2013 Texas Rangers season

2013 Texas Rangers
Cap insignia for the 2013 Texas Rangers
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1961)
West Division (since 1972)
Location
Rangers Ballpark in Arlington (since 1994)
Arlington, Texas (since 1972)
Results
Record	91–72 (.558)
Divisional place	2nd
Other information
Owner(s)	Rangers Baseball Express (Nolan Ryan, Ray Davis and Bob R. Simpson)
General manager(s)	Jon Daniels
Manager(s)	Ron Washington
Local television	Fox Sports Southwest KTXA (Steve Busby, Tom Grieve)
Local radio	KESN ESPN Radio 103.3 FM (English) (Eric Nadel, Matt Hicks) KZMP 1540 AM (Spanish) (Eleno Orlenas, Jerry Romo)
Stats	ESPN.com BB-reference
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The 2013 Texas Rangers season was the Rangers' 53rd season of the franchise and the 42nd since the team relocated to Arlington, Texas. The Rangers lost a tie-breaking 163rd game against the Tampa Bay Rays on September 30, 2013, and were eliminated from playoff contention for the first time since 2009.

Season standings

American League West

AL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Oakland Athletics	96	66	0.593	—	52–29	44–37
Texas Rangers	91	72	0.558	5½	46–36	45–36
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	78	84	0.481	18	39–42	39–42
Seattle Mariners	71	91	0.438	25	36–45	35–46
Houston Astros	51	111	0.315	45	24–57	27–54

American League Wild Card

Division Winners	W	L	Pct.
Boston Red Sox	97	65	0.599
Oakland Athletics	96	66	0.593
Detroit Tigers	93	69	0.574

Wild Card teams (Top 2 qualify for 1-game playoff)	W	L	Pct.	GB
Cleveland Indians	92	70	0.568	+½
Tampa Bay Rays	92	71	0.564	—
Texas Rangers	91	72	0.558	1
Kansas City Royals	86	76	0.531	5½
Baltimore Orioles	85	77	0.525	6½
New York Yankees	85	77	0.525	6½
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	78	84	0.481	13½
Toronto Blue Jays	74	88	0.457	17½
Seattle Mariners	71	91	0.438	20½
Minnesota Twins	66	96	0.407	25½
Chicago White Sox	63	99	0.389	28½
Houston Astros	51	111	0.315	40½

The 2013 Rangers are to date the winningest team not to make the postseason in the expanded Wild Card era.

Record vs. opponents

2013 AL 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	—	11–8	4–3	3–4	4–2	4–2	3–4	5–2	3–3	9–10	5–2	2–4	6–13	5–2	10–9	11–9
Boston	8–11	—	4–2	6–1	3–4	6–1	2–5	3–3	4–3	13–6	3–3	6–1	12–7	2–4	11–8	14–6
Chicago	3–4	2–4	—	2–17	7–12	3–4	9–10	3–4	8–11	3–3	2–5	3–3	2–5	4–2	4–3	8–12
Cleveland	4–3	1–6	17–2	—	4–15	6–1	10–9	4–2	13–6	1–6	5–2	5–2	2–4	5–1	4–2	11–9
Detroit	2–4	4–3	12–7	15–4	—	6–1	9–10	0–6	11–8	3–3	3–4	5–2	3–3	3–4	5–2	12–8
Houston	2–4	1–6	4–3	1–6	1–6	—	2–4	10–9	1–5	1–5	4–15	9–10	2–5	2–17	3–4	8–12
Kansas City	4–3	5–2	10–9	9–10	10–9	4–2	—	2–5	15–4	2–5	1–5	4–3	6–1	3–3	2–4	9–11
Los Angeles	2–5	3–3	4–3	2–4	6–0	9–10	5–2	—	1–5	3–4	8–11	11–8	4–3	4–15	6–1	10–10
Minnesota	3–3	3–4	11–8	6–13	8–11	5–1	4–15	5–1	—	2–5	1–6	4–3	1–6	4–3	1–5	8–12
New York	10–9	6–13	3–3	6–1	3–3	5–1	5–2	4–3	5–2	—	1–5	4–3	7–12	3–4	14–5	9–11
Oakland	2–5	3–3	5–2	2–5	4–3	15–4	5–1	11–8	6–1	5–1	—	8–11	3–3	10–9	4–3	13–7
Seattle	4–2	1–6	3–3	2–5	2–5	10–9	3–4	8–11	3–4	3–4	11–8	—	3–3	7–12	3–3	8–12
Tampa Bay	13–6	7–12	5–2	4–2	3–3	5–2	1–6	3–4	6–1	12–7	3–3	3–3	—	3–4	11–8	12–8
Texas	2–5	4–2	2–4	1–5	4–3	17–2	3–3	15–4	3–4	4–3	9–10	12–7	4–3	—	1–6	10–10
Toronto	9–10	8–11	3–4	2–4	2–5	4–3	4–2	1–6	5–1	5–14	3–4	3–3	8–11	6–1	—	11–9

Updated for games through September 29, 2013

Game log

Legend
Rangers Win	Rangers Loss	Game Postponed

Roster

2013 Texas Rangers
Roster
Pitchers 59 Travis Blackley 57 Cory Burns 56 Neal Cotts 11 Yu Darvish 30 Neftalí Feliz 53 Wilmer Font 44 Jason Frasor 22 Matt Garza 51 Justin Grimm 54 Matt Harrison 45 Derek Holland 50 Michael Kirkman 25 Josh Lindblom 55 Derek Lowe 37 Kyle McClellan 36 Joe Nathan 41 Alexi Ogando 58 Joseph Ortiz 33 Martín Pérez 46 Robbie Ross 52 Tanner Scheppers 28 Joakim Soria 49 Nick Tepesch 55 Ross Wolf		Catchers 12 A. J. Pierzynski  8 Geovany Soto Infielders  1 Elvis Andrus 15 Jeff Baker 29 Adrián Beltré 27 Lance Berkman 61 Robinson Chirinos  3 Leury García  5 Ian Kinsler 21 Chris McGuiness 18 Mitch Moreland 13 Jurickson Profar  9 Adam Rosales Outfielders 35 Jim Adduci 43 Engel Beltré 20 Joey Butler 17 Nelson Cruz 23 Craig Gentry  2 Leonys Martín  7 David Murphy 51 Alex Ríos Other batters 20 Julio Borbon		Manager 38 Ron Washington Coaches 16 Dave Anderson (first base) 66 Josh Frasier (bullpen catcher) 40 Andy Hawkins (bullpen) 31 Mike Maddux (pitching) 14 Dave Magadan (hitting)  4 Jackie Moore (bench) 24 Gary Pettis (third base)

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Round Rock Express	Pacific Coast League	Bobby Jones
AA	Frisco RoughRiders	Texas League	Steve Buechele
A	Myrtle Beach Pelicans	Carolina League	Jason Wood
A	Hickory Crawdads	South Atlantic League	Corey Ragsdale
A-Short Season	Spokane Indians	Northwest League	Tim Hulett
Rookie	AZL Rangers	Arizona League	Kenny Holmberg

References

External links

• 2013 Texas Rangers Official Site
• 2013 Texas Rangers at ESPN
• 2013 Texas Rangers at Baseball Reference