2008 Texas Rangers Statistics and Roster

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2008 Texas Rangers (Franchise Encyclopedia: 2007)
79-83, 2nd place in AL Western Division
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Scored 901 runs, Allowed 967 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 76-86
Managed by Ron Washington

Ballpark: Rangers Ballpark in Arlington
Attendance: 1,945,677 (11th of 14)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 100, Pitching - 100
  (one-year): Batting - 97, Pitching - 98
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Team Batting Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Gerald Laird        28   95  344   54   95  24  0   6   41  23   63  .276  .329  .398   2   4   5   6   4   4   2   92
1B *Chris Davis         22   80  295   51   84  23  2  17   55  20   88  .285  .331  .549   1   2   5   1   0   1   1  129
2B  Ian Kinsler         26  121  518  102  165  41  4  18   71  45   67  .319  .375  .517  26   2  12   6   7   7   1  134
3B *Ramon Vazquez       31  105  300   44   87  18  3   6   40  38   66  .290  .365  .430   0   1   4   0   5   4   3  111
SS  Michael Young       31  155  645  102  183  36  2  12   82  55  109  .284  .339  .402  10   0  19   2   0   6   0   96
LF #Brandon Boggs       25  101  283   30   64  17  4   8   41  44   93  .226  .333  .399   3   2   3   3   1   3   1   94
CF *Josh Hamilton       27  156  624   98  190  35  5  32  130  64  126  .304  .371  .530   9   1   8   7   0   9   9  136
RF *David Murphy        26  108  415   64  114  28  3  15   74  31   70  .275  .321  .465   7   2   7   0   2   6   3  106
DH #Milton Bradley      30  126  414   78  133  32  1  22   77  80  112  .321  .436  .563   5   3  10   9   0   6  13  163
    Marlon Byrd         30  122  403   70  120  28  4  10   53  46   62  .298  .380  .462   7   2  10   9   2   2   3  123
   *Hank Blalock        27   65  258   37   74  19  1  12   38  19   40  .287  .338  .508   1   0  10   2   0   2   3  121
   *Frank Catalanotto   34   88  248   28   68  23  1   2   21  20   29  .274  .342  .399   1   1   6   6   3   1   0   97
   #Jarrod Saltalamacchia23   61  198   27   50  13  0   3   26  31   74  .253  .352  .364   0   2   1   0   0   1   1   91
    German Duran        23   60  143   22   33   6  1   3   16   7   32  .231  .275  .350   1   1   4   2   5   1   0   65
    Nelson Cruz         27   31  115   19   38   9  1   7   26  17   28  .330  .421  .609   3   1   1   1   0   0   2  170
    Joaquin Arias       23   32  110   15   32   7  3   0    9   7   12  .291  .345  .409   4   1   4   2   1   0   0  100
    Chris Shelton       28   41   97   14   21   5  0   2   11  17   33  .216  .333  .330   1   0   3   0   3   0   0   78
   *Ben Broussard       31   26   82    8   13   0  0   3    8   5   20  .159  .225  .268   0   0   2   2   0   0   1   31
    Travis Metcalf      25   23   56   11   13   2  0   6   14   3   12  .232  .279  .589   0   0   2   1   0   1   0  123
    Taylor Teagarden    24   16   47   10   15   5  0   6   17   5   19  .319  .396  .809   0   0   0   1   0   0   0  210
    Max Ramirez         23   17   46    8   10   1  0   2    9   6   15  .217  .345  .370   0   0   0   3   0   0   0   91
   #Jason Botts         27   15   38    2    6   3  0   2    5   8   18  .158  .304  .395   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   84
   #Adam Melhuse        36    8   20    1    4   0  0   0    1   2   11  .200  .273  .200   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   29
    Jason Ellison       30    9   13    5    3   0  0   0    2   1    1  .231  .286  .231   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   40
    Ryan Roberts        27    1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100

   *Kason Gabbard       26    2    4    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    1  .250  .250  .250   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   34
    Kevin Millwood      33    3    4    1    1   1  0   0    0   1    2  .250  .400  .500   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  138
   *Scott Feldman       25    2    3    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    1  .333  .333  .333   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   78
    Eric Hurley         22    1    2    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    1  .500  .500  .500   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  168
   *Luis Mendoza        24    2    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0 -100
   #Vicente Padilla     30    1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   2   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.7  162 5728  901 1619 376 35 194  867 595 1207  .283  .354  .462  81  25 117  63  37  54  43  115
    Rank among 14 AL teams         1    1    1   1  4   3        3    4     1     2     1   8  13       5            
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

