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The 2012 Texas Rangers season was the 52nd season in the overall history of the franchise and the 41st since the team relocated to Arlington, Texas. The Rangers entered the season as the two-time defending champions of the American League and the American League West. They led the division for most of the season and had a 13-game lead on June 30, but faltered down the stretch. They finished 93–69, but were swept in the last series of the season by the Oakland Athletics and wound up second to the Athletics in the division. They then lost to the Baltimore Orioles in the ALWC Game and were eliminated from the playoffs.

Offseason

Transactions

  • October 31, 2011: The team exercised its club options on Colby Lewis and Yoshinori Tateyama, while also announcing that the entire coaching staff would return for 2012.[1][2]
  • November 2, 2011: RHP Darren O'Day was claimed on waivers by the Baltimore Orioles[3][4][5]
  • November 21, 2011: The club signed RHP Joe Nathan to a two-year $14.5 million deal with an option for a third year. He will be the team's closer and subsequently bump RHP Neftalí Feliz into the starting rotation. Nathan leaves the Minnesota Twins after becoming the all-time saves leader for the franchise over nine seasons with the club.[6]
  • December 1, 2011: Taylor Teagarden was traded to the Baltimore Orioles for minor league RHP Randy Henry and a player to be named later. On December 8, 2011, the player was identified as minor league 2B Greg Miclat.[7][8]
  • December 19, 2011: The team won the negotiating rights to Japanese RHP Yu Darvish for $51.7 million through the Posting system. The Rangers will have 30 days to negotiate a contract with Darvish, if no agreement is reached, then the posting fee is returned to the club and Darvish will return to the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters for the 2012 season.[9]
  • December 21, 2011: C Luis Martinez acquired from the San Diego Padres for minor league RHP Ryan Kelly. Martinez will be put on the 40-man roster.[10]
  • January 5, 2012: The Rangers traded infielder Chad Tracy to the Colorado Rockies in exchange for RHP Greg Reynolds. Reynolds was assigned to Triple A Round Rock.
  • January 18, 2012: The Rangers and Japanese RHP Yu Darvish agreed on a six-year, $60 million contract. The contract was signed 15 minutes before a 4:00pm CST deadline. Yu was formally introduced to the organization with a press conference on January 20.

Roster

2012 Texas Rangers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; AVG = Batting average; SLG = Slugging average

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB AVG SLG
Ian Kinsler 157 655 105 168 42 5 19 72 21 60 .256 .423
Elvis Andrus 158 629 85 180 31 9 3 62 21 57 .286 .378
Michael Young 156 611 79 169 27 3 8 67 2 33 .277 .370
Adrián Beltré 156 604 95 194 33 2 36 102 1 36 .321 .561
Nelson Cruz 159 585 86 152 45 0 24 90 8 48 .260 .460
Josh Hamilton 148 562 103 160 31 2 43 128 7 60 .285 .577
David Murphy 147 457 65 139 29 3 15 61 10 54 .304 .479
Mike Napoli 108 352 53 80 9 2 24 56 1 56 .227 .469
Mitch Moreland 114 327 41 90 18 0 15 50 1 23 .275 .468
Craig Gentry 121 240 31 73 12 3 1 26 13 14 .304 .392
Yorvit Torrealba 49 161 16 38 8 0 3 12 1 14 .236 .342
Geovany Soto 47 148 19 29 6 0 5 25 1 11 .196 .338
Brandon Snyder 40 65 11 18 2 0 3 9 0 3 .277 .446
Alberto González 24 54 7 13 2 1 0 4 0 0 .241 .315
Leonys Martín 24 46 6 8 5 2 0 6 3 4 .174 .370
Mike Olt 16 33 2 5 1 0 0 5 1 5 .152 .182
Luis Martinez 10 18 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 .111
Jurickson Profar 9 17 2 3 2 0 1 2 0 0 .176 .471
Luis Hernández 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
Pitcher Totals 162 24 1 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 .208 .208
Team Totals 162 5590 808 1526 303 32 200 780 91 478 .273 .446

Source:[1]

