# 2016 Texas Rangers season

The 2016 Texas Rangers season was the Rangers' 56th season of the franchise in Major League Baseball (MLB), and the 45th since the team relocated to Arlington, Texas. The Rangers won the American League West title for the second straight season, with the best record in the American League. However, for the second straight year, they lost to the Toronto Blue Jays in the ALDS, this time in three games. The Rangers set an MLB record by going 36–11 in one-run games. Because of this stat, as well as the team winning 95 games instead of their projected 80 wins, baseball pundits viewed the Rangers as a "lucky" team.

## Regular season
### Season standings
#### American League West

vteAL West :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Texas Rangers | 95 | 67 | .586 | — | 53‍–‍28 | 42‍–‍39 |
| Seattle Mariners | 86 | 76 | .531 | 9 | 44‍–‍37 | 42‍–‍39 |
| Houston Astros | 84 | 78 | .519 | 11 | 43‍–‍38 | 41‍–‍40 |
| Los Angeles Angels | 74 | 88 | .457 | 21 | 40‍–‍41 | 34‍–‍47 |
| Oakland Athletics | 69 | 93 | .426 | 26 | 34‍–‍47 | 35‍–‍46 |

#### American League division leaders and Wild Card

vteDivision Leaders :
| Team | W | L | Pct. |
| Texas Rangers | 95 | 67 | .586 |
| Cleveland Indians | 94 | 67 | .584 |
| Boston Red Sox | 93 | 69 | .574 |
vteWild Card teams (Top 2 teams qualify for postseason) :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 89 | 73 | .549 | — |
| Baltimore Orioles | 89 | 73 | .549 | — |
| Detroit Tigers | 86 | 75 | .534 | 2½ |
| Seattle Mariners | 86 | 76 | .531 | 3 |
| New York Yankees | 84 | 78 | .519 | 5 |
| Houston Astros | 84 | 78 | .519 | 5 |
| Kansas City Royals | 81 | 81 | .500 | 8 |
| Chicago White Sox | 78 | 84 | .481 | 11 |
| Los Angeles Angels | 74 | 88 | .457 | 15 |
| Oakland Athletics | 69 | 93 | .426 | 20 |
| Tampa Bay Rays | 68 | 94 | .420 | 21 |
| Minnesota Twins | 59 | 103 | .364 | 30 |

#### Record against opponents

2016 American League recordvte Source: MLB Standings Grid - 2016 :
| Team | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | HOU | KC | LAA | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TB | TEX | TOR | NL |
| Baltimore | — | 8–11 | 4–3 | 5–1 | 5–2 | 1–6 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 5–1 | 10–9 | 3–4 | 1–6 | 13–6 | 3–4 | 9–10 | 14–6 |
| Boston | 11–8 | — | 3–4 | 4–2 | 2–5 | 5–2 | 2–4 | 4–3 | 4–3 | 11–8 | 5–1 | 4–3 | 12–7 | 3–3 | 9–10 | 14–6 |
| Chicago | 3–4 | 4–3 | — | 8–11 | 7–12 | 3–3 | 5–14 | 2–5 | 12–7 | 3–3 | 5–2 | 4–3 | 4–3 | 4–2 | 5–1 | 9–11 |
| Cleveland | 1–5 | 2–4 | 11–8 | — | 14–4 | 3–4 | 14–5 | 6–1 | 10–9 | 2–5 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 5–1 | 2–5 | 4–3 | 13–7 |
| Detroit | 2–5 | 5–2 | 12–7 | 4–14 | — | 4–2 | 7–12 | 2–4 | 15–4 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 4–3 | 6–1 | 2–4 | 3–4 | 13–7 |
| Houston | 6–1 | 2–5 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 2–4 | — | 3–4 | 13–6 | 5–2 | 2–4 | 13–6 | 11–8 | 3–3 | 4–15 | 2–5 | 11–9 |
| Kansas City | 2–4 | 4–2 | 14–5 | 5–14 | 12–7 | 4–3 | — | 1–5 | 15–4 | 2–5 | 1–6 | 3–4 | 5–2 | 1–6 | 2–4 | 10–10 |
| Los Angeles | 2–4 | 3–4 | 5–2 | 1–6 | 4–2 | 6–13 | 5–1 | — | 2–4 | 1–6 | 12–7 | 8–11 | 3–4 | 9–10 | 4–3 | 9–11 |
| Minnesota | 1–5 | 3–4 | 7–12 | 9–10 | 4–15 | 2–5 | 4–15 | 4–2 | — | 2–5 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 5–2 | 1–6 | 8–12 |
| New York | 9–10 | 8–11 | 3–3 | 5–2 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 5–2 | 6–1 | 5–2 | — | 4–3 | 3–3 | 11–8 | 3–4 | 7–12 | 8–12 |
| Oakland | 4–3 | 1–5 | 2–5 | 2–4 | 3–4 | 6–13 | 6–1 | 7–12 | 4–2 | 3–4 | — | 7–12 | 5–2 | 9–10 | 3–3 | 7–13 |
| Seattle | 6–1 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 4–3 | 3–4 | 8–11 | 4–3 | 11–8 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 12–7 | — | 4–2 | 7–12 | 3–3 | 13–7 |
| Tampa Bay | 6–13 | 7–12 | 3–4 | 1–5 | 1–6 | 3–3 | 2–5 | 4–3 | 4–3 | 8–11 | 2–5 | 2–4 | — | 4–2 | 11–8 | 10–10 |
| Texas | 4–3 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 5–2 | 4–2 | 15–4 | 6–1 | 10–9 | 2–5 | 4–3 | 10–9 | 12–7 | 2–4 | — | 3–4 | 13–7 |
| Toronto | 10–9 | 10–9 | 1–5 | 3–4 | 4–3 | 5–2 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 6–1 | 12–7 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 8–11 | 4–3 | — | 13–7 |

