2012 Texas Rangers season
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2012 Texas Rangers season
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| Owner(s) | Nolan Ryan | |
| Manager(s) | Ron Washington | |
| Local television | Fox Sports Southwest KTXA (Dave Barnett, Tom Grieve) |
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| Local radio | KESN ESPN Radio 103.3 FM (English) (Eric Nadel, Steve Busby, Bryan Dolgin) KZMP 1540 AM (Spanish) (Eleno Orlenas, Jerry Romo) |
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| Stats | ESPN.com | |
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The 2012 season for the Texas Rangers is the 52nd season in the overall history of the franchise and the 41st since the team relocated to Arlington, Texas. The Rangers enter the season as the two-time defending champions of the American League and the AL West, and currently have the best record in the Majors.
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Offseason
Transactions
- October 31, 2011: The team exercised its club options on Colby Lewis and Yoshinori Tateyama, while also announcing that the entire coaching staff would return for 2012.[1][2]
- November 2, 2011: RHP Darren O'Day was claimed on waivers by the Baltimore Orioles [3][4][5]
- November 21, 2011: The club signed RHP Joe Nathan to a two-year $14.5 million deal with an option for a third year. He will be the team's closer and subsequently bump RHP Neftali Feliz into the starting rotation. Nathan leaves the Minnesota Twins after becoming the all-time saves leader for the franchise over 9 seasons with the club.[6]
- December 1, 2011: Taylor Teagarden was traded to the Baltimore Orioles for minor league RHP Randy Henry and a player to be named later. On December 8, 2011, the player was identified as minor league 2B Greg Miclat.[7][8]
- December 19, 2011: The team won the negotiating rights to Japanese RHP Yu Darvish for $51.7 million through the Posting system. The Rangers will have 30 days to negotiate a contract with Darvish, if no agreement is reached, then the posting fee is returned to the club and Darvish will return to the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters for the 2012 season.[9]
- December 21, 2011: C Luis Martinez acquired from the San Diego Padres for minor league RHP Ryan Kelly. Martinez will be put on the 40-man roster.[10]
- January 5, 2012: The Rangers traded infielder Chad Tracy to the Colorado Rockies in exchange for RHP Greg Reynolds. Reynolds was assigned to Triple A Round Rock.
- January 18, 2012: The Rangers and Japanese RHP Yu Darvish agreed on a six year, $60 million contract. The contract was signed 15 minutes before a 4:00pm CST deadline. Yu was formally introduced to the organization with a press conference on January 20.
Current roster
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Texas Rangers roster
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Pitchers Starting rotation
Bullpen
Closer
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Catchers Infielders
Outfielders
Designated hitters
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Pitchers
Catchers Outfielders
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Manager Coaches
25 Active, 15 Inactive
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Season standings
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W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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| Texas Rangers | 31 | 20 | .608 | — | 15–11 | 16–9 |
| Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim | 26 | 26 | .500 | 5½ | 13–11 | 13–15 |
| Seattle Mariners | 23 | 30 | .434 | 9 | 9–13 | 14–17 |
| Oakland Athletics | 22 | 29 | .431 | 9 | 10–15 | 12–14 |
Record vs. opponents
| Team | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | LAA | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TB | TEX | TOR | NL |
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| Baltimore | – | 4–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–5 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 5–4 | 2–1 |
