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Texas RangersRangers Baseball Express (Ray Davis and Bob Simpson) · since 2011
Payroll data through2026
Value 2026$2.7BPayroll rank13 of 30Spending index108.7
Texas Rangers Ownership
Owner: Rangers Baseball Express (Ray Davis and Bob Simpson) · since 2011 · AL West
Budget generosity62above the median
Patience43quick to change
Win-now or build81win-now
Last five seasons+0.1 a yearsteady
- Rangers Baseball Express (Ray Davis and Bob Simpson): over 16 seasons (2011 to 2026) the club paid on average 1.19 times the league median payroll and ranked 10.9 on average. Best payroll rank 4th (2023); worst 20th (2021).
- Last five seasons (2022 to 2026): 1.3 times the median, average rank 9.6.
- The club named 4 new managers per ten seasons (2011 to 2025); the league average over the same seasons was 3.5.
- After a losing season (win percentage under 0.480) the spending index moved +12.5 points on average, across 5 such seasons.
Scores run 0 to 100 and describe what the club did under this owner: budget generosity is payroll relative to the league median (50 is the median, 100 is double); patience is how rarely the club changes managers; win-now or build is whether payroll rose or fell after a losing season. They are our summary of public numbers, not a judgment of a person.
- Owner
- Rangers Baseball Express (Ray Davis and Bob Simpson)
- Principals
- Ray Davis, Bob Simpson
- Owner since
- 2011
- Reported price
- $593 million
- Forbes value (2026)
- $2.7B
- Revenue
- $398M
- Operating income
- Loss of $44M
- Payroll 2026
- $191.3M, rank 13 of 30
- Seasons over the tax line, 2003 to 2025
- 3
- Tax paid 2022 to 2025
- $12.8 million
| # | Owner or group | Seasons | Type | Reported price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eddie Chiles | 1980 to 1988 | individual | Not public | |
| 2 | George W. Bush investment group | 1989 to 1998 | group | $89 million | |
| 3 | Tom Hicks (Hicks Sports Group) | 1999 to 2010 | individual | Not public | The club was under MLB budget oversight and Chapter 11 protection during the 2010 sale. |
| 4 | Rangers Baseball Express (Ray Davis and Bob Simpson) | 2011 to now | group | $593 million | Sale approved in August 2010; the group was first headed by Chuck Greenberg and Nolan Ryan. |
| List year | Value | Revenue | Operating income |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $2.7B | $398M | -$44M |
| 2025 | $2.45B | $406M | -$38M |
| 2024 | Data pending | Data pending | Data pending |
| 2023 | $2.23B | $366M | $58M |
| 2022 | $2.05B | $387M | $97M |
| 2021 | $1.8B | Not listed | Not listed |
| 2020 | $1.8B | Not listed | Not listed |
| 2019 | $1.7B | Not listed | Not listed |
| 2018 | $1.6B | Not listed | Not listed |
| 2017 | $1.6B | Not listed | Not listed |
| 2016 | $1.2B | Not listed | Not listed |
| 2015 | $1.2B | Not listed | Not listed |
| 2014 | $825M | Not listed | Not listed |
| 2013 | $764M | Not listed | Not listed |
- 1Eddie Chiles 1980 to 1988
- 2George W. Bush investment group 1989 to 1998
- 3Tom Hicks (Hicks Sports Group) 1999 to 2010
