2016 Texas Rangers season

The 2016 Texas Rangers season was the Rangers' 56th season of the franchise in Major League Baseball, and the 45th since the team relocated to Arlington, Texas. The Rangers won the American League West title for the second straight season, with the best record in the American League. However, for the second straight year, they lost to the Toronto Blue Jays in the ALDS, this time in three games. The Rangers set an MLB record by going 36–11 in one-run games. Because of this stat, as well as the team winning 95 games instead of their projected 80 wins, baseball pundits viewed the Rangers as a "lucky" team.

Player stats

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

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	AVG	SLG
Ian Desmond	156	625	107	178	29	3	22	86	21	44	.285	.446
Rougned Odor	150	605	89	164	33	4	33	88	14	19	.271	.502
Adrián Beltré	153	583	89	175	31	1	32	104	1	48	.300	.521
Nomar Mazara	145	516	59	137	13	3	20	64	0	39	.266	.419
Elvis Andrus	147	506	75	153	31	7	8	69	24	47	.302	.439
Mitch Moreland	147	460	49	107	21	0	22	60	1	35	.233	.422
Prince Fielder	89	326	29	69	16	0	8	44	0	32	.212	.334
Jurickson Profar	90	272	35	65	6	3	5	20	2	30	.239	.338
Ryan Rua	99	240	40	62	8	1	8	22	9	21	.258	.400
Carlos Beltrán	52	193	23	54	12	0	7	29	1	13	.280	.451
Delino DeShields Jr.	74	182	36	38	7	0	4	13	8	15	.209	.313
Shin-Soo Choo	48	178	27	43	7	0	7	17	6	25	.242	.399
Jonathan Lucroy	47	152	19	42	7	0	11	31	0	14	.276	.539
Robinson Chirinos	57	147	21	33	11	0	9	20	0	15	.224	.483
Bobby Wilson	42	128	11	32	4	0	3	22	0	5	.250	.352
Carlos Gómez	33	116	18	33	6	0	8	24	5	13	.284	.543
Bryan Holaday	29	84	14	20	6	1	2	13	0	5	.238	.405
Hanser Alberto	35	56	2	8	1	0	0	5	1	0	.143	.161
Jared Hoying	38	46	8	10	2	0	0	5	1	3	.217	.261
Brett Nicholas	15	40	5	11	5	0	2	4	0	4	.275	.550
Joey Gallo	17	25	2	1	0	0	1	1	1	5	.040	.160
Drew Stubbs	19	20	6	6	0	0	2	3	4	4	.300	.600
Justin Ruggiano	1	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	.250	.500
Pitcher totals	162	21	1	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	.190	.333
Team totals	162	5525	765	1446	257	23	215	746	99	436	.262	.433

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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

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Cole Hamels	15	5	3.32	32	32	0	200.2	185	83	74	77	200
Martín Pérez	10	11	4.39	33	33	0	198.2	205	110	97	76	103
A.J. Griffin	7	4	5.07	23	23	0	119.0	116	68	67	46	107
Colby Lewis	6	5	3.71	19	19	0	116.1	103	53	48	28	73
Derek Holland	7	9	4.95	22	20	0	107.1	116	62	59	35	67
Yu Darvish	7	5	3.41	17	17	0	100.1	81	43	38	31	132
Sam Dyson	3	2	2.43	73	0	38	70.1	63	19	19	23	55
Matt Bush	7	2	2.48	58	0	1	61.2	44	18	17	14	61
Tony Barnette	7	3	2.09	53	0	0	60.1	54	16	14	16	49
Jake Diekman	4	2	3.40	66	0	4	53.0	36	22	20	26	59
Alex Claudio	4	1	2.79	39	0	0	51.2	55	19	16	10	34
Cesar Ramos	3	3	6.04	16	4	1	47.2	60	34	32	20	27
Nick Martinez	2	3	5.59	12	5	0	38.2	45	24	24	19	16
Shawn Tolleson	2	2	7.68	37	0	11	36.1	53	32	31	10	29
Keone Kela	5	1	6.09	35	0	0	34.0	30	23	23	17	45
Tom Wilhelmsen	2	3	10.55	21	0	0	21.1	38	25	25	9	11
Lucas Harrell	1	0	5.60	4	4	0	17.2	21	11	11	13	15
Jose Leclerc	0	0	1.80	12	0	0	15.0	11	4	3	13	15
Jeremy Jeffress	1	0	2.70	12	0	0	13.1	10	4	4	7	7
Luke Jackson	0	0	10.80	8	0	0	11.2	22	14	14	8	3
Dario Álvarez	0	0	7.71	10	0	0	11.2	17	11	10	2	13
Chi Chi Gonzalez	0	2	8.71	3	3	0	10.1	21	13	10	9	7
Kyle Lohse	0	2	12.54	2	2	0	9.1	15	13	13	5	3
Tanner Scheppers	1	1	4.15	10	0	1	8.2	6	4	4	3	5
Phil Klein	0	1	5.19	8	0	0	8.2	8	5	5	2	12
Andrew Faulkner	0	0	6.75	9	0	0	6.2	8	7	5	4	1
Anthony Ranaudo	1	0	17.18	2	0	0	3.2	2	7	7	8	2
Michael Roth	0	0	14.73	1	0	0	3.2	10	6	6	1	3
Yohander Méndez	0	0	18.00	2	0	0	3.0	5	6	6	2	0
Bryan Holaday	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
Jared Hoying	0	0	9.00	1	0	0	1.0	1	1	1	0	0
Team totals	95	67	4.37	162	162	56	1443.0	1441	757	700	534	1154

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Postseason

Postseason rosters

Pitchers: 11 Yu Darvish 23 Jeremy Jeffress 33 Martín Pérez 35 Cole Hamels 41 Jake Diekman 43 Tony Barnette 47 Sam Dyson 48 Colby Lewis 50 Keone Kela 51 Matt Bush 58 Alex Claudio
Catchers: 25 Jonathan Lucroy 61 Robinson Chirinos
Infielders: 1 Elvis Andrus 12 Rougned Odor 18 Mitch Moreland 19 Jurickson Profar 29 Adrián Beltré
Outfielders: 14 Carlos Gómez 16 Ryan Rua 17 Shin-Soo Choo 20 Ian Desmond 30 Nomar Mazara 31 Jared Hoying
Designated hitters: 36 Carlos Beltrán

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: High Desert

Blue Jays–Rangers brawl

During the May 15, 2016, game against the Toronto Blue Jays, there were two benches-clearing incidents. Following a contentious meeting in the ALDS the previous season, many people thought the Rangers would target Jose Bautista for his controversial bat flip in the ALDS. However, the first six games of the season between the clubs were played without incident. Finally, in the last regular season game between the clubs, Rangers reliever Matt Bush hit Bautista in the ribs with a fastball. On the ensuing play, Bautista slid hard into Rangers second baseman Rougned Odor. Odor, taking exception, pushed Bautista, then proceeded to punch Bautista squarely in the face. This fight caused both benches and bullpens to clear. Bautista, Odor, Steve Buechele, and Josh Donaldson were ejected after the brawl. Later in the game, Blue Jays pitcher Jesse Chavez hit Prince Fielder with a pitch causing the benches to clear again, although this time no punches were thrown. Chavez and DeMarlo Hale were ejected following this incident. Odor would serve a seven game suspension for his actions. Toronto manager John Gibbons and Chavez would serve three games suspensions while Bautista and Elvis Andrus served one game suspensions.