### Game log

2016 Game Log 95–67 (Home: 53–28; Away: 42–39) :
April: 14–10 (Home: 10–4; Away: 4–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
1April 4Mariners3–2Hamels (1–0)Hernández (0–1)Tolleson (1)49,2891–0W1
2April 5Mariners2–10Vincent (1–0)Barnette (0–1)—28,3861–1L1
3April 6Mariners5–9Benoit (1–0)Tolleson (0–1)—26,9451–2L2
4April 7@ Angels3–4Street (1–0)Dyson (0–1)—39,0891–3L3
5April 8@ Angels7–3Griffin (1–0)Shoemaker (0–1)—35,2072–3W1
6April 9@ Angels4–1Hamels (2–0)Richards (0–2)Tolleson (2)38,1063–3W2
7April 10@ Angels1–3J. Weaver (1–0)M. Pérez (0–1)H. Street (1)35,0973–4L1
8April 11@ Mariners7–3C. Lewis (1–0)H. Iwakuma (0–1)—13,4684–4W1
9April 12@ Mariners8–0D. Holland (1–0)W. Miley (0–1)—13,3765–4W2
10April 13@ Mariners2–4 (10)S. Cishek (1–0)J. Diekman (0–1)—15,0755–5L1
11April 14Orioles6–3T. Wilhelmsen (1-0)C. Tillman (1-1)S. Tolleson (3)22,8206–5W1
12April 15Orioles5–11V. Worley (1-0)T. Wilhelmsen (1-1)—32,6286–6L1
13April 16Orioles8–4K. Kela (1-0)T. J. McFarland (0-1)—39,4937–6W1
–April 17OriolesPostponed (rain). Makeup date: June 20th.
14April 19Astros7–5D. Holland (2-0)S. Feldman (0-2)S. Tolleson (4)24,1818–6W2
15April 20Astros2–1C. Hamels (3-0)D. Fister (1-2)S. Tolleson (5)25,8219–6W3
16April 21Astros7–4A.J. Griffin (2-0)D. Keuchel (2-2)S. Tolleson (6)25,88610–6W4
17April 22@ White Sox0–5J. Quintana (2-1)M. Pérez (0-2)—15,48610–7L1
18April 23@ White Sox3–4 (11)M. Albers (1-0)N. Martinez (0-1)—20,18210–8L2
19April 24@ White Sox1–4M. Latos (4-0)D. Holland (2-1)D. Robertson (7)26,05810–9L3
20April 25Yankees1–3N. Eovaldi (1-2)C. Ramos (0-1)A. Miller (5)31,45310–10L4
21April 26Yankees10-1A.J. Griffin (3-0)L. Severino (0-3)—26,16311–10W1
22April 27Yankees3–2M. Pérez (1-2)CC Sabathia (1-2)S. Tolleson (7)35,47712–10W2
23April 29Angels4–2C. Lewis (2-0)H. Santiago (2-1)S. Tolleson (8)29,58913–10W3
24April 30Angels7–2D. Holland (3-1)M. Shoemaker (1-4)—41,57114–10W4 :
May: 17–11 (Home: 8–5; Away: 9–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
25May 1Angels6–9G. Mahle (1-0)T. Wilhelmsen (1-2)—39,40114–11L1
26May 2@ Blue Jays2–1T. Barnette (1-1)G. Floyd (0-2)S. Tolleson (9)25,32315–11W1
27May 3@ Blue Jays1–3 (10)J. Biagini (1-1)P. Klein (0-1)—24,43715–12L1
28May 4@ Blue Jays3–4R. Osuna (1-0)T. Barnette (1-2)—25,22915–13L2
29May 5@ Blue Jays2–12J. A. Happ (4-0)D. Holland (3-2)—35,46815–14L3
30May 6@ Tigers5–1C. Hamels (4-0)J. Zimmermann (5-1)—28,52216–14W1
31May 7@ Tigers10–5A. Ranaudo (1-0)K. Ryan (0-1)S. Tolleson (10)35,55117–14W2
32May 8@ Tigers8–3T. Wilhelmsen (2-2)M. Lowe (1-1)—35,40618–14W3
33May 9White Sox4–8 (12)D. Jennings (1-0)C. Ramos (0-2)—22,95818–15L1
34May 10White Sox13–11A. Claudio (1-0)M. Albers (1-1)S. Tolleson (11)25,80419–15W1
35May 11White Sox6–5T. Barnette (2-2)D. Jennings (1-1)S. Dyson (1)29,02320–15W2
36May 13Blue Jays0–5R. A. Dickey (2-4)M. Pérez (1-3)—40,34420–16L1
37May 14Blue Jays6–5 (10)T. Barnette (3-2)G. Floyd (1-3)—47,11521–16W1
38May 15Blue Jays7-6M. Bush (1-0)J. Chavez (0-1)S. Dyson (2)41,32722–16W2
39May 16@ Athletics1–3S. Manaea (1-1)D. Holland (3-3)R. Madson (11)10,06822–17L1
40May 17@ Athletics5–8R. Madson (2-0)S. Tolleson (0-2)—12,71822–18L2
