2021 Texas Rangers season
Major League Baseball team season
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The 2021 Texas Rangers season was the 61st of the Texas Rangers franchise overall, their 50th in Arlington as the Rangers, and the second season at Globe Life Field. The Rangers would finish with a 60–102 record which was the third worst record just behind the Baltimore Orioles and Arizona Diamondbacks, also a franchise worst since 1973 and their first season since then with 100 or more losses. Outfielder Joey Gallo and starting pitcher Kyle Gibson were also traded at the trade deadline to the New York Yankees and Philadelphia Phillies respectively.
| 2021 Texas Rangers | |
|---|---|
| League | American League |
| Division | West |
| Ballpark | Globe Life Field |
| City | Arlington |
| Record | 60–102 (.370) |
| Divisional place | 5th |
| Owners | Ray Davis & Bob R. Simpson |
| Managers | Chris Woodward |
| Television | Bally Sports Southwest (Dave Raymond, C.J. Nitkowski, Tom Grieve) |
| Radio | KRLD 105.3 FM (English) (Eric Nadel, Matt Hicks, Dave Raymond) KZMP 1540 AM (Spanish) (Eleno Orlenas, Jerry Romo) |
| Stats | ESPN.com Baseball Reference |
Offseason
Transactions
- December 2, 2020: Rangers non tender outfielders Danny Santana and Scott Heineman, and pitcher Jimmy Herget.[1]
- December 3, 2020: Rangers sign pitcher Joe Gatto and re-sign outfielder Scott Heineman.[2]
- December 8, 2020: Rangers trade pitcher Lance Lynn to the Chicago White Sox for pitchers Dane Dunning and Avery Weems.[3]
- December 10, 2020: Rangers select pitcher Brett de Geus second overall in the Rule 5 draft.[4]
- December 10, 2020: Rangers trade catcher Heriberto Hernandez, infielder Osleivis Basabe, and outfielder Alexander Ovalles to the Tampa Bay Rays for first basemen Nate Lowe and Jake Guenther, and a PTBNL.[5]
- December 11, 2020: Rangers re-sign pitcher Jimmy Herget, outfielder Scott Heineman designated for assignment.[6]
- December 11, 2020: Rangers sign outfielder David Dahl to a one-year deal.[7]
- December 15, 2020: Rangers trade pitcher Rafael Montero to the Seattle Mariners for pitcher Jose Corniell and a PTBNL.[8]
- December 16, 2020: Rangers trade outfielder Scott Heineman to the Cincinnati Reds for infielder Jose Acosta.[9]
- December 25, 2020: Rangers sign pitcher Kohei Arihara through the posting system.[10]
- December 26, 2020: Rangers pitcher Art Warren is designated for assignment.[11]
- January 6, 2021: Rangers trade pitcher Art Warren to the Cincinnati Reds for cash considerations.[12]
- February 6, 2021: Rangers trade shortstop Elvis Andrus, catcher Aramis Garcia, and cash considerations to the Oakland Athletics for designated hitter Khris Davis, catcher Jonah Heim, and minor league pitcher Dane Acker.[13]
- February 10, 2021: Rangers sign Mike Foltynewicz to one year deal.[14]
• October 2024- Rangers sign Jett Davis to 2-year $550k deal starting in 2025 but he has since been released due to needing Tommy John surgery
Regular season
Season standings
American League West
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Astros | 95 | 67 | .586 | — | 51–30 | 44–37 |
| Seattle Mariners | 90 | 72 | .556 | 5 | 46–35 | 44–37 |
| Oakland Athletics | 86 | 76 | .531 | 9 | 43–38 | 43–38 |
| Los Angeles Angels | 77 | 85 | .475 | 18 | 40–42 | 37–43 |
