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1997 Texas Rangers Statistics

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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Top 12 Players

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Regular Season

Standard Batting Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	WAR	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	rOBA	Rbat+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1	Iván Rodríguez	25	C	6.5	150	648	597	98	187	34	4	20	77	7	3	38	89	.313	.360	.484	.844	114	.378	117	289	18	8	1	4	7	*2/DH	AS,MVP-16,GG,SS
2	Will Clark*	33	1B	3.4	110	450	393	56	128	29	1	12	51	0	0	49	62	.326	.400	.496	.896	128	.394	128	195	4	3	0	5	11	3/DH
3	Mark McLemore#	32	2B	0.4	89	399	349	47	91	17	2	1	25	7	5	40	54	.261	.338	.330	.668	73	.311	72	115	5	2	6	2	1	4/H7
4	Benji Gil	24	SS	0.9	110	345	317	35	71	13	2	5	31	1	2	17	96	.224	.263	.325	.587	50	.278	48	103	3	1	6	4	0	6/HD
5	Dean Palmer	28	3B	0.9	94	386	355	47	87	21	0	14	55	1	0	26	84	.245	.296	.423	.719	82	.319	75	150	4	1	1	3	2	5/H
6	Rusty Greer*	28	LF	4.6	157	690	601	112	193	42	3	26	87	9	5	83	87	.321	.405	.531	.936	138	.411	141	319	11	3	1	2	4	*78/HD9	MVP-22
7	Damon Buford	27	CF	0.6	122	404	366	49	82	18	0	8	39	18	7	30	83	.224	.287	.339	.626	60	.290	54	124	8	3	3	2	0	*8H/D
8	Warren Newson*	32	RF	0.2	81	201	169	23	36	10	1	10	23	3	0	31	53	.213	.333	.462	.795	101	.347	93	78	4	0	0	1	2	9H7/D
9	Juan González	27	DH	2.7	133	579	533	87	158	24	3	42	131	0	0	33	107	.296	.335	.589	.924	131	.395	129	314	12	3	0	10	7	D9	MVP-9,SS
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	WAR	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	rOBA	Rbat+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
10	Lee Stevens*	29	UT	1.0	137	454	426	58	128	24	2	21	74	1	3	23	83	.300	.336	.514	.850	114	.373	115	219	18	1	1	3	2	3DH9/7
11	Domingo Cedeño#	28	MI	0.5	113	397	365	49	103	19	6	4	36	3	3	27	77	.282	.334	.400	.734	87	.327	83	146	5	2	2	1	0	46H/5D
12	Fernando Tatís	22	3B	0.6	60	241	223	29	57	9	0	8	29	3	0	14	42	.256	.297	.404	.701	78	.314	70	90	6	0	2	2	0	5
13	Tom Goodwin*	28	CF	0.0	53	235	207	39	49	13	2	0	17	16	6	25	37	.237	.319	.319	.638	65	.306	65	66	2	1	0	2	1	8/7H
14	Billy Ripken	32	MI	0.1	71	218	203	18	56	9	1	3	24	0	1	9	32	.276	.300	.374	.674	72	.306	68	76	7	0	1	5	0	645/3H
15	Mike Simms	30	DH	-0.4	59	121	111	13	28	8	0	5	22	0	1	8	27	.252	.298	.459	.757	90	.317	77	51	3	0	0	2	1	DH9/37
16	Jim Leyritz	33	UT	0.7	37	114	85	11	24	4	0	0	14	1	0	23	22	.282	.446	.329	.776	104	.385	121	28	2	3	1	1	0	2H/3D
17	Alex Diaz#	28	RF	-0.6	28	97	90	8	20	4	0	2	12	1	1	5	13	.222	.268	.333	.601	53	.265	40	30	3	1	0	1	0	9/H734
18	Mike Devereaux	34	RF	-0.1	29	80	72	8	15	3	0	0	7	1	0	7	10	.208	.275	.250	.525	36	.283	49	18	0	0	0	1	0	9/H78
19	Henry Mercedes	27	C	-0.3	23	56	47	4	10	4	0	0	4	0	0	6	25	.213	.302	.298	.600	55	.279	45	14	0	0	3	0	0	2/H
20	Mickey Tettleton#	36	DH	-0.5	17	48	44	5	4	1	0	3	4	0	0	3	12	.091	.167	.318	.485	21	.219	5	14	1	1	0	0	1	D/H