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts

Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER BB SO
Matt Harrison 18 11 3.29 32 32 0 213.1 210 82 78 59 133
Yu Darvish 16 9 3.90 29 29 0 191.1 156 89 83 89 221
Derek Holland 12 7 4.67 29 27 0 175.1 162 100 91 52 145
Scott Feldman 6 11 5.09 29 21 0 123.2 139 79 70 32 96
Colby Lewis 6 6 3.43 16 16 0 105.0 99 48 40 14 93
Ryan Dempster 7 3 5.09 12 12 0 69.0 74 43 39 25 70
Alexi Ogando 2 0 3.27 58 1 3 66.0 49 26 24 17 66
Robbie Ross Jr. 6 0 2.22 58 0 0 65.0 55 21 16 23 47
Joe Nathan 3 5 2.80 66 0 37 64.1 55 23 20 13 78
Roy Oswalt 4 3 5.80 17 9 0 59.0 79 41 38 11 59
Mike Adams 5 3 3.27 61 0 1 52.1 56 21 19 17 45
Neftalí Feliz 3 1 3.16 8 7 0 42.2 28 15 15 13 28
Mark Lowe 0 2 3.43 36 0 0 39.1 35 15 15 13 28
Martín Pérez 1 4 5.45 12 6 0 38.0 47 26 23 15 25
Koji Uehara 0 0 1.75 37 0 1 36.0 20 7 7 3 43
Michael Kirkman 1 2 3.82 28 0 0 35.1 24 16 15 17 38
Tanner Scheppers 1 1 4.45 39 0 1 32.1 47 18 16 9 30
Yoshinori Tateyama 1 0 9.00 14 0 0 17.0 18 19 17 6 18
Justin Grimm 1 1 9.00 5 2 0 14.0 22 14 14 3 13
Wilmer Font 0 0 9.00 3 0 0 2.0 0 2 2 4 1
Craig Gentry 0 0 18.00 1 0 0 1.0 3 2 2 1 0
Team Totals 93 69 3.99 162 162 43 1442.0 1378 707 639 446 1286

Source:[2]

Season standings

American League West

AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Oakland Athletics 94 68 0.580 — 50–31 44–37
Texas Rangers 93 69 0.574 1 50–31 43–38
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 89 73 0.549 5 46–35 43–38
Seattle Mariners 75 87 0.463 19 40–41 35–46


American League Wild Card

Division Winners W L Pct.
New York Yankees 95 67 0.586
Oakland Athletics 94 68 0.580
Detroit Tigers 88 74 0.543
Wild Card teams
(Top 2 teams qualify for postseason) 		W L Pct. GB
Texas Rangers 93 69 0.574 —
Baltimore Orioles 93 69 0.574 —
Tampa Bay Rays 90 72 0.556 3
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 89 73 0.549 4
Chicago White Sox 85 77 0.525 8
Seattle Mariners 75 87 0.463 18
Toronto Blue Jays 73 89 0.451 20
Kansas City Royals 72 90 0.444 21
Boston Red Sox 69 93 0.426 24
Cleveland Indians 68 94 0.420 25
Minnesota Twins 66 96 0.407 27

Record vs. opponents

Team BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC LAA MIN NYY OAK SEA TB TEX TOR NL
Baltimore – 13–5 6–2 4–4 3–3 5–4 2–7 5–2 9–9 4–5 8–1 10–8 2–5 11–7 11–7
Boston 5–13 – 6–2 5–3 5–5 4–3 0–6 4–3 5–13 1–8 5–4 9–9 2–6 7–11 11–7
Chicago 2–6 2–6 – 11–7 6–12 6–12 3–5 14–4 5–2 3–3 8–1 4–3 6–3 6–4 9–9
Cleveland 4–4 3–5 7–11 – 10–8 8–10 5–4 6–12 1–5 2–8 4–4 4–4 4–5 2–4 8–10
Detroit 3–3 5–5 12–6 8–10 – 13–5 5–5 10–8 4–6 4–3 1–5 5–2 3–7 4–2 11–7
Kansas City 4–5 3–4 12–6 10–8 5–13 – 4–5 7–11 3–4 5–4 1–7 4–2 4–5 2–6 8–10
Los Angeles 7–2 6–0 5–3 4–5 5–5 5–4 – 6–3 4–5 9–10 11–8 1–9 10–9 4–4 12–6
Minnesota 2–5 3–4 4–14 12–6 8–10 11–7 3–6 – 3–4 4–5 2–8 1–5 2–8 2–5 9–9
New York 9–9 13–5 2–5 5–1 6–4 4–3 5–4 4–3 – 5–5 6–3 8–10 4–3 11–7 13–5
Oakland 5–4 8–1 3–3 8–2 3–4 4–5 10–9 5–4 5–5 – 12–7 5–4 11–8 5–4 10–8
Seattle 1–8 4–5 1–8 4–4 5–1 7–1 8–11 8–2 3–6 7–12 – 4–6 9–10 6–3 8–10
Tampa Bay 8–10 9–9 3–4 4–4 2–5 2–4 9–1 5–1 10–8 4–5 6–4 – 5–4 14–4 9–9
Texas 5–2 6–2 3–6 5–4 7–3 5–4 9–10 8–2 3–4 8–11 10–9 4–5 – 6–3 14–4
Toronto 7–11 11–7 4–6 4–2 2–4 6–2 4–4 5–2 7–11 4–5 3–6 4–14 3–6 – 9–9


