Wyatt Michael Langford…nicknamed the “Trenton Thunder” after his hometown of Trenton, Fla., and powerful bat…married wife, the former Hallie Bryant, on Dec. 16, 2023…Hallie is an outfielder on the Mercer University softball team; the couple met while they were both attending Trenton H.S…vacationed in Tahiti for honeymoon during 2023 offseason…earned 2020 Perfect Game preseason All-Region First Team (Fla.) honors and was the 2019 Perfect Game National Home Run Derby champion… was a six-year varsity starter on the Trenton (Fla.) High School baseball team, including a junior season in which he batted .438/.584/.859/1.443…was a three-sport athlete at Trenton, also playing football and basketball…won the 2015 FHSAA Class 1A State Football Championship as an eighth-grader with the football team, which finished with a 14-0 record… father, Michael, competed in high school football, track and weightlifting…mother, Maria, is a physical therapist.
2025
Paced Texas with 22 HR over 134 games in his second Major League season, hitting .241/.344/.431/.775 (118-for-489) with 25 2B, 62 RBI and 22 SB…in his age-23 season, became the youngest player in WSH/TEX franchise history to record a ‘20- 20’ season, besting Ian Kinsler, who accomplished the feat in his 2007 age-25 campaign (20 HR/23 SB)…accrued 5.6 wins above replacement according to Baseball-Reference (bWAR), the second highest total among Rangers (6.1-Seager) and ninth-most among A.L. position players…his 127 OPS+ figure was the highest for any Ranger in his first two MLB seasons since Josh Hamilton’s 135 figure in 2008…drew a team-leading 74 walks which ranked T8th in the A.L., while his 12.9% walk rate (74 BB/573 PA) was the sixth-highest among A.L. qualifiers…was a finalist for the A.L. Rawlings Gold Glove Award in LF, which was given to CLE’s Steven Kwan…made starts defensively in leftfield (97) and centerfield (36), combining for a .994 fielding percentage (2 E/308 TC), the sixth-highest mark among qualified A.L. outfielders…did not commit an error over his final 64 games in the outfield, beg. 7/7…logged 16 defensive runs saved (FanGraphs), T-fourth-most by any MLB outfielder (22-CLE’s S. Kwan, 20-BOS’ C. Rafaela, 18-TOR’s M. Straw, 16-TEX’s A. García/Langford)…selected Rangers Player of the Month for August, his third career honor (also June & Sept. 2024)…batted .287/.424/.521/.945 (27-for-94) with five HR, seven 2B, 14 RBI, 21 BB and 21 runs in 27 games, leading the club in hits, walks, OBP, and OPS, while reaching in 20 consecutive games to close the month...on 8/20 vs. KC, went 2-for-2 with three BB, three runs and his first career leadoff HR in just his fourth career start in the leadoff spot…marked the fifth time in Rangers history for a player to hit a leadoff HR and reach 5+ times in a game, first since Shin-Shoo Choo on 6/18/18 at KC…extended his on-base streak to a career-high 21 games on 9/1 at ARI, the second-longest on-base streak by a Ranger in 2025 (30-Seager)…had three separate spells on the 10-day Injured List, missing a total of 23 games: 4/9-19 (right oblique strain), 6/25-7/4 (left oblique strain), 9/24-end of season (left oblique strain)…logged a pair of rehab stints with Frisco (AA) at the tail ends of the first two stints: 3-for-9, two HR, two RBI, two BB…batted .341 (14-for-41) with RISP and two outs, eighth-best qualified mark in A.L.