21	Marc Sagmoen*	26	RF	-0.5	21	46	43	2	6	2	0	1	4	0	0	2	13	.140	.174	.256	.430	8	.188	-15	11	1	0	0	1	0	9/H73D
22	Hanley Frías#	23	SS	-0.3	14	27	26	4	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	.192	.222	.231	.453	17	.241	22	6	1	0	0	0	0	6/H4
23	Kevin Brown	24	C	0.1	4	5	5	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	1.000	1.400	243	.576	253	5	0	0	0	0	0	/2H
24	Dave Silvestri	29	IF	-0.2	2	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-149	0	0	0	0	0	0	/56
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	WAR	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	rOBA	Rbat+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
25	Bobby Witt	33	P	0.2	3	6	6	1	2	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	1.000	1.333	224	.538	228	6	0	0	0	0	0	1/H
26	John Burkett	32	P	0.0	2	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	3	.181	-19	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
27	Darren Oliver	26	P	0.1	1	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.500	.667	.500	1.167	206	.552	238	1	0	1	0	0	0	1
28	Rick Helling	26	P	-0.1	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-146	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
29	Julio Santana	24	P	0.0	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	158	.452	168	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
30	Terry Clark	36	P	0.1	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	416	.904	492	1	0	0	0	0	0	/1
31	John Wetteland	30	P	0.1	7	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	645	1.253	742	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
32	Wilson Heredia	25	P	0.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0								0	0	0	0	0	0	1
33	Eric Gunderson	31	P	0.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0								0	0	0	0	0	0	1
34	Danny Patterson	26	P	0.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0								0	0	0	0	0	0	1
35	Bryan Eversgerd	28	P	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0								0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
36	Tanyon Sturtze	26	P	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0								0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
37	Xavier Hernandez*	31	P	0.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0								0	0	0	0	0	0	1
38	Eric Moody	26	P	0.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0								0	0	0	0	0	0	1
39	Matt Whiteside	29	P	0.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0								0	0	0	0	0	0	1
40	Scott Bailes*	35	P	0.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0								0	0	0	0	0	0	1
	Team Totals			20.6	162	6266	5651	807	1547	311	27	187	773	72	37	500	1116	.274	.334	.438	.771	96	.345	94	2473	118	34	28	52	39
	Non-Pitcher Totals			20.3		6245	5631	803	1540	309	27	186	768	72	37	500	1113	.273	.333	.437	.771	96	.345	94	2461	118	33	28	52	39
