2008 Texas Rangers season

The Texas Rangers 2008 season was the 48th year of the franchise and 37th since moving to Arlington, Texas. The organization, after finishing fourth in the American League Western Division in 2007. The new season would be the first under the oversight of newly hired club president and former Ranger great Nolan Ryan. Upon his hire, Ryan indicated that his role in the 2008 season would be largely observational with regard to baseball operations, and any major changes would be made following the conclusion of the regular season.[1]

I don't come in with any preconceived ideas of what I want to do or what needs to be done", said Ryan, who indicated that he will make two extended trips to spring training to become acquainted with players and staff. "I think it'll be a learning process for me. I'm going to try to get my arms around our organization so I'll have a better understanding of who we are and what we do and what I can do to help us be better.

— Nolan Ryan, February 8, 2008 [2]

2008 Texas Rangers
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record79–83 (.488)
Divisional place2nd
Other information
Owner(s)Tom Hicks
General manager(s)Jon Daniels
Manager(s)Ron Washington
Local televisionFSN Southwest
KDFI (My 27)
KDFW (Fox 4)
Local radioKRLD
KFLC (Spanish)
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The Rangers set a Major League record for the most doubles by a team in a season, with 376.[3]

Preseason

Notable offseason transactions

The Rangers' offseason was filled with activity as Jon Daniels moved to quickly acquire talent both on and off the field. The 2007 club roster fielded several arbitration-eligible players, whose status for 2008 remained unsure. Several of these players would sign short-term contracts with the Rangers while others would seek playing time elsewhere.

2007

January 2008

February and March
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  • February 19: 2B Ian Kinsler signed a 5-year extension for $22 million, keeping him with the Rangers through 2012.
  • February 25: The Rangers agreed to terms with 7 players: OF David Murphy, 3B Travis Metcalf, RHPs Brandon McCarthy and Wes Littleton, and LHP A. J. Murray. The other two, RHPs Alexi Ogando and Omar Beltré remained on the restricted list until their legal issues were resolved prior to the 2010 season.
  • February 28: General Manager Jon Daniels and Rangers President Nolan Ryan signed contracts through the 2011 season.
  • March 25: OF Nelson Cruz designated for assignment, cleared waivers, and later assigned to the minor leagues.

Regular season

Opening Day starters

Season standings
AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 10062 0.617 — 50–31 50–31
Texas Rangers 7983 0.488 21 40–41 39–42
Oakland Athletics 7586 0.466 24½ 43–38 32–48
Seattle Mariners 61101 0.377 39 35–46 26–55

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Record vs. Opponents
Team BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC LAA MIN NYY OAK SEA TB TEX TOR NL
Baltimore–6–124–54–44–35–33–63–37–110–58–23–154–56–1211–7
Boston12–6–4–35–15–26–11–84–39–96–46–38–109–19–911–7
Chicago5–43–4–11–712–612–65–59–102–55–45–14–63–31–712–6
Cleveland4–41–57–11–11–710–84–58–104–35–44–55–26–46–16–12
Detroit3–42–56–127–11–7–113–67–114–23–67–33–46–33–513–5
Kansas City3–51–66–128–1011–7–2–36–125–56–37–23–52–72–513–5
Los Angeles6–38–15–55–46–33–2–5–37–310–914–53–612–76–310–8
Minnesota3–33–410–910–811–712–63–5–4–65–55–43–35–50–614–4
New York11–79–95–23–42–45–53–76–4–5–17–211–73–49–910–8
Oakland5–04–64–54–56–33–69–105–51–5-10–93–67–124–610–8
Seattle2–83–61–55–43–72–75–144–52–79–10–3–48–115–49–9
Tampa Bay15–310–86–42–54–35–36–33–37–116–34–3–6–311–712–6
Texas5–41–93–34–63–67–27–125–54–312–711–83–6–4–410–8
Toronto12–69–97–11–65–35–23–66–09–96–44–57–114–4–8–10

Game log
Legend
Rangers Win Rangers Loss Game Postponed
2008 Game Log (79-83)

Roster
2008 Texas Rangers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI

Pitching

Starting pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO

Other pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO

Relief pitchers
Player G W L SV ERA SO

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Oklahoma RedHawks Pacific Coast League Bobby Jones
AA Frisco RoughRiders Texas League Scott Little
A Bakersfield Blaze California League Damon Berryhill
A Clinton LumberKings Midwest League Mike Micucci
A-Short Season Spokane Indians Northwest League Tim Hulett
Rookie AZL Rangers Arizona League Bill Richardson

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Spokane

References
  1. Jamey Newberg's The Newberg Report: Nolan Ryan returns. Newbergreport.com (February 7, 2008). Retrieved on November 5, 2010.
  2. Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Star-telegram.com. Retrieved on 05-11-2010.
  3. "Doubles Team Records". Baseball-Almanac.com. Retrieved May 14, 2012.
  4. http://www.bbtia.com/archives/
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