2023 Uniform Numbers

Posted by Joe Siegler on February 15, 2023 at 7:11 pm

Today is 15 Feb 2023, and today is the day that pitchers & catchers reported in Surprise for the 2023 Texas Rangers season. It’s not quite as exciting as opening day, but still a very important day – the first “official” day of Spring Training. As such, the new roster is out with everyone’s uniform numbers, which means I spent a little time and updated all the roster pages on my site with the new year’s spring info. As is my custom, I’m making a post here to mark this as well as a new notes and comments I noticed while editing all the pages here.

Here’s a link to all the data, but before that, a summary of what I learned doing the 2023 start of Spring Training data.

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Best Uniform Numbers

Posted by Joe Siegler on December 31, 2022 at 4:22 pm

I’ve spent a lot of time tracking Texas Rangers uniform numbers. I’ve gotten some attention for it as well from people of note connected to the Rangers (such as Eric Nadel, Victor Rojas (both on air), & TR Sullivan (online)). I’m proud of that. If you’ve never checked out my uniform number history section of the website, please do. As I said, I’ve spent a lot of time on it, but if you have some info that I do not (with proof), I’d love to hear from you.

But I seem to have developed a reputation as the “Uniform Number guy” for the Texas Rangers, because earlier today John Moore tweeted out that I should do a list of “All time Rangers” for every uniform number. I saw that tweet in the morning before breakfast, and dammit – I was out to breakfast with my wife this morning, and all I could think of was uniform numbers. So thanks John. ;)

Anyway, I decided to have a go this afternoon, and what I’ve done is go down all the uniform numbers and pick out the Rangers player that I think is the best at that number. A few caveats about the research for the list first… [Read more…]

Site Downtime

Posted by Joe Siegler on November 14, 2022 at 2:45 pm

Today was a nightmare. I was up super early (right at 5AM – thanks bladder), but made a tactical error (insofar as sleep goes). I looked at my phone. I had a notification on Mastodon telling me that my personal blog story was unreachable with a 404 error. OH NO! I instantly was jerked awake, and sprung to action (at 5AM). Discovered that quite a lot of stuff was down. Decided to write a story ab out what happened (given that’s what I do), so if you want to read my horror story, check this out: [Read more…]

How Many in 2022?

Posted by Joe Siegler on September 21, 2022 at 4:00 pm

Usually towards the end of the year, we always hear about how many players the Texas Rangers have used overall in any particular season. The Rangers are usually towards the high end of that list. Injuries, callups, usually make for a long list, and you tend to forget the guys who are here so quick that they don’t even have time for the proverbial “cup of coffee”. I’ve done this for awhile now (2022 will be the 15th season I’ve kept track of this), and it’s worked out pretty well. I’ve also gotten some positive feedback on it, so it’s become a permanent feature here. If you’d like to see the final tallies for the other years I’ve done this, you can still see them with links at the bottom of the page.

Anyway, this post will get bumped whenever there is a player who is making his first appearance for the Texas Rangers in 2022. I am going to count guys who get called up, but don’t play immediately (or sometimes don’t play at all), as they will be part of the 26 man roster officially. Here goes:

The most recent additions will be on the top of the list.

Total players in 2022: 55
Total pitchers used in 2021: 29
Total position players used in 2021: 26
Total players making major league debut: 8