41May 18@ Athletics1–8R. Hill (6-3)M. Pérez (1-4)—14,32322–19L3
42May 20@ Astros2–1C. Lewis (3-0)L. McCullers (0-1)S. Dyson (3)28,72423–19W1
43May 21@ Astros2–1C. Ramos (1-2)M. Fiers (3-2)S. Dyson (4)25,88624–19W2
44May 22@ Astros9–2C. Hamels (5-0)D. Keuchel (2-6)—35,03525–19W3
45May 23Angels0–2N. Tropeano (3-2)D. Holland (3-4)J. Smith (6)25,29825–20L1
46May 24Angels4–1M. Pérez (2-4)J. Chacín (1-3)S. Dyson (5)26,12526–20W1
47May 25Angels15–9C. Lewis (4-0)H. Santiago (3-3)—32,48027–20W2
48May 27Pirates1–9J. Niese (5-2)C. Hamels (5-1)—37,64527–21L1
49May 28Pirates5–2Y. Darvish (1-0)J. Nicasio (4-4)—46,95028–21W1
50May 29Pirates6–2M. Pérez (3-4)F. Liriano (4-4)—44,61329–21W2
51May 30@ Indians9–2D. Holland (4-4)J. Tomlin (7-1)C. Ramos (1)14,51430–21W3
52May 31@ Indians7–3C. Lewis (5-0)C. Kluber (4-6)S. Dyson (6)10,42831–21W4 :
June: 20–8 (Home: 10–3; Away: 10–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
53June 1@ Indians4–5 (11)T. Gorzelanny (1-0)A. Claudio (1-1)—10,52431–22L1
54June 3Mariners7–3Y. Darvish (2-0)T. Walker (2-6)—32,39532–22W1
55June 4Mariners10–4M. Pérez (4-4)N. Karns (5-2)—34,31733–22W2
56June 5Mariners3–2D. Holland (5-4)H. Iwakuma (4-5)S. Dyson (7)37,61634–22W3
57June 6Astros6–5S. Dyson (1-1)K. Giles (0-3)—30,02135–22W4
58June 7Astros4–3J. Diekman (1-1)D. Keuchel (3-8)S. Dyson (8)32,18936–22W5
59June 8Astros1–3D. Fister (6-3)T. Wilhelmsen (2-3)W. Harris (2)37,69636–23L1
60June 9Astros5–3M. Pérez (5-4)C. McHugh (5-5)J. Diekman (1)30,14537–23W1
61June 10@ Mariners5–7H. Iwakuma (5-5)D. Holland (5-5)S. Cishek (14)37,05537–24L1
62June 11@ Mariners2–1 (11)M. Bush (2-0)M. Montgomery (2-1)S. Dyson (9)36,05538–24W1
63June 12@ Mariners6–4C. Hamels (6-1)W. Miley (6-3)S. Dyson (10)39,25139–24W2
64June 13@ Athletics5–14D. Coulombe (1-0)C. Ramos (1-3)Z. Neal (1)13,45339–25L1
65June 14@ Athletics10–6M. Pérez (6-4)E. Surkamp (0-4)—13,10140–25W1
66June 15@ Athletics7–5N. Martinez (1-1)J. Axford (3-2)S. Dyson (11)10,11541–25W2
67June 16@ Athletics5–1C. Lewis (6-0)D. Mengden (0-2)—14,23642–25W3
68June 17@ Cardinals1–0C. Hamels (7-1)M. Wacha (2-7)S. Dyson (12)44,06443–25W4
69June 18@ Cardinals4–3S. Tolleson (1-2)T. Rosenthal (2-2)J. Diekman (2)44,37544–25W5
70June 19@ Cardinals5–4T. Barnette (4-2)M. Bowman (1-2)S. Dyson (13)44,89745–25W6
71June 20Orioles4–3S. Tolleson (2-2)K. Gausman (0-5)S. Dyson (14)35,36646–25W7
72June 21Reds2–8A. DeSclafani (1-0)C. Lewis (6-1)—32,29146–26L1
73June 22Reds6–4C. Hamels (8-1)D. Straily (4-4)S. Dyson (15)32,40747–26W1
74June 24Red Sox7–8H. Hembree (4-0)M. Bush (2-1)K. Uehara (2)46,81147–27L1
75June 25Red Sox10–3C. Ramos (2-3)S. Wright (8-5)—47,55948–27W1
76June 26Red Sox6–2M. Pérez (7-4)C. Buchholz (3-8)—36,31249–27W2
77June 27@ Yankees9–6T. Barnette (5-2)K. Yates (2-1)S. Dyson (16)32,91450–27W3
78June 28@ Yankees7–1C. Hamels (9-1)CC Sabathia (5-5)—32,37351–27W4
79June 29@ Yankees7–9L. Cessa (1-0)S. Dyson (1-2)—39,87551–28L1
80June 30@ Yankees1–2A. Chapman (2-0)T. Barnette (5-3)—39,93451–29L2 :
July: 11–15 (Home: 6–5; Away: 5–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
81July 1@ Twins3–2 (10)M. Bush (3–1)F. Abad (1–3)S. Dyson (17)25,53052–29W1
82July 2@ Twins5–17T. Duffey (4–6)C. Gonzalez (0–1)—21,46652–30L1
