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{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2022}} {{More citations needed|date=March 2008}} {{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.
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