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1997 Texas Rangers Roster (40-man)

1996 Season 1998 Season

Record: 77-85-0, Finished 3rd in AL_West (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Johnny Oates (77-85)

General Manager: Douglas Melvin

Scouting Director: Chuck McMichael

Ballpark: The Ballpark in Arlington

Attendance: 2,945,228 (4th of 14)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 105, Pitching - 105
One-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 102

Pythagorean W-L: 80-82, 807 Runs, 823 Runs Allowed

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Full-Season Roster & Games by Position

Full-Season Roster & Games by Position
Name	Age		B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH	PH	PR	WAR	Salary
José Alberro	28	pr PR	R	R	6' 2"	190	Jun 29, 1969	3	10	4	0	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1.1
Scott Bailes	35	us US	L	L	6' 2"	170	Dec 18, 1961	8	24	0	3	24	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.4	$150,000
Kevin Brown	24	us US	R	R	6' 2"	200	Apr 21, 1973	2	4	1	4	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.1
Damon Buford	27	us US	R	R	5' 10"	170	Jun 12, 1970	5	122	102	122	117	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	117	0	117	3	4	9	0.6	$225,000
John Burkett	32	us US	R	R	6' 2"	175	Nov 28, 1964	9	30	30	2	30	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.3	$3,550,000
Domingo Cedeño	28	do DO	B	R	6' 1"	170	Nov 4, 1968	5	113	86	113	104	0	0	0	65	3	43	0	0	0	0	2	18	3	0.5	$285,000
Terry Clark	36	us US	R	R	6' 2"	195	Oct 18, 1960	6	9	5	1	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	$200,000
Will Clark	33	us US	L	L	6' 2"	190	Mar 13, 1964	12	110	104	110	100	0	0	100	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	6	0	3.4	$5,657,365
Mike Devereaux	34	us US	R	R	6' 0"	195	Apr 10, 1963	11	29	20	29	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	24	28	0	4	2	-0.1	$250,000
Alex Diaz	28	us US	B	R	5' 11"	175	Oct 5, 1968	6	28	21	28	24	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	20	23	0	7	0	-0.6	$250,000
Bryan Eversgerd	28	us US	R	L	6' 1"	190	Feb 11, 1969	3	3	0	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.4	$150,000
Hanley Frias	23	do DO	B	R	6' 0"	160	Dec 5, 1973	1st	14	7	14	13	0	0	0	1	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	-0.3
Benji Gil	24	mx MX	R	R	6' 2"	210	Oct 6, 1972	4	110	100	110	106	0	0	0	0	0	106	0	0	0	0	4	0	6	0.9	$200,000
Juan González	27	pr PR	R	R	6' 3"	175	Oct 20, 1969	9	133	133	133	64	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	64	64	69	0	0	2.7	$7,500,000
Tom Goodwin	28	us US	L	R	6' 1"	165	Jul 27, 1968	7	53	49	53	51	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	49	0	51	0	4	0	0.0
Rusty Greer	28	us US	L	L	6' 0"	190	Jan 21, 1969	4	157	154	157	153	0	0	0	0	0	0	148	19	1	153	2	3	0	4.6	$358,333
Eric Gunderson	31	us US	R	L	6' 0"	175	Mar 29, 1966	7	60	0	2	60	60	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.3	$160,000
Rick Helling	26	us US	R	R	6' 3"	215	Dec 15, 1970	4	10	8	1	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.6	$165,000
Wilson Heredia	25	do DO	R	R	6' 0"	175	Mar 30, 1972	2	10	0	2	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	$150,000
Xavier Hernandez	31	us US	L	R	6' 2"	185	Aug 16, 1965	9	44	0	3	44	44	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.4	$600,000
Ken Hill	31	us US	R	R	6' 4"	200	Dec 14, 1965	10	19	19	0	19	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.7	$4,850,000
Jim Leyritz	33	us US	R	R	6' 0"	190	Dec 27, 1963	8	37	23	37	19	0	11	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	10	0	0.7
