2015 Texas Rangers season

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2015  Texas Rangers
American League West Champions
League American League
Division West
Ballpark Globe Life Park in Arlington
City Arlington, Texas
Record88–74 (.543)
Divisional place1st
OwnersRangers Baseball Express (Ray Davis and Bob R. Simpson)
General managers Jon Daniels
Managers Jeff Banister
Television Fox Sports Southwest
KTXA
(Steve Busby, Tom Grieve)
Radio KRLD 105.3 FM (English)
(Eric Nadel, Matt Hicks, Jared Sandler)
KZMP 1540 AM (Spanish)
(Eleno Orlenas, Jerry Romo)
Stats ESPN.com
BB-reference
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The 2015 Texas Rangers season was the Rangers' 55th season of the franchise and the 44th since the team relocated to Arlington, Texas. After a disastrous 2014 season in which the Rangers finished last in the entire American League and third worst in all of Major League Baseball (MLB), and despite starting the season with an 8–16 record and being under .500 as late as August 13, the Rangers would clinch the American League West title on the final day of the season. It was the team's sixth division title and seventh postseason appearance in franchise history. They lost to the Toronto Blue Jays in five games in the ALDS, even after taking a 2-1 lead. First year manager Jeff Banister was named the AL Manager of the Year.

Contents

Offseason

October 30: Colby Lewis, Neal Cotts and Scott Baker become free agents.

October 31: Sent 3 players to the minors.

November 20: Promoted 4 players from the minors, released 2, signed 3 to a minor league contract (2 with an invite to spring training), and sent Daniel Robertson to the Los Angeles Angels for an unnamed player.

November 24: Released Jim Adduci and signed Ed Lucas to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training.

December 2: Adam Rosales, Michael Kirkman, and Alexi Ogando become free agents.

December 8: Claimed Scott Barnes off waivers from the Baltimore Orioles.

December 11: Signed 3 players to a minor league contract and invited them to Spring training, while drafting Delino DeShields.

December 12: Received Ross Detwiler from the Washington Nationals for Chris Bostick and Abel De Los Santos.

December 14: Signed J. T. Wise to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training.

December 15: Signed Francisco Mendoza to a minor league contract.

December 16: Signed Kyuji Fujikawa. Also signed 3 players to a minor league contract with 2 receiving an invite to spring training.

December 18: Signed Mike McDade to a minor league contract.

Week of January 5: Signed Adam Rosales and gave 2 players a minor league contract (1 with an invite to spring training).

Week of January 12: Signed 7 players to a minor league contract and invited 1 of them to spring training.

Week of January 19: Received Yovani Gallardo and cash from the Milwaukee Brewers for Corey Knebel, Luis Sardinas, and Marcos Diplan and received Gonzalez Germen from the Yankees for cash. Signed Juan Perez and Ross Ohlendorf to a minor league contract and invited 6 others to spring training.

January 27: Received Anthony Ranaudo from the Boston Red Sox for Robbie Ross, Jr.

January 28: Signed 2 players to a minor league contract.

February 3: Invited Martire Garcia to spring training.

February 4: Signed Ryan Ludwick to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training.

February 6: Signed Nate Schierholtz to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training.

Regular season

Season standings

American League West

AL West 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Texas Rangers 88740.543—43–3845–36
Houston Astros 86760.531253–2833–48
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 85770.525349–3236–45
Seattle Mariners 76860.4691236–4540–41
Oakland Athletics 68940.4202034–4734–47
Division Leaders		 W L Pct.
Kansas City Royals 95670.586
Toronto Blue Jays 93690.574
Texas Rangers 88740.543


Wild Card teams
(Top 2 teams qualify for postseason)		 W L Pct. GB
New York Yankees 87750.537+1
Houston Astros 86760.531—
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 85770.5251
Minnesota Twins 83790.5123
Cleveland Indians 81800.5034½
Baltimore Orioles 81810.5005
Tampa Bay Rays 80820.4946
Boston Red Sox 78840.4818
Chicago White Sox 76860.46910
Seattle Mariners 76860.46910
Detroit Tigers 74870.46011½
Oakland Athletics 68940.42018

