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Fifteen Rangers have won the Gold Glove Award, which includes seven multi-time winners. [26] Cumulatively, the Rangers have won four 4 at pitcher, 17 at catcher, 5 at first base, 9 at third base, 3 at shortstop, and 3 at outfield for a total of 38 Gold Gloves.
The Major League Baseball (MLB) team Texas Rangers is named after the division. The Rangers are legally protected against disbandment. [7] There is a museum dedicated to the Texas Rangers known as the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum in Waco, Texas, which celebrates the cultural significance of the Rangers. [8]
By the early 1830s, the Mexican War of Independence had subsided, and some 60 to 70 families had settled in Texas—most of them from the United States. Because there was no regular army to protect the citizens against attacks by native tribes and bandits, in 1823, Stephen F. Austin organized small, informal armed groups whose duties required them to range over the countryside, and who thus ...
On the same day the Rangers defeated the Baltimore Orioles in Game 1 of the American League Division Series, Oct. 7, I happened to walk out of the corn stalks on to the Field of Dreams baseball ...
The Texas Rangers took some humorous flak on opening day for the reveal of their championship banner which was wrinkled and slightly askew.. The Rangers adjusted the banner in time for their game ...
The Texas Rangers are the 2023 World Champions. ... With the exception of a few pieces, the 2024 Rangers could look a lot like the 2023 Rangers. Injuries, which are invariable, will impact the ...
After moving from Washington, the Senators were renamed after the Texas Rangers, the state-wide investigative law-enforcement agency which was founded by Stephen F. Austin in 1823 when Texas was part of Mexico, [17] and whose mythology led to fictional characters such as The Lone Ranger and Walker, Texas Ranger.
The book is a 480-page chronological illustrated history of the Texas Rangers, examining each of the epochs of the force, 1821 to the modern Texas Rangers. [10] Swanson's thesis is that the Texas Rangers "were the violent instruments of repression" of a white ruling class who preyed on Texans of color throughout their history.