This is a list of seasons completed by the Texas Rangers, originally known as the Washington Senators, professional baseball franchise; they have played in the

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from their inception in 1961. The Rangers have played 61 seasons as a franchise (fifty in Arlington) and have made the postseason eight times. Formed as the Washington Senators as the replacement team for Washington after the original Senators moved to

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, the Senators played at

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and

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during their time in Washington, where they had just one winning season (1969) before moving to

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in 1972; the eight consecutive losing seasons from 1962 to 1969 is still the most in franchise history. The team continued to perform poorly, with only one season of over ninety wins and not a single postseason appearance until after the 1994 strike. After the

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/Edward W. Rose Partnership bought the team in 1989, the Rangers earned three postseason appearances in four years (1996 to 1999). The Rangers again declined to mediocrity under owner

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after he bought the team in 1998. A series of questionable deals plagued the team until Hicks put the team into bankruptcy in 2010, at which time an ownership group led by

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and Chuck Greenberg bought the team and the Rangers began the best period of success in franchise history. Between 2010 and 2016, Texas reached the postseason five times, won four division titles along with two American League pennants to reach the

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twice ( in 2010 and

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Season-by-season records

The Rangers finished tied with the

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for the second wild card spot. Tampa Bay defeated Texas 5–2, in a

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to clinch the wild card spot.

Record by decade

The following table describes the Rangers' MLB win–loss record by decade.

Post-season record by year

The Rangers have made the postseason eight times in their history, with their first being in 1996 and the most recent being in 2016.

References

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External links

Rangers Year-By-Year Results at ''MLB.com''

Rangers Postseason Results at ''MLB.com''

Texas Rangers Statistics at Baseball-Reference.com

Texas Rangers Stadiums and attendances at Baseball-Reference.com
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