2008 Texas Rangers
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionWest
BallparkRangers Ballpark in Arlington
CityArlington, Texas
Record79–83 (.488)
Divisional place2nd
OwnersTom Hicks
General managersJon Daniels
ManagersRon Washington
TelevisionFSN Southwest
KDFI (My 27)
KDFW (Fox 4)
RadioKRLD
KFLC (Spanish)
Seasons

The Texas Rangers 2008 season was the 48th year of the franchise and 37th since moving to Arlington, Texas. The organization, after finishing fourth in the American League West in 2007. The new season would be the first under the oversight of newly hired club president and former Ranger great Nolan Ryan. Upon his hire, Ryan indicated that his role in the 2008 season would be largely observational with regard to baseball operations, and any major changes would be made following the conclusion of the regular season.[1]

I don't come in with any preconceived ideas of what I want to do or what needs to be done", said Ryan, who indicated that he will make two extended trips to spring training to become acquainted with players and staff. "I think it'll be a learning process for me. I'm going to try to get my arms around our organization so I'll have a better understanding of who we are and what we do and what I can do to help us be better.

— Nolan Ryan, February 8, 2008 [2]

The Rangers set a Major League record for the most doubles by a team in a season, with 376.[3]

Preseason

Notable offseason transactions

The Rangers' offseason was filled with activity as Jon Daniels moved to quickly acquire talent both on and off the field. The 2007 club roster fielded several arbitration-eligible players, whose status for 2008 remained unsure. Several of these players would sign short-term contracts with the Rangers while others would seek playing time elsewhere.

2007

January 2008

February and March

Ian Kinsler

Regular season

Opening Day starters

Season standings

AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 10062 0.617 — 50–31 50–31
Texas Rangers 7983 0.488 21 40–41 39–42
Oakland Athletics 7586 0.466 24½ 43–38 32–48
Seattle Mariners 61101 0.377 39 35–46 26–55

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Record vs. Opponents

Team BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC LAA MIN NYY OAK SEA TB TEX TOR NL
Baltimore–6–124–54–44–35–33–63–37–110–58–23–154–56–1211–7
Boston12–6–4–35–15–26–11–84–39–96–46–38–109–19–911–7
Chicago5–43–4–11–712–612–65–59–102–55–45–14–63–31–712–6
Cleveland4–41–57–11–11–710–84–58–104–35–44–55–26–46–16–12
Detroit3–42–56–127–11–7–113–67–114–23–67–33–46–33–513–5
Kansas City3–51–66–128–1011–7–2–36–125–56–37–23–52–72–513–5
Los Angeles6–38–15–55–46–33–2–5–37–310–914–53–612–76–310–8
Minnesota3–33–410–910–811–712–63–5–4–65–55–43–35–50–614–4
New York11–79–95–23–42–45–53–76–4–5–17–211–73–49–910–8
Oakland5–04–64–54–56–33–69–105–51–5-10–93–67–124–610–8
Seattle2–83–61–55–43–72–75–144–52–79–10–3–48–115–49–9
Tampa Bay15–310–86–42–54–35–36–33–37–116–34–3–6–311–712–6
Texas5–41–93–34–63–67–27–125–54–312–711–83–6–4–410–8
Toronto12–69–97–11–65–35–23–66–09–96–44–57–114–4–8–10

