Texas Rangers (baseball)

Texas Rangers
2017 Texas Rangers season
Established in 1961
Based in Arlington since 1972
Team logo Cap insignia
Major league affiliations
American League (1961–present) West Division (1972–present) East Division (1969–1971)
Current uniform
Retired numbers	7 (August 2017) 26 34 42
Colors
Royal blue, red, white
Name
Texas Rangers (1972–present) Washington Senators (1961–1971)
Ballpark
Globe Life Park in Arlington (1994–present) a.k.a. Rangers Ballpark in Arlington (2007–2013) a.k.a. Ameriquest Field in Arlington (2004–2006) a.k.a. The Ballpark in Arlington (1994–2004) Arlington Stadium (1972–1993) RFK Stadium (1962–1971) Griffith Stadium (1961)
Major league titles
World Series titles (0)	None
AL Pennants (2)	2010 2011
West Division titles (7)	1996 1998 1999 2010 2011 2015 2016
Wild card berths (1)	2012
Front office
Owner(s)	Ray Davis, Bob R. Simpson
Manager	Jeff Banister
General Manager	Jon Daniels
President of Baseball Operations	Jon Daniels

The Texas Rangers are an American professional baseball team based in Arlington, Texas, located in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. The Rangers franchise is currently a member of the West division of the American League (AL) in Major League Baseball (MLB). Since 1994, the Rangers have played in Globe Life Park in Arlington in Arlington, Texas. The team's name is borrowed from the famous law enforcement agency of the same name.

The franchise was established in 1961 as the Washington Senators, an expansion team awarded to Washington, D.C., after the city's first American League ballclub, the original Washington Senators, moved to Minnesota and became the Twins. After the 1971 season, the new Senators moved to Arlington, Texas, and debuted as the Rangers the following spring.

The Texas Rangers Baseball Club has made eight appearances in the MLB postseason, seven following division championships in 1996, 1998, 1999, 2010, 2011, 2015, and 2016 and as a wild card team in 2012. In 2010, the Rangers advanced past the Division Series for the first time, defeating the Tampa Bay Rays. Texas then brought home their first American League pennant after beating the New York Yankees in six games. In the 2010 World Series, the franchise's first, the Rangers fell to the San Francisco Giants in five games. They repeated as American League champions the following year, then lost the 2011 World Series to the St. Louis Cardinals in seven games.

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