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1997 Texas Rangers (Franchise Index: 1996/1998)
77-85, Finished 3rd in AL Western Division
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Scored 807 runs, Allowed 823 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 80-82
Managed by Johnny Oates

Ballpark: The Ballpark at Arlington (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 2,945,228 (4th out of 14)
Park Factor: Batting - 105/Pitching - 105 (over 100 favors batters)

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Team Batting    Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Ivan Rodriguez      25  150  597   98  187  34  4  20   77  38   89  .313  .360  .484   7   3  18   8   1   4   7  114
1B *Will Clark          33  110  393   56  128  29  1  12   51  49   62  .326  .400  .496   0   0   4   3   0   5  11  128
2B #Mark McLemore       32   89  349   47   91  17  2   1   25  40   54  .261  .338  .330   7   5   5   2   6   2   1   73
3B  Dean Palmer         28   94  355   47   87  21  0  14   55  26   84  .245  .296  .423   1   0   4   1   1   3   2   82
SS  Benji Gil           24  110  317   35   71  13  2   5   31  17   96  .224  .263  .325   1   2   3   1   6   4   0   50
LF *Rusty Greer         28  157  601  112  193  42  3  26   87  83   87  .321  .405  .531   9   5  11   3   1   2   4  138
CF  Damon Buford        27  122  366   49   82  18  0   8   39  30   83  .224  .287  .339  18   7   8   3   3   2   0   60
RF  Juan Gonzalez       27  133  533   87  158  24  3  42  131  33  107  .296  .335  .589   0   0  12   3   0  10   7  131
DH *Lee Stevens         29  137  426   58  128  24  2  21   74  23   83  .300  .336  .514   1   3  18   1   1   3   2  114
   #Domingo Cedeno      28  113  365   49  103  19  6   4   36  27   77  .282  .334  .400   3   3   5   2   2   1   0   87
    Fernando Tatis      22   60  223   29   57   9  0   8   29  14   42  .256  .297  .404   3   0   6   0   2   2   0   78
   *Tom Goodwin         28   53  207   39   49  13  2   0   17  25   37  .237  .319  .319  16   6   2   1   0   2   1   65
    Billy Ripken        32   71  203   18   56   9  1   3   24   9   32  .276  .300  .374   0   1   7   0   1   5   0   72
   *Warren Newson       32   81  169   23   36  10  1  10   23  31   53  .213  .333  .462   3   0   4   0   0   1   2  101
    Mike Simms          30   59  111   13   28   8  0   5   22   8   27  .252  .298  .459   0   1   3   0   0   2   1   90
   #Alex Diaz           28   28   90    8   20   4  0   2   12   5   13  .222  .268  .333   1   1   3   1   0   1   0   53
    Jim Leyritz         33   37   85   11   24   4  0   0   14  23   22  .282  .446  .329   1   0   2   3   1   1   0  104
    Mike Devereaux      34   29   72    8   15   3  0   0    7   7   10  .208  .275  .250   1   0   0   0   0   1   0   36
    Henry Mercedes      27   23   47    4   10   4  0   0    4   6   25  .213  .302  .298   0   0   0   0   3   0   0   55
   #Mickey Tettleton    36   17   44    5    4   1  0   3    4   3   12  .091  .167  .318   0   0   1   1   0   0   1   21
   *Marc Sagmoen        26   21   43    2    6   2  0   1    4   2   13  .140  .174  .256   0   0   1   0   0   1   0    8
   #Hanley Frias        23   14   26    4    5   1  0   0    1   1    4  .192  .222  .231   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   17
    Kevin Brown         24    4    5    1    2   0  0   1    1   0    0  .400  .400 1.000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  243
    Dave Silvestri      29    2    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100