Game log

Legend
Rangers Win Rangers Loss Game Postponed
2008 Game Log (79-83)
March (0-1)
#DateOpponentScore/BoxWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1March 31@ Mariners5–2Green (1–0)Millwood (0–1)Putz (1)46,3340–1
April (10-17)
#DateOpponentScore/BoxWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
2April 1@ Mariners5–4Benoit (1–0)Putz (0–1)Wilson (1)25,2041–1
3April 2@ Mariners4–1Silva (1–0)Jennings (0–1)Batista (1)21,3491–2
4April 4@ Angels11–6Gabbard (1–0)Moseley (0–1)43,8382–2
5April 5@ Angels2–1Weaver (1–1)Millwood (0–2)Rodríguez (3)41,1702–3
6April 6@ Angels10–4Padilla (1–0)Garland (1–1)39,2423–3
7April 8Orioles8–1Burres (1–0)Jennings (0–2)48,8083–4
–April 9OriolesPostponed (rain) Made up as a doubleheader April 10
8April 10Orioles3–1Millwood (1–2)Trachsel (1–1)Wilson (2)4–4
9April 10Orioles5–4Wright (1–0)Bradford (0–1)Wilson (3)15,5605–4
10April 11Blue Jays8–5Litsch (2–0)Padilla (1–1)Downs (1)24,2095–5
11April 12Blue Jays4–1Halladay (2–1)Mendoza (0–1)34,9605–6
12April 13Blue Jays5 – 4 (10)Carlson (1–0)Nippert (0–1)Ryan (1)21,5155–7
13April 14Angels7–4Santana (2–0)Jennings (0–3)Rodríguez (4)16,5415–8
14April 15Angels7–4Oliver (1–0)Rupe (0–1)Rodríguez (5)15,5955–9
15April 16@ Blue Jays7 – 5 (14)Nippert (1–1)Burnett (1–1)Wilson (4)15,6866–9
16April 17@ Blue Jays4–1Padilla (2–1)Halladay (2–2)Wilson (5)15,8097–9
17April 18@ Red Sox11–3Matsuzaka (4–0)Mendoza (0–2)37,9027–10
18April 19@ Red Sox5–3López (1–0)Benoit (1–1)Papelbon (6)37,9587–11
19April 20@ Red Sox6–5Wakefield (2–0)Wilson (0–1)Papelbon (7)37,4807–12
20April 21@ Red Sox8–3Buchholz (1–1)Nippert (1–2)37,5397–13
21April 22@ Tigers10–2Verlander (1–3)Padilla (2–2)33,6297–14
22April 23@ Tigers19–6Rapada (2–0)Francisco (0–1)34,2457–15
23April 24@ Tigers8–2Miner (1–1)Jennings (0–4)39,0587–16
24April 25Twins6–5Benoit (2–1)Rincón (2–1)19,0168–16
25April 26Twins12–6Reyes (1–0)Wright (1–1)33,0538–17
26April 27Twins10–0Padilla (3–2)Hernández (3–1)19,9119–17
27April 29Royals9–5Mahay (1–0)Jennings (0–5)16,4729–18
28April 30Royals11–9Millwood (2–2)Bannister (3–2)17,70510–18
May (19-10)
#DateOpponentScore/BoxWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
29May 1Royals2–1Ponson (1–0)Greinke (3–1)Wilson (6)14,56311–18
30May 2@ Athletics4–3Padilla (4–2)Blanton (2–5)Wilson (7)15,40812–18
31May 3@ Athletics6–3Murray (1–0)Gaudin (3–2)Benoit (1)20,52413–18
32May 4@ Athletics3–1Casilla (1–0)Feldman (0–1)Street (9)31,67313–19
33May 5@ Mariners7–3Washburn (2–4)Millwood (2–3)16,63713–20
34May 6@ Mariners10–1Ponson (2–0)Batista (2–4)15,81814–20
35May 7@ Mariners2–0Padilla (5–2)Bedard (2–2)Wilson (8)17,17315–20
36May 8@ Mariners5–0Germán (1–0)Hernández (2–3)22,92216–20
37May 9Athletics4–0Feldman (1–1)Smith (2–2)23,51617–20
38May 10Athletics6–4Rupe (1–1)Eveland (3–3)22,89918–20
39May 11Athletics12–6Casilla (2–0)Germán (1–1)23,95918–21
