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4 unusual facts about Texas Rangers


Daniel Bard

Daniel Paul Bard (born June 25, 1985) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Texas Rangers organization.

Kyle McClellan

On January 15, 2013, McClellan signed a minor league deal (with invitation to spring training) with the Texas Rangers.

Rusty Torres

(The relocated Texas Rangers would finally return to the nation's capital for an interleague series in 2008.)

After spending most of the winter without a team, Torres was signed on March 1 by the Texas Rangers.


2007 Chicago White Sox season

Even more controversial was the December 23 deal that sent highly touted starter Brandon McCarthy, along with outfield prospect David Paisano, to the Texas Rangers for pitching prospects John Danks, Nick Masset, and Jacob Rasner.

2010–11 Dallas Mavericks season

The Mavericks are also the third team to win a major sports championship in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, joining the Dallas Cowboys' five Super Bowl titles and the Dallas Stars' only Stanley Cup, leaving the Texas Rangers as the only team to not win a major sports title in the area, as they have not won the World Series.

Adam Eaton

On December 20, 2005, Eaton was traded, along with Akinori Otsuka and Billy Killian to the Texas Rangers for Chris Young, Terrmel Sledge, and Adrian Gonzalez.

Baseball stirrups

A few pro players, such as Casey Janssen of the Toronto Blue Jays, Derek Holland of the Texas Rangers, B.J. Upton of the Atlanta Braves, Bryce Harper of the Washington Nationals, Daniel Descalso of the St. Louis Cardinals and Steve Cishek & Juan Pierre of the Miami Marlins have been spotted wearing genuine stirrups recently to much fanfare.

Battle of Huamantla

The next day, October 9, Lane's vanguard of Texas Rangers under Captain Samuel Walker reached the town and sighted roughly 2,000 Mexican lancers.

Battle of Stone Houses

The Battle of Stone Houses was a skirmish between Texas Rangers and a band of Kichai Indians which took place on November 10, 1837.

Battle of the San Gabriels

A company of Texas Rangers under Lt. James O. Rice had pursued the Mexican agent Manuel Flores and his party of Mexicans and Indians, following their murder of four surveyors working between Seguin and San Antonio, Texas.

Cordova Rebellion

Additional documents were found after a battle on the North San Gabriel River on May 17 and on May 18, 1839, after a party of Texas Rangers defeated a group of Mexicans and Cherokee.

Craig McMurtry

Joe Craig McMurtry (born November 5, 1959 in Troy, Texas) was a pitcher for the Atlanta Braves (1983–86), Texas Rangers (1988–90) and Houston Astros (1995).

Crazy Ray

He was also known as the "Whistling Vendor" at Dallas Tornado soccer games, Texas Rangers baseball games, and at the Dallas Black Hawks minor-league professional ice hockey team at State Fair Coliseum.

Danny Patterson

He was a part of a big trade on November 2, 1999, where the Texas Rangers traded Patterson, Juan González and Gregg Zaun to the Detroit Tigers for Justin Thompson, Francisco Cordero, Gabe Kapler, Bill Haselman, Frank Catalanotto and minor leaguer Alan Webb.

Esmil Rogers

On June 13, in his third start of the season, Rogers pitched 7 innings against Yu Darvish and the Texas Rangers, earning the win in a 3–1 game.

Esteban Beltré

Esteban Valera Beltré (born December 26, 1967 in Ingenio Quisqueya, Dominican Republic) is a former shortstop in Major League Baseball who played for the Chicago White Sox (1991–1992), Texas Rangers (1994–1995) and Boston Red Sox (1996).

Fort Parker massacre

In 1860, she was among a Native American party captured by Texas Rangers at the Battle of Pease River.

Fox Sports New Orleans

Besides the Pelicans, Fox Sports New Orleans also airs games from Major League Baseball's Texas Rangers and the NHL's Dallas Stars (both via sister channel Fox Sports Southwest), as well as Big 12 Conference and Southeastern Conference collegiate sporting events.

George Roden

The Big Spring Police Department was assisted in the search by the Odessa Police Department and the Texas Rangers.

Gerald Laird

Shortly before the 2002 season Oakland traded Laird to the Texas Rangers along with outfielder Ryan Ludwick, Jason Hart and Mario Ramos, for slugging first baseman Carlos Peña and southpaw relief pitcher Mike Venafro.

Gilmer Hernandez

The initial investigation by the Texas Rangers and members of the ATF cleared Hernandez of any wrongdoing.

