Texas Rangers Trivia
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48 free Texas Rangers trivia questions with answers — sports quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
This Texas Rangers trivia quiz is mostly about the ballclub: the expansion Washington Senators who moved to Arlington in 1972, the sweltering Arlington Stadium years, Nolan Ryan and Pudge Rodríguez, the George W. Bush ownership, the A-Rod contract, the back-to-back pennants of 2010 and 2011 and the one-strike-away agony of Game 6, and finally Bruce Bochy, Corey Seager and the 2023 World Series title. Expect questions on retired numbers, single-season records, Globe Life Field, the Silver Boot rivalry with Houston, and the claw and antlers. Because the team is named after them, the last stretch covers the Texas Ranger Division itself: Stephen F. Austin's 1823 call to arms, Sam Bass and Bonnie and Clyde, 'One Riot, One Ranger', the Waco museum, and the fictional Rangers from the Lone Ranger to Chuck Norris. About a third of the questions are easy for any fan, a third medium, and the rest for people who remember Bump Wills. Every answer has been checked against an encyclopaedic source and each question links to the page that confirms it.
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Q 01The Rangers franchise began in 1961 as an expansion team in which city?
Washington
They were the second Washington Senators; the first had just left to become the Minnesota Twins.
Q 02Which division do the Rangers play in?
American League West
American League West. The Rangers share it with the Astros, Angels, Athletics and Mariners; Houston came over from the National League in 2013 so that each league would have 15 teams.
Q 03Which Arlington mayor chased a big-league team for more than a decade before luring the Senators to Texas?
Tom Vandergriff
Tom Vandergriff. Elected mayor at 25, he persuaded owner Bob Short to move the club in 1971, then took a seat in the Rangers' broadcast booth himself.
Q 04How did the Rangers franchise's final home game before its move to Texas end?
Forfeited after fans stormed the field
Forfeited after fans stormed the field. With two outs in the ninth and the home team ahead, souvenir hunters poured on, one ran off with first base, and the umpires awarded the game to the visitors.
Q 05Which Hall of Famer managed the club to its only winning season before the move to Texas, in 1969?
Ted Williams
Ted Williams. He had never coached or managed at any level, yet won 86 games in his first year; after the move he lost 100 in the Rangers' first Texas season and stepped down.
Q 06Which pitcher won a club-record 25 games for the Rangers in 1974?
Ferguson Jenkins
Ferguson Jenkins. Acquired from the Cubs that winter, he led the league in wins as Texas climbed from 105 losses to 84 wins and second place.
Q 07Which future Texas governor headed the group that bought the Rangers in 1989?
George W. Bush
George W. Bush. He borrowed to buy a small stake, became the club's public face as managing general partner, and collected about $15 million when the team was sold in 1998.
Q 08Which pitcher joined the Rangers in 1989 and reached 5,000 strikeouts and 300 wins with the club?
Nolan Ryan
Nolan Ryan. He left Houston in a contract dispute after the Astros sought a pay cut, then threw his sixth and seventh no-hitters as a Ranger, the last at age 44.
Q 09Which White Sox player charged the mound in 1993 and was headlocked and punched by a 46-year-old Rangers pitcher?
Robin Ventura
Robin Ventura. He was 20 years younger than the pitcher he charged, yet he was the one ejected, while the veteran stayed in and earned the win.
Q 10Which Rangers pitcher threw a perfect game against the California Angels in Arlington on July 28, 1994?
Kenny Rogers
Kenny Rogers. Rookie centre fielder Rusty Greer saved it with a diving catch to open the ninth inning, then caught the final out as well.
Q 11Who was MVP when the Rangers won their first division title?
Juan González
Juan González. In 1996 he edged the runner-up by just three points in the vote, then hit five home runs in the four-game playoff series, which Texas still lost.
Q 12Which Rangers catcher, nicknamed 'Pudge', was the American League MVP in 1999?
Iván Rodríguez
Iván Rodríguez. He beat Pedro Martínez for the award even though the Boston pitcher drew more first-place votes, because two writers left Martínez off their ballots entirely.
Q 13Which team did Alex Rodriguez leave to sign a record 10-year, $252 million contract with the Rangers?
