Rangers excelled at Globe Life Field despite disappointing in 2025

ARLINGTON — The metal roof opened, “2001: A Space Odyssey” played and the sun shined down on the one venue that the Texas Rangers consistently won at this season.

Just not Thursday afternoon.

Or, really, the entire week that preceded it.

The Rangers lost 4-0 vs. the Minnesota Twins in their final home game of the season at Globe Life Field. They finished the season with a 49-33 home record. It would’ve looked a tad better — and vied for baseball’s best overall — had the Rangers not lost five of their final six home games as part of a skid that bounced them from playoff contention.

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“We did not end the season here [the way we wanted to] in our last home game,” manager Bruce Bochy said. “It’s disappointing that we finished like this.”

Their .593 win percentage at Globe Life Field this season was tied for the 13th-highest in franchise history and their seventh-best mark this century. It’s the fourth-best home win percentage in the American League this season behind only the Toronto Blue Jays (.649), Seattle Mariners (.649) and New York Yankees (.597).

That’s despite the fact that Globe Life Field was among baseball’s least friendliest to hitters and the Rangers were saddled with their own internal offensive issues. The stadium’s park factor rating of 97, per Baseball Savant, was tied for the second-lowest in baseball and qualified it as a pitcher-friendly venue. It’s a curious drop from two seasons ago when its park factor rating of 102 was the sixth-highest in the league.

“You want to win at home,” Bochy said before Thursday’s game. “You’re playing in front of your fans. That should be your comfort zone. To have a good year — or, even, a great year — you need to win at home.”

You need to win on the road, too, as it turns out. The Rangers finished 32-46 away from Globe Life Field this season, for a .410 win percentage that ranked sixth-worst among all teams.

“That was our struggle, playing well on the road,” Bochy said. “I mean, we played well, but we just had a tough time coming away with wins. We lost a lot of tough close ballgames.”

The home attendance dropped by more than a quarter-of-a-million year over year. The 2,397,065 total fans who attended this year’s 81 home games was less than last year’s total of 2,651,553 but still the third-highest attendance mark in Globe Life Field’s five-year history. It currently ranks 16th among all big league teams.

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