    Bobby Witt          33    3    6    1    2   1  0   1    2   0    1  .333  .333 1.000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  224
    John Burkett        32    2    5    1    1   0  0   0    0   0    1  .200  .200  .200   0   0   0   0   0   0   0    3
    Rick Helling        26   10    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Darren Oliver       26    1    2    1    1   0  0   0    2   0    1  .500  .667  .500   0   0   0   1   0   0   0  206
    Julio Santana       24    2    2    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    0  .500  .500  .500   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  158
    Terry Clark         36    1    1    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    0 1.000 1.000 1.000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  416
    John Wetteland      30    7    1    1    1   1  0   0    1   0    0 1.000 1.000 2.000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  645
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.3  162 5651  807 1547 311 27 187  773 500 1116  .274  .333  .438  72  37 118  34  28  52  39   96
    Rank among 14 AL teams         3    7    5   4  7   5       11    5     5     9     4  11  12                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.
Team Pitching    Glossary
    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP *Darren Oliver       26  32   4.20  13  12  0  32   0   3   1  201.3  213  111   94  29   82  104  887   7  11  0   3 114
SP  Bobby Witt          33  34   4.82  12  12  0  32   1   3   0  209.0  245  118  112  33   74  121  919   7   2  0   4 100
SP  John Burkett        32  30   4.56   9  12  0  30   0   2   0  189.3  240  106   96  20   30  139  828   1   4  0   1 105
SP  Ken Hill            31  19   5.19   5   8  0  19   0   0   0  111.0  129   69   64  11   56   68  499   5   2  0   3  93
SP  Roger Pavlik        29  11   4.37   3   5  0  11   0   0   0   57.7   59   29   28   7   31   35  256   0   1  0   1 110

CL  John Wetteland      30  61   1.94   7   2 31   0  58   0   0   65.0   43   18   14   5   21   63  259   1   0  0   3 248
RP *Eric Gunderson      31  60   3.26   2   1  1   0  11   0   0   49.7   45   19   18   5   15   31  209   2   2  1   3 147
RP  Danny Patterson     26  54   3.42  10   6  1   0  17   0   0   71.0   70   29   27   3   23   69  296   7   0  1   4 140
RP  Xavier Hernandez    31  44   4.56   0   4  0   0  20   0   0   49.3   51   27   25   7   22   36  221   5   2  0   4 105
RP *Ed Vosberg          35  42   4.61   1   2  0   0  16   0   0   41.0   44   23   21   3   15   29  180   1   2  0   6 104

    Julio Santana       24  30   6.75   4   6  0  14   3   0   0  104.0  141   86   78  16   49   64  496   8   4  1   2  71
    Matt Whiteside      29  42   5.08   4   1  0   1   8   0   0   72.7   85   45   41   4   26   44  323   3   3  2   3  95
    Rick Helling        26  10   4.58   3   3  0   8   1   0   0   55.0   47   29   28   5   21   46  226   3   2  0   0 105
    Tanyon Sturtze      26   9   8.27   1   1  0   5   1   0   0   32.7   45   30   30   6   18   18  155   1   0  1   0  58
    Terry Clark         36   9   5.87   1   4  0   5   2   0   0   30.7   41   20   20   3   10   11  138   1   2  0   0  82
    Jose Alberro        28  10   7.94   0   3  0   4   2   0   0   28.3   37   33   25   4   17   11  143   3   1  0   1  60
   *Scott Bailes        35  24   2.86   1   0  0   0   7   0   0   22.0   18    9    7   2   10   14   91   0   0  0   2 168
    Wilson Heredia      25  10   3.20   1   0  0   0   3   0   0   19.7   14    9    7   2   16    8   89   0   0  0   0 150
    Eric Moody          26  10   4.26   0   1  0   1   3   0   0   19.0   26   10    9   4    2   12   82   0   0  0   0 113
   *Bryan Eversgerd     28   3  20.25   0   2  0   0   1   0   0    1.3    5    3    3   0    3    2   12   0   0  0   0  24
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.7 162   4.68  77  85 33 162 154   8   9 1429.7 1598  823  744 169  541  925 6309  55  38  6  40 102
    Rank among 14 AL teams          7  10   5 12           8   4     11   13    9        5    5   13
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
                        Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed
Team Fielding    Glossary  League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers     G   PO    A   E   DP   FP   PB
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---
IRodriguez  143  821   75   7  11  .992   3
HMercedes    23   78    4   1   2  .988   2
JLeyritz     11   56    5   1   0  .984   1
KBrown        4    9    0   1   0  .900   0
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---
Team Total  162  964   84  10  13  .991   6
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---

