2006 Career Highlights
He finished with 33 home runs, tied for 14th in the American League, and was the fourth player in club history to record three consecutive seasons of 30-or-more home runs. With 110 RBI on the season, 11th in the American League, he recorded his 3rd consecutive 100-RBI season, the fourth player in club history to drive in at least 100 runs in 3 consecutive seasons. Teixeira led the American League with 24 homers after the All-Star break and was 2nd with 61 RBI. His 24 home runs post-All-Star break is tied for sixth, and the 61 RBI are tied for ninth in club history. He has hit more HR in his first four years (140) than all but 3 players in MLB history (Ralph Kiner, 168; Albert Pujols, 160; Eddie Mathews, 153). He has played in 446 consecutive games, 2nd in club history (Alex Rodriguez, 482) and 2nd among active ML players behind Baltimore's Miguel Tejada (1,078). His 240 extra-base hits since 2004 are 3rd-most in the majors behind David Ortiz (264) and Albert Pujols (262). A 2005 Gold Glove winner, he committed only 4 errors this season and was second among AL first basemen in fielding percentage .997. He led AL with 19 game-winning RBI and set a career-high with 89 walks, ninth in the American League. He was tied for fifth in AL with 45 doubles. He has hit 20-plus homers in each of his first 4 major league seasons, the first Ranger to do that since Pete Incaviglia (1986-90). His 140 career HR is 8th-most in Rangers' franchise history, 9 home runs behind 7th all-time (Larry Parrish, 149).

2005 Career Highlights
Mark led the American League in total bases (370)...ranked among AL leaders in games (T1st, 162), extra-base hits (2nd, 87), RBI (T2nd, 144), home runs (4th, 43), multi-hit games (4th, 59), slugging percentage (5th, .575), hits (T6th, 194), doubles (7th, 41), runs (T7th, 112) and on-base percentage (10th, .379)...set a club record for home runs and RBI as a first baseman...established major league record for RBI by a switch hitter in a single season...established career-highs in nearly every offensive category...started all 162 games; 154 at first base and 8 as designated hitter...is on the United States' provisional roster for the World Baseball Classic. Batting: Hit .208 (11-53) over first 13 games through April 17, including an 0-22 stretch from April 6-10...hit safely in 36 of 45 games from April 18-June 9, hitting .332 (62-187) with 14 HR and 42 RBI during that span to raise average to .304...batted .234 (48-205) in next 51 games to drop from .304 to .272...hit .367 (73-199) with 13 HR and 55 RBI in final 53 games to finish the season at .301...recorded career-high 12-game hit streaks on 2 occasions, from April 26-May 8 and August 14-27...batted .366 (59-161) with runners in scoring position, 2nd in the AL...hit .334 (104-311) with 30 HR and 88 RBI in 81 games at home, 4th-best home average in the AL...ranked 8th in the AL with a .311 (136-438) average in 111 night games...switch-hitter batted .292 (50-171) with 6 HR and 29 RBI against left-handers and .304 (144-473) with 37 HR and 115 RBI against right-handers...matched career-high with 4 hits on July 9 vs. Toronto, July 27 at Baltimore and August 7 vs. Baltimore...drew season-high 3 walks on September 13 vs. Baltimore...recorded season-high 3 extra-base hits on 3 occasions-June 9 at Philadelphia, June 18 vs. Washington and August 30 (G1) vs. Chicago (AL)...batted .356 (37-104) with 9 HR and 35 RBI in 27 games in September. Home Runs: Hit 43 home runs, 40 as a first baseman, to set a club record for homers as a first baseman...previous mark was 38, set by Teixeira in 2004...was 4th-highest home run total in ML history by a switch-hitter...became 4th player in club history to record a 40-homer season, joining Juan Gonzalez (5, 1992-93, 1996-98), Rafael Palmeiro (3, 1999, 2001-02) and Alex Rodriguez (3, 2001-03)...hit his 100th career home run on September 6 at Minnesota, joining Ralph Kiner, Albert Pujols, Eddie Mathews and Joe Dimaggio as only the 5th player in major league history to reach 100 HR in their first 3 seasons...hit 100th HR in 430th career game and is one of 4 active major leaguers to reach 100 career home runs in 430 or fewer games as Albert Pujols (415 games), Mike Piazza (422) and Juan Gonzalez (423) also accomplished the feat...is just the 5th batter in club history with multiple 30-homer campaigns...switch-hitter hit his first 27 home runs from the left side of the plate, the most ever by a switch-hitter from one side of the plate to begin a season...was the first major leaguer