Game log

Legend
Rangers Win Rangers Loss Game Postponed
2012 Game Log (93–69)
April (17–6)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
1 April 6 White Sox 3–2 Lewis (1–0) Danks (0–1) Nathan (1) 49,085 1–0
2 April 7 White Sox 4–3 Thornton (1–0) Nathan (0–1) Santiago (1) 47,867 1–1
3 April 8 White Sox 5–0 Harrison (1–0) Floyd (0–1) 45,368 2–1
4 April 9 Mariners 11–5 Darvish (1–0) Noesí (0–1) 43,002 3–1
5 April 10 Mariners 1–0 Feliz (1–0) Beavan (0–1) Nathan (2) 25,753 4–1
6 April 11 Mariners 4–3 Luetge (1–0) Nathan (0–2) League (3) 32,342 4–2
7 April 12 Mariners 5–3 Holland (1–0) Vargas (1–1) Adams (1) 31,513 5–2
8 April 13 @ Twins 4–1 Harrison (2–0) Swarzak (0–2) Ogando (1) 31,400 6–2
9 April 14 @ Twins 6–2 Ross (1–0) Duensing (0–1) 35,854 7–2
10 April 15 @ Twins 4–3 Ross (2–0) Perkins (0–1) Nathan (3) 32,093 8–2
11 April 17 @ Red Sox 18–3 Lewis (2–0) Lester (0–2) 38,229 9–2
12 April 18 @ Red Sox 6–3 Holland (2–0) Beckett (1–2) 37,967 10–2
13 April 19 @ Tigers 10–3 Darvish (2–0) Wilk (0-2) 30,029 11-2
April 20 @ Tigers Postponed (rain); Makeup: April 21 as part of a doubleheader
14 April 21 @ Tigers 10–4 Harrison (3–0) Porcello (1–1) 41,427 12–2
15 April 21 @ Tigers 3–2 Verlander (2–1) Feliz (1–1) Valverde (4) 35,001 12–3
16 April 22 @ Tigers 3–2 (11) Ross (3–0) Weber (0–1) Nathan (4) 36,255 13–3
17 April 23 Yankees 7–4 Sabathia (2–0) Holland (2–1) Rivera (4) 48,234 13–4
18 April 24 Yankees 2–0 Darvish (3–0) Kuroda (1–3) Nathan (5) 47,085 14–4
19 April 25 Yankees 7–3 Ross (4–0) Hughes (1–3) 47,942 15–4
20 April 27 Rays 8–4 Shields (4–0) Harrison (3–1) 47,496 15–5
21 April 28 Rays 7–2 Lewis (3–0) Niemann (1–3) 49,197 16–5
22 April 29 Rays 5–2 Price (4–1) Holland (2–2) Rodney (7) 43,475 16–6
23 April 30 @ Blue Jays 4–1 Darvish (4–0) Drabek (2–2) Nathan (6) 21,945 17–6
May (14–14)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
24 May 1 @ Blue Jays 8–7 Cordero (1–1) Adams (0–1) 18,774 17–7
25 May 2 @ Blue Jays 11–5 Romero (4–0) Harrison (3–2) 25,123 17–8
26 May 4 @ Indians 6–3 Gómez (2–1) Lewis (3–1) Perez (10) 16,147 17–9
27 May 5 @ Indians 5–2 (11) Ogando (1–0) Smith (1–1) Nathan (7) 21,307 18–9
28 May 6 @ Indians 4–2 Jiménez (3–2) Darvish (4–1) Perez (11) 18,171 18–10
29 May 7 @ Orioles 14–3 Harrison (4–2) Matusz (1–4) 11,938 19–10
30 May 8 @ Orioles 10–3 Feliz (2–1) Arrieta (2–3) 11,263 20–10
May 9 @ Orioles Postponed (rain); Makeup: May 10 as part of a doubleheader
31 May 10 @ Orioles 6–5 Chen (3–0) Lewis (3–2) Johnson (9) 20–11
32 May 10 @ Orioles 7–3 Holland (3–2) Hunter (2–2) 19,250 21–11
33 May 11 Angels 10–3 Darvish (5–1) Wilson (4–3) 48,201 22–11
34 May 12 Angels 4–2 Carpenter (1–1) Harrison (4–3) Downs (3) 47,699 22–12