American League Wild Card

Record against opponents

2015 American League record

Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2015
TeamBALBOSCWSCLEDETHOUKCLAAMINNYYOAKSEATBTEXTORNL
Baltimore —11–83–35–14–33–43–42–40–710–96–13–310–91–68–1112–8
Boston 8–11—3–42–44–22–44–32–52–58–115–14–39–102–510–913–7
Chicago 3–34–3—10–99–105–17–124–36–132–55–24–31–53–34–39–11
Cleveland 1–54–29–10—7–115–29–104–27–125–23–44–35–23–33–412–8
Detroit 3–42–410–911–7—3–49–101–611–82–52–44–33–32–52–49–11
Houston 4–34–21–52–54–3—4–210–93–34–310–912–72–56–134–316–4
Kansas City 4–33–412–710–910–92–4—6–112–72–45–14–26–13–43–413–7
Los Angeles 4–25–23–42–46–19–101–6—5–22–411–812–73–312–72–58–12
Minnesota 7–05–213–612–78–113–37–122–5—1–54–34–34–23–32–58–12
New York 9–1011–85–22–55–23–44–24–25–1—3–45–112–72–56–1311–9
Oakland 1–61–52–54–34–29–101–58–113–44–3—6–133–410–91–511–9
Seattle 3–33–43–43–43–47–122–47–123–41–513–6—4–312–74–28–12
Tampa Bay 9–1010–95–12–53–35–21–63–32–47–124–33–4—2–510–914–6
Texas 6–15–23–33–35–213–64–37–123–35–29–107–125–2—2–411–9
Toronto 11–89–103–44–34–23–44–35–25–213–65–12–49–104–2—12–8

Season summary

The Rangers would start the season as poorly as their 2014 season ended, reaching a season low eight games under .500 (8-16) on May 3. The lone bright spot was the resurgence of Prince Fielder from season-ending surgery the prior year. At the All-Star break, the Rangers improved slightly, but were still under .500 (42-46).

The second half of the season would see the team begin a resurgence, led in part by the acquisition of Cole Hamels, the emergence of Shawn Tolleson as the team's closer, the returns of Martin Perez and Derek Holland from the disabled list, and improved play by Shin-Soo Choo and Adrián Beltré. However, as late as August 3, the Rangers were still below .500. The improved play continued, and on September 15 (during a four-game home series against their in-state and division rivals the Houston Astros), the Rangers would defeat the Astros 6-5, taking the division lead in the process and ultimately sweeping the series. The Rangers would not relinquish the division lead from that point forward, though they would not clinch the division until the last day of the season when they defeated the Los Angeles Angels 9-2 behind a complete game effort from Hamels.