Team Pitching Glossary

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Kevin Millwood      33  29   5.07   9  10  0  29   0   3   0  168.7  220  104   95  18   49  125  767   2   6  1   3  86
SP  Vicente Padilla     30  29   4.74  14   8  0  29   0   1   1  171.0  185  100   90  26   65  127  757  12  15  3   4  92
SP  Scott Feldman       25  28   5.29   6   8  0  25   2   0   0  151.3  161  103   89  22   56   74  651   4  10  2   2  82
SP *Matt Harrison       22  15   5.49   9   3  0  15   0   1   1   83.7  100   57   51  12   31   42  372   2   2  2   2  79
SP *Kason Gabbard       26  12   4.82   2   3  0  12   0   0   0   56.0   64   36   30   5   39   33  263   4   1  0   4  90
SP  Sidney Ponson       31   9   3.88   4   1  0   9   0   1   0   55.7   71   36   24   3   16   25  252   2   2  0   0 112
SP  Jason Jennings      29   6   8.56   0   5  0   6   0   0   0   27.3   35   27   26   8   18   12  135   1   1  0   2  51
SP  Eric Hurley         22   5   5.47   1   2  0   5   0   0   0   24.7   26   15   15   5    9   13  107   1   1  0   0  80
SP  Brandon McCarthy    24   5   4.09   1   1  0   5   0   0   0   22.0   20   11   10   3    8   10   93   0   1  0   0 106

CL *C.J. Wilson         27  50   6.02   2   2 24   0  41   0   0   46.3   49   35   31   8   27   41  214   3   2  0   2  72
RP  Jamey Wright        33  75   5.12   8   7  0   0  17   0   0   84.3   93   57   48   5   35   60  379   5   8  0   3  85
RP  Frank Francisco     28  58   3.13   3   5  5   0  18   0   0   63.3   47   24   22   7   26   83  264   5   0  0   2 139
RP *Eddie Guardado      37  55   3.65   3   3  4   0  14   0   0   49.3   38   20   20   3   17   28  194   1   0  0   2 119
RP  Josh Rupe           25  46   5.14   3   1  0   0  10   0   0   89.3   93   52   51   8   46   53  392   3  10  0   3  85

