Round Rock Express

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Round Rock Express
RoundRockExpressLogo2019.png RoundRockExpressCap.png
Team logoCap insignia
Minor league affiliations
Class Triple-A (2005–present)
Previous classes Double-A (2000–2004)
League Pacific Coast League (2022–present)
DivisionEast Division
Previous leagues
Major league affiliations
Team Texas Rangers (2021–present)
Previous teams
Minor league titles
League titles (1)
  • 2000
Conference titles (3)
  • 2006
  • 2015
  • 2019
Division titles (7)
  • 2000
  • 2001
  • 2004
  • 2006
  • 2011
  • 2015
  • 2019
First-half titles (4)
  • 2000
  • 2001
  • 2002
  • 2004
Second-half titles (2)
  • 2004
  • 2023
Team data
NameRound Rock Express (2000–present)
ColorsNavy blue, red, silver, white
    
MascotSpike
Ballpark Dell Diamond (2000–present)
Owner(s)/
Operator(s)
Ryan Sanders Baseball
PresidentChris Almendarez [1]
General managerTim Jackson [1]
Manager Doug Davis

The Round Rock Express are a Minor League Baseball team of the Pacific Coast League (PCL) and the Triple-A affiliate of the Texas Rangers. They are located in Round Rock, Texas, and play their home games at the Dell Diamond. [2] The team is named for Baseball Hall of Famer Nolan Ryan, who was nicknamed "The Ryan Express." [3] Ryan, along with son Reid Ryan and Don Sanders make up the team's ownership group, Ryan Sanders Baseball. [4]

Contents

The Express were established as a Double-A team of the Texas League (TL) in 2000. They won the Texas League championship in 2000. Round Rock was replaced by a Triple-A Pacific Coast League team in 2005. The Triple-A Express carried on the history of the Double-A team that preceded them. With Major League Baseball's restructuring of Minor League Baseball in 2021, the Express were shifted to the Triple-A West, which was renamed the PCL in 2022.

History

The ownership group led by Nolan Ryan and Don Sanders began its operations in Round Rock in 2000 as the Dell Diamond opened, moving the Double-A Texas League's Jackson Generals to the new park, affiliating with the Houston Astros and setting attendance records for the Double-A level. By 2003, Corpus Christi had offered the Ryan-Sanders group $20 million to build a stadium and move a professional franchise there, and the ownership group was convinced Round Rock could support Triple-A baseball. [5]

An Express game at the Dell Diamond at night Dell Diamond DM.jpg
An Express game at the Dell Diamond at night

Meanwhile, the Pacific Coast League's Edmonton Trappers franchise, left isolated by the departure of the Calgary Cannons after the 2002 season for Albuquerque, was under pressure from the rest of the league to relocate to the United States. After the 2003 season, the Ryan group purchased the Trappers franchise with plans to relocate that franchise to Round Rock for 2005, once the Corpus Christi stadium would be ready for the Double-A franchise. [6] The Triple-A club would carry on the Round Rock Express identity; the Double-A club would become the Corpus Christi Hooks, and the Ryan group was able to negotiate an affiliation swap with the New Orleans Zephyrs to obtain the Astros' Triple-A affiliation for the newly-arriving PCL club.

In 2006, the Round Rock Express clinched the Southern Division of the league's American Conference with a win–loss record of 85–59. After defeating the Nashville Sounds in five games to take the American Conference championship, they advanced to the PCL championship series, but lost to the Tucson Sidewinders in three straight games.

In 2011, after 6 seasons of serving as the Triple-A affiliate of the Houston Astros, and 11 seasons of being affiliated with the Astros overall, the Express became the Triple-A affiliate of the Texas Rangers. Through the end of the 2018 season, attendance figures have dropped 8% since changing affiliations from Houston to Texas (see table below). Each of the top 9 season attendances all occurred in the 11 seasons the team was affiliated with Houston.

