Dallas Rangers.

Postseason

On October 22, 2010, the Rangers won the American League Championship Series (ALCS) for the first time. They beat the then-defending champion New York Yankees four games to two in the series. This was their first trip to the World Series, but they lost the San Francisco Giants in five games.^[6]

In 2011, the Rangers again reached the World Series, and again lost, this time to the St. Louis Cardinals.

In 2023, the Rangers won the World Series, beating the Arizona Diamondbacks 4-1, winning the first, third, fourth, and fifth game.

Texas Rangers (baseball) Media

The second iteration of the Washington Senators wore this cap logo from 1968 to 1971. It was later adopted by the Washington Nationals in 2005.
U.S. President Richard Nixon throwing the Opening Day ceremonial first pitch at RFK Stadium on April 7, 1969, with Ted Williams (left) and Bob Short (right, partially obscured by Ralph Houk)
Jim Sundberg, catcher during 1974–1983 and 1988–1989
Arlington Stadium, home ballpark from 1972 to 1993
President George H. W. Bush with son, George W. Bush, and baseball broadcaster, Joe Morgan, in the Texas Rangers locker room, 1991. Future president George W. Bush (far right) owned the Rangers from 1989 to 1994
Nolan Ryan, Rangers pitcher from 1989 to 1993
Globe Life Park opened in 1994.
Michael Young was selected for the MLB All-Star Game seven times (2004–2009, 2011).
Nelson Cruz, Rangers outfielder from 2006 to 2013
Josh Hamilton, Rangers outfielder from 2008 to 2012