83July 3@ Twins4–5K. Gibson (2–5)C. Hamels (9–2)B. Kintzler (4)26,94252–31L2
84July 4@ Red Sox5–12R. Porcello (10–2)N. Martinez (1–2)—36,25352–32L3
85July 5@ Red Sox7–2C. Ramos (3–3)D. Price (8–6)—35,96453–32W1
86July 6@ Red Sox6–11S. Wright (10–5)M. Pérez (7–5)—37,17553–33L1
87July 7Twins1–10T. Duffey (5–6)C. Gonzalez (0–2)—43,93453–34L2
88July 8Twins6–5T. Barnette (6–3)R. Pressly (2–5)S. Dyson (18)40,33054–34W1
89July 9Twins6–8R. Nolasco (4–7)K. Lohse (0–1)B. Kintzler (5)37,70854–35L1
90July 10Twins5–15T. Milone (2–2)A.J. Griffin (3–1)—31,97854–36L2
87th All-Star Game in San Diego, California
91July 15@ Cubs0–6K. Hendricks (8–6)M. Pérez (7–6)—41,48254–37L3
92July 16@ Cubs1–3J. Hammel (8-5)Y. Darvish (2–1)H. Rondon (15)41,34654–38L4
93July 17@ Cubs4–1C. Hamels (10–2)J. Lackey (7–6)S. Dyson (19)41,21355–38W1
94July 18@ Angels5-9J. C. Ramirez (2–3)K. Kela (1–1)—36,02055–39L1
95July 19@ Angels6–8T. Lincecum (2–3)K. Lohse (0–2)H. Street (8)36,36855–40L2
96July 20@ Angels4–7H. Santiago (8–4)M. Pérez (7–7)—37,09555–41L3
97July 22@ Royals1–3D. Duffy (6–1)Y. Darvish (2–2)W. Davis (21)33,53555–42L4
98July 23@ Royals7–4C. Hamels (11–2)Y. Ventura (6–8)—32,13256–42W1
99July 24@ Royals2–1A. Claudio (2–1)L. Hochevar (2–3)S. Dyson (20)32,73957–42W2
100July 25Athletics7–6J. Diekman (2–1)R. Madson (3–4)—27,29258–42W3
101July 26Athletics3–6S. Gray (5–9)N. Martinez (1–3)—25,27258–43L1
102July 27Athletics4–6R. Dull (5–2)M. Bush (3–2)R. Madson (22)29,63058–44L2
103July 28Royals3–2C. Hamels (12–2)Y. Ventura (6–9)S. Dyson (21)36,00859–44W1
104July 29Royals8–3A.J. Griffin (4–1)E. Volquez (8–9)—40,00860–44W2
105July 30Royals2–1M. Bush (4–2)B. Pounders (1–1)—47,12561–44W3
106July 31Royals5–3L. Harrell (3–2)D. Gee (3–5)S. Dyson (22)32,80662–44W4 :
August: 18–10 (Home: 11–4; Away: 7–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
107August 2@ Orioles1–5D. Bundy (4–3)Y. Darvish (2–3)D. O'Day (3)22,23062–45L1
108August 3@ Orioles2–3K. Gausman (3–8)C. Hamels (12–3)Z. Britton (33)24,55262–46L2
109August 4@ Orioles5–3A.J. Griffin (5–1)W. Miley (7–9)S. Dyson (23)28,76263–46W1
110August 5@ Astros0–5D. Keuchel (7–11)M. Pérez (7–8)—32,82063–47L1
111August 6@ Astros3–2K. Kela (2–1)C. Devenski (0–3)S. Dyson (24)42,27264–47W1
112August 7@ Astros5–3 (11)M. Bush (5–2)C. Devenski (0–4)—33,90965–47W2
113August 8@ Rockies4–3K. Kela (3–1)C. Estevez (2–7)J. Diekman (3)31,76866–47W3
114August 9@ Rockies7–5A. Claudio (3–1)S. Oberg (0–1)S. Dyson (25)27,67167–47W4
115August 10Rockies5–4J. Diekman (3–1)B. Logan (1–2)M. Bush (1)29,86668–47W5
116August 11Rockies9–12S. Oberg (1–1)J. Diekman (3–2)A. Ottavino (1)20,72068–48L1
117August 12Tigers8–5Y. Darvish (3–3)A. Sanchez (6–12)S. Dyson (26)31,19069–48W1
118August 13Tigers0–2M. Boyd (4–2)C. Hamels (12–4)F. Rodríguez (33)37,79269–49L1
119August 14Tigers0–7M. Fulmer (10–3)A.J. Griffin (5–2)—35,45869–50L2
120August 15Athletics5–2M. Pérez (8–8)R. Detwiler (1–1)S. Dyson (27)22,84570–50W1
121August 16Athletics5–4 (10)K. Kela (4–1)J. Axford (4–4)—21,87771–50W2
122August 17Athletics6–2Y. Darvish (4–3)S. Manaea (4–8)—26,74372–50W3
123August 19@ Rays6–2C. Hamels (13–4)M. Andriese (6–5)—15,10973–50W4
124August 20@ Rays2–8J. Odorizzi (8–5)A.J. Griffin (5–3)—16,50573–51L1
