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American League West · 2020

Texas Rangers 2020

22-385th in the AL WestGlobe Life FieldAmerican League WestAmerican League
Team WAR
3.1
0.2 bat / 2.9 pitch
Win %
.367
pyth .353
Run diff
-88
3.73 / 5.20 per g
wRC+
74
ERA
5.04
FIP 4.85
Home runs
65

The Texas Rangers went 22-38 in 2020, a .367 winning percentage — the second worst record in baseball. They scored 224 runs and allowed 312, a run differential of -88. The offence ranked the second worst in MLB for runs scored, while their 5.04 staff ERA was 24th of 30. Their 74 team wRC+ was 26% below league average — the second worst in MLB. Isiah Kiner-Falefa led the position players at 0.7 WAR, and Lance Lynn the rotation at a 3.32 ERA.

The 2020 season

Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.

They finished 5th in the AL West, 14 games back. They spent 1 of 66 days in first place and were as far as 15.5 games back on September 23. The longest runs were a 4-game winning streak from August 11 to August 15 and an 8-game losing streak from August 16 to August 23. They were 16-14 at home and 6-24 on the road, 7-6 in one-run games and 4-13 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 7-1 against the Angels on September 8; the heaviest defeat, 14-4 against the Padres on August 17.

Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
MonthWLPctRSRADiff
July24.3331525-10
August1017.370105153-48
Sept/Oct1017.370104134-30
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
GamesW-LPct
Home16-14.533
Road6-24.200
One-run games7-6.538
Extra innings2-2.500
Within the division16-24.400
Against .500+ clubs4-13.235
Decided by 5+ runs3-9.250
Last 104-6.400

American League West standings, 2020

Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.

American League West, 2020. Games back of the best record in the division.
TeamWLPctGBRSRADiffWAR
Oakland Athletics3624.600—274232+4212.6
Houston Astros2931.4837279275+411.8
Seattle Mariners2733.4509254303-497.2
Los Angeles Angels2634.43310294321-2714.7
Texas Rangers2238.36714224312-883.1

2020 Texas Rangers roster

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.

Catchers 4

Infielders 10

Outfielders 7

Designated hitters 3

Starting pitchers 7

Relief pitchers 18

Where the offence comes from

Roster contribution by share of the team total.

438 team hits
Isiah Kiner-Falefa59Isiah Kiner-Falefa — 59 hits (13.5%)Nick Solak56Nick Solak — 56 hits (12.8%)Todd Frazier37Todd Frazier — 37 hits (8.4%)Joey Gallo35Joey Gallo — 35 hits (8.0%)Leody Taveras27Leody Taveras — 27 hits (6.2%)Shin-Soo Choo26Shin-Soo Choo — 26 hits (5.9%)Rougned Odor23Rougned Odor — 23 hits (5.3%)Elvis Andrus20Elvis Andrus — 20 hits (4.6%)Jose Trevino19Jose Trevino — 19 hits (4.3%)Anderson Tejeda19Anderson Tejeda — 19 hits (4.3%)Ronald Guzmán19Ronald Guzmán — 19 hits (4.3%)Willie Calhoun19Willie Calhoun — 19 hits (4.3%)Derek Dietrich12Derek Dietrich — 12 hits (2.7%)Chirinos12Robinson Chirinos — 12 hits (2.7%)Sam Huff11Sam Huff — 11 hits (2.5%)Jeff Mathis10Jeff Mathis — 10 hits (2.3%)Eli White9Eli White — 9 hits (2.1%)Santana8Danny Santana — 8 hits (1.8%)Heineman8Scott Heineman — 8 hits (1.8%)Refsnyder6Rob Refsnyder — 6 hits (1.4%)2Sherten Apostel — 2 hits (0.5%)Andrew Romine — 1 hits (0.2%)
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.

Batting

24 players, ranked by dbWAR.

