2023 Texas Rangers season
The 2023 Texas Rangers season was the 63rd of the [Texas 2022 Texas Rangers season|Rangers (baseball)|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 named to the All-Star Game, a franchise record. On September 30, they clinched a playoff berth for the first time since 2016 with a win against the Seattle Mariners.
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.
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.
Offseason
On October 21, 2022, the Rangers hired Bruce Bochy to be their manager for the 2023 season.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:- 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 ;
Postseason
Postseason rosters
- 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
- Outfielders: 3 Leody Taveras 4 Robbie Grossman 16 Travis Jankowski 32 Evan Carter 53 Adolis García
- 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
- Outfielders: 3 Leody Taveras 4 Robbie Grossman 16 Travis Jankowski 32 Evan Carter 53 Adolis García
- 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
- 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
- Outfielders: 3 Leody Taveras 4 Robbie Grossman 16 Travis Jankowski 32 Evan Carter 53 Adolis García
Player statistics
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 |
| 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 |
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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 |
| 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 |
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