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{{Infobox Minor League Baseball
|name            = Round Rock Express 
|founded         = 2000
|city            = Round Rock, Texas
|misc            = 
|logo            = RoundRockExpressLogo2019.png
|uniformlogo     = RoundRockExpressCap.png
|class level     = [[Triple-A (baseball)|Triple-A]] (2005–present)
|past class level= [[Double-A (baseball)|Double-A]] (2000–2004)
|current league  = [[Pacific Coast League]] (2005–present)
|past league     = [[Texas League]] (2000–2004)
|conference      = 
|division        = East Division
|majorleague     = [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]] (2021–present)
|pastmajorleague = {{plainlist|
*[[Houston Astros]] (2019–2020)
*[[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]] (2011–2018)
*[[Houston Astros]] (2000–2010)
}}
|leaguenum       = 1
|leaguechamps    = {{hlist|2000}}
|confnum         = 3
|conferencechamps= {{hlist|2006|2015|2019}}
|divnum          = 7
|divisionchamps  = {{hlist|2000|2001|2004|2006|2011|2015|2019}}
|firsthalfnum    = 4
|firsthalfchamps = {{hlist|2000|2001|2002|2004}}
|secondhalfnum   = 2
|secondhalfchamps= {{hlist|2004|2023}}
|nickname        = Round Rock Express (2000–present)
|pastnames       = 
|colors          = Navy blue, red, silver, white<br>{{color box|#091F40}} {{color box|#A31F37}} {{color box|#A2A9AD}} {{color box|white}}
|mascot          = Spike
|ballpark        = [[Dell Diamond]] (2000–present)
|pastparks       = 
|owner           = [[Reid Ryan|Ryan Sanders Baseball]]
|president       = Chris Almendarez<ref name=frontoffice>{{cite web |url=https://www.milb.com/round-rock/about/front-office#administration |title=Round Rock Express Front Office |website=Round Rock Express |publisher=Minor League Baseball |access-date=February 9, 2021}}</ref> 
|gm              = Tim Jackson<ref name=frontoffice/>
|manager         = [[Doug Davis (infielder)|Doug Davis]]
|website         = {{URL|https://www.milb.com/round-rock|milb.com/round-rock}}
}}

The '''Round Rock Express''' are a [[Minor League Baseball]] team of the [[Pacific Coast League]] (PCL) and the [[Triple-A (baseball)|Triple-A]] affiliate of the [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]]. They are located in [[Round Rock, Texas]], and play their home games at the [[Dell Diamond]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.milb.com/news/gcs-7906284 |title=Ballpark Profile |website=Round Rock Express |publisher=Minor League Baseball |access-date=September 21, 2018 |language=en}}</ref> The team is named for [[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum|Baseball Hall of Famer]] and Texas native [[Nolan Ryan]], who was nicknamed "The Ryan Express."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nolanryan.net/Site/Main_Page.html |title=Nolan Ryan, The Man: Profile, History, Facts and Figures |year=1998 |publisher=C&D Publishers |access-date=August 17, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110817041025/http://www.nolanryan.net/Site/Main_Page.html |archive-date=August 17, 2011 }}</ref> Ryan, along with son [[Reid Ryan]] and Don Sanders make up the team's ownership group, Ryan Sanders Baseball.<ref>{{cite news |title=Dell Roots, Roots, Roots for the Home Team  |first=Janet | last=Jacobs |newspaper=Austin American-Statesman |date=January 14, 2011 }}</ref>

The Express were established as a [[Double-A (baseball)|Double-A]] team of the [[Texas League]] (TL) in 2000. They won the [[List of Texas League champions|Texas League championship]] in 2000. Round Rock was replaced by a Triple-A Pacific Coast League team in 2005. The Triple-A Express carried on the history of the Double-A team that preceded them. With [[Major League Baseball]]'s restructuring of Minor League Baseball in 2021, the Express were shifted to the [[Triple-A West]], which was renamed the PCL in 2022.