125August 21@ Rays4–8D. Smyly (6–11)M. Pérez (8–9)—17,68573–52L2
126August 23@ Reds0–3D. Straily (10–6)D. Holland (5–6)T. Cingrani (16)16,66873–53L3
127August 24@ Reds6–5J. Diekman (4–2)B. Wood (5–2)S. Dyson (28)16,10074–53W1
128August 25Indians9–0C. Hamels (14–4)J. Tomlin (11–8)—23,76875–53W2
129August 26Indians1–12C. Kluber (14–8)M. Pérez (8–10)—31,85375–54L1
130August 27Indians7–0A.J. Griffin (6–3)C. Carrasco (9–7)—44,94476–54W1
131August 28Indians2–1D. Holland (6–6)D. Salazar (11–6)S. Dyson (29)35,22577–54W2
132August 29Mariners6–3Y. Darvish (5–3)H. Iwakuma (14–10)S. Dyson (30)22,97278–54W3
133August 30Mariners8–7M. Bush (6–2)E. Díaz (0–3)—26,95079–54W4
134August 31Mariners14–1M. Pérez (9–10)F. Hernandez (9–5)—21,30980–54W5 :
September: 15–11 (Home: 8–5; Away: 7–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
135September 2Astros10–8A.J. Griffin (7–3)D. Fister (12–10)S. Dyson (31)35,10281–54W6
136September 3Astros12–4D. Holland (7–6)J. Musgrove (2–3)—35,53882–54W7
137September 4Astros6–7C. Devenski (3–4)Y. Darvish (5–4)K. Giles (8)46,02582–55L1
138September 5@ Mariners6–14F. Hernández (10–5)C. Hamels (14–5)—23,61882–56L2
139September 6@ Mariners10–7M. Pérez (10–10)J. Paxton (4–6)S. Dyson (32)14,61583–56W1
140September 7@ Mariners3–8A. Miranda (3–1)A.J. Griffin (7–4)—15,43483–57L1
141September 8@ Mariners3–6T. Walker (5–10)D. Holland (7–7)E. Díaz (13)17,49383–58L2
142September 9@ Angels2–1M. Bush (7–2)J. Ramirez (1–1)S. Dyson (33)42,13784–58W1
143September 10@ Angels8–5T. Scheppers (1–0)J. Valdez (1–2)S. Dyson (34)39,14685–58W2
144September 11@ Angels2–3J. Weaver (11–11)C. Lewis (6–2)Bailey (3)35,05285–59L1
145September 12@ Astros4–3 (12)K. Kela (5–1)J. Hoyt (1–1)J. Diekman (4)22,14786–59W1
146September 13@ Astros3–2A. Claudio (4–1)K. Giles (2–4)T. Scheppers (1)22,13387–59W2
147September 14@ Astros4–8J. Musgrove (3–4)D. Holland (7–8)—25,04187–60L1
148September 16Athletics7–6S. Dyson (2–2)R. Madson (5–6)—30,48688–60W1
149September 17Athletics2–11R. Alcántara (1–1)Y. Darvish (5–5)—39,69188–61L1
150September 18Athletics2–5R. Detwiler (2–3)C. Lewis (6–3)R. Dull (3)34,22488–62L2
151September 19Angels3–2S. Dyson (3–2)J. Álvarez (1–3)—29,06889–62W1
152September 20Angels5–4N. Martinez (2–3)D. Wright (0–4)S. Dyson (35)26,52090–62W2
153September 21Angels4–5J. Weaver (12-12)D. Holland (7-9)A. Bailey (4)35,60990–63L1
154September 23@ Athletics3–0C. Hamels (15-5)K. Graveman (10-11)S. Dyson (36)26,36791–63W1
155September 24@ Athletics5–0Y. Darvish (6-5)R. Alcántara (1-2)—16,73692–63W2
156September 25@ Athletics1–7J. Cotton (2–0)C. Lewis (6–4)—17,04892–64L1
157September 26Brewers3–8M. Garza (6–8)M. Perez (10–11)—27,26392–65L2
158September 27Brewers6–4T. Barnette (7–3)J. Nelson (8–16)S. Dyson (37)29,66893–65W1
159September 28Brewers8–5J. Jeffress (1–0)C. Knebel (1–4)—36,61994–65W2
160September 30Rays3–1Y. Darvish (7–5)M. Andriese (8–8)S. Dyson (38)35,96895–65W3 :
October: 0–2 (Home: 0–2; Away: 0–0 )
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
161October 1Rays1–4J. Odorizzi (10–6)C. Lewis (6–5)A. Colomé (37)42,09395–66L1
162October 2Rays4–6 (10)A. Colomé (2–4)T. Scheppers (1–1)—37,01595–67L2 :

