Players who played for Texas Rangers and Houston Astros

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Top Players who Played for the Texas Rangers and Houston Astros.

(Ranked by WAR)

Nolan Ryan

Hall of Famer Nolan Ryan played 5 seasons for the Texas Rangers (15.2 WAR) and 9 seasons for the Houston Astros (23.4 WAR).

Iván Rodríguez

Hall of Famer Iván Rodríguez played 13 seasons for the Texas Rangers (50.0 WAR) and 1 season for the Houston Astros (0.5 WAR).

Buddy Bell

Buddy Bell played 8 seasons for the Texas Rangers (36.3 WAR) and 1 season for the Houston Astros (0.4 WAR).

Lance Berkman

Lance Berkman played 1 season for the Texas Rangers (-0.1 WAR) and 12 seasons for the Houston Astros (48.1 WAR).

Roy Oswalt

Roy Oswalt played 1 season for the Texas Rangers (-0.3 WAR) and 10 seasons for the Houston Astros (46.1 WAR).

Batting

65 players batted for each of these franchises.

Batting Table
	Texas Rangers							Houston Astros
Name	Yrs	G	AB	BA	HR	SB	WAR	Yrs	G	AB	BA	HR	SB	WAR
Pedro Astacio	2005	1	1	.000	0	0	0.0	2001	4	11	.091	0	0	-0.1
Alan Bannister	1984-1985	104	234	.278	3	11	0.6	1984	9	20	.200	0	0	-0.1
Floyd Bannister	1992	1	0		0	0	0.0	1977-1978	52	79	.177	0	0	-0.1
Buddy Bell	1979-1989	958	3623	.293	87	24	36.3	1988	74	269	.253	7	1	0.4
Carlos Beltrán	2016	52	193	.280	7	1	0.3	2004-2017	219	800	.243	37	28	3.7
Lance Berkman	2013	73	256	.242	6	0	-0.1	1999-2010	1592	5560	.296	326	82	48.1
Doug Brocail	2004-2005	8	0		0	0	0.0	1995-2009	147	27	.148	0	0	0.0
George Brunet	1970	24	38	.158	1	0	0.2	1962-1963	22	20	.050	0	0	-0.2
Ken Caminiti	2001	54	185	.232	9	0	0.2	1987-2000	1085	3922	.264	103	48	16.6
John Cangelosi	1992	73	85	.188	1	6	-1.2	1995-1996	198	463	.287	3	38	3.2
Juan Centeno	2018	10	37	.162	1	0	-0.4	2017	22	52	.231	2	0	-0.2
Robinson Chirinos	2013-2020	456	1379	.230	67	3	8.5	2019	114	366	.238	17	1	3.9
Terry Clark	1997	1	1	1.000	0	0	0.1	1990-1996	6	2	.500	0	0	0.1
Francisco Cordero	2000-2006	27	1	.000	0	0	0.0	2012	6	0		0	0	0.0
Carlos Corporán	2015	33	107	.178	3	0	-0.5	2011-2014	198	593	.224	17	0	0.8
Jack Daugherty	1989-1992	294	687	.261	8	5	0.9	1993	4	3	.333	0	0	0.0
Alex Diaz	1997	28	90	.222	2	1	-0.6	1999	30	50	.220	1	2	-0.5
Carl Everett	2002-2003	179	644	.270	34	6	1.7	1998-1999	256	931	.310	40	41	9.2
Tim Federowicz	2019	29	75	.160	4	1	-0.5	2018	10	34	.206	0	0	-0.2
Scott Feldman	2005-2012	17	18	.167	0	0	-0.1	2014-2016	4	6	.167	0	0	0.0
Mike Foltynewicz	2021	2	2	.000	0	0	0.0	2014	2	0		0	0	0.0
Robbie Grossman	2023-2024	137	406	.236	11	2	-0.3	2013-2015	190	666	.240	11	15	1.8
Carlos Gómez	2016-2017	138	484	.262	25	18	2.2	2015-2016	126	444	.221	9	23	-0.2
Billy Hatcher	1995	6	12	.083	0	0	-0.1	1986-1989	521	1908	.266	27	145	5.6
Mike Henneman	1996	2	0		0	0	0.0	1995	21	0		0	0	0.0
