The Texas Rangers will unveil Adrian Beltré’s statue outside Globe Life Field on Friday, a few hours before their opening game of a 3-game set against the Cleveland Guardians.

The team said Monday that they’ll unveil the full-size bronze statue on Friday afternoon and hold a pregame ceremony at 5:50 p.m. Saturday before the game’s 6:05 p.m. start.

The statue will be installed outside Globe Life Field near the Northeast Plaza entrance.

The dedication and unveiling on Friday is open to the public and parking lots will open early at 2 p.m. for fans who want to attend the ceremony.

The statue was created by Granbury-based artist Mike Tabor, who will join Beltré and Rangers officials in sharing a few remarks during the unveiling. Rangers Hall of Fame EVP and Voice of Globe Life Field Chuck Morgan will serve as Master of Ceremonies.

During the pre-game ceremony on Saturday, Beltré will receive a smaller version of his bronze statue and will catch the ceremonial first pitch thrown by the artist. Fans aren’t being left out either — the first 20,000 fans entering the park on Saturday will receive a replica statue.

Before the ceremony on Saturday, Beltré will sign autographs for an hour in the New Era Alumni Alley behind Section 101 on the main concourse. Autographs are limited to one item and available on a first-come, first-served basis.

“Beltré, a 2024 National Baseball Hall of Fame inductee, joins fellow Hall of Famers Nolan Ryan (1999) and Ivan Rodriguez (2017) and the man responsible for bringing Major League Baseball to Arlington, the late Tom Vandergriff, with statues adorning the perimeter of Globe Life Field,” the team said.

Two other statues are located outside the stadium, including one commemorating the final out of the 2010 American League Championship Series and another honoring Shannon Stone, a Brownwood firefighter who fell and died at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington in 2011 while reaching for a foul ball for his son.

Statues outside Globe Life Field/Choctaw Stadium

NOLAN RYAN STATUE
Hall of Fame pitching legend Nolan Ryan was the first individual to be recognized with a statue by the Rangers. The eight-foot bronze statue was dedicated in April 1997in the centerfield park area of The Ballpark in Arlington, known as Vandergriff Plaza. Sculpted by Toby Mendez of Washington County, Maryland, the statue features the “Express” tipping his cap after one of the many pitching feats he accomplished in a Texas uniform from 1989-93. The Ryan statue was relocated to the North Plaza of Globe Life Field when that facility opened in 2020.

TOM VANDERGRIFF STATUE
There is no one more deserving of recognition than the late Tom Vandergriff, who was primarily responsible for the transfer of the Washington Senators to Arlington, Texas in the fall of 1971. A 2004 inductee into the Rangers Baseball Hall of Fame, Vandergriff led Arlington as its Mayor from 1951-77. His statue measures seven feet three inches in height and was also created by Toby Mendez. Dedicated in July 1997, the statue was located inside The Ballpark in Arlington, greeting fans as they entered the park through the centerfield gate. When Globe Life Field opened in 2020, the statue was moved outside the northeast entrance of that building.

GOING TO THE SHOW
The Rangers’ first American League Championship in franchise history is commemorated in a statue commissioned by the City of Arlington. “Going to the Show” was produced by noted St. Louis artist Harry Weber and depicts pitcher Neftali Feliz and catcher Bengie Molina embracing after the final out of Game 6 of the ALCS on October 22, 2010, at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington. Feliz struck out Alex Rodriguez to complete the Rangers’ 6-1 win over the New York Yankees and send the Rangers to their first-ever World Series. The statue, dedicated on August 7, 2018, was originally located in the North Plaza in conjunction with the opening of Texas Live! later that month. Upon completion of Globe Life Field in 2020, it was relocated to the walkway outside the park’s northeast entrance.

RANGERS FANS
On July 7, 2011, Shannon Stone, a firefighter from Brownwood, Texas, died from his injuries after falling over the leftfield railing while attempting to catch a baseball during the Rangers-Oakland A’s game. To honor Stone, the Rangers commissioned Norse, Texas sculptor Bruce Greene to produce “Rangers Fans”. The statue depicts Stone and his then six-year-old son Cooper, who accompanied his father to that game. It was dedicated outside the home plate gate of Rangers Ballpark in Arlington on April 5, 2012, and remains at that location to this day.

IVAN RODRIGUEZ STATUE
On March 4, 2020, a statue of catching great Ivan “Pudge” Rodriguez was dedicated outside the southwest entrance of the new Globe Life Field, the ballpark entry behind home plate. It was a fitting location to recognize one of the top catchers in Major League history, who played for the Rangers from 191-2002 and again in 2009. The seven-foot statue was originally commissioned by Rodriguez while playing for Texas in the late 1990s and was displayed outside his home in Miami, Florida. The piece went into storage when Rodriguez sold the home in 2006, before it was purchased by the Rangers in 2020 to be displayed at Globe Life Field.