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An American League (AL) expansion franchise in 1961, the Washington Senators struggled to win their regular-season games and never finished higher than fourth in the league or as a member of its West Division. During 11 Major League Baseball (MLB) seasons, the club had below-average attendances at Griffith Stadium in 1961 and then at RFK Stadium from 1962 to 1971.
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For the history of this team’s movement from RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C., to Arlington Stadium in Texas, see Frank P. Jozsa Jr., Major League Baseball Expansions and Relocations: A History, 1876–2008 (Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2009), and James Quirk and Rodney D. Fort, Pay Dirt: The Business of Professional Team Sports (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1992).
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Each MLB team has a franchise timeline on its website for historical information and other facts. This organization’s timeline is found on http://www.texas.rangers.mlb.com.
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Sources include the Official Major League Baseball Fact Book 2005 Edition (St. Louis, MO: Sporting News, 2005), and “Teams,” http://www.baseball-reference.com, cited 28 January 2015.
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“Ray C. Davis,” http://www.texas.rangers.mlb.com, cited 8 August 2015
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These references are “The Business of Baseball,” http://www.forbes.com, cited 28 January 2015, and “Major League Baseball Valuations,” http://www.bloomberg.com, cited 2 February 2015.
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Among surveys of ballparks, see Paul Swaney, “2014 MLB Ballpark Experience Rankings,” http://www.stadiumjourney.com, cited 23 February 2015.
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Read the rankings in Barry Janoff, “Report: When It Comes to 2014 MLB Fans, the Most Loyal Group is the Cards,” http://www.nysportsjournalism.com, cited 23 February 2015, and also “MLB Team Loyalty Winners and Losers,” http://www.brandkeys.com, cited 14 February 2015.
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An interesting article about the Rangers franchise is Angela Brown, “Sale of Rangers Provides Wake-Up Call for Leagues,” Telegraph-Herald (22 August 2010): B3.
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Jozsa, F.P. (2016). Texas Rangers. In: American League Franchises. SpringerBriefs in Economics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-25996-3_15
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