Game log

2015 Game Log [1]
April: 7–14 (Home: 2–7 ; Away: 5–7 )
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 6@ Athletics L 0–8 S. Gray (1-0) Y. Gallardo (0-1)—36,0670–1
2April 7@ Athletics W 3–1 C. Lewis (1-0) J. Hahn (0-1) N. Feliz (1)15,0251–1
3April 8@ Athletics L 0–10 S. Kazmir (1-0) R. Detwiler (0-1)—19,4791–2
4April 9@ Athletics W 10-1 N. Martinez (1-0) K. Graveman (0-1)—16,0452–2
5April 10 Astros L 1–5 C. McHugh (1-0) D. Holland (0-1)—48,8852–3
6April 11 Astros W 6–2 Y. Gallardo (1-1) R. Hernandez (0-1)—36,8333–3
7April 12 Astros L 6–4 (14) W. Harris (1-0) L. Verrett (0-1) S. Deduno (1)35,2763–4
8April 13 Angels L 3–6 M. Shoemaker (2-0) R. Detwiler (0-2) H. Street (3)18,4013–5
9April 14 Angels W 8–2 N. Martinez (2-0) D. Rucinski (0-1)—21,8054–5
10April 15 Angels L 2–10 H. Santiago (1-1) A. Ranaudo (0-1)—25,5754–6
11April 17@ Mariners W 3–1 Y. Gallardo (2-1) J. Happ (0-1) N. Feliz (2)36,6065–6
12April 18@ Mariners L 1–3 F. Hernandez (2-0) C. Lewis (1-1) F. Rodney (3)43,0175–7
13April 19@ Mariners L 10–11 Y. Medina (1-0) N. Feliz (0-1)—31,6015–8
14April 21@ D-backs W 7–1 S. Tolleson (1-0) D. Hudson (0-1)—18,3456–8
15April 22@ D-backs L 5–8 A. Bradley (2-0) Y. Gallardo (2-2)—17,8866–9
16April 24@ Angels L 2–3 G. Richards (1-1) K. Kela (0-1) H. Street (6)41,0546–10
17April 25@ Angels L 1–4 V. Pestano (1-0) C. Lewis (1-2) H. Street (7)38,0166–11
18April 26@ Angels W 5–4 (11) N. Feliz (1-1) J. Alvarez (0-1)—35,0537–11
19April 27 Mariners L 1–3 T. Walker (1-2) Y. Gallardo (2-3) F. Rodney (5)19,7487–12
20April 28 Mariners L 1–2 J. Happ (2-1) R. Detwiler (0-3) F. Rodney (6)23,7147–13
21April 29 Mariners L 5–2 F. Hernandez (4-0) W. Rodriguez (0-1) F. Rodney (7)26,0377–14
May: 19–11 (Home: 7–7 ; Away: 12–4 )
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
22May 1 Athletics L 5–7 D. Otero (2-1) R. Mendez (0-1) T. Clippard (2)29,7007–15
23May 2 Athletics W 8–7 (10) K. Kela (1-1) R. Cook (0-2)—32,2078–15
24May 3 Athletics L 1–7 S. Gray (4-0) Y. Gallardo (2-4)—36,0068–16
25May 4@ Astros W 2–1 K. Kela (2-1) C. Qualls (0-2) N. Feliz (3)17,5979–16
26May 5@ Astros W 7–1 W. Rodriguez (1-1) S. Feldman (2-3)—20,95110–16
27May 6@ Astros W 11–3 C. Lewis (2-2) S. Deduno (0-1)—22,23011–16
28May 7@ Rays W 5–4 A. Claudio (1-0) C. Archer (3-4) N. Feliz (4)8,70112–16
29May 8@ Rays L 2–8 N. Karns (2-1) Y. Gallardo (2-5)—11,70412–17
30May 9@ Rays L 2–7 A. Bellatti (1-0) R. Detwiler (0-4) B. Boxberger (8)20,94312–18
31May 10@ Rays W 2–1 K. Kela (3-1) K. Jepsen (0-2) N. Feliz (5)14,52113–18
32May 11 Royals W 8–2 C. Lewis (3-2) D. Duffy (2-2)—36,00614–18
33May 12 Royals L 6–7 (10) G. Holland (1-0) S. Pimentel (0-1)—23,65914–19
34May 13 Royals W 5–2 Y. Gallardo (3-5) Y. Ventura (2-3) N. Feliz (6)26,25815–19
