American League West · 2018
Texas Rangers
- Team WAR
- 20.6 18.1 bat / 2.4 pitch
- Win %
- .414 pyth .436
- Run diff
- -111 4.55 / 5.23 per g
- wRC+
- 91
- ERA
- 4.84 FIP 4.70
- Home runs
- 193
The Texas Rangers went 67-95 in 2018, a .414 winning percentage — 23rd of 30 record in baseball. They scored 737 runs and allowed 848, a run differential of -111. The offence ranked 14th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.84 staff ERA was 27th of 30. Their 91 team wRC+ was 9% below league average — 24th of 30 in MLB. Jurickson Profar led the position players at 3.8 WAR, and José Leclerc the rotation at a 1.56 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,305 team hits
Batting
26 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Jurickson Profar | SS | 145 | 594 | 133 | 20 | 77 | 10 | .254 | .335 | .458 | .346 | 108 | 3.8 |
| Shin-Soo Choo | DH | 146 | 665 | 148 | 21 | 62 | 6 | .264 | .377 | .434 | .359 | 117 | 3.0 |
| Robinson Chirinos | C | 111 | 426 | 80 | 18 | 65 | 2 | .222 | .338 | .419 | .337 | 102 | 2.9 |
| Joey Gallo | LF | 148 | 577 | 103 | 40 | 92 | 3 | .206 | .312 | .498 | .347 | 109 | 2.4 |
| Rougned Odor | 2B | 129 | 535 | 120 | 18 | 63 | 12 | .253 | .326 | .424 | .328 | 97 | 2.1 |
| Adrian Beltré | 3B | 119 | 481 | 118 | 15 | 65 | 1 | .273 | .328 | .434 | .330 | 98 | 1.6 |
| Nomar Mazara | RF | 128 | 536 | 126 | 20 | 77 | 1 | .258 | .317 | .436 | .327 | 96 | 1.4 |
| Elvis Andrus | SS | 97 | 428 | 101 | 6 | 33 | 5 | .256 | .308 | .367 | .299 | 79 | 1.3 |
| Isiah Kiner-Falefa | 3B | 105 | 396 | 93 | 4 | 34 | 7 | .261 | .325 | .357 | .304 | 82 | 1.2 |
| Ronald Guzmán | 1B | 117 | 428 | 91 | 16 | 58 | 1 | .235 | .306 | .416 | .315 | 89 | 0.4 |
| Delino DeShields | CF | 102 | 393 | 72 | 2 | 22 | 20 | .216 | .310 | .281 | .274 | 63 | 0.3 |
| Mike Minor | P | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .667 | .426 | 158 | 0.0 |
| Ariel Jurado | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | 0.0 |
| Jose Trevino | C | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .220 | 29 | -0.0 |
| Jesse Chavez | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -109 | -0.0 |
| Yovani Gallardo | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -109 | -0.0 |
| Yohander Méndez | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -109 | -0.0 |
| Martín Pérez | P | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -109 | -0.1 |
| Drew Robinson | CF | 41 | 125 | 20 | 3 | 9 | 2 | .183 | .288 | .294 | .268 | 60 | -0.1 |
| Bartolo Colon | P | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -109 | -0.1 |
| Hanser Alberto | 2B | 12 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .185 | .241 | .259 | .228 | 34 | -0.1 |
| Juan Centeno | C | 10 | 38 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .162 | .184 | .270 | .198 | 15 | -0.2 |
| Willie Calhoun | LF | 35 | 108 | 22 | 2 | 11 | 0 | .222 | .269 | .333 | .265 | 57 | -0.3 |
| Carlos Tocci | CF | 47 | 135 | 27 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .225 | .271 | .283 | .250 | 48 | -0.4 |
| Carlos Pérez | C | 26 | 75 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .143 | .178 | .214 | .176 | 2 | -0.5 |
| Ryan Rua | LF | 52 | 147 | 27 | 6 | 12 | 3 | .194 | .221 | .360 | .250 | 48 | -0.5 |
Pitching
29 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| José Leclerc | 59 | 0 | 57.2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 85 | 1.56 | 1.89 | 0.85 | 13.3 | 1.8 |
