2013 Texas Rangers season

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.[1]

2013 Texas Rangers
Cap insignia for the 2013 Texas Rangers
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record91–72 (.558)
Divisional place2nd
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 televisionFox Sports Southwest
KTXA
(Steve Busby, Tom Grieve)
Local radioKESN ESPN Radio 103.3 FM (English)
(Eric Nadel, Matt Hicks)
KZMP 1540 AM (Spanish)
(Eleno Orlenas, Jerry Romo)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
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Season standings

American League West
AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Oakland Athletics 9666 0.593 — 52–29 44–37
Texas Rangers 9172 0.558 5½ 46–36 45–36
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 7884 0.481 18 39–42 39–42
Seattle Mariners 7191 0.438 25 36–45 35–46
Houston Astros 51111 0.315 45 24–57 27–54

American League Wild Card
Division Winners W L Pct.
Boston Red Sox 9765 0.599
Oakland Athletics 9666 0.593
Detroit Tigers 9369 0.574


Wild Card teams
(Top two qualify for postseason)		 W L Pct. GB
Cleveland Indians 9270 0.568 +½
Tampa Bay Rays 9271 0.564 —
Texas Rangers 9172 0.558 1
Kansas City Royals 8676 0.531 5½
Baltimore Orioles 8577 0.525 6½
New York Yankees 8577 0.525 6½
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 7884 0.481 13½
Toronto Blue Jays 7488 0.457 17½
Seattle Mariners 7191 0.438 20½
Minnesota Twins 6696 0.407 25½
Chicago White Sox 6399 0.389 28½
Houston Astros 51111 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—11–84–33–44–24–23–45–23–39–105–22–46–135–210–911–9
Boston8–11—4–26–13–46–12–53–34–313–63–36–112–72–411–814–6
Chicago3–42–4—2–177–123–49–103–48–113–32–53–32–54–24–38–12
Cleveland4–31–617–2—4–156–110–94–213–61–65–25–22–45–14–211–9
Detroit2–44–312–715–4—6–19–100–611–83–33–45–23–33–45–212–8
Houston2–41–64–31–61–6—2–410–91–51–54–159–102–52–173–48–12
Kansas City4–35–210–99–1010–94–2—2–515–42–51–54–36–13–32–49–11
Los Angeles2–53–34–32–46–09–105–2—1–53–48–1111–84–34–156–110–10
Minnesota3–33–411–86–138–115–14–155–1—2–51–64–31–64–31–58–12
New York10–96–133–36–13–35–15–24–35–2—1–54–37–123–414–59–11
Oakland2–53–35–22–54–315–45–111–86–15–1—8–113–310–94–313–7
Seattle4–21–63–32–52–510–93–48–113–43–411–8—3–37–123–38–12
Tampa Bay13–67–125–24–23–35–21–63–46–112–73–33–3—4–411–812–8
Texas2–54–22–41–54–317–23–315–43–44–39–1012–74–4—1–610–10
Toronto9–108–113–42–42–54–34–21–65–15–143–43–38–116–1—11–9