#55 – Kevin Plawecki (Sep 21 – replacing Nick Solak (60 day DL))
#54 – Josh Jung (Sep 9 – replacing Brad Miller (10 day DL))
#53 – Dallas Keuchel (Aug 27 – replacing Cole Ragans (10 day DL))
#52 – Mark Mathias (Aug 16 – replacing Elier Hernandez (DFA))
#51 – Kohei Arihara (Aug 16 – replacing Yerry Rodriguez (optioned to AAA))
#50 – Yerry Rodriguez (Aug 14 – replacing Matt Moore (Paternity List))
#49 – Bubba Thompson (Aug 4 – replacing Kole Calhoun (10 day DL))
#48 – Cole Ragans (Aug 4 – replacing Dennis Santana (10 day DL))
#47 – Jonathan Hernandez (Jul 16 – replacing AJ Alexy (optioned to AAA))
#46 – AJ Alexy (Jul 15 – replacing Kolby Allard (optioned to AAA))
#45 – Elier Hernandez (Jul 14 – replacing Steven Duggar (optioned to AAA))
#44 – Steven Duggar (Jun 26 – replacing Ezequiel Duran (optioned to AAA))
#43 – Meibrys Viloria (Jun 21 – replacing Sam Huff (optioned to AAA))
#42 – Jose LeClerc (Jun 16 – replacing Kolby Allard (optioned to AAA))
#41 – Leody Taveras (Jun 13 – replacing Eli White (10 day DL))
#40 – Jesus Tinoco (Jun 10 – replacing Glenn Otto (Covid DL))
#39 – Tyson Miller (Jun 10 – replacing Mitch Garver (Covid DL))
#38 – Steele Walker (Jun 5 – replacing Willie Calhoun (DFA))
#37 – Ezequiel Duran (Jun 4 – replacing Josh Smith (10 day DL))
#36 – Josh Smith (May 30 – replacing Brad Miller (10 day DL))
#35 – Zach Reks (Apr 30 – replacing Spencer Howard (optioned to AAA))
#34 – Sam Huff (Apr 28 – replacing Jonah Heim (paternity list))
#33 – Glenn Otto (Apr 22 – replacing Jon Gray (10 day DL))
#32 – Matt Moore (Apr 16 – replacing Josh Sborz (10 day DL))
#31 – Nick Snyder (Apr 14 – replacing Dennis Santana (Covid DL))
#30 – Garrett Richards (Apr 14 – replacing Spencer Howard (10 day DL))
#29 – Spencer Patton (Apr 9 – replacing Jon Gray (10 day DL))

#28 to #1 (in alphabetical order): Albert Abreu, Kolby Allard, Joe Barlow, Brock Burke, Matt Bush, Kole Calhoun, Willie Calhoun, Charlie Culberson, Dane Dunning, Adolis Garcia, Mitch Garver, Jon Gray, Taylor Hearn, Jonan Heim, Greg Holland, Spencer Howard, Andy Ibanez, John King, Nate Lowe, Brett Martin, Brad Miller, Martin Perez, Dennis Santana, Josh Sborz, Corey Seager, Marcus Semien, Nick Solak, Eli White.

Players making their Making Major League Debut are bolded

Roster Notes:

2022 starts with a 28 man opening day roster, as a concession to the compressed spring training that resulted from the lockout. That goes back to 26 on May 1.
Of the opening day 28 man roster, nobody is making their major league debut. That hasn’t happened since 2010.
Of the opening day 28 man roster, 8 players are making their Rangers debuts. (Abreu, Calhoun K, Garber, Gray, Holland, Miller, Seager, Semien)
Previous years counts for major league debuts on opening day roster: 2021 2 (Arihara, DeGeus), 2020 (1, Taveras), 2019 (2, Bird, Dowdy), 2018 (1, Tocci), 2017 (2, Hauschild, Robinson), 2016 (1, Barnette), 2015 (6, DeShields, Kela, Klein, Rua, Smolinski, Verrett), 2014 (1, Seth Rosin), 2013 (2, Leury Garcia & Smokin’ Joe Ortiz), 2012 (2, Darvish & Ross), 2011 (1, Mason Tobin), none in 2010, 2009 (1, Elvis Andrus), and 2008 (1, Kaz Fukumori).
Players with “xx” in front of their names on the list were players that were recalled, on the 26 man roster, but did not actually play. The team doesn’t count those as players who played. I do (because they were here).

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Texas Rangers Game 1 Starters

Posted by Joe Siegler on March 29, 2022 at 3:28 pm

The Texas Rangers have announced their opening day starter. It’ll be Jon Grey on Apr 8 in Toronto.

That continues the current streak of opening day starters not repeating. The last time we had two years in a row with the same starter was 2009, when Kevin Millwood started for the fourth year in a row. Since that, every one has been different.

Here are the current record holders for consecutive Game 1 starts in Texas Rangers history.

Consecutive Game 1 Starts:

Kevin Millwood – 4 (06-09)
Charlie Hough – 4 (86-89)
Nolan Ryan – 3 (90-92)
Ken Hill – 2 (96-97)
Jon Matlack – 2 (80-81)
Dick Bosman – 2 (72-73, if you count Senators, it would be 4 as he did 70-71 as well)

… and the overall / non consecutive game 1 starter record is Charlie Hough who did it six times, between 1982 and 1989. Behind him are Kevin Millwood with 4, and Nolan Ryan with 3.

Complete History

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2022 Uniform Numbers

Posted by Joe Siegler on March 14, 2022 at 1:55 pm

Today is 14 Mar 2022, and today is the first official day of Spring Training – after being delayed by the big CBA lockout. This also means the Rangers have a proper roster available with uniform numbers, so when I got my hands on it a few hours ago, I instantly stopped watching Star Trek and jumped into editing uniform numbers for first day of Spring Training. As is my custom, I’m making a post here to mark this as well as a new notes and comments I noticed while editing all the pages here.

