The Texas Rangers have been the parent club of the Frisco RoughRiders since 2003, when the team first moved to Texas. The club has developed a knack for having its players promoted to the Major-League level, whether with the Rangers or another club.
There have been 221 former players with the Frisco RoughRiders who have made their debuts in Major-League Baseball.
Nine of those players made their debuts in 2021. Fourteen in 2022, eight with the Rangers. Seven players made their debut in 2023.
The RoughRiders have averaged 9.4 former players per season getting the call.
Nine pair of RoughRiders teammates: made their MLB Debut on the same day: Kyle Hendricks and Matt West (July 10, 2014), Joey Butler and Tanner Roark (August 7, 2013), Zach Phillips and Mark Hamburger (August 31, 2011), Cody Eppley and Josh Lueke (April 3, 2011), Doug Mathis and Edgar Gonzalez (May 12, 2008), Kevin Mahar and AJ Murray (May 16, 2007), Kameron Loe and Travis Hughes (September 26, 2004), Cole Ragans and Bubba Thompson (August 4, 2022), Dustin Harris and Marc Church (September 28, 2024).
The following list is of former RoughRiders players that have made their MLB debut. If you take a trip to Riders Field you'll be able to see the wall of fame yourself.
This is sorted by date, newest to oldest:
2025
| # | Player | Position | Team | Date |
|---|
| 221 | Alejandro Osuna | OF | Rangers | May 25, 2025 |
| 220 | Blaine Crim | 1B | Rangers | May 2, 2025 |
| 219 | Tyler Owens | P | Tigers | May 1, 2025 |
| 218 | Grant Wolfram | LHP | Orioles | April 26, 2025 |
| 217 | Zak Kent | P | Guardians | April 23, 2025 |
| 216 | Chase Lee | P | Tigers | April 22, 2025 |
| 215 | Liam Hicks | C | Marlins | March 28, 2025 |
2024
| # | Player | Position | Team | Date |
|---|
| 214 | Marc Church | RHP | Rangers | September 28, 2024 |
| 213 | Dustin Harris | OF | Rangers | September 28, 2024 |
| 212 | Luisangel Acuña | INF | Mets | September 14, 2024 |
| 211 | Kumar Rocker | RHP | Rangers | September 12, 2024 |
| 210 | Thomas Saggese | INF | Cardinals | September 10, 2024 |
| 209 | Sandro Fabian | OF | Rangers | September 6, 2024 |
| 208 | Brady Feigl | LHP | Pirates | August 26, 2024 |
| 207 | Daniel Robert | RHP | Rangers | July 10, 2024 |
| 206 | Tyler Phillips | RHP | Phillies | July 7, 2024 |
| 205 | Gerson Garabito | RHP | Rangers | May 26, 2024 |
| 204 | Jack Leiter | RHP | Rangers | April 18, 2024 |
| 203 | Ricky Vanasco | RHP | Dodgers | April 15, 2024 |
| 202 | Cole Winn | RHP | Rangers | April 14, 2024 |
| 201 | Davis Wendzel | INF | Rangers | April 9, 2024 |
| 200 | Justin Foscue | INF | Rangers | April 5, 2024 |
| 199 | Justin Slaten | RHP | Red Sox | March 30, 2024 |
| 198 | Wyatt Langford | OF | Rangers | March 28, 2024 |
2023
| # | Player | Position | Team | Date |
| 197 | Evan Carter | OF | Rangers | September 8, 2023 |
| 196 | Julio Pablo Martinez | OF | Rangers | August 11, 2023 |
| 195 | Jonathan Ornelas | SS | Rangers | August 7, 2023 |
