1997 Texas Rangers

77-85 • 0.475 Win% • 3rd in AL W

📊 Season Record

77 Wins
85 Losses
0.475 Win %
3rd Rank
807 R 823 RA
Diff -16

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⚡ Quick Stats

807 Runs Scored
823 Runs Allowed
-16 Run Diff
2,923K Attendance

📈 vs. 1997 AL Average

Batting Avg .273 1% above the 1997 league average (.270)
OBP .332 2% below the 1997 league average (.337)
SLG .373 2% above the 1997 league average (.365)
Team ERA 4.69 3% worse than the 1997 league average (4.57)
Runs Scored 807 1% above the 1997 league average (797 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumThe Ballpark at Arlington
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 2,923,590
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Avg per Game 36,093

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Will Clark 0.326 2 Rusty Greer 0.321 3 Ivan Rodriguez 0.313 4 Lee Stevens 0.300 5 Juan Gonzalez 0.296

Home Runs

1 Juan Gonzalez 42 2 Rusty Greer 26 3 Lee Stevens 21 4 Ivan Rodriguez 20 5 Dean Palmer 14

RBI

1 Juan Gonzalez 131 2 Rusty Greer 87 3 Ivan Rodriguez 77 4 Lee Stevens 74 5 Dean Palmer 55
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Rusty Greer 157 601 112 193 0 0 26 87 83 87 9 0.321
Ivan Rodriguez 150 597 98 187 0 0 20 77 38 89 7 0.313
Juan Gonzalez 133 533 87 158 0 0 42 131 33 107 0 0.296
Lee Stevens 137 426 58 128 0 0 21 74 23 83 1 0.300
Will Clark 110 393 56 128 0 0 12 51 49 62 0 0.326
Damon Buford 122 366 49 82 0 0 8 39 30 83 18 0.224
Domingo Cedeno 113 365 49 103 0 0 4 36 27 77 3 0.282
Dean Palmer 94 355 47 87 0 0 14 55 26 84 1 0.245
Mark McLemore 89 349 47 91 0 0 1 25 40 54 7 0.261
Benji Gil 110 317 35 71 0 0 5 31 17 96 1 0.224
Fernando Tatis 60 223 29 57 0 0 8 29 14 42 3 0.256
Tom Goodwin 53 207 39 49 0 0 0 17 25 37 16 0.237
Billy Ripken 71 203 18 56 0 0 3 24 9 32 0 0.276
Warren Newson 81 169 23 36 0 0 10 23 31 53 3 0.213
Mike Simms 59 111 13 28 0 0 5 22 8 27 0 0.252
Alex Diaz 28 90 8 20 0 0 2 12 5 13 1 0.222
Jim Leyritz 37 85 11 24 0 0 0 14 23 22 1 0.282
Mike Devereaux 29 72 8 15 0 0 0 7 7 10 1 0.208
Henry Mercedes 23 47 4 10 0 0 0 4 6 25 0 0.213
Mickey Tettleton 17 44 5 4 0 0 3 4 3 12 0 0.091
Marc Sagmoen 21 43 2 6 0 0 1 4 2 13 0 0.140
Hanley Frias 14 26 4 5 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 0.192
Bobby Witt 35 6 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0.333
Kevin Brown 4 5 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0.400
John Burkett 30 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.200
Dave Silvestri 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Rick Helling 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Darren Oliver 32 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0.500
Julio Santana 30 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.500
Terry Clark 9 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
John Wetteland 61 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.000
Jose Alberro 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Scott Bailes 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bryan Eversgerd 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Eric Gunderson 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Wilson Heredia 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Xavier Hernandez 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ken Hill 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Eric Moody 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Danny Patterson 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Roger Pavlik 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Tanyon Sturtze 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ed Vosberg 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Matt Whiteside 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 John Wetteland 1.94 2 Eric Gunderson 3.26 3 Danny Patterson 3.42 4 Darren Oliver 4.20 5 Roger Pavlik 4.37

Wins

1 Darren Oliver 13 2 Bobby Witt 12 3 Danny Patterson 10 4 John Burkett 9 5 John Wetteland 7

Strikeouts

1 John Burkett 139 2 Bobby Witt 121 3 Darren Oliver 104 4 Danny Patterson 69 5 Ken Hill 68
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Bobby Witt 12 12 4.82 34 32 0 209.0 74 121
Darren Oliver 13 12 4.20 32 32 0 201.1 82 104
John Burkett 9 12 4.56 30 30 0 189.1 30 139
Ken Hill 5 8 5.19 19 19 0 111.0 56 68
Julio Santana 4 6 6.75 30 14 0 104.0 49 64
Matt Whiteside 4 1 5.08 42 1 0 72.2 26 44
Danny Patterson 10 6 3.42 54 0 1 71.0 23 69
John Wetteland 7 2 1.94 61 0 31 65.0 21 63
Roger Pavlik 3 5 4.37 11 11 0 57.2 31 35
Rick Helling 3 3 4.58 10 8 0 55.0 21 46
Eric Gunderson 2 1 3.26 60 0 1 49.2 15 31
Xavier Hernandez 0 4 4.56 44 0 0 49.1 22 36
Ed Vosberg 1 2 4.61 42 0 0 41.0 15 29
Tanyon Sturtze 1 1 8.27 9 5 0 32.2 18 18
Terry Clark 1 4 5.87 9 5 0 30.2 10 11
Jose Alberro 0 3 7.94 10 4 0 28.1 17 11
Scott Bailes 1 0 2.86 24 0 0 22.0 10 14
Wilson Heredia 1 0 3.20 10 0 0 19.2 16 8
Eric Moody 0 1 4.26 10 1 0 19.0 2 12
Bryan Eversgerd 0 2 20.25 3 0 0 1.1 3 2

👥 Roster (44)

Jose Alberro Scott Bailes Kevin Brown Damon Buford John Burkett Domingo Cedeno Terry Clark Will Clark Mike Devereaux Alex Diaz Bryan Eversgerd Hanley Frias +32 more

44 players

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