35May 14 Royals L 3–6 J. Guthrie (3-2) R. Detwiler (0-5) G. Holland (5)33,81815–20
36May 15 Indians L 3–8 R. Webb (1-0) W. Rodriguez (1-2)—29,52415–21
37May 16 Indians L 8–10 S. Atchison (1-1) N. Feliz (1-2) C. Allen (6)31,04515–22
38May 17 Indians W 5–1 N. Martinez (3-0) C. Carrasco (4-4)—32,18916–22
39May 19@ Red Sox L 3–4 W. Miley (3-4) Y. Gallardo (3-6) K. Uehara (10)36,58016–23
40May 20@ Red Sox W 2–1 P. Klein (1-0) J. Kelly (1-3) S. Tolleson (1)35,72617–23
41May 21@ Red Sox W 3–1 W. Rodriguez (2-2) C. Buchholz (2-5) S. Tolleson (2)34,94518–23
42May 22@ Yankees W 10–9 C. Lewis (4-2) M. Pineda (5-2) R. Ohlendorf (1)40,00819–23
43May 23@ Yankees W 15–4 N. Martinez (4-0) C. Sabathia (2-6)—42,06720–23
44May 24@ Yankees W 5–2 Y. Gallardo (4-6) C. Capuano (0-2) S. Tolleson (3)45,68121–23
45May 25@ Indians W 10–8 T. Scheppers (1-0) M. Rzepczynski (1-2) S. Tolleson (4)13,61422–23
46May 26@ Indians W 4–3 K. Kela (4-1) N. Hagadone (0-1) S. Tolleson (5)11,35223–23
47May 27@ Indians L 3–12 C. Carrasco (6-4) C. Lewis (4-3)—15,93623-24
48May 28 Red Sox L 5–1 E. Rodriguez (1-0) N. Martinez (4-1)—34,08523–25
49May 29 Red Sox W 7–4 Y. Gallardo (5-6) S. Wright (2-2) S. Tolleson (6)38,17624–25
50May 30 Red Sox W 8–0 C. Gonzalez (1-0) W. Miley (4-5)—42,83125–25
51May 31 Red Sox W 4–3 R. Ohlendorf (1-0) K. Uehara (2-2)—32,84826–25
June: 14–13 (Home: 6–5 ; Away: 8–8 )
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
52June 2 White Sox W 15–2 C. Lewis (5-3) J. Samardzija (4-3)—27,55827–25
53June 3 White Sox L 2–9 C. Sale (5-2) N. Martinez (4-2)—32,59827–26
54June 4 White Sox W 2–1 (11) T. Scheppers (2-0) D. Jennings (1-2)—27,61628–26
55June 5@ Royals W 4–0 C. Gonzalez (2-0) E. Volquez (4-4)—38,15929–26
56June 6@ Royals W 4–2 W. Rodriguez (3-2) Y. Ventura (3-5) S. Tolleson (7)37,92430–26
57June 7@ Royals L 3–4 W. Davis (3-1) K. Kela (4-2) G. Holland (9)38,20230–27
58June 9@ Athletics W 2–1 N. Martinez (5-2) S. Gray (7-3) S. Tolleson (8)14,61731–27
59June 10@ Athletics L 4–5 T. Clippard (1-3) K. Kela (4-3)—14,29031–28
60June 11@ Athletics L 0–7 S. Kazmir (3–4) C. Gonzalez (2-1)—14,48931–29
61June 12 Twins W 6–2 T. Scheppers (3-0) A. Thompson (1-2)—41,76532–29
62June 13 Twins W 11–7 C. Lewis (6-3) M. Pelfrey (5-3)—28,66133–29
63June 14 Twins L 4–3 C. Fien (2-2) S. Tolleson (1-1) G. Perkins (22)33,97033–30
64June 15 Dodgers W 4–1 Y. Gallardo (6-6) C. Frias (4-4) S. Tolleson (9)32,24834–30
65June 16 Dodgers W 3–2 S. Tolleson (2-1) J. Ravin (2-1)—31,89735–30
66June 17@ Dodgers W 5–3 W. Rodriguez (4-2) C. Kershaw (5-4) K. Kela (1)42,90636–30
67June 18@ Dodgers L 0–1 K. Jansen (2-0) K. Kela (4-4)—46,97736–31
68June 19@ White Sox W 2-1 C. Lewis (7-3) D. Robertson (4-2) S. Tolleson (10)22,86437–31