| Texas Rangers | 60 | 102 | .370 | 35 | 36–45 | 24–57 |
American League Wild Card
| Team | W | L | Pct. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Rays | 100 | 62 | .617 |
| Houston Astros | 95 | 67 | .586 |
| Chicago White Sox | 93 | 69 | .574 |
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Red Sox | 92 | 70 | .568 | — |
| New York Yankees | 92 | 70 | .568 | — |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 91 | 71 | .562 | 1 |
| Seattle Mariners | 90 | 72 | .556 | 2 |
| Oakland Athletics | 86 | 76 | .531 | 6 |
| Cleveland Indians | 80 | 82 | .494 | 12 |
| Los Angeles Angels | 77 | 85 | .475 | 15 |
| Detroit Tigers | 77 | 85 | .475 | 15 |
| Kansas City Royals | 74 | 88 | .457 | 18 |
| Minnesota Twins | 73 | 89 | .451 | 19 |
| Texas Rangers | 60 | 102 | .370 | 32 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 52 | 110 | .321 | 40 |
Record against opponents
| Team | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | HOU | KC | LAA | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TB | TEX | TOR | NL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore | — | 6–13 | 0–7 | 2–5 | 2–5 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 8–11 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 1–18 | 4–3 | 5–14 | 7–13 |
| Boston | 13–6 | — | 3–4 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 2–5 | 5–2 | 3–3 | 5–2 | 10–9 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 8–11 | 3–4 | 10–9 | 16–4 |
| Chicago | 7–0 | 4–3 | — | 10–9 | 12–7 | 2–5 | 9–10 | 2–5 | 13–6 | 1–5 | 4–3 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 4–3 | 14–6 |
| Cleveland | 5–2 | 2–4 | 9–10 | — | 12–7 | 1–6 | 14–5 | 5–1 | 8–11 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 3–4 | 1–6 | 4–2 | 2–5 | 9–11 |
| Detroit | 5–2 | 3–3 | 7–12 | 7–12 | — | 5–2 | 8–11 | 1–6 | 8–11 | 3–3 | 1–6 | 5–1 | 4–3 | 6–1 | 3–3 | 11–9 |
| Houston | 3–3 | 5–2 | 5–2 | 6–1 | 2–5 | — | 3–4 | 13–6 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 11–8 | 11–8 | 4–2 | 14–5 | 4–2 | 9–11 |
| Kansas City | 3–4 | 2–5 | 10–9 | 5–14 | 11–8 | 4–3 | — | 2–4 | 10–9 | 2–4 | 2–5 | 4–3 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 3–4 | 12–8 |
| Los Angeles | 4–2 | 3–3 | 5–2 | 1–5 | 6–1 | 6–13 | 4–2 | — | 5–2 | 4–3 | 4–15 | 8–11 | 1–6 | 11–8 | 4–3 | 11–9 |
| Minnesota | 4–2 | 2–5 | 6–13 | 11–8 | 11–8 | 4–3 | 9–10 | 2–5 | — | 1–6 | 1–5 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 3–4 | 10–10 |
| New York | 11–8 | 9–10 | 5–1 | 4–3 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 6–1 | — | 4–3 | 5–2 | 8–11 | 6–1 | 8–11 | 12–8 |
| Oakland | 3–3 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 4–2 | 6–1 | 8–11 | 5–2 | 15–4 | 5–1 | 3–4 | — | 4–15 | 4–3 | 10–9 | 2–5 | 11–9 |
| Seattle | 4–3 | 3–4 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 1–5 | 8–11 | 3–4 | 11–8 | 4–2 | 2–5 | 15–4 | — | 6–1 | 13–6 | 4–2 | 9–11 |
| Tampa Bay | 18–1 | 11–8 | 3–3 | 6–1 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 6–1 | 3–3 | 11–8 | 3–4 | 1–6 | — | 3–4 | 11–8 | 15–5 |
| Texas | 3–4 | 4–3 | 1–5 | 2–4 | 1–6 | 5–14 | 4–2 | 8–11 | 3–4 | 1–6 | 9–10 | 6–13 | 4–3 | — | 2–4 | 7–13 |
| Toronto | 14–5 | 9–10 | 3–4 | 5–2 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 4–3 | 3–4 | 4–3 | 11–8 | 5–2 | 2–4 | 8–11 | 4–2 | — | 14–6 |
Updated with the results of all games through October 3, 2021.
