List of Texas Rangers Opening Day starting pitchers
Opening Day results

List of Texas Rangers Opening Day starting pitchers

Section Title: Opening Day results
Table Section Text: None

Season	Pitcher	Decision	Final score	Opponent	Location	Attendance	Ref(s)

1961	Dick Donovan	L	3–4	Chicago White Sox	Griffith Stadium	26,725

1962	Bennie Daniels	W	4–1	Detroit Tigers	District of Columbia Stadium	44,383

1963	Don Rudolph	L	1–3	Baltimore Orioles	District of Columbia Stadium	43,022

1964	Claude Osteen	L	0–4	Los Angeles Angels	District of Columbia Stadium	40,145

1965	Phil Ortega	L	2–7	Boston Red Sox	District of Columbia Stadium	43,554

1966	Pete Richert	L	2–5	Cleveland Indians	District of Columbia Stadium	44,468

1967	Pete Richert (2)	L	0–8	New York Yankees	District of Columbia Stadium	44,382

1968	Camilo Pascual	L	0–2	Minnesota Twins	District of Columbia Stadium	32,063

1969	Camilo Pascual (2)	L	4–8	New York Yankees	Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium	45,113

1970	Dick Bosman	L	0–5	Detroit Tigers	Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium	45,015

1971	Dick Bosman (2)	W	8–0	Oakland Athletics	Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium	45,061

1972	Dick Bosman (3)	L	0–1	California Angels	Anaheim Stadium	13,916

1973	Dick Bosman (4)	L	1–3	Chicago White Sox	Arlington Stadium	26,543

1974	Jim Bibby	L	2–7	Oakland Athletics	Arlington Stadium	21,907

1975	Ferguson Jenkins	L	4–11	Minnesota Twins	Arlington Stadium	28,787

1976	Gaylord Perry	W	2–1	Minnesota Twins	Arlington Stadium	28,947

1977	Bert Blyleven	W	2–1	Baltimore Orioles	Memorial Stadium	31,307

1978	Jon Matlack	W	2–1	New York Yankees	Arlington Stadium	40,078

1979	Ferguson Jenkins (2)	W	8–2	Detroit Tigers	Tiger Stadium	43,708

1980	Jon Matlack (2)	ND (W)	1–0	New York Yankees	Arlington Stadium	33,196

1981	Jon Matlack (3)	L	3–10	New York Yankees	Yankee Stadium	55,123

1982	Charlie Hough	W	8–3	Cleveland Indians	Cleveland Stadium	62,443

1983	Mike Smithson	ND (W)	5–3	Chicago White Sox	Arlington Stadium	13,140

1984	Charlie Hough (2)	L	1–9	Cleveland Indians	Arlington Stadium	21,537

1985	Charlie Hough (3)	ND (L)	2–4	Baltimore Orioles	Memorial Stadium	50,402

1986	José Guzmán	W	6–3	Toronto Blue Jays	Arlington Stadium	40,602

1987	Charlie Hough (4)	ND (L)	1–2	Baltimore Orioles	Memorial Stadium	51,650

1988	Charlie Hough (5)	W	4–3	Cleveland Indians	Arlington Stadium	37,613

1989	Charlie Hough (6)	W	4–0	Detroit Tigers	Arlington Stadium	40,375

1990	Nolan Ryan	W	4–2	Toronto Blue Jays	Arlington Stadium	40,907

1991	Nolan Ryan (2)	L	4–5	Milwaukee Brewers	Arlington Stadium	40,560

1992	Nolan Ryan (3)	ND (W)	12–10	Seattle Mariners	Kingdome	55,918

1993	Craig Lefferts	W	7–4	Baltimore Orioles	Oriole Park at Camden Yards	46,145

1994	Kevin Brown	L	3–5	New York Yankees	Yankee Stadium	56,706

1995	Kenny Rogers	L	6–8	New York Yankees	Yankee Stadium	50,525

1996*	Ken Hill	W	5–3	Boston Red Sox	The Ballpark in Arlington	40,484

1997	Ken Hill (2)	W	6–2	Milwaukee Brewers	The Ballpark in Arlington	45,098

1998*	John Burkett	L	2–9	Chicago White Sox	The Ballpark in Arlington	45,909

1999*	Rick Helling	L	5–11	Detroit Tigers	The Ballpark in Arlington	46,650

2000	Kenny Rogers (2)	W	10–4	Chicago White Sox	The Ballpark in Arlington	49,332

2001	Rick Helling (2)	L	1–8	Toronto Blue Jays	Hiram Bithorn Stadium	19,891

2002	Chan Ho Park	L	3–8	Oakland Athletics	Network Associates Coliseum	43,908

2003	Ismael Valdez	W	6–3	Anaheim Angels	Angel Stadium of Anaheim	43,525

2004	Kenny Rogers (3)	ND (L)	4–5	Oakland Athletics	Network Associates Coliseum	45,122

2005	Ryan Drese	L	2–3	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	Angel Stadium of Anaheim	43,590

2006	Kevin Millwood	L	3–7	Boston Red Sox	Ameriquest Field in Arlington	51,541

2007	Kevin Millwood (2)	L	1–4	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	Angel Stadium of Anaheim	43,906

2008	Kevin Millwood (3)	L	2–5	Seattle Mariners	Safeco Field	46,334

2009	Kevin Millwood (4)	W	9–1	Cleveland Indians	Rangers Ballpark in Arlington	49,916

2010**	Scott Feldman	ND (W)	5–4	Toronto Blue Jays	Rangers Ballpark in Arlington	50,299

2011**	C. J. Wilson	ND (W)	9–5	Boston Red Sox	Rangers Ballpark in Arlington	50,146

2012*	Colby Lewis	W	3–2	Chicago White Sox	Rangers Ballpark in Arlington	49,085

2013	Matt Harrison	L	2–8	Houston Astros	Minute Maid Park	41,307

2014	Tanner Scheppers	ND (L)	10–14	Philadelphia Phillies	Globe Life Park in Arlington	49,031

2015*	Yovani Gallardo	L	0–8	Oakland Athletics	O.co Coliseum	36,067

2016*	Cole Hamels	W	3–2	Seattle Mariners	Globe Life Park in Arlington	49,289

2017	Yu Darvish	ND (L)	5–8	Cleveland Indians	Globe Life Park in Arlington	48,350

2018	Cole Hamels (2)	L	1–4	Houston Astros	Globe Life Park in Arlington	47,253

2019	Mike Minor	L	4–12	Chicago Cubs	Globe Life Park in Arlington	48,538

Sentence(s)

In 1996, Ken Hill was the Opening Day starter in a 5–3 win over the Boston Red Sox.

final_sentence: In 1996, Ken Hill was the Opening Day starter in a 5–3 win over the Boston Red Sox.