## Player stats
### Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; AVG = Batting average; SLG = Slugging average
| Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | AVG | SLG |
| Ian Desmond | 156 | 625 | 107 | 178 | 29 | 3 | 22 | 86 | 21 | 44 | .285 | .446 |
| Rougned Odor | 150 | 605 | 89 | 164 | 33 | 4 | 33 | 88 | 14 | 19 | .271 | .502 |
| Adrián Beltré | 153 | 583 | 89 | 175 | 31 | 1 | 32 | 104 | 1 | 48 | .300 | .521 |
| Nomar Mazara | 145 | 516 | 59 | 137 | 13 | 3 | 20 | 64 | 0 | 39 | .266 | .419 |
| Elvis Andrus | 147 | 506 | 75 | 153 | 31 | 7 | 8 | 69 | 24 | 47 | .302 | .439 |
| Mitch Moreland | 147 | 460 | 49 | 107 | 21 | 0 | 22 | 60 | 1 | 35 | .233 | .422 |
| Prince Fielder | 89 | 326 | 29 | 69 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 44 | 0 | 32 | .212 | .334 |
| Jurickson Profar | 90 | 272 | 35 | 65 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 2 | 30 | .239 | .338 |
| Ryan Rua | 99 | 240 | 40 | 62 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 22 | 9 | 21 | .258 | .400 |
| Carlos Beltrán | 52 | 193 | 23 | 54 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 29 | 1 | 13 | .280 | .451 |
| Delino DeShields Jr. | 74 | 182 | 36 | 38 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 15 | .209 | .313 |
| Shin-Soo Choo | 48 | 178 | 27 | 43 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 17 | 6 | 25 | .242 | .399 |
| Jonathan Lucroy | 47 | 152 | 19 | 42 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 31 | 0 | 14 | .276 | .539 |
| Robinson Chirinos | 57 | 147 | 21 | 33 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 20 | 0 | 15 | .224 | .483 |
| Bobby Wilson | 42 | 128 | 11 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 5 | .250 | .352 |
| Carlos Gómez | 33 | 116 | 18 | 33 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 24 | 5 | 13 | .284 | .543 |
| Bryan Holaday | 29 | 84 | 14 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 5 | .238 | .405 |
| Hanser Alberto | 35 | 56 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .143 | .161 |
| Jared Hoying | 38 | 46 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | .217 | .261 |
| Brett Nicholas | 15 | 40 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | .275 | .550 |
| Joey Gallo | 17 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | .040 | .160 |
| Drew Stubbs | 19 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | .300 | .600 |
| Justin Ruggiano | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .500 |
| Pitcher Totals | 162 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .190 | .333 |
| Team Totals | 162 | 5525 | 765 | 1446 | 257 | 23 | 215 | 746 | 99 | 436 | .262 | .433 |
Source:

### Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
| Cole Hamels | 15 | 5 | 3.32 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 200.2 | 185 | 83 | 74 | 77 | 200 |
| Martín Pérez | 10 | 11 | 4.39 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 198.2 | 205 | 110 | 97 | 76 | 103 |
| A.J. Griffin | 7 | 4 | 5.07 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 119.0 | 116 | 68 | 67 | 46 | 107 |
| Colby Lewis | 6 | 5 | 3.71 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 116.1 | 103 | 53 | 48 | 28 | 73 |
| Derek Holland | 7 | 9 | 4.95 | 22 | 20 | 0 | 107.1 | 116 | 62 | 59 | 35 | 67 |
| Yu Darvish | 7 | 5 | 3.41 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 100.1 | 81 | 43 | 38 | 31 | 132 |
| Sam Dyson | 3 | 2 | 2.43 | 73 | 0 | 38 | 70.1 | 63 | 19 | 19 | 23 | 55 |
| Matt Bush | 7 | 2 | 2.48 | 58 | 0 | 1 | 61.2 | 44 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 61 |
| Tony Barnette | 7 | 3 | 2.09 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 60.1 | 54 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 49 |
| Jake Diekman | 4 | 2 | 3.40 | 66 | 0 | 4 | 53.0 | 36 | 22 | 20 | 26 | 59 |
| Alex Claudio | 4 | 1 | 2.79 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 51.2 | 55 | 19 | 16 | 10 | 34 |
| Cesar Ramos | 3 | 3 | 6.04 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 47.2 | 60 | 34 | 32 | 20 | 27 |
| Nick Martinez | 2 | 3 | 5.59 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 38.2 | 45 | 24 | 24 | 19 | 16 |
| Shawn Tolleson | 2 | 2 | 7.68 | 37 | 0 | 11 | 36.1 | 53 | 32 | 31 | 10 | 29 |
| Keone Kela | 5 | 1 | 6.09 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 34.0 | 30 | 23 | 23 | 17 | 45 |
| Tom Wilhelmsen | 2 | 3 | 10.55 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 21.1 | 38 | 25 | 25 | 9 | 11 |
| Lucas Harrell | 1 | 0 | 5.60 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 17.2 | 21 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 15 |
| Jose Leclerc | 0 | 0 | 1.80 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 15 |
| Jeremy Jeffress | 1 | 0 | 2.70 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 13.1 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 7 |
| Luke Jackson | 0 | 0 | 10.80 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 11.2 | 22 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 3 |
| Dario Álvarez | 0 | 0 | 7.71 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 11.2 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 13 |
| Chi Chi Gonzalez | 0 | 2 | 8.71 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10.1 | 21 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 7 |
| Kyle Lohse | 0 | 2 | 12.54 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9.1 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 3 |
| Tanner Scheppers | 1 | 1 | 4.15 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 8.2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 |
| Phil Klein | 0 | 1 | 5.19 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8.2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 12 |
| Andrew Faulkner | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| Anthony Ranaudo | 1 | 0 | 17.18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 2 |
| Michael Roth | 0 | 0 | 14.73 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.2 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 |
| Yohander Méndez | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| Bryan Holaday | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jared Hoying | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 95 | 67 | 4.37 | 162 | 162 | 56 | 1443.0 | 1441 | 757 | 700 | 534 | 1154 |
Source:

