2023 Texas Rangers season explained

Texas Rangers
Season:	2023
Misc:	World Series Champions American League Champions American League Wild Card Winners
League:	American League
Division:	West
Ballpark:	Globe Life Field
City:	Arlington
Divisional Place:	2nd
Owners:	Ray Davis & Bob R. Simpson
Managers:	Bruce Bochy
Radio:	KRLD 105.3 FM (English) KZMP 1540 AM (Spanish)
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The 2023 Texas Rangers season was the 63rd of the Texas Rangers franchise overall, their 52nd in Arlington as the Rangers, and the fourth season at Globe Life Field. It was also the team's first season under the management of Bruce Bochy.

The Rangers had six players (five starters) named to the All-Star game, a franchise record.^[1] On September 30, they clinched a playoff berth for the first time since 2016 with a win against the Seattle Mariners.^[2] Despite leading the American League West for most of the season and finishing with the same record as the rival and defending champion Houston Astros, they finished second due to the Astros owning the tiebreaker as a result of taking the season series. The Rangers defeated the Tampa Bay Rays in the ALWCS in a two-game sweep and the Baltimore Orioles in a three-game sweep in the ALDS to advance to the ALCS for the first time since 2011, in which they beat their division and Lone Star Series rival, and defending World Series champions Astros in seven games to claim their first pennant since 2011. They defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks in the fifth game of the World Series to claim their first title in franchise history. The Rangers went 13–4 in the postseason, going 2–4 at home and 11–0 on the road, the most road wins in a postseason in MLB history.^[3] ^[4]

The Texas Rangers drew an average home attendance of 31,272 in 81 home games in the 2023 MLB season, the 16th highest in the league. The total attendance was 2,533,062.^[5]

Offseason

On October 21, 2022, the Rangers hired Bruce Bochy to be their manager for the 2023 season.^[6]

Regular season

The Rangers finished the 2022 season 68–94, an improvement on their 2021 record of 60–102. They finished 38 games out of 1st and missed the postseason for the sixth consecutive season.

Rule changes

Pursuant to the CBA, new rule changes were in place for the 2023 season:^[7]

institution of a pitch clock between pitches;
limits on pickoff attempts per plate appearance;
limits on defensive shifts requiring two infielders to be on either side of second and be within the boundary of the infield; and
larger bases (increased to 18-inch squares);

