2005 Texas Rangers
[edit] Summary
The 2005 Texas Rangers finished with a record of 79-83. They scored 865 runs and belted 260 home runs to go along with a .267 batting average. The offense was powered by Mark Teixeira, who led the team with 43 home runs and 144 RBI. Michael Young led the team with 221 hits for a .331 average.
The team allowed 858 runs and had a team ERA of 4.97. Kenny Rogers led the team with 14 wins. Chris Young struck out 137 batters to lead the team. Francisco Cordero was the team's best fireman, with 37 saves.
[edit] Roster and Statistics
| Player Name | Pos | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | OBP | SLG | OPS | AVG |
| Infielders | ||||||||||||
| Hank Blalock | 3B | 161 | 647 | 80 | 170 | 25 | 92 | 1 | .318 | .431 | .749 | .263 |
| Esteban German | 2B | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .750 | 1.000 | 1.750 | .750 |
| Marshall McDougall | 3B | 18 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .222 | .389 | .167 |
| Alfonso Soriano | 2B | 156 | 637 | 102 | 171 | 36 | 104 | 30 | .309 | .512 | .821 | .268 |
| Mark Teixeira | 1B | 162 | 644 | 112 | 194 | 43 | 144 | 4 | .379 | .575 | .954 | .301 |
| Michael Young | SS | 159 | 668 | 114 | 221 | 24 | 91 | 5 | .385 | .513 | .898 | .331 |
| Outfielders | ||||||||||||
| Jason Botts | OF | 10 | 27 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .367 | .296 | .663 | .296 |
| Mark DeRosa | OF | 66 | 148 | 26 | 36 | 8 | 20 | 1 | .325 | .439 | .764 | .243 |
| Richard Hidalgo | OF | 88 | 308 | 43 | 68 | 16 | 43 | 1 | .289 | .416 | .705 | .221 |
| Gary Matthews | OF | 131 | 475 | 72 | 121 | 17 | 55 | 9 | .320 | .436 | .756 | .255 |
| Kevin Mench | OF | 150 | 557 | 71 | 147 | 25 | 73 | 4 | .328 | .469 | .797 | .264 |
| Laynce Nix | OF | 63 | 229 | 28 | 55 | 6 | 32 | 2 | .267 | .397 | .664 | .240 |
| Andres Torres | OF | 8 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .190 | .211 | .401 | .158 |
| Catchers | ||||||||||||
| Sandy Alomar | C | 46 | 128 | 11 | 35 | 0 | 14 | 0 | .306 | .328 | .634 | .273 |
| Rod Barajas | C | 120 | 410 | 53 | 104 | 21 | 60 | 0 | .306 | .466 | .772 | .254 |
| Gerald Laird | C | 13 | 40 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .262 | .350 | .612 | .225 |
| Other | ||||||||||||
| Chad Allen | DH | 21 | 53 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .309 | .340 | .649 | .283 |
| David Dellucci | DH | 128 | 435 | 97 | 109 | 29 | 65 | 5 | .367 | .513 | .880 | .251 |
| Adrian Gonzalez | DH | 43 | 150 | 17 | 34 | 6 | 17 | 0 | .272 | .407 | .679 | .227 |
| Phil Nevin | DH | 29 | 99 | 15 | 18 | 3 | 8 | 2 | .250 | .323 | .573 | .182 |
| Team Totals | - | - | 5716 | 865 | 1528 | 260 | 834 | 67 | .329 | .468 | .797 | .267 |
| Player Name | G | GS | IP | W | L | Win % | SV | SO | BB | ERA | WHIP | |||
| Pitchers | ||||||||||||||
| Carlos Almanzar | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 14.40 | 3.400 | |||
| Pedro Astacio | 12 | 12 | 67 | 2 | 8 | .200 | 0 | 45 | 11 | 6.04 | 1.343 | |||
| James Baldwin | 8 | 0 | 17.3 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5.19 | 1.445 | |||
| Joaquin Benoit | 33 | 9 | 87 | 4 | 4 | .500 | 0 | 78 | 38 | 3.72 | 1.230 | |||
| Doug Brocail | 61 | 0 | 73.3 | 5 | 3 | .625 | 1 | 61 | 34 | 5.52 | 1.692 | |||
| Ryan Bukvich | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11.25 | 2.000 | |||
| Francisco Cordero | 69 | 0 | 69 | 3 | 1 | .750 | 37 | 79 | 30 | 3.39 | 1.319 | |||
| R.A. Dickey | 9 | 4 | 29.7 | 1 | 2 | .333 | 0 | 15 | 17 | 6.67 | 1.549 | |||
| Juan Dominguez | 22 | 10 | 70.3 | 4 | 6 | .400 | 0 | 45 | 25 | 4.22 | 1.465 | |||
| Ryan Drese | 12 | 12 | 69.7 | 4 | 6 | .400 | 0 | 20 | 24 | 6.46 | 1.722 | |||
| Scott Feldman | 8 | 0 | 9.3 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 4 | 2 | .96 | 1.183 | |||