==History==
The ownership group led by Nolan Ryan and Don Sanders began its operations in Round Rock in 2000 as the [[Dell Diamond]] opened, moving the [[Double-A (baseball)|Double-A]] [[Texas League]]'s [[Corpus Christi Hooks|Jackson Generals]] to the new park, affiliating with the [[Houston Astros]] and setting attendance records for the Double-A level. By 2003, [[Corpus Christi, Texas|Corpus Christi]] had offered the Ryan-Sanders group $20 million to build a stadium and move a professional franchise there, and the ownership group was convinced Round Rock could support Triple-A baseball.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2003/06/09/story1.html |newspaper=[[Houston Business Journal]] |last=Greer |first=Jim |date=June 30, 2003 |access-date=July 13, 2017 |title=Partners aim for a hit with baseball shuffle}}</ref>

[[File:Dell Diamond DM.jpg|thumb|left|An Express game at the [[Dell Diamond]] at night]]

Meanwhile, the [[Pacific Coast League]]'s [[Edmonton Trappers]] franchise, left isolated by the departure of the [[Calgary Cannons]] after the 2002 season for Albuquerque, was under pressure from the rest of the league to relocate to the United States. After the 2003 season, the Ryan group purchased the Trappers franchise with plans to relocate that franchise to Round Rock for 2005, once the Corpus Christi stadium would be ready for the Double-A franchise.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/eskimos-cash-in-selling-their-triple-a-team/article18434005/ |title=Eskimos cash in selling their Triple-A team |last1=Maki |first1=Allan |last2=Naylor |first2=David |newspaper=[[The Globe and Mail]] |access-date=July 13, 2017 |date=October 24, 2003}}</ref> The Triple-A club would carry on the Round Rock Express identity; the Double-A club would become the [[Corpus Christi Hooks]], and the Ryan group was able to negotiate an affiliation swap with the [[New Orleans Zephyrs]] to obtain the Astros' Triple-A affiliation for the newly-arriving PCL club.

In 2006, the Round Rock Express clinched the Southern Division of the league's American Conference with a win–loss record of 85–59. After defeating the [[Nashville Sounds]] in five games to take the American Conference championship, they advanced to the PCL championship series, but lost to the [[Tucson Sidewinders]] in three straight games.

In 2011, after 6 seasons of serving as the Triple-A affiliate of the Houston Astros, and 11 seasons of being affiliated with the Astros overall, the Express became the Triple-A affiliate of the [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]]. Through the end of the 2018 season, attendance figures have dropped 8% since changing affiliations from Houston to Texas (see table below). Each of the top 9 season attendances all occurred in the 11 seasons the team was affiliated with Houston.

In 2016, ''[[Forbes]]'' listed the Express as the sixth-most valuable Minor League Baseball team with a value of $40 million.<ref>{{cite news |last=Klebnikov |first=Sergei |url=https://www.forbes.com/pictures/gkle45ffh/6-round-rock-express/#f462ae59b363 |title=Minor League Baseball's Most Valuable Teams – 6. Round Rock Express |website=[[Forbes]] |date=July 8, 2016 |access-date=September 23, 2016}}</ref>

On September 20, 2018, the Express announced a 4-year Player Development Contract with the Houston Astros.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rome |first1=Chandler |title=Astros officially Announce Re-Affiliation with Round Rock Express |url=https://www.chron.com/sports/astros/article/Astros-official-re-affiliation-Round-Rock-Express-13246066.php |access-date=September 20, 2018 |work=[[Houston Chronicle]] |date=September 20, 2018}}</ref> In conjunction with Major League Baseball's reorganization of the minors after the 2020 season, the Astros opted to discontinue their affiliation with Round Rock, leaving them in need of a new major league affiliate.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.chron.com/sports/astros/article/Sugar-Land-Skeeters-Houston-Astros-AAA-affiliate-15732118.php |title=Astros to Make Sugar Land Skeeters their Class AAA Affiliate |website=Chron.com |publisher=Houston Chronicle |access-date=November 17, 2020 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet |user=jjcoop36 |number=1329227313318334464 |date=November 18, 2020 |title=The Atlantic League has officially been informed by Sugar Land that the Skeeters have agreed to be the Astros Triple-A affiliate. Just further confirmation of the news broken by MarkBermanFox26}}</ref>

