The Rangers have their own franchise Hall of Fame, with their own set of retired numbers.
One is more exclusive than the other. The Rangers have retired just five numbers, compared to the 20 players and other figures who have been inducted into their Hall of Fame.
Ivan "Pudge" Rodriguez became the third Ranger to have his uniform number retired by Texas in a ceremony prior to the club's game against the Houston Astros on August 12, 2017. Rodriguez had his number retired just weeks after his induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame on July 30 in Cooperstown, New York.
Rodriguez batted .296 with 311 home runs and 1332 RBI in 2543 Major League games with Texas (1990-2002; 2009), Florida (2003), Detroit (2004-08), New York-A.L. (2008), Houston (2009), and Washington (2010-11). He was a 14-time American League All-Star and a 13-time recipient of the Rawlings Gold Glove.
With the Rangers, Rodriguez batted .304 with 217 home runs and 842 RBI in 1,507 games. He ranks second on the team's all-time list with 1747 hits, 352 doubles, and 490 multi-hit games, is third in home runs, and fourth in games, runs (866), triples (28), RBI, total bases (2806), and extra base hits (597). He was elected to the Texas Rangers Hall of Fame in 2013.
Michael Young became the fifth Ranger to have his uniform number retired by Texas in a ceremony prior to the club's game against the Seattle Mariners on August 31, 2019.
Acquired by Texas from the Toronto Blue Jays in July 2000, Young played in a team record 1,823 games from 2000-12. He captured Rangers Player of the Year honors five times, matching Juan Gonzalez for the most in team history and was selected to the A.L. All-Star team at three different positions. Young batted .300 or better a club record seven times including six seasons with at least 200 hits. He won the A.L. batting title in 2005 and was the MVP of the 2006 All-Star Game at San Diego. Young is the only player in All-Star Game history with two game-winning hits in his team's final at bat (2006 and 2008),
He is the Washington/Texas' all-time leader in games, hits (2230), runs (1085), doubles (415), triples (55), total bases (3286), at bats (7399), and multi-hit games (651) and ranks third in RBI (984) and extra base hits (647) while batting .301 with 177 homers. Young was a starter at all four infield positions in his Rangers career, earning a Gold Glove at shortstop in 2008.
Overall, Young batted .300 with 185 homers and 1030 RBI in 1970 games with the Rangers (2000-2012), Phillies (2013), and Dodgers (2013).
