Former Rangers ace Rick Helling has decided to call it a career after 12 seasons in the big leagues. He was in the Rangers starting rotation for 4 years from 1998-2001 and was an important part of their back-to-back AL West titles in 1998 and 1999. He was also a workhorse pitching at least 215 innings in each of those 4 seasons. He also had a big problem with homeruns with his career high in a season being 41 allowed, and he finished 4th all-time in Ranger history with 163 homeruns allowed.

He finishes his career with a 93-81 record and a 4.68 ERA.

Ranger career rankings:
Wins: 6th-68
Winning %: 2nd-.571 (2nd only to Kenny Rogers)
Innings Pitched: 8th-1008
Strikeouts: 8th-687
Homeruns Allowed: 4th-163