First Base   G   PO    A   E   DP  .992  8.04
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
WClark      100  880   62   4  86  .996  9.42
LStevens     62  456   33   3  45  .994  7.89
JLeyritz      9   60    2   0   4 1.000  6.89
BRipken       9   34    4   0   4 1.000  4.22
MSimms        2   13    1   1   2  .933  7.00
ADiaz         1    2    0   0   0 1.000  2.00
MSagmoen      1    1    0   0   0 1.000  1.00
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  162 1446  102   8 141  .995  9.74
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Second Base  G   PO    A   E   DP  .980  4.33
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
MMcLemore    89  148  254   8  60  .980  4.52
DCedeno      65  100  162  11  28  .960  4.03
BRipken      25   40   78   2  18  .983  4.72
ADiaz         1    4    1   0   0 1.000  5.00
HFrias        1    0    2   0   0 1.000  2.00
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  162  292  497  21 106  .974  4.97
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Third Base   G   PO    A   E   DP  .953  2.32
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
DPalmer      93   72  162  10  10  .959  2.52
FTatis       60   45   90   7   5  .951  2.25
BRipken      13    4   12   0   2 1.000  1.23
DCedeno       3    2    6   0   2 1.000  2.67
DSilvestri    1    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  162  123  270  17  19  .959  2.47
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Shortstop    G   PO    A   E   DP  .974  4.05
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
BGil        106  163  328  19  71  .963  4.63
DCedeno      43   44   91   6  28  .957  3.14
BRipken      31   38   64   3  15  .971  3.29
HFrias       12   12   11   0   2 1.000  1.92
DSilvestri    1    0    2   0   0 1.000  2.00
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  162  257  496  28 116  .964  4.74
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field   G   PO    A   E   DP  .979  1.71
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
RGreer      148  280    8  11   0  .963  1.95
WNewson      20   31    1   2   0  .941  1.60
MDevereaux    5    2    0   0   0 1.000  0.40
TGoodwin      5    3    0   0   0 1.000  0.60
ADiaz         3    6    0   0   0 1.000  2.00
LStevens      3    3    0   0   0 1.000  1.00
MSagmoen      2    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
MSimms        2    1    0   0   0 1.000  0.50
MMcLemore     1    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  162  326    9  13   0  .963  2.11
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField  G   PO    A   E   DP  .988  2.31
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
DBuford     117  282    7   3   5  .990  2.47
TGoodwin     49  135    3   2   0  .986  2.82
RGreer       19   38    1   1   0  .975  2.05
MDevereaux    3    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  162  455   11   6   5  .987  2.93
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Right Field  G   PO    A   E   DP  .978  1.79
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
JGonzalez    64  127    6   4   1  .971  2.08
WNewson      44   63    0   3   0  .955  1.43
MDevereaux   24   38    0   0   0 1.000  1.58
ADiaz        20   42    2   1   0  .978  2.20
LStevens     19   27    0   0   0 1.000  1.42
MSimms       17   22    0   1   0  .957  1.29
MSagmoen     16   24    0   0   0 1.000  1.50
RGreer        1    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  162  343    8   9   1  .975  2.21
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Pitchers     G   PO    A   E   DP  .955  1.71
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
BWitt        34   10   27   1   2  .974  1.59
DOliver      32    7   23   2   0  .937  1.34
JBurkett     30   12   28   1   1  .976  1.90
KHill        19   13   25   0   1 1.000  3.08
JSantana     30    6   15   0   3 1.000  1.82
MWhiteside   42    9   16   1   1  .962  3.09
DPatterson   54    4    7   0   1 1.000  1.39
JWetteland   61    1    6   0   0 1.000  0.97
RPavlik      11    3    4   1   1  .875  1.09
RHelling     10    1    1   0   0 1.000  0.33
EGunderson   60    1    3   0   0 1.000  0.72
XHernandez   44    3    6   0   1 1.000  1.64
EVosberg     42    1    4   1   0  .833  1.10
TSturtze      9    0    1   0   0 1.000  0.28
TClark        9    6    7   1   2  .929  3.81
JAlberro     10    3    5   1   1  .889  2.54
SBailes      24    2    6   0   1 1.000  3.27
WHeredia     10    0    3   0   1 1.000  1.37
EMoody       10    1    2   0   0 1.000  1.42
BEversgerd    3    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  162   83  189   9  16  .968  1.71
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Des. Hitter   G
------------+---
JGonzalez     69
LStevens      38
MSimms        28
MTettleton    13
JLeyritz       9
WNewson        9
WClark         7
IRodriguez     5
BGil           4
DBuford        3
DCedeno        2
RGreer         2
MSagmoen       1
------------+---