	Pitcher Totals			0.4		21	20	4	7	2	0	1	5	0	0	0	3	.350	.381	.600	.981	147	.421	147	12	0	1	0	0	0

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	Bobby Witt	33	12	12	.500	4.82	34	32	1	3	0	0	209.0	245	118	112	33	74	4	121	2	0	7	919	100	5.09	1.526	10.6	1.4	3.2	5.2	1.64
2	SP	Darren Oliver*	26	13	12	.520	4.20	32	32	0	3	1	0	201.1	213	111	94	29	82	3	104	11	0	7	887	114	5.33	1.465	9.5	1.3	3.7	4.6	1.27
3	SP	John Burkett	32	9	12	.429	4.56	30	30	0	2	0	0	189.1	240	106	96	20	30	1	139	4	0	1	828	105	3.55	1.426	11.4	1.0	1.4	6.6	4.63
4	SP	Ken Hill	31	5	8	.385	5.19	19	19	0	0	0	0	111.0	129	69	64	11	56	3	68	2	0	5	499	93	4.74	1.667	10.5	0.9	4.5	5.5	1.21
5	SP	Roger Pavlik	29	3	5	.375	4.37	11	11	0	0	0	0	57.2	59	29	28	7	31	1	35	1	0	0	256	110	5.14	1.561	9.2	1.1	4.8	5.5	1.13
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
6	CL	John Wetteland	30	7	2	.778	1.94	61	0	58	0	0	31	65.0	43	18	14	5	21	3	63	0	0	1	259	249	3.14	0.985	6.0	0.7	2.9	8.7	3.00
7	RP	Matt Whiteside	29	4	1	.800	5.08	42	1	8	0	0	0	72.2	85	45	41	4	26	3	44	3	2	3	323	95	3.81	1.528	10.5	0.5	3.2	5.4	1.69
8	RP	Danny Patterson	26	10	6	.625	3.42	54	0	17	0	0	1	71.0	70	29	27	3	23	4	69	0	1	7	296	141	2.69	1.310	8.9	0.4	2.9	8.7	3.00
9	RP	Eric Gunderson*	31	2	1	.667	3.26	60	0	11	0	0	1	49.2	45	19	18	5	15	3	31	2	1	2	209	148	4.20	1.208	8.2	0.9	2.7	5.6	2.07
10	RP	Xavier Hernandez	31	0	4	.000	4.56	44	0	20	0	0	0	49.1	51	27	25	7	22	4	36	2	0	5	221	106	4.95	1.480	9.3	1.3	4.0	6.6	1.64
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
11		Julio Santana	24	4	6	.400	6.75	30	14	3	0	0	0	104.0	141	86	78	16	49	2	64	4	1	8	496	71	5.41	1.827	12.2	1.4	4.2	5.5	1.31
12		Rick Helling	26	3	3	.500	4.58	10	8	1	0	0	0	55.0	47	29	28	5	21	0	46	2	0	3	226	105	3.87	1.236	7.7	0.8	3.4	7.5	2.19
13		Ed Vosberg*	35	1	2	.333	4.61	42	0	16	0	0	0	41.0	44	23	21	3	15	6	29	2	0	1	180	105	3.89	1.439	9.7	0.7	3.3	6.4	1.93
14		Tanyon Sturtze	26	1	1	.500	8.27	9	5	1	0	0	0	32.2	45	30	30	6	18	0	18	0	1	1	155	59	6.05	1.929	12.4	1.7	5.0	5.0	1.00
15		Terry Clark	36	1	4	.200	5.87	9	5	2	0	0	0	30.2	41	20	20	3	10	0	11	2	0	1	138	83	4.84	1.663	12.0	0.9	2.9	3.2	1.10
16		José Alberro	28	0	3	.000	7.94	10	4	2	0	0	0	28.1	37	33	25	4	17	1	11	1	0	3	143	61	6.07	1.906	11.8	1.3	5.4	3.5	0.65
17		Scott Bailes*	35	1	0	1.000	2.86	24	0	7	0	0	0	22.0	18	9	7	2	10	2	14	0	0	0	91	170	4.38	1.273	7.4	0.8	4.1	5.7	1.40
18		Wilson Heredia	25	1	0	1.000	3.20	10	0	3	0	0	0	19.2	14	9	7	2	16	0	8	0	0	0	89	152	6.06	1.525	6.4	0.9	7.3	3.7	0.50
19		Eric Moody	26	0	1	.000	4.26	10	1	3	0	0	0	19.0	26	10	9	4	2	0	12	0	0	0	82	115	4.90	1.474	12.3	1.9	0.9	5.7	6.00
20		Bryan Eversgerd*	28	0	2	.000	20.25	3	0	1	0	0	0	1.1	5	3	3	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	12	29	6.86	6.000	33.8	0.0	20.3	13.5	0.67
		Team Totals	29.5	77	85	.475	4.69	162	162	154	8	1	33	1429.2	1598	823	745	169	541	40	925	38	6	55	6309	103	4.57	1.496	10.1	1.1	3.4	5.8	1.71
		Rank in 14 AL teams		10	5		7				8	4	12	11	13	9	7	5	5		13
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W