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2004 Texas Rangers season

Field	Value
name	Texas Rangers
season	2004
league	American League
division	West
ballpark	Ameriquest Field in Arlington
city	Arlington, Texas
owners	Tom Hicks
general_managers	John Hart
managers	Buck Showalter
record	89–73 (.549)
divisional_place	3rd
television	KDFI
KDFW
FSN Southwest
(Tom Grieve, Josh Lewin)
radio	KRLD
(Eric Nadel, Victor Rojas)
KFLC
(Eleno Ornelas, José Guzmán)

KDFW FSN Southwest (Tom Grieve, Josh Lewin) (Eric Nadel, Victor Rojas) KFLC (Eleno Ornelas, José Guzmán) |}} The 2004 Texas Rangers season was the 44th of the Texas Rangers franchise overall, their 33rd in Arlington as the Rangers, and their 11th season at The Ballpark in Arlington. The Rangers finished the season third in the American League West with an 89–73 record, their first winning season since 1999. Five Rangers were All Stars, Francisco Cordero, Kenny Rogers, Hank Blalock, Michael Young and All-Star Game MVP Alfonso Soriano.

Offseason

October 8, 2003: Tony Mounce was released by the Rangers.
November 19, 2003: Ken Huckaby was signed as a free agent with the Texas Rangers.
February 5, 2004: Mike Lamb was traded by the Texas Rangers to the New York Yankees for Jose Garcia (minors).
February 16, 2004: Alex Rodriguez was traded by the Texas Rangers with cash to the New York Yankees for a player to be named later and Alfonso Soriano. The New York Yankees sent Joaquin Arias (April 23, 2004) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade.

Regular season

Opening Day starters

Gerald Laird, C
Mark Teixeira, 1B
Alfonso Soriano, 2B
Hank Blalock, 3B
Michael Young, SS
David Dellucci, LF
Laynce Nix, CF
Kevin Mench, RF
Brad Fullmer, DH
Kenny Rogers, LHP

Season summary

May 8: Alfonso Soriano set a club record with six hits in nine innings in a 16–15, 10-inning victory over the Detroit Tigers. The game featured an hour-long fifth inning: up by two runs entering the inning, Detroit scored eight runs in the top half of the inning to take a ten run lead over the Rangers; the Rangers would score ten runs in the bottom half of the inning to tie the game (the largest deficit ever overcome by the Rangers and tying an MLB record for most runs in an inning by two teams).
October 1: In a game against the Texas Rangers, Ichiro Suzuki set an MLB record for most hits in one season.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

July 6, 2004: Ken Huckaby was selected off waivers by the Baltimore Orioles from the Texas Rangers.
August 18, 2004: Ken Huckaby was signed as a free agent with the Texas Rangers.