40May 12Mariners13 – 12 (10)Mathis (1–0)Morrow (0–1)18,50919–21
41May 13Mariners5–2Rupe (2–1)Hernández (2–4)Guardado (1)15,76620–21
42May 14Mariners4 – 3 (12)Putz (1–1)Germán (1–2)Washburn (1)22,93420–22
43May 16Astros16–8Wright (2–1)Wright (3–1)32,11721–22
44May 17Astros6–2Padilla (6–2)Oswalt (4–4)38,53422–22
45May 18Astros5–4Backe (2–5)Gabbard (1–1)Valverde (11)33,56122–23
46May 19@ Twins7 – 6 (12)Korecky (1–0)Germán (1–3)16,68022–24
47May 20@ Twins11–4Perkins (1–1)Mathis (1–1)19,37622–25
48May 21@ Twins10–1Ponson (3–0)Blackburn (4–3)22,03223–25
49May 22@ Twins8 – 7 (10)Benoit (2–1)Bass (1–1)Wilson (9)23,12624–25
50May 23@ Indians13–9Loe (1–0)Carmona (4–2)39,94725–25
51May 24@ Indians5–2Lee (7–1)Feldman (1–2)Borowski (3)40,50425–26
52May 25@ Indians2 – 1 (10)Wright (3–1)Kobayashi (2–2)Wilson (10)35,46426–26
53May 26@ Rays7–3Kazmir (4–1)Ponson (3–1)12,17426–27
54May 27@ Rays12–6Padilla (7–2)Sonnanstine (6–3)10,51127–27
55May 28@ Rays5–3Garza (4–1)Gabbard (1–2)Wheeler (1)10,92727–28
56May 30Athletics3–1Millwood (3–3)Duchscherer (4–4)Wilson (11)21,76328–28
57May 31Athletics8–4Ponson (4–1)Blanton (3–7)36,79829–28
June (14-13)
#DateOpponentScore/BoxWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
58June 1Athletics13–8Gaudin (3–3)Wright (3–2)17,66129–29
59June 2Indians13–9Kobayashi (3–2)Guardado (0–1)17,24729–30
60June 3Indians12–7Francisco (1–1)Mastny (0–1)16,37330–30
61June 4Indians15–9Lee (9–1)Ramírez (0–1)19,67630–31
62June 5Indians9–4Millwood (4–3)Sabathia (3–8)17,79531–31
63June 6Rays12–4Kazmir (6–1)Padilla (7–3)21,78331–32
64June 7Rays5–4Howell (5–0)Benoit (3–2)Wheeler (2)28,78831–33
65June 8Rays6–3Mathis (2–1)Garza (4–3)20,25832–33
66June 10@ Royals6–5Guardado (1–1)Yabuta (1–1)Wilson (12)14,74133–33
67June 11@ Royals11–5Padilla (8–3)Gobble (0–2)20,84034–33
68June 12@ Royals6–5Mahay (2–0)Francisco (1–2)Soria (15)15,51534–34
69June 13@ Mets7–1Pérez (5–4)Feldman (1–3)49,88034–35
–June 14@ MetsPostponed (rain) Made up as a doubleheader June 15
70June 15@ Mets8–7Millwood (5–3)Maine (6–5)Wilson (13)35–35
71June 15@ Mets4–2Martínez (2–0)Gabbard (1–3)Wagner (14)55,43835–36
72June 17Braves7–5Padilla (9–3)Hudson (7–5)Wilson (14)33,55836–36
73June 18Braves5–2Bennett (1–4)Wilson (0–2)González (1)38,54536–37
74June 19Braves5–4Wright (4–2)Boyer (1–5)28,85337–37
75June 20@ Nationals4 – 3 (14)Hanrahan (3–2)Wright (4–3)30,35937–38
76June 21@ Nationals13–3Gabbard (2–3)Mock (0–2)Mendoza (1)32,97538–38
77June 22@ Nationals5–3Padilla (10–3)Ayala (1–4)Wilson (15)32,69039–38
78June 24@ Astros4–3Moehler (4–3)Hurley (0–1)Valverde (19)40,05239–39
79June 25@ Astros3–2Mendoza (1–2)Oswalt (6–8)Wilson (16)32,56740–39
80June 26@ Astros7–2Rodríguez (3–3)Millwood (5–4)36,50640–40
81June 27Phillies8–7Rupe (3–1)Condrey (1–1)Wilson (17)28,62341–40
82June 28Phillies8–6Hamels (8–5)Padilla (10–4)Lidge (19)28,62341–41