to reach 20 homers in 2005...is just the 30th player in ML history with 20 or more home runs in each of his first full major league campaigns...averaged a home run every 15.0 at-bats, the 8th-best ratio in the AL...led the major leagues with 8 homers in interleague play...recorded multiple home runs in 7 games in 2005, all 2-HR contests...recorded a homer from both sides of the plate for the 2nd time in his career on September 18 vs. Seattle (also July 4, 2004 at Houston)...homered in 3 consecutive games on 3 occasions...hit at least 6 homers in every month, including 9 in June and September...5 of his last 9 homers went for 3 runs and 9 of his last 11 went for 2 or more runs. RBI: Recorded 144 RBI, the most by a switch-hitter in major league history...the single-season record for RBI by a switch-hitter was previously held by George Davis, who had 136 RBI for the New York Giants in 1896...Ken Caminiti (1996) and Mickey Mantle (1956) held the modern era (since 1900) record with 130 RBI...144 RBI matches 3rd-highest single-season total in Rangers history...registered 133 RBI as a first baseman, leading all major leaguers and breaking his own club-record of 112 RBI as a first baseman, set last season...is just the 5th player in Texas history to record consecutive 100-RBI seasons...had the AL's 3rd-best RBI ratio, one every 4.5 at-bats...recorded season-high 6 RBI on July 9 vs. Toronto and August 30 (G1) vs. Chicago (AL), matching most by a Texas batter this season...surpassed 300 career RBI on August 30 (G1) vs. Chicago (AL)...led the majors with 35 RBI in September, the highest Sept. RBI total for a major league player since Don Mattingly had 37 RBI in Sept. 1985...matches the 2ndhighest Sept. RBI total since divisional play began in 1969, as Carlton Fisk also recorded 35 RBI in Sept. 1977...posted 26 RBI in 19 games against Oakland, the 2nd-highest total against the A's in Oakland history...led Rangers with 26 go-ahead RBI and ranked T3rd on the club with 8 game-winning RBI All-Star: Made All-Star Game debut on July 12 in Detroit, starting and playing first 6 innings at first base...went 1-3 with a 6th inning home run off Florida's Dontrelle Willis...home run came from the right side, first right-handed HR in any game (including spring training) in 2005...was elected to start in the Midsummer Classic by fan voting...received 2,187,115 votes, 660,899 more than the Yankees' Tino Martinez...was the first Texas first baseman elected to start an All-Star game and the first to appear at the position since Rafael Palmeiro in 1999...participated in the home run derby on July 11 and homered twice. Gold Glove/Silver Slugger: Earned first career Rawlings Gold Glove Award...joins Rafael Palmeiro (1999) as the only Texas first basemen to claim the fielding award...was also named to the AL Silver Slugger team for the 2nd consecutive year...is the only Texas first baseman to win the award since its inception in 1980...is the 5th player in club history to win both awards in the same season, joining Buddy Bell (1984), Ivan Rodriguez (1994-1999), Palmeiro (1999) and Alex Rodriguez (2002-2003)...Palmeiro won the Gold Glove at first base in 1999, but was named to the Silver Slugger squad as designated hitter. Fielding: Led all qualifying American League first basemen with a .998 fielding percentage (3 E/1483 TC), trailing only Cincinnati's Sean Casey among major league first basemen...is the 8th best fielding percentage by a first baseman since 1986...led AL first basemen in total chances (1483), putouts (1378) and innings played at the position (1358.0)...ranked 2nd among AL first baggers with 102 assists...went 88 games and 785 total chances between errors on June 26 at Houston and October 2 vs. Los Angeles of Anaheim...also went 87 games spanning 803 TC without an error between fielding miscues in 6th inning on Sept. 8, 2004 vs. Chicago (AL) and 6th inning on June 15, 2005 vs. Atlanta. 2005 Notes: Named American League Player of the Week for May 16-22 and August 29-September 4 by Major League Baseball...ranked among AL leaders in at-bats (T6th, 644) and strikeouts (T9th, 124)...has appeared in each of the Rangers' last 284 games (250 straight starts) dating back to May 19-20, 2004, when he missed consecutive games with a bruised left hand suffered when hit by a pitch on May 18, 2004...his current streak is the 3rd-longest consecutive streak in club history...is also the 3rd-longest active streak in the majors...finished 7th in American League Most Valuable Player voting following the season.

