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Texas Rangers Opening Day Lineups

Lineups are the starting lineups for that game.

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Shading is not used to differentiate the players' performances. It is merely used to quickly illustrate long strings of games/years played by a single player. When a player in the column changes, so does the color of the shading.

Game C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF SP DH
2009. Mon, Apr 6 vs CLE W (9-1)# Saltalamacchia Davis Kinsler Young Andrus Byrd Hamilton Cruz Millwood Blalock
2008. Mon, Mar 31 at SEA L (2-5)# Laird Broussard Kinsler Blalock Young Murphy Hamilton Byrd Millwood Bradley
2007. Mon, Apr 2 at LAA L (1-4) Laird Teixeira Kinsler Blalock Young Wilkerson Lofton Sosa Millwood Catalanotto
2006. Mon, Apr 3 vs BOS L (3-7) Barajas Teixeira Kinsler Blalock Young Wilkerson Nix Mench Millwood Nevin
2005. Tue, Apr 5 at LAA L (2-3) Barajas Teixeira Soriano Blalock Young Mench Matthews Hidalgo Drese Dellucci
2004. Mon, Apr 5 at OAK L (4-5) Laird Teixeira Soriano Blalock Young Dellucci Nix Mench Rogers Fullmer
2003. Sun, Mar 30 at ANA W (6-3) Diaz Palmeiro Young Blalock Rodriguez Everett Glanville Gonzalez Valdez Sierra
2002. Mon, Apr 1 at OAK L (3-8)# Rodriguez Palmeiro Young Blalock Rodriguez Kapler Everett Gonzalez Park Catalanotto
2001. Sun, Apr 1 at TOR L (1-8) Rodriguez Palmeiro Velarde Caminiti Rodriguez Greer Porter Mateo Helling Galarraga
2000. Mon, Apr 3 vs CHW W (10-4)# Rodriguez Segui Alicea Evans Clayton Greer Mateo Kapler Rogers Palmeiro
1999. Mon, Apr 5 vs DET L (5-11) Rodriguez Stevens Alicea Zeile Clayton Greer Goodwin Gonzalez Helling Palmeiro
1998. Tue, Mar 31 vs CHW L (2-9) Rodriguez Clark McLemore Tatis Elster Greer Goodwin Gonzalez Burkett Stevens
1997. Tue, Apr 1 vs MIL W (6-2) Rodriguez Stevens McLemore Palmer Gil Greer Buford Newson Hill Tettleton
1996. Mon, Apr 1 vs BOS W (5-3) Rodriguez Clark McLemore Worthington Elster Greer Hamilton Gonzalez Hill Tettleton
1995. Wed, Apr 26 at NYY L (6-8)# Rodriguez Clark Frye Palmer Gil Hatcher Nixon Greer Rogers Tettleton
1994. Mon, Apr 4 at NYY L (3-5)# Rodriguez Clark Strange Palmer Lee Gonzalez Hulse James Brown Canseco
1993. Mon, Apr 5 at BAL W (7-4) Rodriguez Palmeiro Ripken Palmer Gil Gonzalez Hulse Canseco Lefferts Franco
1992. Mon, Apr 6 at SEA W (12-10)# Rodriguez Palmeiro Newman Palmer Thon Fariss Gonzalez Sierra Ryan Downing
1991. Mon, Apr 8 vs MIL L (4-5) Petralli Palmeiro Franco Buechele Huson Daugherty Pettis Sierra Ryan Reimer
1990. Mon, Apr 9 vs TOR W (4-2) Petralli Palmeiro Franco Buechele Kunkel Incaviglia Pettis Sierra Ryan Baines
1989. Tue, Apr 4 vs DET W (4-0) Petralli Palmeiro Franco Buechele Fletcher Incaviglia Espy Sierra Hough Bell
1988. Mon, Apr 4 vs CLE W (4-3) Petralli O'Brien Browne Buechele Fletcher Incaviglia McDowell Sierra Hough Parrish
1987. Mon, Apr 6 at BAL L (1-2) Slaught O'Brien Browne Buechele Fletcher Incaviglia McDowell Sierra Hough Parrish
1986. Tue, Apr 8 vs TOR W (6-3) Slaught O'Brien Harrah Buechele Wilkerson Ward McDowell Incaviglia Guzman Parrish
1985. Mon, Apr 8 at BAL L (2-4) Slaught O'Brien Harrah Bell Wilkerson Ward Wright Jones Hough Johnson