35 May 13 Angels 13–6 Feliz (3–1) Weaver (5–1) 46,669 23–12
36 May 14 Royals 3–1 Chen (2–4) Feldman (0–1) Broxton (8) 38,702 23–13
37 May 15 Royals 7–4 Mazzaro (1–0) Lewis (3–3) 37,210 23–14
38 May 16 Athletics 4–1 Darvish (6–1) Milone (5–3) Nathan (8) 46,370 24–14
39 May 17 Athletics 5–4 (10) Cook (1–0) Adams (0–2) Fuentes (3) 47,182 24–15
40 May 18 @ Astros 4–1 Ross (5–0) Rodríguez (3–4) Nathan (9) 34,715 25–15
41 May 19 @ Astros 6–5 Harrell (3–3) Holland (3–3) Myers (10) 42,673 25–16
42 May 20 @ Astros 6–1 Lewis (4–3) Lyles (0–1) 35,873 26–16
43 May 21 @ Mariners 6–1 Hernández (4–3) Darvish (6–2) 18,672 26–17
44 May 22 @ Mariners 3–1 Harrison (5–3) Noesí (2–5) Nathan (10) 15,604 27–17
45 May 23 @ Mariners 5–3 Millwood (3–4) Feldman (0–2) League (9) 23,097 27–18
46 May 25 Blue Jays 14–3 Holland (4–3) Morrow (5–3) 46,789 28–18
47 May 26 Blue Jays 8–7 (13) Tateyama (1–0) Frasor (0–1) 47,430 29–18
48 May 27 Blue Jays 12–6 Darvish (7–2) Drabek (4–5) 46,637 30–18
49 May 28 Mariners 4–2 Harrison (6–3) Delabar (1–1) Nathan (11) 41,384 31–18
50 May 29 Mariners 10–3 Vargas (6–4) Feldman (0–3) 34,531 31–19
51 May 30 Mariners 21–8 Beavan (3–4) Holland (4–4) Iwakuma (1) 43,580 31-20
June (19–9)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
52 June 1 @ Angels 4–2 Williams (6–2) Lewis (4–4) Frieri (3) 40,080 31–21
53 June 2 @ Angels 3–2 Cassevah (1–0) Darvish (7–3) Frieri (4) 44,227 31–22
54 June 3 @ Angels 7–3 Harrison (7–3) Haren (3–6) 42,465 32–22
55 June 4 @ Athletics 12–1 Parker (2–2) Feldman (0–4) 10,120 32–23
56 June 5 @ Athletics 6–3 Holland (5–4) Blackley (0–1) Nathan (12) 11,861 33–23
57 June 6 @ Athletics 2–0 Colón (5–6) Lewis (4–5) Fuentes (5) 15,044 33–24
58 June 7 @ Athletics 7–1 McCarthy (5–3) Darvish (7–4) 14,779 33–25
59 June 8 @ Giants 5–0 Harrison (8–3) Zito (5–3) 41,163 34–25
60 June 9 @ Giants 5–2 Vogelsong (5–2) Feldman (0–5) Casilla (16) 41,704 34–26
61 June 10 @ Giants 5–0 Ross (6–0) Lincecum (2–7) 42,418 35–26
62 June 12 Diamondbacks 9–1 Lewis (5–5) Kennedy (5–6) 39,140 36–26
63 June 13 Diamondbacks 1–0 Adams (1–2) Miley (7–3) Nathan (13) 45,866 37–26
64 June 14 Diamondbacks 11–3 Hudson (3–1) Feldman (0–6) 40,855 37–27
65 June 15 Astros 6–2 Darvish (8–4) Lyles (1–3) 47,430 38–27
66 June 16 Astros 8–3 Grimm (1–0) Harrell (6–5) 48,288 39–27
67 June 17 Astros 9–3 Lewis (6–5) Rodriguez (1–7) 46,320 40–27
68 June 18 @ Padres 2–1 Harrison (9–3) Marquis (3–6) Nathan (14) 29,315 41–27
69 June 19 @ Padres 7–3 Feldman (1–6) Vólquez (3–7) 25,889 42–27
70 June 20 @ Padres 4–2 Darvish (9–4) Thayer (0–2) Nathan (15) 23,942 43–27
71 June 22 Rockies 4–1 Oswalt (1–0) Friedrich (4–4) Nathan (16) 46,964 44–27