2004 Career Highlights
Mark ranked among American League leaders in home runs (5th, 38), extra base hits (5th, 74), slugging (6th, .560), OPS (6th, .929) and runs batted in (7th, 112) in his second major league season...led Texas batters in each of those categories, as well as on-base percentage (.370), and ranked among team leaders in doubles (2nd, 34), walks (2nd, 68), runs (3rd, 101), total bases (3rd, 305) and hits (4th, 153)...set a club record for home runs and RBI by a first baseman...finished 2nd among qualifying Rangers with a .281 average...established career highs in nearly every category except games played (145), one fewer than his rookie campaign...made 138 starts at first base, 4 in right field and 2 as designated hitter. Batting: Had a .280 average over first 7 games through April 12 before going on disabled list...returned from DL on April 29 and had a .220 season average (26-118) through June 1, span of 33 games...batted .331 (52-157) over next 41 games from June 2-July 20, raising season mark to .284...hit safely in 34 of 41 games in that stretch, going hitless in consecutive contests just once...hit .167 (14-84) over next 22 games through Aug. 12 to fall to .256...posted .328 average (61-186) over final 49 games to finish at .280...went 10-21 (.476) in last 5 contests...compiled career-high 11-game hit streak from Aug. 21-Sept. 1, batting .444 (20-45) in that span...also posted pair of 9-game hit streaks...established career high with 4 hits on Aug. 17 vs. Cleveland and Sept. 13 at Oakland...both games were of significance, as first career 4-hit game was for the cycle...in other 4-hit game, all 4 hits went for extra bases on Sept. 13 at Oakland...matched a club record with those 4 extra base hits, 6th-ever occurrence and first time it had been accomplished since 1998...drew club record 5 walks on Sept. 23 vs. Oakland, first major leaguer with 5 walks in a 9-inning game since Ivan Rodriguez on April 8, 2003 vs. New York Mets...San Francisco's Barry Bonds drew 5 walks in a 9-inning game just 2 days after Teixeira, the only other instance in '04...had a .313 (51-163) average batting righthanded and hit .267 (102-382) from the left side...hit .314 (43- 137) with runners in scoring position. Cycle: On August 17 at Ameriquest Field in Arlington, became the 2nd player in Rangers history to hit for the cycle in a game...joined Oddibe McDowell as only Rangers to accomplish the feat...over first 5,169 games in Rangers history, McDowell was the only player to cycle in a Texas uniform when he did so on July 23, 1985 vs. Cleveland at Arlington Stadium...Teixeira struck out in the first inning and doubled in the third off Tribe starter Cliff Lee...homered in the 4th inning and tripled in the 5th off Cleveland reliever Rick White...completed his cycle with a 7th inning single off reliever Cliff Bartosh before being removed for a pinch runner...was one of 6 players to hit for the cycle in 2004...it was the 245th time that a player hit for the cycle in major league history, 223rd in the modern era (since 1900)...became the youngest player to hit for the cycle (24 yrs., 5 mos.) since Oakland's Eric Chavez on June 21, 2000 (22 yrs, 6 mos.)...recorded 7 RBI in the game, most in a cycle game since Boston's Rich Gedman on Sept. 18, 1985...became the 14th switch-hitter in to hit for the cycle, first since former switch-hitter Jose Valentin did so on April 27, 2000...is 6th switch-hitter with a cycle in AL history...had 2 hits from each side of the plate in his cycle, just the 3rd known switch-hitter to do so...Mickey Mantle and Wes Parker were the only other switch-hitters with a pair of hits from both sides of the plate as part of their cycle. Home Runs: Hit all 38 home runs while playing first base, a club record for the position...previous record had been held by Rafael Palmeiro, who hit 37 