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”.

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.

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.

The Hall of Fame spitball Pitcher, Gaylord Perry, spent three-and-half-seasons with the Texas Rangers over two tours, the first seeing a run as the club’s ace in the mid-70’s.  Perry had a 48 and 43 record with a 3.26 ERA in Texas and finished in the top five in FIP each year.  Perry was elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1991.