Roster

2004 Texas Rangers
Roster
Pitchers

Game log

|- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 1 || April 5 || @ Athletics || 5–4 || Bradford (1–0) || Nelson (0–1) || Rhodes (1) || 45,122 || 0–1 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 2 || April 6 || @ Athletics || 3–1 || Mulder (1–0) || Park (0–1) || Rhodes (2) || 13,217 || 0–2 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 3 || April 7 || @ Athletics || 2–1 || Lewis (1–0) || Zito (0–1) || Cordero (1) || 20,232 || 1–2 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 4 || April 9 || Angels || 12–4 || Dickey (1–0) || Ortiz (0–1) || || 50,370 || 2–2 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 5 || April 10 || Angels || 12–6 || Rogers (1–0) || Lackey (0–1) || || 30,331 || 3–2 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 6 || April 11 || Angels || 7–2 || Colón (2–0) || Park (0–2) || || 18,209 || 3–3 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 7 || April 12 || Angels || 7–6 || Almanzar (1–0) || Washburn (1–1) || Cordero (2)|| 18,156 || 4–3 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 8 || April 13 || Athletics || 10–9 || Zito (1–1) || Callaway (0–1)|| Rhodes (4) || 20,112 || 4–4 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 9 || April 14 || Athletics || 9–4 || Redman (1–0) || Dickey (1–1) || || 24,093 || 4–5 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 10 || April 15 || Athletics || 7–2 || Rogers (2–0) || Harden (0–1) || || 22,605 || 5–5 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 11 || April 16 || @ Mariners || 5–0 || Park (1–2) || Meche (0–2) || || 35,647 || 6–5 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 12 || April 17 || @ Mariners || 4–1 || Moyer (1–1) || Lewis (1–1) || Guardado (1) || 38,925 || 6–6 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 13 || April 18 || @ Mariners || 4–2 || Piñeiro (1–1) || Ramirez (0–1) || Guardado (2) || 35,182 || 6–7 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 14 || April 20 || @ Angels || 6–3 || Rogers (3–0) || Ortiz (0–2) || Cordero (3)|| 33,892 || 7–7 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 15 || April 21 || @ Angels || 4–1 || Dickey (2–1) || Lackey (0–3) || Cordero (4)|| 36,689 || 8–7 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 16 || April 22 || @ Angels || 7–5 || Colón (3–1) || Park (1–3) || Percival (3) || 30,725 || 8–8 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 17 || April 23 || Mariners || 10–8 || Drese (1–0) || Piñeiro (1–2) || Cordero (5) || 28,020 || 9–8 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 18 || April 24 || Mariners || 3–0 || Powell (1–0) || García (0–1) || Nelson (1) || 28,479 || 10–8 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 19 || April 25 || Mariners || 14–6 || Almanzar (2–0) || Franklin (1–1) || || 31,110 || 11–8 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 20 || April 27 || @ Royals || 3–2 || Dickey (3–1) || Affeldt (0–2) || Cordero (6) || 15,529 || 12–8 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 21 || April 28 || @ Royals || 5–3 || Gobble (1–0) || Rogers (3–1) || MacDougal (1) || 15,530 || 12–9 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 22 || April 29 || @ Royals || 9–7 || Almanzar (3–0) || Leskanic (0–3) || Cordero (7) || 13,663 || 13–9 |- style="background-color:#bbbbbb" | -- || April 30 || colspan=6|Postponed || 13–9

|- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 23 || May 1 || Red Sox || 4–3 || Ramirez (1–1) || Malaska (1–1) || Cordero (8) || N/A || 14–9 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 24 || May 1 || Red Sox || 8–5 || Benoit (1–0) || Martínez (3–2) || Cordero (9) || 44,598 || 15–9 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 25 || May 2 || Red Sox || 4–1 || Dickey (4–1) || Tim Wakefield (2–1) || Cordero (10) || 31,538 || 16–9 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 26 || May 3 || Devil Rays || 9–0 || Rogers (4–1) || Abbott (2–3) || || 18,116 || 17–9 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 27 || May 4 || Devil Rays || 5–4 || Carter (1–1) || Nelson (0–2) || Báez (3) || 20,228 || 17–10 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 28 || May 5 || Devil Rays || 6–1 || Drese (2–0) || Waechter (1–2) || || 21,082 || 18–10 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 29 || May 7 || Tigers || 8–7 || Levine (3–2) || Ramirez (1–2) || Urbina (3) || 41,095 || 18–11 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 30 || May 8 || Tigers || 16–15 || Cordero (1–0) || Urbina (1–1) || || 45,017 || 19–11 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 31 || May 9 || Tigers || 5–3 || Robertson (2–2) || Rogers (4–2) || Urbina (4) || 25,034 || 19–12 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 32 || May 11 || @ Devil Rays || 5–4 || Ramirez (2–2) || Waechter (1–3) || Cordero (11) || 10,389 || 20–12 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 33 || May 12 || @ Devil Rays || 9–8 || Park (2–3) || Halama (0–1) || Cordero (12) || 10,202 || 21–12 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 34 || May 13 || @ Devil Rays || 6–3 || Hendrickson (2–3) || Dickey (4–2) || Báez (4) || 10,234 || 21–13 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 35 || May 14 || @ Tigers || 7–1 || Knotts (1–0) || Benoit (1–1) || Yan (2) || 22,449 || 21–14 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 36 || May 15 || @ Tigers || 6–1 || Rogers (5–2) || Robertson (2–3) || || 26,120 || 22–14 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 37 || May 16 || @ Tigers || 3–1 || Johnson (2–5) || Drese (2–1) || Urbina (6) || 21,615 || 22–15 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 38 || May 18 || Royals || 7–6 || Sullivan (3–0) || Dickey (4–3) || Field (1) || 26,247 || 22–16 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 39 || May 19 || Royals || 5–3 || Gobble (2–2) || Park (2–4) || Huisman (1) || 32,374 || 22–17 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 40 || May 20 || Royals || 6–3 || Rogers (6–2) || May (1–6) || Cordero (13) || 25,149 || 23–17 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 41 || May 21 || Yankees || 9–7 || Benoit (2–1) || Brown (5–1) || Cordero (14) || 49,195 || 24–17 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 42 || May 22 || Yankees || 4–3 || Almanzar (4–0) || Gordon (1–2) || || 49,458 || 25–17 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 43 || May 23 || Yankees || 8–3 || Vázquez (4–4) || Dickey (4–4) || || 50,241 || 25–18 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 44 || May 25 || @ White Sox || 7–4 || Rogers (7–2) || Schoeneweis (4–2) || Cordero (15) || 22,359 || 26–18 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 45 || May 26 || @ White Sox || 4–0 || Loaiza (6–3) || Benoit (2–2) || || 18,185 || 26–19 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 46 || May 27 || @ White Sox || 9–0 || Buehrle (5–1) || Drese (2–2) || || 14,428 || 26–20 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 47 || May 28 || @ Blue Jays || 5–4 || Lilly (3–2) || Dickey (4–5) || Frasor (3) || 16,394 || 26–21 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 48 || May 29 || @ Blue Jays || 6–2 || Batista (3–4) || Dominguez (0–1) || || 30,704 || 26–22 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 49 || May 30 || @ Blue Jays || 4–2 || Rogers (8–2) || Miller (1–1) || Cordero (16) || 22,225 || 27–22 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 50 || June 1 || @ Indians || 6–5 || Ramirez (3–2) || White (2–1) || Cordero (17) || 17,136 || 28–22 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 51 || June 2 || @ Indians || 5–3 || Almanzar (5–0) || Betancourt (2–4) || Cordero (18) || 18,098 || 29–22 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 52 || June 4 || @ Yankees || 7–6 || Brown (7–1) || Powell (1–1) || Rivera (22) || 49,372 || 29–23 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 53 || June 5 || @ Yankees || 8–1 || Dominguez (1–1) || Lieber (4–3) || || 51,910 || 30–23 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 54 || June 6 || @ Yankees || 2–1 || Mussina (7–4) || Drese (2–3) || Rivera (23) || 54,092 || 30–24 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 55 || June 7 || Pirates || 6–5 || Cordero (2–0) || Johnston (0–3) || || 25,286 || 31–24 |- style="background-color:#bbbbbb" | -- || June 8 || colspan=6|Postponed || |- style="background-color:#bbbbbb" | -- || June 9 || colspan=6|Postponed || |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 56 || June 10 || Pirates || 9–7 || Francisco (1–0) || Meadows (2–2) || Cordero (19) || N/A || 32–24 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 57 || June 10 || Pirates || 10–4 || Rogers (9–2) || Fogg (3–5) || || 27,219 || 33–24 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 58 || June 11 || Cardinals || 12–7 || Suppan (6–5) || Dominguez (1–2) || || 32,962 || 33–25 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 59 || June 12 || Cardinals || 7–2 || Drese (3–3) || Carpenter (7–2) || || 42,173 || 34–25 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 60 || June 13 || Cardinals || 3–2 || Williams (4–6) || Dickey (4–6) || || 41,087 || 34–26 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 61 || June 15 || @ Reds || 5–4 || Jones (5–1) || Ramirez (3–3) || || 36,501 || 34–27 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 62 || June 16 || @ Reds || 7–4 || Norton (1–2) || Francisco (1–1) || || 39,114 || 34–28 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 63 || June 17 || @ Reds || 4–3 || Van Poppel (3–2) || Drese (3–4) || Graves (27) || 40,383 || 34–29 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 64 || June 18 || @ Marlins || 8–1 || Wasdin (1–0) || Penny (6–5) || || 20,506 || 35–29 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 65 || June 19 || @ Marlins || 7–6 || Dickey (5–6) || Willis (6–4) || Cordero (20) || 31,021 || 36–29 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 66 || June 20 || @ Marlins || 4–2 || Mahay (1–0) || Koch (0–1) || || 23,643 || 37–29 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 67 || June 22 || Mariners || 10–2 || Drese (4–4) || Nageotte (1–3) || || 32,364 || 38–29 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 68 || June 23 || Mariners || 6–3 || Bierbrodt (1–0) || Franklin (3–5) || Cordero (21) || 30,418 || 39–29 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 69 || June 24 || Mariners || 9–7 || Shouse (1–0) || Moyer (6–3) || || 26,266 || 40–29 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 70 || June 25 || Astros || 3–1 || Rogers (10–2) || Miller (7–7) || || 46,088 || 41–29 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 71 || June 26 || Astros || 8–7 || Almanzar (6–0) || Miceli (3–3) || Cordero (22) || 40,131 || 42–29 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 72 || June 27 || Astros || 1–0 || Oswalt (6–6) || Drese (4–5) || Lidge (4) || 43,328 || 42–30 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 73 || June 28 || @ Mariners || 8–5 || Rodríguez (1–0) || Franklin (3–6) || Cordero (23) || 28,253 ||43–30 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 74 || June 29 || @ Mariners || 4–3 || Piñeiro (4–8) || Benoit (2–3) || Guardado (15) || 34,844 || 43–31 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 75 || June 30 || @ Mariners || 9–6 || Rogers (11–2) || Nageotte (1–4) || Cordero (24) || 32,754 || 44–31 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 76 || July 1 || @ Mariners || 8–4 || Blackley (1–0) || Wasdin (1–1) || || 35,966 || 44–32 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 77 || July 2 || @ Astros || 7–5 || Oswalt (7–6) || Almanzar (6–1) || Lidge (5) || 41,897 || 44–33 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 78 || July 3 || @ Astros || 10–8 || Weathers (6–4) || Brocail (0–1) || Miceli (1) || 42,889 || 44–34 