American League West · 2015
Texas Rangers
- Team WAR
- 27.0 22.8 bat / 4.2 pitch
- Win %
- .543 pyth .511
- Run diff
- +18 4.64 / 4.52 per g
- wRC+
- 101
- ERA
- 4.29 FIP 4.41
- Home runs
- 166
The Texas Rangers went 88-74 in 2015, a .543 winning percentage — 8th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 751 runs and allowed 733, a run differential of +18. The offence ranked the third best in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.29 staff ERA was 24th of 30. Their 101 team wRC+ was 1% above league average — 11th of 30 in MLB. Shin-Soo Choo led the position players at 4.3 WAR, and Yovani Gallardo the rotation at a 3.42 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,380 team hits
Batting
29 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Shin-Soo Choo | RF | 149 | 653 | 153 | 22 | 82 | 4 | .276 | .375 | .463 | .370 | 132 | 4.3 |
| Adrian Beltré | 3B | 143 | 619 | 163 | 18 | 83 | 1 | .287 | .334 | .453 | .341 | 112 | 3.7 |
| Prince Fielder | DH | 158 | 693 | 187 | 23 | 98 | 0 | .305 | .378 | .463 | .364 | 128 | 3.1 |
| Rougned Odor | 2B | 118 | 470 | 111 | 16 | 61 | 6 | .261 | .316 | .465 | .337 | 110 | 2.5 |
| Mitch Moreland | 1B | 132 | 515 | 131 | 23 | 85 | 1 | .278 | .330 | .482 | .351 | 119 | 2.1 |
| Elvis Andrus | SS | 160 | 661 | 154 | 7 | 62 | 25 | .258 | .309 | .357 | .295 | 82 | 2.1 |
| Delino DeShields | CF | 117 | 492 | 111 | 2 | 37 | 25 | .261 | .344 | .374 | .321 | 99 | 2.0 |
| Robinson Chirinos | C | 74 | 273 | 54 | 10 | 34 | 0 | .232 | .325 | .438 | .337 | 110 | 2.0 |
| Chris Gimenez | C | 33 | 113 | 25 | 5 | 14 | 2 | .255 | .330 | .490 | .358 | 124 | 1.1 |
| Kyle Blanks | 1B | 18 | 71 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 1 | .313 | .352 | .522 | .379 | 138 | 0.5 |
| Josh Hamilton | LF | 50 | 182 | 43 | 8 | 25 | 0 | .253 | .291 | .441 | .318 | 97 | 0.4 |
| Joey Gallo | LF | 35 | 123 | 22 | 6 | 14 | 3 | .204 | .301 | .417 | .309 | 91 | 0.3 |
| Carlos Peguero | LF | 30 | 90 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 2 | .187 | .311 | .400 | .319 | 98 | 0.3 |
| Yovani Gallardo | P | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .750 | .539 | 246 | 0.1 |
| Tommy Field | 2B | 13 | 45 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | .195 | .250 | .366 | .273 | 66 | 0.0 |
| Wandy Rodriguez | P | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | .441 | 180 | 0.0 |
| Michael Choice | RF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -118 | -0.0 |
| Adam Rosales | 1B | 44 | 125 | 26 | 3 | 7 | 4 | .228 | .296 | .342 | .288 | 76 | -0.0 |
| Colby Lewis | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -118 | -0.0 |
| Anthony Ranaudo | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -118 | -0.0 |
| Martín Pérez | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -118 | -0.0 |
| Carlos Corporán | C | 33 | 121 | 19 | 3 | 15 | 0 | .178 | .244 | .299 | .245 | 47 | -0.1 |
| Matt Harrison | P | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -118 | -0.1 |
| Nick Martinez | P | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -118 | -0.1 |
| Ryan Rua | LF | 26 | 86 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 0 | .193 | .221 | .398 | .268 | 63 | -0.2 |
| Bobby Wilson | C | 48 | 147 | 25 | 1 | 14 | 0 | .189 | .255 | .250 | .233 | 39 | -0.2 |
| Leonys Martin | CF | 88 | 310 | 63 | 5 | 25 | 14 | .219 | .264 | .313 | .256 | 55 | -0.3 |