2024
Batted .253/.325/.415/.740 (126-499) with 16 HR, 4 3B, 25 2B, 74 RBI, and 19 SB in 134 games for the Rangers, his first career Major League action…had hits in first five career games, but batted .224 (26-116) with one HR and 11 RBI over first 31 G of season before he was placed on the 10-day Injured List with a right hamstring strain on 5/6 (retro. 5/5)…slashed .316/.377/.519/.896 (42-133) with 4 HR, 3 3B, 9 2B, and 28 RBI in next 36 G following return from IL (beg. 5/28) to raise season BA to .273…hit .149 (15-101) with one HR in next 27 G (beg. 7/9) to drop from .273 to .237…finished the year by slashing .289/.367/.544/.911 (43-149) with 10 HR, 8 2B, and 30 RBI across final 40 G (beg. 8/14), including .300/.386/.610/.996 (30-100) over 26 G in September…hit inside-the-park home run for first career MLB HR on 4/28 vs. CIN…according to STATS LLC., Langford became the fourth player in Rangers history (beg. 1972) to hit an inside-the-park home run for his first MLB HR, also done by Josh Smith (7/11/22 vs. OAK), Craig Gentry (9/23/11 vs. SEA), and Marc Sagmoen (4/17/97 at KC)…hit 1st career over-the-fence HR on 6/18 vs. NYM (off Luis Severino)… was called out on strikes on pitches outside of the strike zone nine times in 2024, T2nd-most occurrences in the A.L. according to Baseball Savant (11-OAK’s Max Schuemann)…batted .365/.423/.714/1.137 (23-63) with 6 HR, 4 2B, and 20 RBI over 21 Cactus League ‘A’ games during Spring Training…led all of MLB Spring Training in RBI, H and TB (45) while ranking among CL leaders in HR (T1st), BA (2nd), OPS (2nd), and XBH (T2nd, 10)...had spring-high 11-G hit streak from 3/8-23, tied for the longest such streak in the CL (also SEA’s J.P. Crawford)...Six HR were most by any player in age 22-or-younger spring since CHC’s Addison Russell in 2016 (also six).
2023
The outfielder combined to slash .360/.480/.677/1.157 (58-161) with 10 HR, 2 3B, 17 2B, 30 RBI, 12 SB, and more walks (36) than strikeouts (34) in 44 Minor League games across four rungs of the Rangers’ Minor League ladder – ACL Rangers, Hickory (A+), Frisco (AA), Round Rock (AAA)… was one of 18 Minor Leaguers in 2023 to record 10+ HR, 30+ RBI, and more walks than strikeouts, possessing the highest batting avg., slugging pct., OPS, and 2nd-highest on-base pct. of all such players…from 7/28-end of season, Langford led all MiLB hitters (min. 150 PA) in OPS and SLG., while also ranking highly in OBP (3rd) and BA (5th) over that stretch… made his professional debut on 7/28 with the Rangers’ rookie-level affiliate, going 2-for-5 with a pair of doubles and an RBI…elevated on 8/2 to High-A Hickory, where he batted .333/.453/.644/.1.097 (29-87) with five HR, two 3B, eight 2B, 15 RBI, and seven walks to seven strikeouts…named the Rangers’ Minor League Player of the Month for August after posting a .324/.457/.622/1.079 (24- 74) slash line with four HR, two 3B, six 2B and 12 RBI, and reaching safely via hit or walk in 19 of his 21 games…earned promotion to Frisco (AA) on 9/4 and went just 2-for-12 (.167) in first four games at the Double-A level…proceeded to record 2+ hits in seven subsequent games 9/9-16, batting .577 (15-26) with four HR and nine RBI over torrid stretch…streak included lone multi-HR outing (2) on 9/13 at AMA…promoted to Round Rock on 9/19 and posted season-high 4 hits (1 2B, 3 1B) in Triple-A debut at TAC that same evening…hit safely in 31 of 44 games of debut season, compiling multiple hits in 20 of those contests.
College
Drafted fourth overall in 2023 MLB Draft following illustrious three-year career at the University of Florida, where he slashed .363/.471/.746/1.217 (180-496) with 47 HR, 120 RBI, and drew more walks (92) than strikeouts (89) across 134 career games for the Gators…all-time offensive ranks in UF program history: SLG (1st), fielding pct. (T2nd, .996), BA (5th), HR (T6th), OBP (7th)…was one of three players in program history with consecutive 20-HR seasons (2022-23)… posted banner 2023 campaign, batting .373/.498/.784/1.282 in 64 games, as the Gators finished as College World Series runners-up to LSU…launched 456-foot home run on 6/16/23 vs. Virginia, the farthest-tracked homer since the CWS has been played at Charles Schwab Field in Omaha (since 2011)… went 7-for-13 (.538) with two HR and eight RBI in three CWS final games, including a six-RBI effort in Game 2 – a 24-4 Gators victory… honored as 2023 First-Team All-SEC and ABCA First Team All-Region standout, and was named Golden Spikes Award Semifinalist.
