Baseball team, formerly known as "The Second Washington Senators". They moved from D.C. to Arlington, Tx after the 1971 season and played at Arlington Stadium through the 1993 season at which time they moved to The Ballpark at Arlington. Although, they have not been very successful in their history, they have made the playoffs in 1996, 1998, and 1999, only to lose to the New York Yankees all 3 times. However, they boast the best catcher in the game Pudge Rodriguez. The only uniform number retired by the Rangers is Nolan Ryan's number 34.