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

Team Leaders
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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders
Batting AverageGreer.321
On-base %Greer.405
Slugging %Gonzalez.589
OPSGreer.936
GamesGreer157
At BatsGreer601
RunsGreer112
HitsGreer193
Total BasesGreer319
DoublesGreer42
TriplesCedeno6
Home RunsGonzalez42
RBIGonzalez131
Bases on BallsGreer83
StrikeoutsGonzalez107
Stolen BasesBuford18
SinglesRodriguez129
Adjusted OPS+Greer138
Runs CreatedGreer129
Extra-Base HitsGreer71
Times on BaseGreer279
Hit By PitchRodriguez8
Sac. HitsGil and McLemore6
Sac. FliesGonzalez10
Intentional WalksClark11
Grounded into Double PlaysRodriguez and Stevens18
Power/Speed NumberGreer13.4
At Bats per StrikeoutGreer6.9
At Bats per Home RunGonzalez12.7
OutsRodriguez436

 

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders
ERAOliver4.20
WinsOliver13
Won-Loss %Patterson.625
BB + H per IP (WHIP)Burkett1.426
Hits Allowed/9IPOliver9.52
Bases on Balls/9IPBurkett1.43
Strikeouts/9IPBurkett6.61
GamesWetteland61
SavesWetteland31
InningsWitt209.0
StrikeoutsBurkett139
Games StartedOliver and Witt32
Comp. GamesOliver and Witt3
ShutoutsOliver1
Home Runs Allow.Witt33
Bases On Balls Allow.Oliver82
Hits AllowedWitt245
SO to WalkBurkett4.63
LossesBurkett, Oliver, and Witt12
Earned Runs Allow.Witt112
Wild PitchesSantana8
Hit BatsmenOliver11
Batters FacedWitt919
Games FinishedWetteland58
Adjusted ERA+Oliver114

Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

Salaries

Juan Gonzalez$ 7,500,000
Ivan Rodriguez$ 6,825,000
Will Clark$ 5,657,365
Ken Hill$ 4,850,000
Dean Palmer$ 4,800,000
John Wetteland$ 4,575,000
John Burkett$ 3,550,000
Roger Pavlik$ 2,850,000
Bobby Witt$ 2,000,000
Jim Leyritz$ 1,916,972
Mark McLemore$ 1,800,000
Mickey Tettleton$ 1,783,140
Darren Oliver$ 1,075,000
Tom Goodwin$ 1,050,000
Xavier Hernandez$ 600,000
Ed Vosberg$ 450,000
Warren Newson$ 375,000
Matt Whiteside$ 375,000
Rusty Greer$ 358,333
Lee Stevens$ 300,000
Domingo Cedeno$ 285,000
Billy Ripken$ 275,000
Mike Devereaux$ 250,000
Alex Diaz$ 250,000
Damon Buford$ 225,000
Terry Clark$ 200,000
Benji Gil$ 200,000
Mike Simms$ 200,000
Dave Silvestri$ 185,000
Henry Mercedes$ 180,000
Rick Helling$ 165,000
Eric Gunderson$ 160,000
Scott Bailes$ 150,000
Bryan Eversgerd$ 150,000
Wilson Heredia$ 150,000
Danny Patterson$ 150,000
Julio Santana$ 150,000
Fernando Tatis$ 150,000


Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

All Stars

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1996/1998

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