2023 Texas Rangers season

The 2023 Texas Rangers season was the 63rd of the Texas Rangers franchise overall, their 52nd in Arlington as the Rangers, and the fourth season at Globe Life Field. It was also the team's first season under the management of Bruce Bochy.

The Rangers had six players (five starters) named to the All-Star Game, a franchise record. On September 30, they clinched a playoff berth for the first time since 2016 with a win against the Seattle Mariners.

Despite leading the American League West for most of the season and finishing with the same record as the rival and defending champion Houston Astros, they finished second due to the Astros owning the tiebreaker as a result of taking the season series. The Rangers defeated the Tampa Bay Rays in the ALWCS in a two-game sweep and the Baltimore Orioles in a three-game sweep in the ALDS to advance to the ALCS for the first time since 2011, in which they beat their division and Lone Star Series rival, and defending World Series champions Astros in seven games to claim their first pennant since 2011. They defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks in the fifth game of the World Series to claim their first title in franchise history. The Rangers went 13–4 in the postseason, going 2–4 at home and 11–0 on the road, the most road wins in a postseason in MLB history.

The Texas Rangers drew an average home attendance of 31,272 in 81 home games in the 2023 MLB season, the 16th highest in the league. The total attendance was 2,533,062.

Offseason On October 21, 2022, the Rangers hired Bruce Bochy to be their manager for the 2023 season.

Regular season The Rangers finished the 2022 season 68–94, an improvement on their 2021 record of 60–102. They finished 38 games out of 1st and missed the postseason for the sixth consecutive season.

Rule changes Pursuant to the CBA, new rule changes were in place for the 2023 season:

institution of a pitch clock between pitches; limits on pickoff attempts per plate appearance; limits on defensive shifts requiring two infielders to be on either side of second and be within the boundary of the infield; and larger bases (increased to 18-inch squares);

Season standings

American League West

American League Wild Card

Record vs. opponents Record vs. American League

Record vs. National League

Game log

Legend Rangers Win Rangers Loss Game postponed Clinched playoff spot

|- style="background:#bfb;" | 1 || March 30 || Phillies || 11–7 || Ragans (1–0) || Soto (0–1) || — || 38,387 || 1–0 || W1 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 2 || April 1 || Phillies || 16–3 || Eovaldi (1–0) || Wheeler (0–1) || — || 31,916 || 2–0 || W2 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 3 || April 2 || Phillies || 2–1 || Pérez (1–0) || Falter (0–1) || Smith (1) || 25,823 || 3–0 || W3 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 4 || April 3 || Orioles || 0–2 || Coulombe (1–0) || Gray (0–1) || Bautista (2) || 15,867 || 3–1 || L1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 5 || April 4 || Orioles || 2–7 || Gibson (2–0) || Heaney (0–1) || — || 16,268 || 3–2 || L2 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 6 || April 5 || Orioles || 5–2 || deGrom (1–0)|| Voth (0–1) || Leclerc (1) || 18,560 || 4–2 || W1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 7 || April 7 || @ Cubs || 0–2 || Stroman (2–0) || Eovaldi (1–1) || Fulmer (1) || 29,094 || 4–3 || L1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 8 || April 8 || @ Cubs || 3–10 || Steele (1–0) || Pérez (1–1) || — || 33,578 || 4–4 || L2 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 9 || April 9 || @ Cubs || 8–2 || Gray (1–1) || Taillon (0–2) || — || 28,807 || 5–4 || W1 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 10 || April 10 || Royals || 11–2 || Heaney (1–1) || Greinke (0–3) || — || 17,430 || 6–4 || W2 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 11 || April 11 || Royals || 8–5 || Ragans (2–0) || Barlow (0–1) || — || 17,760 || 7–4 || W3 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 12 || April 12 || Royals || 1–10 || Keller (2–1) || Eovaldi (1–2) || — || 18,380 || 7–5 || L1 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 13 || April 14 || @ Astros || 6–2 || Pérez (2–1) || García (0–2) || — || 39,343 || 8–5 || W1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 14 || April 15 || @ Astros || 2–8 || Brown (2–0) || Ragans (2–1) || — || 39,257 || 8–6 || L1 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 15 || April 16 || @ Astros || 9–1 || Burke (1–0) || Valdez (1–2) || — || 39,122 || 9–6 || W1 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 16 || April 17 || @ Royals || 4–0 || Dunning (1–0) || Lyles (0–3) || — || 11,068 || 10–6 || W2 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 17 || April 18 || @ Royals || 12–2 || Eovaldi (2–2) || Keller (2–2) || — || 12,118 || 11–6 || W3 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 18 || April 19 || @ Royals || 12–3 || Pérez (3–1) || Singer (1–2) || — || 10,388 || 12–6 || W4 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 19 || April 21 || Athletics || 4–5 || Jackson (1–1) || Smith (0–1) || Familia (1) || 28,775 || 12–7 || L1 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 20 || April 22 || Athletics || 18–3 || Heaney (2–1) || Fujinami (0–4) || — || 32,388 || 13–7 || W1 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 21 || April 23 || Athletics || 5–2 || deGrom (2–0) || Muller (0–2) || Smith (2) || 34,916 || 14–7 || W2 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 22 || April 24 || @ Reds || 6–7 || Díaz (1–1) || Leclerc (0–1) || — || 8,810 || 14–8 || L1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 23 || April 25 || @ Reds || 6–7 || Sanmartin (1–0) || Kennedy (0–1) || Díaz (3) || 9,969 || 14–9 || L2 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 24 || April 26 || @ Reds || 3–5 || Sims (1–0) || Hernández (0–1) || — || 10,256 || 14–10 || L3 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 25 || April 27 || Yankees || 2–4 || Cole (5–0) || Heaney (2–2) || King (1) || 31,325 || 14–11 || L4 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 26 || April 28 || Yankees || 5–2 || Dunning (2–0) || Schmidt (0–3) || Smith (3) || 36,341 || 15–11 || W1 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 27 || April 29 || Yankees || 2–0 || Eovaldi (3–2) || Brito (2–3) || — || 40,027 || 16–11 || W2 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 28 || April 30 || Yankees || 15–2 || Pérez (4–1) || Cortés Jr. (3–2) || — || 39,078 || 17–11 || W3

