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Texas Rangers Team History

Posted on June 23, 2012 at 09:21 PM.

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The franchise was established in 1961 by the name of the Washington Senators, an expansion team awarded to Washington, D.C., after the city's first ballclub, the original Washington Senators, moved to Minnesota and became the Twins. After the 1971 season, the new Senators moved to Arlington, Texas, and debuted as the Rangers the following spring.

The Texas Rangers Baseball Club has made five appearances in the MLB postseason, all following division championships, in 1996, 1998, 1999, 2010, and 2011. In 2010, the Rangers advanced past the Division Series for the first time, defeating the Tampa Bay Rays. Texas then brought home 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. Their lone victory made them the first Texas MLB team to win a World Series game, the Houston Astros having been swept in their 2005 World Series appearance. They repeated as American League champions the following year, then lost the 2011 World Series to the St. Louis Cardinals in seven games.

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ALL-TIME RECORDS


REGULAR SEASON

MLB Seasons (51): 3852-4289 (.473)
Division Titles (5): 1996, 1998, 1999, 2010, 2011

POST-SEASON

Divisional Series (5): 7-12 (.368), Series W-L: 2-3 (.400)
Championship Series (2): 8-4 (.667), Series W-L: 2-0 (1.000)
World Series (2): 4-8 (.333), Series W-L: 0-2 (.000)
Post-Season Record: 19-24 (.442), Total Series W-L: 4-5 (.444)

HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES

2003: Charlie Hough, Johnny Oates, Nolan Ryan, Jim Sundberg
2004: Buddy Bell, Ferguson Jenkins, Tom Vandergriff
2005: Mark Holtz, John Wetteland
2007: Rusty Greer
2009: Toby Harrah, Rub�n Sierra
2010: Tom Grieve
2011: Kenny Rogers

RETIRED NUMBERS

#26 Johnny Oates (Manager)
#34 Nolan Ryan (P)
#42 Jackie Robinson (Retired by MLB)