Seattle Mariners
Q 21Which Ranger set a postseason-series record with six home runs in the 2011 ALCS?
Nelson Cruz
Nelson Cruz. He ended Game 2 in the 11th inning with the first official walk-off grand slam in postseason history and was named series MVP.
Q 22Whose 3,000th hit in 2017 made him the first player born in the Dominican Republic to reach the mark?
Adrián Beltré
Adrián Beltré. Four days earlier an umpire had ejected him for dragging the on-deck circle over to where he stood instead of walking to it; the 3,000th hit itself was a double.
Q 23Who set the Rangers' single-season records for hits (221) and doubles (52) in 2005 and 2006?
Michael Young
Seattle Mariners. It was by far the richest deal in baseball history, yet Texas finished last in all three of his seasons, while Seattle won 116 games the year he left.
Q 14Who did the Rangers get back from the Yankees when they traded A-Rod after the 2003 season?
Alfonso Soriano
Alfonso Soriano. Texas could also pick a prospect from a Yankees list that included Robinson Canó, and chose Joaquín Arias instead.
Q 15Who became MLB's youngest general manager when the Rangers promoted him at 28 in 2005?
Jon Daniels
Jon Daniels. His clubs won pennants in 2010 and 2011, but he was fired in 2022, a year before players he had signed delivered the first title.
Q 16Which ballpark, then in its final season, hosted Rangers slugger Josh Hamilton's 28-homer round in the 2008 Home Run Derby?
Yankee Stadium
Yankee Stadium. Hamilton's 28 first-round homers, 13 of them on consecutive swings, set a derby record, yet he tired and lost the final to Justin Morneau.
Q 17Which two hand gestures became the Rangers' signature during the 2010 run?
The claw and the antlers
Foam claws and deer-antler helmets took over the ballpark that autumn.
Q 18Whom did the Rangers beat in the 2010 ALCS to win the first pennant in franchise history?
New York Yankees
New York Yankees. They had knocked Texas out in the first round in 1996, 1998 and 1999; this time the Rangers won in six games to reach their first World Series.
Q 19Who beat the Rangers in their first World Series, in 2010?
San Francisco Giants
San Francisco Giants. Tim Lincecum beat Texas ace Cliff Lee twice, in the opener and again in the Game 5 clincher in Arlington.
Q 20Who hit the Cardinals' 11th-inning walk-off homer in Game 6 of the 2011 World Series?
David Freese
David Freese. With Texas one strike from the title in the ninth, his two-run triple tied the game, and he was named series MVP after St. Louis won Game 7.
Michael Young. He moved from second base to shortstop and then to third to make room for teammates, and still left as the club's all-time hits leader with 2,230.
Q 24Which Japanese ace came within one out of a perfect game for the Rangers in 2013?
Yu Darvish
Yu Darvish. In his first start of the season he retired the first 26 Astros, striking out 14, before a single with two outs in the ninth ended the bid.
Q 25Who managed the Rangers to their first World Series title in his first season with the club?
Bruce Bochy
Bruce Bochy. He had retired after the 2019 season with three titles to his name; Texas talked him back, and he won a fourth in his first year.
Q 26Whom did the Rangers beat in the 2023 World Series?
Arizona Diamondbacks
Arizona Diamondbacks. On paper they were the weakest side Texas met that postseason: an 84-win wild card, after three earlier opponents who had averaged 97 wins.
Q 27Who was the first Ranger to be named World Series MVP?
Corey Seager
Corey Seager. He had already won the award as a Dodger in 2020, in a World Series played at the Rangers' own new ballpark, before he ever signed with Texas.
Q 28Who won ALCS MVP in 2023 as the Rangers beat the Astros in seven games?
Adolis García
Adolis García. Hit by a pitch as benches cleared in Game 5, he answered in Houston with a Game 6 grand slam and drove in a series-record 15 runs.
Q 29The 2023 Rangers set a postseason record by going 11-0 in which kind of game?
Road games
Road games. They went 11-0 away from Arlington but only 2-4 at home, so even the title was clinched on the road.
Q 30Which pitcher did the Rangers sign to a five-year, $185M contract before the 2023 season?
Jacob deGrom
Jacob deGrom. He made only six starts before elbow surgery ended his season, so Texas won that year's title almost entirely without its new ace.