2012 Texas Rangers season
2012 Texas Rangers | ||
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American League Wild Card Winners | ||
League | American League | |
Division | West | |
Ballpark | Rangers Ballpark in Arlington | |
City | Arlington, Texas | |
Record | 93–69 (.574) | |
Divisional place | 2nd | |
Owners | Rangers Baseball Express (Nolan Ryan, Ray Davis and Bob R. Simpson) | |
General managers | Jon Daniels | |
Managers | Ron Washington | |
Television | Fox Sports Southwest KTXA (Steve Busby, Tom Grieve) | |
Radio | KESN ESPN Radio 103.3 FM (English) (Eric Nadel, Matt Hicks, Bryan Dolgin) KZMP 1540 AM (Spanish) (Eleno Orlenas, Jerry Romo) | |
Stats | ESPN.com Baseball Reference | |
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The 2012 Texas Rangers season was the 52nd season in the overall history of the franchise and the 41st since the team relocated to Arlington, Texas. The Rangers entered the season as the two-time defending champions of the American League and the American League West. They led the division for most of the season and had a 13-game lead on June 30, but faltered down the stretch. They finished 93–69, but were swept in the last series of the season by the Oakland Athletics and wound up second to the Athletics in the division. They then lost to the Baltimore Orioles in the ALWC Game and were eliminated from the playoffs.
Offseason
[edit]Transactions
[edit]- 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
Outfielders
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Manager
Coaches
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Player stats
[edit]Batting
[edit]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 |
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Pitching
[edit]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:[12]
Season standings
[edit]American League West
[edit]Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Oakland Athletics | 94 | 68 | .580 | — | 50–31 | 44–37 |
Texas Rangers | 93 | 69 | .574 | 1 | 50–31 | 43–38 |
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim | 89 | 73 | .549 | 5 | 46–35 | 43–38 |
Seattle Mariners | 75 | 87 | .463 | 19 | 40–41 | 35–46 |
American League Wild Card
[edit]Team | W | L | Pct. |
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New York Yankees | 95 | 67 | .586 |
Oakland Athletics | 94 | 68 | .580 |
Detroit Tigers | 88 | 74 | .543 |
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB |
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Texas Rangers | 93 | 69 | .574 | — |
Baltimore Orioles | 93 | 69 | .574 | — |
Tampa Bay Rays | 90 | 72 | .556 | 3 |
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim | 89 | 73 | .549 | 4 |
Chicago White Sox | 85 | 77 | .525 | 8 |
Seattle Mariners | 75 | 87 | .463 | 18 |
Toronto Blue Jays | 73 | 89 | .451 | 20 |
Kansas City Royals | 72 | 90 | .444 | 21 |
Boston Red Sox | 69 | 93 | .426 | 24 |
Cleveland Indians | 68 | 94 | .420 | 25 |
Minnesota Twins | 66 | 96 | .407 | 27 |
Record vs. opponents
[edit]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
Game log
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Postseason
[edit]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
[edit]LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: AZL Rangers
References
[edit]- ^ Horvath, Louie (October 31, 2011). "Rangers exercise club option on Lewis". MLB.com. Archived from the original on March 16, 2012.
- ^ Durrett, Richard (October 31, 2011). "Texas Rangers keep Colby Lewis in fold". ESPN. Retrieved September 27, 2024.
- ^ Spencer, Lyle (November 2, 2011). "Orioles claim O'Day off waivers from Rangers". MLB.com. Archived from the original on October 23, 2013.
- ^ "Texas Rangers outright 5 players off roster, lose O'Day on waiver claim by Baltimore". The Washington Post. November 2, 2011. Retrieved November 2, 2011.[dead link]
- ^ "Former Rangers reliever Darren O'Day picked off waivers by Orioles". Dallas Morning News. November 2, 2011. Archived from the original on November 5, 2011. Retrieved November 2, 2011.
- ^ Sullivan, T.R. (November 22, 2011). "Nathan agrees to two-year deal with Texas". MLB.com. Archived from the original on December 25, 2011.
- ^ Durrett, Richard (December 1, 2011). "Texas Rangers trade catcher Taylor Teagarden to Baltimore Orioles". ESPN.com. Retrieved September 27, 2024.
- ^ "Rangers Get Minor Leaguer To Complete Teagarden Deal". CBS Texas. Associated Press. December 9, 2011. Retrieved September 27, 2024.
- ^ Sullivan, T.R. (June 19, 2012). "Rangers win rights to Darvish with record bid". MLB.com. Archived from the original on January 21, 2012.
- ^ Sullivan, T.R. (December 21, 2011). "Rangers acquire catcher Luis Martinez in a trade with San Diego". MLB.com. Archived from the original on January 8, 2012.
- ^ "2012 Texas Rangers Batting Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 27, 2024.
- ^ "2012 Texas Rangers Pitching Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 27, 2024.