| 194 | Alex Speas | RHP | Rangers | July 19, 2023 |
| 193 | Owen White | RHP | Rangers | June 13, 2023 |
| 192 | Grant Anderson | RHP | Rangers | May 30, 2023 |
| 191 | Cody Bradford | LHP | Rangers | May 15, 2023 |
| 190 | Mason Englert | RHP | Tigers | March 30, 2023 |
2022
| # | Player | Position | Team | Date of debut |
| 189 | Yerry Rodriguez | RHP | Rangers | October 5, 2022 |
| 188 | Brendon Davis | INF | Tigers | October 1, 2022 |
| 187 | Ronny Henriquez | RHP | Twins | September 19, 2022 |
| 186 | Collin Wiles | RHP | Athletics | September 14, 2022 |
| 185 | Josh Jung | 3B | Rangers | September 9, 2022 |
| 184 | Cole Ragans | LHP | Rangers | August 4, 2022 |
| 183 | Bubba Thompson | OF | Rangers | August 4, 2022 |
| 182 | Charles Leblanc | INF | Marlins | July 30, 2022 |
| 181 | Elier Hernandez | OF | Rangers | July 14, 2022 |
| 180 | Steele Walker | OF | Rangers | June 5, 2022 |
| 179 | Ezequiel Duran | INF | Rangers | Sat June 4, 2022 |
| 178 | Josh Smith | INF | Rangers | Mon May 30, 2022 |
| 177 | Cristian Lopes | INF | Oakland | Wed April 20, 2022 |
| 176 | Jake Lemoine | RHP | Oakland | April 8, 2022 |
2021
| # | Player | Position | Team | Date of debut |
| 175 | Hans Crouse | RHP | Phillies | September 26, 2021 |
| 174 | AJ Alexy | RHP | Rangers | August 30, 2021 |
| 173 | Ryan Dorow | INF | Rangers | August 26, 2021 |
| 172 | Jake Latz | LHP | Rangers | August 25, 2021 |
| 171 | Nick Snyder | RHP | Rangers | August 21, 2021 |
| 170 | Yonny Hernandez | INF | Rangers | August 5, 2021 |
| 169 | Joe Barlow | RHP | Rangers | June 24, 2021 |
| 168 | Luis Marte | INF | Marlins | June 1, 2021 |
| 167 | Andy Ibáñez | INF | Rangers | May 4, 2021 |
2020
| # | Player | Position | Team | Date of Debut |
| 166 | DeMarcus Evans | RHP | Rangers | September 18, 2020 |
| 165 | Justin Topa | RHP | Brewers | September 1, 2020 |
| 164 | Wes Benjamin | LHP | Rangers | August 16, 2020 |
| 163 | Leody Taveras | CF | Rangers | July 24, 2020 |
2019
| # | Player | Position | Team | Date of Debut |
| 162 | Jonathan Hernández | RHP | Rangers | August 21, 2019 |
| 161 | Brock Burke | LHP | Rangers | August 20, 2019 |
| 160 | Emmanuel Clase | RHP | Rangers | August 4, 2019 |
| 159 | Scott Heineman | OF | Rangers | August 2, 2019 |
| 158 | Pedro Payano | RHP | Rangers | July 6, 2019 |
| 157 | Locke St John | LHP | Rangers | June 25, 2019 |
| 156 | Pete Fairbanks | RHP | Rangers | June 9, 2019 |
| 155 | Joe Palumbo | LHP | Rangers | June 8, 2019 |
| 154 | Reed Garrett | RHP | Tigers | May 29, 2019 |
| 153 | Taylor Hearn | LHP | Rangers | April 25, 2019 |
| 152 | Wei-Chieh Huang | RHP | Rangers | April 23, 2019 |
| 151 | Brett Martin | LHP | Rangers | April 19, 2019 |
| 150 | Eric Swanson | RHP | Mariners | April 11, 2019 |
2018
| # | Player | Position | Team | Date |
| 149 | Luis Ortiz | RHP | Rangers | September 7, 2018 |
| 148 | C.D. Pelham | LHP | Rangers | September 5, 2018 |
