Editing Texas Rangers (baseball) (section)

==== First World Series title (2023–present) ====
The Rangers finished the [[2023 Texas Rangers season|2023 season]] with a 90-72 record, losing the AL West title to the Houston Astros on a tiebreaker. The Rangers had six players (five starters) named to the All-Star game, a franchise record.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stevenson |first=Stefan |date=July 11, 2023 |title=Texas Rangers Six All-Stars Make History in Seattle |url=https://www.si.com/mlb/rangers/news/texas-rangers-all-star-game-history-seattle-jonah-heim-marcus-semien-corey-seager-josh-jung-adolis-garcia-nathan-eovaldi#gid=ci02c40c1fc000259e&pid=adolis-garca |access-date=July 27, 2023 |work=SI.com}}</ref> Second baseman [[Marcus Semien]] was the only player who started in every game the Rangers played in 2023, and he also became the fifth player in MLB history with at least 100 RBI in the leadoff spot and won a [[Silver Slugger Award|Silver Slugger]] award.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Postins |first=Matthew |date=2023-12-24 |title=Top 5 Texas Rangers in 2023 by WAR |url=https://www.si.com/mlb/rangers/news/marcus-semien-corey-seager-texas-rangers-war-leaders-2023 |access-date=2024-10-02 |website=Sports Illustrated Texas Rangers News, Analysis and More |language=en}}</ref> On September 30, the Rangers clinched a playoff berth for the first time since [[2016 Texas Rangers season|2016]] with a win against the [[Seattle Mariners]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-01 |title=Rangers clinch first postseason berth since 2016 |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/38533729/texas-rangers-clinch-first-postseason-berth-2016 |access-date=2024-10-02 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}</ref>
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Despite leading the American League West for most of the season and finishing with the same record as the rival and defending champion Houston Astros, they finished second due to the Astros owning the tiebreaker as a result of taking the season series.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-01 |title=Bubbly Astros clinch AL West, bye with Texas loss |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/38542492/astros-win-al-west-title-via-tiebreaker-rangers-lose |access-date=2024-10-02 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}</ref> The Rangers defeated the [[2023 Tampa Bay Rays season|Tampa Bay Rays]] in the [[2023 American League Wild Card Series|ALWCS]] in a two-game sweep and the [[2023 Baltimore Orioles season|Baltimore Orioles]] in a three-game sweep in the [[2023 American League Division Series|ALDS]] to advance to the [[2023 American League Championship Series|ALCS]] for the first time since [[2011 American League Championship Series|2011]], in which they beat their division and [[Lone Star Series]] rival, and defending World Series champions Astros in seven games to claim their first pennant since [[2011 Texas Rangers season|2011]]. The Rangers went 13–4 in the postseason, going 2–4 at home and 11–0 on the road, the most road wins in a postseason in MLB history.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rangers' World Series run concludes with 11-0 road record in 2023 playoffs: 'We didn't care where we were' |url=https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/rangers-world-series-run-concludes-with-11-0-road-record-in-2023-playoffs-we-didnt-care-where-we-were/ |access-date=2024-10-02 |website=www.cbssports.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Stevenson |first=Stefan |date=2023-10-31 |title=Road Perfect! — Texas Rangers Go For MLB Record Perfect 10 Road Win in Game 4 Of World Series Tuesday |url=https://www.si.com/mlb/rangers/news/texas-rangers-perfect-road-record-two-wins-from-mlb-postseason-win-record |access-date=2024-10-02 |website=Sports Illustrated Texas Rangers News, Analysis and More |language=en}}</ref> The postseason was marked by performances by All-Star players [[Nathan Eovaldi]], [[Corey Seager]] and [[Adolis García]], with Eovaldi matching the record number of wins by a pitcher in a single postseason with 5, Seager winning [[World Series Most Valuable Player Award|World Series MVP]] and Garcia winning [[League Championship Series Most Valuable Player Award|ALCS MVP]].<ref>{{cite web |title=All-time and Single-Season Postseason Pitching Leaders |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/Playoffs_pitching.shtml |website=[[Baseball Reference]] |access-date=24 February 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240108045041/https://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/Playoffs_pitching.shtml |archive-date=8 January 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Corey Seager and Adolis García turn Rangers' World Series history on its head |url=https://www.foxsports.com/stories/mlb/corey-seager-and-adolis-garcia-turned-rangers-world-series-history-on-its-head |access-date=2024-10-02 |website=FOX Sports |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Stevenson |first=Stefan |date=2023-10-30 |title=Polar Opposites Attract! |url=https://www.si.com/mlb/rangers/news/texas-rangers-adolis-garcia-corey-seager-polar-opposite-styles-share-deep-bond-world-series |access-date=2024-10-02 |website=Sports Illustrated Texas Rangers News, Analysis and More |language=en}}</ref> On November 1, the Rangers won the [[2023 World Series]] after defeating the [[2023 Arizona Diamondbacks season|Arizona Diamondbacks]] in five games, achieving their first World Series championship in franchise history.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rangers claim 1st World Series title, 52 years in the making |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/rangers-win-world-series-2023 |access-date=2024-10-02 |website=MLB.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Verducci |first=Tom |date=2023-11-02 |title=Rangers' Improbable World Series Triumph Was Built on Trust |url=https://www.si.com/mlb/2023/11/02/texas-rangers-win-world-series-diamondbacks-daily-cover |access-date=2024-10-02 |magazine=Sports Illustrated |language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-11-02 |title=A night 63 years in the making: Inside the celebration as the Texas Rangers -- finally -- became World Series champions |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/38802027/world-series-mlb-2023-rangers-texas-philosophy-title-championship |access-date=2024-10-02 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://clutchpoints.com/rangers-news-mlb-world-goes-crazy-after-texas-survives-diamondbacks-for-world-series-title|title=Rangers' World Series win has whole MLB world going crazy|website=ClutchPoints|last=Guinhawa|first=Angelo|date=November 1, 2023|access-date=November 2, 2023}}</ref>

As a result of many injuries throughout the 2024 season, the Rangers finished the season with a 78–84 record, failing to improve on their 90–72 record from 2023 and not making the playoffs. The Rangers became the first team since the 2020 Washington Nationals to win a title and fail to make the playoffs in the very next year. This made the Rangers the 12th team in the past 25 years to win the World Series, then fail to make it to the playoffs the following year.<ref>{{cite web |last=Dixon |first=Schuyler |date=September 21, 2024 |title=World Series champion Rangers eliminated from postseason contention during final homestand |url=https://apnews.com/article/rangers-world-series-champs-eliminated-71909ad241f15c623860c39460305e1b |access-date=September 21, 2024 |work=[[Associated Press|AP News]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Young |first=Matt |date=September 21, 2024 |title=Texas Rangers join dubious list of teams to win World Series, then fail to make playoffs |url=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/sports/astros/article/texas-rangers-world-series-champions-miss-playoffs-19782122.php |access-date=September 21, 2024 |website=[[Houston Chronicle]]}}</ref>