72 June 23 Rockies 11–7 Brothers (3–2) Lewis (6–6) 42,516 44–28
73 June 24 Rockies 4–2 Harrison (10–3) White (2–6) 45,407 45–28
74 June 25 Tigers 8–2 Porcello (5–5) Grimm (1–1) 36,920 45–29
75 June 26 Tigers 7–5 Darvish (10–4) Smyly (2–3) Nathan (17) 39,561 46–29
76 June 27 Tigers 13–9 Oswalt (2–0) Fister (1–5) 43,379 47–29
77 June 28 Athletics 7–6 Feldman (2–6) Ross (2–8) Nathan (18) 33,927 48–29
78 June 29 Athletics 4–3 Harrison (11–3) Balfour (1–2) Scheppers (1) 46,013 49–29
79 June 30 Athletics 7–2 Pérez (1–0) Milone (8–6) 46,711 50–29
July (9–14)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
80 July 1 Athletics 3–1 Blackley (2–2) Darvish (10–5) Cook (7) 45,741 50–30
81 July 3 @ White Sox 19–2 Sale (10–2) Oswalt (2–1) 30,183 50–31
82 July 4 @ White Sox 5–4 (10) Reed (2–1) Adams (1–3) 30,271 50–32
83 July 5 @ White Sox 2–1 Quintana (4–1) Harrison (11–4) Reed (12) 21,288 50–33
84 July 6 Twins 5–1 Liriano (3–7) Pérez (1–1) 47,240 50–34
85 July 7 Twins 4–3 (10) Nathan (1–2) Waldrop (0–1) 47,067 51–34
86 July 8 Twins 4–3 (13) Feldman (3–6) Burnett (2–2) 43,268 52–34
87 July 13 @ Mariners 3–2 Holland (6–4) Millwood (3–7) Nathan (19) 23,721 53–34
88 July 14 @ Mariners 7–0 Hernández (7–5) Darvish (10–6) 29,951 53–35
89 July 15 @ Mariners 4–0 Harrison (12–4) Iwakuma (1–2) 27,378 54–35
90 July 17 @ Athletics 6–1 Oswalt (3–1) Colón (6–8) 15,115 55–35
91 July 18 @ Athletics 4–3 Cook (3–2) Kirkman (0–1) 20,249 55–36
92 July 20 @ Angels 6–1 Weaver (12–1) Holland (6–5) 43,936 55–37
93 July 21 @ Angels 9–2 Darvish (11–6) Santana (4–10) 39,086 56–37
94 July 22 @ Angels 7–4 Haren (7–8) Harrison (12–5) 42,160 56–38
95 July 23 Red Sox 9–1 Feldman (4–6) Doubront (10–5) 44,132 57–38
96 July 24 Red Sox 2–1 Padilla (4–0) Nathan (1–3) Aceves (21) 41,237 57–39
97 July 25 Red Sox 5–3 Holland (7–5) Beckett (5–9) Nathan (20) 44,104 58–39
98 July 27 White Sox 9–5 Sale (12–3) Darvish (11–7) 47,638 58–40
99 July 28 White Sox 5–2 Humber (5–5) Harrison (12–6) 47,580 58–41
100 July 29 White Sox 2–0 Feldman (5–6) Floyd (8–9) Nathan (21) 46,744 59–41
101 July 30 Angels 15–8 Santana (5–10) Oswalt (3–2) Williams (1) 36,111 59–42
102 July 31 Angels 6–2 Weaver (14–1) Holland (7–6) 34,918 59–43
August (19–10)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
103 August 1 Angels 11–10 (10) Nathan (2–3) Isringhausen (3–1) 42,832 60–43
104 August 2 Angels 15–9 Oswalt (4–2) Carpenter (1–2) 40,281 61–43
105 August 3 @ Royals 5–3 Harrison (13–6) Guthrie (3–12) Ogando (2) 26,889 62–43
106 August 4 @ Royals 4–2 Feldman (6–6) Smith (2–4) Ogando (3) 28,724 63–43
107 August 5 @ Royals 7–6 (10) Holland (5–3) Kirkman (0–2) 22,007 63–44
108 August 6 @ Red Sox 9–2 Cook (3–5) Darvish (11–8) 37,316 63–45
