TORONTO - A great first month or the GREATEST first month?

Where the Rangers are concerned, Nomar Mazara's April was the best ever by a rookie.

It was pretty good by the American League's standards, too. Mazara on Monday was named the AL Rookie of the Month for April. Mazara hit .333 with a .392 OBP and .460 slugging percentage for an .852 OPS.

According to Stats, LLC, there have been a total of 23 Rangers qualifying rookies to have at least 50 plate appearances in March/April of their first season. Mazara's .852 OPS in 74 plate appearances was the highest. And it wasn't that close.

Mazara, who led all qualifying AL rookies in OPS for the month, broke the Rangers mark previously held by George Wright at .819 in 1982 for 79 plate appearances. David Murphy (.814) was the last Rangers' rookie to surpass an .800 OPS for the opening month of his first season.

The last Ranger to win Rookie of the Month was Delino DeShields in May, 2015. The Rangers have had five Rookie of the Month winners over the last five seasons. Mazara is the third to win for April, joining Yu Darvish (2012) and Justin Grimm (2013).