HR as a first baseman in 1993...was the 9th-highest home run total in ML history by a switch-hitter, the most for a player as young as 24 years old...his 38 home runs surpassed Mickey Mantle's 37 home runs in 1955 at age 23...led the AL with 33 home runs after June 1...became 12th player in club history to record a 30-homer season, joining Ruben Sierra (1987) and Mickey Tettleton (1995) as the only switch-hitters to do so...averaged a home run every 14.3 at-bats, the 5th best ratio in the AL...hit 13 home runs in July, the 4th-highest total in club history for a single month behind 3 players who have had 15...homered 12 times in a span of 18 games from June 28-July 19, including home runs in 5 consecutive games from July 11-19 to match a club record...also matched the 2nd-longest home run streak ever by a switch-hitter...hit 5 home runs in span of 4 games from Sept. 10- 13, with 7 homers in 8 contests from Sept. 10-17...recorded 2-homer games on July 4 at Houston and Sept. 12 vs. Toronto...hit grand slams on July 4 at Houston and July 18 vs. Toronto...homered from both sides of the plate in July 4 contest for first time in his career...slam on July 18 came in 8th inning and capped a Rangers' comeback to secure series sweep vs. Blue Jays...had 8 threerun homers, 12 two-run blasts and 16 solo shots...hit home runs in final 6 games against Toronto, all at home, with 7 total long balls in that span, all against different hurlers...homered 27 times from left side of plate, 11 times righthanded...hit 50th career home run on July 29, becoming the 4th-youngest switch-hitter in major league history to reach that mark...homered 14 times in 42 games against AL East clubs. RBI: Recorded 112 RBI, all as a first baseman to set a club record for the position...previous mark had been Rafael Palmeiro's 105 RBI as a first baseman in 1993...was first career 100 RBI campaign...marked the 2nd highest RBI total among major league first basemen behind Albert Pujols' 122 RBI at the position...had the league's 10th best RBI ratio, one every 4.9 at-bats...recorded 90 RBI in 94 games from June 4-Sept. 15...posted career-high 7 RBI in cycle game on Aug. 17 vs. Cleveland, a season high among Texas batters...posted 6 RBI on July 4 at Houston, 5 RBI on Sept. 12 vs. Toronto and had 4 RBI on 3 occasions...hit walk-off RBI single in 9th inning on Aug. 24 vs. Minnesota...ranked T4th in AL with 27 go-ahead RBI and T7th with 13 game-winning RBI...tied Hank Blalock for club lead in both categories...tied for ML lead with 30 RBI in July. Fielding: Had a .992 fielding percentage (10 E/1318 TC) in 142 games at first base, 11th among qualifiers...led AL first basemen in assists (98) and ranked 2nd in total chances...had just one error in final 35 games and 311 chances in the field...did not commit an error in 8 chances in the outfield. Injury: Was on the disabled list from April 13-28 with a strained left oblique muscle...played one rehab game with Frisco on April 27 at El Paso, going 0-3...took batting practice with Rangers in Kansas City the next day and was activated on April 29. 2004 Notes: Named American League Player of the Month for July...batted .300 in July and tied for major league lead in homers, RBI and runs scored...became first Texas player other than Alex Rodriguez to win the monthly award since 1999...named AL Player of the Week for week ending July 4...also named Rangers player of the month for July...for the year, ranked T5th in AL with 12 intentional walks...also ranked 8th among league's hardest to double up, averaging 90.8 at-bats per GIDP...named to AL Silver Slugger Team for first time following the season, only Texas first baseman to win the award since its inception in 1980...hit safely in 11 of final 12 games against AL East at .422 (19-45)...missed time during spring training with a sprained neck ligament.

