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36. Al Oliver

A two-time All-Star and two-time Silver Slugger with the Texas Rangers, Al Oliver continued his hitting ways at Arlington.  “Scoop” was a .300 hitter in all of his four seasons in Texas smacking 668 Hits over this relatively short time span.

32. Will Clark

While Will “The Thrill” Clark had his best seasons with the San Francisco Giants, he was still a decent player with the Texas Rangers, earning an All Star appearance in his first year in Texas.  Clark only had one season where he hit below .300 and had an OBP of .395 for Texas, all of which were still great numbers for a man in “decline”.

22. Yu Darvish

From the basbeall factory of Japan, Yu Darvish arrived after a specacular career in the Nippon League to the Texas Rangers where he got off to a very good start.  Darvish would be named an All Star in his first three seasons where his best year would be in 2013 where he led the American League in Strikeouts and H/9 and was the second place finisher for the Cy Young.  Tommy John suregery took him out of the 2015 season but he would return in 2016 and in the 2017 season he was named an All Star again, though he would b traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers that year.  Darvish would win 52 Games with 960 Ks as a Ranger.

33. Bump Wills

Bump Wills played his first five years of professional baseball with the Texas Rangers where the son of Maury Wills continued his father’s legacy of stealing bases and to this day still holds the single season record for Stolen Bases (52) for the team.  Wills was not much of a slugger but made up for it with above average defense at Second Base.