## Postseason
### Game log

2016 Postseason Game Log: 0–3 :
AL Division Series: 0–3
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceSeries
1October 6Blue Jays1–10Estrada (1–0)Hamels (0–1)—47,4340–1
2October 7Blue Jays3–5Happ (1-0)Darvish (0–1)Osuna (1)48,0190–2
3October 9@ Blue Jays6–7 (10)Osuna (1–0)Bush (0–1)—49,5550–3 :

### Postseason rosters

Playoff rosters :
American League Division Series
Pitchers: 11 Yu Darvish 23 Jeremy Jeffress 33 Martín Pérez 35 Cole Hamels 41 Jake Diekman 43 Tony Barnette 47 Sam Dyson 48 Colby Lewis 50 Keone Kela 51 Matt Bush 58 Alex Claudio
Catchers: 25 Jonathan Lucroy 61 Robinson Chirinos
Infielders: 1 Elvis Andrus 12 Rougned Odor 18 Mitch Moreland 19 Jurickson Profar 29 Adrián Beltré
Outfielders: 14 Carlos Gómez 16 Ryan Rua 17 Shin-Soo Choo 20 Ian Desmond 30 Nomar Mazara 31 Jared Hoying
Designated hitters: 36 Carlos Beltrán :

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Round Rock Express | Pacific Coast League | Jason Wood |
| AA | Frisco RoughRiders | Texas League | Joe Mikulik |
| A-Advanced | High Desert Mavericks | California League | Howard Johnson |
| A | Hickory Crawdads | South Atlantic League | Spike Owen |
| A-Short Season | Spokane Indians | Northwest League | Tim Hulett |
| Rookie | AZL Rangers | Arizona League | Matt Siegel |
| Rookie | DSL Rangers 1 | Dominican Summer League | |
| Rookie | DSL Rangers 2 | Dominican Summer League | |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: High Desert

## Blue Jays–Rangers brawl

During the May 15, 2016, game against the Toronto Blue Jays, there were two benches-clearing incidents. Following a contentious meeting in the ALDS the previous season, many people thought the Rangers would target Jose Bautista for his controversial bat flip in the ALDS. However, the first six games of the season between the clubs were played without incident. Finally, in the last regular season game between the clubs, Rangers reliever Matt Bush hit Bautista in the ribs with a fastball. On the ensuing play, Bautista slid hard into Rangers second baseman Rougned Odor. Odor, taking exception, pushed Bautista, then proceeded to punch Bautista squarely in the face. This fight caused both benches and bullpens to clear. Bautista, Odor, Steve Buechele, and Josh Donaldson were ejected after the brawl. Later in the game, Blue Jays pitcher Jesse Chavez hit Prince Fielder with a pitch causing the benches to clear again, although this time no punches were thrown. Chavez and DeMarlo Hale were ejected following this incident. Odor would serve a seven game suspension for his actions. Toronto manager John Gibbons and Chavez would serve three games suspensions while Bautista and Elvis Andrus served one game suspensions.