109 August 7 @ Red Sox 6–3 Dempster (6–5) Lester (5–10) Nathan (22) 38,416 64–45
110 August 8 @ Red Sox 10–9 Ogando (2–0) Mortensen (1–1) Nathan (23) 37,716 65–45
111 August 10 Tigers 6–2 Scherzer (11–6) Feldman (6–7) 47,255 65–46
112 August 11 Tigers 2–1 Adams (2–3) Villarreal (3–3) 48,303 66–46
113 August 12 Tigers 8–3 Darvish (12–8) Porcello (9–7) 45,752 67–46
114 August 13 @ Yankees 8–2 Phelps (3–3) Dempster (6–6) Lowe (1) 45,676 67–47
115 August 14 @ Yankees 3–0 Kuroda (11–8) Harrison (13–7) 44,533 67–48
116 August 15 @ Yankees 3–2 García (7–5) Feldman (6–8) Soriano (29) 45,921 67–49
117 August 16 @ Yankees 10–6 Scheppers (1–0) Logan (4–1) 47,645 68–49
118 August 17 @ Blue Jays 3–2 Happ (9–10) Darvish (12–9) Janssen (16) 26,816 68–50
119 August 18 @ Blue Jays 2–1 Kirkman (1–2) Villanueva (6–3) Nathan (24) 30,033 69–50
120 August 19 @ Blue Jays 11–2 Harrison (14–7) Álvarez (7–11) 35,701 70–50
121 August 20 Orioles 5–1 Dempster (7–6) González (5–3) 36,257 71–50
122 August 21 Orioles 5–3 Tillman (6–2) Feldman (6–9) Johnson (38) 32,146 71–51
123 August 22 Orioles 12–3 Holland (8–6) Hunter (4–8) 40,714 72–51
124 August 23 Twins 10–6 Adams (3–3) Burton (1–1) Nathan (25) 33,762 73–51
125 August 24 Twins 8–0 Harrison (15–7) Deduno (4–2) 45,823 74–51
126 August 25 Twins 9–3 Dempster (8–6) Duensing (3–9) 44,215 75–51
127 August 26 Twins 6–5 De Vries (3–5) Feldman (6–10) Perkins (8) 37,785 75–52
128 August 27 Rays 6–5 Holland (9–6) Price (16–5) Nathan (26) 29,453 76–52
129 August 28 Rays 1–0 Darvish (13–9) Shields (12–8) Nathan (27) 30,700 77–52
130 August 29 Rays 8–4 McGee (5–2) Harrison (15–8) 36,176 77–53
131 August 31 @ Indians 5–3 Dempster (9–6) Jiménez (9–14) Nathan (28) 16,700 78–53
September/October (15–16)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
132 September 1 @ Indians 4–3 Gómez (5–7) Feldman (6–11) Pestano (1) 17,218 78–54
133 September 2 @ Indians 8–3 Holland (10–6) McAllister (5–6) 19,474 79–54
134 September 3 @ Royals 8–4 Darvish (14–9) Chen (10–11) 22,207 80–54
135 September 4 @ Royals 6–3 Guthrie (7–12) Harrison (15–9) Holland (11) 12,462 80–55
136 September 5 @ Royals 7–6 Dempster (10–6) Teaford (1–4) Nathan (29) 13,354 81–55
137 September 6 @ Royals 5–4 (10) Adams (4–3) Holland (6–4) Nathan (30) 15,332 82–55
138 September 7 @ Rays 3–1 (11) Davis (3–0) Lowe (0–1) 19,545 82–56
139 September 8 @ Rays 4–2 (10) Adams (5–3) Farnsworth (1–4) Nathan (31) 18,702 83–56
140 September 9 @ Rays 6–0 Shields (14–8) Oswalt (4–3) 20,522 83–57
141 September 11 Indians 6–4 Harrison (16–9) Jiménez (9–16) Nathan (32) 34,765 84–57
142 September 12 Indians 5–2 Dempster (11–6) Gómez (5–8) Nathan (33) 36,001 85–57