Helen Giddings

But the Federal Highway Administration repeatedly refused safe passage, and offered to cooperate with the Texas Rangers in arresting the legislators on the Federal Interstate Highways of Texas.

James J. Griffin

James J. Griffin himself is a lifelong horseman, Western enthusiast, and amateur historian of the Texas Rangers.

Joe Bitker

He played for the Oakland Athletics for one game on July 31, 1990, then was traded to the Texas Rangers with Scott Chiamparino for Harold Baines.

John Barclay Armstrong

The film Texas Rangers (2001) portrays the exploits of Armstrong, who is played by actor Robert Patrick.

Josh Rupe

Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 3rd round of the 2002 Major League Baseball Draft out of Louisburg College, Rupe was acquired by the Texas Rangers along with Frank Francisco and minor leaguer Anthony Webster to complete an earlier trade for Carl Everett in July 2003.

Kennesaw State Owls

Five of their alumni have reached the Major Leagues, including Jason Jones of the Texas Rangers, Chad Jenkins of the Toronto Blue Jays, Brett Campbell of the Washington Nationals, and Willie Harris, who earned a World Series ring with the Chicago White Sox in 2005, of the Cincinnati Reds.

KESN

Starting in the 2011 Major League Baseball season, KESN & KZMP has acquired rights to broadcast all Texas Rangers baseball games for the next four years.

Kimi wa Jitensha Watashi wa Densha de Kitaku

The single's April 21 release event at Ikebukuro Sunshine City's Fountain Square featured baseball player Yu Darvish, who wore a baseball uniform with the number 18 instead of 11 (his number in Texas Rangers) to celebrate Cute's 18th single.

London Majors

After pitcher Dave Rozema retired from Major League Baseball (Detroit Tigers, 1977–84, and Texas Rangers, 1985–86) on April 30, 1986, he pitched for the London Majors in the early 1990s.

Marquette Sports Law Review

Michael J. Cramer, former president of the Texas Rangers and Dallas Stars, and James Swiatko, former Lead Articles Editor of the Marquette Sports Law Review and 2007 graduate, "Did Major League Baseball Balk - Why Didn't MLB Bargain to Impasse and Impose Stricter Testing for Performance Enhancing Substances," 17 Marq. Sports L. Rev. 29 (2006).

Marty Martínez

Signed by the Washington Senators as an amateur free agent in 1960, Martínez reached the majors in 1962 with the Minnesota Twins, spending one year with them before moving to the Atlanta Braves (1967–1968), Houston Astros (1969–1971), St. Louis Cardinals (1972), Oakland Athletics (1972) and Texas Rangers (1972).

Matt Carasiti

Carasiti was originally drafted out of high school by the Texas Rangers in the 36th round (1084 overall) of the 2009 Major League Baseball Draft.

Matt Hicks

Matt Hicks (born 1961) is a radio announcer who calls play-by-play for the Texas Rangers alongside Eric Nadel on the radio.

Middletown High School South

Jeff Kunkel (born 1962), former MLB shortstop who played for the Texas Rangers '83 - '91 and Chicago Cubs '92; 1983 1st Round MLB Draft pick (3rd selection overall).

Mike Witt's perfect game

On September 30, 1984, Mike Witt of the California Angels threw a perfect game against the Texas Rangers at Arlington Stadium.

Ramiro Martinez

He served in that role for four years before joining the Texas Rangers.

Seminole State College of Florida

The most notable alumni of Seminole State College of Florida are Mikael Pernfors the former professional tennis player, John Hart the former general manager of the Cleveland Indians and Texas Rangers, Rob Ducey the former Major League Baseball player and olympian, and Doug Marlette the pulitzer prize winning cartoonist.

Shep diagram

It was originally created by Drew Sheppard to demonstrate the constant release point of Texas Rangers starting pitcher Yu Darvish despite the different speeds and locations of the pitches from that release point.

Strong Tower

The title track, "Strong Tower", is used as a walk-up song by an outfielder David Murphy for the Texas Rangers and an outfielder Matt Murton for Japan's Hanshin Tigers.

Tom Hicks Elementary School

The land where the school building sits was donated in 1998 by Thomas O. Hicks, owner of over 400 radio stations, Chairmain of the Board and owner of the Dallas Stars hockey team as well as the Texas Rangers baseball team.

Tom Kramer

Kramer was called up to the Indians for the 1993 season; after mostly pitching in relief until mid-May, he won his first game as a major league pitcher on May 24, throwing a complete game one-hitter against the Texas Rangers.