Here’s a link to all the data, but before that, a summary of what I learned doing the 2022 start of Spring Training data.

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BASEBALL IS BACK!

Posted by Joe Siegler on March 10, 2022 at 2:19 pm

Owners ratify new contract by score of 30-0. Union votes yes to deal, voting 26-12 – BASEBALL IS BACK OFFICIALLY!

Details and news below. Also, read through the comments, there’s several other things mentioned there too.

Here is MLB’s official “FAQ for 2022 Season”: https://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-2022-season-faq. More after the break.

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2022 MLB Season Opener Canceled

Posted by Joe Siegler on March 1, 2022 at 7:13 pm

I’m not going to get into it here, as it makes me sad. But the opening of the 2022 MLB season has been canceled (not postponed, but CANCELED) due to labor strife. Could be more, but for now it’s just the first two series.

The Rangers issued a press release this afternoon about what’s happening ticket wise with those who have bought tickets – either individually or as a season ticket holder of some variant. Here’s that press release:

For Immediate Release Tuesday, March 1, 2022

TEXAS RANGERS UPDATED TICKET INFORMATION

Major League Baseball has yet to reach a new collective bargaining agreement with the Major League Baseball Players Association. Since it is important to have four weeks of Spring Training for players to safely prepare for the season, Opening Day of the 2022 MLB season, previously scheduled for Thursday, March 31, is being delayed. The first two series have been removed from the schedule, and, pending an agreement, the regular season for the Texas Rangers will now start on Friday, April 8 at Toronto.

The Rangers are very disappointed that we are not able to start the 2022 regular season as scheduled, and we apologize for the inconvenience this causes you. Major League Baseball is working to get the game back on the field as soon as possible.

This is certainly not a situation we wanted. We understand just how important it is to you that we get baseball back on the field. Major League Baseball’s priority now, as it has been, is to get fans in their seats as quickly as possible.

If you purchased individual tickets to a cancelled 2022 Texas Rangers game at Globe Life Field through texasrangers.com, a full refund will be automatically processed to the method of payment used at time of purchase, including service fees (if applicable). No action is needed to start the refund process.

If you purchased individual tickets for the originally scheduled 2022 regular season opener on Thursday, March 31 against the New York Yankees, those tickets will be valid for the Rangers’ 2022 home opener, when that date has been determined. Fans holding tickets for March 31 may also exchange those tickets for another 2022 game or receive a full refund.

2022 season ticket holders with full, half, or 20-game plans will be contacted by their individual ticket sales representatives to discuss their options, which include receiving a credit for cancelled games, which can be used for future 2022 game purchases including individual, group, and nightly suite rental tickets or 2023 season ticket renewals or receiving a refund for cancelled games.

For more information, please go to texasrangers.com/tickets or call 972RANGERS.

We thank you for your patience and can’t wait to see you Globe Life Field in 2022.

The following 2022 Texas Rangers regular season games are impacted by today’s MLB announcement:

Thursday, March 31 vs. New York Yankees

Friday, April 1 vs. New York Yankees

Saturday, April 2 vs. New York Yankees

Sunday, April 3 vs. New York Yankees

Monday, April 4 at Miami Marlins

Tuesday, April 5 at Miami Marlins

Wednesday, April 6 at Miami Marlins

How Many in 2021?

Posted by Joe Siegler on August 30, 2021 at 5:30 pm

Usually towards the end of the year, we always hear about how many players the Texas Rangers have used overall in any particular season. The Rangers are usually towards the high end of that list. Injuries, callups, usually make for a long list, and you tend to forget the guys who are here so quick that they don’t even have time for the proverbial “cup of coffee”. I’ve done this for the last several seasons (2021 will be the 14th season I’ve kept track of this), and it’s worked out pretty well. I’ve also gotten some positive feedback on it, so it’s become a permanent feature here. If you’d like to see the final tallies for the other years I’ve done this, you can still see them with links at the bottom of the page.

Anyway, this post will get bumped whenever there is a player who is making his first appearance for the Texas Rangers in 2020. I am going to count guys who get called up, but don’t play immediately (or sometimes don’t play at all), as they will be part of the 26 man roster officially. Here goes:

The most recent additions will be on the top of the list.

