Current-feed record
+11wins for Rangers
53% Rangers · 47% Rays
Rangers have pulled further ahead since 2023: 17-10.
Tampa Bay Rays vs Texas Rangers All-Time Record
American League
Tampa Bay Rays
Texas Rangers
Rangers lead Rays128to107since 1998
Retrosheet history through 2025, plus 7 final games from the current feed.
2026 season series: Rays lead 4-3
Data updated 6 min read
At a glance
All-time since 1998 · current-feed analysis, 2002 to 2026
Tampa Bay Rays vs Texas Rangers insights
Recent form
8-12last 20
Rangers won 8-6 on Sep 6, 2026
Where it matters
11Postseason games
11 postseason games across 3 postseasons since 2002.
Schedule context
- Rangers built the series lead before the 2023 schedule change, taking 84 of 164 decided meetings (51%).
- Since the schedule balanced out they are 17-10, or 63% to Rangers.
Rays vs Rangers postseason head-to-head record
Tampa Bay Rays and Texas Rangers have met 235 times since 1998, 11 times in the postseason. The playoff games are included in the all-time total, not added on top of it.
- Postseason record
- Rangers 8-3
- 11 postseason games since 1998
- Playoff share
- 4.7%
- Share of all meetings
- Regular season
- 224
- Recorded non-postseason meetings
Win Percentage
90W
101W
TB
TEX
47%53%
Tampa Bay RaysTexas Rangers
Recent Games
Last 10 Games
Sep 6
TEX 8-6 TB
TEXSep 5
TEX 3-6 TB
TBSep 4
TEX 6-7 TB
TBSep 3
TEX 6-0 TB
TEXJul 30
TB 3-2 TEX
TBJul 29
TB 3-0 TEX
TBJul 28
TB 1-4 TEX
TEXJun 5
TB 4-3 TEX
TBJun 4
TB 5-4 TEX
TBJun 3
TB 5-1 TEX
TB| Date | Home | Away | Score | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 6, 2026 | TEX | TB | 8–6 | TEX |
| Sep 5, 2026 | TEX | TB | 3–6 | TB |
| Sep 4, 2026 | TEX | TB | 6–7 | TB |
| Sep 3, 2026 | TEX | TB | 6–0 | TEX |
| Jul 30, 2026 | TB | TEX | 3–2 | TB |
| Jul 29, 2026 | TB | TEX | 3–0 | TB |
| Jul 28, 2026 | TB | TEX | 1–4 | TEX |
| Jun 5, 2025 | TB | TEX | 4–3 | TB |
| Jun 4, 2025 | TB | TEX | 5–4 | TB |
| Jun 3, 2025 | TB | TEX | 5–1 | TB |
Last Meeting
Sep 6, 2026Final
TEX
8
HOME
TB
6
AWAY
Rangerswon by2runs
Snapped Rays' streak·Game 191 since 2002
Streaks & Momentum
Current Streak
Texas Rangers won the most recent meeting
1
Avg. Margin of Victory
Games decided by 3.4 runs on average
3.4runs
Momentum (Last 10 vs Archive since 2002)
TB↑Trending Up
Last 1070%
Archive since 200247.1%
TEX↓Trending Down
Last 1030%
Archive since 200252.9%
Last 10 Results
TB / TEX
Record since 2002
Season Split & Biggest Wins
Regular season vs Postseason record, plus each team's largest margin of victory
Regular Season180 games
87
93
Postseason11 games
3
8
Tampa Bay Rays Biggest Win
15–4+11 runs
Jul 20, 2003
Texas Rangers Biggest Win
15–3+12 runs
Sep 26, 2009
Decade Breakdown
Choose a decade to scope the current-feed page
Season by Season
| Season ↓ | TB ↕ | TEX ↕ | Games ↕ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2025 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2024 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 2023 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 2022 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2021 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2019 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2018 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2017 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2016 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2015 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2014 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2013 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 2012 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 2011 | 5 | 8 | 13 |
| 2010 | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| 2009 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 2008 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| 2007 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 2006 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 2005 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2004 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 2003 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 2002 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
All 24 seasons are shown in the table above.
