The second financial efficiency report we’re going to discuss is for the World Series’ runner up, the Texas Rangers.

The Rangers won 96 regular season games, or 47 above the 49 games win line. They paid $92,299,264 in total salaries meaning they paid $1,721,324.77 for every win they got above 49.

Their top five paid players were:

– Michael Young ($16,174,975): Young hit .338/.380/.474 with 11 HR’s, 106 RBI’s, 88 runs and a .854 OPS. Young earned $1,470,452.23 for every home run he hit, or $152,594.10 for every RBI he got, or $61,736.55 for every time he got on base. Young who played in almost every game earned $101,729 for each game he played in (159).

– Adrian Beltre ($14,000,000): Beltre hit .296/.331/.561 with 32 HR’s, 105 RBI’s, 82 runs and a .892 OPS. He earned $437,500 for every homer he hit, or $133,333.33 for every RBI he collected, or $80,459.77 for every time he got on base. Beltre who fought the injury bug this season, earned $112,903 for every game he played in.

– Josh Hamilton ($8,750,000): Hamilton hit .298/.346/.536 with 25 HR’s, 94 RBI’s, 80 runs and an OPS of .882. Hamilton earned $350,000 for every home run he got, or $93,085.11 for every RBI, or $47,043.01 for every time he got on base. Hamilton earned $72,314 for every game he played in (121 games played).

– C.J. Wilson ($7,000,000): WIlson went 16-7 with a 2.94 ERA and 206 strikeouts in 223.1 innings. Wilson got $437,500 for every won game, or $33,980.58 for every strike out. Wilson took the mound 34 times last season which means he earned $205,882 for every start.

– Ian Kinsler ($6,200,000): Kinsler hit .255/.355/.477 with 32 HR’s, 77 RBI’s, 121 runs and a .832 OPS. He earned $193,750 for every home run he hit, or $80,519 for every RBI, $51,239.70 for every run scored, or $24,313.73 for every time he got on base.

The Rangers had a .340 OBP as a team and a .460 of SLG percentage. They scored a total runs of 855 which breaks down their expenses to $107,952.35 per run.

The Ranger that was on base the most was Young, although the one who scored the most runs was Kinsler. Young had .025 points more than Kinsler in the OBP column, but Kinsler scored 33 runs more than Young. Given their salaries, Kinsler being $9,974,975 cheaper than Young, we can conclude that Kinsler was more of a efficient investment for the team. After all, the Rangers paid almost three times more to Young than what they paid to Kinsler every time he got on base.

The Rangers won the AL West division pennant, but failed to win the World Series for the second time in a row.

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