2016 Texas Rangers season

2016 Texas Rangers
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1961)
West Division (since 1972)
Location
Globe Life Park in Arlington (since 1994)
Arlington (since 1972)
Other information
Owner(s)	Ray Davis
Manager(s)	Jeff Banister
Local television	Fox Sports Southwest (Steve Busby, Tom Grieve, Dave Raymond)
Local radio	KRLD 105.3 FM (English) (Eric Nadel, Matt Hicks, Dave Raymond) KZMP 1540 AM (Spanish) (Eleno Orlenas, Jerry Romo)
Stats	ESPN.com BB-reference
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The 2016 Texas Rangers season is the Rangers' 56th season of the franchise and the 45th since the team relocated to Arlington, Texas.

Regular season

Season standings

American League West

AL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Seattle Mariners	17	11	0.607	—	5–7	12–4
Texas Rangers	15	14	0.517	2½	10–5	5–9
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	13	15	0.464	4	6–6	7–9
Oakland Athletics	13	16	0.448	4½	5–11	8–5
Houston Astros	10	19	0.345	7½	6–8	4–11

American League Wild Card

Division Leaders	W	L	Pct.
Chicago White Sox	19	10	0.655
Boston Red Sox	17	11	0.607
Seattle Mariners	17	11	0.607

Wild Card teams (Top 2 qualify for 1-game playoff)	W	L	Pct.	GB
Baltimore Orioles	16	11	0.593	+2
Cleveland Indians	13	12	0.520	—
Detroit Tigers	14	13	0.519	—
Kansas City Royals	14	13	0.519	—
Texas Rangers	15	14	0.517	—
Toronto Blue Jays	15	15	0.500	½
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	13	15	0.464	1½
Tampa Bay Rays	12	14	0.462	1½
Oakland Athletics	13	16	0.448	2
New York Yankees	9	17	0.346	4½
Houston Astros	10	19	0.345	5
Minnesota Twins	8	20	0.286	6½

Record against opponents

2016 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	—	2–1	2–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	3–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	3–2	1–2	2–1	0–0
Boston	1–2	—	0–1	1–1	0–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	3–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	4–3	3–1
Chicago	2–2	1–0	—	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	3–0	0–0	3–1	0–0	1–2	3–0	3–0	0–0
Cleveland	0–0	1–1	1–1	—	3–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	1–2	2–1	0–0	0–0	1–5
Detroit	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–3	—	1–2	1–2	0–0	3–0	1–1	3–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	5–1
Houston	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	2–1	—	1–3	0–0	2–1	1–2	1–2	1–2	0–0	0–3	0–0	1–2
Kansas City	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	3–1	—	0–0	3–0	0–0	1–2	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1
Los Angeles	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–3	0–0	3–0	1–2	0–0	2–2	0–0	0–2
Minnesota	0–3	0–0	0–3	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–3	3–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–2
New York	1–2	0–3	0–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–3	1–2	2–1	1–2	1–2	0–0
Oakland	0–0	0–0	1–3	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–3	0–0	2–0	—	3–2	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0
Seattle	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	3–1	2–1	2–1	0–0	2–1	3–3	—	0–0	3–3	0–0	0–0
Tampa Bay	2–3	1–1	2–1	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	3–4	0–0
Texas	2–1	0–0	0–3	0–0	0–0	3–0	0–0	4–2	0–0	2–1	0–0	3–3	0–0	—	1–0	0–0
Toronto	1–2	3–4	0–3	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	2–1	0–0	4–3	0–0	—	0–0