The Express later re-affiliated with the Texas Rangers for 2021 and were organized into the [[Triple-A West]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Reichard |first=Kevin|url=https://ballparkdigest.com/2020/12/09/rangers-return-to-round-rock-for-2021/ |title=Rangers Return to Round Rock for 2021 |website=Ballpark Digest |date=December 9, 2020 |access-date=December 10, 2020 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=JMayo2-12-2021>{{cite web|last=Mayo|first=Jonathan|title=MLB Announces New Minors Teams, Leagues|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/new-minor-league-baseball-structure|website=Major League Baseball|date=February 12, 2021|access-date=February 12, 2021}}</ref> Round Rock ended the season tied for second place in the Eastern Division with a 61–58 record.<ref name=MILB2021>{{cite web|url=https://www.milb.com/standings/pacific-coast/2021?standingsType=firstHalf&standingsView=division|title=2021 Triple-A West Standings|website=Minor League Baseball|access-date=October 5, 2021}}</ref> No playoffs were held to determine a league champion; instead, the team with the best regular-season record was declared the winner.<ref name=MiLB7-14-2021>{{cite news |url=https://www.milb.com/milb/news/triple-a-classification-to-add-10-games-to-2021-schedule |title=MiLB Announces 'Triple-A Final Stretch' for 2021 |website=Minor League Baseball |date=July 14, 2021 |accessdate=July 16, 2021}}</ref> However, 10&nbsp;games that had been postponed from the start of the season were reinserted into the schedule as a postseason tournament called the Triple-A Final Stretch in which all 30 Triple-A clubs competed for the highest winning percentage.<ref name=MiLB7-14-2021/> Round Rock finished the tournament tied for seventh place with a 6–4 record.<ref name=2021FinalStretch>{{cite web|url=https://www.milb.com/standings/pacific-coast/2021|title=2021 Triple-A Final Stretch Standings|website=Minor League Baseball|access-date=October 5, 2021}}</ref> In 2022, the Triple-A West became known as the Pacific Coast League, the name historically used by the regional circuit prior to the 2021 reorganization.<ref name=PCLrename>{{cite web|url=https://www.milb.com/news/minor-league-baseball-historical-league-names-to-return-in-2022|title=Historical League Names to Return in 2022|website=Minor League Baseball|date=March 16, 2022|access-date=March 16, 2022}}</ref>

Playing under a split-season format in 2023 in which the teams with the best league-wide records at the end of each half qualified for the playoffs,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.milb.com/news/triple-a-national-championship-game-2023 |title=2023 Triple-A National Championship Game Set for Sept. 30 in Las Vegas |website=Minor League Baseball |date=March 28, 2023 |accessdate=March 28, 2023}}</ref> Round Rock won the second-half title at 45–30.<ref name=2023halfs>{{cite web|url=https://www.milb.com/standings/pacific-coast/?standingsView=league|title=Standings|website=Minor League Baseball|access-date=September 28, 2023|archive-date=September 28, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230928141552/https://www.milb.com/standings/pacific-coast/?standingsView=league}}</ref> Overall, the team posted the league's second-best record, 89–60.<ref name=2023BR>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/league.cgi?id=4ac4afa3|title=2023 Pacific Coast League|work=Baseball-Reference|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=September 28, 2023|archive-date=September 28, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230928141512/https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/league.cgi?id=4ac4afa3}}</ref> In a single round of playoffs to determine the PCL championship versus the [[Oklahoma City Dodgers]], winners of the first half, the Express were defeated, two games to none.<ref name=2023post>{{cite web |last=Weinrib |first=Ben|url=https://www.milb.com/news/oklahoma-city-dodgers-sweep-to-pacific-coast-league-crown |title=Seasoned Oklahoma City Sweeps to PCL Crown|website=Minor League Baseball |date=September 28, 2023 |access-date=September 28, 2023}}</ref>

