2013 Texas Rangers season

The 2013 Texas Rangers season was the Rangers' 53rd season of the franchise and the 42nd since the team relocated to Arlington, Texas. The Rangers lost a tie-breaking 163rd game against the Tampa Bay Rays on September 30, 2013, and were eliminated from playoff contention for the first time since 2009.[1]

2013 Texas Rangers
Cap insignia for the 2013 Texas Rangers
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record91–72 (.558)
Divisional place2nd
Other information
Owner(s)Rangers Baseball Express (Nolan Ryan, Ray Davis and Bob R. Simpson)
General manager(s)Jon Daniels
Manager(s)Ron Washington
Local televisionFox Sports Southwest
KTXA
(Steve Busby, Tom Grieve)
Local radioKESN ESPN Radio 103.3 FM (English)
(Eric Nadel, Matt Hicks)
KZMP 1540 AM (Spanish)
(Eleno Orlenas, Jerry Romo)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
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Season standings

American League West
AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Oakland Athletics 9666 0.593 — 52–29 44–37
Texas Rangers 9172 0.558 5½ 46–36 45–36
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 7884 0.481 18 39–42 39–42
Seattle Mariners 7191 0.438 25 36–45 35–46
Houston Astros 51111 0.315 45 24–57 27–54

American League Wild Card
Division Winners W L Pct.
Boston Red Sox 9765 0.599
Oakland Athletics 9666 0.593
Detroit Tigers 9369 0.574


Wild Card teams
(Top 2 qualify for 1-game playoff)		 W L Pct. GB
Cleveland Indians 9270 0.568 +½
Tampa Bay Rays 9271 0.564 —
Texas Rangers 9172 0.558 1
Kansas City Royals 8676 0.531 5½
Baltimore Orioles 8577 0.525 6½
New York Yankees 8577 0.525 6½
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 7884 0.481 13½
Toronto Blue Jays 7488 0.457 17½
Seattle Mariners 7191 0.438 20½
Minnesota Twins 6696 0.407 25½
Chicago White Sox 6399 0.389 28½
Houston Astros 51111 0.315 40½

The 2013 Rangers are to date the winningest team not to make the postseason in the expanded Wild Card era.

Record vs. opponents
2013 AL Records
Source: AL Standings Head-to-Head
Team BAL BOS CWS CLE DET HOU KC LAA MIN NYY OAK SEA TB TEX TOR NL
Baltimore—11–84–33–44–24–23–45–23–39–105–22–46–135–210–911–9
Boston8–11—4–26–13–46–12–53–34–313–63–36–112–72–411–814–6
Chicago3–42–4—2–177–123–49–103–48–113–32–53–32–54–24–38–12
Cleveland4–31–617–2—4–156–110–94–213–61–65–25–22–45–14–211–9
Detroit2–44–312–715–4—6–19–100–611–83–33–45–23–33–45–212–8
Houston2–41–64–31–61–6—2–410–91–51–54–159–102–52–173–48–12
Kansas City4–35–210–99–1010–94–2—2–515–42–51–54–36–13–32–49–11
Los Angeles2–53–34–32–46–09–105–2—1–53–48–1111–84–34–156–110–10
Minnesota3–33–411–86–138–115–14–155–1—2–51–64–31–64–31–58–12
New York10–96–133–36–13–35–15–24–35–2—1–54–37–123–414–59–11
Oakland2–53–35–22–54–315–45–111–86–15–1—8–113–310–94–313–7
Seattle4–21–63–32–52–510–93–48–113–43–411–8—3–37–123–38–12
Tampa Bay13–67–125–24–23–35–21–63–46–112–73–33–3—4–411–812–8
Texas2–54–22–41–54–317–23–315–43–44–39–1012–74–4—1–610–10
Toronto9–108–113–42–42–54–34–21–65–15–143–43–38–116–1—11–9

Game log

Legend

Rangers Win Rangers Loss Game Postponed
2013 Game Log

Roster
2013 Texas Rangers
Roster
Pitchers
  • 58 Joseph Ortiz
  • 46 Robbie Ross
 Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

  • 20 Julio Borbon
 Manager

Coaches

  • 66 Josh Frasier (bullpen catcher)

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Round Rock Express Pacific Coast League Bobby Jones
AA Frisco RoughRiders Texas League Steve Buechele
A Myrtle Beach Pelicans Carolina League Jason Wood
A Hickory Crawdads South Atlantic League Corey Ragsdale
A-Short Season Spokane Indians Northwest League Tim Hulett
Rookie AZL Rangers Arizona League Kenny Holmberg

[2]

References
  1. "AL wild-card tiebreaker preview: Rangers have edge on Rays". mlb.si.com. Retrieved September 30, 2013.
  2. Leventhal, Josh, ed. (2013). Baseball America 2014 Almanac. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-48-0.
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