List of Texas Rangers seasons

The Texas Rangers Major League Baseball team has played 59 seasons since its establishment as the Washington Senators in 1961. The team was unsuccessful in its early years, not having its first winning season until 1969. It moved to Arlington, Texas, in 1972, and continued to perform poorly, with only one season of over ninety wins and not a single postseason appearance until after the 1994 strike. After the George W. Bush/Edward W. Rose Partnership bought the team in 1989, the Rangers earned three postseason appearances in four years (1996 to 1999). The Rangers again declined to mediocrity under owner Tom Hicks until Hicks put the team into bankruptcy in 2010, at which time an ownership group led by Nolan Ryan and Chuck Greenberg bought the team and the Rangers began the best period of success in franchise history. Between 2010 and 2016, Texas reached the postseason five times, won four division titles, and appeared unexpectedly in their first two World Series (in 2010 and 2011).

Abstract

Regular season
  • 59 Major League Baseball seasons: 4,503–4,913 (.478)
  • 2 American League Pennants: 2010, 2011
  • 7 Division titles: 1996, 1998, 1999, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2016
  • 1 Wild Card: 2012

Postseason
  • 1 appearance in Wild Card Game: 0–1 (.000)
  • 7 appearances in Division Series: 9–18 (.333), Series W-L: 2–5 (.286)
  • 2 appearances in the Championship Series: 8–4 (.667), Series W-L: 2–0 (1.000)
  • 2 appearances in the World Series: 4–8 (.333), Series W-L: 0–2 (.000)
  • Postseason record: 21–31 (.404), Total series W-L: 4–7 (.364)

Season-by-season records
World Series champions † AL champions * Division champions (1969–present) ^ Wild card berth (1995–present) ¤
Season Level League Division Finish Won Lost Win % GB Playoffs Awards
Washington Senators
1961 MLBAL9th61100.38047½
1962 MLBAL10th60101.37535½
1963 MLBAL10th56106.34548½
1964 MLBAL9th62100.38237
1965 MLBAL8th7092.43232
1966 MLBAL8th7188.43825½
1967 MLBAL6th7685.47615½
1968 MLBAL10th6596.39937½
1969 MLBALEast4th8676.53023
1970 MLBALEast6th7092.43238
1971 MLBALEast5th6396.40838½
Texas Rangers
1972 MLBALWest6th54100.35038½
1973 MLBALWest6th57105.35137
1974 MLBALWest2nd8476.5255 Jeff Burroughs (MVP)
Mike Hargrove (ROY)
1975 MLBALWest3rd7983.48719
1976 MLBALWest5th7686.46914
1977 MLBALWest2nd9468.5808
1978 MLBALWest3rd8775.5375
1979 MLBALWest3rd8379.5125
1980 MLBALWest4th7685.46820½
1981 MLB AL West2nd3322.6001½
3rd2426.4804½
1982 MLBALWest6th6498.39529
1983 MLBALWest3rd7785.47522
1984 MLBALWest7th6992.42814½
1985 MLBALWest7th6299.38528½
1986 MLBALWest2nd8775.5375
1987 MLBALWest7th7587.46210
1988 MLBALWest6th7091.43533½
1989 MLBALWest4th8379.51216
1990 MLBALWest3rd8379.51220
1991 MLBALWest3rd8577.52410
1992 MLBALWest4th7785.47519
1993 MLBALWest2nd8676.5308
1994 MLBALWest1st5262.456— Postseason cancelled
1995 MLBALWest3rd7470.5134½
1996 MLBALWest ^1st9072.555— Lost ALDS (Yankees) 3–1 Juan González (MVP)
Johnny Oates (MOY)
1997 MLBALWest3rd7785.47513
1998 MLBALWest ^1st8874.543— Lost ALDS (Yankees) 3–0 Juan González (MVP)
1999 MLBALWest ^1st9567.586— Lost ALDS (Yankees) 3–0 Iván Rodríguez (MVP)
2000 MLBALWest4th7191.43820½
2001 MLBALWest4th7389.45043
2002 MLBALWest4th7290.44431
2003 MLBALWest4th7191.43825 Alex Rodriguez (MVP)
2004 MLBALWest3rd8973.5493 Buck Showalter (MOY)
2005 MLBALWest3rd7983.48716
2006 MLBALWest3rd8082.49313
2007 MLBALWest4th7587.46218
2008 MLBALWest2nd7983.48721
2009 MLBALWest2nd8775.53710
2010 MLBAL *West ^1st9072.556— Won ALDS (Rays) 3–2
Won ALCS (Yankees) 4–2
Lost World Series (Giants) 4–1 *		 Josh Hamilton (MVP)
Neftalí Feliz (ROY)
2011 MLBAL *West ^1st9666.593— Won ALDS (Rays) 3–1
Won ALCS (Tigers) 4–2
Lost World Series (Cardinals) 4–3 *
2012 MLBALWest2nd ¤9369.5741 Lost ALWC (Orioles)
2013 MLBALWest2nd9172.5585½
2014 MLBALWest5th6795.41431
2015 MLBALWest ^1st8874.543— Lost ALDS (Blue Jays) 3–2 Jeff Banister (MOY)
Prince Fielder (CBPOY)
2016 MLBALWest ^1st9567.586— Lost ALDS (Blue Jays) 3–0
2017 MLBALWest4th7884.48123
2018 MLBALWest5th6795.41436
2019 MLBALWest3rd7884.48129
Total4,5034,913.478Playoffs: 21–31 (.404)

Record by decade

The following table describes the Rangers' MLB win–loss record by decade.

Decade Wins Losses Win %
1960s 607844.418
1970s 747860.465
1980s 720839.462
1990s 807747.519
2000s 776844.479
2010s 843778.520
All-time 4,359 4,741 .479

These statistics are from Baseball-Reference.com's Texas Rangers History & Encyclopedia,[1] and are current as of September 29, 2019.

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References
  1. "Texas Rangers History & Encyclopedia". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 9, 2018.
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