Game log

Legend

Rangers Win Rangers Loss Game Postponed
2013 Game Log
March (0–1)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveRecord
1March 31@ Astros2–8Bud Norris (1–0)Matt Harrison (0-1)Érik Bédard (1)0–1
April (17–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveRecord
2April 2@ Astros7–0Yu Darvish (1–0)Lucas Harrell (0–1)None1–1
3April 3@ Astros4–0Alexi Ogando (1–0)Philip Humber (0–1)None2–1
4April 5Angels3–2Tanner Scheppers (1–0)Scott Downs (0–2)Joe Nathan (1)3–1
5April 6Angels4–8Tommy Hanson (1–0)Matt Harrison (0–2)None3–2
6April 7Angels7–3Yu Darvish (2–0)Jered Weaver (0–1)None4–2
7April 8Rays5–4Alexi Ogando (2–0)Jeremy Hellickson (0–1)Joe Nathan (2)5–2
8April 9Rays6–1Nick Tepesch (1–0)Roberto Hernández (0–2)None6–2
9April 10Rays0–2Matt Moore (2–0)Derek Holland (0–1)Fernando Rodney (1)6–3
10April 11@ Mariners4–3Joseph Ortiz (1–0)Félix Hernández (1–2)Joe Nathan (3)7–3
11April 12@ Mariners1–3Hisashi Iwakuma (2–0)Yu Darvish (2–1)Tom Wilhelmsen (4)7–4
12April 13@ Mariners3–1Joseph Ortiz (2–0)Carter Capps (0–1)Joe Nathan (4)8–4
13April 14@ Mariners3–4Brandon Maurer (1–2)Nick Tepesch (1–1)Tom Wilhelmsen (5)8–5
14April 16@ Cubs4–2Derek Holland (1–1)Travis Wood (1–1)Joe Nathan (5)9–5
–April 17@ CubsPostponed (rain); Makeup: May 6
15April 18@ Cubs2–6Carlos Villanueva (1–0)Alexi Ogando (2–1)None9–6
16April 19Mariners7–0Yu Darvish (3–1)Joe Saunders (1–2)None10–6
17April 20Mariners5–0Derek Lowe (1–0)Brandon Maurer (1–3)None11–6
18April 21Mariners11–3Justin Grimm (1–0)Aaron Harang (0–2)Michael Kirkman (1)12–6
19April 22@ Angels7–6Tanner Scheppers (2–0)Ernesto Frieri (0–1)Joe Nathan (6)13–6
20April 23@ Angels4–5 (11)Dane De La Rosa (1–0)Joseph Ortiz (2–1)None13–7
21April 24@ Angels11–3Yu Darvish (4–1)Michael Roth (1–1)None14–7
22April 25@ Twins2–1Nick Tepesch (2–1)Vance Worley (0–3)Joe Nathan (7)15–7
23April 26@ Twins4–3Justin Grimm (2–0)Scott Diamond (1–2)Joe Nathan (8)16–7
24April 27@ Twins2–7Pedro Hernández (1–0)Derek Holland (1–2)None16–8
25April 28@ Twins0–5Kevin Correia (3–1)Alexi Ogando (2–2)None16–9
26April 30White Sox10–6Yu Darvish (5–1)Matt Lindstrom (1–2)None17–9
May (17–11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveRecord
27May 1White Sox2–5Chris Sale (3–2)Nick Tepesch (2–2)Addison Reed (9)17–10
28May 2White Sox1–3Hector Santiago (1–1)Justin Grimm (2–1)Addison Reed (10)17–11
29May 3Red Sox7–0Derek Holland (2–2)Félix Doubront (3–1)None18–11
30May 4Red Sox5–1Alexi Ogando (3–2)John Lackey (1–2)None19–11
31May 5Red Sox4–3Joe Nathan (1–0)Clayton Mortensen (0–2)None20–11
32May 6@ Cubs2–9Scott Feldman (3–3)Nick Tepesch (2–3)None20–12
33May 7@ Brewers3–6Wily Peralta (3–2)Justin Grimm (2–2)Jim Henderson (7)20–13
34May 8@ Brewers4–1Derek Holland (3–2)Kyle Lohse (1–4)Joe Nathan (9)21–13
35May 10@ Astros4–2Robbie Ross (1–0)Wesley Wright (0–1)Joe Nathan (10)22–13
36May 11@ Astros8–7Yu Darvish (6–1)Philip Humber (0–8)Joe Nathan (11)23–13
37May 12@ Astros12–7Nick Tepesch (3–3)Jordan Lyles (1–1)None24–13
38May 13@ Athletics5–1A. J. Griffin (4–3)Justin Grimm (2–3)None24–14
39May 14@ Athletics6–5 (10)Tanner Scheppers (3–0)Chris Resop (1–1)Joe Nathan (12)25–14
40May 15@ Athletics6–2Alexi Ogando (4–2)Dan Straily (1–2)None26–14
41May 16Tigers10–4Yu Darvish (7–1)Justin Verlander (4–4)None27–14
42May 17Tigers1–2Rick Porcello (2–2)Nick Tepesch (3–4)José Valverde (4)27–15