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 79 || July 4 || @ Astros || 18–3 || Benoit (3–3) || Pettitte (4–2) || || 41,147 || 45–34 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 80 || July 5 || @ Indians || 8–5 || Rogers (12–2) || Sabathia (5–4) || Cordero (25) || 25,363 || 46–34 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 81 || July 6 || @ Indians || 4–1 || Lee (8–1) || Bierbrodt (1–1) || Riske (3) || 16,796 || 46–35 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 82 || July 7 || @ Indians || 9–8 || Mahay (2–0) || Robertson (1–1) || Cordero (26)|| 18,499 || 47–35 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 83 || July 8 || @ Indians || 10–0 || Rodríguez (2–0) || Elarton (0–2) || || 24,914 || 48–35 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 84 || July 9 || @ Red Sox || 7–0 || Arroyo (3–7) || Benoit (3–4) || || 35,030 || 48–36 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 85 || July 10 || @ Red Sox || 14–6 || Lowe (7–8) || Rogers (12–3) || || 35,024 || 48–37 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 86 || July 11 || @ Red Sox || 6–5 || Shouse (2–0) || Foulke (2–2) || Cordero (27) || 34,778 || 49–37 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 87 || July 16 || Blue Jays || 11–2 || Drese (5–5) || Halladay (7–7) || || 44,348 || 50–37 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 88 || July 17 || Blue Jays || 4–0 || Rodríguez (3–0) || Lilly (7–7) || || 43,189 || 51–37 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 89 || July 18 || Blue Jays || 7–5 || Brocail (1–1) || Chulk (0–1) || Cordero (28)|| 24,334 || 52–37 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 90 || July 19 || White Sox || 12–6 || Schoeneweis (6–7) || Benoit (3–5) || || 28,805 || 52–38 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 91 || July 20 || White Sox || 6–4 || Almanzar (7–1) || Marte (3–3) || Cordero (29) || 27,308 || 53–38 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 92 || July 21 || Angels || 3–2 || Drese (6–5) || Escobar (5–7) || Cordero (30) || 37,210 || 54–38 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 93 || July 22 || Angels || 11–1 || Colón (8–8) || Rodríguez (3–1) || || 23,308 || 54–39 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 94 || July 23 || @ Athletics || 8–3 || Rogers (13–3) || Mulder (13–3) || || 26,146 || 55–39 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 95 || July 24 || @ Athletics || 6–2 || Saarloos (2–1) || Dickey (5–7) || || 25,124 || 55–40 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 96 || July 25 || @ Athletics || 9–2 || Harden (5–5) || Wasdin (1–2) || || 25,354 || 55–41 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 97 || July 26 || @ Angels || 6–1 || Drese (7–5) || Escobar (5–8) || || 42,040 || 56–41 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 98 || July 27 || @ Angels || 2–0 || Colón (9–8) || Regilio (0–1) || Percival (16) || 42,625 || 56–42 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 99 || July 28 || @ Angels || 2–0 || Lackey (9–9) || Rogers (13–4) || Percival (17) || 41,133 || 56–43 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 100 || July 29 || Athletics || 7–6 || Bradford (5–4) || Almanzar (7–2) || Dotel (7) || 31,174 || 56–44 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 101 || July 30 || Athletics || 7–5 || Francisco (2–1) || Bradford (5–5) || Cordero (31) || 44,116 || 57–44 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 102 || July 31 || Athletics || 9–4 || Zito (7–7) || Drese (7–6) || || 50,708 || 57–45 |- |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 103 || August 1 || Athletics || 4–1 || Redman (8–8) || Regilio (0–2) || Dotel (8) || 32,646 || 57–46 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 104 || August 3 || @ Tigers || 5–4 || Francisco (3–1) || Robertson (9–6) || Cordero (32) || 19,894 || 58–46 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 105 || August 4 || @ Tigers || 8–0 || Bacsik (1–0) || Johnson (8–9) || || 18,857 || 59–46 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 106 || August 5 || @ Tigers || 2–1 || Drese (8–6) || Yan (1–3) || Cordero (33) || 25,710 || 60–46 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 107 || August 