2012 Texas Rangers season
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The 2012 ALWC Game and were eliminated from the playoffs.
Offseason
Transactions
- October 31, 2011: The team exercised its club options on Colby Lewis and Yoshinori Tateyama, while also announcing that the entire coaching staff would return for 2012.[1][2]
- November 2, 2011: RHP Darren O'Day was claimed on waivers by the Baltimore Orioles[3][4][5]
- November 21, 2011: The club signed RHP Joe Nathan to a two-year $14.5 million deal with an option for a third year. He will be the team's closer and subsequently bump RHP Neftalí Feliz into the starting rotation. Nathan leaves the Minnesota Twins after becoming the all-time saves leader for the franchise over nine seasons with the club.[6]
- December 1, 2011: Taylor Teagarden was traded to the Baltimore Orioles for minor league RHP Randy Henry and a player to be named later. On December 8, 2011, the player was identified as minor league 2B Greg Miclat.[7][8]
- December 19, 2011: The team won the negotiating rights to Japanese RHP Yu Darvish for $51.7 million through the Posting system. The Rangers will have 30 days to negotiate a contract with Darvish, if no agreement is reached, then the posting fee is returned to the club and Darvish will return to the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters for the 2012 season.[9]
- December 21, 2011: C Luis Martinez acquired from the San Diego Padres for minor league RHP Ryan Kelly. Martinez will be put on the 40-man roster.[10]
- January 5, 2012: The Rangers traded infielder Chad Tracy to the Colorado Rockies in exchange for RHP Greg Reynolds. Reynolds was assigned to Triple A Round Rock.
- January 18, 2012: The Rangers and Japanese RHP Yu Darvish agreed on a six-year, $60 million contract. The contract was signed 15 minutes before a 4:00pm CST deadline. Yu was formally introduced to the organization with a press conference on January 20.
Roster
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Pitchers
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Catchers
Infielders
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Manager
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Player stats
Batting
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; AVG = Batting average; SLG = Slugging average
Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | AVG | SLG |
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Ian Kinsler | 157 | 655 | 105 | 168 | 42 | 5 | 19 | 72 | 21 | 60 | .256 | .423 |
Elvis Andrus | 158 | 629 | 85 | 180 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 62 | 21 | 57 | .286 | .378 |
Michael Young | 156 | 611 | 79 | 169 | 27 | 3 | 8 | 67 | 2 | 33 | .277 | .370 |
Adrián Beltré | 156 | 604 | 95 | 194 | 33 | 2 | 36 | 102 | 1 | 36 | .321 | .561 |
Nelson Cruz | 159 | 585 | 86 | 152 | 45 | 0 | 24 | 90 | 8 | 48 | .260 | .460 |
Josh Hamilton | 148 | 562 | 103 | 160 | 31 | 2 | 43 | 128 | 7 | 60 | .285 | .577 |
David Murphy | 147 | 457 | 65 | 139 | 29 | 3 | 15 | 61 | 10 | 54 | .304 | .479 |
Mike Napoli | 108 | 352 | 53 | 80 | 9 | 2 | 24 | 56 | 1 | 56 | .227 | .469 |
Mitch Moreland | 114 | 327 | 41 | 90 | 18 | 0 | 15 | 50 | 1 | 23 | .275 | .468 |
Craig Gentry | 121 | 240 | 31 | 73 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 13 | 14 | .304 | .392 |
Yorvit Torrealba | 49 | 161 | 16 | 38 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 14 | .236 | .342 |
Geovany Soto | 47 | 148 | 19 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 25 | 1 | 11 | .196 | .338 |
Brandon Snyder | 40 | 65 | 11 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 3 | .277 | .446 |
Alberto González | 24 | 54 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .241 | .315 |
Leonys Martín | 24 | 46 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | .174 | .370 |
Mike Olt | 16 | 33 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | .152 | .182 |