Game Log

2016 Game Log[1]
April: 14–10 (Home: 10–4 ; Away: 4–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 4 Mariners W 3–2 C. Hamels (1–0) F. Hernández (0–1) S. Tolleson (1) 49,289 1–0 2 April 5 Mariners L 2–10 N. Vincent (1–0) T. Barnette (0–1) 28,386 1–1 3 April 6 Mariners L 5–9 J. Benoit (1–0) S. Tolleson (0–1) 26,945 1–2 4 April 7 @ Angels L 3–4 H. Street (1–0) S. Dyson (0–1) 39,089 1–3 5 April 8 @ Angels W 7–3 A.J. Griffin (1–0) M. Shoemaker (0–1) 35,207 2–3 6 April 9 @ Angels W 4–1 C. Hamels (2–0) G. Richards (0–2) S. Tolleson (2) 38,106 3–3 7 April 10 @ Angels L 1–3 J. Weaver (1–0) M. Pérez (0–1) H. Street (1) 35,097 3–4 8 April 11 @ Mariners W 7–3 C. Lewis (1–0) H. Iwakuma (0–1) 13,468 4–4 9 April 12 @ Mariners W 8–0 D. Holland (1–0) W. Miley (0–1) 13,376 5–4 10 April 13 @ Mariners L 2–4 (10) S. Cishek (1–0) J. Diekman (0–1) 15,075 5–5 11 April 14 Orioles W 6–3 T. Wilhelmsen (1-0) C. Tillman (1-1) S. Tolleson (3) 22,820 6–5 12 April 15 Orioles L 5–11 V. Worley (1-0) T. Wilhelmsen (1-1) 32,628 6–6 13 April 16 Orioles W 8–4 K. Kela (1-0) T. J. McFarland (0-1) 39,493 7–6 – April 17 Orioles Postponed (rain). Makeup date: June 20th. 14 April 19 Astros W 7–5 D. Holland (2-0) S. Feldman (0-2) S. Tolleson (4) 24,181 8–6 15 April 20 Astros W 2–1 C. Hamels (3-0) D. Fister (1-2) S. Tolleson (5) 25,821 9–6 16 April 21 Astros W 7–4 A.J. Griffin (2-0) D. Keuchel (2-2) S. Tolleson (6) 25,886 10–6 17 April 22 @ White Sox L 0–5 J. Quintana (2-1) M. Pérez (0-2) 15,486 10–7 18 April 23 @ White Sox L 3–4 (11) M. Albers (1-0) N. Martinez (0-1) 20,182 10–8 19 April 24 @ White Sox L 1–4 M. Latos (4-0) D. Holland (2-1) D. Robertson (7) 26,058 10–9 20 April 25 Yankees L 1–3 N. Eovaldi (1-2) C. Ramos (0-1) A. Miller (5) 31,453 10–10 21 April 26 Yankees W 10-1 A.J. Griffin (3-0) L. Severino (0-3) 26,163 11–10 22 April 27 Yankees W 3–2 M. Pérez (1-2) C.C. Sabathia (1-2) S. Tolleson (7) 35,477 12–10 23 April 29 Angels W 4–2 C. Lewis (2-0) H. Santiago (2-1) S. Tolleson (8) 29,589 13–10 24 April 30 Angels W 7–2 D. Holland (3-1) M. Shoemaker (1-4) – 41,571 14–10
May: 1–3 (Home: 0–1 ; Away: 1–2 ) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 25 May 1 Angels L 6–9 G. Mahle (1-0) T. Wilhelmsen (1-2) 39,401 14–11 26 May 2 @ Blue Jays W 2–1 T. Barnette (1-1) G. Floyd (0-2) S. Tolleson (9) 25,323 15–11 27 May 3 @ Blue Jays L 1–3 (10) J. Biagini (1-1) P. Klein (0-1) 24,437 15–12 28 May 4 @ Blue Jays L 3–4 R. Osuna (1-0) T. Barnette (1-2) 25,229 15–13 29 May 5 @ Blue Jays 30 May 6 @ Tigers 31 May 7 @ Tigers 32 May 8 @ Tigers 33 May 9 White Sox 34 May 10 White Sox 35 May 11 White Sox 36 May 13 Blue Jays 37 May 14 Blue Jays 38 May 15 Blue Jays 39 May 16 @ Athletics 40 May 17 @ Athletics 41 May 18 @ Athletics 42 May 20 @ Astros 43 May 21 @ Astros 44 May 22 @ Astros 45 May 23 Angels 46 May 24 Angels 47 May 25 Angels 48 May 27 Pirates 49 May 28 Pirates 50 May 29 Pirates 51 May 30 @ Indians 52 May 31 @ Indians
June: 0–0 (Home: 0–0 ; Away: 0–0 ) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 53 June 1 @ Indians 54 June 3 Mariners 55 June 4 Mariners 56 June 5 Mariners 57 June 6 Astros 58 June 7 Astros 59 June 8 Astros 60 June 9 Astros 61 June 10 @ Mariners 62 June 11 @ Mariners 63 June 12 @ Mariners 64 June 13 @ Athletics 65 June 14 @ Athletics 66 June 15 @ Athletics 67 June 16 @ Athletics 68 June 17 @ Cardinals 69 June 18 @ Cardinals 70 June 19 @ Cardinals 71 June 20 Orioles 72 June 21 Reds 73 June 22 Reds 74 June 24 Red Sox 75 June 25 Red Sox 76 June 26 Red Sox 77 June 27 @ Yankees 78 June 28 @ Yankees 79 June 29 @ Yankees 80 June 30 @ Yankees
July: 0–0 (Home: 0–0 ; Away: 0–0 ) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 81 July 1 @ Twins 82 July 2 @ Twins 83 July 3 @ Twins 84 July 4 @ Red Sox 85 July 5 @ Red Sox 86 July 6 @ Red Sox 87 July 7 Twins 88 July 8 Twins 89 July 9 Twins 90 July 10 Twins – July 12 87th All-Star Game National League vs. American League (Petco Park, San Diego) 91 July 15 @ Cubs 92 July 16 @ Cubs 93 July 17 @ Cubs 94 July 18 @ Angels 95 July 19 @ Angels 96 July 20 @ Angels 97 July 22 @ Royals 98 July 23 @ Royals 99 July 24 @ Royals 100 July 25 Athletics 101 July 26 Athletics 102 July 27 Athletics 103 July 28 Royals 104 July 29 Royals 105 July 30 Royals 106 July 31 Royals
August: 0–0 (Home: 0–0 ; Away: 0–0 ) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 107 August 2 @ Orioles 108 August 3 @ Orioles 109 August 4 @ Orioles 110 August 5 @ Astros 111 August 6 @ Astros 112 August 7 @ Astros 113 August 8 @ Rockies 114 August 9 @ Rockies 115 August 10 Rockies 116 August 11 Rockies 117 August 12 Tigers 118 August 13 Tigers 119 August 14 Tigers 120 August 15 Athletics 121 August 16 Athletics 122 August 17 Athletics 123 August 19 @ Rays 124 August 20 @ Rays 125 August 21 @ Rays 126 August 23 @ Reds 127 August 24 @ Reds 128 August 25 Indians 129 August 26 Indians 130 August 27 Indians 131 August 28 Indians 132 August 29 Mariners 133 August 30 Mariners 134 August 31 Mariners
September/October: 0–0 (Home: 0–0 ; Away: 0–0 ) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 135 September 2 Astros 136 September 3 Astros 137 September 4 Astros 138 September 5 @ Mariners 139 September 6 @ Mariners 140 September 7 @ Mariners 141 September 8 @ Mariners 142 September 9 @ Angels 143 September 10 @ Angels 144 September 11 @ Angels 145 September 12 @ Astros 146 September 13 @ Astros 147 September 14 @ Astros 148 September 16 Athletics 149 September 17 Athletics 150 September 18 Athletics 151 September 19 Angels 152 September 20 Angels 153 September 21 Angels 154 September 23 @ Athletics 155 September 24 @ Athletics 156 September 25 @ Athletics 157 September 26 Brewers 158 September 27 Brewers 159 September 28 Brewers 160 September 30 Rays 161 October 1 Rays 162 October 2 Rays

