American League West · 2016
Texas Rangers
- Team WAR
- 24.9 18.1 bat / 6.8 pitch
- Win %
- .586 pyth .505
- Run diff
- +8 4.72 / 4.67 per g
- wRC+
- 96
- ERA
- 4.26 FIP 4.49
- Home runs
- 191
The Texas Rangers went 95-67 in 2016, a .586 winning percentage — the third best record in baseball. They scored 765 runs and allowed 757, a run differential of +8. The offence ranked 7th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.26 staff ERA was 20th of 30. Their 96 team wRC+ was 4% below league average — 22nd of 30 in MLB. Adrian Beltré led the position players at 5.0 WAR, and Cole Hamels the rotation at a 3.32 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,339 team hits
Batting
25 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Adrian Beltré | 3B | 153 | 640 | 175 | 32 | 104 | 1 | .300 | .358 | .521 | .376 | 131 | 5.0 |
| Elvis Andrus | SS | 146 | 568 | 153 | 8 | 69 | 24 | .302 | .362 | .439 | .347 | 112 | 3.9 |
| Ian Desmond | CF | 156 | 677 | 178 | 22 | 86 | 21 | .285 | .335 | .446 | .339 | 107 | 3.4 |
| Rougned Odor | 2B | 150 | 632 | 164 | 33 | 88 | 14 | .271 | .296 | .502 | .341 | 108 | 3.3 |
| Robinson Chirinos | C | 51 | 170 | 33 | 9 | 20 | 0 | .224 | .314 | .483 | .344 | 110 | 1.2 |
| Nomar Mazara | RF | 145 | 568 | 137 | 20 | 64 | 0 | .266 | .320 | .419 | .321 | 96 | 1.1 |
| Shin-Soo Choo | RF | 48 | 210 | 43 | 7 | 17 | 6 | .242 | .357 | .399 | .338 | 106 | 0.7 |
| Ryan Rua | LF | 89 | 269 | 62 | 8 | 22 | 9 | .258 | .331 | .400 | .320 | 95 | 0.7 |
| Brett Nicholas | C | 14 | 45 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .275 | .356 | .550 | .389 | 139 | 0.5 |
| Bobby Wilson | C | 71 | 251 | 54 | 7 | 33 | 0 | .237 | .270 | .355 | .272 | 64 | 0.4 |
| Jurickson Profar | 3B | 88 | 307 | 65 | 5 | 20 | 2 | .239 | .321 | .338 | .297 | 80 | 0.3 |
| Bryan Holaday | C | 40 | 129 | 27 | 2 | 14 | 0 | .231 | .281 | .359 | .280 | 69 | 0.2 |
| Mitch Moreland | 1B | 140 | 503 | 107 | 22 | 60 | 1 | .233 | .298 | .422 | .311 | 89 | 0.2 |
| Yu Darvish | P | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .333 | .333 | 1.333 | .692 | 335 | 0.1 |
| Derek Holland | P | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | .439 | 171 | 0.0 |
| Martín Pérez | P | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .292 | 77 | 0.0 |
| Shawn Tolleson | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -112 | -0.0 |
| Nick Martinez | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -112 | -0.0 |
| A.J. Griffin | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -112 | -0.0 |
| Cole Hamels | P | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .110 | -41 | -0.1 |
| Jared Hoying | LF | 27 | 49 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 1 | .217 | .265 | .261 | .238 | 41 | -0.2 |
| Delino DeShields | CF | 66 | 203 | 38 | 4 | 13 | 8 | .209 | .275 | .313 | .264 | 58 | -0.3 |
| Joey Gallo | DH | 15 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .040 | .200 | .160 | .185 | 8 | -0.3 |
| Hanser Alberto | SS | 23 | 58 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 1 | .143 | .143 | .161 | .132 | -27 | -0.6 |
| Prince Fielder | DH | 89 | 370 | 69 | 8 | 44 | 0 | .212 | .292 | .334 | .279 | 68 | -1.1 |
Pitching
26 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Cole Hamels | 32 | 32 | 200.2 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 200 | 3.32 | 3.98 | 1.31 | 9.0 | 2.5 |
| Yu Darvish | 17 | 17 | 100.1 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 132 | 3.41 | 3.09 | 1.12 | 11.8 | 2.2 |
| Martín Pérez | 33 | 33 | 198.2 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 103 | 4.39 | 4.50 | 1.41 | 4.7 | 1.3 |
| Matt Bush | 58 | 0 | 61.2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 61 | 2.48 | 2.74 | 0.94 | 8.9 | 1.3 |
| Alex Claudio | 39 | 0 | 51.2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 2.79 | 2.97 | 1.26 | 5.9 | 1.0 |
| Tony Barnette | 53 | 0 | 60.1 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 49 | 2.09 | 3.38 | 1.16 | 7.3 | 0.8 |
| Sam Dyson | 73 | 0 | 70.1 | 3 | 2 | 38 | 55 | 2.43 | 3.62 | 1.22 | 7.0 | 0.8 |
| Jake Diekman | 66 | 0 | 53.0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 59 | 3.40 | 3.54 | 1.17 | 10.0 | 0.6 |
| Derek Holland | 22 | 20 | 107.1 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 67 | 4.95 | 4.75 | 1.41 | 5.6 | 0.4 |
| Colby Lewis | 19 | 19 | 116.1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 73 | 3.71 | 4.81 | 1.13 | 5.6 | 0.4 |
| Tanner Scheppers | 10 | 0 | 8.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4.15 | 3.03 | 1.04 | 5.2 | 0.2 |
| José Leclerc | 12 | 0 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1.80 | 3.75 | 1.60 | 9.0 | 0.1 |
| Phil Klein | 12 | 2 | 19.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 6.98 | 4.08 | 1.66 | 8.8 | 0.1 |
| Keone Kela | 35 | 0 | 34.0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 6.09 | 4.56 | 1.38 | 11.9 | 0.0 |
| Bryan Holaday | 1 | 0 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.15 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Yohander Méndez | 2 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 5.15 | 2.33 | 0.0 | -0.0 |
| Chi Chi González | 3 | 3 | 10.1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 8.71 | 5.66 | 2.90 | 6.1 | -0.1 |
| Jared Hoying | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 16.15 | 1.00 | 0.0 | -0.1 |
| Shawn Tolleson | 37 | 0 | 36.1 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 29 | 7.68 | 5.24 | 1.73 | 7.2 | -0.2 |
| Michael Roth | 1 | 0 | 3.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14.73 | 12.96 | 3.00 | 7.4 | -0.3 |
| Andrew Faulkner | 9 | 0 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.75 | 10.50 | 1.80 | 1.3 | -0.4 |
| Kyle Lohse | 2 | 2 | 9.1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 12.54 | 9.68 | 2.14 | 2.9 | -0.5 |
| Luke Jackson | 8 | 0 | 11.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10.80 | 9.15 | 2.57 | 2.3 | -0.6 |
| A.J. Griffin | 23 | 23 | 119.0 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 107 | 5.07 | 5.74 | 1.36 | 8.1 | -0.9 |
| Nick Martinez | 12 | 5 | 38.2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 5.59 | 6.87 | 1.66 | 3.7 | -0.9 |
| Cesár Ramos | 16 | 4 | 47.2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 6.04 | 6.61 | 1.68 | 5.1 | -1.0 |
Record versus run differential
Texas Rangers are 95-67, a .586 win rate, while their +8 run differential implies .505. That is about 13 wins ahead of it, usually a mix of bullpen sequencing and one-run luck.