The Baseball Scholar

The 20 Greatest Texas Rangers of All-Time

Dave Franks
2–4 minutes

Update 11/22/2025

To be eligible, position players needed 1,500 plate appearances and starting pitchers had to have started a minimum of 75 games for the franchise.

  1. Adrian Beltre

    • Age: 32 – 39
    • Years: 2011 – 2018
    • Position(s): 3B, DH

    Adrian Beltre
    WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    41.2 129 1098 4612 4194 612 1277 239 10 199 699 8 330 566 .304 .356 .508 .865

  2. Rafael Palmeiro

    • Age: 24 – 28, 34 – 38
    • Years: 1989 – 1993, 1999 – 2003
    • Position(s): 1B, DH

    Rafael Palmeiro
    WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    44.6 134 1573 6767 5830 958 1692 321 25 321 1039 44 805 754 .290 .376 .519 .896

  3. Alex Rodriguez

    • Age: 25 – 27
    • Years: 2001 – 2003
    • Position(s): SS

    Alex Rodriguez
    WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    25.5 156 485 2172 1863 382 569 91 9 156 395 44 249 379 .305 .395 .615 1.011

  4. Ivan Rodriguez

    • Age: 19 – 30, 37
    • Years: 1991 – 2002, 2009
    • Position(s): C

    Ivan Rodriguez
    WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    50.0 110 1507 6166 5754 866 1747 352 28 217 842 81 309 781 .304 .339 .487 .827

  5. Buddy Bell

    • Age: 27 – 33, 37
    • Years: 1979 – 1985, 1989
    • Position(s): 3B

    Buddy Bell
    WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    36.3 115 958 4032 3623 471 1060 197 21 87 499 24 335 297 .293 .349 .430 .780

  6. Frank Howard

    • Age: 28 – 35
    • Years: 1965 – 1972
    • Position(s): LF, 1B

    Frank Howard
    WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    26.8 148 1172 4744 4120 544 1141 155 20 246 701 5 575 909 .277 .366 .503 .870

  7. Ian Kinsler

    • Age: 24 – 31
    • Years: 2006 – 2013
    • Position(s): 2B

    Ian Kinsler
    WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    35.0 111 1066 4791 4201 748 1145 249 23 156 539 172 462 568 .273 .347 .454 .801

  8. Juan Gonzalez

    • Age: 19 – 29, 32 – 33
    • Years: 1989 – 1999, 2002 – 2003
    • Position(s): RF, LF, CF

    Juan Gonzalez
    WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    31.9 130 1400 5925 5435 878 1595 320 21 372 1180 24 375 1076 .293 .342 .565 .907

  9. Corey SeagerActive

    • Age: 28 – 31
    • Years: 2022 -2025
    • Position(s): SS

    Corey Seager
    WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    22.1 141 495 2177 1925 308 536 106 1 117 303 9 218 374 .278 .355 .517 .872

  10. Toby Harrah

    • Age: 20, 22 – 29, 36 – 37
    • Years: 1969, 1971 – 1978, 1985 – 1986
    • Position(s): SS, 3B, 2B

    Toby Harrah
    WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    32.3 114 1355 5407 4572 631 1174 187 22 124 568 153 708 575 .257 .352 .388 .741

  11. Josh Hamilton

    • Age: 27 – 31, 34
    • Years: 2008 – 2012, 2015
    • Position(s): CF, LF, RF, DH

    Josh Hamilton
    WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    23.0 133 697 2996 2697 441 814 164 17 150 531 40 240 607 .302 .358 .542 .900

  12. Kenny Rogers

    • Age: 24 – 30, 35 – 37, 39 – 40
    • Years: 1989 – 1995, 2000 – 2002, 2004 – 2005
    • Position(s): SP

    Kenny Rogers
    WAR ERA- G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO SO % WHIP
    31.2 90 528 252 133 96 4.16 1909 21 6 28 986 882 686 1201 14.5% 1.41

  13. Charlie Hough

    • Age: 32 – 42
    • Years: 1980 – 1990
    • Position(s): SP

    Charlie Hough
    WAR ERA- G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO SO % WHIP
    32.6 90 344 313 139 123 3.68 2308 98 11 1 1086 943 965 1452 14.9% 1.28

  14. Julio Franco

    • Age: 30 – 34
    • Years: 1989 – 1993
    • Position(s): 2B, DH

    Julio Franco
    WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    20.2 129 632 2680 2358 388 725 123 12 55 331 98 290 342 .307 .381 .439 .821

  15. Mark Teixeira

    • Age: 23 – 27
    • Years: 2003 – 2007
    • Position(s): 1B

    Mark Teixeira
    WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    21.5 127 693 3006 2632 426 746 173 12 153 499 11 318 555 .283 .367 .532 .900

  16. Rusty Greer

    • Age: 25 – 33
    • Years: 1994 – 2002
    • Position(s): LF, RF

    Rusty Greer
    WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    22.4 120 1027 4420 3829 643 1166 258 25 119 614 31 519 555 .305 .386 .478 .864

  17. Jim Sundberg

    • Age: 23 – 32, 37 – 38
    • Years: 1974 – 1983, 1988 – 1989
    • Position(s): C

    Jim Sundberg
    WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    34.7 93 1512 5378 4684 482 1180 200 27 60 480 18 544 687 .252 .324 .344 .668

  18. Mike Hargrove

    • Age: 24 – 28
    • Years: 1974 – 1978
    • Position(s): 1B, LF, DH

    Mike Hargrove
    WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    17.1 133 726 3004 2494 380 730 122 14 47 295 10 435 278 .293 .396 .409 .806

  19. Fergie Jenkins

    • Age: 31 – 32, 35 – 38
    • Years: 1974 – 1975, 1978 – 1981
    • Position(s): SP

    Fergie Jenkins
    WAR ERA- G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO SO % WHIP
    21.8 93 197 190 93 72 3.56 1410.1 90 17 0 611 558 315 895 15.4% 1.17

  20. Marcus SemienActive

    • Age: 31 – 34
    • Years: 2022 – 2025
    • Position(s): 2B

    Marcus Semien
    WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    20.8 107 609 2729 2447 386 610 114 12 93 319 58 239 428 .249 .317 .420 .737

One response to “The 20 Greatest Texas Rangers of All-Time”

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    Hayden King

    How do you leave if Mr. Ranger Michael Young. That snub invalidates your entire list.

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