Walt Masterson

He later served as a pitching coach for the Texas Rangers in 1972 under manager Ted Williams, who had developed a friendship with him while they were teammates in Boston and frequently accompanied Masterson to his vacation house on Long Lake in Bridgton, Maine.


see also

1972 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

With Toby Harrah injured, the Texas Rangers did not have an active player on the AL squad in their first season in Arlington, Texas.

David S. Terry

This unit was raised by his brother Benjamin Franklin Terry and was also known as Terry's Texas Rangers.

Eddie Chiles

Chiles bought the baseball team Texas Rangers in 1980 and served as chairman of the club until 1989 when he sold the team to group of investors that included the future President of the United States George W. Bush, as well as New York stockbroker Richard Gilder, who later happened to marry Chiles' niece.

Garko

Ryan Garko, a first baseman for the Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball

George S. Evans

Born in August 8, 1826 in Tecumseh, Michigan, George S. Evans came to California in 1849 from Texas, where he had served in the Texas Rangers during the Mexican-American War.

Jesse Carlson

A few days later, against the Texas Rangers at the Rogers Centre on April 16, Carlson came on in the 11th inning with the bases loaded and no one out.

John R. Erickson

To avenge the death of Mrs. Sherman, Governor Sam Houston dispatched Captain Sul Ross and his Texas Rangers to pursue the Comanches to the Pease River watershed, near present-day Crowell.

Justin Duchscherer

He went 6-3 with a 2.44 ERA in 12 starts for Double-A Trenton before being traded to the Texas Rangers for catcher Doug Mirabelli.

Kinsler

Ian Kinsler, Major League Baseball all star second baseman (Texas Rangers)

KWNX

KWNX continued to broadcast Texas Rangers games, Texas State football games and occasional Round Rock Express and San Antonio Spurs games.

Larry McCall

On January 4, 1980, McCall was traded by the Texas Rangers with Mike Bucci (minors) and Gary Gray to the Cleveland Indians for David Clyde and Jim Norris.

Maddux

Mike Maddux, former baseball pitcher and current pitching coach for the Texas Rangers

Once Upon a Texas Train

Note: The Texas Rangers characters originally appeared almost twenty years before in the unsold television pilot and TV-movie broadcast in 1969 on ABC, The Over-the-Hill Gang, which was followed by The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again (the sequel didn't feature the Captain Oren Hayes character) starring Walter Brennan as Nash Crawford, Pat O'Brien as Captain Oren Hayes, Chill Wills as Gentleman George Asque and Edgar Buchanan as Jason Fitch.

Pauline Moore

She later worked for Republic Pictures, starring in four Roy Rogers westerns, as well as the film King of the Texas Rangers in 1940, starring football great Sammy Baugh.

Roger Pavlik

Pavlik was drafted by the Texas Rangers in the second round of the 1986 draft out of Aldine High School in Houston.

Samuel Walker

Samuel Hamilton Walker (1817–1847), U.S. Army major in the Mexican-American War and a Texas Rangers captain

San Elizario Salt War

In response to pleas from a frightened Anglo community (numbering fewer than 100 residents out of 5,000 in the county), Governor Richard B. Hubbard answered by sending to El Paso Major John B. Jones, commander of the Texas Rangers' Frontier Battalion.

The struggle climaxed with the siege and surrender of 20 Texas Rangers to a popular army of perhaps 500 men in the town of San Elizario, Texas.

Sterling County, Texas

Fur traders, Texas Rangers, and federal troops passed through the area between 1800 and 1860.

Tales of the Texas Rangers

During the opening and closing credits of the television series, the actors march toward the camera as an off-screen men's chorus sings the theme song, "These Are Tales of Texas Rangers", to the tune of "The Eyes of Texas Are Upon You" and "I've Been Working on the Railroad".

Irving J. Moore, later with Gunsmoke, began his career as a director on two episodes of Tales of the Texas Rangers.

Terry's Texas Rangers

The 8th Texas Cavalry, (1861–1865), popularly known as Terry's Texas Rangers, was a group of Texas volunteers for the Confederate States Army assembled by Colonel Benjamin Franklin Terry in August 1861.

The Over-the-Hill Gang

Elam had the distinction of being one of the bad guys in the original to becoming one of the good guys in the semi-remake, which centers around the former Texas Rangers trying to capture an "over-the-hill" outlaw gang led by Nelson in Once Upon a Texas Train.

Tommy Dunbar

Tom Dunbar, outfielder for Major League Baseball's Texas Rangers

West Sharyland, Texas

Jorge Cantú (1982–present) Major League Baseball player for the Texas Rangers who was born in McAllen, Texas and graduated from Sharyland High School.