43May 18Tigers7–2Justin Grimm (3–3)Aníbal Sánchez (4–4)None28–15
44May 19Tigers11–8Robbie Ross (2–0)José Ortega (0–1)Joe Nathan (13)29-15
45May 20Athletics2–9Bartolo Colón (4–2)Josh Lindblom (0–1)None29–16
46May 21Athletics0–1Dan Straily (2–2)Yu Darvish (7–2)Grant Balfour (9)29–17
47May 22Athletics3–1Ross Wolf (1–0)Jarrod Parker (2–6)Joe Nathan (14)30–17
48May 24@ Mariners9–5Justin Grimm (4–3)Joe Saunders (3–5)Joe Nathan (15)31–17
49May 25@ Mariners5–2Derek Holland (4–2)Félix Hernández (5–4)Joe Nathan (16)32–17
50May 26@ Mariners3–4 (13)Yoervis Medina (1–0)Michael Kirkman (0–1)None32–18
51May 27 (1)@ Diamondbacks3–5Tyler Skaggs (1–0)Martín Pérez (0–1)Heath Bell (9)32–19
52May 27 (2)@ Diamondbacks4–5Brad Ziegler (2–1)Jason Frasor (0–1)None32–20
–May 29DiamondbacksPostponed (rain); Makeup: August 1
53May 30Diamondbacks9–5Justin Grimm (5–3)Brandon McCarthy (2–4)None33–20
54May 31Royals7–2Derek Holland (5–2)Wade Davis (3–5)None34–20
June (14–14)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveRecord
55June 1Royals1–4 (10)Aaron Crow (1–1)Robbie Ross (2–1)Greg Holland (9)34–21
56June 2Royals3–1Tanner Scheppers (4–0)J. C. Gutiérrez (0–1)Joe Nathan (17)35–21
57June 4@ Red Sox5–17Ryan Dempster (3–6)Justin Grimm (5–4)None35–22
58June 5@ Red Sox3–2Neal Cotts (1–0)Craig Breslow (2–1)Joe Nathan (18)36–22
59June 6@ Red Sox3–6Andrew Bailey (2–0)Michael Kirkman (0–2)None36–23
60June 7@ Blue Jays1–6Neil Wagner (1–0)Nick Tepesch (3–5)None36–24
61June 8@ Blue Jays3–4 (18)Aaron Loup (3–3)Ross Wolf (1–1)None36–25
62June 9@ Blue Jays6–4Neal Cotts (2–0)Neil Wagner (1–1)Joe Nathan (19)37–25
63June 10Indians6–3Robbie Ross (3–1)Scott Kazmir (3–4)Joe Nathan (20)38–25
64June 11Indians2–5Corey Kluber (4–4)Derek Holland (5–3)None38–26
65June 12Indians2–5Ubaldo Jiménez (5–4)Nick Tepesch (3–6)None38–27
66June 13Blue Jays1–3Esmil Rogers (2–2)Neal Cotts (2–1)Casey Janssen (14)38–28
67June 14Blue Jays0–8Mark Buehrle (3–4)Justin Grimm (5–5)None38–29
68June 15Blue Jays1–6R. A. Dickey (6–8)Josh Lindblom (0–2)None38–30
69June 16Blue Jays2–7Chien-Ming Wang (1–0)Derek Holland (5–4)None38–31
70June 17Athletics8–7Neal Cotts (3–1)Jesse Chavez (1–1)Joe Nathan (21)39–31
71June 18Athletics2–6Jarrod Parker (6–6)Yu Darvish (7–3)None39–32
72June 19Athletics9–4Justin Grimm (6–5)Tommy Milone (6–7)None40–32
73June 20Athletics4–3Tanner Scheppers (5–0)Sean Doolittle (3–2)Joe Nathan (22)41–32
74June 21@ Cardinals6–4Neal Cotts (4–1)Trevor Rosenthal (1–1)Joe Nathan (23)42–32
75June 22@ Cardinals4–2Martín Pérez (1–1)Shelby Miller (8–5)Joe Nathan (24)43–32
76June 23@ Cardinals2–1Robbie Ross (4–1)Adam Wainwright (10–5)Joe Nathan (25)44–32
77June 25@ Yankees3–4Mariano Rivera (1–1)Tanner Scheppers (5–1)None44–33
78June 26@ Yankees8–5Justin Grimm (7–5)Andy Pettitte (5–6)Joe Nathan (26)45–33
79June 27@ Yankees2–0Derek Holland (6–4)Phil Hughes (3–7)None46–33
80June 28Reds4–0Martín Pérez (2–1)Johnny Cueto (4–2)None47–33
81June 29Reds4–6 (11)J. J. Hoover (1–5)Kyle McClellan (0–1)Aroldis Chapman (20)47–34
82June 30Reds3–2Yu Darvish (8–3)Mat Latos (7–2)Joe Nathan (27)48–34
July (11–15)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveRecord
83July 2Mariners2–9Joe Saunders (6–8)Justin Grimm (7–6)None48–35
84July 3Mariners2–4 (10)Charlie Furbush (2–4)Robbie Ross (4–2)Tom Wilhelmsen (17)48–36
85July 4Mariners5–4Josh Lindblom (1–2)Hisashi Iwakuma (7–4)Joe Nathan (28)49–36