69June 20@ White Sox L 2-3 C. Rodon (3-1) N. Martinez (5-3) D. Robertson (14)25,73837–32
70June 21@ White Sox L 2-3 J. Petricka (2-2) A. Claudio (1-1)–33,66837-33
71June 23 Athletics L 6-8 J. Chavez (4-6) C. Gonzalez (2-2) D. Pomeranz (1)35,88937-34
72June 24 Athletics L 2-8 K. Graveman (4-4) W. Rodriguez (4-3)—34,21637-35
73June 25 Athletics L 3-6 S. Gray (9-3) K. Kela (4-5)—29,25137-36
74June 26@ Blue Jays L 2-12 M. Buehrle (8-4) N. Martinez (5-4)—25,82137-37
75June 27@ Blue Jays W 4-0 Y. Gallardo (7-6) M. Boyd (0-1)—37,16738-37
76June 28@ Blue Jays L 2-3 D. Hutchison (8-1) C. Gonzalez (2-3)—42,37638-38
77June 29@ Orioles W 8-1 W. Rodriguez (5-3) B. Norris (2-7)—21,56539-38
78June 30@ Orioles W 8-6 C. Lewis (8-3) M. Gonzalez (6-5) S. Tolleson (11)27,37040-38
July: 10–14 (Home: 4–9 ; Away: 6–5 )
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
79July 1@ Orioles L 2-4 W. Chen (4-4) N. Martinez (5-5) Z. Britton (23)23,01940-39
80July 2@ Orioles W 2-0 K. Kela (5-5) C. Roe (2-1) S. Tolleson (12)31,91541-39
81July 3 Angels L 2-8 G. Richards (9-5) C. Gonzalez (2-4)—39,32041-40
82July 4 Angels L 0-13 H. Santiago (5-4) W. Rodriguez (5-4)—47,87741-41
83July 5 Angels L 6-12 C. Wilson (7-6) C. Lewis (8-4)—28,63841-42
84July 7 D-backs L 2-4 R. Ray (3-4) Y. Gallardo (7-7) B. Ziegler (13)30,95541-43
85July 8 D-backs L 4-7 R. Delgado (4-2) M. Harrison (0-1) B. Ziegler (14)27,39041-44
86July 10 Padres W 4-3 W. Rodriguez (6-4) I. Kennedy (4-9) S. Tolleson (13)33,03342-44
87July 11 Padres L 5-6 J. Benoit (6-4) S. Tolleson (2-2) C. Kimbrel (22)36,24842-45
88July 12 Padres L 1-2 T. Ross (6-7) Y. Gallardo (7-8) C. Kimbrel (23)32,42842-46
–July 14 86th All-Star Game National League vs. American League (Great American Ball Park, Cincinnati)
89July 17@ Astros L 2–3 C. McHugh (10-5) M. Perez (0-1) L. Gregerson (19)36,90442–47
90July 18@ Astros W 7–6 C. Lewis (9-4) S. Feldman (4-5) S. Tolleson (14)41,94143–47
91July 19@ Astros L 0–10 D. Keuchel (12-4) Y. Gallardo (7-9)—36,53243–48
92July 20@ Rockies L 7–8 J. Axford (2-2) T. Scheppers (3-1)—35,02743–49
93July 21@ Rockies W 9–0 M. Harrison (1-1) K. Kendrick (3-11)—43,01244–49
94July 22@ Rockies W 10–8 T. Scheppers (4-1) J. Axford (2-3) S. Tolleson (15)33,34845–49
95July 24@ Angels W 4–2 C. Lewis (10-4) N. Tropeano (1-1) S. Tolleson (16)42,04646–49
96July 25@ Angels W 7–6 S. Patton (1-0) J. Smith (4-3) S. Tolleson (17)43,05247–49
97July 26@ Angels L 7–13 A. Heaney (5-0) N. Martinez (5-6)—38,53947–50
98July 27 Yankees L 2–6 I. Nova (3-3) M. Harrison (1-2)—33,69147–51
99July 28 Yankees L 5–21 D. Moreno (1-0) M. Perez (0-2) A. Warren (1)28,40347–52
100July 29 Yankees W 5–2 C. Lewis (11-4) M. Tanaka (7-4) S. Tolleson (18)31,65848–52
