2018 Texas Rangers season

The 2018 Texas Rangers season was the 58th of the Texas Rangers franchise overall, their 47th in Arlington as the Rangers, and their 25th season at Globe Life Park in Arlington. The Rangers began the season on March 29 against the Houston Astros and finished the season on September 30 against the Seattle Mariners.

2018 Texas Rangers
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record67–95 (.414)
Divisional place5th
Other information
Owner(s)Ray Davis & Bob R. Simpson
Manager(s)Jeff Banister (through September 19)
Don Wakamatsu (from September 21)
Local televisionFox Sports Southwest
(Dave Raymond, C.J. Nitkowski, Tom Grieve)
Local radioKRLD 105.3 FM (English)
(Eric Nadel, Matt Hicks, Dave Raymond)
KZMP 1540 AM (Spanish)
(Eleno Orlenas, Jerry Romo)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
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The Rangers completed a 5–4 triple play in their 8–6 win over the Los Angeles Angels on August 16. It was only the third 5–4 triple play in the expansion era (since 1961). It was also the first triple play since 1912 in which the batter was not retired.[1] The Rangers set a new club record with 13 extra-base hits in a game against the Minnesota Twins on September 2.[2]

On September 21, the Rangers fired Jeff Banister as manager following much speculation.[3] Bench coach Don Wakamatsu was promoted to interim manager for the final 10 games of the season.

Opening Day lineup
 3Delino DeShieldsCF
13Joey Gallo1B
 1Elvis AndrusSS
29Adrián Beltré3B
30Nomar MazaraRF
17Shin-Soo ChooDH
61Robinson ChirinosC
12Rougned Odor2B
16Ryan RuaLF
35Cole HamelsP
Source: [4]

Standings

American League West
AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Houston Astros 10359 0.636 — 46–35 57–24
Oakland Athletics 9765 0.599 6 50–31 47–34
Seattle Mariners 8973 0.549 14 45–36 44–37
Los Angeles Angels 8082 0.494 23 42–39 38–43
Texas Rangers 6795 0.414 36 34–47 33–48

American League Wild Card
Division Leaders W L Pct.
Boston Red Sox 10854 0.667
Houston Astros 10359 0.636
Cleveland Indians 9171 0.562


Wild Card teams
(Top 2 qualify for 1-game playoff)		 W L Pct. GB
New York Yankees 10062 0.617 +3
Oakland Athletics 9765 0.599 —
Tampa Bay Rays 9072 0.556 7
Seattle Mariners 8973 0.549 8
Los Angeles Angels 8082 0.494 17
Minnesota Twins 7884 0.481 19
Toronto Blue Jays 7389 0.451 24
Texas Rangers 6795 0.414 30
Detroit Tigers 6498 0.395 33
Chicago White Sox 62100 0.383 35
Kansas City Royals 58104 0.358 39
Baltimore Orioles 47115 0.290 50

Record against opponents
2018 American League 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 —3–163–42–52–41–62–41–51–67–121–51–68–113–45–147–13
Boston 16–3—3–43–44–23–45–16–04–310–92–44–311–86–115–416–4
Chicago 4–34–3—5–147–120–711–82–57–122–42–52–44–24–32–46–14
Cleveland 5–24–314–5—13–63–412–73–310–92–52–42–52–44–23–412–8
Detroit 4–22–412–76–13—1–58–113–47–123–40–73–42–43–44–36–14
Houston 6–14–37–04–35–1—5–113–64–22–512–79–103–412–74–213–7
Kansas City 4–21–58–117–1211–81–5—1–610–92–52–51–50–72–52–56–14
Los Angeles 5–10–65–23–34–36–136–1—4–31–510–98–111–613–64–310–10
Minnesota 6–13–412–79–1012–72–49–103–4—2–52–51–53–42–44–28–12
New York 12–79–104–25–24–35–25–25–15–2—3–35–110–94–313–611–9
Oakland 5–14–25–24–27–07–125–29–105–23–3—9–102–513–67–012–8
Seattle 6–13–44–25–24–310–95–111–85–11–510–9—6–110–93–46–14
Tampa Bay 11–88–112–44–24–24–37–06–14–39–105–21–6—5–113–67–13
Texas 4–31–63–42–44–37–125–26–134–23–46–139–101–5—3–39–11
Toronto 14–54–154–24–33–42–45–23–42–46–130–74–36–133–3—13–7

Updated with the results of all games through September 30, 2018.

Game log
2018 Game Log 67–95 (Home: 34–47; Away: 33–48)

Detailed records

Roster
2018 Texas Rangers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

  •  3 Delino DeShields
 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 Jason Wood
AA Frisco RoughRiders Texas League Joe Mikulik
A-Advanced Down East Wood Ducks Carolina League Spike Owen
A Hickory Crawdads South Atlantic League Matt Hagen
A-Short Season Spokane Indians Northwest League Kenny Holmberg
Rookie AZL Rangers Arizona League Matt Siegel
Rookie DSL Rangers Dominican Summer League Chad Comer

References
  1. "Rangers turn rare 5-4 triple play in win over Angels". ESPN.com. August 17, 2018. Retrieved August 17, 2018.
  2. Dotson, Wesley (September 2, 2018). "Rangers use 9-run 6th to cruise behind Mendez". MLB. Retrieved September 5, 2018.
  3. "Jeff Banister out as Texas Rangers manager". Dallas Morning News. September 21, 2018. Retrieved September 21, 2018.
  4. Sullivan, T.R. (March 28, 2018). "Texas Rangers announce 2018 Opening Day lineup". MLB. Retrieved April 14, 2018.
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