Xavier Hernandez	1997-1998	6	0		0	0	0.0	1990-1996	274	29	.034	0	0	-0.3
Richard Hidalgo	2005	88	308	.221	16	1	0.6	1997-2004	813	2827	.278	134	44	17.6
Pete Incaviglia	1986-1990	694	2449	.248	124	26	7.3	1992-1998	126	365	.260	11	2	1.3
Chuck Jackson	1994	1	2	.000	0	0	0.0	1987-1988	81	154	.221	2	2	0.4
Chris James	1993-1994	60	164	.274	10	0	1.9	1993	65	129	.256	6	2	1.0
Jason Jennings	2008-2009	4	1	.000	0	0	0.0	2007	19	26	.077	0	0	-0.1
Cliff Johnson	1985	82	296	.257	12	0	0.6	1972-1977	376	997	.256	52	1	5.8
Matt Kata	2007	31	70	.186	2	1	-0.4	2009	40	50	.200	0	1	-0.3
Hal King	1972	50	122	.180	4	0	1.0	1967-1968	42	99	.192	0	0	-0.7
Randy Knorr	2000	15	34	.294	2	0	0.2	1996-1999	54	125	.200	2	0	-0.4
Mike Lamb	2000-2003	357	1129	.282	19	3	1.0	2004-2007	487	1292	.281	49	4	4.3
Carlos Lee	2006	59	236	.322	9	7	0.9	2007-2012	815	3121	.286	133	26	8.8
Kenny Lofton	2007	84	317	.303	7	21	1.9	1991	20	74	.203	0	2	0.0
Jordan Lyles	2020-2021	3	6	.000	0	0	-0.1	2011-2013	46	69	.130	1	0	0.1
Jim Mahoney	1961	43	108	.241	0	1	-0.4	1965	5	5	.200	0	0	-0.2
Marty Martínez	1972	26	41	.146	0	0	-0.6	1969-1971	185	410	.268	0	1	-1.0
Lee Maye	1969-1970	167	493	.276	16	5	1.6	1965-1966	223	773	.268	12	5	0.1
Mark McLemore	1995-1999	635	2360	.268	22	83	10.3	1991	21	61	.148	0	0	-0.4
Craig McMurtry	1988-1990	1	0		0	0	0.0	1995	11	1	.000	0	0	0.0
Rafael Montero	2019-2020	1	0		0	0	0.0	2021-2024	3	0		0	0	0.0
Phil Nevin	2005-2006	75	275	.204	12	2	-0.9	1995	18	60	.117	0	1	-0.7
Darren Oliver	1993-2011	15	16	.250	0	0	0.2	2004	10	3	.000	0	0	-0.1
Claude Osteen	1961-1964	129	215	.172	2	1	0.3	1974	23	46	.283	0	0	0.4
Hunter Pence	2019	83	286	.297	18	6	1.6	2007-2011	680	2649	.290	103	61	16.2
Carlos Peña	2001-2014	40	121	.198	4	1	-0.1	2013	85	277	.209	8	1	-0.3
Jay Powell	2002-2004	8	0		0	0	0.0	1998-2001	154	3	.000	0	0	-0.1
Luis Pujols	1985	1	1	1.000	0	0	0.1	1977-1983	311	844	.192	6	1	-5.2
Mike Richardt	1980-1984	169	565	.225	4	11	-1.5	1984	16	15	.267	0	0
Dave Roberts	1979-1980	145	319	.245	13	1	0.5	1981	27	54	.241	1	1	0.0
Leon Roberts	1981-1982	103	306	.268	5	3	0.8	1976-1977	106	262	.267	7	1	0.5
Iván Rodríguez	1991-2009	1507	5754	.304	217	81	50.0	2009	93	327	.251	8	0	0.5
Wandy Rodríguez	2015	1	2	.500	0	0	0.1	2005-2012	220	391	.130	0	0	-0.8
Mike Simms	1997-1999	149	299	.281	21	0	1.0	1990-1996	181	361	.219	15	4	0.4
Rusty Staub	1980	109	340	.300	9	1	1.3	1963-1968	833	2906	.273	57	8	13.6
Dickie Thon	1992	95	275	.247	4	12	1.4	1981-1987	566	1822	.270	33	94	16.0
Chris Tremie	1998	2	3	.333	0	0	0.0	2004	1	0		0	0	0.0
Denny Walling	1991	24	44	.091	0	0	-0.6	1977-1992	1072	2618	.277	47	43	14.0
Danny Walton	1980	10	10	.200	0	0	0.0	1968-1977	15	23	.174	0	0	-0.3
Hal Woodeshick	1961	7	16	.125	0	0	-0.1	1962-1965	174	76	.092	0	0	-0.3
Gregg Zaun	1999	43	93	.247	1	1	0.5	2002-2003	135	305	.220	4	2	-1.4

