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2013 Texas Rangers Season
The 2013 Texas Rangers season was the Rangers' 53rd season of the franchise and the 42nd since the team relocated to Arlington, Texas. The Rangers lost a season ending tie-breaking game against the Tampa Bay Rays on September 30, 2013, and were eliminated from playoff contention for the first time since 2009. Season standings American League West American League Wild Card The 2013 Rangers are to date the winningest team not to make the postseason in the expanded Wild Card era. Record vs. opponents Game log , - style="text-align:center; style="background-color:#fbb;" , 1 , , March 31 , , @ Astros , , 2–8 , , Bud Norris (1–0) , , Matt Harrison (0-1) , , Érik Bédard (1) , , 0–1 , - , - style="text-align:center; style="background-color:#bbffbb;" , 2 , , April 2 , , @ Astros , , 7–0 , , Yu Darvish (1–0) , , Lucas Harrell (0–1) , , ''None'' , , 1–1 , - style="text-align:center; style="background-color:#bfb;" , 3 , , April 3 , , @ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American League West
The American League West is one of Major League Baseball's six divisions. The division has five teams as of the 2013 season, but had four teams from 1994 to 2012, and had as many as seven teams before the 1994 realignment. Although its teams currently only reside along the West Coast of the United States, West Coast and in Texas, historically the division has had teams as far east as Chicago and Minnesota. From 1998 (when the NL West expanded to five teams) to 2012, the AL West was the only MLB division with four teams. History When MLB split into divisions for the season, the American League, unlike the National League (baseball), National League, split its 12 teams strictly on geography. The six teams located in the Eastern Time Zone were all placed in the AL East, and the remaining six were placed in the AL West. When the second incarnation of the Washington Senators announced their intention to move to the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, Dallas–Fort Worth area for the 197 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 American League Wild Card Tie-breaker Game
The 2013 American League Wild Card tie-breaker game was a one-game extension to Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2013 regular season, played between the Texas Rangers and Tampa Bay Rays to determine the second participant in the 2013 American League (AL) Wild Card Game. It was played at the Globe Life Park in Arlington on September 30, 2013. The Rays defeated the Rangers, 5–2, and advanced to the AL Wild Card Game against the Cleveland Indians at Progressive Field, which they won 4–0; the Rangers failed to qualify for the postseason. The tie-breaker game was necessary after both teams finished the season with win–loss records of 91–71 and thus tied for the second Wild Card position in the AL. The Rangers were awarded home field for the game, as they won the regular season series against the Rays, 4–3. The game was televised on TBS. It was the fourth tie-breaker in MLB history for a Wild Card spot, although it was the first when MLB used the format of two Wild Card ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Downs
Scott Jeremy Downs (born March 17, 1976) is an American former professional baseball relief pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball for the Chicago Cubs, Montreal Expos, Toronto Blue Jays, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Atlanta Braves, and Chicago White Sox. He has been a starter, reliever and closer during his baseball career. Amateur career Downs was born and raised in Louisville, Kentucky. He attended Pleasure Ridge Park High School, where he was selected as Kentucky's Mr. Baseball. He was selected by the Atlanta Braves in the 12th round (342nd overall) of the 1994 Major League Baseball draft, but he opted to attend the University of Kentucky instead of signing a professional contract. In 1996, he played collegiate summer baseball in the Cape Cod Baseball League for the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox. At the end of his junior season at Kentucky, he was selected by the Chicago Cubs in third round (94th overall) of the 1997 Major League Baseball draft. Professional career Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanner Scheppers
Tanner Ross Scheppers (born January 17, 1987) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Texas Rangers, and in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Chiba Lotte Marines. Prior to playing professionally, he played college baseball at Fresno State. Amateur career Scheppers played shortstop at Dana Hills High School in Dana Point, California. When his high school team experienced a shortage of pitchers, Scheppers was pressed into action as a pitcher. The Baltimore Orioles drafted Scheppers in the 29th round of the 2005 Major League Baseball Draft, but he opted to attend California State University, Fresno to play for the Fresno State Bulldogs instead. Fresno State recruited Scheppers as a shortstop, but used him as a pitcher. In 2008, his junior year, Scheppers had an 8–2 win–loss record (pitching), win–loss record with a 2.93 earned run average and 109 strikeouts in innings pitched, and was named the Western A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 Los Angeles Angels Of Anaheim Season
The 2013 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim season was the franchise's 53rd season and 48th in Anaheim (all of them at Angel Stadium of Anaheim). Standings Season standings American League West American League Wild Card Record vs. opponents Roster 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'' Sourc 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'' Sourc Game log , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 1 , , April 1 , , @ 2013 Cincinnati Reds season, Reds , , 3–1 (13) , , Lowe (1–0) , , Hoover (0–1) , , Frieri (1) , , 43,168 , , 1–0 , , 4h 44m , W1, - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip Humber
Philip Gregory Humber (; born December 21, 1982) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He pitched for the New York Mets, Minnesota Twins, Kansas City Royals, Chicago White Sox, and Houston Astros in seven seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). Although he debuted in the major leagues in 2006 and had worked mostly as a starter in the minor leagues, he did not become a regular MLB starter until 2011. Humber earned three Texas Little League state championships. He subsequently attended Carthage High School in Carthage, Texas, where he led the baseball team to the state championship game in 2001, his senior season, winning state Player of the Year honors. He then attended Rice University, where he played college baseball for the Rice Owls baseball team. Humber was the winning pitcher in the clinching game of the 2003 College World Series. He has also represented the United States at the World University Baseball Championship. The Mets selected Humber with the t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexi Ogando