101July 30 Yankees W 7–6 S. Tolleson (3-2) A. Miller (0-2)—34,40749–52
102July 31 Giants W 6–3 N. Martinez (6-6) M. Bumgarner (11-6)—30,67450–52
August: 18–10 (Home: 13–4 ; Away: 5–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
103August 1 Giants L 7-9 H. Strickland (2-1) S. Dyson (3-4) S. Casilla (27)41,11450–53
104August 2 Giants W 2-1 M. Perez (1-2) M. Leake (9-6) S. Dyson (1)22,23451–53
105August 3 Astros W 12-9 C. Lewis (12-4) L. McCullers (5-4) S. Tolleson (19)21,67152–53
106August 4 Astros W 4-3 Y. Gallardo (8-9) D. Straily (0-1) S. Tolleson (20)29,95353–53
107August 5 Astros W 4-3 N. Martinez (7-6) S. Kazmir (6-6) S. Dyson (2)31,78254–53
108August 7@ Mariners L 3-4 H. Iwakuma (3-2) C. Hamels (6-8) C. Smith (11)29,32054–54
109August 8@ Mariners W 11-3 (11) S. Tolleson (4-2) R. Rasmussen (1-1)—39,13255–54
110August 9@ Mariners L 2-4 F. Hernandez (14-6) C. Lewis (12-5)C. Smith (12)29,93955–55
111August 11@ Twins L 2-3 G. Perkins (1-3) S. Patton (1-1)—26,66355–56
112August 12@ Twins L 1–11 M. Pelfrey (6–7) N. Martinez (7–7)—30,68355–57
113August 13@ Twins W 6-5 K. Kela (6-5) C. Fien (2-5) S. Tolleson (21)30,35756–57
114August 14 Rays W 5-3 S. Dyson (4-4) J. McGee (1-2) S. Tolleson (22)32,51257–57
115August 15 Rays W 12-4 C. Lewis (13-5) C. Archer (10-9)—32,35158–57
116August 16 Rays W 5-3 Y. Gallardo (9-9) D. Smyly (0-2) S. Tolleson (23)29,16759–57
117August 17 Mariners W 4-3 S. Tolleson (5-2) F. Rodney (5-5)—19,88060–57
118August 18 Mariners L 2-3 H. Iwakuma (5-2) C. Gonzalez (2-5) C. Smith (13)26,87060–58
119August 19 Mariners W 7-2 D. Holland (1-1) M. Montgomery (4-6)—20,14261–58
120August 20@ Tigers L 0-4 A. Simon (11-7) M. Perez (1-3)—33,72761–59
121August 21@ Tigers W 2-0 C. Lewis (14-5) J. Verlander (1-6) S. Tolleson (24)34,71862–59
122August 22@ Tigers W 5-3 Y. Gallardo (10-9) R. Wolf (0-1)—39,08263–59
123August 23@ Tigers W 4-2 C. Hamels (7-8) M. Boyd (1-4) S. Tolleson (25)39,31764–59
124August 25 Blue Jays L 5-6 L. Hawkins (3-1) S. Tolleson (5-3) R. Osuna (15)22,22764–60
125August 26 Blue Jays L 4-12 D. Price (13-4) C. Lewis (14-6)—20,57264–61
126August 27 Blue Jays W 4-1 Y. Gallardo (11-9) M. Estrada (11-8) S. Tolleson (26)17,88465–61
127August 28 Orioles W 4-1 C. Hamels (8-8) K. Gausman (2-6) S. Tolleson (27)28,33766–61
128August 29 Orioles W 4-3 M. Perez (2-3) U. Jimenez (9-9) S. Tolleson (28)29,76867–61
129August 30 Orioles W 6-0 D. Holland (2-1) M. Gonzalez (9-11)—22,25668–61
130August 31@ Padres L 0-7 T. Ross (10-9) C. Lewis (14-7)—19,01368–62
September: 18–10 (Home: 9–4 ; Away: 9–6 )
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
131September 1@ Padres W 8-6 R. Ohlendorf (2-0) M. Rzepczynski (2-4)—21,21569–62