- 4Rangers Baseball Express (Ray Davis and Bob Simpson) 2011 to now
| Season | Owner | Payroll | Rank | Index | Payroll share of revenue | Record | Playoffs | Over tax line |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4 | $191.3M | 13 of 30 | 108.7 | 80-82 | No | ||
| 2025 | 4 | $226.5M | 7 of 30 | 140.5 | 56.9% | 81-81 | No | Yes |
| 2024 | 4 | $227.5M | 8 of 30 | 141.6 | 56.0% | 78-84 | No | Yes |
| 2023 | 4 | $251.3M | 4 of 30 | 157.6 | 90-72 | Yes | Yes | |
| 2022 | 4 | $150.0M | 16 of 30 | 99.9 | 41.0% | 68-94 | No | No |
| 2021 | 4 | $95.8M | 20 of 30 | 71.6 | 24.8% | 60-102 | No | No |
| 2020 | 4 | $64.2M | 15 of 30 | 100.5 | 22-38* | No | No | |
| 2019 | 4 | $146.5M | 13 of 30 | 104.4 | 78-84 | No | No | |
| 2018 | 4 | $140.6M | 16 of 30 | 99.6 | 67-95 | No | No | |
| 2017 | 4 | $163.5M | 11 of 30 | 115.4 | 78-84 | No | No | |
| 2016 | 4 | $161.0M | 8 of 30 | 119.7 | 95-67 | Yes | No | |
| 2015 | 4 | $149.2M | 7 of 30 | 126.3 | 88-74 | Yes | No | |
| 2014 | 4 | $138.8M | 10 of 30 | 125.6 | 67-95 | No | No | |
| 2013 | 4 | $137.9M | 8 of 30 | 137.8 | 91-72 | No | No | |
| 2012 | 4 | $138.3M | 6 of 30 | 141.1 | 93-69 | Yes | No | |
| 2011 | 4 | $103.3M | 13 of 30 | 109.1 | 96-66 | Yes | No | |
| 2010 | 3 | $91.9M | 13 of 30 | 111.9 | 90-72 | Yes | No | |
| 2009 | 3 | $68.2M | 22 of 30 | 84.1 | 87-75 | No | No | |
| 2008 | 3 | $67.7M | 21 of 30 | 84.7 | 79-83 | No | No | |
| 2007 | 3 | $68.3M | 21 of 30 | 80.7 | 75-87 | No | No | |
| 2006 | 3 | $68.2M | 18 of 30 | 94.8 | 80-82 | No | No | |
| 2005 | 3 | $55.8M | 21 of 30 | 84.4 | 79-83 | No | No | |
| 2004 | 3 | $55.1M | 18 of 30 | 88.3 | 89-73 | No | No | |
| 2003 | 3 | $103.5M | 5 of 30 | 150.0 | 71-91 | No | No | |
| 2002 | 3 | $105.5M | 3 of 30 | 172.7 | 72-90 | No | ||
| 2001 | 3 | $88.6M | 7 of 30 | 138.5 | 73-89 | No | ||
| 2000 | 3 | $70.8M | 9 of 30 | 125.2 | 71-91 | No | ||
| 1999 | 3 | $76.7M | 4 of 30 | 154.1 | 95-67 | Yes | ||
| 1998 | 2 | $56.6M | 6 of 30 | 133.2 | 88-74 | Yes | ||
| 1997 | 2 | $53.4M | 5 of 28 | 127.7 | 77-85 | No | ||
| 1996 | 2 | $39.0M | 11 of 28 | 115.9 | 90-72 | Yes | ||
| 1995 | 2 | $34.6M | 14 of 28 | 100.6 | 74-70 | No | ||
| 1994 | 2 | $33.0M | 15 of 28 | 99.8 | 52-62 | No | ||
| 1993 | 2 | $36.4M | 13 of 28 | 107.4 | 86-76 | No | ||
| 1992 | 2 | $30.1M | 15 of 26 | 98.5 | 77-85 | No | ||
| 1991 | 2 | $18.2M | 20 of 26 | 78.7 | 85-77 | No | ||
| 1990 | 2 | $14.9M | 17 of 26 | 84.6 | 83-79 | No | ||
| 1989 | 2 (sale year) | $11.9M | 17 of 26 | 81.6 | 83-79 | No | ||
| 1988 | 1 | $5.3M | 26 of 26 | 43.3 | 70-91 | No | ||
| 1987 | 1 | $0.9M | 26 of 26 | 7.8 | 75-87 | No | ||
| 1986 | 1 | $6.7M | 25 of 26 | 58.7 | 87-75 | No | ||
| 1985 | 1 | $7.7M | 23 of 26 | 76.3 | 62-99 | No |
Owner numbers match the ownership list. Payroll is nominal dollars. * 2020 was a 60-game season. Payroll share of revenue exists for 2021, 2022, 2024 and 2025 only. The tax-line column stops at 2025 because 2026 tax bills are not known until December. How the index is built.
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