==Season-by-season records==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="font-size:85%"
|+Table key
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|'''League'''
|The team's final position in the league standings
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|'''Division'''
|The team's final position in the divisional standings
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|'''GB'''
|[[Games behind]] the team that finished in first place in the division that season
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:center; background-color:#FFBBBB"|{{‡|alt=Class champions}}
|Class champions (2005–present)
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:center; background-color:#FFE6BD"|{{†|alt=League champions}}
|League champions (2000–present)
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:center; background-color:#FFFFBB"|§
|Conference champions (2005–2020)
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:center; background-color:#DDFFDD"|* 
|Division champions (2000–present)
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:center; background-color:#D0E7FF"|^
|Postseason berth (2000–present)
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="font-size: 95%; text-align:center;"
|+Season-by-season records
!rowspan="2" scope="col" style="background-color:#ffffff; border-top:#091F40 5px solid; border-bottom:#A31F37 5px solid; color:#091F40"|Season
!rowspan="2" scope="col" style="background-color:#ffffff; border-top:#091F40 5px solid; border-bottom:#A31F37 5px solid; color:#091F40"|League
!colspan="5" scope="col" style="background-color:#ffffff; border-top:#091F40 5px solid; color:#091F40"|Regular-season
!colspan="3" scope="col" style="background-color:#ffffff; border-top:#091F40 5px solid; color:#091F40"|Postseason
!rowspan="2" scope="col" style="background-color:#ffffff; border-top:#091F40 5px solid; border-bottom:#A31F37 5px solid; color:#091F40"|MLB affiliate
!class="unsortable" rowspan="2" scope="col" style="background-color:#ffffff; border-top:#091F40 5px solid; border-bottom:#A31F37 5px solid; color:#091F40"|{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
!scope="col" style="background-color:#ffffff; border-bottom:#A31F37 5px solid; color:#091F40"|Record
!scope="col" style="background-color:#ffffff; border-bottom:#A31F37 5px solid; color:#091F40"|Win %
!scope="col" style="background-color:#ffffff; border-bottom:#A31F37 5px solid; color:#091F40"|League
!scope="col" style="background-color:#ffffff; border-bottom:#A31F37 5px solid; color:#091F40"|Division
!scope="col" style="background-color:#ffffff; border-bottom:#A31F37 5px solid; color:#091F40"|{{Abbr|GB|Games behind}}
!scope="col" style="background-color:#ffffff; border-bottom:#A31F37 5px solid; color:#091F40"|Record
!scope="col" style="background-color:#ffffff; border-bottom:#A31F37 5px solid; color:#091F40"|Win %
!class="unsortable" rowspan="2" scope="col" style="background-color:#ffffff; border-bottom:#A31F37 5px solid; color:#091F40"|Result
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#FFE6BD"|2000<br>^ * {{†|alt=League champions}}
| TL
| 83–57
| .593
| {{sort|01.0|1st}}
| {{sort|01.0|1st}}
| {{sort|00.0|—}}
| 7–3
| {{sort|700|.700}}
| bgcolor="#FFE6BD"|''Won First Half Western Division title''<br />''Won Western Division title vs. [[El Paso Diablos]], 3–2''<br />''Won [[List of Texas League champions|TL championship]] vs. [[Wichita Wranglers]], 4–1''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.statscrew.com/minorbaseball/standings/l-TL/y-2000|title=2000 Texas League Standings|website=Stats Crew|access-date=September 8, 2020}}</ref>
| [[Houston Astros]]
| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/league.cgi?id=47d1463a|title=2000 Texas League|website=Baseball-Reference|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=May 30, 2020}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#DDFFDD"|2001<br>^ *
| TL
| 86–54
| .614
| {{sort|01.0|1st}}
| {{sort|01.0|1st}}
| {{sort|00.0|—}}
| 3–4
| {{sort|429|.429}}
| bgcolor="#DDFFDD"|''Won First Half Western Division title''<br />''Won Western Division title vs. [[San Antonio Missions]], 3–2''<br />Lost [[List of Texas League champions|TL championship]] vs. [[Arkansas Travelers]], 2–0<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.statscrew.com/minorbaseball/standings/l-TL/y-2001|title=2001 Texas League Standings|website=Stats Crew|access-date=September 8, 2020}}</ref>
| [[Houston Astros]]
| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/league.cgi?id=f154ff49|title=2001 Texas League|website=Baseball-Reference|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=May 30, 2020}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#D0E7FF"|2002<br>^
| TL
| 75–65
| .536
| {{sort|04.0|4th}}
| {{sort|03.0|3rd}}
| {{sort|02.0|2}}
| 2–3
| {{sort|400|.400}}
| bgcolor="#D0E7FF"|''Won First Half Western Division title''<br />Lost Western Division title vs. [[San Antonio Missions]], 3–2<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.statscrew.com/minorbaseball/standings/l-TL/y-2002|title=2002 Texas League Standings|website=Stats Crew|access-date=September 8, 2020}}</ref>
| [[Houston Astros]]
| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/league.cgi?id=c9af0885|title=2002 Texas League|website=Baseball-Reference|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=May 30, 2020}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|2003
| TL
| 46–94
| .329
| {{sort|08.0|8th}}
| {{sort|04.0|4th}}
| {{sort|42.5|{{frac|42|1|2}}}}
| {{sort|00.0|—}}
| {{sort|00.0|—}}
| {{sort|00.0|—}}
| [[Houston Astros]]
| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/league.cgi?id=32c4d2de|title=2003 Texas League|website=Baseball-Reference|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=May 30, 2020}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#DDFFDD"|2004<br>^ *
| TL
| 86–54
| .614
| {{sort|01.0|1st}}
| {{sort|01.0|1st}}
| {{sort|00.0|—}}
| 1–4
| {{sort|200|.200}}
| bgcolor="#DDFFDD"|''Won First and Second Half Western Division titles''<br />''Won Western Division title''<br />Lost [[List of Texas League champions|TL championship]] vs. [[Frisco RoughRiders]], 4–1<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.statscrew.com/minorbaseball/standings/l-TL/y-2004|title=2004 Texas League Standings|website=Stats Crew|access-date=September 8, 2020}}</ref>
| [[Houston Astros]]
| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/league.cgi?id=7f2f21b7|title=2004 Texas League|website=Baseball-Reference|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=May 30, 2020}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|2005
| PCL
| 74–70
| .514
| {{sort|07.0|7th}}
| {{sort|03.0|3rd}}
| {{sort|06.5|{{frac|6|1|2}}}}
| {{sort|00.0|—}}
| {{sort|00.0|—}}
| {{sort|00.0|—}}
| [[Houston Astros]]
| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/league.cgi?id=7cf2c40c|title=2005 Pacific Coast League|website=Baseball-Reference|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=May 30, 2020}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#FFFFBB"|2006<br>* §
| PCL
| 85–59
| .590
| {{sort|02.0|2nd}}
| {{sort|01.0|1st}}
| {{sort|00.0|—}}
| 3–5
| {{sort|375|.375}}
| bgcolor="#FFFFBB"|''Won American Conference Southern Division title''<br />''Won American Conference title vs. [[Nashville Sounds]], 3–2''<br />Lost [[List of Pacific Coast League champions|PCL championship]] vs. [[Tucson Sidewinders]], 3–0
| [[Houston Astros]]
| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/league.cgi?id=4de400ea|title=2006 Pacific Coast League|website=Baseball-Reference|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=May 30, 2020}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|2007
| PCL
| 61–81
| .430
| {{sort|14.0|14th}}
| {{sort|04.0|4th}}
| {{sort|13.0|13}}
| {{sort|00.0|—}}
| {{sort|00.0|—}}
| {{sort|00.0|—}}
| [[Houston Astros]]
| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/league.cgi?id=9bb85c40|title=2007 Pacific Coast League|website=Baseball-Reference|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=May 30, 2020}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"| 2008
| PCL
| 64–79
| .448
| {{sort|13.0|13th}}
| {{sort|04.0|4th}}
| {{sort|11.5|{{frac|11|1|2}}}}
| {{sort|00.0|—}}
| {{sort|00.0|—}}
| {{sort|00.0|—}}
| [[Houston Astros]]
| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/league.cgi?id=0c7928c7|title=2008 Pacific Coast League|website=Baseball-Reference|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=May 30, 2020}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|2009
| PCL
| 63–81
| .438
| {{sort|15.0|15th}}
| {{sort|04.0|4th}}
| {{sort|17.0|17}}
| {{sort|00.0|—}}
| {{sort|00.0|—}}
| {{sort|00.0|—}}
| [[Houston Astros]]
| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/league.cgi?id=5f155166|title=2009 Pacific Coast League|website=Baseball-Reference|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=May 30, 2020}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"| 2010
| PCL
| 57–87
| .396
| {{sort|16.0|16th}}
| {{sort|04.0|4th}}
| {{sort|16.5|{{frac|16|1|2}}}}
| {{sort|00.0|—}}
| {{sort|00.0|—}}
| {{sort|00.0|—}}
| [[Houston Astros]]
| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/league.cgi?id=b6ca3ab2|title=2010 Pacific Coast League|website=Baseball-Reference|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=May 30, 2020}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#DDFFDD"|2011<br>*
| PCL
| 87–57
| .604
| {{sort|02.0|2nd}}
| {{sort|01.0|1st}}
| {{sort|00.0|—}}
| 1–3
| {{sort|250|.250}}
| bgcolor="#DDFFDD"|''Won American Conference Southern Division title''<br />Lost American Conference title vs. [[Omaha Storm Chasers]], 3–1
| [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]]
| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/league.cgi?id=2b849127|title=2011 Pacific Coast League|website=Baseball-Reference|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=May 30, 2020}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|2012
| PCL
| 69–75
| .479
| {{sort|11.0|11th}}
| {{sort|04.0|4th}}
| {{sort|11.0|11}}
| {{sort|00.0|—}}
| {{sort|00.0|—}}
| {{sort|00.0|—}}
| [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]]
| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/league.cgi?id=0dccdf2c|title=2012 Pacific Coast League|website=Baseball-Reference|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=May 30, 2020}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"| 2013
| PCL
| 73–71
| .507
| {{sort|08.0|8th}}
| {{sort|03.0|3rd}}
| {{sort|09.0|9}}
| {{sort|00.0|—}}
| {{sort|00.0|—}}
| {{sort|00.0|—}}
| [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]]
| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/league.cgi?id=3219ab1a|title=2013 Pacific Coast League|website=Baseball-Reference|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=May 30, 2020}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"| 2014
| PCL
| 70–74
| .486
| {{sort|11.1|11th (tie)}}
| {{sort|03.1|3rd (tie)}}
| {{sort|09.5|{{frac|9|1|2}}}}
| {{sort|00.0|—}}
| {{sort|00.0|—}}
| {{sort|00.0|—}}
| [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]]
| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/league.cgi?id=1b5c335f|title=2014 Pacific Coast League|website=Baseball-Reference|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=May 30, 2020}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#FFFFBB"|2015<br>* §
| PCL
| 78–66