| Cole Hamels | 32 | 32 | 190.2 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 188 | 3.78 | 4.49 | 1.26 | 8.9 | 1.2 |
| Mike Minor | 28 | 28 | 157.0 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 132 | 4.18 | 4.43 | 1.12 | 7.6 | 1.1 |
| Keone Kela | 54 | 0 | 52.0 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 66 | 3.29 | 2.97 | 1.10 | 11.4 | 1.0 |
| Alex Claudio | 66 | 1 | 68.1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 41 | 4.48 | 3.42 | 1.52 | 5.4 | 0.9 |
| Jake Diekman | 71 | 0 | 53.1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 66 | 4.72 | 3.74 | 1.50 | 11.1 | 0.5 |
| Chris Martin | 46 | 0 | 41.2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 37 | 4.54 | 3.52 | 1.22 | 8.0 | 0.5 |
| Tony Barnette | 22 | 0 | 26.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 2.39 | 2.97 | 0.91 | 8.9 | 0.5 |
| CD Pelham | 10 | 0 | 7.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7.04 | 2.90 | 2.09 | 8.2 | 0.1 |
| Jeffrey Springs | 18 | 2 | 32.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 3.38 | 4.25 | 1.44 | 8.7 | 0.1 |
| Ricardo Rodríguez | 4 | 0 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4.05 | 2.71 | 1.80 | 4.0 | 0.1 |
| Nick Gardewine | 3 | 0 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3.60 | 2.16 | 1.40 | 7.2 | 0.1 |
| Ryan Rua | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 1.16 | 0.00 | 9.0 | 0.0 |
| Carlos Tocci | 1 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.16 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Ariel Jurado | 12 | 8 | 54.2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 5.93 | 5.01 | 1.54 | 3.6 | -0.1 |
| Connor Sadzeck | 13 | 2 | 9.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.96 | 5.52 | 1.82 | 6.8 | -0.1 |
| Brandon Mann | 7 | 0 | 8.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5.40 | 6.16 | 1.32 | 3.2 | -0.1 |
| Doug Fister | 12 | 12 | 66.0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 40 | 4.50 | 5.25 | 1.39 | 5.5 | -0.1 |
| Yohander Méndez | 8 | 5 | 27.2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 5.53 | 5.37 | 1.55 | 5.9 | -0.2 |
| Zac Curtis | 15 | 0 | 16.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 4.96 | 5.43 | 1.90 | 9.9 | -0.2 |
| Matt Bush | 21 | 0 | 23.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 4.70 | 5.29 | 1.61 | 7.4 | -0.2 |
| Adrian Sampson | 5 | 4 | 23.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 4.30 | 6.03 | 1.22 | 5.9 | -0.3 |
| Austin Bibens-Dirkx | 13 | 6 | 45.0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 6.20 | 5.56 | 1.56 | 6.6 | -0.4 |
| Yovani Gallardo | 21 | 18 | 94.1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 58 | 6.39 | 5.42 | 1.63 | 5.5 | -0.5 |
| Kevin Jepsen | 21 | 0 | 16.2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 5.94 | 7.48 | 1.56 | 4.3 | -0.5 |
| Matt Moore | 39 | 12 | 102.0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 86 | 6.79 | 5.25 | 1.66 | 7.6 | -0.6 |
| Martín Pérez | 22 | 15 | 85.1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 52 | 6.22 | 5.72 | 1.78 | 5.5 | -0.8 |
| Bartolo Colon | 28 | 24 | 146.1 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 81 | 5.78 | 5.47 | 1.35 | 5.0 | -0.8 |
| Eddie Butler | 30 | 0 | 49.2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 5.62 | 6.14 | 1.57 | 5.3 | -0.9 |
Record versus run differential
Texas Rangers are 67-95, a .414 win rate, while their -111 run differential implies .436. That is about 4 wins behind it, which tends to regress upward.