| Boston | 2–4 | – | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–4 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 5–4 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 |
| Chicago | 1–3 | 1–3 | – | 8–4 | 4–4 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 |
| Cleveland | 0–0 | 1–3 | 4–8 | – | 3–0 | 5–4 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 |
| Detroit | 0–0 | 4–3 | 4–4 | 0–3 | – | 4–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–5 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Kansas City | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–5 | 1–4 | – | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–4 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 1–2 |
| Los Angeles | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | – | 6–3 | 3–3 | 4–5 | 4–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 |
| Minnesota | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 3–6 | – | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 2–1 |
| New York | 5–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 3–3 | 2–2 | – | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 |
| Oakland | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 5–4 | 0–3 | 0–3 | – | 2–5 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Seattle | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–4 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 5–2 | – | 0–4 | 5–5 | 1–2 | 3–0 |
| Tampa Bay | 1–2 | 4–5 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 4–0 | – | 2–1 | 6–2 | 1–2 |
| Texas | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 5–5 | 1–2 | – | 4–2 | 2–1 |
| Toronto | 4–5 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–6 | 2–4 | – | 2–1 |
- Source: MLB Standings Grid
Game log
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Legend Rangers Win Rangers Loss Game Postponed
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2012 Game Log (31–20) April (17–6)# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 6 White Sox 3–2 Lewis (1–0) Danks (0–1) Nathan (1) 49,085 1–0 2 April 7 White Sox 4–3 Thornton (1–0) Nathan (0–1) Santiago (1) 47,867 1–1 3 April 8 White Sox 5–0 Harrison (1–0) Floyd (0–1) 45,368 2–1 4 April 9 Mariners 11–5 Darvish (1–0) Noesi (0–1) 43,002 3–1 5 April 10 Mariners 1–0 Feliz (1–0) Beavan (0–1) Nathan (2) 25,753 4–1 6 April 11 Mariners 4–3 Luetge (1–0) Nathan (0–2) League (3) 32,342 4–2 7 April 12 Mariners 5–3 Holland (1–0) Vargas (1–1) Adams (1) 31,513 5–2 8 April 13 @ Twins 4–1 Harrison (2–0) Swarzak (0–2) Ogando (1) 31,400 6–2 9 April 14 @ Twins 6–2 Ross (1–0) Duensing (0–1) 35,854 7–2 10 April 15 @ Twins 4–3 Ross (2–0) Perkins (0–1) Nathan (3) 32,093 8–2 11 April 17 @ Red Sox 18–3 Lewis (2–0) Lester (0–2) 38,229 9–2 12 April 18 @ Red Sox 6–3 Holland (2–0) Beckett (1–2) 37,967 10–2 13 April 19 @ Tigers 10–3 Darvish (2–0) Wilk (0-2) 30,029 11-2 April 20 @ Tigers Postponed (rain); Makeup: April 21 as part of a doubleheader 14 April 21 @ Tigers 10–4 Harrison (3–0) Porcello (1–1) 41,427 12–2 15 April 21 @ Tigers 3–2 Verlander (2–1) Feliz (1–1) Valverde (4) 35,001 12–3 16 April 22 @ Tigers 3–2 (11) Ross (3–0) Weber (0–1) Nathan (4) 36,255 13–3 17 April 23 Yankees 7–4 Sabathia (2–0) Holland (2–1) Rivera (4) 48,234 13–4 18 April 24 Yankees 2–0 Darvish (3–0) Kuroda (1–3) Nathan (5) 47,085 14–4 19 April 25 Yankees 7–3 Ross (4–0) Hughes (1–3) 47,942 15–4 20 April 27 Rays 8–4 Shields (4–0) Harrison (3–1) 47,496 15–5 21 April 28 Rays 7–2 Lewis (3–0) Niemann (1–3) 49,197 16–5 22 April 29 Rays 5–2 Price (4–1) Holland (2–2) Rodney (7) 43,475 16–6 23 April 30 @ Blue Jays 4–1 Darvish (4–0) Drabek (2–2) Nathan (6) 21,945 17–6 May (14–14)# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 24 May 1 @ Blue Jays 8–7 Cordero (1–1) Adams (0–1) 18,774 17–7 25 May 2 @ Blue Jays 11–5 Romero (4–0) Harrison (3–2) 25,123 17–8 26 May 4 @ Indians 6–3 Gómez (2–1) Lewis (3–1) Perez (10) 16,147 17–9 27 May 5 @ Indians 5–2 (11) Ogando (1–0) Smith (1–1) Nathan (7) 21,307 18–9 28 May 6 @ Indians 4–2 Jiménez (3–2) Darvish (4–1) Perez (11) 18,171 18–10 29 May 7 @ Orioles 14–3 Harrison (4–2) Matusz (1–4) 11,938 19–10 30 May 8 @ Orioles 10–3 Feliz (2–1) Arrieta (2–3) 11,263 20–10 May 9 @ Orioles Postponed (rain); Makeup: May 10 as