2018 Texas Rangers season
The 2018 Texas Rangers season was the 58th of the Texas Rangers franchise overall, their 47th in Arlington as the Rangers, and their 25th season at Globe Life Park in Arlington. The Rangers began the season on March 29 against the Houston Astros and finished the season on September 30 against the Seattle Mariners.
The Rangers completed a 5–4 triple play in their 8–6 win over the Los Angeles Angels on August 16. It was only the third 5–4 triple play in the expansion era. It was also the first triple play since 1912 in which the batter was not retired. The Rangers set a new club record with 13 extra-base hits in a game against the Minnesota Twins on September 2.
On September 21, the Rangers fired Jeff Banister as manager following much speculation. Bench coach Don Wakamatsu was promoted to interim manager for the final 10 games of the season.
Opening Day lineup
Standings
American League West
American League Wild Card
Record against opponents
Game log
Detailed records
Roster
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 |
| Shin-Soo Choo | 146 | 560 | 83 | 148 | 30 | 1 | 21 | 62 | 6 | 92 | .264 | .434 |
| Jurickson Profar | 146 | 524 | 82 | 133 | 35 | 6 | 20 | 77 | 10 | 54 | .254 | .458 |
| Joey Gallo | 148 | 500 | 82 | 103 | 24 | 1 | 40 | 92 | 3 | 74 | .206 | .498 |
| Nomar Mazara | 128 | 489 | 61 | 126 | 25 | 1 | 20 | 77 | 1 | 40 | .258 | .436 |
| Rougned Odor | 129 | 474 | 76 | 120 | 23 | 2 | 18 | 63 | 12 | 43 | .253 | .424 |
| Adrián Beltré | 119 | 433 | 49 | 118 | 23 | 1 | 15 | 65 | 1 | 34 | .273 | .434 |
| Elvis Andrus | 97 | 395 | 53 | 101 | 20 | 3 | 6 | 33 | 5 | 28 | .256 | .367 |
| Ronald Guzmán | 123 | 387 | 46 | 91 | 18 | 2 | 16 | 58 | 1 | 33 | .235 | .416 |
| Robinson Chirinos | 113 | 360 | 48 | 80 | 15 | 1 | 18 | 65 | 2 | 45 | .222 | .419 |
| Isiah Kiner-Falefa | 111 | 356 | 43 | 93 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 34 | 7 | 28 | .261 | .357 |
| Delino DeShields Jr. | 106 | 334 | 52 | 72 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 20 | 43 | .216 | .281 |
| Ryan Rua | 61 | 139 | 17 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 5 | .194 | .360 |
| Carlos Tocci | 66 | 120 | 11 | 27 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | .225 | .283 |
| Drew Robinson | 47 | 109 | 20 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 16 | .183 | .294 |
| Willie Calhoun | 35 | 99 | 8 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 6 | .222 | .333 |
| Carlos Pérez | 20 | 49 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .143 | .245 |
| Juan Centeno | 10 | 37 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .162 | .270 |
| Renato Núñez | 13 | 36 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | .167 | .278 |
| Hanser Alberto | 13 | 27 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .185 | .259 |
| Jose Trevino | 3 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 |
| Pitcher totals | 162 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .059 | .118 |
| Team totals | 162 | 5453 | 737 | 1308 | 266 | 24 | 194 | 696 | 74 | 555 | .240 | .404 |
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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 |
| Mike Minor | 12 | 8 | 4.18 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 157.0 | 138 | 76 | 73 | 38 | 132 |
| Bartolo Colón | 7 | 12 | 5.78 | 28 | 24 | 0 | 146.1 | 172 | 97 | 94 | 25 | 81 |
| Cole Hamels | 5 | 9 | 4.72 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 114.1 | 115 | 70 | 60 | 42 | 114 |
| Matt Moore | 3 | 8 | 6.79 | 39 | 12 | 0 | 102.0 | 128 | 82 | 77 | 41 | 86 |
| Yovani Gallardo | 8 | 8 | 5.77 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 92.0 | 99 | 60 | 59 | 43 | 56 |
| Martín Pérez | 2 | 7 | 6.22 | 22 | 15 | 0 | 85.1 | 116 | 68 | 59 | 36 | 52 |
| Alex Claudio | 4 | 2 | 4.48 | 66 | 1 | 1 | 68.1 | 91 | 35 | 34 | 13 | 41 |
| Doug Fister | 1 | 7 | 4.50 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 66.0 | 73 | 40 | 33 | 19 | 40 |
| José Leclerc | 2 | 3 | 1.56 | 59 | 0 | 12 | 57.2 | 24 | 16 | 10 | 25 | 85 |
| Jesse Chavez | 3 | 1 | 3.51 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 56.1 | 58 | 23 | 22 | 12 | 50 |
| Ariel Jurado | 5 | 5 | 5.93 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 54.2 | 66 | 36 | 36 | 18 | 22 |
| Austin Bibens-Dirkx | 2 | 3 | 6.20 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 45.0 | 56 | 33 | 31 | 14 | 33 |
| Chris Martin | 1 | 5 | 4.54 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 41.2 | 46 | 21 | 21 | 5 | 37 |
| Jake Diekman | 1 | 1 | 3.69 | 47 | 0 | 2 | 39.0 | 31 | 18 | 16 | 23 | 48 |
| Keone Kela | 3 | 3 | 3.44 | 38 | 0 | 24 | 36.2 | 28 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 44 |
| Eddie Butler | 1 | 2 | 6.47 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 32.0 | 43 | 24 | 23 | 12 | 18 |
| Jeffrey Springs | 1 | 1 | 3.38 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 32.0 | 32 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 31 |
| Yohander Méndez | 2 | 2 | 5.53 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 27.2 | 28 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 18 |
| Tony Barnette | 2 | 0 | 2.39 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 26.1 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 26 |
| Adrian Sampson | 0 | 3 | 4.30 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 23.0 | 24 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 15 |
| Matt Bush | 0 | 0 | 4.70 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 23 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 19 |
| Cory Gearrin | 1 | 0 | 2.53 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 21.1 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 20 |
| Drew Hutchison | 1 | 1 | 8.86 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 21.1 | 29 | 21 | 21 | 13 | 12 |
| Kevin Jepsen | 0 | 3 | 5.94 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 16.2 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 8 |
| Connor Sadzeck | 0 | 0 | 0.96 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 9.1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 |
| Brandon Mann | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 8.1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
| C. D. Pelham | 0 | 0 | 7.04 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 7.2 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 7 |
| Zac Curtis | 0 | 1 | 9.45 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 8 |
| Ricardo Rodríguez | 0 | 0 | 4.05 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Nick Gardewine | 0 | 0 | 3.60 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Ryan Rua | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Carlos Tocci | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team totals | 67 | 95 | 4.92 | 162 | 162 | 42 | 1431.0 | 1516 | 848 | 783 | 491 | 1121 |
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