|- style="background:#bfb;" | 29 || May 2 || Diamondbacks || 6–4 || Burke (2–0) || McGough (0–3) || Smith (4) || 23,086 || 18–11 || W4 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 30 || May 3 || Diamondbacks || 7–12 || Mantiply (1–0) || Sborz (0–2) || — || 21,427 || 18–12 || L1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 31 || May 5 || @ Angels || 4–5 || Estévez (1–1) || Smith (0–2) || — || 39,073 || 18–13 || L2 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 32 || May 6 || @ Angels || 10–1 || Eovaldi (4–2) || Detmers (0–3) || — || 37,409 || 19–13 || W1 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 33 || May 7 || @ Angels || 16–8 || Sborz (1–1) || Suárez (1–2) || — || 41,641 || 20–13 || W2 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 34 || May 8 || @ Mariners || 2–1 || Gray (2–1) || Gilbert (1–2) || Smith (5) || 15,282 || 21–13 || W3 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 35 || May 9 || @ Mariners || 0–5 || Kirby (4–2) || Heaney (2–3) || — || 17,638 || 21–14 || L1 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 36 || May 10 || @ Mariners || 4–3 || Dunning (3–0) || Castillo (2–1) || Smith (6) || 22,480 || 22–14 || W1 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 37 || May 11 || @ Athletics || 4–0 || Eovaldi (5–2) || Medina (0–2) || Smith (7) || 2,949 || 23–14 || W2 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 38 || May 12 || @ Athletics || 7–9 || Fujinami (1–4) || Burke (2–1) || — || 6,575 || 23–15 || L1 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 39 || May 13 || @ Athletics || 5–0 || Gray (3–1) || Kaprielian (0–3) || — || 8,230 || 24–15 || W1 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 40 || May 14 || @ Athletics || 11–3 || Hernández (1–1) || Pruitt (0–1) || — || 7,793 || 25–15 || W2 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 41 || May 15 || Braves || 0–12 || Morton (5–3) || Bradford (0–1) || — || 26,791 || 25–16 || L1 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 42 || May 16 || Braves || 7–4 || Dunning (4–0) || Shuster (0–2) || Smith (8) || 23,246 || 26–16 || W1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 43 || May 17 || Braves || 5–6 || Anderson (2–0) || Burke (2–2) || Iglesias (2) || 30,053 || 26–17 || L1 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 44 || May 19 || Rockies || 7–2 || Pérez (5–1) || Kauffmann (0–1) || — || 30,819 || 27–17 || W1 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 45 || May 20 || Rockies || 11–5 || Gray (4–1) || Freeland (4–5) || — || 34,443 || 28–17 || W2 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 46 || May 21 || Rockies || 13–3 || Heaney (3–3) || Seabold (1–1) || — || 32,733 || 29–17 || W3 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 47 || May 22 || @ Pirates || 4–6 || Ortiz (1–2) || Sborz (1–2) || — || 10,574 || 29–18 || L1 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 48 || May 23 || @ Pirates || 6–1 || Eovaldi (6–2) || Hill (4–4) || — || 12,061 || 30–18 || W1 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 49 || May 24 || @ Pirates || 3–2 || Pérez (6–1) || Oviedo (3–4) || Smith (9) || 18,347 || 31–18 || W2 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 50 || May 26 || @ Orioles || 12–2 || Gray (5–1) || Rodriguez (2–2) || — || 20,293 || 32–18 || W3 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 51 || May 27 || @ Orioles || 5–3 || Heaney (4–3) || Kremer (5–2) || — || 37,939 || 33–18 || W4 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 52 || May 28 || @ Orioles || 2–3 || Coulombe (2–1) || Ragans (2–2) || Bautista (13) || 25,124 || 33–19 || L1 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 53 || May 29 || @ Tigers || 5–0 || Eovaldi (7–2) || Boyd (3–4) || — || 19,021 || 34–19 || W1 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 54 || May 30 || @ Tigers || 10–6 || Anderson (1–0) || Faedo (1–3) || — || 14,616 || 35–19 || W2 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 55 || May 31 || @ Tigers || 2–3 || Vest (2–0) || Dunning (4–1) || Lange (10) || 20,968 || 35–20 || L1