2003 Career Highlights
In his first season in the major leagues, led all major league rookies with 26 homers and 60 extra base hits...third on the club in triples (5), fourth in homers, RBI (84), doubles (29) and games (146), and ranked fifth in at-bats (529), runs (66), hits (137), and total bases (254)...started 104 games at first base and was also in the starting lineup at third base (11), left field (10), right field (8) and DH (5)...his 26 homers tied for the third most ever by a rookie switch-hitter and were second highest ever for a Texas first-year player behind Pete Incaviglia (30) in 1986...ranked second to Yankees Hideki Matsui (106) among big league rookies with 84 RBI and was also among the AL rookie leaders in walks (2nd, 44), slugging (3rd, .480), hits (4th), total bases (4th), triples (4th), runs (5th) and doubles (5th)...set a club record for spring training homers (8) and opened season with just 86 professional games, fewest for a Ranger since Incaviglia went directly from college to the majors in 1986...started at DH in major league debut on April 1 in Anaheim...hitless in first 16 at-bats before double off Mark Mulder on April 9 against Oakland...batted .292 (21-72) in next 22 games, improving to .241 through May 13...had a .209 (18-86) average in next 26 games, dropping to .225 through June 13...hit .327 (34-104) in next 29 games before a .206 (29-141) dip in 36-game span dropped to .244 through August 28...had a .315 (35-111) mark in final 28 contests...hit safely in season-high 10 consecutive games, July 8-20...had 3 hits in a game on 8 occasions...batted .298 (82-275) at The Ballpark in Arlington...homered twice in first 32 games before 24 in final 114 contests...connected for first major league homer off Ted Lilly on April 10 vs. Oakland...had 2 homers in a game twice, August 1 vs. Cleveland and September 1 against Kansas City...grand slam off Baltimore's Rick Helling on May 25 was first for a Texas rookie since Mike Stanley, July 3, 1987 at New York...homered in back-to-back games 4 times...had 4 RBI on 4 occasions...drove in 14 runs in 8 games, May 21-29...selected as the first baseman on Baseball Digest's and Topps Major League All-Star Rookie teams...named Rangers Rookie of the Year by local BBWAA chapter...ranked fifth among AL first basemen with .996 (4 E/1006 TC) percentage in 116 games...did not commit an error in final 36 games at first beginning August 20...of final 58 starts beginning July 27, 57 were at first base...had 17 putouts at first, September 1 vs. Kansas City...fielded .811 (7 E/37 TC) in 15 games at third and .967 (1 E/30 TC) in 25 contests in the outfield...tied club record with 5 strikeouts, August 18 at Detroit...ranked 10th in the AL in hit by pitches (14) and strikeouts (120).

2002 Career Highlights
Combined to bat .318 (102-321) with 19 homers and 69 RBI in 86 games at Charlotte (A) and Tulsa (AA) in his first pro season...despite missing the first 2 months of the season, he was selected as the first team third baseman on Baseball America's overall minor league all-star team at season's end...selected Rangers Minor League Player of the Year by Baseball America...sustained a ruptured tendon in his left elbow and forearm while attempting to catch a foul pop in March and opened the season on the Charlotte DL...activated on June 1 and batted .320 with 9 homers and 41 RBI in 38 starts at third base for the Rangers...2-4 with 2 doubles in pro debut on June 1 vs. Vero Beach and hit safely in first 12 games at .354 (17-48)...the Topps Florida State League Player of the Month for June at .324 with 7 homers and 28 RBI in 27 games...hit first pro homer on June 5 vs. St. Lucie...batted .302 (13-43) from the right side and .327 (35-107) left-handed...named the Florida State League's best prospect by Baseball America...promoted to Tulsa on July 12 and hit .316 with 10 homers and 28 RBI in 47 starts at third base and one as the DH...tied for fourth on the club in homers...had a .389 (37-95) average in a 27-game span from July 26-August 24, improving from .255 to .331...hit .368 (14-38) right-handed and .301 (40-133) from the left side...had a .243 (9-37) average with a homer and 4 RBI in 10 Texas League playoff games...selected as Baseball America's top prospect in the Texas League at season's end...played for Peoria in Arizona Fall League, batting .333 (33-99) with 7 homers and 23 RBI in 27 games...ranked among the league leaders in slugging (2nd, .616), homers (T3rd), RBI (T4th) and average (5th) despite missing the last 2 weeks of the season with a strained abdominal muscle.

2001 Career Highlights
The fifth overall pick in the nation by the Rangers in the June, 2001 amateur draft, Texas' highest selection since 1989...signed a 4-year contract through 2006 on August 22, 2001...participated in Rangers Florida Instructional League program, batting .246 with a team high 13 RBI in 20 games.

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