Home / Away Split
AWAY
40-58
TB
AWAY
43-50
TEX
Retrosheet archiveComplete through 2025
Tampa Bay Rays vs Texas Rangers all-time record, 1998 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
- 228
- Peak inning
- EX
- Record game
- 22 runs
Two source windows. Current-feed sections: 191 games from 2002 to 2026. History Lab: 228 Retrosheet games from 1998 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.
TBTEX
Scoring by inning
Runs per 100 batting innings, adjusted for unequal ninth and extra innings.
TBTEX
45.2
149.6
61.0
259.2
51.3
368.9
55.7
471.9
61.8
557.5
42.5
661.0
51.8
744.7
46.9
850.0
40.2
944.8
85.2
EX37.0
- TB after scoring first
- 68.8%
- TEX after scoring first
- 76.5%
- Lead-change games
- 38.6%
- Beyond nine innings
- 17
The games at the edges
Verified single-game records from the historical matchup log.
Highest total
22 runs
TB 10, TEX 12
Apr 20, 2005
Biggest margin
13 runs
TEX 2, TB 15
Sep 19, 1999
Longest game
14 innings
TEX 3, TB 2
Aug 12, 2014
Largest crowd
51,746
TEX 3, TB 6
Oct 9, 2010 · Postseason
Tampa Bay Rays largest comeback
5-run deficit
TEX 6, TB 7
Sep 27, 2009
Texas Rangers largest comeback
6-run deficit
TEX 11, TB 8
Jul 4, 2002
Full archive stat line
Counting stats across games with complete team totals.
MetricTBTEX
Hits2,0282,031
Home runs255323
Walks742722
Strikeouts1,6691,736
Errors146143
Where the rivalry lived
- 01107games
Tropicana Field
St. Petersburg, FL
- 0299games
Rangers Ballpark in Arlington
Arlington, TX
- 0316games
Globe Life Field in Arlington
Arlington, TX
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
22.5%
Share of the 191 decided meetings settled by exactly one run.
Won by 2 or more
77.5%
A 2+ run margin crosses 1.5, but this is not a historical line result. Average gap: 3.4.
Average total
9.2runs
Final-score average without accounting for park, bullpen or weather.
Home side wins
56.5%
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.
| Line | Over | Under | Over rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 | 117 | 74 | 61.3% |
| 8.5Closest to even | 100 | 91 | 52.4% |
| 9.5 | 75 | 116 | 39.3% |
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
101 W · 52.9%1.89
Tampa Bay Rays
90 W · 47.1%2.12
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 22.5% full archive
+7.5% in the last 20
Won by 2 or more
70%vs 77.5% full archive
-7.5% in the last 20
Average total
7.9 runsvs 9.2 runs full archive
-1.3 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 Rays in the oddsmatcher.
Questions about this record: Tampa Bay Rays vs Texas Rangers
What is the Tampa Bay Rays vs Texas Rangers postseason record?
The postseason subset contains 11 games: Tampa Bay Rays have 3 wins and Texas Rangers have 8 wins. Those games are already included in the complete series from 1998 through 2026.
How do recent Tampa Bay Rays vs Texas Rangers results compare with the complete record?
Tampa Bay Rays have won 7 of the latest 10 decided meetings. Texas Rangers lead the decided record 128-107. The recent window is a subset of the complete series from 1998 through 2026, so the page reports the two separately.
When did the Tampa Bay Rays and Texas Rangers first play each other?
The Retrosheet archive's first recorded meeting for this pairing is Apr 21, 1998, when Texas Rangers beat Tampa Bay Rays 4-0 at home. The archive covers 228 meetings from 1998 through 2025. The current feed starts in 2002 and is reported separately.
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.
Last updated Sources: balldontlie, MLB Stats API, Retrosheet
Tampa Bay Rays and Texas Rangers have met 191 times in this archive, which covers the 2002 season onward.