86July 5Astros10–5Nick Tepesch (4–6)Lucas Harrell (5–9)None50–36
87July 6Astros5–9Travis Blackley (1–0)Yu Darvish (8–4)None50–37
88July 7Astros5–4Cory Burns (1–0)Érik Bédard (3–5)Joe Nathan (29)51–37
89July 8@ Orioles8–5Derek Holland (7–4)Scott Feldman (7–7)Joe Nathan (30)52–37
90July 9@ Orioles8–4Martín Pérez (3–1)Zach Britton (2–3)None53–37
91July 10@ Orioles1–6Wei-Yin Chen (4–3)Josh Lindblom (1–3)None53–38
92July 11@ Orioles1–3Miguel González (7–3)Ross Wolf (1–2)Jim Johnson (31)53–39
93July 12@ Tigers2–7Doug Fister (7–5)Justin Grimm (7–7)None53–40
94July 13@ Tigers7–1Derek Holland (8–4)Max Scherzer (13–1)None54–40
95July 14@ Tigers0–5Justin Verlander (10–6)Martín Pérez (3–2)None54–41
–July 16All-Star Break: AL defeats NL 3–0
96July 19Orioles1–3Wei-Yin Chen (5–3)Derek Holland (8–5)Jim Johnson (34)54–42
97July 20Orioles4–7Miguel González (8–3)Ross Wolf (1–3)Jim Johnson (35)54–43
98July 21Orioles2–4Chris Tillman (12–3)Martín Pérez (3–3)Darren O'Day (2)54–44
99July 22Yankees3–0Yu Darvish (9–4)Iván Nova (4–3)Joe Nathan (31)55–44
100July 23Yankees4–5Joba Chamberlain (2–0)Joe Nathan (1–1)Mariano Rivera (32)55–45
101July 24Yankees3–1Matt Garza (7–1)Andy Pettitte (7–8)Joe Nathan (32)56–45
102July 25Yankees0–2Hiroki Kuroda (10–6)Derek Holland (8–6)Mariano Rivera (33)56–46
103July 26@ Indians8–11 (11)Bryan Shaw (1–2)Jason Frasor (0–2)None56–47
104July 27@ Indians0–1Justin Masterson (12–7)Yu Darvish (9–5)Chris Perez (14)56–48
105July 28@ Indians0–6Ubaldo Jiménez (8–5)Alexi Ogando (4–3)None56–49
106July 29Angels4–3Jason Frasor (1–2)Ernesto Frieri (0–3)None57–49
107July 30Angels14–11 (10)Joe Nathan (2–1)Daniel Stange (0–1)None58–49
108July 31Angels2–1Joe Nathan (3–1)Michael Kohn (1–1)None59–49
August (20–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveRecord
109August 1Diamondbacks7–1Yu Darvish (10–5)Zeke Spruill (0–1)None60–49
110August 2@ Athletics8–3Jason Frasor (2–2)Tommy Milone (9–9)None61–49
111August 3@ Athletics2–4Jarrod Parker (7–6)Matt Garza (7–2)Grant Balfour (29)61–50
112August 4@ Athletics4–0Derek Holland (9–6)A. J. Griffin (10–8)None62–50
113August 5@ Angels5–2Martín Pérez (4–3)Jerome Williams (5–8)Joe Nathan (33)63–50
114August 6@ Angels8–3Yu Darvish (11–5)Kevin Jepsen (1–5)Tanner Scheppers (1)64–50
115August 7@ Angels10–3Alexi Ogando (5–3)Tommy Hanson (4–3)None65–50
116August 9@ Astros9–5Matt Garza (8–2)Josh Zeid (0–1)Neal Cotts (1)66–50
117August 10@ Astros5–4Jason Frasor (3–2)Lucas Harrell (5–13)Joe Nathan (34)67–50
118August 11@ Astros6–1Martín Pérez (5–3)Dallas Keuchel (5–7)None68–50
119August 12@ Astros2–1Yu Darvish (12–5)Brett Oberholtzer (2–1)Joe Nathan (35)69–50
120August 13Brewers1–5Marco Estrada (5–4)Alexi Ogando (5–4)Jim Henderson (17)69–51
121August 14Brewers5–4Jason Frasor (4–2)John Axford (5–6)Joe Nathan (36)70–51
122August 16Mariners1–3Hisashi Iwakuma (11–6)Neal Cotts (4–2)Danny Farquhar (6)70–52
123August 17Mariners15–3Martín Pérez (6–3)Félix Hernández (12–6)None71–52
124August 18Mariners3–4Yoervis Medina (4–3)Joe Nathan (3–2)Danny Farquhar (7)71–53
125August 19Astros16–5Matt Garza (9–2)Lucas Harrell (6–14)None72–53
126August 20Astros4–2Neal Cotts (5–2)Jarred Cosart (1–1)Joe Nathan (37)73–53
127August 21Astros5–4Joe Nathan (4–2)Chia-Jen Lo (0–1)None74–53
128August 23@ White Sox11–5Martín Pérez (7–3)Chris Sale (9–12)None75–53