6 || @ Orioles || 9–1 || Bédard (5–6) || Regilio (0–3) || || 29,276 || 60–47 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 108 || August 7 || @ Orioles || 3–1 || López (9–7) || Erickson (0–1) || Julio (18) || 44,961 || 60–48 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 109 || August 8 || @ Orioles || 11–5 || Ponson (7–12) || Rogers (13–5) || || 32,842 || 60–49 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 110 || August 9 || @ Orioles || 7–3 || Borkowski (3–2) || Bacsik (1–1) || || 39,850 || 60–50 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 111 || August 10 || Yankees || 7–1 || Drese (9–6) || Brown (9–2) || || 43,633 || 61–50 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 112 || August 11 || Yankees || 4–2 || Sturtze (4–2) || Regilio (0–4) || Rivera (39) || 43,729 || 61–51 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 113 || August 12 || Yankees || 5–1 || Hernández (5–0) || Erickson (0–2) || || 48,925 || 61–52 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 114 || August 13 || Devil Rays || 5–3 || Rogers (14–5) || Bell (5–6) || Cordero (34)|| 30,266 || 62–52 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 115 || August 14 || Devil Rays || 6–5 || Brocail (2–1) || Núñez (0–1) || Cordero (35)|| 38,620 || 63–52 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 116 || August 15 || Devil Rays || 6–2 || Drese (10–6) || Sosa (3–2) || || 23,051 || 64–52 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 117 || August 16 || Indians || 5–2 || Ramirez (4–3) || Sabathia (9–7) || Cordero (36) || 23,551 || 65–52 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 118 || August 17 || Indians || 16–4 || Erickson (1–2) || Lee (10–5) || Brocail (1) || 24,864 || 66–52 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 119 || August 18 || Indians || 5–2 || Rogers (15–5) || Elarton (2–3) || Cordero (37) || 31,572 || 67–52 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 120 || August 20 || @ Royals || 5–3 || Drese (11–6) || Wood (2–5) || Cordero (38) || 17,385 || 68–52 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 121 || August 21 || @ Royals || 5–3 || Francisco (4–1) || Anderson (2–11) || Cordero (39) || 25,035|| 69–52 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 122 || August 22 || @ Royals || 10–2 || Greinke (6–9) || Erickson (1–3) || || 22,286 || 69–53 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 123 || August 23 || Twins || 7–4 || Santana (14–6) || Rogers (15–6) || || 23,369 || 69–54 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 124 || August 24 || Twins || 5–4 || Cordero (3–0) || Nathan (1–2) || || 24,496 || 70–54 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 125 || August 25 || Twins || 8–5 || Lohse (7–10) || Drese (11–7) || Nathan (35) || 25,332 || 70–55 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 126 || August 26 || Twins || 8–3 || Park (3–4) || Mulholland (4–7) || || 26,083 || 71–55 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 127 || August 27 || Orioles || 6–4 || Wasdin (2–2) || Bédard (5–9) || Cordero (40) || 29,409 ||72–55 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 128 || August 28 || Orioles || 4–3 || Francisco (5–1) || Ryan (3–5) || Cordero (41) || 41,676 ||73–55 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 129 || August 29 || Orioles || 7–6 || Ponson (9–13) || Young (0–1) || Julio (19) || 30,577 || 73–56 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 130 || August 31 || @ Twins || 8–5 || Rincón (11–6) || Almanzar (7–3) || || 20,510 || 73–57 |- |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 131 || September 1 || @ Twins || 4–2 || Crain (1–0)|| Cordero (3–1) || Nathan (36) || 21,480 || 73–58 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 132 || September 2 || @ Twins || 2–0 || Radke (10–7) || Rogers (15–7) || Nathan (37) || 18,293 || 73–59 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 133 || September 3 || @ Red Sox || 2–0 || Martínez (15–5) || Wasdin (2–3) || Foulke (27) || 35,151 || 73–60 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 134 || September 4 || @ Red Sox || 8–6 || Young (1–1) || Wakefield (11–8) || Cordero (42) || 34,670 || 74–60 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 