Luis Martinez | 10 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .111 | .111 |
Jurickson Profar | 9 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .176 | .471 |
Luis Hernández | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 |
Pitcher Totals | 162 | 24 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .208 | .208 |
Team Totals | 162 | 5590 | 808 | 1526 | 303 | 32 | 200 | 780 | 91 | 478 | .273 | .446 |
Source:[1]
Pitching
Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts
Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
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Matt Harrison | 18 | 11 | 3.29 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 213.1 | 210 | 82 | 78 | 59 | 133 |
Yu Darvish | 16 | 9 | 3.90 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 191.1 | 156 | 89 | 83 | 89 | 221 |
Derek Holland | 12 | 7 | 4.67 | 29 | 27 | 0 | 175.1 | 162 | 100 | 91 | 52 | 145 |
Scott Feldman | 6 | 11 | 5.09 | 29 | 21 | 0 | 123.2 | 139 | 79 | 70 | 32 | 96 |
Colby Lewis | 6 | 6 | 3.43 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 105.0 | 99 | 48 | 40 | 14 | 93 |
Ryan Dempster | 7 | 3 | 5.09 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 69.0 | 74 | 43 | 39 | 25 | 70 |
Alexi Ogando | 2 | 0 | 3.27 | 58 | 1 | 3 | 66.0 | 49 | 26 | 24 | 17 | 66 |
Robbie Ross Jr. | 6 | 0 | 2.22 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 65.0 | 55 | 21 | 16 | 23 | 47 |
Joe Nathan | 3 | 5 | 2.80 | 66 | 0 | 37 | 64.1 | 55 | 23 | 20 | 13 | 78 |
Roy Oswalt | 4 | 3 | 5.80 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 59.0 | 79 | 41 | 38 | 11 | 59 |
Mike Adams | 5 | 3 | 3.27 | 61 | 0 | 1 | 52.1 | 56 | 21 | 19 | 17 | 45 |
Neftalí Feliz | 3 | 1 | 3.16 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 42.2 | 28 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 28 |
Mark Lowe | 0 | 2 | 3.43 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 39.1 | 35 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 28 |
Martín Pérez | 1 | 4 | 5.45 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 38.0 | 47 | 26 | 23 | 15 | 25 |
Koji Uehara | 0 | 0 | 1.75 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 36.0 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 43 |
Michael Kirkman | 1 | 2 | 3.82 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 35.1 | 24 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 38 |
Tanner Scheppers | 1 | 1 | 4.45 | 39 | 0 | 1 | 32.1 | 47 | 18 | 16 | 9 | 30 |
Yoshinori Tateyama | 1 | 0 | 9.00 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 6 | 18 |
Justin Grimm | 1 | 1 | 9.00 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14.0 | 22 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 13 |
Wilmer Font | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
Craig Gentry | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Team Totals | 93 | 69 | 3.99 | 162 | 162 | 43 | 1442.0 | 1378 | 707 | 639 | 446 | 1286 |
Source:[2]
Season standings
American League West
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Oakland Athletics | 94 | 68 | 0.580 | — | 50–31 | 44–37 |
Texas Rangers | 93 | 69 | 0.574 | 1 | 50–31 | 43–38 |
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
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89 | 73 | 0.549 | 5 | 46–35 | 43–38 |
Seattle Mariners | 75 | 87 | 0.463 | 19 | 40–41 | 35–46 |
American League Wild Card
Division Winners | W
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New York Yankees | 95 | 67 | 0.586 |
Oakland Athletics | 94 | 68 | 0.580 |
Detroit Tigers | 88 | 74 | 0.543 |
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Wild Card teamsW
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Texas Rangers | 93 | 69 | 0.574 | — |
Baltimore Orioles | 93 | 69 | 0.574 | — |
Tampa Bay Rays | 90 | 72 | 0.556 | 3 |
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
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89 | 73 | 0.549 | 4 |
Chicago White Sox | 85 | 77 | 0.525 | 8 |