In 2016, Forbes listed the Express as the sixth-most valuable Minor League Baseball team with a value of $40 million. [7]

On September 20, 2018, the Express announced a 4-year Player Development Contract with the Houston Astros. [8] In conjunction with Major League Baseball's reorganization of the minors after the 2020 season, the Astros opted to discontinue their affiliation with Round Rock, leaving them in need of a new major league affiliate. [9] [10]

The Express later re-affiliated with the Texas Rangers for 2021 and were organized into the Triple-A West. [11] [12] Round Rock ended the season tied for second place in the Eastern Division with a 61–58 record. [13] No playoffs were held to determine a league champion; instead, the team with the best regular-season record was declared the winner. [14] However, 10 games that had been postponed from the start of the season were reinserted into the schedule as a postseason tournament called the Triple-A Final Stretch in which all 30 Triple-A clubs competed for the highest winning percentage. [14] Round Rock finished the tournament tied for seventh place with a 6–4 record. [15] In 2022, the Triple-A West became known as the Pacific Coast League, the name historically used by the regional circuit prior to the 2021 reorganization. [16]

Playing under a split-season format in 2023 in which the teams with the best league-wide records at the end of each half qualified for the playoffs, [17] Round Rock won the second-half title at 45–30. [18] Overall, the team posted the league's second-best record, 89–60. [19] In a single round of playoffs to determine the PCL championship versus the Oklahoma City Dodgers, winners of the first half, the Express were defeated, two games to none. [20]

Season-by-season records

Table key
LeagueThe team's final position in the league standings
DivisionThe team's final position in the divisional standings
GB Games behind the team that finished in first place in the division that season
Class champions (2005–present)
League champions (2000–present)
§Conference champions (2005–2020)
*Division champions (2000–present)
^Postseason berth (2000–present)
Season-by-season records
SeasonLeagueRegular-seasonPostseasonMLB affiliateRef.
RecordWin %LeagueDivisionGBRecordWin %Result
2000
^ *
TL83–57.5931st1st7–3.700Won First Half Western Division title
Won Western Division title vs. El Paso Diablos, 3–2
Won TL championship vs. Wichita Wranglers, 4–1 [21]
Houston Astros [22]
2001
^ *
TL86–54.6141st1st3–4.429Won First Half Western Division title
Won Western Division title vs. San Antonio Missions, 3–2
Lost TL championship vs. Arkansas Travelers, 2–0 [23]
Houston Astros [24]
2002
^
TL75–65.5364th3rd22–3.400Won First Half Western Division title
Lost Western Division title vs. San Antonio Missions, 3–2 [25]
Houston Astros [26]
2003TL46–94.3298th4th42+12 Houston Astros [27]
2004
^ *
TL86–54.6141st1st1–4.200Won First and Second Half Western Division titles
Won Western Division title
Lost TL championship vs. Frisco RoughRiders, 4–1 [28]
Houston Astros [29]
2005PCL74–70.5147th3rd6+12 Houston Astros [30]
2006
* §
PCL85–59.5902nd1st3–5.375Won American Conference Southern Division title
Won American Conference title vs. Nashville Sounds, 3–2
Lost PCL championship vs. Tucson Sidewinders, 3–0
Houston Astros [31]
2007PCL61–81.43014th4th13 Houston Astros [32]
2008PCL64–79.44813th4th11+12 Houston Astros [33]
2009PCL63–81.43815th4th17 Houston Astros [34]
2010PCL57–87.39616th4th16+12 Houston Astros [35]
2011
*
PCL87–57.6042nd1st1–3.250Won American Conference Southern Division title
Lost American Conference title vs. Omaha Storm Chasers, 3–1
Texas Rangers [36]
2012PCL69–75.47911th4th11 Texas Rangers [37]
2013PCL73–71.5078th3rd9 Texas Rangers [38]
2014PCL70–74.48611th (tie)3rd (tie)9+12 Texas Rangers [39]
2015
* §
PCL78–66.5425th (tie)1st5–3.625Won American Conference Southern Division title
Won American Conference title vs. Oklahoma City Dodgers, 3–0
Lost PCL championship vs. Fresno Grizzlies, 3–2
Texas Rangers [40]
2016PCL71–72.4977th (tie)2nd12+12 Texas Rangers [41]
2017PCL66–72.47812th3rd23+12 Texas Rangers [42]
2018PCL65–73.47112th (tie)4th17 Texas Rangers [43]
2019
* §
PCL84–56.6001st1st3–5.375Won American Conference Southern Division title
Won American Conference title vs. Iowa Cubs, 3–2
Lost PCL championship vs. Sacramento River Cats, 3–0
Houston Astros [44]
2020PCLSeason cancelled (COVID-19 pandemic) [45] Houston Astros [46]
2021AAAW61–58.5135th (tie)2nd (tie)9+126–4.600Won series vs. Tacoma Rainiers, 3–2
Won series vs. Sugar Land Skeeters, 3–2
Placed 7th (tie) in the Triple-A Final Stretch [15]
Texas Rangers [13]
2022PCL79–71.5273rd2nd6 Texas Rangers [47]
2023
^
PCL89–60.5972nd2nd1+120–2.000Won second-half title [18]
Lost PCL championship vs. Oklahoma City Dodgers, 2–0 [20]
Texas Rangers [19]
Totals1,672–1,586.51331–36.463

