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Texas Rangers Opening Day Lineups

Lineups are the starting lineups for that game.

A # next to the game score indicates the opposing starter was a left-hander Holding your mouse (without clicking) over the game date will show you the name of the opposing starter in most browsers. Clicking on the date will take you to the box score. Clicking on the opposing team's name will take you to their batting order for this game.

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 (# = Opp. LHS)	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	P	DH
2013. Sun, Mar 31 at HOU L (2-8)	Pierzynski	Moreland	Kinsler	Beltre	Andrus	Murphy	Martin	Cruz	Harrison	Berkman
2012. Fri, Apr 6 vs CHW W (3-2)#	Torrealba	Napoli	Kinsler	Beltre	Andrus	Murphy	Hamilton	Cruz	Lewis	Young
2011. Fri, Apr 1 vs BOS W (9-5)#	Torrealba	Napoli	Kinsler	Beltre	Andrus	Hamilton	Borbon	Cruz	Wilson	Young
2010. Mon, Apr 5 vs TOR W (5-4)	Saltalamacchia	Davis	Blanco	Young	Andrus	Hamilton	Borbon	Cruz	Feldman	Guerrero
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
53 Games	20 Players	24 Players	29 Players	23 Players	23 Players	28 Players	32 Players	33 Players	31 Players	32 Players
Most-Games	Rodriguez-11 Sundberg-9 Casanova-4 Petralli-4 Laird-3 Slaught-3 Saltalamacchia-2 Barajas-2 Camilli-2 Torrealba-2	Palmeiro-8 O'Brien-6 Epstein-5 Hargrove-4 Clark-4 Teixeira-4 Napoli-2 Long-2 Stevens-2 Davis-2	Kinsler-7 Wills-5 Nelson-4 Franco-3 McLemore-3 Alicea-2 Soriano-2 Browne-2 Young-2 Cullen-2	Bell-7 Blalock-7 McMullen-6 Buechele-6 Palmer-5 Beltre-3 Young-2 Harrah-2 Randle-1 O'Connell-1	Brinkman-7 Harrah-6 Young-5 Andrus-5 Rodriguez-3 Fletcher-3 Gil-3 Wilkerson-3 Clayton-2 Elster-2	Howard-8 Greer-6 Incaviglia-4 Sample-4 Murphy-3 Johnson-2 Gonzalez-2 Hamilton-2 Ward-2 Wilkerson-2	Lock-4 Wright-4 Hamilton-3 McDowell-3 Beniquez-3 Unser-3 Goodwin-2 Hulse-2 Rivers-2 Lovitto-2	Sierra-6 Cruz-5 Gonzalez-5 Burroughs-3 Parrish-2 Hinton-2 Valentine-2 Mench-2 Zisk-2 Biittner-1	Hough-6 Millwood-4 Bosman-4 Rogers-3 Matlack-3 Ryan-3 Richert-2 Jenkins-2 Helling-2 Pascual-2	Parrish-4 Tettleton-3 Palmeiro-2 Young-2 Grieve-2 Catalanotto-2 Franco-1 Johnson-1 Gamble-1 Oliver-1

Most Common Lineups

1 Game C. Petralli 1B. Palmeiro 2B. Franco 3B. Buechele SS. Fletcher LF. Incaviglia CF. Espy RF. Sierra P. Pitcher DH. Bell	1 Game C. Casanova 1B. Epstein 2B. Cullen 3B. McMullen SS. Brinkman LF. Howard CF. Unser RF. Stroud P. Pitcher	1 Game C. Barajas 1B. Teixeira 2B. Soriano 3B. Blalock SS. Young LF. Mench CF. Matthews RF. Hidalgo P. Pitcher DH. Dellucci	1 Game C. Rodriguez 1B. Clark 2B. Frye 3B. Palmer SS. Gil LF. Hatcher CF. Nixon RF. Greer P. Pitcher DH. Tettleton	1 Game C. Retzer 1B. Skowron 2B. Blasingame 3B. Kennedy SS. Brinkman LF. Hinton CF. Lock RF. King P. Pitcher	1 Game C. Rodriguez 1B. Clark 2B. McLemore 3B. Worthington SS. Elster LF. Greer CF. Hamilton RF. Gonzalez P. Pitcher DH. Tettleton

1 Game
C. Petralli
1B. Palmeiro
2B. Franco
3B. Buechele
SS. Fletcher
LF. Incaviglia
CF. Espy
RF. Sierra
P. Pitcher
DH. Bell

1 Game
C. Casanova
1B. Epstein
2B. Cullen
3B. McMullen
SS. Brinkman
LF. Howard
CF. Unser
RF. Stroud
P. Pitcher

1 Game
C. Barajas
1B. Teixeira
2B. Soriano
3B. Blalock
SS. Young
LF. Mench
CF. Matthews
RF. Hidalgo
P. Pitcher
DH. Dellucci

1 Game
C. Rodriguez
1B. Clark
2B. Frye
3B. Palmer
SS. Gil
LF. Hatcher
CF. Nixon
RF. Greer
P. Pitcher
DH. Tettleton

1 Game
C. Retzer
1B. Skowron
2B. Blasingame
3B. Kennedy
SS. Brinkman
LF. Hinton
CF. Lock
RF. King
P. Pitcher

1 Game
C. Rodriguez
1B. Clark
2B. McLemore
3B. Worthington
SS. Elster
LF. Greer
CF. Hamilton
RF. Gonzalez
P. Pitcher
DH. Tettleton

53 total lineups (53 when including pitchers)

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