129August 24@ White Sox2–3Nate Jones (4–4)Tanner Scheppers (5–2)None75–54
130August 25@ White Sox2–5John Danks (4–10)Matt Garza (9–3)Addison Reed (35)75–55
131August 26@ Mariners8–3Travis Blackley (2–1)Joe Saunders (10–13)None76–55
132August 27@ Mariners4–3 (10)Tanner Scheppers (6–2)Danny Farquhar (0–2)Joe Nathan (38)77–55
133August 28@ Mariners12–4Martín Pérez (8–3)Félix Hernández (12–8)None78–55
134August 30Twins2–3Liam Hendriks (1–2)Yu Darvish (12–6)Glen Perkins (31)78–56
135August 31Twins2–1Joe Nathan (5–2)Caleb Thielbar (2–2)None79–56
September (12–15)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveRecord
136September 1Twins2–4Kevin Correia (9–10)Travis Blackley (2–2)Glen Perkins (32)79–57
137September 2@ Athletics2–4Dan Straily (8–7)Derek Holland (9–7)Grant Balfour (36)79–58
138September 3@ Athletics5–1Martín Pérez (9–3)Bartolo Colón (14–6)None80–58
139September 4@ Athletics4–11Jarrod Parker (11–6)Yu Darvish (12–7)Brett Anderson (2)80–59
140September 6@ Angels5–6C. J. Wilson (15–6)Matt Garza (9–4)Ernesto Frieri (31)80–60
141September 7@ Angels3–8Garrett Richards (6–6)Derek Holland (9–8)None80–61
142September 8@ Angels4–3Alexi Ogando (6–4)Michael Kohn (1–2)Joe Nathan (39)81–61
143September 9Pirates0–1Gerrit Cole (7–7)Yu Darvish (12–8)Mark Melancon (12)81–62
144September 10Pirates4–5Francisco Liriano (16–7)Martín Pérez (9–4)Mark Melancon (13)81–63
145September 11Pirates5–7A. J. Burnett (8–10)Matt Garza (9–5)Kyle Farnsworth (1)81–64
146September 13Athletics8–9Dan Straily (10–7)Derek Holland (9–9)Sean Doolittle (2)81–65
147September 14Athletics0–1Bartolo Colón (16–6)Yu Darvish (12–9)Grant Balfour (38)81–66
148September 15Athletics1–5Tommy Milone (11–9)Martín Pérez (9–5)None81–67
149September 16@ Rays2–6Alex Cobb (9–3)Matt Garza (9–6)None81–68
150September 17@ Rays7–1Alexi Ogando (7–4)Jeremy Hellickson (11–9)None82–68
151September 18@ Rays3–4 (12)Brandon Gomes (2–1)Joseph Ortiz (2–2)None82–69
152September 19@ Rays8–2Yu Darvish (13–9)Matt Moore (15–4)None83–69
153September 20@ Royals1–2Luke Hochevar (5–2)Jason Frasor (4–3)Greg Holland (44)83–70
154September 21@ Royals3–1Matt Garza (10–6)Jeremy Guthrie (14–12)Joe Nathan (40)84–70
155September 22@ Royals0–4 (10)Tim Collins (3–6)Neal Cotts (5–3)None84–71
156September 23Astros12–0Derek Holland (10–9)Jordan Lyles (7–9)None85–71
157September 24Astros3–2Neal Cotts (6–3)Brad Peacock (5–6)Joe Nathan (41)86–71
158September 25Astros7–3Martín Pérez (10–5)Dallas Keuchel (6–10)None87–71
159September 26Angels6–5Joe Nathan (6–2)Michael Kohn (1–4)None88–71
160September 27Angels5–3Neal Cotts (7–3)Juan Gutiérrez (1–5)Joe Nathan (42)89–71
161September 28Angels7–4Joakim Soria (1–0)Garrett Richards (7–8)Joe Nathan (43)90–71
162September 29Angels6–2Neal Cotts (8–3)Jason Vargas (9–8)None91–71
163September 30Rays2–5David Price (10–8)Martín Pérez (10–6)None91–72

Roster
2013 Texas Rangers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

  • 66 Josh Frasier (bullpen catcher)

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

[2]

References
  1. "AL wild-card tiebreaker preview: Rangers have edge on Rays". mlb.si.com. Retrieved September 30, 2013.
  2. Leventhal, Josh, ed. (2013). Baseball America 2014 Almanac. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-48-0.
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