Dell Diamond attendance

The Round Rock Express play home games at the Dell Diamond. Dell Diamond Southwest Entrance 2017.jpg
The Round Rock Express play home games at the Dell Diamond.
Season average attendance [48] [49]
SeasonAverageGamesTotal attendanceAffiliation
20009,43070660,110Houston Astros (Double-A)
20019,55470668,792Houston Astros (Double-A)
20029,57370670,176Houston Astros (Double-A)
20039,79970685,973Houston Astros (Double-A)
20049,84770689,286Houston Astros (Double-A)
20059,72672700,277Houston Astros (Triple-A)
20069,41372677,706Houston Astros (Triple-A)
20079,46670662,595Houston Astros (Triple-A)
20089,28672668,623Houston Astros (Triple-A)
20098,70772626,899Houston Astros (Triple-A)
20108,40871596,985Houston Astros (Triple-A)
20118,58772618,261Texas Rangers (Triple-A)
20128,38971595,584Texas Rangers (Triple-A)
20138,18172589,042Texas Rangers (Triple-A)
20148,39071595,700Texas Rangers (Triple-A)
20158,62369595,012Texas Rangers (Triple-A)
20168,62771613,226Texas Rangers (Triple-A)
20178,72470610,681Texas Rangers (Triple-A)
20188,80970616,636Texas Rangers (Triple-A)
20198,54270597,928Houston Astros (Triple-A)
2020Season cancelled (COVID-19 pandemic) [45] Houston Astros (Triple-A)
Attendance ranking by affiliation (through 2018)
RankAverageAffiliationSeasonsGamesTotal attendance
19,311Houston Astros128497,905,350
28,540Texas Rangers85664,834,142

Roster

PlayersCoaches/Other

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders


Manager

Coaches


Injury icon 2.svg 7-day injured list
* On Texas Rangers 40-man roster
~ Development list
# Rehab assignment
∞ Reserve list
‡ Restricted list
§ Suspended list
† Temporarily inactive list
Roster updated January 22, 2024
Transactions
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Texas Rangers minor league players

Notable alumni

The "Play Ball" episode of The Simple Life , a reality television series starring young wealthy socialites Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie, took place during an Express game. The show aired on July 21, 2004, as the 15th episode of the show's second season. [50]

The team made headlines in 2010 when it "signed" Billy Ray "Rojo" Johnson, described in a press release as an East Texan who grew up in Venezuela and had run-ins with the law. In reality, Johnson was actor Will Ferrell, who briefly took the mound at Dell Diamond to promote his nearby charity golf tournament. [51]

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