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Record vs. National League

Game log

|- style="background:#bfb;"| 1 || March 30 || Phillies || 11–7 || Ragans (1–0) || Soto (0–1) || — || 38,387 || 1–0 || W1|- style="background:#bfb;"| 2 || April 1 || Phillies || 16–3 || Eovaldi (1–0) || Wheeler (0–1) || — || 31,916 || 2–0 || W2|- style="background:#bfb;"| 3 || April 2 || Phillies || 2–1 || Pérez (1–0) || Falter (0–1) || Smith (1) || 25,823 || 3–0 || W3|- style="background:#fbb;" | 4 || April 3 || Orioles || 0–2 || Coulombe (1–0) || Gray (0–1) || Bautista (2) || 15,867 || 3–1 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;" | 5 || April 4 || Orioles || 2–7 || Gibson (2–0) || Heaney (0–1) || — || 16,268 || 3–2 || L2|- style="background:#bfb;"| 6 || April 5 || Orioles || 5–2 || deGrom (1–0)|| Voth (0–1) || Leclerc (1) || 18,560 || 4–2 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 7 || April 7 || @ Cubs || 0–2 || Stroman (2–0) || Eovaldi (1–1) || Fulmer (1) || 29,094 || 4–3 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;" | 8 || April 8 || @ Cubs || 3–10 || Steele (1–0) || Pérez (1–1) || — || 33,578 || 4–4 || L2|- style="background:#bfb;"| 9 || April 9 || @ Cubs || 8–2 || Gray (1–1) || Taillon (0–2) || — || 28,807 || 5–4 || W1|- style="background:#bfb;"| 10 || April 10 || Royals || 11–2 || Heaney (1–1) || Greinke (0–3) || — || 17,430 || 6–4 || W2|- style="background:#bfb;" | 11 || April 11 || Royals || 8–5 || Ragans (2–0) || Barlow (0–1) || — || 17,760 || 7–4 || W3|- style="background:#fbb;" | 12 || April 12 || Royals || 1–10 || Keller (2–1) || Eovaldi (1–2) || — || 18,380 || 7–5 || L1|- style="background:#bfb;" | 13 || April 14 || @ Astros || 6–2 || Pérez (2–1) || García (0–2) || — || 39,343 || 8–5 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;" | 14 || April 15 || @ Astros || 2–8 || Brown (2–0) || Ragans (2–1) || — || 39,257 || 8–6 || L1|- style="background:#bfb;" | 15 || April 16 || @ Astros || 9–1 || Burke (1–0) || Valdez (1–2) || — || 39,122 || 9–6 || W1|- style="background:#bfb;" | 16 || April 17 || @ Royals || 4–0 || Dunning (1–0) || Lyles (0–3) || — || 11,068 || 10–6 || W2|- style="background:#bfb;" | 17 || April 18 || @ Royals || 12–2 || Eovaldi (2–2) || Keller (2–2) || — || 12,118 || 11–6 || W3|- style="background:#bfb;" | 18 || April 19 || @ Royals || 12–3 || Pérez (3–1) || Singer (1–2) || — || 10,388 || 12–6 || W4|- style="background:#fbb;" | 19 || April 21 || Athletics || 4–5 || Jackson (1–1) || Smith (0–1) || Familia (1) || 28,775 || 12–7 || L1|- style="background:#bfb;" | 20 || April 22 || Athletics || 18–3 || Heaney (2–1) || Fujinami (0–4) || — || 32,388 || 13–7 || W1|- style="background:#bfb;" | 21 || April 23 || Athletics || 5–2 || deGrom (2–0) || Muller (0–2) || Smith (2) || 34,916 || 14–7 || W2|- style="background:#fbb;" | 22 || April 24 || @ Reds || 6–7 || Díaz (1–1) || Leclerc (0–1) || — || 8,810 || 14–8 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;" | 23 || April 25 || @ Reds || 6–7 || Sanmartin (1–0) || Kennedy (0–1) || Díaz (3) || 9,969 || 14–9 || L2|- style="background:#fbb;" | 24 || April 26 || @ Reds || 3–5 || Sims (1–0) || Hernández (0–1) || — || 10,256 || 14–10 || L3|- style="background:#fbb;" | 25 || April 27 || Yankees || 2–4 || Cole (5–0) || Heaney (2–2) || King (1) || 31,325 || 14–11 || L4|- style="background:#bfb;" | 26 || April 28 || Yankees || 5–2 || Dunning (2–0) || Schmidt (0–3) || Smith (3) || 36,341 || 15–11 || W1|- style="background:#bfb;" | 27 || April 29 || Yankees || 2–0 || Eovaldi (3–2) || Brito (2–3) || — || 40,027 || 16–11 || W2|- style="background:#bfb;" | 28 || April 30 || Yankees || 15–2 || Pérez (4–1) || Cortés Jr. (3–2) || — || 39,078 || 17–11 || W3|- |- style="background:#bfb;" | 29 || May 2 || Diamondbacks || 6–4 || Burke (2–0) || McGough (0–3) || Smith (4) || 23,086 || 18–11 || W4|- style="background:#fbb;" | 30 || May 3 || Diamondbacks || 7–12 || Mantiply (1–0) || Sborz (0–2) || — || 21,427 || 18–12 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;" | 31 || May 5 || @ Angels || 4–5 || Estévez (1–1) || Smith (0–2) || — || 39,073 || 18–13 || L2|- style="background:#bfb;" | 32 || May 6 || @ Angels || 10–1 || Eovaldi (4–2) || Detmers (0–3) || — || 37,409 || 19–13 || W1|- style="background:#bfb;" | 33 || May 7 || @ Angels || 16–8 || Sborz (1–1) || Suárez (1–2) || — || 41,641 || 20–13 || W2|- style="background:#bfb;" | 34 || May 8 || @ Mariners || 2–1 || Gray (2–1) || Gilbert (1–2) || Smith (5) || 15,282 || 21–13 || W3|- style="background:#fbb;" | 35 || May 9 || @ Mariners || 0–5 || Kirby (4–2) || Heaney (2–3) || — || 17,638 || 21–14 || L1|- style="background:#bfb;" | 36 || May 10 || @ Mariners || 4–3 || Dunning (3–0) || Castillo (2–1) || Smith (6) || 22,480 || 22–14 || W1|- style="background:#bfb;" | 37 || May 11 || @ Athletics || 4–0 || Eovaldi (5–2) || Medina (0–2) || Smith (7) || 2,949 || 23–14 || W2|- style="background:#fbb;" | 38 || May 12 || @ Athletics || 7–9 || Fujinami (1–4) || Burke (2–1) || — || 6,575 || 23–15 || L1|- style="background:#bfb;" | 39 || May 13 || @ Athletics || 5–0 || Gray (3–1) || Kaprielian (0–3) || — || 8,230 || 24–15 || W1|- style="background:#bfb;" | 40 || May 14 || @ Athletics || 11–3 || Hernández (1–1) || Pruitt (0–1) || — || 7,793 || 25–15 || W2|- style="background:#fbb;" | 41 || May 15 || Braves || 0–12 || Morton (5–3) || Bradford (0–1) || — || 26,791 || 25–16 || L1|- style="background:#bfb;" | 