135 || September 5 || @ Red Sox || 6–5 || Schilling (18–6) || Drese (11–8) || || 34,652 || 74–61 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 136 || September 6 || White Sox || 7–4 || Grilli (1–1) || Park (3–5) || || 31,251 || 74–62 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 137 || September 7 || White Sox || 10–3 || Rogers (16–7) || Contreras (12–8) || || 20,004 || 75–62 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 138 || September 8 || White Sox || 5–2 || García (11–10) || Wasdin (2–4) || Takatsu (17) || 21,836 || 75–63 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 139 || September 9 || White Sox || 7–3 || Buehrle (14–8) || Young (1–2) || || 19,384 || 75–64 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 140 || September 10 || Blue Jays || 10–3 || Drese (12–8) || Batista (10–11) || || 24,617 || 76–64 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 141 || September 11 || Blue Jays ||10–7 || Mahay (3–0) || Frasor (4–6) || Cordero (43) || 40,587 || 77–64 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 142 || September 12 || Blue Jays || 7–6 || Brocail (3–1) || Speier (3–7) || Cordero (44) || 20,434 || 78–64 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 143 || September 13 || @ Athletics || 7–6 || Duchscherer (6–6) || Cordero (3–2) || || 15,535 || 78–65 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 144 || September 14 || @ Athletics || 12–9 || Brocail (4–1) || Redman (10–12) || || 15,644 || 79–65 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 145 || September 15 || @ Athletics || 10–3 || Drese (13–8) || Mulder (17–5) || || 25,849 || 80–65 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 146 || September 16 || @ Athletics || 5–4 || Harden (10–6) || Rogers (16–8) || Dotel (21) || 15,281 || 80–66 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 147 || September 17 || @ Angels || 9–5 || Colón (16–11) || Park (3–6) || || 43,343 || 80–67 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 148 || September 18 || @ Angels || 2–0 || Ramirez (5–3) || Escobar (10–11) || Cordero (45) || 41,233 || 81–67 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 149 || September 19 || @ Angels || 1–0 || Young (2–2) || Washburn (11–8) || Cordero (46) || 40,099 || 82–67 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 150 || September 21 || Athletics || 9–4 || Drese (14–8) || Mulder (17–6) || || 28,143 || 83–67 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 151 || September 22 || Athletics || 5–3 || Rogers (17–8) || Zito (11–11) || Cordero (47) || 29,426 || 84–67 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 152 || September 23 || Athletics || 5–4 || Nelson (1–2) || Dotel (4–2) || || 23,075 || 85–67 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 153 || September 24 || Mariners || 8–7 || Villone (7–5) || Cordero (3–3) || Putz (9) || 32,212 || 85–68 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 154 || September 25 || Mariners || 5–4 || Dickey (6–7) || Hasegawa (4–6) || Cordero (48) || 48,048 || 86–68 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 155 || September 26 || Mariners || 9–0 || Baek (2–4) || Drese (14–9) || || 38,597 || 86–69 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 156 || September 27 || Angels || 5–3 || Colón (17–12) || Rogers (17–9) || Percival (31) || 20,333 || 86–70 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 157 || September 28 || Angels || 8–2 || Escobar (11–12) || Park (3–7) || || 26,686 || 86–71 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 158 || September 29 || Angels || 8–7 || Shields (8–2) || Cordero (3–4) || Percival (32) || 31,538 || 86–72 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 159 || September 30 || Angels || 6–3 || Young (3–2) || Lackey (14–13) || Dickey (1) || 23,036 || 87–72 |- style="background-color:#ffbbbb" | 160 || October 1 || @ Mariners || 8–3 || Villone (8–6) || Drese (14–10) || || 45,573 || 87–73 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 161 || October 2 || @ Mariners || 10–4 || Rogers (18–9) || Moyer (7–13) || || 45,817 || 88–73 |- style="background-color:#bbffbb" | 162 || October 3 || @ Mariners || 3–0 || Park (4–7) || Meche (7–7) || Cordero (49) || 45,658 || 89–73