132September 2@ Padres W 4-3 (10) S. Dyson (5-4) B. Norris (3-10)—18,73070–62
133September 4@ Angels L 2-5 G. Richards (13-10) M. Perez (2-4) H. Street (32)37,07370–63
134September 5@ Angels W 2-1 D. Holland (3-1) J. Smith (4-5) S. Tolleson (29)39,88971–63
135September 6@ Angels L 0-7 H. Santiago (8-9) C. Lewis (14-8)—38,36771–64
136September 7@ Mariners W 3-0 Y. Gallardo (12-9) R. Elias (4-8) S. Tolleson (30)18,46972–64
137September 8@ Mariners W 9-6 C. Hamels (9-8) T. Walker (10-8) S. Tolleson (31)13,38973–64
138September 9@ Mariners L 0-6 V. Nuno (1-2) M. Perez (2-5)—14,33073–65
139September 10@ Mariners L 0-5 F. Hernandez (17-8) D. Holland (3-2)—16,84273–66
140September 11 Athletics W 4-0 C. Lewis (15-8) J. Chavez (7-15)—28,13374–66
141September 12 Athletics L 3-5 S. Nolin (1-1) Y. Gallardo (12-10)—30,48774–67
142September 13 Athletics W 12-4 C. Gonzalez (3-5) F. Doubront (3-2)—26,13175–67
143September 14 Astros W 5-3 K. Kela (7-5) W. Harris (5-4) S. Tolleson (32)27,77276–67
144September 15 Astros W 6-5 S. Tolleson (6-3) O. Perez (0-2)—26,94277–67
145September 16 Astros W 14-3 M. Perez (3-5) D. Keuchel (17-8)—34,48378–67
146September 17 Astros W 8-2 C. Lewis (16-8) L. McCullers (5-6)—31,12279–67
147September 18 Mariners L 1-3 D. Farquhar (1-4) Y. Gallardo (12-11) T. Wilhelmsen (12)26,72779–68
148September 19 Mariners W 10-1 C. Hamels (10-8) V. Nuno (1-3)—39,84380–68
149September 20 Mariners L 2-9 F. Hernandez (18-9) D. Holland (3-3)—33,30780–69
150September 22@ Athletics W 8-6 C. Gonzalez (4-5) D. Pomeranz (5-6) S. Tolleson (33)16,52481–69
151September 23@ Athletics W 10-3 C. Lewis (17-8) F. Doubront (3-3)—16,44582–69
152September 24@ Athletics W 8-1 C. Hamels (11-8) C. Bassitt (1-7)—14,45283–69
153September 25@ Astros W 6-2 R. Ohlendorf (3-0) S. Kazmir (7-11)—35,18084–69
154September 26@ Astros L 7-9 C. McHugh (18-7) C. Gonzalez (4-6) W. Harris (2)35,73684–70
155September 27@ Astros L 2-4 D. Keuchel (19-8) M. Perez (3-6) L. Gregerson (29)36,08484–71
156September 28 Tigers L 4-7 J. Verlander (5-8) C. Lewis (17-9) N. Feliz (10)27,84784–72
157September 29 Tigers W 7-6 C. Hamels (12-8) B. Farmer (0-4) S. Tolleson (34)28,72985–72
158September 30 Tigers W 6-2 Y. Gallardo (13-11) M. Boyd (1-6)—28,63386–72
October: 2–2 (Home: 2–2 ; Away: 0–0 )
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
159October 1 Angels W 5-3 D. Holland (4-3) A. Heaney (6-4) S. Tolleson (35)32,33887–72
160October 2 Angels L 1–2 M. Morin (4-2) S. Tolleson (6-4) J. Smith (4)47,21987–73
161October 3 Angels L 10-11 J. Reyes (1-0) R. Ohlendorf (3-1) J. Smith (5)37,27187–74
162October 4 Angels W 9-2 C. Hamels (13-8) G. Richards (15-12)—45,77288–74
Legend:       = Win       = Loss       = Postponement
Bold = Rangers team member