42 || May 16 || Braves || 7–4 || Dunning (4–0) || Shuster (0–2) || Smith (8) || 23,246 || 26–16 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;" | 43 || May 17 || Braves || 5–6 || Anderson (2–0) || Burke (2–2) || Iglesias (2) || 30,053 || 26–17 || L1|- style="background:#bfb;" | 44 || May 19 || Rockies || 7–2 || Pérez (5–1) || Kauffmann (0–1) || — || 30,819 || 27–17 || W1|- style="background:#bfb;" | 45 || May 20 || Rockies || 11–5 || Gray (4–1) || Freeland (4–5) || — || 34,443 || 28–17 || W2|- style="background:#bfb;"| 46 || May 21 || Rockies || 13–3 || Heaney (3–3) || Seabold (1–1) || — || 32,733 || 29–17 || W3|- style="background:#fbb;" | 47 || May 22 || @ Pirates || 4–6 || Ortiz (1–2) || Sborz (1–2) || — || 10,574 || 29–18 || L1|- style="background:#bfb;" | 48 || May 23 || @ Pirates || 6–1 || Eovaldi (6–2) || Hill (4–4) || — || 12,061 || 30–18 || W1|- style="background:#bfb;" | 49 || May 24 || @ Pirates || 3–2 || Pérez (6–1) || Oviedo (3–4) || Smith (9) || 18,347 || 31–18 || W2|- style="background:#bfb;" | 50 || May 26 || @ Orioles || 12–2 || Gray (5–1) || Rodriguez (2–2) || — || 20,293 || 32–18 || W3|- style="background:#bfb;" | 51 || May 27 || @ Orioles || 5–3 || Heaney (4–3) || Kremer (5–2) || — || 37,939 || 33–18 || W4|- style="background:#fbb;"| 52 || May 28 || @ Orioles || 2–3 || Coulombe (2–1) || Ragans (2–2) || Bautista (13) || 25,124 || 33–19 || L1|- style="background:#bfb;"| 53 || May 29 || @ Tigers || 5–0 || Eovaldi (7–2) || Boyd (3–4) || — || 19,021 || 34–19 || W1|- style="background:#bfb;" | 54 || May 30 || @ Tigers || 10–6 || Anderson (1–0) || Faedo (1–3) || — || 14,616 || 35–19 || W2|- style="background:#fbb;" | 55 || May 31 || @ Tigers || 2–3 || Vest (2–0) || Dunning (4–1) || Lange (10) || 20,968 || 35–20 || L1|- |- style="background:#bfb;" | 56 || June 2 || Mariners || 2–0 || Gray (6–1) || Castillo (4–3) || Smith (10) || 31,685 || 36–20 || W1|- style="background:#bfb;" | 57 || June 3 || Mariners || 16–6 || Sborz (2–2) || Woo (0–1) || — || 34,435 || 37–20 || W2|- style="background:#bfb;" | 58 || June 4 || Mariners || 12–3 || Eovaldi (8–2) || Miller (3–3) || — || 36,496 || 38–20 || W3|- style="background:#bfb;"| 59 || June 5 || Cardinals || 4–3 || Smith (1–2)|| Cabrera (1–1) || — || 25,161 || 39–20 || W4|- style="background:#bfb;"| 60 || June 6 || Cardinals || 6–4 || Dunning (5–1) || Liberatore (1–2) || Smith (11) || 28,151 || 40–20 || W5|- style="background:#fbb;" | 61 || June 7 || Cardinals || 0–1 || Hicks (1–3) || Gray (6–2) || Helsley (7) || 30,251 || 40–21 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;" | 62 || June 9 || @ Rays || 3–8 || Glasnow (1–0) || Heaney (4–4) || — || 17,447 || 40–22 || L2|- style="background:#bfb;" | 63 || June 10 || @ Rays || 8–4 || Eovaldi (9–2) || Bradley (4–3) || — || 18,932 || 41–22 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;" | 64 || June 11 || @ Rays || 3–7 || McClanahan (10–1) || Pérez (6–2) || — || 23,069 || 41–23 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;" | 65 || June 12 || Angels || 6–9 || Bachman (1–0) || Ragans (2–3) || — || 26,667 || 41–24 || L2|- style="background:#fbb;" | 66 || June 13 || Angels || 3–7 || Herget (1–2) || White (0–1) || Estévez (18) || 25,832 || 41–25 || L3|- style="background:#bfb;" | 67 || June 14 || Angels || 6–3 || Sborz (3–2) || Herget (1–3) || — || 25,406 || 42–25 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;" | 68 || June 15 || Angels || 3–5 || Ohtani (6–2) || Eovaldi (9–3) || Webb (1) || 35,092 || 42–26 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;" | 69 || June 16 || Blue Jays || 1–2 || Gausman (6–3) || Pérez (6–3) || Romano (20) || 23,069 || 42–27 || L2|- style="background:#bfb;" | 70 || June 17 || Blue Jays || 4–2 || Dunning (6–1) || Richards (0–1) || Smith (12) || 39,383 || 43–27 || W1|- style="background:#bfb;" | 71 || June 18 || Blue Jays || 11–7 || King (1–0) || Pearson (4–1) || — || 38,515 || 44–27 || W2|- style="background:#bfb;" | 72 || June 19 || @ White Sox || 5–2 || Heaney (5–4) || Banks (0–2) || Smith (13) || 15,554 || 45–27 || W3|- style="background:#fbb;" | 73 || June 20 || @ White Sox || 6–7 || Graveman (2–3) || Anderson (1–1) || — || 21,048 || 45–28 || L1|- style="background:#bfb;" | 74 || June 21 || @ White Sox || 6–3 || Pérez (7–3) || Kopech (3–6) || — || 18,963 || 46–28 || W1|- style="background:#bfb;" | 75 || June 23 || @ Yankees || 4–2 || Barlow (1–0) || King (1–4) || Smith (14) || 44,822 || 47–28 || W2|- style="background:#fbb;" | 76 || June 24 || @ Yankees || 0–1 || Severino (1–2) || Gray (6–3) || Marinaccio (2) || 46,018 || 47–29 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;" | 77 || June 25 || @ Yankees || 3–5 || Marinaccio (4–3) || King (1–1) || King (5) || 46,064 || 47–30 || L2|- style="background:#fbb;" | 78 || June 26 || Tigers || 2–7 || Englert (3–2) || Heaney (5–5) || — || 22,320 || 47–31 || L3|- style="background:#bfb;" | 79 || June 27 || Tigers || 8–3 || Sborz (4–2) || White (1–2) || — || 22,805 || 48–31 || W1|- style="background:#bfb;" | 80 || June 28 || Tigers || 10–2 || Dunning (7–1) || Wentz (1–9) || — || 27,192 || 49–31 || W2|- style="background:#fbb;" | 81 || June 29 || Tigers || 5–8 || Englert (4–2) || Barlow (1–1) || — || 26,977 || 49–32 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;" | 82 || June 30 || Astros || 3–5 || Blanco (2–0) || Gray (6–4) || Pressly (16) || 39,174 || 49–33 || L2|- |- style="background:#bfb;" | 83 || July 1 || Astros || 5–2 || Eovaldi (10–3) || Brown (6–5) || — || 40,380 || 50–33 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;" | 84 || July 2 || Astros || 3–5 || Neris (4–2) || Sborz (4–3) || Pressly (17) || 39,580 || 50–34 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;" | 85 || July 3 || Astros || 11–12 || Abreu (3–2) || Smith (1–3) || Pressly (18) || 38,936 || 50–35 || L2|- style="background:#bfb;" | 86 || July 4 || @ Red Sox || 6–2 || Dunning (8–1) || Ort (1–2) || Smith (15) || 36,136 || 51–35 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;" | 87 || July 5 || @ Red Sox || 2–4 || Bello (6–5) || Gray (6–5) || Jansen (18) || 31,568 || 51–36 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 88 || July 6 || @ Red Sox || 6–10 || Winckowski (3–1) || Sborz (4–4) || — || 33,847 || 51–37 || L2|- style="background:#bfb;" | 89 || July 7 || @ Nationals || 7–2 || Bradford (1–1) || Williams (5–5) || — || 19,322 || 52–37 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;" | 90 || July 8 || @ Nationals || 3–8 || Irvin (2–5) || Heaney (5–6) || — || 29,402 || 52–38 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;" | 91 || July 9 || @ Nationals || 2–7 || Corbin (6–10) || Dunning (8–2) || — || 17,547 || 52–39 || L2|- style="text-align:center; background:#bbcaff;"| colspan="11" | 93rd All-Star Game: Seattle, WA|- style="background:#bfb;" | 92 || July 14 || Guardians || 12–4 || Burke (3–2) || Hentges (1–1) || — || 33,863 || 53–39 || W1|- style="background:#bfb;" | 93 || July 15 || Guardians || 2–0 || Heaney (6–6) || Williams (1–2) || Chapman (3) || 37,730 || 54–39 || W2|- style="background:#bfb;" | 94 || July 16 || Guardians || 6–5 || Bradford (2–1) || Stephan (4–4) || Smith (16) || 33,957 || 55–39 || W3|- style="background:#bfb;" | 95 || July 17 || Rays || 3–2 || Chapman (5–2) || Fairbanks (0–3) || — || 29,901 || 56–39 || W4|- style="background:#bfb;" | 96 || July 18 || Rays || 5–3 || Eovaldi (11–3) || Bradley (5–6) || Smith (17) || 34,677 || 57–39 || W5|- style="background:#bfb;" | 97 || July 19 || Rays || 5–1 || Burke (4–2) || Littell (0–2) || — || 31,591 || 58–39 || W6|- style="background:#fbb;" | 98 || July 21 || Dodgers || 5–11 || Brasier (2–0) || Speas (0–1) || — || 39,808 || 58–40 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;" | 99 || July 22 || Dodgers || 3–16 || Miller (6–1) || Dunning (8–3) || — || 40,738 || 58–41 || L2|- style="background:#bfb;" | 100 || July 23 || Dodgers || 8–4 || Pérez (8–3) || Sheehan (3–1) || — || 39,632 || 59–41 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;" | 101 || July 24 || @ Astros || 9–10 || Pressly (3–2) || Speas (0–2) || — || 37,973 || 59–42 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;" | 102 || July 25 || @ Astros || 3–4 || France (6–3) || Rodríguez (0–1) || Pressly (24) || 40,520 || 59–43 || L2|- style="background:#bfb;" | 103 || July 26 || @ Astros || 13–5 || Heaney (7–6) || Valdez (8–7) || — || 40,398 || 60–43 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;" | 104 || July 28 || @ Padres || 1–7 || Musgrove (10–3) || Dunning (8–4) || — || 44,241 || 60–44 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;" | 105 || July 29 || @ Padres || 0–4 || Darvish (8–7) || Pérez (8–4) || — || 42,677 || 60–45 || L2|- style="background:#fbb;" | 106 || July 30 || @ Padres || 3–5 || Snell (8–8) || Leclerc (0–2) || Hader (25) || 42,943 || 60–46 || L3|- |- style="background:#bfb;" | 107 || August 1 || White Sox || 2–0 || Heaney (8–6) || Scholtens (1–4) || Smith (18) || 28,988 || 61–46 || W1|- style="background:#bfb;" | 108 || August 2 || White Sox || 11–1 || Dunning (9–4) || Cease (4–5) || — || 28,735 || 62–46 || W2|- style="background:#bfb;" | 109 || August 3 || White Sox || 5–3 || Scherzer (10–4) || Toussaint (1–4) || Smith (19) || 29,804 || 63–46 || W3|- style="background:#bfb;" | 110 || August 4 || Marlins || 6–2 || Montgomery (7–9) || Luzardo (8–6) || — || 33,362 || 64–46 || W4|- style="background:#bfb;" | 111 || August 5 || Marlins || 9–8 || Gray (7–5) || Weathers (1–7) || Smith (20) || 38,583 || 65–46 || W5|- style="background:#bfb;" | 112 || August 6 || Marlins || 6–0 || Heaney (9–6) || Alcántara (4–10) || — || 34,569 || 66–46 || W6|- style="background:#bfb;"| 113 || August 7 || @ Athletics || 5–3 || Sborz (5–4) || Jiménez (0–1) || Smith (21) || 4,013 || 67–46 || W7|- style="background:#bfb;"| 114 || August 8 || @ Athletics || 6–1 || Scherzer (11–4) || Sears (2–9) || — || 5,419 || 68–46 || W8|- style="background:#fbb;" | 115 || August 9 || @ Athletics || 0–2 || Tarnok (1–1) || Montgomery (7–10) || May (12) || 6,372 || 68–47 || L1|- style="background:#bfb;"| 116 || August 11 || @ Giants || 2–1 || Gray (8–5) || Stripling (0–5) || Smith (22) || 35,689 || 69–47 || W1|- style="background:#bfb;" | 117 || August 12 || @ Giants || 9–3 || Anderson (2–1) || Cobb (6–4) || — || 33,112 || 70–47 || W2|- style="background:#fbb;" | 118 || August 13 || @ Giants || 2–3 || Doval (4–3) || Smith (1–4) || — || 35,648 || 70–48 || L1|- style="background:#bfb;" | 119 || August 14 || Angels || 12–0 || Scherzer (12–4) || Sandoval (6–9) || — || 27,743 || 71–48 || W1|- style="background:#bfb;" | 120 || August 15 || Angels || 7–3 || Montgomery (8–10) || Giolito (7–9) || — || 26,166 || 72–48 || W2|- style="background:#fbb;" | 121 || August 16 || Angels || 0–2 || Detmers (3–9) || Gray (8–6) || Estévez (26) || 31,004 || 72–49 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;" | 122 || August 18 || Brewers || 8–9 || Peguero (3–4) || Sborz (5–5) || Williams (29) || 33,797 || 72–50 || L2|- style="background:#fbb;"| 123 || August 19 || Brewers || 1–6 || Peralta (10–8) || Dunning (9–5) || — || 39,578 || 72–51 || L3|- style="background:#fbb;"| 124 || August 20 || Brewers || 2–6 || Houser (5–4) || Scherzer (12–5) || Williams (30) || 37,138 || 72–52 || L4|- style="background:#fbb;" | 125 || August 21 || @ Diamondbacks || 3–4 || Ginkel (7–0) || Smith (1–5) || — || 21,829 || 72–53 || L5|- style="background:#fbb;" | 126 || August 22 || @ Diamondbacks || 3–6 || Gallen (14–5) || Gray (8–7) || Sewald (27) || 19,003 || 72–54 || L6|- style="background:#fbb;" | 127 || August 24 || @ Twins || 5–7 || Winder (2–0) || Sborz (5–6)|| Jax (2) || 23,333 || 72–55 || L7|- style="background:#fbb;"| 128 || August 25 || @ Twins || 2–12 || Gray (7–6) || Dunning (9–6) || — || 25,144 || 72–56 || L8|- style="background:#bfb;" | 129 || August 26 || @ Twins || 6–2 || Burke (5–2) || Jax (5–8) || — || 25,843 || 73–56 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 130 || August 27 || @ Twins || 6–7 || Floro (5–6) || Hernández (1–2) || — || 24,431 || 73–57 || L1|- style="background:#bfb;"| 131 || August 28 || @ Mets || 4–3 || Pérez (9–4) || Gott (0–4) || Leclerc (2) || 21,696 || 74–57 || W1|- style="background:#bfb;"| 132 || August 29 || @ Mets || 2–1 || Stratton (2–1) || Smith (4–5) || Chapman (4) || 29,353 || 75–57 || W2|- style="background:#fbb;" | 133 || August 30 || @ Mets || 5–6 || Brigham (1–2) || Chapman (5–3) || — || 23,849 || 75–58 || L1|- |- style="background:#fbb;"| 134 || September 1 || Twins || 1–5 || Ryan (10–8) || Burke (5–3) || — || 26,940 || 75–59 || L2|- style="background:#fbb;"| 135 || September 2 || Twins || 7–9 || Headrick (3–0) || Chapman (5–4) || Durán (24) || 36,555 || 75–60 || L3|- style="background:#bfb;"| 136 || September 3 || Twins || 6–5 || Bradford (3–1) || Winder (2–1) || — || 35,531 || 76–60 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;" | 137 || September 4 || Astros || 6–13 || Montero (5–5) || Sborz (5–7) || — || 39,181 || 76–61 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 138 || September 5 || Astros || 1–14 || Valdez (11–9) || Eovaldi (11–4) || — || 33,678 || 76–62 || L2|- style="background:#fbb;" | 139 || September 6 || Astros || 3–12 || Verlander (11–7) || Scherzer (12–6) || — || 36,417 || 76–63 || L3|- style="background:#fbb;" | 140 || September 8 || Athletics || 3–6 || Sweet (1–0) || Montgomery (8–11) || May (19) || 28,203 || 76–64 || L4|- style="background:#bfb;"| 141 || September 9 || Athletics || 3–2 || Smith (2–5) || Erceg (3–4) || Chapman (5) || 34,166 || 77–64 || W1|- style="background:#bfb;" | 142 || September 10 || Athletics || 9–4 || Heaney (10–6) || Medina (3–9) || — || 26,189 || 78–64 || W2|- style="background:#bfb;" | 143 || September 11 || @ Blue Jays || 10–4 || Dunning (10–6) || Bassitt (14–8) || — || 23,451 || 79–64 || W3|- style="background:#bfb;"| 144 || September 12 || @ Blue Jays || 6–3 || Scherzer (13–6) || Ryu (3–3) || — || 30,479 || 80–64 || W4|- style="background:#bfb;"| 145 || September 13 || @ Blue Jays || 10–0 || Montgomery (9–11) || Kikuchi (9–6) || — || 25,495 || 81–64 || W5|- style="background:#bfb;"| 146 || September 14 || @ Blue Jays || 9–2 || Bradford (4–1) || Gausman (11–9) || — || 37,594 || 82–64 || W6|- style="background:#fbb;" | 147 || September 15 || @ Guardians || 3–12 || Giolito (8–13) || Gray (8–8) || — || 21,043 || 82–65 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 148 || September 16 || @ Guardians || 1–2 || López (3–7) || Smith (2–6) || Clase (41) || 25,263 || 82–66 || L2|- style="background:#fbb;" | 149 || September 17 || @ Guardians || 2–9 || Williams (3–5) || Bradford (4–2) || — || 19,361 || 82–67 || L3|- style="background:#fbb;" | 150 || September 18 || Red Sox || 2–4 || Winckowski (4–2) || Smith (2–7) || Martin (2) || 27,375 || 82–68 || L4|- style="background:#bfb;"| 151 || September 19 || Red Sox || 6–4 || Chapman (6–4) || Murphy (1–2) || Leclerc (3) || 26,617 || 83–68 || W1|- style="background:#bfb;"| 152 || September 20 || Red Sox || 15–5 || Pérez (10–4) || Bello (12–10) || — || 28,519 || 84–68 || W2|- style="background:#bfb;"| 153 || September 22 || Mariners || 8–5 || Dunning (11–6) || Miller (8–6) || — || 35,431 || 85–68 || W3|- style="background:#bfb;"| 154 || September 23 || Mariners || 2–0 || Montgomery (10–11) || Gilbert (13–7) || Chapman (6) || 36,900 || 86–68 || W4|- style="background:#bfb;"| 155 || September 24 || Mariners || 9–8 || Eovaldi (12–4) || Woo (4–5) || Leclerc (4) || 35,412 || 87–68 || W5|- style="background:#bfb;"| 156 || September 25 || @ Angels || 5–1 || Gray (9–8) || Herget (2–4) || — || 25,208 || 88–68 || W6|- style="background:#fbb;"| 157 || September 26 || @ Angels || 3–9 || Detmers (4–10) || Bradford (4–3) || — || 26,976 || 88–69 || L1|- style="background:#bfb;"| 158 || September 27 || @ Angels || 5–0 || Dunning (12–6) || Canning (7–8) || — || 30,020 || 89–69 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;" | 159 || September 28 || @ Mariners || 2–3 || Muñoz (4–7) || Chapman (6–5) || — || 43,817 || 89–70 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;" | 160 || September 29 || @ Mariners || 0–8 || Thornton (2–3) || Eovaldi (12–5) || — || 45,274 || 89–71 || L2|- style="background:#039;" |