83June 29Phillies5–1Hurley (1–1)Moyer (7–6)26,28342–41
84June 30@ Yankees2–1Feldman (2–3)Mussina (10–6)Wilson (18)53,04543–41
July (13-12)
#DateOpponentScore/BoxWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
85July 1@ Yankees3–2Francisco (2–2)Rivera (2–3)Wilson (19)53,22344–41
86July 2@ Yankees18–7Ramírez (2–0)Madrigal (0–1)52,65944–42
87July 4@ Orioles10–4Guthrie (5–7)Padilla (10–5)21,36344–43
88July 5@ Orioles5–3Feldman (3–3)Cormier (1–3)Wilson (20)19,00645–43
89July 6@ Orioles11–10Millwood (6–4)Liz (3–1)Wilson (21)22,27646–43
90July 7Angels9–6Santana (10–3)Mendoza (1–3)Rodríguez (35)21,17046–44
91July 8Angels3–2Harrison (1–0)Saunders (12–5)Wilson (22)18,78847–44
92July 9Angels5–4Wright (5–3)Rodríguez (0–2)24,51548–44
93July 10Angels11 – 10 (11)Speier (1–4)Wright (5–4)Rodríguez (36)23,26248–45
94July 11White Sox7–2Mendoza (2–3)Floyd (10–5)Guardado (2)28,00349–45
95July 12White Sox9–7Danks (7–4)Millwood (6–5)39,20949–46
96July 13White Sox12–11Wright (6–4)Logan (2–2)28,45950–46
97July 18@ Twins6–0Perkins (7–2)Millwood (6–6)30,13450–47
98July 19@ Twins14–2Hernández (9–6)Harrison (1–1)35,08550–48
99July 20@ Twins1–0Padilla (11–5)Baker (6–3)Wilson (22)36,02951–48
100July 21@ White Sox6–1Feldman (4–3)Vázquez (7–8)39,54752–48
101July 22@ White Sox10–2Buehrle (8–8)Mendoza (2–4)32,67052–49
102July 23@ White Sox10–8Dotel (4–4)Guardado (1–2)Jenks (19)35,35352–50
103July 25@ Athletics14–6Padilla (12–5)Blevins (0–1)20,14153–50
104July 26@ Athletics9–4Harrison (2–1)Duchscherer (10–7)20,65354–50
105July 27@ Athletics6–5Blevins (1–1)Hurley (1–2)Street (18)21,13554–51
106July 28Mariners7–5Green (3–3)Francisco (2–3)Morrow (10)21,74254–52
107July 29Mariners11–10Wilson (1–2)Putz (2–4)17,61855–52
108July 30Mariners4–3Guardado (2–2)Rhodes (2–1)Wilson (24)23,89456–52
109July 31Mariners8–5Dickey (3–6)Harrison (2–2)17,83956–53
August (11-18)
#DateOpponentScore/BoxWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
110August 1Blue Jays9–8Wilson (2–2)Ryan (2–4)23,97357–53
111August 2Blue Jays6–4Burnett (13–9)Feldman (4–4)Ryan (21)32,64157–54
112August 3Blue Jays8–4Mendoza (3–4)Purcey (1–2)17,48858–54
113August 4Yankees9–5Guardado (3–2)Marte (4–1)33,81359–54
114August 5Yankees8–6Harrison (3–2)Pettitte (12–9)Guardado (3)34,47360–54
115August 6Yankees5–3Ponson (7–2)Hunter (0–1)Rivera (27)38,63860–55
116August 7Yankees3–0Mussina (15–7)Feldman (4–5)Rivera (28)44,60360–56
117August 8@ Orioles9–1Guthrie (9–8)Mendoza (3–5)33,35160–57
118August 9@ Orioles9–0Cabrera (8–7)Padilla (12–6)30,91460–58
119August 10@ Orioles15–7Harrison (4–2)Bierd (0–2)26,87861–58
120August 12@ Red Sox19–17Okajima (3–2)Francisco (2–4)Papelbon (32)38,00461–59
121August 13@ Red Sox8–4Lester (11–4)Mendoza (3–6)37,87661–60
122August 14@ Red Sox9–3Matsuzaka (14–2)Hunter (0–2)37,85661–61
123August 15Rays7–0Garza (10–7)Millwood (6–7)20,23361–62
