Rangers continue hot home run pace but lag behind 2005 record

The Rangers continue to hit home runs at a torrid pace but the club’s single-season home run record is still a ways away.

The Rangers are tied with the Astros with a major-league leading 203 homers, including two in Tuesday night’s win at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Fla.

That’s the 11th-most homers the Rangers have hit in a season.

The 2005 Rangers hit a club-record 260 homers. The major league record is 264 by the 1997 Mariners. The Rangers hit 215 homers in 2016.

Rangers’ top home run seasons:

Joey Gallo came off the concussion list Tueday and hit his team-leading 36th homer. He’s tied for second in the American League and third in the majors. Gallo’s 15 homers since the All-Star break leads the A.L. and is second to Giancarlo Stanton (25 homers) in the majors. In his career, Gallo now has 43 homers and 95 hits. Elias Sports Bureau says he’s the first player in major league history to have 40 or more homers within his first 100 hits.

Rangers’ home runs in 2017:

This story was originally published August 30, 2017 at 1:04 PM with the headline "Rangers continue hot home run pace but lag behind 2005 record."