Detroit Tigers vs Texas Rangers All-Time Record

American League
Detroit Tigers
Texas Rangers
Tigers lead Rangers386to348since 1961

Retrosheet history through 2025, plus 6 final games from the current feed.

2026 season series: Tigers lead 4-2

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At a glance

All-time since 1961 · current-feed analysis, 2002 to 2026

Detroit Tigers vs Texas Rangers insights

Current-feed record
+12wins for Rangers
53% Rangers · 47% Tigers

The split has held steady across the schedule change: 14-12 since 2023.

Recent form
10-10last 20
Tigers on a 2-game streak

Tigers won 6-3 on Jul 5, 2026

Where it matters
6Postseason games

6 postseason games across 1 postseason since 2002.

Schedule context
  • Rangers built the series lead before the 2023 schedule change, taking 86 of 162 decided meetings (53%).
  • Since the schedule balanced out they are 14-12, or 54% to Rangers.

Tigers vs Rangers postseason head-to-head record

Detroit Tigers and Texas Rangers have met 734 times since 1961, 6 times in the postseason. The playoff games are included in the all-time total, not added on top of it.

Postseason record
Rangers 4-2
6 postseason games since 1961
Playoff share
0.8%
Share of all meetings
Regular season
728
Recorded non-postseason meetings
Win Percentage
88W
100W
DET
TEX
47%53%
Detroit TigersTexas Rangers

Recent Games

Last 10 Games
Jul 5
TEX 3-6 DET
DET
Jul 4
TEX 0-3 DET
DET
Jul 2
TEX 10-4 DET
TEX
May 3
DET 7-1 TEX
DET
May 2
DET 5-1 TEX
DET
May 1
DET 4-5 TEX
TEX
Jul 20
TEX 1-2 DET
DET
Jul 19
TEX 4-1 DET
TEX
Jul 18
TEX 2-0 DET
TEX
May 11
DET 1-6 TEX
TEX
Last Meeting
Jul 5, 2026Final
TEX
3
HOME
DET
6
AWAY
Tigerswon by3runs
Tigers' 2nd straight in this series·Game 188 since 2002
Streaks & Momentum
Current Streak
Detroit Tigers: 2 consecutive wins
2
Avg. Margin of Victory
Games decided by 3.8 runs on average
3.8runs
Momentum (Last 10 vs Archive since 2002)
DET-Neutral
Last 1050%
Archive since 200246.8%
TEX-Neutral
Last 1050%
Archive since 200253.2%
Last 10 Results
DET / TEX

Record since 2002

Season Split & Biggest Wins
Regular season vs Postseason record, plus each team's largest margin of victory
Regular Season182 games
86
96
Postseason6 games
2
4
Detroit Tigers Biggest Win
14–0+14 runs
Jul 19, 2021
Texas Rangers Biggest Win
15–5+10 runs
Oct 15, 2011Playoff
Decade Breakdown
Choose a decade to scope the current-feed page
Season by Season
Season ↓DET ↕TEX ↕Games ↕
2026426
2025246
2024347
2023347
2022437
2021617
2019066
2018347
2017156
2016246
2015257
2014437
2013347
20123710
20118715
2010369
2009729
2008639
2007549
20065510
2005426
2004459
2003167
2002549

All 24 seasons are shown in the table above.

Home / Away Split
49-51DET HOME49-39TEX HOME
AWAY
39-49
DET
AWAY
51-49
TEX
Retrosheet archiveComplete through 2025

Detroit Tigers vs Texas Rangers all-time record, 1961 to 2025

Explore how this matchup changed by decade, where each lineup produced its runs, and the games that pushed the rivalry record book. This archive is a separate source window from the current-feed sections above, which start in 2002.

Games
728
Peak inning
1
Record game
31 runs
Two source windows. Current-feed sections: 188 games from 2002 to 2026. History Lab: 728 Retrosheet games from 1961 to 2025. The first refreshes with current finals; Retrosheet's published archive currently ends in 2025.

Decade balance

Select an era to inspect pace, scoring and attendance.

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Open source archive

Betting Context

Betting context since 2002

How this pairing has settled: run margins, totals and break-even prices derived from its historical record. These are final-score frequencies, not results against a closing line. We do not hold historical sportsbook prices for these games.

One-run games
22.3%

Share of the 188 decided meetings settled by exactly one run.

Won by 2 or more
77.7%

A 2+ run margin crosses 1.5, but this is not a historical line result. Average gap: 3.8.

Average total
9.7runs

Final-score average without accounting for park, bullpen or weather.

Home side wins
52.1%

Share of decided meetings won by the listed home team.

Totals ladder

Where the combined score landed against the half-run lines a book normally posts. Half runs cannot push, so every meeting falls on one side.

LineOverUnderOver rate
7.512563
66.5%
8.511078
58.5%
9.5Closest to even88100
46.8%

Fair price from the base rate

The decimal price that corresponds exactly to each club's win share in this archive. It describes the record and does not estimate the next game.

Texas Rangers
100 W · 53.2%1.88
Detroit Tigers
88 W · 46.8%2.14

A base rate is not a forecast. Starting pitchers, lineups, injuries and venue all matter more to a single game than a multi-season head-to-head record.

Last 20 meetings vs full history

One-run games
30%vs 22.3% full archive
+7.7% in the last 20
Won by 2 or more
70%vs 77.7% full archive
-7.7% in the last 20
Average total
7.2 runsvs 9.7 runs full archive
-2.5 runs in the last 20

Seasons 2023 to 2026. The comparison shows whether the last 20 final scores differ from the longer archive, without assigning a cause or predicting what comes next.

View the break-even percentages in another odds format with the odds converter, or compare current prices for Rangers and Tigers in the oddsmatcher.

Questions about this record: Detroit Tigers vs Texas Rangers

What is the Detroit Tigers vs Texas Rangers postseason record?

The postseason subset contains 6 games: Detroit Tigers have 2 wins and Texas Rangers have 4 wins. Those games are already included in the complete series from 1961 through 2026.

How do recent Detroit Tigers vs Texas Rangers results compare with the complete record?

The latest 10 decided meetings are split 5-5. Detroit Tigers lead the decided record 386-348. The recent window is a subset of the complete series from 1961 through 2026, so the page reports the two separately.

When did the Detroit Tigers and Texas Rangers first play each other?

The Retrosheet archive's first recorded meeting for this pairing is May 2, 1961, when Detroit Tigers won 6-3 away to Texas Rangers. The archive covers 728 meetings from 1961 through 2025. The current feed starts in 2002 and is reported separately.

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Methodology & Data Sources

Current MLB game logs come from the balldontlie API and cover the 2002 season onward. Scores and schedule anomalies are checked against the official MLB Stats API. Spring training is excluded, while results from earlier franchise identities are merged into the current club.

The all-time record and the History Lab use Retrosheet game logs through 2025, with inning lines, team totals, attendance, duration and ballpark fields when available. Final games after 2025 come from the current feed, and every section built on that feed alone is labeled as starting in 2002.

The betting context summarizes completed final scores only. It contains no sportsbook closing lines and summarizes only completed games. Report a possible error through our contact page with the matchup and game date.

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Last updated Sources: balldontlie, MLB Stats API, Retrosheet

Detroit Tigers and Texas Rangers have met 188 times in this archive, which covers the 2002 season onward.