124August 16Rays3–0Harrison (5–2)Jackson (9–8)Guardado (4)29,23862–62
125August 17Rays7–4Kazmir (9–6)Nippert (1–3)Wheeler (5)18,36362–63
126August 18Tigers8–7Rogers (9–10)Francisco (2–5)Rodney (5)17,78662-64
127August 19Tigers11–3Galarraga (12–4)Padilla (12–7)18,47062-65
128August 20Tigers9–1Millwood (7–7)Robertson (7-10)19,40363-65
129August 22Indians7–5Carmona (6–5)Harrison (5–3)Lewis (5)20,53563-66
130August 23Indians8–7Perez (3–3)Wright (6–5)Lewis (6)29,90063-67
131August 24Indians4–3Betancourt (3–4)Guardado (3–3)14,95663-68
132August 25@ Royals9-4Feldman (5-5)Meche (10-10)12,39964-68
133August 26@ Royals2-1Millwood (8-7)R. Ramírez (2-2)17,00465-68
134August 27@ Royals3-2Harrison (6-3)Bannister (7-14)Francisco (1)12,66266-68
135August 28@ Angels7–5Garland (12–8)Wright (6-6)Rodríguez (51)37,54166-69
136August 29@ Angels3–1Santana (14–5)Nippert (1–4)Rodríguez (52)40,08466-70
137August 30@ Angels4–3Arredondo (7–1)Feldman (5–6)Rodríguez (53)43,93766-71
138August 31@ Angels4–3Millwood (9–7)Lackey (11–3)Francisco (2)39,15367-71
September (12-12)
#DateOpponentScore/BoxWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
139September 1Mariners12–6Green (4-4)Mendoza (3-7)16,17167-72
140September 2Mariners6–4McCarthy (1-0)Feierabend (0-2)Francisco (3)14,52168-72
141September 3Mariners1–0Nippert (2-4)Hernández (9-9)Francisco (4)12,88269-72
142September 5Red Sox8–1Beckett (12–9)Millwood (9–8)30,26469-73
143September 6Red Sox15–8Harrison (7–3)Wakefield (8–10)38,20870-73
144September 7Red Sox7–2Byrd (11–11)McCarthy (1–1)28,64470-74
145September 9@ Mariners7–3Padilla (13-7)Hernández (9-10)Madrigal (1)22,70471-74
146September 10@ Mariners8-7Corcoran (5-0)Millwood (9-9)Putz (13)23,64471-75
147September 11@ Athletics6–1Nippert (3–4)Braden (5–4)10,56672-75
148September 12@ Athletics7–0Harrison (8–3)Smith (7–15)15,11773-75
149September 13@ Athletics7–1Outman (1–0)Feldman (5–7)21,10273-76
150September 14@ Athletics7–4Devine (6–1)Madrigal (0–2)Ziegler (9)18,55173-77
151September 15Tigers11–8Francisco (3–5)Farnsworth (2–3)13,53674-77
152September 16Tigers5–4Wright (7-6)Rodney (0–6)14,65975-77
153September 17Tigers17–4García (1-0)Nippert (3–5)17,80875-78
154September 19Angels15–13Oliver (6–1)Wright (7–7)Shields (3)23,70875-79
155September 20Angels7–3Speier (2–8)Padilla (13–8)Rodríguez (60)38,97375-80
156September 21Angels7–3Lackey (12–4)Feldman (5–8)28,39075-81
157September 22Athletics4–3 (11)Embree (2–4)Mendoza (3–8)Casilla (2)14,92575-82
158September 23Athletics6–4Wright (8–7)Embree (2–5)Francisco (5)18,40876-82
159September 24Athletics14–4Harrison (9–3)Eveland (9–9)16,83277-82
160September 26@ Angels12–1Padilla (14–8)Lackey (12–5)43,75878-82
161September 27@ Angels8–4Feldman (6–8)Santana (16–7)43,14179-82
162September 28@ Angels7–0Saunders (17–7)Millwood (9–10)43,76179-83