Pitching

41 players pitched for each of these franchises.

Pitching Table
	Texas Rangers								Houston Astros
Name	Yrs	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	WAR	Yrs	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	WAR
Pedro Astacio	2005	12	67.0	2	8	0	6.04	0.2	2001	4	28.2	2	1	0	3.14	0.9
Floyd Bannister	1992	36	37.0	1	1	0	6.32	-0.8	1977-1978	52	253.0	11	18	0	4.38	0.1
Anthony Bass	2015-2017	35	69.2	0	0	0	5.30	0.0	2014	21	27.0	1	1	2	6.33	-0.9
Travis Blackley	2013	4	15.1	1	1	0	4.70	0.0	2013	42	35.0	1	1	0	4.89	0.1
Doug Brocail	2004-2005	104	125.2	9	4	2	4.94	0.4	1995-2009	151	216.2	15	14	3	4.24	1.0
George Brunet	1970	24	118.0	8	6	0	4.42	-0.5	1962-1963	22	66.2	2	7	0	5.00	-0.3
David Carpenter	2019	4	3.1	0	0	0	5.40	-0.1	2011-2012	64	57.1	1	5	1	4.55	0.2
Bruce Chen	2007	5	10.0	0	0	0	7.20	-0.3	2003	11	12.0	0	0	0	6.00	-0.1
Terry Clark	1997	9	30.2	1	4	0	5.87	0.0	1990-1996	6	10.1	0	2	0	12.19	-1.0
Francisco Cordero	2000-2006	356	397.0	21	20	117	3.45	9.7	2012	6	5.0	0	3	0	19.80	-0.9
Danny Darwin	1978-1995	224	872.0	55	52	15	3.72	10.5	1986-1996	220	769.0	47	35	12	3.21	12.5
Scott Feldman	2005-2012	204	727.2	39	44	0	4.81	3.8	2014-2016	73	350.2	18	20	0	3.64	3.0
Doug Fister	2018	12	66.0	1	7	0	4.50	0.9	2016	32	180.1	12	13	0	4.64	-0.2
Mike Foltynewicz	2021	28	139.0	2	12	0	5.44	-0.6	2014	16	18.2	0	1	0	5.30	-0.1
Armando Galarraga	2007	3	8.2	0	0	0	6.23	-0.1	2012	5	24.0	0	4	0	6.75	-0.5
Lucas Harrell	2016	4	17.2	1	0	0	5.60	0.0	2011-2014	77	372.2	17	33	0	4.81	1.0
Mike Henneman	1996	49	42.0	0	7	31	5.79	-0.4	1995	21	21.0	0	1	8	3.00	0.5
Dwayne Henry	1984-1988	54	65.0	3	4	4	5.54	-0.3	1991	52	67.2	3	2	2	3.19	0.8
Xavier Hernandez	1997-1998	90	107.1	6	10	1	4.02	1.3	1990-1996	273	407.2	22	19	25	3.40	2.5
Joe Hoerner	1976	41	35.0	0	4	8	5.14	-1.0	1963-1964	8	14.0	0	0	0	3.86	-0.3
Jason Jennings	2008-2009	50	88.1	2	9	1	5.50	-0.2	2007	19	99.0	2	9	0	6.45	-0.6
Jonathan Johnson	1998-2001	22	46.2	1	1	0	7.71	-0.8	2003	4	15.1	0	1	0	5.87	-0.2
Dallas Keuchel	2022	2	10.0	0	2	0	12.60	-0.6	2012-2018	192	1189.1	76	63	0	3.66	17.4
Jordan Lyles	2020-2021	44	237.2	11	19	0	5.60	-1.2	2011-2013	72	377.0	14	29	1	5.35	-2.7
Mike Marshall	1977	12	35.2	2	2	1	4.04	-0.1	1970	4	5.1	0	1	0	8.44	-0.2
Craig McMurtry	1988-1990	74	124.2	3	6	3	3.90	1.0	1995	11	10.1	0	1	0	7.84	-0.5
Dan Miceli	2002	9	8.1	0	2	0	8.64	-0.3	2003-2004	97	107.2	7	7	2	3.18	1.5
Rafael Montero	2019-2020	39	46.2	2	1	8	3.09	1.2	2021-2024	176	172.0	9	8	15	3.72	1.2
C.J. Nitkowski	2002-2003	18	23.1	0	1	0	4.63	0.2	1998	43	59.2	3	3	3	3.77	0.5
Darren Oliver	1993-2011	317	955.1	60	54	5	4.94	9.3	2004	9	14.0	1	0	0	3.86	0.1
Claude Osteen	1961-1964	108	638.0	33	41	1	3.46	8.9	1974	23	138.1	9	9	0	3.71	0.4
Roy Oswalt	2012	17	59.0	4	3	0	5.80	-0.3	2001-2010	303	1932.1	143	82	0	3.24	45.7
Jay Powell	2002-2004	125	132.1	7	3	0	5.37	-0.4	1998-2001	160	172.1	11	10	8	4.02	1.9
Austin Pruitt	2024	4	4.1	0	0	0	12.46	-0.3	2021	2	2.2	0	1	0	6.75	-0.1
Wandy Rodríguez	2015	17	86.1	6	4	0	4.90	0.5	2005-2012	227	1306.2	80	84	0	4.04	13.3
Nolan Ryan	1989-1993	129	840.0	51	39	0	3.43	15.2	1980-1988	282	1854.2	106	94	0	3.13	25.4
Will Smith	2023	60	57.1	2	7	22	4.40	0.3	2022	24	22.0	0	2	0	3.27	0.1
Alex Speas	2023	3	2.0	0	2	0	13.50	-0.2	2024	1	2.0	0	0	0	4.50	0.0
Jerome Williams	2014	2	10.0	1	1	0	9.90	-0.4	2014	26	47.2	1	4	0	6.04	-0.8
Mitch Williams	1986-1988	232	274.2	18	19	32	3.70	3.6	1994	25	20.0	1	4	6	7.65	-0.9
Hal Woodeshick	1961	7	40.1	3	2	0	4.02	0.7	1962-1965	174	364.0	21	38	36	3.16	7.2

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