| 147 | Ryan Cordell | OF | White Sox | September 3, 2018 |
| 146 | Connor Sadzeck | RHP | Rangers | September 1, 2018 |
| 145 | Jeffrey Springs | LHP | Rangers | July 31, 2018 |
| 144 | Jose Trevino | C | Rangers | June 15, 2018 |
| 143 | Ariel Jurado | RHP | Rangers | May 19, 2018 |
| 142 | Ronald Guzmán | 1B | Rangers | April 13, 2018 |
| 141 | Isiah Kiner-Falefa | INF | Rangers | April 10, 2018 |
2017
| # | Player | Position | Team | Date |
| 140 | Fabio Castillo | RHP | Dodgers | September 2, 2017 |
| 139 | Nick Gardewine | RHP | Rangers | August 22, 2017 |
| 138 | Ricardo Rodriguez | RHP | Rangers | August 14, 2017 |
| 137 | Nick Williams | OF | Phillies | June 30, 2017 |
| 136 | Lewis Brinson | OF | Brewers | June 11, 2017 |
| 135 | Chad Bell | LHP | Tigers | May 10, 2017 |
| 134 | Drew Robinson | OF | Rangers | April 5, 2017 |
2016
| # | Player | Position | Team | Date |
| 133 | Jorge Alfaro | C | Phillies | September 12, 2016 |
| 132 | Yohander Mendez | LHP | Rangers | September 5, 2016 |
| 131 | Jake Thompson | RHP | Phillies | August 6, 2016 |
| 130 | Jose Leclerc | RHP | Rangers | July 6, 2016 |
| 129 | Richard Bleier | LHP | Yankees | May 30, 2016 |
| 128 | Jared Hoying | OF | Rangers | May 23, 2016 |
| 127 | Wilfredo Boscan | RHP | Pirates | May 19, 2016 |
| 126 | Matt Bush | RHP | Rangers | May 13, 2016 |
| 125 | Cody Ege | LHP | Marlins | April 23, 2016 |
| 124 | Brett Nicholas | C | Rangers | April 11, 2016 |
| 123 | Nomar Mazara | OF | Rangers | April 10, 2016 |
2015
| # | Player | Position | Team | Date |
| 122 | Luke Jackson | RHP | Rangers | September 4, 2015 |
| 121 | Andrew Faulkner | LHP | Rangers | August 31, 2015 |
| 120 | Alec Asher | RHP | Phillies | August 30, 2015 |
| 119 | Jerad Eickhoff | RHP | Phillies | August 21, 2015 |
| 118 | Ryan Strausborger | OF | Rangers | August 5, 2015 |
| 117 | Jake Brigham | RHP | Braves | June 30, 2015 |
| 116 | Joey Gallo | INF/OF | Rangers | June 2, 2015 |
| 115 | Chi Chi Gonzalez | RHP | Rangers | May 30, 2015 |
| 114 | Hanser Alberto | INF | Rangers | May 29, 2015 |
| 113 | Keone Kela | RHP | Rangers | April 7, 2015 |
| 112 | Odubel Herrera | OF | Phillies | April 6, 2015 |
2014
| # | Player | Position | Team | Date |
| 111 | Guilder Rodriguez | INF | Rangers | September 9, 2014 |
| 110 | Lisalverto Bonilla | RHP | Rangers | September 4, 2014 |
| 109 | Ryan Rua | OF | Rangers | August 29, 2014 |
| 108 | Tomas Telis | C | Rangers | August 25, 2014 |
| 107 | Jon Edwards | RHP | Rangers | August 15, 2014 |
| 106 | Alexander Claudio | LHP | Rangers | August 13, 2014 |
| 105 | Phil Klein | RHP | Rangers | August 1, 2014 |
| 104 | Matt West | RHP | Rangers | July 10, 2014 |
| 103 | Kyle Hendricks | RHP | Cubs | July 10, 2014 |
| 102 | Román Méndez | RHP | Rangers | July 8, 2014 |
| 101 | Jake Smolinski | OF | Rangers | July 7, 2014 |
| 100 | Jumbo Diaz | RHP | Reds | June 20, 2014 |
| 99 | Ben Rowen | RHP | Rangers | June 15, 2014 |
