World Series - 2010 : San Francisco Giants v Texas Rangers

2010-Oct-27 – Nov-01

San Francisco Giants 4 – 1 Texas Rangers

AT&T Park (SFG) - Globe Life Park in Arlington (TEX)

MVP: Édgar Rentería (SFG)

World Series - 2011 St Louis Cardinals - Texas Rangers

2011 World Series - St Louis Cardinals v Texas Rangers

October 19-28, 2011

Busch Stadium (St Louis) -- Globe Life Park, Arlington (Texas)

Cardinals defeat the Rangers 4 games to 3

MVP - David Freese (St Louis)

Ivan Rodriguez

October 3, 1999 Anaheim, Ca - Angels Stadium of Anaheim

Texas Rangers  0-1 Anaheim Angels

Angels RBI: Tim Salmon (HR)

Pitching: Jarrod Washburn (W-Angels) Mike Morgan (L-Rangers)

Ivan Rodriguez (DH) 0-4, 1 strikeout

Ivan Rodriguez: 1999 .332 BA, 35 home runs, 25 stolen bases, 113 RBI

American League MVP

Career:

Texas Rangers (1991-2002, 2009)

Florida Marlins (2003)

Detroit Tigers (2004-2008)

New York Yankees (2008)

Houston Astros (2009)

Washington Nationals (2010-2011)

• 14-time All-Star
• AL MVP - 1999
• NLCS MVP - 2003
• 13-time Gold Glove
• 7-time Silver slugger
• Texas Rangers #7 retired - August 12, 2017
• Texas Rangers Hall of Fame - 2013
• Washington Nationals Ring of Honor - August 28, 2017
• Baseball Hall of Fame - 2017

Robbie Ross - Rookie Record

Apr 25, 2012 Arlington, Tx - Ballpark in Arlington

Robbie Ross: Rookie Record 4 victories in 6 relief appearances

His first major league victory came on April 14, 2012 against the Minnesota Twins in relief of You Darvish

2012 - 58 games: 6(W) - 0(L) 2.22 ERA, 47 strikeouts, 23 walks

Texas Rangers (2012-2014) Boston Red Sox (2105-2017)

Career: 16(W) - 12(L), 274 strikeouts, 3.92 ERA

Nolan Ryan - Reid Ryan

April 2, 1991 Austin, Tx

Texas Rangers - Texas Longhorns exhibition game

Nolan Ryan started for the Rangers pitching 5 innings, Reid Ryan pitched 2 innings

The Rangers won 12-5

Jose Canseco

1986-Apr-08 Oakland, Ca

Minnesota Twins 3-2 Oakland Athletics

Twins RBI: Gary Gaetti, Mark Salas, Kent Hrbek

Oakland RBI: Dwayne Murphy, Tony Philips

Pitching: Frank Viola (Twins-W) Chris Codiroli (A's-L)

Jose Canseco played 29 games for the 1985 Oakland Athletics, achieving 29 hits in 96 at-bats, with 5 home runs. In his 1986 rookie season debut he had1 hit in 3 at-bats and 1 walk

1989-Sep-23 Milwaukee, Wi

First player to achieve the 40/40 club

1994-Apr-11 Arlington, Tx

While Horse artist proof (Ebay find)

Milwaukee Brewers 4-3 Texas Rangers

In his first home game for the Texas Rangers went 0-3, with 1 walk and 1 RBI

The Rangers would take the loss

Jose Canseco played for the Oakland Athletics (1985-1992, 1997) Texas Rangers (1992-1994) Boston Red Sox (1995-1996) Toronto Blue Jays (1999-2000) New York Yankees (2000) Chicago White Sox (2001)

Career Batting ave: .266; RBI: 1,407; HR: 462

• 6-time All-Star
• 2-time World Series Champion - 1989, 2000
• American League MVP - 1988
• American League Rookie of the Year - 1986
• 4-time Silver Slugger Award - 1988, 1990, 1991, 19998
• 2-time MLB Home Run Leader - 1988, 1991
• MLB RBI Leader - 1988

Jose Canseco was part of the St Vincent's 1989 series

Texas Rangers

April 8, 1991 Arlington, Tx - opening day

The Rangers lost 5-4 to the Milwaukee Brewers at Arlington Stadium

Nolan Ryan took the loss pitching 7 innings. Mark Knudson earned the victory pitching 5.1 innings