161 || September 30 || @ Mariners || 6–1 || Sborz (6–7) || Castillo (14–9) || — || 44,694 || 90–71 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;" | 162 || October 1 || @ Mariners || 0–1 || Kirby (13–10) || Dunning (12–7) || Campbell (1) || 43,997 || 90–72 || L1|-

Detailed records

Opponent	Home	Away	Total	Pct.	Runs scored	Runs allowed
American League
AL East
	1–2	2–1	3–3		26	19
	2–1	1–2	3–3		37	29
	3–1	1–2	4–3		31	16
	3–0	1–2	4–2		27	25
	2–1	4–0	6–1		51	20
	11–5	9–7	20–12		172	109
AL Central
	3–0	2–1	5–1		35	16
	3–0	0–3	3–3		26	32
	2–2	2–1	4–3		42	29
	2–1	3–0	5–1		48	22
	1–2	1–3	2–5		33	47
	11–5	8–8	19–13		184	146
AL West
	1–6	3–3	4–9		74	93
	3–4	4–2	7–6		80	51
	4–2	5–2	9–4		80	40
	6–0	3–4	9–4		63	44
Texas Rangers	—	—	—	—	—	—
	14–12	15–11	29–23		297	228

Opponent	Home	Away	Total	Runs scored	Runs allowed
National League
NL East
	1–2	0–0	1–2	12	22
	3–0	0–0	3–0	21	10
	0–0	2–1	2–1	11	10
	3–0	0–0	3–0	29	11
	0–0	1–2	1–2	12	17
	7–2	3–3	10–5	85	70
NL Central
	0–0	1–2	1–2	11	14
	0–0	0–3	0–3	15	19
	0–3	0–0	0–3	11	21
	0–0	2–1	2–1	13	9
	2–1	0–0	2–1	10	8
	2–4	3–6	5–10	60	71
NL West
	1–1	0–2	1–3	19	26
	3–0	0–0	3–0	31	10
	1–2	0–0	1–2	16	31
	0–0	0–3	0–3	4	16
	0–0	2–1	2–1	13	7
	5–3	2–6	7–9	83	90