1984. Tue, Apr 3 vs CLE L (1-9) Yost O'Brien Tolleson Bell Wilkerson Sample Wright Ward Hough Parrish
1983. Mon, Apr 4 vs CHW W (5-3) Sundberg O'Brien Richardt Bell Dent Sample Wright Parrish Smithson Hostetler
1982. Sat, Apr 10 at CLE W (8-3)# Sundberg Johnson Flynn Bell Wagner Mazzilli Wright Parrish Hough Richardt
1981. Thu, Apr 9 at NYY L (3-10)# Sundberg Putnam Wills Bell Mendoza Sample Rivers Grubb Matlack Oliver
1980. Thu, Apr 10 vs NYY W (1-0)# Sundberg Ellis Wills Bell Frias Sample Rivers Oliver Matlack Zisk
1979. Sat, Apr 7 at DET W (8-2) Sundberg Jorgensen Wills Bell Norman Grubb Oliver Zisk Jenkins Gamble
1978. Sat, Apr 8 vs NYY W (2-1)# Sundberg Hargrove Wills Harrah Campaneris Oliver Beniquez Zisk Matlack Bevacqua
1977. Thu, Apr 7 at BAL W (2-1) Sundberg Hargrove Wills Harrah Campaneris Washington Beniquez May Blyleven Grieve
1976. Fri, Apr 9 vs MIN W (2-1) Sundberg Hargrove Smalley Howell Harrah Randle Beniquez Burroughs Perry Grieve
1975. Tue, Apr 8 vs MIN L (4-11) Sundberg Hargrove Nelson Randle Harrah Tovar Davis Burroughs Jenkins Spencer
1974. Thu, Apr 4 vs OAK L (2-7) Billings Spencer Nelson Fregosi Harrah Johnson Lovitto Tovar Bibby Burroughs
1973. Sat, Apr 7 vs CHW L (1-3)# Billings Epstein Nelson Lovitto Harrah Johnson Maddox Burroughs Bosman Carty
1972. Sat, Apr 15 at CAL L (0-1) King Mincher Randle Nelson Harrah Howard Lovitto Biittner Bosman  
1971. Mon, Apr 5 vs OAK W (8-0)# Casanova Epstein Cullen Foy Harrah Howard Flood Maddox Bosman  
1970. Mon, Apr 6 vs DET L (0-5)# Casanova Epstein Nelson McMullen Brinkman Howard Unser Allen Bosman  
1969. Mon, Apr 7 vs NYY L (4-8) Casanova Epstein Cullen McMullen Brinkman Howard Unser Stroud Pascual  
1968. Wed, Apr 10 vs MIN L (0-2) Casanova Epstein Coggins McMullen Hansen Howard Unser Valentine Pascual  
1967. Mon, Apr 10 vs NYY L (0-8) Camilli Nen Allen McMullen Brinkman Howard Valentine Peterson Richert  
1966. Mon, Apr 11 vs CLE L (2-5)# Camilli Cunningham Hamlin McMullen Brinkman Howard Lock Valentine Richert  
1965. Mon, Apr 12 vs BOS L (2-7) Brumley Chance Blasingame McMullen Brinkman Howard Lock Kirkland Ortega  
1964. Mon, Apr 13 vs LAA L (0-4) Retzer Skowron Blasingame Kennedy Brinkman Hinton Lock King Osteen  
1963. Mon, Apr 8 vs BAL L (1-3)# Leppert Brown Breeding Osborne Brinkman Minoso Lock Hinton Rudolph  
1962. Mon, Apr 9 vs DET W (4-1)# Schmidt Long Cottier O'Connell Johnson Tasby Piersall Hinton Daniels  
1961. Mon, Apr 10 vs CHW L (3-4) Daley Long O'Connell Klaus Veal Woodling Tasby Keough Donovan  
49 games 18 players 22 players 28 players 22 players 23 players 27 players 30 players 33 players 27 players 29 players
Most Common-games Rodriguez-11
Sundberg-9
Casanova-4
Palmeiro-8
O'Brien-6
Epstein-5
Wills-5
Kinsler-4
Nelson-4
Blalock-7
Bell-7
McMullen-6
Brinkman-7
Harrah-6
Young-5
Howard-8
Greer-6
Incaviglia-4
Wright-4
Lock-4
Beniquez-3
Sierra-6
Gonzalez-5
Burroughs-3
Hough-6
Bosman-4
Millwood-4
Parrish-4
Tettleton-3
Catalanotto-2

Most Common Lineups

1 Games
C. Rodriguez
1B. Clark
2B. McLemore
3B. Tatis
SS. Elster
LF. Greer
CF. Goodwin
RF. Gonzalez
P. Pitcher
DH. Stevens

49 total lineups (49 when including pitchers)