| 98 | Rougned Odor | INF | Rangers | May 5, 2014 |
| 97 | Neil Ramírez | RHP | Cubs | April 25, 2014 |
| 96 | Luis Sardiñas | INF | Rangers | April 20, 2014 |
| 95 | Justin Miller | RHP | Tigers | April 18, 2014 |
| 94 | Nick Martinez | RHP | Rangers | April 5, 2014 |
2013
| # | Player | Position | Team | Date |
| 93 | Joey Butler | OF | Rangers | August 7, 2013 |
| 92 | Tanner Roark | RHP | Nationals | August 7, 2013 |
| 91 | Engel Beltré | OF | Rangers | June 26, 2013 |
| 90 | Chris McGuiness | INF | Rangers | June 7, 2013 |
| 89 | Evan Reed | RHP | Tigers | May 16, 2013 |
| 88 | Robbie Erlin | LHP | Padres | April 13, 2013 |
| 87 | Nick Tepesch | RHP | Rangers | April 9, 2013 |
| 86 | Leury Garcia | INF | Rangers | April 6, 2013 |
| 85 | Scott Rice | LHP | Mets | April 1, 2013 |
| 84 | Joe Ortiz | LHP | Rangers | March 31, 2013 |
2012
| # | Player | Position | Team | Date |
| 83 | Wilmer Font | RHP | Rangers | September 18, 2012 |
| 82 | Jurickson Profar | INF | Rangers | September 2, 2012 |
| 81 | Mike Olt | INF | Rangers | August 2, 2012 |
| 80 | Martin Perez | LHP | Rangers | June 27, 2012 |
| 79 | Justin Grimm | RHP | Rangers | June 16, 2012 |
| 78 | Tanner Scheppers | RHP | Rangers | June 7, 2012 |
| 77 | Joe Wieland | RHP | Padres | April 12, 2012 |
| 76 | Robbie Ross Jr | LHP | Rangers | April 8, 2012 |
2011
| # | Player | Position | Team | Date |
| 75 | Leonys Martin | OF | Rangers | September 2, 2011 |
| 74 | Zach Phillips | LHP | Orioles | August 31, 2011 |
| 73 | Mark Hamburger | RHP | Rangers | August 31, 2011 |
| 72 | Manny Pina | C | Royals | August 3, 2011 |
| 71 | Blake Beaven | RHP | Mariners | July 3, 2011 |
| 70 | Cody Eppley | RHP | Rangers | April 3, 2011 |
| 69 | Josh Lueke | RHP | Mariners | April 3, 2011 |
2010
| # | Player | Position | Team | Date |
| 68 | Mike Nickeas | C | Mets | September 4, 2010 |
| 67 | Michael Kirkman | LHP | Rangers | August 21. 2010 |
| 66 | Thomas Diamond | RHP | Cubs | August 3, 2010 |
| 65 | Mitch Moreland | INF | Rangers | July 29, 2010 |
| 64 | Alexi Ogando | RHP | Rangers | June 15, 2010 |
| 63 | Justin Smoak | INF | Rangers | April 23, 2010 |
2009
| # | Player | Position | Team | Date |
| 62 | Craig Gentry | OF | Rangers | September 6, 2009 |
| 61 | Pedro Strop | RHP | Rangers | August 28, 2009 |
| 60 | Kevin Richardson | C | Rangers | August 17, 2009 |
| 59 | Neftali Feliz | RHP | Rangers | August 3, 2009 |
| 58 | Julio Borbon | OF | Rangers | June 29, 2009 |
| 57 | Guillermo Moscoso | RHP | Rangers | May 30, 2009 |
| 56 | John Mayberry | OF | Phillies | May 23, 2009 |
| 55 | Derek Holland | LHP | Rangers | April 22, 2009 |
| 54 | Edwin Moreno | RHP | Padres | April 7, 2009 |
| 53 | Elvis Andrus | INF | Rangers | April 6, 2009 |
2008
| # | Player | Position | Team | Date |
| 52 | Brian Gordon | OF | Rangers | September 17, 2008 |
| 51 | Jason Bourgeois | OF | White Sox | September 9, 2008 |
| 50 | Jesse Chavez | RHP | Pirates | August 27, 2008 |