Postseason

Game log

|- style="background:#bfb;"| 1 || October 3 || @ Rays || 4–0 || Montgomery (1–0) || Glasnow (0–1) || — || 19,704 || 1–0|- style="background:#bfb;"| 2 || October 4 || @ Rays || 7–1 || Eovaldi (1–0) || Eflin (0–1) || — || 20,198 || 2–0|- |- style="background:#bfb;"| 1 || October 7 || @ Orioles || 3–2 || Dunning (1–0) || Bradish (0–1) || Leclerc (1) || 46,450 || 1–0|- style="background:#bfb;"| 2 || October 8 || @ Orioles || 11–8 || Bradford (1–0) || Rodriguez (0–1) || — || 46,475 || 2–0|- style="background:#bfb;"| 3 || October 10 || Orioles || 7–1 || Eovaldi (2–0) || Kremer (0–1) || — || 40,861 || 3–0|- |- style="background:#bfb;"| 1 || October 15 || @ Astros || 2–0 || Montgomery (2–0) || Verlander (1–1) || Leclerc (2) || 42,872 || 1–0|- style="background:#bfb;"| 2 || October 16 || @ Astros || 5–4 || Eovaldi (3–0) || Valdez (0–2) || Leclerc (3) || 42,879 || 2–0|- style="background:#fbb;"| 3 || October 18 || Astros || 5–8 || Javier (2–0) || Scherzer (0–1) || Pressly (3) || 42,368 || 2–1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 4 || October 19 || Astros || 3–10 || Stanek (1–0) || Dunning (1–1) || — || 42,060 || 2–2|- style="background:#fbb;"| 5 || October 20 || Astros || 4–5 || Pressly (1–0) || Leclerc (0–1) || — || 41,519 || 2–3|- style="background:#bfb;"| 6 || October 22 || @ Astros || 9–2 || Eovaldi (4–0) || Valdez (0–3) || — || 42,368 || 3–3|- style="background:#bfb;"| 7 || October 23 || @ Astros || 11–4 || Montgomery (3–0) || Javier (2–1) || — || 42,814 || 4–3|- |- style="background:#bfb;"| 1 || October 27 || Diamondbacks || 6–5 || Leclerc (1–1) || Castro (0–1) || — || 42,472 || 1–0|- style="background:#fbb;"| 2 || October 28 || Diamondbacks || 1–9 || Kelly (3–1) || Montgomery (3–1) || — || 42,500 || 1–1|- style="background:#bfb;"| 3 || October 30 || @ Diamondbacks || 3–1 || Gray (1–0) || Pfaadt (0–1) || Leclerc (4) || 48,517 || 2–1|- style="background:#bfb;"| 4 || October 31 || @ Diamondbacks || 11–7 || Heaney (1–0) || Mantiply (2–1) || — || 48,388 || 3–1|- style="background:#bfb;"| 5 || November 1 || @ Diamondbacks || 5–0 || Eovaldi (5–0) || Gallen (2–3) || Sborz (1) || 48,511 || 4–1|-

Postseason rosters

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Pitchers: 17 Nathan Eovaldi 25 José Leclerc 33 Dane Dunning 35 Chris Stratton 44 Andrew Heaney 45 Aroldis Chapman 46 Brock Burke 49 Matt Bush 51 Will Smith 52 Jordan Montgomery 54 Martín Pérez 65 Grant Anderson 66 Josh Sborz
- Catchers: 11 Austin Hedges 18 Mitch Garver 28 Jonah Heim Infielders: 2 Marcus Semien 5 Corey Seager 6 Josh Jung 30 Nathaniel Lowe 47 Josh Smith

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Pitchers: 17 Nathan Eovaldi 25 José Leclerc 33 Dane Dunning 35 Chris Stratton 44 Andrew Heaney 45 Aroldis Chapman 46 Brock Burke 49 Matt Bush 51 Will Smith 52 Jordan Montgomery 54 Martín Pérez 61 Cody Bradford 66 Josh Sborz
Catchers: 11 Austin Hedges 18 Mitch Garver 28 Jonah Heim
Infielders: 2 Marcus Semien 5 Corey Seager 6 Josh Jung 30 Nathaniel Lowe 47 Josh Smith

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Pitchers: 17 Nathan Eovaldi 22 Jon Gray 25 José Leclerc 31 Max Scherzer 33 Dane Dunning 35 Chris Stratton 44 Andrew Heaney 45 Aroldis Chapman 51 Will Smith 52 Jordan Montgomery 54 Martín Pérez 61 Cody Bradford 66 Josh Sborz
Catchers: 11 Austin Hedges 18 Mitch Garver 28 Jonah Heim
Infielders: 2 Marcus Semien 5 Corey Seager 6 Josh Jung 30 Nathaniel Lowe 47 Josh Smith
Outfielders: 3 Leody Taveras 4 Robbie Grossman 16 Travis Jankowski 32 Evan Carter 53 Adolis García

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Pitchers: 17 Nathan Eovaldi 22 Jon Gray 25 José Leclerc 31 Max Scherzer 33 Dane Dunning 35 Chris Stratton 44 Andrew Heaney 45 Aroldis Chapman 46 Brock Burke 51 Will Smith 52 Jordan Montgomery 54 Martín Pérez 61 Cody Bradford 66 Josh Sborz
Catchers: 11 Austin Hedges 18 Mitch Garver 28 Jonah Heim
Infielders: 2 Marcus Semien 5 Corey Seager 6 Josh Jung 20 Ezequiel Durán 30 Nathaniel Lowe 47 Josh Smith

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Roster

2023 Texas Rangers
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		ManagerCoaches

Player statistics

= Indicates team leader

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

bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="20%"	Player	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	G	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	AB	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	R	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	H	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	2B	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	3B	bgcolor=#DDDDFF" width="7%"	HR	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	RBI	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	SB	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	BB	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	AVG	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	SLG
Marcus Semien	162	670	122	185	40	4	29	100	14	72	.276	.478
Nathaniel Lowe	161	623	89	163	38	3	17	82	1	93	.262	.414
Adolis García	148	555	108	136	29	0	39	107	9	65	.245	.508
Leody Taveras	143	511	67	136	31	3	14	67	14	35	.266	.421
Josh Jung	122	478	75	127	25	1	23	70	1	30	.266	.467
Corey Seager	119	477	88	156	42	0	33	96	2	49	.327	.623
Jonah Heim	131	457	61	118	28	0	18	95	2	40	.258	.438
Ezequiel Durán	122	406	55	112	22	2	14	46	8	23	.276	.443
Robbie Grossman	115	353	56	84	23	1	10	49	1	57	.238	.394
Mitch Garver	87	296	45	80	11	0	19	50	0	44	.270	.500
Travis Jankowski	107	247	34	65	12	1	1	30	19	35	.263	.332
Josh Smith	90	195	29	36	8	1	6	15	1	25	.185	.328
Evan Carter		23	62	15	19	4	1	5	12	3	12	.306	.645
Brad Miller	27	56	8	12	4	0	1	6	0	10	.214	.339
Bubba Thompson	37	53	10	9	4	1	0	4	4	4	.170	.283
Sam Huff	21	43	5	11	2	0	3	6	0	2	.256	.512
Sandy León	21	41	4	6	2	0	0	4	0	1	.146	.195
J. P. Martínez	17	40	7	9	1	0	1	4	0	2	.225	.325
Austin Hedges	16	24	1	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	.208	.208
Jonathan Ornelas	8	7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143
Josh Sborz	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Totals	162	5595	881	1470	326	18	233	845	79	599	.263	.452
Rank in AL	—	1	1	1	2	12	1	1	14	1	1	1

