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Every MLB record the Texas Rangers broke during their World Series run

From Corey Seager and Adolis García to rookie Evan Carter, plenty of history was made in Texas.

The Texas Rangers made franchise history with their first-ever World Series title on Wednesday against the Arizona Diamondbacks.

They also made baseball history along the way.

Quite a few times.

Here are some of the MLB records the Rangers broke en route to the club’s first championship, from individual performances to teamwide efforts that spanned the whole postseason.

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Road warriors

Of all the records the Rangers broke in the postseason, none defined their World Series title more than this one.

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The Rangers went 11-0 on the road in the playoffs, which was both the most road wins by a team in a single postseason and the longest road winning streak in postseason history. That included four road wins against the Houston Astros in the ALCS, and three-straight wins at Chase Field in Phoenix to clinch the franchise’s first-ever title.

For perspective: Texas won just two games at Globe Life Field; Game 3 of the ALDS against the Baltimore Orioles and Game 1 of the World Series.

Adolis Garcia (left) congratulates Texas Rangers shortstop Corey Seager on his Most Valuable...
Adolis Garcia (left) congratulates Texas Rangers shortstop Corey Seager on his Most Valuable Player trophy after the team won the World Series against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field in Phoenix, Nov. 1, 2023. (Tom Fox / Staff Photographer)
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El Bombi, the producer

How good was Adolis García this postseason? He didn’t even need the entire World Series to break a cumulative record. García’s 22 RBIs were the most-all time in a single season, and he passed St. Louis’ David Freese (21) with a walk-off home run in the 11th inning of Game 1 of the World Series.

García, the ALCS MVP, drove in a single-series record 15 runs in seven games against the Astros. The 30-year-old hit a home run (six total) in five consecutive games from Game 4 of the ALCS to Game 1 of the World Series. Had he not strained his oblique in Game 3 of the World Series and gone on to miss the series’ fourth and fifth games, he could’ve created an even large gap between his record and second-place Freese.

Corey Seager’s affinity for home runs

Seager, the World Series MVP, will need to wait for a future postseason to tie New York’s Derek Jeter for the most home postseason home runs all-time by a shortstop with 20. But, in the World Series, Seager’s three home runs were the most ever by a shortstop in a single Fall Classic.

His game-tying two-run home run in the ninth inning of Game 1 was the hardest-hit World Series home run in the StatCast era (2015) at 114.5 miles per hour.

Texas Rangers shortstop Corey Seager (5) smiles as he’s interviewed on stage before being...
Texas Rangers shortstop Corey Seager (5) smiles as he’s interviewed on stage before being presented with the World Series Most Valuable Player trophy at Chase Field in Phoenix, Nov. 1, 2023. The Rangers defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks, 4-1. (Tom Fox / Staff Photographer)

Also, his affinity for walks

Maybe we should have led with this one: Seager broke a record previously held by Barry Bonds.

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Seager, in the Rangers’ three-game ALDS sweep of the Orioles, worked a division-series record nine walks. That included a postseason-record five walks in Game 2 of that series. He worked 14 total walks in 17 playoff games, but still managed to hit .318, too.

The Evan Carter file

Carter, a 21-year-old rookie, hit nine doubles — the last of which came in Game 5 of the World Series — in the postseason, a new MLB record. Four players were previously tied for the record prior to this postseason: Freese (2011), Albert Pujols (2011), Mookie Betts (2010) and Ben Zobrist (2015).

That’s just a taste of what Texas’ Little Savior did. Carter also became: the youngest player in MLB history with five extra-base hits in his first six playoff games, the first player in MLB history with a walk, an extra base hit and a run scored in each of their first three playoff games and the youngest player in postseason history to reach base 13-plus times in his first five playoff games. His 10 total walks, too, were tied for the most-ever by a rookie in a single playoff run.

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Texas Rangers' Marcus Semien hoists the Commissioner's Trophy upon the arrival of the...
Texas Rangers' Marcus Semien hoists the Commissioner's Trophy upon the arrival of the baseball team at Dallas Love Field, Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023, in Dallas following their first-ever World Series win. (Shafkat Anowar/The Dallas Morning News via AP)(Shafkat Anowar / ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Marcus Semien’s plate appearances record

The Rangers’ ironman second baseman — in his 179th game of the year — set the all-time record for most plate appearances in a single season (regular and playoffs combined) with 835.

Semien, an All-Star starter and Gold Glove Finalist, played in each of the Rangers’ 162 regular season games and all 17 playoff contests. His last plate appearance of the postseason (which gave him a two-PA lead over now second-place Lenny Dykstra) ended in a championship-sealing two-run home run in Game 5 of the World Series on Wednesday. Had the Rangers played a seventh World Series game, he would’ve broken Hideki Matsui’s all-time record of 180 games played in a single season.

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The team’s home run streak

The Rangers hit a home run in 17-straight playoff games (a.k.a all of their playoff games), the longest streak in a single postseason. They led all playoff teams with 30 total; led by eight from García, six from Seager and three apiece from Josh Jung, Nathaniel Lowe, Jonah Heim and Mitch Garver.

Texas Rangers starting pitcher Nathan Eovaldi celebrates the final out with the bases loaded...
Texas Rangers starting pitcher Nathan Eovaldi celebrates the final out with the bases loaded at the end of fifth inning in Game 5 of the World Series against the Arizona Diamondbacks, Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023, in Phoenix. (Smiley N. Pool / Staff Photographer)

Nasty Nate’s historic postseason

Texas’ right-handed ace made history with five wins as a starting pitcher in the playoffs, the most all time.

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Eovaldi, who had a perfect 5-0 record on the mound, became the fourth pitcher with five postseason wins, though each of the others — Los Angeles’ Clayton Kershaw, Washington’s Stephen Strasburg and Anaheim’s Francisco Rodriguez — had at least one win of their wins in relief. Eovaldi’s record-breaking victory came in the title-clinching fifth game of the World Series.

Big Willy Style

Texas’ left-handed reliever Will Smith became the first player in MLB history to win three consecutive World Series championships with three different teams. He won the 2021 World Series with his hometown Atlanta Braves, and appeared in 24 games for the Houston Astros in the 2022 regular season, but did not pitch in the playoffs. Smith pitched in five playoff games for the Rangers, including twice in the World Series.

Notable tidbits

Credit MLB’s Sarah Langs for these few statistical nuggets, too: In Game 4 of the World Series, the Rangers became the first team in postseason history to five-plus runs with two outs in multiple innings ... The Rangers went 11-0 in the postseason when they scored the game’s first run, the longest streak within a single postseason when scoring first ... Texas’ plus-42 run differential on the road this season was the highest ever in a single postseason.

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