| Ryan Strausborger | LF | 20 | 51 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 2 | .200 | .240 | .267 | .225 | 34 | -0.3 |
| Hanser Alberto | 2B | 33 | 104 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 1 | .222 | .238 | .263 | .221 | 31 | -0.4 |
Pitching
25 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Yovani Gallardo | 33 | 33 | 184.1 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 121 | 3.42 | 4.00 | 1.42 | 5.9 | 1.9 |
| Colby Lewis | 33 | 33 | 204.2 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 142 | 4.66 | 4.17 | 1.24 | 6.2 | 1.7 |
| Martín Pérez | 14 | 14 | 78.2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 48 | 4.46 | 3.40 | 1.42 | 5.5 | 1.4 |
| Keone Kela | 68 | 0 | 60.1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 68 | 2.39 | 2.64 | 1.16 | 10.1 | 1.3 |
| Shawn Tolleson | 73 | 0 | 72.1 | 6 | 4 | 35 | 76 | 2.99 | 3.44 | 1.15 | 9.5 | 0.8 |
| Anthony Bass | 33 | 0 | 64.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 4.50 | 3.73 | 1.34 | 6.3 | 0.5 |
| Wandy Rodriguez | 17 | 15 | 86.1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 72 | 4.90 | 4.33 | 1.56 | 7.5 | 0.5 |
| Stolmy Pimentel | 8 | 0 | 11.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3.97 | 3.84 | 1.24 | 5.6 | 0.1 |
| Luke Jackson | 7 | 0 | 6.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4.26 | 4.24 | 1.11 | 8.5 | 0.0 |
| Andrew Faulkner | 11 | 0 | 9.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2.79 | 4.69 | 1.14 | 9.3 | -0.0 |
| Sam Freeman | 54 | 0 | 38.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 3.05 | 4.59 | 1.46 | 9.4 | -0.1 |
| Anthony Ranaudo | 4 | 2 | 15.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 7.63 | 5.16 | 1.70 | 6.5 | -0.1 |
| Ross Ohlendorf | 21 | 0 | 19.1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 3.72 | 4.94 | 1.45 | 8.8 | -0.1 |
| Kyuji Fujikawa | 2 | 0 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16.20 | 11.53 | 1.20 | 5.4 | -0.1 |
| Roman Mendez | 15 | 0 | 13.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5.27 | 5.55 | 1.61 | 6.6 | -0.2 |
| Chi Chi González | 14 | 10 | 67.0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 30 | 3.90 | 4.97 | 1.21 | 4.0 | -0.2 |
| Matt Harrison | 3 | 3 | 16.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6.75 | 6.07 | 1.56 | 2.8 | -0.2 |
| Nick Martinez | 24 | 21 | 125.0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 77 | 3.96 | 4.98 | 1.45 | 5.5 | -0.3 |
| Adam Rosales | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9.00 | 16.63 | 1.50 | 4.5 | -0.3 |
| Derek Holland | 10 | 10 | 58.2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 41 | 4.91 | 5.30 | 1.30 | 6.3 | -0.3 |
| Spencer Patton | 27 | 0 | 24.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 9.00 | 5.51 | 1.50 | 10.5 | -0.3 |
| Alex Claudio | 18 | 0 | 15.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2.87 | 6.13 | 1.15 | 7.5 | -0.3 |
| Phil Klein | 11 | 2 | 17.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6.75 | 6.48 | 1.90 | 6.2 | -0.4 |
| Jon Edwards | 22 | 0 | 16.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 4.32 | 6.49 | 1.68 | 11.9 | -0.4 |
| Tanner Scheppers | 42 | 0 | 38.1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 5.63 | 5.46 | 1.57 | 7.5 | -0.5 |
Record versus run differential
Texas Rangers are 88-74, a .543 win rate, while their +18 run differential implies .511. That is about 5 wins ahead of it, usually a mix of bullpen sequencing and one-run luck.