Postseason

Game log

2015 Post-season Game Log
ALDS vs. Blue Jays (2–3)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1October 8@ Blue Jays W 5–3 Y. Gallardo (1–0) D. Price (0–1) S. Dyson (1)49,834 [2] 1–0
2October 9@ Blue Jays W 6–4 (14) K. Kela (1–0) L. Hawkins (0–1) R. Ohlendorf (1)49,716 [3] 2–0
3October 11 Blue Jays L 1–5 M. Estrada (1–0) M. Perez (0–1)50,941 [4] 2–1
4October 12 Blue Jays L 4–8 D. Price (1–1) D. Holland (0–1)47,679 [5] 2–2
5October 14@ Blue Jays L 3–6 A. Sanchez (1–0) C. Hamels (0–1) R. Osuna (1)49,742 [6] 2–3
Legend:       = Win       = Loss       = Postponement
Bold = Rangers team member

Postseason rosters

Playoff rosters
American League Division Series

Roster

2015 Texas Rangers
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

Statistics

Through 2015 season

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

PlayerGABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOAVGSB
Hanser Alberto, 2B419912222104217.2221
Elvis Andrus, SS160596691543427624678.25825
Adrián Beltré, 3B1435678316332418834165.2871
Kyle Blanks, 1B,LF186710215036420.3131
Robinson Chirinos, C78233335416110342862.2320
Michael Choice, RF1100000001.0000
Shin-Soo Choo, RF14955594153323228276147.2764
Carlos Corporán, C33107101940315640.1780
Delino DeShields, Jr., LF,CF12142583111221023753101.26125
Thomas Field, 2B144168102526.1951
Prince Fielder, DH,1B1586137818728023986488.3050
Yovani Gallardo, P33402100001.5000
Joey Gallo, 3B,LF361081622316141557.2043
Chris Gimenez, C36981925615141019.2552
Cole Hamels, P12301000002.3330
Josh Hamilton, LF501702243808251052.2530
Matt Harrison, P3200000001.0000
Colby Lewis, P33200000000.0000
Leonys Martín, CF9528826631205251669.21914
Nick Martinez, P24420000001.0000
Mitch Moreland, 1B,DH13247151131270238532112.2781
Mike Napoli, 1B,DH3578923205101219.2950
Rougned Odor, 2B1204265411121916612379.2616
Carlos Peguero, LF3070101340491236.1862
Martín Pérez, P14200000002.0000
Anthony Ranaudo, P4200000002.0000
Wandy Rodríguez, P17211000000.0000
Adam Rosales, 1B,2B,3B55114142640371030.2284
Ryan Rua, LF288310165047332.1930
Jake Smolinski, OF356012810161120.1331
Ryan Strausborger, OF3145990013311.2002
Drew Stubbs, OF2721621000510.0953
Tomás Telis, C61112000201.1820
Will Venable, LF376661230031221.1825
Bobby Wilson, C317751750110719.2210
Team Totals16255117511419279321727075031233.257101

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; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

PlayerWLERAGGSSVIPHRERHRBBK
Anthony Bass 004.50330064.066333252045
Alex Claudio 112.87180015.212654613
Ross Detwiler 057.12177043.062373492028
Jake Diekman 002.08260021.213552720
Sam Dyson 211.15310231.124441430
Jon Edwards 006.0011006.0644186
Neftalí Feliz 124.58180619.22410102916
Sam Freeman 002.79420029.0239921728
Kyuji Fujikawa 0016.202001.2233101
Yovani Gallardo 13113.4233330184.119376701568121
Chi Chi Gonzalez 463.901410067.049292963230
Cole Hamels 713.661212083.2773434102378
Matt Harrison 126.7533016.0191212365
Derek Holland 434.911010058.2593232111741
Keone Kela 752.39680160.152181641868
Phil Klein 106.75112017.123151341012
Colby Lewis 1794.6633330204.22111111062642142
Nick Martinez 773.9624210125.01356655164677
Román Méndez 015.40120011.21177179
Ross Ohlendorf 313.72210119.121884719
Spencer Patton 119.00270024.024242451228
Martín Pérez 364.461414078.288413932448
Stolmy Pimentel 013.9780011.11155137
Anthony Ranaudo 017.6342015.11813132811
Wandy Rodríguez 644.901715086.1994847103672
Adam Rosales 009.002002.0232211
Tanner Scheppers 415.63420038.137252462332
Shawn Tolleson 642.997303572.166242491776
Logan Verrett 016.004009.01176143
Team Totals88744.24162162451442.214597336801715081095

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Round Rock Express Pacific Coast League Jason Wood
AA Frisco RoughRiders Texas League Joe Mikulik
A-Advanced High Desert Mavericks California League Spike Owen
A Hickory Crawdads South Atlantic League Corey Ragsdale
A-Short Season Spokane Indians Northwest League Tim Hulett
Rookie AZL Rangers Arizona League Kenny Holmberg
Rookie DSL Rangers Dominican Summer League Aaron Levin

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