    Dustin Nippert      27  20   6.40   3   5  0   6   6   0   0   71.7   92   52   51  10   37   55  341   1   1  1   3  68
    Luis Mendoza        24  25   8.67   3   8  1  11   6   0   0   63.3   97   74   61   7   25   35  316   5   6  0   4  50
    Joaquin Benoit      30  44   5.00   3   2  1   0   8   0   0   45.0   40   28   25   6   35   43  209   3   0  0   2  87
    Warner Madrigal     24  31   4.75   0   2  1   1  10   0   0   36.0   36   22   19   4   14   22  154   2   0  0   0  92
    Kameron Loe         26  14   3.23   1   0  0   0   4   0   0   30.7   36   18   11   3    8   20  134   0   0  0   1 135
    Doug Mathis         25   8   6.85   2   1  0   4   3   0   0   22.3   37   20   17   3   14    9  112   1   0  0   2  64
    Franklyn German     28  17   2.08   1   3  0   0   9   0   0   21.7   18    5    5   0   13   15   93   1   0  0   1 210
    Wes Littleton       25  12   6.00   0   0  0   0   4   0   0   18.0   18   12   12   1    8   14   80   0   3  0   0  73
    Tommy Hunter        21   3  16.36   0   2  0   3   0   0   0   11.0   23   20   20   4    3    9   62   0   1  0   0  27
   *A.J. Murray         26   2   3.52   1   0  0   2   0   0   0    7.7   12    4    3   0    3    5   38   0   0  0   0 124
    Robinson Tejeda     26   4   9.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    6.0    5    6    6   1    5    4   29   0   0  0   0  48
    Brian Gordon        29   3   2.25   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    4.0    4    1    1   0    0    1   16   0   0  0   0 194
    Kazuo Fukumori      31   4  20.25   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    4.0   11    9    9   2    4    1   26   2   0  0   1  22
   *Bill White          29   8  20.25   0   0  0   0   2   0   0    4.0    7    9    9   1   11    1   30   0   0  0   1  22
    Elizardo Ramirez    25   1  30.38   0   1  0   0   0   0   0    2.7    8    9    9   1    2    1   19   1   1  0   0  14
    Jose Diaz           28   1   0.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    1.0    1    1    0   0    1    2    6   1   1  0   0    
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.1 162   5.37  79  83 36 162 156   6   8 1442.0 1647  967  860 176  625  963 6505  62  72  9  44  81
    Rank among 14 AL teams         14   9   6  8           5   9      9   14   14       12   11   13
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
                        Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- GLaird 753 86 88 523 35 8 7 .986 6 30 53 21 JSaltalamac 464 52 54 345 17 9 6 .976 6 23 40 9 TTeagarden 100 11 12 67 6 3 0 .961 1 1 7 2 MRamirez 82 8 12 56 5 1 2 .984 0 8 12 3 AMelhuse 42 5 6 18 2 0 0 1.000 0 0 2 2 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1442 162 162 1009 65 21 15 .981 13 62 114 37 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .994 *9.26 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CDavis 404 46 51 358 34 1 52 .997 8.73 HBlalock 296 34 34 262 13 1 24 .996 8.36 CShelton 247 26 39 241 20 3 21 .989 9.50 FCatalanott 224 25 33 215 15 0 31 1.000 9.21 BBroussard 204 23 26 202 22 3 32 .987 9.88 JBotts 41 5 8 51 2 2 7 .964 11.63 MRamirez 23 3 3 20 4 0 5 1.000 9.39 RVazquez 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1442 162 162 1351 110 10 172 .993 9.12 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 *5.01 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- IKinsler 1064 120 121 292 390 18 123 .974 5.77 JArias 225 26 30 48 67 2 19 .983 4.60 GDuran 94 9 17 24 22 0 3 1.000 4.40 RVazquez 59 7 11 20 15 0 6 1.000 5.34 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1442 162 162 384 494 20 151 .978 5.48 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 *2.74 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RVazquez 533 60 70 30 117 10 16 .936 2.48 CDavis 276 31 32 31 44 3 5 .962 2.45 HBlalock 263 31 31 24 54 4 6 .951 2.67 GDuran 223 25 30 13 45 5 2 .921 2.34 TMetcalf 130 14 19 15 18 1 6 .971 2.28 GLaird 10 1 2 0 3 0 0 1.000 2.70 AMelhuse 6 0 2 1 2 0 0 1.000 4.50 CShelton 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1442 162 162 114 283 23 35 .945 2.48 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 *4.39 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MYoung 1289 150 151 193 465 11 113 .984 4.59 RVazquez 138 11 26 23 52 3 15 .962 4.89 GDuran 13 1 2 2 6 0 1 1.000 5.54 TMetcalf 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1442 162 162 218 523 14 129 .981 4.62 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 *2.05 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BBoggs 579 59 76 131 7 3 2 .979 2.15 DMurphy 404 48 54 86 3 1 0 .989 1.98 MByrd 236 30 31 61 0 0 0 1.000 2.33 FCatalanott 168 20 26 29 0 1 0 .967 1.55 GDuran 21 2 6 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 JBotts 14 1 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.93 JEllison 11 1 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 4.09 MBradley 8 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.12 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1442 162 162 323 10 5 2 .985 2.08 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .989 *2.71 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JHamilton 912 107 111 268 3 5 3 .982 2.67 MByrd 433 46 57 149 4 3 0 .981 3.18 DMurphy 85 9 13 30 0 0 0 1.000 3.18 BBoggs 9 0 5 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00 JEllison 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1442 162 162 451 7 8 3 .983 2.86 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 *2.15 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DMurphy 407 43 56 107 1 1 1 .991 2.39 JHamilton 289 33 34 77 4 1 2 .988 2.52 MByrd 279 33 39 71 3 3 0 .961 2.39 NCruz 274 31 31 72 1 2 1 .973 2.40 MBradley 157 19 19 42 4 3 3 .939 2.63 JEllison 15 1 3 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.60 BBoggs 11 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.39 GDuran 9 1 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1442 162 162 382 13 10 7 .975 2.47 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .952 *1.60 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- VPadilla 171 29 29 9 21 4 2 .882 1.58 KMillwood 168 29 29 8 24 2 1 .941 1.71 SFeldman 151 25 28 13 21 2 2 .944 2.02 JRupe 89 0 46 5 10 0 2 1.000 1.51 JWright 84 0 75 12 21 2 1 .943 3.52 MHarrison 83 15 15 1 8 0 0 1.000 0.97 DNippert 71 6 20 4 5 1 0 .900 1.13 LMendoza 63 11 25 7 12 2 2 .905 2.70 FFrancisco 63 0 58 2 1 1 0 .750 0.43 KGabbard 56 12 12 5 8 1 1 .929 2.09 SPonson 55 9 9 4 5 2 0 .818 1.45 EGuardado 49 0 55 0 5 0 0 1.000 0.91 CWilson 46 0 50 4 8 1 0 .923 2.33 JBenoit 45 0 44 3 4 0 0 1.000 1.40 WMadrigal 36 1 31 4 3 0 1 1.000 1.75 KLoe 30 0 14 3 1 1 0 .800 1.17 JJennings 27 6 6 4 3 1 0 .875 2.31 EHurley 24 5 5 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.36 DMathis 22 4 8 2 2 0 0 1.000 1.61 BMcCarthy 22 5 5 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.41 FGerman 21 0 17 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.83 WLittleton 18 0 12 1 2 0 1 1.000 1.50 THunter 11 3 3 0 1 1 0 .500 0.82 AMurray 7 2 2 0 1 0 1 1.000 1.17 RTejeda 6 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 BWhite 4 0 8 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 KFukumori 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 BGordon 4 0 3 1 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 ERamirez 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 JDiaz 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1442 162 162 94 171 21 14 .927 1.65 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Des. Hitter G ------------+--- MBradley 97 FCatalanott 18 JHamilton 15 BBoggs 5 GLaird 4 JBotts 3 JSaltalamac 3 MYoung 3 DMurphy 2 TTeagarden 2 MRamirez 1 ------------+---

