Our All-Time Top 50 Texas Rangers have been updated to reflect the 2023 Season
Yes, we know that this is taking a while!
As many of you know, we here at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the top 50 of each major North American sports team. That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists out, and we always consistently look to update them when we can and based on necessity. As such, we are very happy to present our post-2022/23 revision of our top 50 Texas Rangers.
As for all of our top 50 players in baseball, we look at the following:
1. Advanced Statistics.
2. Traditional statistics and how they finished in Major League Baseball.
3. Playoff accomplishments.
4. Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles that are not reflected in a stat sheet.
Last year, very few expected the Rangers to make the playoffs, let alone win the World Series, but they shocked the world and won it all. This led to three new entrants and one elevation.
As always, we present our top five, which saw no changes.
5. Frank Howard
You can find the entire list here.
The first of the three new entrants is Shortstop Corey Seager, who was the World Series MVP and an All-MLB 1 Selection in 2023.
Outfielder and two-time All-Star Adolis Garcia makes his first appearance at #35.
Second Baseman Marcus Semien is the last new entry, debuting at #36. Like Seager, He was also an All-MLB 1 Selection in 2023.
The only elevation was Pitcher Martin Perez, who advanced two spots to #43.
As always, we thank you for your support, and look for more revisions in the future.
Our All-Time Top 50 Texas Rangers have been revised to reflect the 2022 Season
Yes, we know that this is taking a while!
As many of you know, we here at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the 50 of each major North American sports team. That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists out and we always consistently look to update them when we can and based on necessity. As such, we are very happy to present our post 2021 revision of our top Texas Rangers.
As for all of our top 50 players in basketball we look at the following:
1. Advanced Statistics.
2. Traditional statistics and how they finished in the American League.
3. Playoff accomplishments.
4. Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles not reflected in a stat sheet.
Last year, Texas signed some talent, but was not able to do much in regards to the standings and were basement dwellers. There was a returnee, that allowed a new entrant to the Top 50, but that did not impact the upper tier.
As always, we present our top five, which was not impacted by last season:
5. Frank Howard
You can find the entire list here.
The only new entrant on the list is All-Star and Starting Pitcher, Martin Perez, who debuts at #45.
We welcome your input and comments and as always, we thank you for your support.
44. Martin Perez
Martín Pérez's journey in Texas has been winding and challenging yet ultimately successful. Signed from Venezuela in 2007 as a promising 16-year-old, he was seen as the franchise's future ace. His full-time MLB debut in 2012 marked a struggle with inconsistency, injuries, and thriving in a hitter-friendly park.
For nearly seven years, Pérez functioned as a notably volatile member of the back end of the rotation. Although he demonstrated unmistakable signs of potential—including a commendable debut in 2013 with a 3.62 ERA and two 10-win seasons in 2016 and 2017—his overall effectiveness was significantly impeded by a lack of strikeout capability and notable vulnerability to base runners. He regularly struggled to control hits and walks, leading to elevated WHIP values consistently exceeding 1.40. After a particularly poor, injury-affected 2018 season during which his record declined to 2–7 and his ERA surged to 6.22, the organization decided to part ways, enabling him to join the free agent market.
Pérez spent the subsequent three summers traveling through Minnesota and Boston, reformulating his pitching sequence and refining his cut fastball. When he discreetly returned to Arlington on a modest one-year contract prior to the 2022 season, no one anticipated the historic resurgence that was imminent.
Returning to his original mound, the veteran lefty engineered an absolute masterpiece of a season. Pérez completely paralyzed American League hitters, inducing weak groundballs at an elite clip, and posted a spectacular 12–8 record with a career-best 2.89 ERA and a sharp 1.25 WHIP. As the defining bright spot on a transitioning Texas roster, his relentless mastery earned him a well-deserved inaugural career All-Star selection.
That individual breakthrough perfectly set the stage for an unforgettable 2023 victory lap. Though he eventually transitioned into a lower-end starter and a high-leverage reliever as the season progressed, his veteran poise and durable presence helped anchor the staff all the way to the finish line. When the dust settled in October, Pérez officially achieved baseball immortality, celebrating on the diamond as a crucial component of the Rangers' historic first-ever World Series championship squad.
Pérez departed the franchise for a second time that winter, signing a free-agent contract with Pittsburgh for the 2024 season. With the Rangers, Pérez appeared in 213 games (185 starts) and posted a winning 65–61 record while logging 1,102.1 innings. He also had 642 strikeouts.
