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2008 Texas Rangers  (2007)  (2009) 55-107, 4th in AL Western Division Scored 829 runs, Allowed 1056 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 62-100 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .663 Park Factor: Batting - 101 / Pitching - 102 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 70-92   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 79-83 Manager(s): Mike Rescigno

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 DH #Milton Bradley       30  101  381   70  130  34   4  19   71   2   2   57  100  .341  .433  .601  101  10.6             36  
 1B *Carlos Pena          30  135  481   88  123  25   2  35   83   0   1   89  168  .256  .383  .534  101   7.2  1e2        46  
 OF *Josh Hamilton        27  139  575   81  149  23   4  28   80   5   0   41  132  .259  .316  .459   81   4.9  2(-3)e7  -126  
 2B  Ian Kinsler          26  138  482   78  150  32   1  10   50  11   1   44   54  .311  .368  .444   81   6.1  3e24      -80  
 SS  Michael Young        31  150  611   68  170  36   2  12   67   2   3   47  106  .278  .331  .403   80   4.6  2e12       -7  
 OF *Ken Griffey, Jr.     38  114  440   68  114  30   3  18   58   0   0   51   88  .259  .339  .464   67   5.4  4(0)e8     25  
 OF *David Murphy         26   96  386   58  107  35   2  21   81   4   0   24   79  .277  .315  .541   64   5.9  3(-1)e3    70  
 3B *Hank Blalock         27   76  254   44   85  20   2  14   42   0   0   18   37  .335  .379  .594   57   8.7  4e22      128  
 UT *Chris Davis          22   70  269   45   79  20   3  19   52   0   1   27   92  .294  .358  .602   57   7.8             80  
 3B #Aaron Miles          31   91  354   38  107  17   3   3   34   2   0   15   39  .302  .327  .393   44   4.6  4e18      -34  
 OF #Brandon Boggs        25   73  274   37   56  15   3   9   37   1   1   46  100  .204  .316  .380   34   4.0  3(0)e7    -37  
 DH *Travis Hafner        31   52  201   22   50  17   0   7   19   0   0   20   47  .249  .333  .438   28   4.8            143  
 C  #J. Saltalamacchia    23   58  169   26   45  12   0   2   22   0   0   32   55  .266  .377  .373   27   5.7  4(+2)e5    34  
 C   Gerald Laird         28   38  116   16   39   4   0   6   19   0   3    7   14  .336  .384  .526   21   7.1  2(-1)e4   183  
 OF  Nelson Cruz          28   42  108   17   31   7   4   6   19   1   0    6   39  .287  .330  .593   21   7.4  2(-3)e11 -107  
 C   Ivan Rodriguez       36   49  141   16   40   7   1   2   15   4   1   15   27  .284  .361  .390   20   5.2  3(-2)e1    37  
 C   Mike Napoli          26   50  169   21   27   2   0   7   13   3   1   22   60  .160  .265  .296   14   2.7  3(+1)e3  -398  
 2B  Joaquin Arias        23   27   98   15   28   5   3   0   13   3   0    5    7  .286  .330  .398   12   4.5  4e13      -25  
 3B  Travis Metcalf       25   16   51    9   15   2   0   5   11   0   0    7   11  .294  .379  .627   11   8.3  2e11      139  
 OF  German Duran         23   34  130   12   24   2   3   1   10   0   0    5   32  .185  .226  .269    7   1.7  4(+2)e16 -129  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                           936                   -6

     * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, otherwise bats right-handed

Team Pitching   Glossary
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     Player               Ag  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV  BS SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   ERA   RC  RC/27  OPS
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
  P *Matt Harrison        22   9  11  .450  26  26   0   0   0   0   0  141.1  160   94   91  19   75   67  5.79   99   6.4  -66  
  P  Cha Seung Baek       28   8   7  .533  32  23   0   6   0   0   0  164.1  200  124  106  30   56   97  5.81  123   6.6   85  
  P *Glendon Rusch        33   7   5  .583  62   0   0  39   2   1   0  115.0  127   56   55  13   48   70  4.30   67   5.3  -58  
  P  Joe Blanton          27   7  13  .350  28  28   1   0   0   0   0  187.2  219  123  108  26   68  113  5.18  121   5.8   12  
  P  Scott Feldman        25   6  15  .286  32  25   1   7   0   0   0  187.2  214  109   99  34   50   94  4.75  120   5.8  -26  
  P *Jarrod Washburn      33   4  10  .286  18  18   1   0   0   0   0  107.1  142   93   85  15   55   52  7.13   93   7.8   50  
  P  Vicente Padilla      30   4  18  .182  26  26   1   0   0   0   0  161.0  207  128  123  36   68  110  6.88  131   7.3   53  
  P *C.J. Wilson          27   3  13  .188  60   0   0  43  17  13   0   68.1   95   69   66  17   52   67  8.69   79  10.4  137  
  P  Joaquin Benoit       30   2   3  .400  58   0   0  26   7   5   0   67.0   70   49   46  10   62   62  6.18   52   7.1   28  
  P  Carlos Silva         29   2   3  .400   8   8   1   0   0   0   0   51.2   65   33   27   6    6   24  4.70   29   5.1 -125  
  P  Luis Mendoza         24   2   6  .250  50   8   1  17   0   0   0  122.2  196  122  113  12   41   68  8.29  130   9.6  -21  
  P  Kameron Loe          26   1   1  .500  14   0   0   7   1   0   0   28.2   39   22   22   4   12   13  6.91   21   6.6   58  
  P  Doug Mathis          25   0   2  .000  23   0   0  11   0   0   0   25.2   49   34   33   3   12    5 11.57   30  10.8  -37  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                                     1100          9