Alexi Ogando Acosta (born October 5, 1983) is a Dominican Republic, Dominican former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Texas Rangers (baseball), Texas Rangers, Boston Red Sox, Atlanta Braves and Cleveland Indians, and in the KBO League for the Hanwha Eagles. He was an Major League Baseball All-Star Game, MLB All-Star in 2011. Professional career Oakland Athletics Ogando was born in San Pedro de MacorÃs, Dominican Republic. He told the Oakland Athletics that his name was Argenis Benitez, and signed with the team for $15,000 as an outfielder in 2002. After playing his rookie season in the Dominican Summer League, Ogando batted .342 with 13 double (baseball), doubles, seven home runs (second in the Arizona League) and 36 runs batted in for the AZL Athletics in 2003. The organization learned Ogando's real name that season. He began the 2004 campaign with the Vancouver Canadians, but after starting the season 0 for 13 and batting .150 in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucas Harrell
Lucas William Bradley Harrell (born June 3, 1985) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago White Sox, Houston Astros, Atlanta Braves, Texas Rangers (baseball), Texas Rangers, and Toronto Blue Jays, and in the KBO League for the LG Twins. High school As a shortstop/pitcher, Harrell led Ozark High School (Missouri), Ozark High School to its first state championship in 2004 over Mary Institute and St. Louis Country Day School (MICDS). That same year Harrell went 10–1 with a 1.09 ERA. Harrell had three hits in the State Championship game against MICDS. In the semi-final game at the state championship, Harrell was 2–3 with a double and go-ahead home run to lead off the 6th inning. He also threw a complete game as Ozark scored a 2–1 victory over nationally ranked Sikeston, Missouri. Harrell also played on the Ozark state championship basketball team in 2003. Professional career Chicago White Sox Harrell was dra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yu Darvish
, more commonly known as Yu Darvish (ダルビッシュ 有), is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Texas Rangers (baseball), Texas Rangers, Los Angeles Dodgers, and Chicago Cubs, and in Nippon Professional Baseball for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters. He also pitched for Japan national baseball team, Japan in several international tournaments, including the Baseball at the 2008 Summer Olympics, 2008 Olympics, 2009 World Baseball Classic (WBC) and 2023 WBC. Darvish was considered by many to be the best pitcher in Japan prior to his arrival in MLB in 2012. In his first MLB season, Darvish finished third in the American League (AL) Major League Baseball Rookie of the Year Award, Rookie of the Year balloting. The next season, he finished second in the AL Cy Young Award vote, led MLB in strikeouts with 277, and finishing fourth in the AL in earned run average (ERA) at 2.83. He pitch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Érik Bédard
Érik Joseph Bédard (pronounced ''baydar''; born March 5, 1979) is a Canadian former professional baseball pitcher. He pitched in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Baltimore Orioles, Seattle Mariners, Boston Red Sox, Pittsburgh Pirates, Houston Astros and Tampa Bay Rays. With Baltimore, Bédard was the staff ace, setting the franchise single-season strikeouts per nine innings record at 10.93 in 2007. Early years Bédard was born on March 5, 1979, in Navan, Ontario, a suburb of Ottawa. A Franco-Ontarian, Bédard began his baseball career in the Orleans Little League and the Ontario Baseball Association. He was a pitcher on the 1992 Orleans Junior Red Sox team which defeated Glace Bay in the 1992 Canadian Championship. Bédard did not play high school baseball, which is common in Canada due to the short playing season. Although and as a senior, he grew seven inches and gained during the summer between graduating from high school and beginning college. He accompanied a fri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matt Harrison (baseball)
Matthew Reid Harrison (born September 16, 1985) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Texas Rangers (baseball), Texas Rangers from 2008 through 2015. He was an Major League Baseball All-Star Game, MLB All-Star in 2012. Early life Harrison was born in Durham, North Carolina, on September 16, 1985. He attended South Granville High School in Creedmoor, North Carolina. He had signed a letter of intent to play baseball at North Carolina State University, but was drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the third round of the 2003 Major League Baseball Draft and subsequently signed a professional contract. Professional career Minor Leagues Harrison made his professional debut with the Gulf Coast League's Gulf Coast Braves in . He played in with the Danville Braves of the Appalachian League and in with the Rome Braves of the Single-A South Atlantic League. saw Harrison split time between the Single-A Myrtle Beach Pelicans of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bud Norris
David Stefan "Bud" Norris (March 2, 1985) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Houston Astros, Baltimore Orioles, San Diego Padres, Atlanta Braves, Los Angeles Dodgers, Los Angeles Angels, and St. Louis Cardinals. Amateur career Originally from Novato, California, Norris attended Marin Catholic High School in Kentfield, California, later transferring and graduating from San Marin High School in Novato, California, and later California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, California. At Cal Poly, Norris was a roommate as well as a teammate of fellow major league pitcher Casey Fien. Professional career Minor leagues Norris was selected by the Houston Astros in the sixth round (189th overall) of the 2006 Major League Baseball draft. In 2009, Norris received an invitation to the Astros' spring training camp. ''Baseball America'' ranked him as the number two prospect in the Astros' system. In August 2009, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