Mark McLemore	32	us US	B	R	5' 11"	175	Oct 4, 1964	12	89	86	89	89	0	0	0	89	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0.4	$1,800,000
Henry Mercedes	27	do DO	R	R	5' 11"	185	Jul 23, 1969	5	23	12	23	23	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	-0.3	$180,000
Eric Moody	26	us US	R	R	6' 6"	185	Jan 6, 1971	1st	10	1	2	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.3
Warren Newson	32	us US	L	L	5' 7"	190	Jul 3, 1964	7	81	40	81	58	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	0	44	58	9	32	2	0.2	$375,000
Darren Oliver	26	us US	R	L	6' 3"	250	Oct 6, 1970	5	32	32	1	32	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	$1,075,000
Dean Palmer	28	us US	R	R	6' 1"	175	Dec 27, 1968	8	94	92	94	93	0	0	0	0	93	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0.9	$4,800,000
Danny Patterson	26	us US	R	R	6' 0"	175	Feb 17, 1971	2	54	0	3	54	54	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.9	$150,000
Roger Pavlik	29	us US	R	R	6' 3"	220	Oct 4, 1967	6	11	11	0	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	$2,850,000
Billy Ripken	32	us US	R	R	6' 1"	180	Dec 16, 1964	11	71	57	71	70	0	0	9	25	13	31	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0.1	$275,000
Iván Rodríguez HOF	25	pr PR	R	R	5' 9"	205	Nov 27, 1971	7	150	144	150	143	0	143	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	0	6.5	$6,825,000	All-Star
Marc Sagmoen	26	us US	L	L	5' 11"	185	Apr 16, 1971	1st	21	10	21	17	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	16	17	1	3	2	-0.5
Julio Santana	24	do DO	R	R	6' 0"	175	Jan 20, 1973	1st	30	14	2	30	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1.5	$150,000
Dave Silvestri	29	us US	R	R	6' 0"	180	Sep 29, 1967	6	2	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2	$185,000
Mike Simms	30	us US	R	R	6' 4"	185	Jan 12, 1967	7	59	30	59	20	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	17	19	27	23	1	-0.4	$200,000
Lee Stevens	29	us US	L	L	6' 4"	205	Jul 10, 1967	5	137	107	137	82	0	0	62	0	0	0	3	0	19	22	38	27	0	1.0	$300,000
Tanyon Sturtze	26	us US	R	R	6' 5"	190	Oct 12, 1970	3	9	5	1	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.6
Fernando Tatís	22	do DO	R	R	5' 11"	185	Jan 1, 1975	1st	60	60	60	60	0	0	0	0	60	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.6	$150,000
Mickey Tettleton	36	us US	B	R	6' 2"	200	Sep 16, 1960	14	17	11	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	6	0	-0.5	$1,783,140
Ed Vosberg	35	us US	L	L	6' 1"	190	Sep 28, 1961	6	42	0	0	42	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.3	$450,000
John Wetteland	30	us US	R	R	6' 2"	195	Aug 21, 1966	9	61	0	7	61	61	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.9	$4,575,000
Matt Whiteside	29	us US	R	R	6' 0"	185	Aug 8, 1967	6	42	1	3	42	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	$375,000
Bobby Witt	33	us US	R	R	6' 2"	190	May 11, 1964	12	35	32	3	34	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2.8	$2,000,000
Name	Age		B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH	PH	PR	WAR	Salary

Coaching Staff

Coaching Staff
Name	Age		DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date
Johnny Oates	51	us US	Jan 21, 1946	Manager	Apr 1	Sep 28
Rudy Jaramillo	46	us US	Sep 20, 1950	Hitting	Apr 1	Sep 28
Dick Bosman	53	us US	Feb 17, 1944	Pitching	Apr 1	Sep 28
Jerry Narron	41	us US	Jan 15, 1956	Third base	Apr 1	Sep 28
Larry Hardy	49	us US	Jan 10, 1948		Apr 1	Sep 28
Ed Napoleon	59	us US	Sep 13, 1937		Apr 1	Sep 28
Bucky Dent	45	us US	Nov 25, 1951	Coach	Apr 1	Sep 28
Name	Age		DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date