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Source: ESPN.com

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
C	Rod Barajas	108	358	89	.249	15	58
1B	Mark Teixeira	145	545	153	.281	38	112
2B	Alphonso Soriano	145	608	170	.280	28	91
SS	Michael Young	160	690	216	.313	22	99
3B	Hank Blalock	159	624	172	.276	32	110
LF	David Dellucci	107	331	80	.242	17	61
CF	Laynce Nix	115	371	92	.248	14	46
RF	Kevin Mench	125	438	122	.279	26	71
DH	Brad Fullmer	76	258	60	.233	11	33

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
Eric Young Sr.	104	344	99	.288	1	27
Gary Matthews	87	280	77	.275	11	36
Brian Jordan	61	212	47	.222	5	23
Gerald Laird	49	147	33	.224	1	16
Herbert Perry	49	134	30	.224	5	17
Chad Allen	20	58	14	.241	0	6
Jason Conti	22	55	10	.182	0	4
Adrián González	16	42	10	.238	1	7
Ken Huckaby	16	38	5	.132	0	0
Manny Alexander	21	21	5	.238	0	3
Ramón Nivar	7	18	4	.222	0	4
Andy Fox	12	12	1	.083	0	0
Danny Ardoin	6	8	1	.125	0	1

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
Kenny Rogers	35	211.2	18	9	4.76	126
Ryan Drese	34	207.2	14	10	4.20	98
Chan Ho Park	16	95.2	4	7	5.46	63
Chris Young	7	36.1	3	2	4.71	27
Ricardo Rodríguez	5	26.2	3	1	2.03	15
Juan Domínguez	4	23.0	1	2	3.91	14
Scott Erickson	4	19.0	1	3	6.16	6
Nick Bierbrodt	4	17.0	1	1	5.82	10
Mike Bacsik	3	15.2	1	1	4.60	6
Colby Lewis	3	15.1	1	1	4.11	11
Sam Narron	1	2.2	0	0	13.50	1

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
R.A. Dickey	25	104.1	6	7	5.61	57
Joaquin Benoit	28	103.0	3	5	5.68		95
John Wasdin	15	65.0	2	4	6.78	36
Nick Regilio	6	19.1	0	4	6.05	12
Mickey Callaway	4	11.1	0	1	7.94	9
Kameron Loe	2	6.2	0	0	5.40	3

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
Francisco Cordero	67	3	4	49	2.13	79
Carlos Almanzar	67	7	3	0	3.72	44
Ron Mahay	60	3	0	0	2.55	54
Brian Shouse	53	2	0	0	2.23	34
Frank Francisco	45	5	1	0	3.33	60
Doug Brocail	43	4	1	1	4.13	43
Erasmo Ramirez	34	5	3	0	4.29	21
Jeff Nelson	29	1	2	1	5.32	22
Jay Powell	23	1	1	0	3.38	17
Michael Tejera	6	0	0	0	10.13	7
Rosman García	4	0	0	0	5.40	5
Travis Hughes	2	0	0	0	13.50	4
Ryan Snare	1	0	0	0	10.80	0

Awards and honors

Alfonso Soriano, 2004 All-Star Game Most Valuable Player
Alfonso Soriano, Second Base, Silver Slugger Award
Kenny Rogers, Pitcher, Gold Glove Award
Buck Showalter, American League Manager of the Year Award
Mark Teixeira, First Base, Silver Slugger Award

All-Star Game

Alfonso Soriano, second base, starter
Francisco Cordero, pitcher, reserve
Kenny Rogers, pitcher, reserve
Hank Blalock, third base, reserve
Michael Young, shortstop, reserve

Texas Rangers Hall of Fame Inductees

Buddy Bell
Ferguson Jenkins
Tom Vandergriff (former Mayor of Arlington, who spearheaded the campaign to bring a Major League Baseball franchise to the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex)

Farm system

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mouncto01.shtml Tony Mounce] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/huckake01.shtml Ken Huckaby Statistics] Baseball-Reference.com
"Mike Lamb Stats".
(May 8, 2004). "Rangers, Tigers combine for 18-run inning". [[NBC Sports]].
''Baseball's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records'', p.56, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC, {{ISBN. 978-1-55365-507-7

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