Game log
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April: 11–16 (Home: 5–9; Away: 6–7)
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May: 11–17 (Home: 8–4; Away: 3–13)
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June: 9–16 (Home: 7–8; Away: 2–8)
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July: 6–18 (Home: 4–6; Away: 2–12)
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August: 10–18 (Home: 7–9; Away: 3–9)
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September: 12–15 (Home: 4–7; Away: 8–8)
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Roster
Player stats
Batting
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batting 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isiah Kiner-Falefa | 158 | 635 | 74 | 172 | 25 | 3 | 8 | 53 | 20 | 28 | .271 | .357 |
| Adolis García | 149 | 581 | 77 | 141 | 26 | 2 | 31 | 90 | 16 | 32 | .243 | .454 |
| Nathaniel Lowe | 157 | 557 | 75 | 147 | 24 | 3 | 18 | 72 | 8 | 80 | .264 | .415 |
| Nick Solak | 127 | 458 | 57 | 111 | 18 | 2 | 11 | 49 | 7 | 34 | .242 | .362 |
| Joey Gallo | 95 | 310 | 57 | 69 | 6 | 1 | 25 | 55 | 6 | 74 | .223 | .490 |
| Jose Trevino | 89 | 285 | 23 | 68 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 30 | 1 | 12 | .239 | .340 |
| Jonah Heim | 82 | 265 | 22 | 52 | 13 | 0 | 10 | 32 | 3 | 15 | .196 | .358 |
| Willie Calhoun | 75 | 260 | 26 | 65 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 0 | 21 | .250 | .381 |
| Andy Ibáñez | 76 | 253 | 31 | 70 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 25 | 0 | 15 | .277 | .435 |
| Charlie Culberson | 90 | 247 | 23 | 60 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 7 | 17 | .243 | .381 |
| Brock Holt | 76 | 235 | 21 | 49 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 5 | 23 | .209 | .298 |
| David Dahl | 63 | 205 | 19 | 43 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 2 | 10 | .210 | .322 |
| Eli White | 64 | 198 | 26 | 35 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 4 | 18 | .177 | .308 |
| DJ Peters | 52 | 197 | 24 | 39 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 34 | 2 | 4 | .198 | .426 |
| Leody Taveras | 49 | 174 | 14 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 9 | .161 | .270 |
| Jason Martin | 58 | 144 | 14 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 3 | 8 | .208 | .354 |
| Yonny Hernández | 43 | 143 | 15 | 31 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 17 | .217 | .252 |
| Yohel Pozo | 21 | 74 | 8 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 3 | .284 | .378 |
| Khris Davis | 22 | 51 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 8 | .157 | .333 |
| Curtis Terry | 13 | 45 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .089 | .133 |
| John Hicks | 10 | 31 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | .258 | .677 |
| Ronald Guzmán | 7 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .063 | .250 |
| Anderson Tejeda | 5 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .063 | .063 |
| Ryan Dorow | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 |
| Pitcher totals | 162 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .053 | .053 |
| Team totals | 162 | 5405 | 625 | 1254 | 225 | 24 | 167 | 598 | 106 | 433 | .232 | .375 |
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 = Walks allowed
| Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan Lyles | 10 | 13 | 5.15 | 32 | 30 | 0 | 180.0 | 194 | 104 | 103 | 56 | 146 |
| Mike Foltynewicz | 2 | 12 | 5.44 | 28 | 24 | 0 | 139.0 | 139 | 86 | 84 | 36 | 97 |
| Kolby Allard | 3 | 12 | 5.41 | 32 | 17 | 0 | 124.2 | 128 | 80 | 75 | 31 | 104 |
| Dane Dunning | 5 | 10 | 4.51 | 27 | 25 | 0 | 117.2 | 126 | 61 | 59 | 43 | 114 |