Isiah Kiner-Falefa3B58228593108.280.329.370.310920.7
Leody TaverasCF3213427468.227.308.395.309910.6
Sam HuffC93311340.355.394.742.4692000.6
Todd Frazier3B43172374121.236.302.382.302860.3
Jose TrevinoC228319290.250.280.434.301860.3
Anderson TejedaSS217719384.253.273.453.307900.3
Nick SolakLF58233562237.268.326.344.299850.3
Derek DietrichDH257512581.197.347.459.3541220.3
Ronald Guzmán1B258619491.244.314.436.3251020.2
Shin-Soo ChooLF33127265156.236.323.400.314950.2
Joey GalloRF572263510262.181.301.378.299840.1
Andrew RomineSS141000.250.250.500.310920.0
Jeff MathisC236810391.161.221.355.24649-0.1
Adolis GarcíaLF370000.000.143.000.103-49-0.1
Yadiel RiveraSS250001.000.000.000.000-119-0.1
Rob RefsnyderDH14346010.200.265.233.23138-0.2
Elvis AndrusSS2811120373.194.252.330.25655-0.2
Rougned Odor2B381482310300.167.209.413.25957-0.2
Sherten Apostel1B6212000.100.143.150.135-27-0.3
Danny Santana1B15638172.145.238.273.23239-0.3
Scott HeinemanCF20548173.154.185.269.19715-0.3
Eli WhiteLF18529031.188.231.229.20823-0.4
Robinson ChirinosC258212170.162.232.243.21729-0.4
Willie CalhounDH29108191130.190.231.260.21930-0.9

Pitching

25 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.

Lance Lynn131384.0630893.324.191.069.51.3
Jonathan Hernández27031.0510312.903.191.039.00.6
Mike Minor121156.2160625.564.641.249.80.6
Joely Rodríguez12012.2000172.131.691.0312.10.5
Kyle Cody8522.2110181.593.901.247.10.4
Kolby Allard11833.2060327.754.711.518.60.3
Rafael Montero17017.2018194.083.701.029.70.3
Taylor Hearn14017.1000233.634.111.3811.90.2
Kyle Gibson121267.1260585.355.391.537.80.1
Wes Benjamin8122.1210214.844.581.398.50.1
Edinson Volquez705.221036.353.721.414.80.1
José Leclerc202.000134.503.192.0013.50.0
Corey Kluber111.000010.004.191.009.00.0
Demarcus Evans404.000042.255.190.759.0-0.0
Luis García1128.1020117.565.352.2811.9-0.0
Jimmy Herget20119.2100173.205.231.377.8-0.0
Luke Farrell405.100088.446.001.8813.5-0.1
Ian Gibaut14012.1010146.575.461.6210.2-0.1
John King6010.110096.105.711.657.8-0.1
Joe Palumbo202.1010511.578.332.5719.3-0.1
Brett Martin15014.211081.845.711.164.9-0.1
Juan Nicasio201.1000140.5015.945.256.8-0.2
Nick Goody17111.0021139.006.562.0010.6-0.2
Jordan Lyles12957.2160367.025.951.565.6-0.3
Jesse Chavez18017.0000136.887.661.596.9-0.5

Attendance

30 home dates played behind closed doors, 2020.

Average
0
no crowd admitted
Median
0
Total
0
On the road
0
what they drew away

By situation

Day and night divide the home schedule, and so do weekend and weekday. The road line is a different question.
SplitGamesAvgMedLowHigh
All home300000
Night210000
Day90000
Weekend160000
Weekday140000
On the road300000

By season

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Every home game this season was played with no crowd admitted. The zero is the season, not a missing number — which is why it is shown rather than left out. 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 60 completed games, 2020.

Regulation
3:02
56 games
All games
3:04
Extra innings
3:31
4 of them
Longest
3:40
2020-08-30, 9 inn
Shortest
1:58
2020-09-12

By situation

Regulation and extra innings divide the season, and so do home and road. Day and night overlap both.
SplitGamesAvgMedFastestLongest
All603:043:021:583:59
Regulation563:023:001:583:40
Extra innings43:313:263:153:59
Home303:113:101:583:40
Road302:572:572:143:59
Day193:073:042:143:40
Night413:023:001:583:59

Through the season

Average completed game by month.
MonthGamesAverage
Jul53:15
Aug143:16
Sep113:03

By season

190.495.20.005060708091011121314151617181920212223242526

Regulation games only, in minutes. 182 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 22-38, a .367 win rate, while their -88 run differential implies .353. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.