part of a doubleheader 31 May 10 @ Orioles 6–5 Chen (3–0) Lewis (3–2) Johnson (9) 20–11 32 May 10 @ Orioles 7–3 Holland (3–2) Hunter (2–2) 19,250 21–11 33 May 11 Angels 10–3 Darvish (5–1) Wilson (4–3) 48,201 22–11 34 May 12 Angels 4–2 Carpenter (1–1) Harrison (4–3) Downs (3) 47,699 22–12 35 May 13 Angels 13–6 Feliz (3–1) Weaver (5–1) 46,669 23–12 36 May 14 Royals 3–1 Chen (2–4) Feldman (0–1) Broxton (8) 38,702 23–13 37 May 15 Royals 7–4 Mazzaro (1–0) Lewis (3–3) 37,210 23–14 38 May 16 Athletics 4–1 Darvish (6–1) Milone (5–3) Nathan (8) 46,370 24–14 39 May 17 Athletics 5–4 (10) Cook (1–0) Adams (0–2) Fuentes (3) 47,182 24–15 40 May 18 @ Astros 4–1 Ross (5–0) Rodríguez (3–4) Nathan (9) 34,715 25–15 41 May 19 @ Astros 6–5 Harrell (3–3) Holland (3–3) Myers (10) 42,673 25–16 42 May 20 @ Astros 6–1 Lewis (4–3) Lyles (0–1) 35,873 26–16 43 May 21 @ Mariners 6–1 Hernández (4–3) Darvish (6–2) 18,672 26–17 44 May 22 @ Mariners 3–1 Harrison (5–3) Noesí (2–5) Nathan (10) 15,604 27–17 45 May 23 @ Mariners 5–3 Millwood (3–4) Feldman (0–2) League (9) 23,097 27–18 46 May 25 Blue Jays 14–3 Holland (4–3) Morrow (5–3) 46,789 28–18 47 May 26 Blue Jays 8–7 (13) Tateyama (1–0) Frasor (0–1) 47,430 29–18 48 May 27 Blue Jays 12–6 Darvish (7–2) Drabek (4–5) 46,637 30–18 49 May 28 Mariners 4–2 Harrison (6–3) Delabar (1–1) Nathan (11) 41,384 31–18 50 May 29 Mariners 10–3 Vargas (6–4) Feldman (0–3) 34,531 31–19 51 May 30 Mariners 21–8 Beavan (3–4) Holland (4–4) Iwakuma (1) 43,580 31-20 June (0–0)# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 52 June 1 @ Angels 53 June 2 @ Angels 54 June 3 @ Angels 55 June 4 @ Athletics 56 June 5 @ Athletics 57 June 6 @ Athletics 58 June 7 @ Athletics 59 June 8 @ Giants 60 June 9 @ Giants 61 June 10 @ Giants 62 June 12 Diamondbacks 63 June 13 Diamondbacks 64 June 14 Diamondbacks 65 June 15 Astros 66 June 16 Astros 67 June 17 Astros 68 June 18 @ Padres 69 June 19 @ Padres 70 June 20 @ Padres 71 June 22 Rockies 72 June 23 Rockies 73 June 24 Rockies 74 June 25 Tigers 75 June 26 Tigers 76 June 27 Tigers 77 June 28 Athletics 78 June 29 Athletics 79 June 30 Athletics July (0–0)# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 80 July 1 Athletics 81 July 3 @ White Sox 82 July 4 @ White Sox 83 July 5 @ White Sox 84 July 6 Twins 85 July 7 Twins 86 July 8 Twins 87 July 13 @ Mariners 88 July 14 @ Mariners 89 July 15 @ Mariners 90 July 17 @ Athletics 91 July 18 @ Athletics 92 July 20 @ Angels 93 July 21 @ Angels 94 July 22 @ Angels 95 July 23 Red Sox 96 July 24 Red Sox 97 July 25 Red Sox 98 July 27 White Sox 99 July 28 White Sox 100 July 29 White Sox 101 July 30 Angels 102 July 31 Angels August (0–0)# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 103 August 1 Angels 104 August 2 Angels 105 August 3 @ Royals 106 August 4 @ Royals 107 August 5 @ Royals 108 August 6 @ Red Sox 109 August 7 @ Red Sox 110 August 8 @ Red Sox 111 August 10 Tigers 112 August 11 Tigers 113 August 12 Tigers 114 August 13 @ Yankees 115 August 14 @ Yankees 116 August 15 @ Yankees 117 August 16 @ Yankees 118 August 17 @ Blue Jays 119 August 18 @ Blue Jays 120 August 19 @ Blue Jays 121 August 20 Orioles 122 August 21 Orioles 123 August 22 Orioles 124 August 23 Twins 125 August 24 Twins 126 August 25 Twins 127 August 26 Twins 128 August 27 Rays 129 August 28 Rays 130 August 29 Rays 131 August 31 @ Indians September (0–0)# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 132 September 1 @ Indians 133 September 2 @ Indians 134 September 3 @ Royals 135 September 4 @ Royals 136 September 5 @ Royals 137 September 6 @ Royals 138 September 7 @ Rays 139 September 8 @ Rays 140 September 9 @ Rays 141 September 11 Indians 142 September 12 Indians 143 September 13 Indians 144 September 14 Mariners 145 September 15 Mariners 146 September 16 Mariners 147 September 18 @ Angels 148 September 19 @ Angels 149 September 20 @ Angels 150 September 21 @ Mariners 151 September 22 @ Mariners 152 September 23 @ Mariners 153 September 24 Athletics 154 September 25 Athletics 155 September 26 Athletics 156 September 27 Athletics 157 September 28 Angels 158 September 29 Angels 159 September 30 Angels References
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