| .542
| {{sort|05.1|5th (tie)}}
| {{sort|01.0|1st}}
| {{sort|00.0|—}}
| 5–3
| {{sort|625|.625}}
| bgcolor="#FFFFBB"|''Won American Conference Southern Division title''<br />''Won American Conference title vs. [[Oklahoma City Dodgers]], 3–0''<br />Lost [[List of Pacific Coast League champions|PCL championship]] vs. [[Fresno Grizzlies]], 3–2
| [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]]
| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/league.cgi?id=b685db87|title=2015 Pacific Coast League|website=Baseball-Reference|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=May 30, 2020}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|2016
| PCL
| 71–72
| .497
| {{sort|07.1|7th (tie)}}
| {{sort|02.0|2nd}}
| {{sort|12.5|{{frac|12|1|2}}}}
| {{sort|00.0|—}}
| {{sort|00.0|—}}
| {{sort|00.0|—}}
| [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]]
| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/league.cgi?id=33b6dd69|title=2016 Pacific Coast League|website=Baseball-Reference|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=May 30, 2020}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"| 2017
| PCL
| 66–72
| .478
| {{sort|12.0|12th}}
| {{sort|03.0|3rd}}
| {{sort|23.5|{{frac|23|1|2}}}}
| {{sort|00.0|—}}
| {{sort|00.0|—}}
| {{sort|00.0|—}}
| [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]]
| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/league.cgi?id=a81c8ceb|title=2017 Pacific Coast League|website=Baseball-Reference|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=May 30, 2020}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"| 2018
| PCL
| 65–73
| .471
| {{sort|12.1|12th (tie)}}
| {{sort|04.0|4th}}
| {{sort|17.0|17}}
| {{sort|00.0|—}}
| {{sort|00.0|—}}
| {{sort|00.0|—}}
| [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]]
| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/league.cgi?id=2e132070|title=2018 Pacific Coast League|website=Baseball-Reference|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=May 30, 2020}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#FFFFBB"|2019<br>* §
| PCL
| 84–56
| .600
| {{sort|01.0|1st}}
| {{sort|01.0|1st}}
| {{sort|00.0|—}}
| 3–5
| {{sort|375|.375}}
| bgcolor="#FFFFBB"|''Won American Conference Southern Division title''<br />''Won American Conference title vs. [[Iowa Cubs]], 3–2''<br />Lost [[List of Pacific Coast League champions|PCL championship]] vs. [[Sacramento River Cats]], 3–0
| [[Houston Astros]]
| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/league.cgi?id=d9339ccc|title=2019 Pacific Coast League|website=Baseball-Reference|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=May 30, 2020}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"| 2020
| PCL
| colspan="8"|''Season cancelled ([[COVID-19 pandemic]])''<ref name=2020can>{{cite news |title=2020 Minor League Baseball Season Shelved|url=https://www.milb.com/news/2020-minor-league-baseball-season-shelved|website=Minor League Baseball|date=June 30, 2020|access-date=July 1, 2020}}</ref>
| [[Houston Astros]]
| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://milb.bamcontent.com/documents/6/4/4/311760644/191115_2020_Full_Schedule.pdf|title=2020 Schedule|website=Nashville Sounds|publisher=Minor League Baseball|access-date=August 5, 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805143444/https://milb.bamcontent.com/documents/6/4/4/311760644/191115_2020_Full_Schedule.pdf|archive-date=August 5, 2020}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|2021
| AAAW
| 61–58
| .513
| {{sort|05.1|5th (tie)}}
| {{sort|02.1|2nd (tie)}}
| {{sort|09.5|{{frac|9|1|2}}}}
| 6–4
| {{sort|600|.600}}
| ''Won series vs. [[Tacoma Rainiers]], 3–2''<br/>''Won series vs. [[Sugar Land Skeeters]], 3–2''<br/>Placed 7th (tie) in the Triple-A Final Stretch<ref name=2021FinalStretch/>
| [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]]
| <ref name=MILB2021/>
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|2022
| PCL
| 79–71
| .527
| {{sort|03.0|3rd}}
| {{sort|02.0|2nd}}
| {{sort|06.0|6}}
| {{sort|00.0|—}}
| {{sort|00.0|—}}
| {{sort|00.0|—}}
| [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]]
| <ref name=BR2022>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/league.cgi?id=39e6d58a|title=2022 Pacific Coast League|work=Baseball-Reference|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=September 29, 2022}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#D0E7FF"|2023<br />^
| PCL
| 89–60
| .597
| {{sort|02.0|2nd}}
| {{sort|02.0|2nd}}
| {{sort|01.5|{{frac|1|1|2}}}}
| {{sort|00.2|0–2}}
| {{sort|001|.000}}
| bgcolor="#D0E7FF"|''Won second-half title''<ref name=2023halfs/><br />Lost [[List of Pacific Coast League champions|PCL championship]] vs. [[Oklahoma City Dodgers]], 2–0<ref name=2023post/>
| [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]]
| <ref name=2023BR/>
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|2024
| PCL
| 71–77
| .480
| {{sort|07.0|7th}}
| {{sort|03.0|3rd}}
| {{sort|21.5|{{frac|21|1|2}}}}
| {{sort|00.0|—}}
| {{sort|00.0|—}}
| {{sort|00.0|—}}
| [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]]
| <ref name=BR2024>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/league.cgi?id=1522c7d0|title=2024 Pacific Coast League|work=Baseball-Reference|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=September 25, 2024|archive-date=September 25, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240925121542/https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/league.cgi?id=1522c7d0|url-status=live}}</ref>
|- class="sortbottom"
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|'''Totals'''
! —
! 1,743–1,663
! {{winpct|1743|1663}}
! —
! —
! —
! 31–36
! {{winpct|31|36}}
! —
! —
! —
|}