Milwaukee RBI: Robin Yount 2 (Home Run), Gary Sheffield, Paul Molitor, Franklin Stubbs

Rangers RBI: Kevin Reimer 2 (Home run) Ruben Sierra (Home Run) Rafael Palmer (Home Run)

October 1, 1993 Arlington

Kansas City Royals  0-2  Texas Rangers

TEX RBI: Rafael Palmeiro; Juan Gonzalez (HR)

KCR pitching: David Cone (L complete game)

TEX pitching: Roger Pavlik (W 8-innings)

October 3, 1993 Arlington, Tx

Final Game at Arlington Stadium

Kansas City Royals 4-1 Texas Rangers

KCR RBI: Greg Gagne 2 (HR); Gary Gaetti 2 (HR)

TEX RBI: Doug Strange

KCR pitching: Kevin Appier (W 8-innings)

The Rangers finished their season with a 86-76 record (2nd place)

April 1, 1994 Arlington, Tx

The first game played by the Texas Rangers in the newly constructed "The Ballpark in Arlington" as played on April 1, 1994 when the Rangers faced the New York Mets in an exhibition game. The first official game would be played on April 11 against the Milwaukee Brewers

April 3, 1994 - Upper Deck Heroes of Baseball

April 1, 1997 Arlington, Tx - opening day (Wild Horse cachet)

The Rangers defeat the Milwaukee Brewers 6-2 at The Ballpark at Arlington

Rangers RBI: Damon Buford (Home Run), Lee Stevens (Home run(

Milwaukee RBI: Jose Valentin, Dave Nelson

Winning Pitcher: Ken Hill (8 innings)

Losing Pitcher: Ben MacDonald (7 innings)

The Texas Rangers moved to Arlington Texas in 1971, when the Washington Senators, established in 1961 relocated to Texas. The team name is taken from the famous law enforcement agency.

Rafael Palmero

Sep 23, 2000 Arlington, Tx

400th career home run (Gateway Stamps cachet)

Texas Rangers 15 - 4 Los Angeles Angels

HR off Scott Karl, 5th inning, 2 on, 1 out to right field

May 11, 2003 Arlington, Tx

500th career home run (PMW B-70 & PMW B-71)

Texas Rangers 17 - 10 Cleveland Indians

HR off Dave Elder, 7th inning 2 on, 2 outs to right field

Rafael Palmeiro Corrales played his career of the Chicago Cubs 1986-1988, Texas Rangers 1989-1993, 1999-2003, Baltimore Orioles 1994-1998, 2004-2005

Palmeiro was named to the All-Star team 4-times and won 3 Gold Gloves

Nolan Ryan

1980-July-04 Houston, Tx. Cincinnati, Ohio, New York postmarks

Riverfront Stadium - Ryan earns 3,000 career strikeout in a loss against the Reds

1981-Sept-26 Astrodome - Houston, Texas

5th career No-hit game, defeating the Los Angeles Dodgers

1983-Apr-27 Olympic Stadium - Montreal

3509th career strikeout

1985-July-11 Astrodome - Houston, Texas

4,000 career strikeout, defeating the New York Mets

1989-Aug-22 - Arlington Stadium - Arlington Tx

5000 strikeouts

1990-June-11 - Oakland-Alameda County Stadium (postmarked the following day)

6th Career No-hit game

1990-July-31 - Milwaukee - County Stadium

300th Career Victory.

I had originally sent some envelopes to Arlington, Texas prior to Ryan's first attempt at the 300th victory. Unfortunately he did not win. On his next attempt at Milwaukee I sent some envelopes there. I was pleasantly surprised to see the Postmaster at Arlington held the covers and canceled them on the day Ryan pitched his 300th career victory.  the result is a pair of envelopes canceled at Arlington, home of the Texas Rangers and Milwaukee.

1990-Jul-31 Milwaukee Wi

300th Victory - Gateway silk cachet

1992-June-16 Anaheim, Ca

The California Angels retire Nolan Ryan's jersey

December 13, 1993 Alvin, Tx

Alvin Express Station - Home of Nolan Ryan

1996-Sept-15 Arlington, Tx

Rangers Retire Ryan's Jersey - - Bevil cachet

1996-Sept-29 Houston, Tx

Astros Retire Ryan's Jersey

Geerling and Zaso silk cachets

1999-July-25 Arlington, Tx commemorative cancel for Nolan Ryan's induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Collection of Ryan related cachets