Arlington, Texas — Texas Rangers outfielder Wyatt Langford has been named the American League Rookie of the Month for June, it was announced this morning on MLB Network. This is the first time that any Texas player has won a league monthly award since May 2023, when Nathan Eovaldi won pitcher honors and Josh Jung took the rookie award.

This is the 12th instance of a Texas player winning the A.L.'s monthly rookie award since it was first introduced in 2001, and he is the 10th different Ranger overall to take the honors. The only non-pitchers to win the award for Texas are Langford, Josh Jung, Adolis García, Nomar Mazara, Delino DeShields, and Gerald Laird (list below). Langford is just the third Ranger to take honors in June or later in a season, joining Neftali Feliz (Sept. 2010) and Martin Perez (Aug. 2013).

Langford, who was also named Rangers co-Player of the Month for June, batted .309/.368/.526/.894 (30-97) with 3 home runs, 22 RBI, 6 doubles, 3 triples, 8 walks, and 11 runs scored last month. He led American League rookies in most categories, including all four slash figures, RBI, extra-base hits (12), and total bases (51). Langford also led all MLB batters by recording 13 hits with runners in scoring position in June, posting a .464 (13-28) batting average with runners in scoring position for the month.

On Sunday at Baltimore in the final game of the month, Langford recorded the 11th cycle in Rangers history, becoming the youngest player in franchise annals (22 years, 228 days to hit for the cycle). It was the first cycle in MLB this season and the first ever in the 35-year history of ESPN Sunday Night Baseball. According to Elias Sports Bureau, Langford is the first rookie in Major League history to record a cycle, grand slam, and inside-the-park home run in a single season. It was announced yesterday that Langford is donating the spikes he wore during the cycle game to the Baseball Hal of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.