| Kevin Gryboski | 11 | 0 | 9.7 | 1 | 1 | .500 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 11.17 | 2.577 | |||
| Steve Karsay | 14 | 0 | 15.7 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 7.47 | 1.975 | |||
| Kameron Loe | 48 | 8 | 92 | 9 | 6 | .600 | 1 | 45 | 31 | 3.42 | 1.304 | |||
| Ron Mahay | 30 | 0 | 35.7 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 1 | 30 | 16 | 6.81 | 1.765 | |||
| Chan Ho Park | 20 | 20 | 109.7 | 8 | 5 | .615 | 0 | 80 | 54 | 5.66 | 1.677 | |||
| Erasmo Ramirez | 16 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3.91 | 1.174 | |||
| Nick Regilio | 18 | 0 | 17.7 | 1 | 2 | .333 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 4.58 | 1.638 | |||
| Matt Riley | 7 | 0 | 12.7 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 9.95 | 2.047 | |||
| Ricardo Rodriguez | 12 | 10 | 57 | 2 | 3 | .400 | 0 | 24 | 17 | 5.53 | 1.474 | |||
| Kenny Rogers | 30 | 30 | 195.3 | 14 | 8 | .636 | 0 | 87 | 53 | 3.46 | 1.321 | |||
| Josh Rupe | 4 | 1 | 9.7 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2.79 | 1.134 | |||
| Brian Shouse | 64 | 0 | 53.3 | 3 | 2 | .600 | 0 | 35 | 18 | 5.23 | 1.370 | |||
| Jason Standridge | 2 | 0 | 2.3 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 11.57 | 3.478 | |||
| Michael Tejera | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 13.50 | 3.000 | |||
| Justin Thompson | 2 | 0 | 1.7 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21.60 | 2.353 | |||
| Edinson Volquez | 6 | 3 | 12.7 | 0 | 4 | .000 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 14.21 | 2.756 | |||
| John Wasdin | 31 | 6 | 75.7 | 3 | 2 | .600 | 4 | 44 | 20 | 4.28 | 1.281 | |||
| C.J. Wilson | 24 | 6 | 48 | 1 | 7 | .125 | 1 | 30 | 18 | 6.94 | 1.688 | |||
| Chris Young | 31 | 31 | 164.7 | 12 | 7 | .632 | 0 | 137 | 45 | 4.26 | 1.257 | |||
| Team Totals | 617 | 162 | 1440.2 | 79 | 83 | .488 | 46 | 932 | 522 | 4.97 | 1.466 | |||
[edit] Batting Leaders
| Category | ||
| Games | Mark Teixeira | 162 |
| At Bats | Michael Young | 668 |
| Plate Appearances (approx.) | Michael Young | 732 |
| Batting Average | Michael Young | .331 |
| On-Base % | Michael Young | .385 |
| Slugging % | Mark Teixeira | .575 |
| OPS | Mark Teixeira | .954 |
| Runs | Michael Young | 114 |
| Hits | Michael Young | 221 |
| Total Bases | Mark Teixeira | 370 |
| Doubles | Alfonso Soriano | 43 |
| Triples | David Dellucci, Gary Matthews, and Michael Young | 5 |
| Home Runs | Mark Teixeira | 43 |
| RBI | Mark Teixeira | 144 |
| Walks | David Dellucci | 76 |
| Strikeouts | Hank Blalock | 132 |
| Stolen Bases | Alfonso Soriano | 30 |
| Caught Stealing | David Dellucci and Kevin Mench | 3 |
| Sacrifice Hits | Rod Barajas | 4 |
| Sacrifice Flies | Alfonso Soriano | 5 |
| Grounded into Double Plays | Michael Young | 20 |
[edit] Pitching Leaders
| Category | ||
| Wins | Kenny Rogers | 14 |
| Losses | Pedro Astacio and Kenny Rogers | 8 |
| Saves | Francisco Cordero | 37 |
| Won-Loss % | Kenny Rogers | .636 |
| ERA | Kenny Rogers | 3.46 |
| WHIP | Chris Young | 1.257 |
| Innings Pitched | Kenny Rogers | 195.3 |
| Games | Francisco Cordero | 69 |
| Games Started | Chris Young | 31 |
| Strikeouts | Chris Young | 137 |
| Complete Games | Ryan Drese and Kenny Rogers | 1 |
| Shutouts | Kenny Rogers | 1 |
| Batters Faced | Kenny Rogers | 828 |
| Earned Runs Allowed | Chris Young | 78 |
| Hits Allowed | Kenny Rogers | 205 |
| Walks Allowed | Chan Ho Park | 54 |
| Home Runs Allowed | Chris Young | 19 |
| Doubles Allowed | Kenny Rogers | 42 |
| Triples Allowed | Kenny Rogers | 5 |
| Wild Pitches | Carlos Almanzar, Doug Brocail, and C.J. Wilson | 4 |
| Hit Batsmen | Kenny Rogers | 8 |
| Double Plays Induced | Kenny Rogers | 25 |
