Texas Rangers Awards Dinner, presented by Coca-Cola, returns January 17 to celebrate team achievements

By | November 4, 2024

Arlington, Texas— The Texas Rangers today unveiled the recipients of the 2024 team awards, honoring outstanding contributions to the club on and off the field, as chosen by the Dallas-Fort Worth chapter of the Baseball Writers Association of America.

In addition to the team awards, the Jim Sundberg Community Achievement Award and Mark Holtz Alumni Award will be announced, as well as other special presentations at the Texas Rangers Awards Dinner, presented by Coca-Cola on Friday, January 17, 2025, at 5:30 p.m., at Loews Arlington Hotel.

The Awards Dinner will feature special appearances by players and coaching staff. Tickets go on sale today at rangers.com/awardsdinner. Fans can buy a table for 10 in a preferred seating area for $1,500 or an individual ticket for $150. All proceeds benefit the Texas Rangers Baseball Foundation.

Another fan-favorite event—The Texas Rangers Fan Fest, presented by Comerica Bank—is scheduled for Saturday, January 18, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Globe Life Field. This event will feature autograph sessions with select Rangers players and alumni, question-and-answer sessions, on-field activities, photo opportunities, and more. More information on the event and how to purchase tickets will be available soon.

2024 TEAM AWARD RECIPIENTS

Texas Rangers Player of the Year: Corey Seager

This is the second straight season in which Seager has been selected as the Rangers Player of the Year (also 2023), making him the first player to receive the honor in back-to-back campaigns since Adrián Beltré did so in three consecutive seasons from 2012-14. The 30-year-old Seager earned his fifth career All-Star selection this season after batting .278/.353/.512/.864 with 30 home runs, 21 doubles, and 74 RBI over 123 games in an injury-truncated campaign that still saw him lead the club in homers, slugging pct., and OPS. Despite missing most of the season’s final month, he still finished the year ranked among American League qualifiers in slugging pct. (10th), OPS (10th), on-base pct. (12th), home runs (T12th), and batting average (14th).

Texas Rangers Pitcher of the Year: Kirby Yates

The 37-year-old Hawaii native is the first reliever to earn the club’s Pitcher of the Year award since José Leclerc in 2018. Yates produced one of the most prolific relief campaigns in club history after signing a one-year free agent contract with Texas on December 5, 2023, going 7-2 with 33 saves and a 1.17 ERA across 61 appearances. The right-hander posted the highest single-season save conversion rate ever by a Ranger (97.1%), while his 1.17 ERA figure was the second-lowest qualified relief mark in team history behind only Neal Cotts in 2013 (1.11). His 33 saves in 2024 ranked third in the American League and were the most by any Texas hurler since Sam Dyson in 2016. Additionally, Yates was one of three Rangers selected to the A.L. roster for the 2024 MLB All-Star Game hosted at Globe Life Field (also Corey Seager, Marcus Semien).

Texas Rangers Rookie of the Year: Wyatt Langford

The 22-year-old Langford made Texas’ Opening Day roster after being selected with the fourth overall pick in the 2023 MLB Draft and slashed .253/.325/.415/.740 (126-499) with 16 home runs, 4 triples, 25 doubles, 74 RBI, and 19 stolen bases over 134 games in his rookie campaign. He was named American League Player and Rookie of the Month for September after batting .300/.386/.610/.996 with a circuit-best 8 home runs and 20 RBI over 26 games, becoming the first Ranger ever to earn both honors in the same month. Langford produced a walk-off grand slam (September 3rd vs. New York-AL), cycle (June 30 at Baltimore), and inside-the-park home run (April 28 vs. Cincinnati) in 2024, placing him alongside Hall of Famer Jackie Robinson in 1948 as the only players in Major League history to accomplish each of those feats in one season.

The Harold McKinney Good Guy Award: Travis Jankowski

In his second season with the Rangers, Jankowski spent the entire campaign on the club’s active roster and was routinely deployed as an outfield defense and baserunning specialist. The 10-year Major League veteran has gone 30-for-32 (93.8%) in steal attempts during his Texas tenure (2023-24), the highest stolen base success rate in club history (min. 15 attempts).

The Richard Durrett Hardest Working Player Award: Josh Smith

The 27-year-old utilityman produced career highs in all four slash categories (.258/.337/.394/.731), home runs (13), RBI (62), walks (46), runs (67), hits (135), and doubles (30) in 2024. He appeared in a career-high 149 games, making a total of 135 starts at third base (76), shortstop (41), left field (4), and right field (one). Smith reached base via hit by pitch a team-high 18 times this season (fifth-most in A.L.), one shy of matching the Rangers all-time single-season record of 19 done by Robison Chirinos in 2018 and Carlos Gómez in 2017.

The Texas Rangers Awards Dinner is supported by 105.3 FM The FAN.

MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO CELEBRATE WITH THE TEXAS RANGERS IN 2025

As previously announced, Multi-Platinum country superstar Thomas Rhett will headline the 2025 TEX Gala, presented by Choctaw Casinos & Resorts, on Thursday, April 3, at 6 p.m. at Globe Life Field.

Event attendees will experience a red-carpet arrival and enjoy cocktail hour and dinner on the playing surface of Globe Life Field. Live and silent auctions will feature exclusive Rangers experiences and autographed items, sports and Hollywood memorabilia, and more.

Sponsorships, tables, and individual seats for the 2025 TEX Gala are now on sale and available at rangers.com/texgala. Proceeds from the event will benefit the Texas Rangers Baseball Foundation and its mission to improve the lives of children, military, first responders, and their families in the North Texas community and beyond.

About the Texas Rangers Baseball Foundation

Since its inception in 1991, the Texas Rangers Baseball Foundation has invested more than $80 million in our community to help children, military and first responders and their families through signature programs, including the Texas Rangers MLB Youth Academy at Mercy Street Sports Complex, presented by Toyota, youth fitness and wellness programs like the just keep livin’ programs, scholarships including the 2018 Allan H. Selig Award for Philanthropic Excellence award-winning Richard Greene Scholars, the Charley Pride Fellowship Program presented by the Parrish Charitable Foundation, and financial grants and support to countless organizations. All of the work is accomplished thanks to the generosity of Rangers ownership, players, partners, donors and fans. For More information, visit rangers.com/foundation.

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