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

Team Leaders
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Batting Average Bradley .321

On-base % Bradley .436

Slugging % Bradley .563

OPS Bradley .999

Games Hamilton 156

At Bats Young 645

Plate Appearances (approx.) Young 708

Runs Kinsler and Young 102

Hits Hamilton 190

Total Bases Hamilton 331

Doubles Kinsler 41

Triples Hamilton 5

Home Runs Hamilton 32

RBI Hamilton 130

Bases on Balls Bradley 80

Strikeouts Hamilton 126

Stolen Bases Kinsler 26

Singles Young 133

Adjusted OPS+ Bradley 163

Runs Created Hamilton 128

Adjusted Batting Runs Bradley 44

Batting Wins Bradley 4.1

Extra-Base Hits Hamilton 72

Times on Base Hamilton 261

Offensive Win% Bradley .765

Hit By Pitch Bradley and Byrd 9

Sac. Hits Kinsler 7

Sac. Flies Hamilton 9

Intentional Walks Bradley 13

Grounded into Double Plays Young 19

Caught Stealing Laird 4

Power/Speed Number Kinsler 21.3

At Bats per Strikeout Kinsler 7.7

At Bats per Home Run Bradley 18.8

Outs Young 487

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ERA Padilla 4.74

Wins Padilla 14

Won-Loss % Padilla .636

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Padilla 1.462

Hits Allowed/9IP Padilla 9.74

Bases on Balls/9IP Millwood 2.61

Strikeouts/9IP Padilla 6.68

Games Wright 75

Saves Wilson 24

Innings Padilla 171.0

Strikeouts Padilla 127

Games Started Millwood and Padilla 29

Comp. Games Millwood 3

Shutouts Harrison and Padilla 1

Home Runs Allow. Padilla 26

Bases On Balls Allow. Padilla 65

Hits Allowed Millwood 220

SO to Walk Millwood 2.55

Losses Millwood 10

Earned Runs Allow. Millwood 95

Wild Pitches Padilla 12

Hit Batsmen Padilla 15

Batters Faced Millwood 767

Games Finished Wilson 41

Adjusted ERA+ Padilla 92

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