Source:https://baseball-reference.com/teams/TEX/2023-batting.shtml

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

bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="20%"	Player	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	W	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	L	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	ERA	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	G	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	GS	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	SV	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	IP	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	H	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	R	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	ER	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	BB	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	SO
Dane Dunning	12	7	3.70	35	26	0	172.2	163	73	71	55	140
Jon Gray	9	8	4.12	29	29	0	157.1	149	75	72	54	142
Andrew Heaney	10	6	4.15	34	28	0	147.1	143	74	68	60	151
Nathan Eovaldi	12	5	3.63	25	25	0	144.0	117	59	58	47	132
Martín Pérez	10	4	4.45	35	20	0	141.2	150	74	70	49	93
Jordan Montgomery	4	2	2.79	11	11	0	67.2	61	21	21	13	58
Brock Burke	5	3	4.37	53	0	0	59.2	64	32	29	9	52
Will Smith	2	7	4.40	60	0	22	57.1	44	31	28	17	55
José Leclerc	0	2	2.68	57	0	4	57.0	37	19	17	28	67
Cody Bradford	4	3	5.30	20	8	0	56.0	56	33	33	12	51
Josh Sborz	6	7	5.50	44	0	0	52.1	43	33	32	17	66
Max Scherzer	4	2	3.20	8	8	0	45.0	28	16	16	15	53
Grant Anderson	2	1	5.05	26	0	0	35.2	38	20	20	14	30
Jonathan Hernández	1	2	5.40	33	0	0	31.2	35	20	19	15	34
Jacob deGrom	2	0	2.67	6	6	0	30.1	19	11	9	4	45
Chris Stratton	1	0	3.41	22	0	0	29.0	24	11	11	8	22
Aroldis Chapman	2	3	3.72	30	0	4	29.0	21	14	12	16	50
Cole Ragans	2	3	5.92	17	0	0	24.1	20	17	16	14	24
John King	1	1	5.79	15	0	0	18.2	26	12	12	4	10
Ian Kennedy	0	1	7.16	16	0	0	16.1	16	15	13	7	21
Yerry Rodríguez	0	1	7.90	13	1	0	13.2	20	12	12	6	15
Glenn Otto	0	0	10.13	6	0	0	10.2	14	12	12	6	11
Joe Barlow	1	1	4.66	13	0	0	9.2	13	5	5	2	6
Taylor Hearn	0	0	10.29	4	0	0	7.0	9	8	8	4	7
Jake Latz	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	6.1	1	0	0	3	5
Owen White	0	1	11.25	2	0	0	4.0	5	5	5	2	4
Austin Hedges	0	0	4.91	4	0	0	3.2	5	2	2	0	1
Spencer Howard	0	0	10.80	3	0	0	3.1	4	4	4	3	2
Brad Miller	0	0	13.50	1	0	0	2.0	2	3	3	2	0
Alex Speas	0	2	13.50	3	0	0	2.0	2	3	3	5	4
Sandy León	0	0	18.00	1	0	0	1.0	1	2	2	0	0
Totals	90	72	4.28	162	162	30	1436.1	1330	716	683	491	1351
Rank in AL	3	12	10	—	—	12	10	8	9	10	7	12

Source:https://baseball-reference.com/teams/TEX/2023-pitching.shtml

Farm system

External links

2023 Texas Rangers season at Baseball-Reference.com
2023 Texas Rangers fullseason schedule and
Statistics

Notes and References

Web site: Stevenson. Stefan. Texas Rangers Six All-Stars Make History in Seattle. SI.com. July 11, 2023. July 27, 2023.
Web site: 2023-10-01 . Rangers clinch first postseason berth since 2016 . 2024-10-02 . ESPN.com . en.
https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/rangers-world-series-run-concludes-with-11-0-road-record-in-2023-playoffs-we-didnt-care-where-we-were/amp/ Rangers' World Series run concludes with 11-0 road record in 2023 playoffs: 'We didn't care where we were'
Web site: Stevenson . Stefan . 2023-10-31 . Road Perfect! - Texas Rangers Go For MLB Record Perfect 10 Road Win in Game 4 Of World Series Tuesday . 2024-10-02 . Sports Illustrated Texas Rangers News, Analysis and More . en.
https://www.espn.com/mlb/attendance/_/year/2023
Web site: Rangers Hire Bruce Bochy As Manager. Polishuk. Mark. MLB Trade Rumors. October 21, 2022. October 25, 2022.
Web site: Associated Press . 2022-09-09 . Pitch clocks and shift limits: MLB adopts sweeping rule changes for 2023 . 2022-10-13 . the Guardian . en.