Total players in 2021: 53
Total pitchers used in 2021: 29
Total position players used in 2021: 24
Total players making major league debut: 12

#53 – AJ Alexy (Aug 30 – replacing Andy Ibanez (10 day DL))
#52 – Jake Latz (Aug 25 – replacing Dane Dunning (Covid DL))
#51 – Ryan Dorow (Aug 24 – replacing Jonah Heim (Covid DL))
#50 – Nick Snyder (Aug 20 – replacing Joe Barlow (10 day DL))
#49 – Yohel Pozo (Aug 13 – replacing Curtis Terry (optioned AAA))
#48 – Yonny Hernandez (Aug 5 – replacing Eli White (10 day DL))
#47 – DJ Peters (Aug 2 – replacing David Dahl (DFA))
#46 – Jimmy Herget (Aug 2 – replacing Demarcus Evans (optioned to AAA)
#45 – Spencer Howard (Jul 31 – replacing Joely Rodriguez (traded to NYY))
#44 – Jharel Cotton (Jul 30 – replacing Ian Kennedy (traded to PHI))
#43 – Drew Anderson (Jul 30 – replacing Kyle Gibson (traded to PHI))
#42 – Curtis Terry (Jul 23 – replacing John Hicks (DFA))
#41 – Dennis Santana (Jul 3 – replacing Wes Benjamin (optioned to AAA))
#40 – John Hicks (Jun 29 – replacing Jason Martin (optioned to AAA))
#39 – Joe Barlow (Jun 23 – replacing Brett de Geus (DFA))
#38 – Spencer Patton (Jun 9 – replacing Ian Kennedy (10 day DL))
#37 – Jason Martin (May 26 – Replacing OF David Dahl (10 day DL))
#37 – Demarcus Evans (May 25 – Replacing RHP Kyle Gibson (10 day DL))
#35 – Hunter Wood (May 15 – Replacing LHP Wes Benjamin (optioned to AAA))
#34 – Khris Davis (May 8 – replacing OF Eli White (optioned to AAA))
#33 – Andy Ibanez (May 4 – replacing OF Brock Holt (10 day DL))
#32 – Hyeon-jong Yang (Apr 26 – replacing OF Leody Taveras (opt to alt training site))
#31 – Willie Calhoun (Apr 17 – replacing IF Anderson Tejeda (opt to alt training site))
#30 – Joely Rodriguez (Apr 16 – replacing RHP Josh Sborz (opt to alt training site))
#29 – Adolis Garcia (Apr 13 – replacing IF Ronald Guzman (10 day DL))
#28 – Anderson Tejeda (Apr 9 – replacing IF Brock Holt (10 day DL))
#27 – Brett Martin (Apr 9 – replacing RHP Matt Bush (10 day DL))

#26 to #1 (in alphabetical order): Kolby Allard, Kohei Arihara, Wes Benjamin, Matt Bush, Kyle Cody, Charlie Culberson, David Dahl, Brett de Geus, Dane Dunning, Mike Foltynewicz, Joey Gallo, Kyle Gibson, Ronald Guzman, Taylor Hearn, Jonah Heim, Brock Holt, Ian Kennedy, Isiah Kiner-Falefa, John King, Nate Lowe, Jordan Lyles, Josh Sborz, Nick Solak, Leody Taveras, Jose Trevino, Eli White

Players making their Making Major League Debut are bolded

Roster Notes:

2021 goes back to a more normal number of players. The season starts at 26, which is what 2020 was supposed to be out of the gate, but last season was a fiasco in many ways.
Of the opening day 26 man roster, 2 players are making their Rangers AND major league debut (Arihara, deGeus)
Of the opening day 26 man roster, 11 players are making their Rangers debuts. (Arihara, Culberson, Dahl, de Geus, Dunning, Foltynewicz, Heim, Holt, Kennedy, Lowe, and Sborz.)
Previous years counts for major league debuts on opening day roster: 2020 (1, Taveras), 2019 (2, Bird, Dowdy), 2018 (1, Tocci), 2017 (2, Hauschild, Robinson), 2016 (1, Barnette), 2015 (6, DeShields, Kela, Klein, Rua, Smolinski, Verrett), 2014 (1, Seth Rosin), 2013 (2, Leury Garcia & Smokin’ Joe Ortiz), 2012 (2, Darvish & Ross), 2011 (1, Mason Tobin), none in 2010, 2009 (1, Elvis Andrus), and 2008 (1, Kaz Fukumori).
Players with “xx” in front of their names on the list were players that were recalled, on the 26 man roster, but did not actually play. The team doesn’t count those as players who played. I do (because they were here).

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Great Play

Posted by Joe Siegler on April 19, 2021 at 9:55 am

This isn’t Rangers related, but spotted this cool clip on the MLB site this morning. I’m also testing their new embedding of video clips feature at the same time.