1997 Texas Rangers
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionWest
BallparkThe Ballpark in Arlington
CityArlington, Texas
Record77–85 (.475)
Divisional place3rd
OwnersGeorge W. Bush
General managersDoug Melvin
ManagersJohnny Oates
TelevisionKXTX-TV
KXAS-TV
Fox Sports Southwest
(Mark Holtz, Tom Grieve, Bill Jones)
RadioKRLD
(Eric Nadel, Brad Sham )
KMRT
(Luis Mayoral, Josue Perez)
Seasons

The 1997 Texas Rangers season involved the Rangers finishing third in the American League West with a record of 77 wins and 85 losses. Despite not making the playoffs the club would set an all-time attendance record of over 2.945 million fans, which would be the franchise's best until 2011.

On a somber note, the club would lose long-time radio broadcaster Mark Holtz to leukemia during the season; however, in his final game in May the Rangers won, allowing him to sign off one final time with his trademark "Hello Win Column!".

Offseason

Regular season

Opening Day starters

Mark McLemore, 2B

Iván Rodríguez, C

Rusty Greer, LF

Dean Palmer, 3B

Lee Stevens, 1B

Mickey Tettleton, DH

Warren Newson, RF

Damon Buford, CF

Benji Gil, SS

Season standings

AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Seattle Mariners 9072 0.556 45–36 45–36
Anaheim Angels 8478 0.519 6 46–36 38–42
Texas Rangers 7785 0.475 13 39–42 38–43
Oakland Athletics 6597 0.401 25 35–46 30–51

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
Team ANA BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR NL 
Anaheim 4–76–56–57–45–66–57–44–74–711–16–68–46–54–12
Baltimore 7–45–75–66–56–67–45–610–18–48–37–410–16–68–7
Boston 5–67–53–86–55–73–88–38–34–87–47–43–86–66–9
Chicago 5–66–58–35–74–711–14–76–62–98–35–63–85–68–7
Cleveland 4–75–65–67–56–58–38–48–45–67–43–85–66–59–6
Detroit 6–56–67–57–45–66–54–74–72–107–44–77–46–68–7
Kansas City 5–64–78–31–113–85–66–67–53–83–85–66–55–66–9
Milwaukee 4–76–53–87–44–87–46–65–74–75–65–67–47–48–7
Minnesota 7–41–103–86–64–87–45–77–53–87–45–63–83–87–8
New York 7–44–88–49–26–510–28–37–48–36–54–77–47–55–10
Oakland 1–113–84–73–84–74–78–36–54–75–65–75–76–57–9
Seattle 6–64–74–76–58–37–46–56–56–57–47–58–48–37–9
Texas 4–81–108–38–36–54–75–64–78–34–77–54–84–710–6
Toronto 5–66–66–66–55–66–66–54–78–35–75–63–87–44–11

Notable transactions

Draft picks

Roster

1997 Texas Rangers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CIván Rodríguez150597187.3132077
1BWill Clark110393128.3261251
2BMark McLemore8934991.261125
SSBenji Gil11031771.224531
3BDean Palmer9435587.2451455
LFRusty Greer157601193.3212687
CFDamon Buford12236682.224839
RFWarren Newson8116936.2131023
DHJuan González133533158.29642131

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Lee Stevens137426128.3002174
Domingo Cedeño113365103.282436
Fernando Tatis6022357.256829
Tom Goodwin5320749.237017
Billy Ripken7120356.276324
Mike Simms5911128.252522
Alex Diaz289020.222212
Jim Leyritz378524.282014
Mike Devereaux297215.20807
Henry Mercedes234710.21304
Mickey Tettleton17444.09134
Marc Sagmoen21436.14014
Hanley Frias14265.19201
Kevin Brown452.40011
Dave Silvestri240.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Bobby Witt34209.012124.82121
Darren Oliver32201.113124.20104
John Burkett30189.19124.56139
Ken Hill19111.0585.1968
Roger Pavlik1157.2354.3735
Rick Helling1055.0334.5846

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Julio Santana30104.0466.7564
Tanyon Sturtze932.2118.2718
Terry Clark930.2145.8711
Jose Alberro1028.1037.9411

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
John Wetteland6172311.9463
Eric Gunderson602113.2631
Danny Patterson5410613.4269
Xavier Hernandez440404.5636
Matt Whiteside424105.0844
Ed Vosberg421204.6129
Scott Bailes241002.8614
Wilson Heredia101003.208
Eric Moody100104.2612
Bryan Eversgerd302020.252

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Oklahoma City 89ers American Association Greg Biagini
AA Tulsa Drillers Texas League Bobby Jones
A Charlotte Rangers Florida State League Butch Wynegar
Rookie Pulaski Rangers Appalachian League Julio Cruz
Rookie GCL Rangers Gulf Coast League Jim Byrd

References

  1. Billy Ripken at Baseball Reference
  2. "Scott Bailes Stats".
  3. Mike Simms at Baseball Reference
  4. Dave Silvestri at Baseball Reference
  5. Alex Diaz at Baseball Reference
  6. Todd Van Poppel at Baseball Reference
  7. Ken Hill at Baseball Reference
  8. Mike Lamb at Baseball Reference
  • 1997 Texas Rangers at Baseball Reference
  • 1997 Texas Rangers at Baseball Almanac
  • Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-17-6.
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