==Dell Diamond attendance==
[[File:Dell Diamond Southwest Entrance 2017.jpg|thumb|right|The Round Rock Express play home games at the [[Dell Diamond]].]]

;Season average attendance<ref>[http://www.thebaseballcube.com/teams/stats.asp?Y=2000&T=10370&Page=] thebaseballcube.com, Round Rock Express Team Pages, 2000-2004.</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160919080914/http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?y=2005&t=l_att&lid=112&sid=l112] milb.com, PCL Attendance Tables, 2005-Present.</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Season || Average || Games || Total attendance || Affiliation
|-
| 2000 || 9,430 || 70 || 660,110 || Houston Astros (Double-A)
|-
| 2001 || 9,554 || 70 || 668,792 || Houston Astros (Double-A)
|-
| 2002 || 9,573 || 70 || 670,176 || Houston Astros (Double-A)
|-
| 2003 || 9,799 || 70 || 685,973 || Houston Astros (Double-A)
|-
| 2004 || 9,847 || 70 || 689,286 || Houston Astros (Double-A)
|-
| 2005 || 9,726 || 72 || 700,277 || Houston Astros (Triple-A)
|-
| 2006 || 9,413 || 72 || 677,706 || Houston Astros (Triple-A)
|-
| 2007 || 9,466 || 70 || 662,595 || Houston Astros (Triple-A)
|-
| 2008 || 9,286 || 72 || 668,623 || Houston Astros (Triple-A)
|-
| 2009 || 8,707 || 72 || 626,899 || Houston Astros (Triple-A)
|-
| 2010 || 8,408 || 71 || 596,985 || Houston Astros (Triple-A)
|-
| 2011 || 8,587 || 72 || 618,261 || Texas Rangers (Triple-A)
|-
| 2012 || 8,389 || 71 || 595,584 || Texas Rangers (Triple-A)
|-
| 2013 || 8,181 || 72 || 589,042 || Texas Rangers (Triple-A)
|-
| 2014 || 8,390 || 71 || 595,700 || Texas Rangers (Triple-A)
|-
| 2015 || 8,623 || 69 || 595,012 || Texas Rangers (Triple-A)
|-
| 2016 || 8,627 || 71 || 613,226 || Texas Rangers (Triple-A)
|-
| 2017 || 8,724 || 70 || 610,681 || Texas Rangers (Triple-A)
|-
| 2018 || 8,809 || 70 || 616,636 || Texas Rangers (Triple-A)
|-
| 2019 || 8,542 || 70 || 597,928 || Houston Astros (Triple-A)
|-
| 2020 || colspan="3" style="text-align:center"|''Season cancelled ([[COVID-19 pandemic]])''<ref name=2020can/> || Houston Astros (Triple-A)
|}