| 49 | Tommy Hunter | RHP | Rangers | August 1, 2008 |
| 48 | Taylor Teagarden | C | Rangers | July 18, 2008 |
| 47 | Tug Hulett | INF | Mariners | July 12, 2008 |
| 46 | Matt Harrison | LHP | Rangers | July 8, 2008 |
| 45 | Warner Madrigal | RHP | Rangers | July 2, 2008 |
| 44 | Chris Davis | INF | Rangers | June 26, 2008 |
| 43 | Max Ramirez | C/INF | Rangers | June 22, 2008 |
| 42 | Eric Hurley | RHP | Rangers | June 12, 2008 |
| 41 | Danny Herrera | LHP | Reds | June 3, 2008 |
| 40 | Doug Mathis | RHP | Rangers | May 12, 2008 |
| 39 | Edgar Gonzalez | INF | Padres | May 12, 2008 |
| 38 | Brandon Boggs | OF | Rangers | April 29, 2008 |
| 37 | Germán Durán | INF | Rangers | April 17, 2008 |
| 36 | Jesse Carlson | LHP | Blue Jays | April 10, 2008 |
2007
| # | Player | Position | Team | Date |
| 35 | Armando Galarraga | RHP | Rangers | September 15, 2007 |
| 34 | Luis Mendoza | RHP | Rangers | September 8, 2007 |
| 33 | Bill White | LHP | Rangers | September 2, 2007 |
| 32 | Brian Esposito | C | Cardinals | June 2, 2007 |
| 31 | Travis Metcalf | INF | Rangers | May 19, 2007 |
| 30 | Kevin Mahar | OF | Rangers | May 16, 2007 |
| 29 | A.J. Murray | LHP | Rangers | May 16, 2007 |
| 28 | Kelvin Jiménez | RHP | Cardinals | April 27, 2007 |
| 27 | John Danks | LHP | White Sox | April 8, 2007 |
2006
| # | Player | Position | Team | Date |
| 26 | Joaquín Árias | INF | Rangers | September 13, 2006 |
| 25 | Jose Diaz | RHP | Royals | September 6, 2006 |
| 24 | Wes Littleton | RHP | Rangers | July 4, 2006 |
| 23 | Nick Masset | RHP | Rangers | June 27, 2006 |
| 22 | Agustin Montero | RHP | Rangers | May 12, 2006 |
| 21 | Drew Meyer | INF | Rangers | April 21, 2006 |
| 20 | Ian Kinsler | INF | Rangers | April 3, 2006 |
2005
| # | Player | Position | Team | Date |
| 19 | Josh Rupe | RHP | Rangers | September 16, 2005 |
| 18 | Jason Botts | INF | Rangers | September 14, 2005 |
| 17 | Scott Feldman | RHP | Rangers | August 31, 2005 |
| 16 | Edinson Volquez | RHP | Rangers | August 30, 2005 |
| 15 | C.J. Wilson | LHP | Rangers | June 10, 2005 |
| 14 | Marshall McDougall | INF | Rangers | June 7, 2005 |
2004
| # | Player | Position | Team | Date |
| 13 | Kameron Loe | RHP | Rangers | September 26, 2004 |
| 12 | Travis Hughes | RHP | Rangers | September 26, 2004 |
| 11 | Chris Young | RHP | Rangers | August 24, 2004 |
| 10 | Sam Narron | LHP | Rangers | July 30, 2004 |
| 9 | Nick Regilio | RHP | Rangers | July 9, 2004 |
| 8 | Frank Francisco | RHP | Rangers | May 14, 2004 |
| 7 | Adrían González | INF | Rangers | April 18, 2004 |
2003
| # | Player | Position | Team | Date |
| 6 | Juan Dominguez | RHP | Rangers | August 12, 2003 |
| 5 | Ramon Nivar | OF | Rangers | July 30, 2003 |
| 4 | Laynce Nix | OF | Rangers | July 10, 2003 |
| 3 | Mario Ramos | LHP | Rangers | June 19, 2003 |
| 2 | Tony Mounce | LHP | Rangers | June 13, 2003 |
| 1 | Erasmus Ramirez | LHP | Rangers | April 30, 2003 |
