The 10 Greatest Home Run Hitters in Texas Rangers History

For many years, the Texas Rangers were known to have power bats throughout the lineup.  Since the inception of the Rangers organization in 1961 (as the Washington Senators), the organization has boasted some of the game’s greatest home run hitters.

Here is a look at the greatest home run hitters in Texas Rangers history. (Stats found on mlb.com/rangers/stats/all-time-totals and baseball-reference.com).

Greatest home run hitters in Texas Rangers history

#1- Juan Gonzalez

Years: 13 (1989-1999, 2002-2003)

GP: 1,400

HR: 372

Juan Gonzalez is the greatest HR hitter in Texas Rangers history.  Gonzalez played 17 seasons in the majors with four different organizations.  He did most of his damage while he was a member of Texas.

In 1,689 career games, Gonzalez hit 434 HR (48th all-time in MLB) and collected 1,404 RBI.  In 1992 and 1993, Gonzalez led MLB in HR with 43 and 46 respectively. In 1998, Gonzalez had 157 RBI including  an incredible 100 at the All-Star break in July.

On five occasions, Gonzalez hit 40 or more HR, and seven times he hit 30 or more HR.

Gonzalez played in three All-Star games (1993, 1998, 2001), won two AL MVP Awards (1996, 1998), six Silver Slugger Awards (1992, 1993, 1996-1998, 2001), won the 1993 Home Run Derby at the All-Star game, and was in the top 10 in AL batting average three times (1998 .318, 1999 .326, 2001 .325).

According to baseball-reference.com, Gonzalez earned more than $87M for his career including $13M in 2003 when he was a member of the Rangers.

In 2015, Juan Gonzalez was enshrined into the Texas Rangers Hall of Fame.