Roster

Texas Rangers roster
Active roster				Inactive roster		Coaches/Other
Pitchers Starting rotation 64 A. J. Griffin 35 Cole Hamels 45 Derek Holland 48 Colby Lewis 33 Martín Pérez Bullpen 43 Tony Barnette 58 Alex Claudio 41 Jake Diekman 47 Sam Dyson 31 Phil Klein 55 Cesar Ramos 54 Tom Wilhelmsen Closer 37 Shawn Tolleson		Catchers  8 Bryan Holaday  6 Bobby Wilson Infielders  2 Hanser Alberto  1 Elvis Andrus 29 Adrián Beltré 84 Prince Fielder 18 Mitch Moreland 12 Rougned Odor Outfielders  3 Delino DeShields 20 Ian Desmond 30 Nomar Mazara 16 Ryan Rua		Pitchers 11 Yu Darvish 56 Andrew Faulkner 21 Chi Chi Gonzalez 77 Luke Jackson 62 José Leclerc 22 Nick Martinez 65 Yohander Méndez 53 Anthony Ranaudo 59 Connor Sadzeck Catchers 63 Brett Nicholas Infielders 13 Joey Gallo 67 Patrick Kivlehan 19 Jurickson Profar Outfielders 17 Shin-Soo Choo 32 Josh Hamilton		Manager 28 Jeff Banister Coaches 27 Tony Beasley (third base) 46 Doug Brocail (pitching) 24 Steve Buechele (bench) 66 Josh Frasier (bullpen catcher) 40 Brad Holman (bullpen)  9 Anthony Iapoce (hitting)  5 Bobby Jones (replay)  0 Justin Mashore (assistant hitting)  4 Héctor Ortiz (first base) 44 Spike Owen (interim third base) 60 Jayce Tingler (field) 60-day disabled list 61 Robinson Chirinos 50 Keone Kela 52 Tanner Scheppers 25 active, 15 inactive 7- or 15-day disabled list ^† Suspended list ^# Personal leave Roster and coaches updated May 4, 2016 Transactions • Depth chart → All MLB rosters

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Round Rock Express	Pacific Coast League
AA	Frisco RoughRiders	Texas League
A-Advanced	High Desert Mavericks	California League
A	Hickory Crawdads	South Atlantic League
A-Short Season	Spokane Indians	Northwest League
Rookie	AZL Rangers	Arizona League
Rookie	DSL Rangers	Dominican Summer League

References

1. "2016 Texas Rangers Sortable Schedule". Texas Rangers.

External links

• 2016 Texas Rangers Official Site
• 2016 Texas Rangers at ESPN
• 2016 Texas Rangers season at Baseball Reference