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1996 Texas Rangers Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1995 / 1997)
90-72, Finished 1st in AL West
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Scored 928 runs, Allowed 799 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 92-70
Manager: Johnny Oates (90-72)
Ballpark: The Ballpark at Arlington (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 2,889,020 (3rd of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 105, Pitching - 105;   one-year: Batting - 108, Pitching - 107
Postseason:  Lost AL Division Series (3-1) to New York Yankees
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1995 / 1997 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR Salary
Jose Alberro 27 R R 6' 2" 190 Jun 29, 1969 2 5 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mark Brandenburg 25 R R 6' 0" 180 Jul 14, 1970 2 26 0 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $123,500.00
Kevin Brown 23 R R 6' 2" 200 Apr 21, 1973 1st 3 1 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Damon Buford 26 R R 5' 10" 170 Jun 12, 1970 4 90 34 90 80 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 25 44 80 0 13 16 $165,000.00
John Burkett 31 R R 6' 2" 211 Nov 28, 1964 8 10 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Will Clark 32 L L 6' 1" 190 Mar 13, 1964 11 117 116 117 117 0 0 117 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 $5,657,365.00
Dennis Cook 33 L L 6' 3" 185 Oct 4, 1962 9 60 0 60 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $330,000.00
Kevin Elster 31 R R 6' 2" 200 Aug 3, 1964 10 157 155 157 157 0 0 0 0 0 157 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $270,000.00
Rikkert Faneyte 27 R R 6' 1" 170 May 31, 1969 4 8 2 8 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 6 0 2 1
Lou Frazier 31 B R 6' 2" 175 Jan 26, 1965 4 30 12 30 16 0 0 0 1 0 0 12 3 0 15 0 3 13 $165,500.00
Benji Gil 23 R R 6' 2" 180 Oct 6, 1972 3 5 2 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $200,000.00
Rene Gonzales 35 R R 6' 3" 201 Sep 3, 1960 12 51 22 51 50 0 0 23 5 15 10 1 0 0 1 0 4 3 $175,000.00
Juan Gonzalez 26 R R 6' 3" 210 Oct 20, 1969 8 134 134 134 102 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 102 102 32 0 0 $7,425,000.00
Rusty Greer 27 L L 6' 0" 190 Jan 21, 1969 3 139 136 139 137 0 0 1 0 0 0 136 1 0 137 0 1 1 $258,333.00
Kevin Gross 35 R R 6' 5" 215 Jun 8, 1961 14 28 0 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $3,300,000.00
Darryl Hamilton 31 L R 6' 1" 180 Dec 3, 1964 8 148 145 148 147 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 147 0 147 0 2 1 $1,300,000.00
Rick Helling 25 R R 6' 3" 215 Dec 15, 1970 3 6 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Henneman 34 R R 6' 4" 195 Dec 11, 1961 10 49 0 2 49 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,519,681.00
Gil Heredia 30 R R 6' 1" 190 Oct 26, 1965 6 44 0 44 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $360,000.00
Ken Hill 30 R R 6' 2" 175 Dec 14, 1965 9 35 0 1 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $3,100,000.00
Mark McLemore 31 B R 5' 11" 195 Oct 4, 1964 11 147 145 147 147 0 0 0 147 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 $1,225,000.00
Warren Newson 31 L L 5' 7" 202 Jul 3, 1964 6 91 60 91 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 58 66 8 22 1 $250,000.00
Darren Oliver 25 R L 6' 2" 200 Oct 6, 1970 4 30 0 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $220,000.00
Luis Ortiz 26 R R 6' 0" 190 May 25, 1970 4 3 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0
Dean Palmer 27 R R 6' 2" 195 Dec 27, 1968 7 154 154 154 154 0 0 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 $2,000,000.00
Danny Patterson 25 R R 6' 0" 170 Feb 17, 1971 1st 7 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Roger Pavlik 28 B R 6' 2" 220 Oct 4, 1967 5 34 0 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,250,000.00 All-Star
Ivan Rodriguez 24 R R 5' 9" 205 Nov 27, 1971 6 153 147 153 147 0 147 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 0 $4,000,000.00 All-Star
Jeff Russell 34 R R 6' 3" 210 Sep 2, 1961 14 55 0 55 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $615,000.00
Mike Stanton 29 L L 6' 1" 190 Jun 2, 1967 8 22 0 1 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lee Stevens 28 L L 6' 4" 219 Jul 10, 1967 4 27 20 27 22 0 0 18 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 5 1 $109,000.00
Kurt Stillwell 31 B R 5' 11" 175 Jun 4, 1965 9 46 15 46 35 0 0 1 21 6 9 0 0 0 0 0 15 3 $150,000.00
Mickey Tettleton 35 B R 6' 2" 212 Sep 16, 1960 13 143 138 143 23 0 0 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 115 5 0 $1,461,649.00
Dave Valle 35 R R 6' 2" 200 Oct 30, 1960 13 42 21 42 40 0 35 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 $725,000.00
Jack Voigt 30 R R 6' 1" 175 May 17, 1966 5 5 1 5 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 3 0 2 0
Ed Vosberg 34 L L 6' 1" 190 Sep 28, 1961 5 52 0 52 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $198,000.00
Matt Whiteside 28 R R 6' 0" 205 Aug 8, 1967 5 14 0 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $375,000.00
Bobby Witt 32 R R 6' 2" 205 May 11, 1964 11 33 0 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,350,000.00
Craig Worthington 31 R R 6' 0" 200 Apr 17, 1965 7 13 6 13 13 0 0 6 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 $167,500.00
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR Salary
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

1995 / 1997 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played