Seattle Mariners | 75 | 87 | 0.463 | 18 |
Toronto Blue Jays | 73 | 89 | 0.451 | 20 |
Kansas City Royals | 72 | 90 | 0.444 | 21 |
Boston Red Sox | 69 | 93 | 0.426 | 24 |
Cleveland Indians | 68 | 94 | 0.420 | 25 |
Minnesota Twins | 66 | 96 | 0.407 | 27 |
Record vs. opponents
Team | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | LAA | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TB | TEX | TOR | NL |
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Baltimore | – | 13–5 | 6–2 | 4–4 | 3–3 | 5–4 | 2–7 | 5–2 | 9–9 | 4–5 | 8–1 | 10–8 | 2–5 | 11–7 | 11–7 |
Boston | 5–13 | – | 6–2 | 5–3 | 5–5 | 4–3 | 0–6 | 4–3 | 5–13 | 1–8 | 5–4 | 9–9 | 2–6 | 7–11 | 11–7 |
Chicago | 2–6 | 2–6 | – | 11–7 | 6–12 | 6–12 | 3–5 | 14–4 | 5–2 | 3–3 | 8–1 | 4–3 | 6–3 | 6–4 | 9–9 |
Cleveland | 4–4 | 3–5 | 7–11 | – | 10–8 | 8–10 | 5–4 | 6–12 | 1–5 | 2–8 | 4–4 | 4–4 | 4–5 | 2–4 | 8–10 |
Detroit | 3–3 | 5–5 | 12–6 | 8–10 | – | 13–5 | 5–5 | 10–8 | 4–6 | 4–3 | 1–5 | 5–2 | 3–7 | 4–2 | 11–7 |
Kansas City | 4–5 | 3–4 | 12–6 | 10–8 | 5–13 | – | 4–5 | 7–11 | 3–4 | 5–4 | 1–7 | 4–2 | 4–5 | 2–6 | 8–10 |
Los Angeles |
7–2 | 6–0 | 5–3 | 4–5 | 5–5 | 5–4 | – | 6–3 | 4–5 | 9–10 | 11–8 | 1–9 | 10–9 | 4–4 | 12–6 |
Minnesota | 2–5 | 3–4 | 4–14 | 12–6 | 8–10 | 11–7 | 3–6 | – | 3–4 | 4–5 | 2–8 | 1–5 | 2–8 | 2–5 | 9–9 |
New York | 9–9 | 13–5 | 2–5 | 5–1 | 6–4 | 4–3 | 5–4 | 4–3 | – | 5–5 | 6–3 | 8–10 | 4–3 | 11–7 | 13–5 |
Oakland | 5–4 | 8–1 | 3–3 | 8–2 | 3–4 | 4–5 | 10–9 | 5–4 | 5–5 | – | 12–7 | 5–4 | 11–8 | 5–4 | 10–8 |
Seattle | 1–8 | 4–5 | 1–8 | 4–4 | 5–1 | 7–1 | 8–11 | 8–2 | 3–6 | 7–12 | – | 4–6 | 9–10 | 6–3 | 8–10 |
Tampa Bay | 8–10 | 9–9 | 3–4 | 4–4 | 2–5 | 2–4 | 9–1 | 5–1 | 10–8 | 4–5 | 6–4 | – | 5–4 | 14–4 | 9–9 |
Texas | 5–2 | 6–2 | 3–6 | 5–4 | 7–3 | 5–4 | 9–10 | 8–2 | 3–4 | 8–11 | 10–9 | 4–5 | – | 6–3 | 14–4 |
Toronto | 7–11 | 11–7 | 4–6 | 4–2 | 2–4 | 6–2 | 4–4 | 5–2 | 7–11 | 4–5 | 3–6 | 4–14 | 3–6 | – | 9–9 |
- Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2012
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Postseason
Wild Card Game
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Texas Rangers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Starting pitchers: BAL: Joe Saunders TEX: Yu Darvish --> WP: Joe Saunders (1–0) LP: Yu Darvish (0–1) |
Farm system
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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AAA | Round Rock Express | Pacific Coast League | Bobby Jones |
AA | Frisco RoughRiders | Texas League | Steve Buechele |
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Myrtle Beach Pelicans | Carolina League | Jason Wood |
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Hickory Crawdads | South Atlantic League | Bill Richardson |
A-Short Season
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Spokane Indians | Northwest League | Tim Hulett |
Rookie
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AZL Rangers
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Arizona League
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Corey Ragsdale |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: AZL Rangers
References
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- ^ "Orioles claim Darren O'Day off waivers from Rangers | MLB.com: News". Mlb.mlb.com. Retrieved August 15, 2012.
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- Dallas Morning News. November 2, 2011. Archived from the originalon November 5, 2011. Retrieved November 2, 2011.
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- ^ Richard DurrettESPNDallas.comFollowArchive (December 1, 2011). "Texas Rangers trade catcher Taylor Teagarden to Baltimore Orioles – ESPN Dallas". Espn.go.com. Retrieved August 15, 2012.
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- ^ "Rangers acquire catcher Luis Martinez in a trade with San Diego | texasrangers.com: News". Texas.rangers.mlb.com. Archived from the original on January 8, 2012. Retrieved August 15, 2012.