;Attendance ranking by affiliation (through 2018)
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Rank !! Average || Affiliation || Seasons || Games || Total attendance 
|-
| 1 || 9,311 || Houston Astros || 12 || 849 || 7,905,350  
|-
| 2 || 8,540 || Texas Rangers || 8 || 566 || 4,834,142
|}

==Roster==
{{Round Rock Express roster}}

==Notable alumni==
*[[Yordan Alvarez]] (born 1997), MLB designated hitter and outfielder
*[[Josh Banks]] (born 1982), MLB pitcher
*[[Richard Bleier]] (born 1987), MLB pitcher
*[[John Buck (baseball)|John Buck]], MLB catcher
*[[Roger Clemens]], MLB pitcher
*[[Chris Davis (baseball)|Chris Davis]], MLB first baseman
*[[Morgan Ensberg]], MLB third baseman
*[[Joey Gallo]], MLB outfielder and first baseman
*[[Mike Gallo]], MLB pitcher
*[[Craig Gentry]], MLB outfielder
*[[Keith Ginter]], MLB onfielder
*[[Jason Hirsh]], MLB pitcher
*[[Josh Jung]], MLB third baseman
*[[Roy Oswalt]], MLB pitcher
*[[Humberto Quintero]], MLB catcher
*[[Myles Straw]], MLB outfielder
*[[Taylor Teagarden]], MLB catcher
*[[Hunter Pence]], MLB outfielder
*[[Willy Taveras]], MLB outfielder
*[[Kyle Tucker]], MLB outfielder
*[[José Urquidy]], MLB pitcher

==Popular culture==
The "Play Ball" episode of ''[[The Simple Life]]'', a reality television series starring young wealthy socialites [[Paris Hilton]] and [[Nicole Richie]], took place during an Express game. The show aired on July 21, 2004, as the 15th episode of the show's second season.<ref>List provided by the Texas Film Commission: Katie Kelley, Office Manager - Texas Film Commission, Email, July 23, 2009</ref>

The team made headlines in 2010 when it "signed" Billy Ray "Rojo" Johnson, described in a press release as an East Texan who grew up in Venezuela and had run-ins with the law. In reality, Johnson was actor [[Will Ferrell]], who briefly took the mound at Dell Diamond to promote his nearby charity golf tournament.<ref>[http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100507&content_id=9865792&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb] MLB.com, "Will Ferrell pitches, entertains in Round Rock", May 7, 2010.</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Round Rock Express}}
*[http://www.roundrockexpress.com/ Official website]

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