Roster

2008 Texas Rangers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CGerald Laird9534495.276641
1BChris Davis8029584.2851755
2BIan Kinsler121518165.3191871
SSMichael Young155645183.2841282
3BRamón Vázquez10530087.290640
LFBrandon Boggs10128364.226841
CFJosh Hamilton156624190.30432130
RFDavid Murphy108415114.2751574
DHMilton Bradley126414133.3212277

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Marlon Byrd122403120.2981053
Hank Blalock6525874.2871238
Frank Catalanotto8824868.274221
Jarrod Saltalamacchia6119850.253326
Germán Durán6014333.231316
Nelson Cruz3111538.330726
Joaquín Arias3211032.29109
Chris Shelton419721.216211
Ben Broussard268213.15938
Travis Metcalf235613.232614
Taylor Teagarden164715.319617
Max Ramírez174610.21729
Jason Botts15386.15825
Adam Melhuse8204.20001
Jason Ellison9133.23102
Ryan Roberts110.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Vicente Padilla29171.01484.74127
Kevin Millwood29168.29105.07125
Scott Feldman28151.1685.2974
Matt Harrison1583.2935.4942
Kason Gabbard1256.0234.8233
Sidney Ponson955.2413.8825
Jason Jennings627.1058.5612
Eric Hurley524.2125.4713
Brandon McCarthy522.0114.0910
Tommy Hunter311.00216.369
A.J. Murray27.2103.525

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Dustin Nippert2071.2356.4055
Luis Mendoza2563.1388.6735
Doug Mathis822.1216.859

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
C.J. Wilson5022246.0241
Jamey Wright758705.1260
Frank Francisco583553.1383
Eddie Guardado553343.6528
Josh Rupe463105.1453
Joaquin Benoit443215.0043
Warner Madrigal310214.7522
Franklyn Germán171302.0815
Kameron Loe141003.2320
Wes Littleton120006.0014
Bill White800020.251
Rob Tejeda40009.004
Kazuo Fukumori400020.251
Brian Gordon30002.251
Elizardo Ramírez101030.381
Joselo Díaz10000.002

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Oklahoma RedHawks Pacific Coast League Bobby Jones
AA Frisco RoughRiders Texas League Scott Little
A Bakersfield Blaze California League Damon Berryhill
A Clinton LumberKings Midwest League Mike Micucci
A-Short Season Spokane Indians Northwest League Tim Hulett
Rookie AZL Rangers Arizona League Bill Richardson

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Spokane

References

  1. ↑ Jamey Newberg's The Newberg Report: Nolan Ryan returns. Newbergreport.com (February 7, 2008). Retrieved on November 5, 2010.
  2. ↑ Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Star-telegram.com. Retrieved on 05-11-2010.
  3. ↑ "Doubles Team Records". Baseball-Almanac.com. Retrieved May 14, 2012.
  4. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on October 29, 2010. Retrieved November 5, 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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