On Wednesday, the Texas Rangers unveiled their new Nike uniforms and the dimensions of their new ballpark, which honor iconic Rangers.
With the team moving across the road to Globe Life Field and the switch to Nike, the Rangers felt it was as good as a time as ever to refresh their brand with updated secondary logos and new uniforms.
“Obviously, this is a new era in Rangers baseball,” Rangers executive vice president, chief revenue and marketing officer Joe Januszewski said. “We really wanted to take advantage of all we have going on with the beautiful Globe Life Field and make sure we mark it with some tweaks in the evolution of our brand.”
The Rangers will enter 2020 with six new uniforms; three home, two away and one Spring Training. The new uniforms are a mix of old and new with the addition of a script wordmark and a new powder blue uniform.
Texas’ home white jersey features the return of the script “Rangers” on the front for the first time since 1993. It will also mark the first time that “Rangers” has appeared on the home jersey since 2008. The uniform also features blue lettering and numbers with a red drop shadow. The white uniform is completed with blue and red piping on the sleeves and pants.
The Rangers’ primary gray road uniform features blue, white and red piping on the sleeves and pants. “TEXAS” in blue block lettering with a red and white outline is on the front of the jersey. The player’s last name and number are blue with a red and white outline on the back of the jersey.
Friday’s home alternate red jersey features “TEXAS” in white block lettering with a blue outline on the front of the jersey. The jersey has blue and red piping on the sleeves, while the white pants have blue and red piping. The player’s last name and number on the back of the jersey are white with a blue outline.
Sunday’s home alternate powder blue uniform features “Rangers” in white script lettering with red outline on the front of the jersey. The sleeves and pants have blue, white and red piping. The player’s last name and number on the back of the jersey are white with a red outline. This will be the first time the Rangers have had any type of powder blue home uniform. The team wore powder blue jerseys and pants as its primary road look from 1975-82.
The Rangers’ blue road alternate uniform features “TEXAS” in white block lettering with red outline on the front of the jersey. The jersey has powder blue, white and red piping on the sleeves, while the gray pants have blue, white and red piping. The player’s last name and number on the back of the jersey are blue with a red and white outline.
Texas’ blue Spring Training uniform features the team’s new secondary “TX” logo, which is outlined with the state of Texas, on the left front of the jersey. The jersey has powder blue, white and red piping on sleeves, while the white pants have blue and red piping. The player’s last name and number on the back of the jersey are white with a red outline.
All six jerseys have the Texas flag patch on the left sleeve, with the five regular-season jerseys also including the Globe Life Field inaugural season patch on the right sleeve.
The dimensions at the new Globe Life Field honors Rangers and MLB icons by using the former players’ numbers as the distance for the outfield wall and backstop.
- Left-field foul pole: 329 feet (in honor of Adrian Beltre, No. 29)
- Left-field seats: 334 feet (in honor of Nolan Ryan, No. 34)
- Left-center field: 372 feet (in honor of the franchise’s first season in Arlington in 1972)
- Home and visitors’ bullpens: 410 feet (in honor of Michael Young, No. 10)
- Straightaway center field: 407 feet (in honor of Ivan Rodriguez, No. 7)
- Right-center field: 374 feet (in honor of the 1974 “Turnaround Gang”)
- Right-field foul pole: 326 feet (in honor of manager Johnny Oates, No. 26)
- Distance behind home plate: 42 feet (in honor of Jackie Robinson)
The new ballpark will feature a retractable roof and synthetic grass turf.