143 September 13 Indians 5–4 Maine (2–1) Nathan (2–4) Perez (36) 36,102 85–58
144 September 14 Mariners 9–3 Darvish (15–9) Iwakuma (6–5) 45,075 86–58
145 September 15 Mariners 8–6 Luetge (2–1) Scheppers (1–1) Wilhelmsen (27) 47,267 86–59
146 September 16 Mariners 2–1 Harrison (17–9) Beavan (9–10) Uehara (1) 45,928 87–59
147 September 18 @ Angels 11–3 Weaver (18–4) Dempster (11–7) 36,948 87–60
148 September 19 @ Angels 6–2 Holland (11–6) Wilson (12–10) 37,093 88–60
149 September 20 @ Angels 3–1 Darvish (16–9) Frieri (4–2) Nathan (34) 38,205 89–60
150 September 21 @ Mariners 6–3 Iwakuma (7–5) Pérez (1–2) Wilhelmsen (28) 17,893 89–61
151 September 22 @ Mariners 1–0 Beavan (10–10) Harrison (17–10) Wilhelmsen (29) 17,671 89–62
152 September 23 @ Mariners 3–2 Dempster (12–7) Vargas (14–11) Nathan (35) 19,024 90–62
153 September 24 Athletics 5–4 Nathan (3–4) Ross (2–11) 43,044 91–62
154 September 25 Athletics 3–2 (10) Scribner (1–0) Lowe (0–2) Balfour (21) 43,874 91–63
155 September 26 Athletics 9–3 Parker (12–8) Pérez (1–3) 46,689 91–64
156 September 27 Athletics 9–7 Harrison (18–10) Blackley (5–4) Nathan (36) 43,796 92–64
157 September 28 Angels 7–4 Weaver (20–4) Dempster (12–8) Frieri (22) 46,662 92–65
September 29 Angels Postponed (rain); Makeup: September 30 as part of a doubleheader
158 September 30 Angels 5–4 Richards (4–3) Nathan (3–5) Frieri (23) 46,713 92–66
159 September 30 Angels 8–7 Holland (12–6) Santana (9–13) Nathan (37) 48,089 93–66
160 October 1 @ Athletics 4–3 Parker (13–8) Pérez (1–4) Balfour (23) 21,162 93–67
161 October 2 @ Athletics 3–1 Blackley (6–4) Harrison (18–11) Balfour (24) 30,660 93–68
162 October 3 @ Athletics 12–5 Scribner (2–0) Holland (12–7) 36,067 93–69

Postseason

Wild Card Game

Main article: 2012 American League Wild Card Game
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Baltimore Orioles 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 5 8 2
Texas Rangers 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 2
Starting pitchers:
BAL: Joe Saunders
TEX: Yu Darvish -->
WP: Joe Saunders (1–0)   LP: Yu Darvish (0–1)

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Round Rock Express Pacific Coast League Bobby Jones
AA Frisco RoughRiders Texas League Steve Buechele
A Myrtle Beach Pelicans Carolina League Jason Wood
A Hickory Crawdads South Atlantic League Bill Richardson
A-Short Season Spokane Indians Northwest League Tim Hulett
Rookie AZL Rangers Arizona League Corey Ragsdale

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: AZL Rangers

References

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External links

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Texas_Rangers_season