|- style="background:#bfb;" | 56 || June 2 || Mariners || 2–0 || Gray (6–1) || Castillo (4–3) || Smith (10) || 31,685 || 36–20 || W1 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 57 || June 3 || Mariners || 16–6 || Sborz (2–2) || Woo (0–1) || — || 34,435 || 37–20 || W2 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 58 || June 4 || Mariners || 12–3 || Eovaldi (8–2) || Miller (3–3) || — || 36,496 || 38–20 || W3 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 59 || June 5 || Cardinals || 4–3 || Smith (1–2)|| Cabrera (1–1) || — || 25,161 || 39–20 || W4 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 60 || June 6 || Cardinals || 6–4 || Dunning (5–1) || Liberatore (1–2) || Smith (11) || 28,151 || 40–20 || W5 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 61 || June 7 || Cardinals || 0–1 || Hicks (1–3) || Gray (6–2) || Helsley (7) || 30,251 || 40–21 || L1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 62 || June 9 || @ Rays || 3–8 || Glasnow (1–0) || Heaney (4–4) || — || 17,447 || 40–22 || L2 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 63 || June 10 || @ Rays || 8–4 || Eovaldi (9–2) || Bradley (4–3) || — || 18,932 || 41–22 || W1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 64 || June 11 || @ Rays || 3–7 || McClanahan (10–1) || Pérez (6–2) || — || 23,069 || 41–23 || L1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 65 || June 12 || Angels || 6–9 || Bachman (1–0) || Ragans (2–3) || — || 26,667 || 41–24 || L2 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 66 || June 13 || Angels || 3–7 || Herget (1–2) || White (0–1) || Estévez (18) || 25,832 || 41–25 || L3 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 67 || June 14 || Angels || 6–3 || Sborz (3–2) || Herget (1–3) || — || 25,406 || 42–25 || W1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 68 || June 15 || Angels || 3–5 || Ohtani (6–2) || Eovaldi (9–3) || Webb (1) || 35,092 || 42–26 || L1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 69 || June 16 || Blue Jays || 1–2 || Gausman (6–3) || Pérez (6–3) || Romano (20) || 23,069 || 42–27 || L2 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 70 || June 17 || Blue Jays || 4–2 || Dunning (6–1) || Richards (0–1) || Smith (12) || 39,383 || 43–27 || W1 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 71 || June 18 || Blue Jays || 11–7 || King (1–0) || Pearson (4–1) || — || 38,515 || 44–27 || W2 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 72 || June 19 || @ White Sox || 5–2 || Heaney (5–4) || Banks (0–2) || Smith (13) || 15,554 || 45–27 || W3 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 73 || June 20 || @ White Sox || 6–7 || Graveman (2–3) || Anderson (1–1) || — || 21,048 || 45–28 || L1 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 74 || June 21 || @ White Sox || 6–3 || Pérez (7–3) || Kopech (3–6) || — || 18,963 || 46–28 || W1 |- style="background:#bfb;"