1976 Topps Rangers Strikeout Leaders

Since I made one for the Cardinals, I needed  to make one last franchise leader card for the Rangers. Again, I used the 1976 Topps leader format for the last card in my World Series leader theme. 

Charlie Hough leads the Rangers with 1452 all-time strikeouts. Hough made his only All Star appearance in 1986 with the Rangers. Although he had 3 strikeouts in 1 2/3rds innings, catcher Rich Gedman had a hard time with his knuckleball with a wild pitch and a passed ball leading to the NL's only runs in a 3-2 AL victory.

Nolan Ryan is now the Owner/President/CEO of the Texas Rangers and is shown repeatedly during telecasts of this Series. He threw the final 2 of his record 7 no-hitters in a Rangers uniform.

C.J. Wilson had a career high 206 strikeouts this year. He also had 26 K's in the 2011 post-season.

1969 Topps Rangers Victory Leaders

Game 1 is in  the books. The Cardinals won 3-2 with Carpenter getting the win and Wilson the loss. Speaking of wins, Here are the Rangers franchise win leaders using the 1969 Topps league leader format.

Charlie Hough pitched for the Rangers from 1980 through 1990. During that time the knuckleballer amassed 139 victories. Hough also started more games than any other Rangers pitcher and pitched more innings than any other. He averaged over 6 and 2/3 innings per outing and had 98 complete games during those 11 years.

Fergie Jenkins won 25 games in his first season with the Rangers. Jenkins pitched for the Rangers in 1974 and 1975 then again from 1978-1981. Jenkins was also a workhorse for the Rangers with 90 complete games in just 6 years and averaging over 7 innings per game.

Derek Holland went 16-5 this season and is 1-0 in the post season. Holland also had 4 complete game shut outs.