| Kyle Gibson | 6 | 3 | 2.87 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 113.0 | 92 | 38 | 36 | 41 | 94 |
| Taylor Hearn | 6 | 6 | 4.66 | 42 | 11 | 0 | 104.1 | 96 | 58 | 54 | 42 | 92 |
| Brett Martin | 4 | 4 | 3.18 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 62.1 | 67 | 31 | 22 | 14 | 42 |
| Josh Sborz | 4 | 3 | 3.97 | 63 | 0 | 1 | 59.0 | 52 | 29 | 26 | 32 | 69 |
| John King | 7 | 5 | 3.52 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 46.0 | 41 | 24 | 18 | 12 | 40 |
| Spencer Patton | 2 | 2 | 3.83 | 42 | 0 | 2 | 42.1 | 36 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 48 |
| Kohei Arihara | 2 | 4 | 6.64 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 40.2 | 45 | 31 | 30 | 13 | 24 |
| Dennis Santana | 2 | 4 | 3.63 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 39.2 | 30 | 20 | 16 | 21 | 38 |
| Yang Hyeon-jong | 0 | 3 | 5.60 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 35.1 | 42 | 24 | 22 | 16 | 25 |
| Ian Kennedy | 0 | 0 | 2.51 | 32 | 0 | 16 | 32.1 | 27 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 35 |
| Jharel Cotton | 2 | 0 | 3.52 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 30.2 | 28 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 30 |
| Joe Barlow | 0 | 2 | 1.55 | 31 | 0 | 11 | 29.0 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 27 |
| Joely Rodríguez | 1 | 3 | 5.93 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 27.1 | 32 | 19 | 18 | 12 | 30 |
| Brett de Geus | 0 | 0 | 8.44 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 26.2 | 31 | 25 | 25 | 13 | 26 |
| DeMarcus Evans | 0 | 2 | 5.13 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 26.1 | 24 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 33 |
| Glenn Otto | 0 | 3 | 9.26 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 23.1 | 32 | 24 | 24 | 8 | 28 |
| A. J. Alexy | 3 | 1 | 4.70 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 23.0 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 17 | 17 |
| Wes Benjamin | 0 | 2 | 8.74 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 22.2 | 29 | 23 | 22 | 17 | 19 |
| Drew Anderson | 1 | 1 | 3.27 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 22.0 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 9 |
| Spencer Howard | 0 | 3 | 9.70 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 21.1 | 28 | 26 | 23 | 10 | 21 |
| Kyle Cody | 0 | 2 | 7.94 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 11.1 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 14 |
| Hunter Wood | 0 | 0 | 3.60 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Jake Latz | 0 | 1 | 5.79 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| Matt Bush | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| Jimmy Herget | 0 | 1 | 9.00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| Nick Snyder | 0 | 0 | 4.91 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3.2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Charlie Culberson | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brock Holt | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team totals | 60 | 102 | 4.79 | 162 | 162 | 31 | 1424.1 | 1402 | 815 | 758 | 513 | 1239 |
Farm system
| Level | Team | League | Manager |
|---|---|---|---|
| Triple-A | Round Rock Express | Triple-A West | Kenny Holmberg |
| Double-A | Frisco RoughRiders | Double-A Central | Jared Goedert |
| High-A | Hickory Crawdads | High-A East | Josh Johnson |
| Low-A | Down East Wood Ducks | Low-A East | Carlos Cardoza |
| Rookie | ACL Rangers | Arizona Complex League | Jay Sullenger |
| Foreign Rookie | DSL Rangers 1 | Dominican Summer League | Carlos Maldonado |
| Foreign Rookie | DSL Rangers 2 | Dominican Summer League | TBD |