     * - throws left-handed, otherwise throws right-handed

Team Fielding   (completed seasons only)
 An asterisk after a player's name means his fielding stats are for multiple teams.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP OSB OCS +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- J. Saltalamacchia 445 50 57 296 25 4 1 .988 27 9 Ivan Rodriguez 364 41 48 255 12 1 2 .996 9 5 Mike Napoli 345 39 41 221 15 2 1 .992 32 11 Gerald Laird 256 30 30 165 10 1 1 .994 7 0 Hank Blalock 9 1 1 4 1 1 0 .833 6 0 Milton Bradley 9 1 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 1 1 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Carlos Pena 1187 135 135 1288 155 1 167 .999 10.94 Chris Davis 215 24 25 227 27 1 32 .996 10.65 Hank Blalock 27 3 3 26 1 0 2 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Ian Kinsler 1197 135 135 290 441 19 113 .975 5.50 Joaquin Arias 193 23 23 51 82 0 24 1.000 6.20 Aaron Miles 20 2 3 9 12 0 3 1.000 9.30 German Duran 18 2 2 4 11 0 4 1.000 7.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Hank Blalock 536 61 64 32 108 6 16 .959 2.35 Aaron Miles 460 53 56 21 104 5 4 .962 2.45 Chris Davis 327 37 38 18 57 4 5 .949 2.06 Travis Metcalf 80 9 11 2 14 0 1 1.000 1.80 Mike Napoli 9 1 1 0 2 1 0 .667 2.00 J. Saltalamacchia 9 1 1 0 3 1 0 .750 3.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Michael Young 1274 143 145 235 499 10 124 .987 5.19 Aaron Miles 121 15 15 30 52 1 20 .988 6.12 Travis Metcalf 26 3 3 4 10 0 4 1.000 4.85 German Duran 8 1 1 2 4 2 3 .750 6.75 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- David Murphy 736 84 86 163 4 0 1 1.000 2.04 Brandon Boggs 331 38 39 71 5 2 0 .974 2.07 German Duran 210 24 24 44 2 1 0 .979 1.97 Nelson Cruz 113 13 13 26 0 0 0 1.000 2.08 Aaron Miles 17 1 7 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.06 Milton Bradley 14 1 4 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 Ken Griffey, Jr. 8 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.12 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Ken Griffey, Jr. 981 112 113 247 12 2 0 .992 2.38 Brandon Boggs 246 28 29 67 4 4 1 .947 2.60 Josh Hamilton 78 8 12 16 0 0 0 1.000 1.85 German Duran 61 7 7 17 2 0 0 1.000 2.80 Nelson Cruz 34 4 4 9 0 1 0 .900 2.38 David Murphy 27 3 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.33 Joaquin Arias 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Josh Hamilton 1145 130 130 255 14 7 2 .975 2.12 Aaron Miles 158 18 18 27 1 1 0 .966 1.59 Brandon Boggs 44 5 5 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 David Murphy 42 5 5 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.57 Nelson Cruz 32 3 8 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.42 Milton Bradley 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

2008 Draft

Round 1 (#4):	Joe Blanton
Round 2 (#34):	Ken Griffey, Jr.
Round 3 (#56):	Cha Seung Baek
Round 4 (#78):	Glendon Rusch

Transactions

• 2008 preseason: released rookies Eric Hurley, Warner Madrigal
• 2008-13: traded Gerald Laird to NYA for Ivan Rodriguez
• 2008-20: traded Jarrod Washburn to DEA for BOA#3
• 2008-20: acquired Carlos Silva as a free agent
• 2008 postseason: released Max Ramirez, Carlos Silva

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