The Texas Rangers went 93-69 in 2012, a .574 winning percentage — 8th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 808 runs and allowed 707, a run differential of +101. The offence ranked the best in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.97 staff ERA was 16th of 30. Their 110 team wRC+ was 10% above league average — the third best in MLB. Adrian Beltré led the position players at 5.9 WAR, and Yu Darvish the rotation at a 3.90 ERA.
The 2012 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 2nd in the AL West, 1 game back. They spent 178 of 181 days in first place, led by as many as 6.5 games on April 30 and were as far as 1 game back on April 7. Their best month was March/April at 17-6, their worst July at 9-14. The longest runs were an 8-game winning streak from April 12 to April 21 and a 5-game losing streak from July 1 to July 6. They were 50-31 at home and 43-38 on the road, 24-22 in one-run games and 43-43 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 18-3 at the Red Sox on April 17; the heaviest defeat, 19-2 at the White Sox on July 3.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
17
6
.739
124
68
+56
May
14
14
.500
167
144
+23
June
19
9
.679
135
112
+23
July
9
14
.391
81
110
-29
August
19
10
.655
168
128
+40
Sept/Oct
15
16
.484
133
145
-12
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
50-31
.617
Road
43-38
.531
One-run games
24-22
.522
Extra innings
8-5
.615
Within the division
27-30
.474
Against .500+ clubs
43-43
.500
Decided by 5+ runs
30-18
.625
Last 10
3-7
.300
2012 postseason
In October the Texas Rangers lost the Wild Card Series to the Orioles 1-0.
Wild Card Series vs Orioles0-1 L
Game 1, October 5 L 1-5 vs Orioles
American League West standings, 2012
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League West, 2012. Games back of the best record in the division.
The players whose season belongs to this club, by position and then by dbWAR. A player traded mid-season is listed with the club he played most of his games for, so a deadline arrival may appear on his other club’s page instead.
Each rectangle is a player, sized by his share of the team's hits; darker means a larger share. Top 30 contributors. Select a different statistic above, or click a player for his page.
Day and night divide the home schedule, and so do weekend and weekday. The road line is a different question.
Split
Games
Avg
Med
Low
High
All home
81
42,720
45,075
25,753
49,197
Night
67
42,354
44,104
25,753
49,197
Day
14
44,469
46,124
31,513
49,085
Weekend
39
46,403
46,744
37,785
49,197
Weekday
42
39,299
39,921
25,753
48,234
On the road
80
28,210
28,051
10,120
47,645
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
13
42,874
May
13
44,030
Jun
15
43,286
Jul
12
43,815
Aug
15
39,430
Sep
13
43,385
By season
Announced gate — tickets distributed, which is the figure every reference publishes and is not the same as people through the turnstile. A game the feed reports no gate for is left out rather than counted as empty. Seasons before attendance was carried into the lake are absent from the trend rather than shown as zero.
Game time
First pitch to final out across 162 completed games, 2012.
Regulation
2:56
149 games
All games
3:00
Extra innings
3:40
13 of them
Longest
4:38
2012-05-26, 13 inn
Shortest
2:12
2012-06-13
By situation
Regulation and extra innings divide the season, and so do home and road. Day and night overlap both.
Split
Games
Avg
Med
Fastest
Longest
All
162
3:00
2:58
2:04
4:38
Regulation
149
2:56
2:56
2:04
4:01
Extra innings
13
3:40
3:32
3:05
4:38
Home
81
3:05
3:05
2:12
4:38
Road
81
2:54
2:54
2:04
3:44
Day
42
2:59
2:56
2:09
4:38
Night
120
3:00
2:59
2:04
4:32
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
13
2:52
May
13
3:09
Jun
15
3:04
Jul
12
3:10
Aug
15
3:07
Sep
13
3:11
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 176 minutes this season.
Elapsed time from first pitch to final out. The feed does not itemise delays, so a rain delay is inside these numbers with no way to subtract it. Games called early are excluded — five innings in ninety-three minutes is not a short game — but they still count in attendance, because the crowd turned up.
Record versus run differential
Texas Rangers are 93-69, a .574 win rate, while their +101 run differential implies .561. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
