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1997 Texas Rangers Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1996 / 1998)
77-85, Finished 3rd in AL West
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Scored 807 runs, Allowed 823 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 80-82
Manager: Johnny Oates (77-85)
Ballpark: The Ballpark at Arlington (ballparks.com)
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
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1996 / 1998 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 28 R R 6' 2" 190 Jun 29, 1969 3 10 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scott Bailes 35 L L 6' 2" 184 Dec 18, 1961 8 24 0 3 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $150,000.00
Kevin Brown 24 R R 6' 2" 200 Apr 21, 1973 2 4 1 4 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Damon Buford 27 R R 5' 10" 170 Jun 12, 1970 5 122 102 122 117 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 117 0 117 0 4 9 $225,000.00
John Burkett 32 R R 6' 2" 211 Nov 28, 1964 9 30 2 2 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $3,550,000.00
Domingo Cedeno 28 B R 6' 1" 170 Nov 4, 1968 5 113 86 113 104 0 0 0 65 3 43 0 0 0 0 0 18 3 $285,000.00
Terry Clark 36 R R 6' 2" 196 Oct 18, 1960 6 9 1 1 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $200,000.00
Will Clark 33 L L 6' 1" 190 Mar 13, 1964 12 110 104 110 100 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 0 $5,657,365.00
Mike Devereaux 34 R R 6' 0" 195 Apr 10, 1963 11 29 20 29 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 24 28 0 4 2 $250,000.00
Alex Diaz 28 B R 5' 11" 180 Oct 5, 1968 6 28 21 28 24 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 20 23 0 7 0 $250,000.00
Bryan Eversgerd 28 R L 6' 1" 190 Feb 11, 1969 3 3 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $150,000.00
Hanley Frias 23 B R 6' 0" 160 Dec 5, 1973 1st 14 7 14 13 0 0 0 1 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
Benji Gil 24 R R 6' 2" 180 Oct 6, 1972 4 110 100 110 106 0 0 0 0 0 106 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 $200,000.00
Juan Gonzalez 27 R R 6' 3" 210 Oct 20, 1969 9 133 133 133 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 64 64 69 0 0 $7,500,000.00
Tom Goodwin 28 L R 6' 1" 170 Jul 27, 1968 7 53 49 53 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 49 0 51 0 4 0
Rusty Greer 28 L L 6' 0" 190 Jan 21, 1969 4 157 154 157 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 148 19 1 153 2 3 0 $358,333.00
Eric Gunderson 31 R L 6' 0" 195 Mar 29, 1966 7 60 0 2 60 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $160,000.00
Rick Helling 26 R R 6' 3" 215 Dec 15, 1970 4 10 1 1 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $165,000.00
Wilson Heredia 25 R R 6' 0" 175 Mar 30, 1972 2 10 0 2 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $150,000.00
Xavier Hernandez 31 L R 6' 2" 185 Aug 16, 1965 9 44 0 3 44 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $600,000.00
Ken Hill 31 R R 6' 2" 175 Dec 14, 1965 10 19 0 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $4,850,000.00
Jim Leyritz 33 R R 6' 0" 195 Dec 27, 1963 8 37 23 37 19 0 11 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 10 0
Mark McLemore 32 B R 5' 11" 195 Oct 4, 1964 12 89 86 89 89 0 0 0 89 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 $1,800,000.00
Henry Mercedes 27 R R 6' 1" 210 Jul 23, 1969 5 23 12 23 23 0 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 $180,000.00
Eric Moody 26 R R 6' 6" 185 Jan 6, 1971 1st 10 0 2 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Warren Newson 32 L L 5' 7" 202 Jul 3, 1964 7 81 40 81 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 44 58 2 32 2 $375,000.00
Darren Oliver 26 R L 6' 2" 200 Oct 6, 1970 5 32 1 1 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,075,000.00
Dean Palmer 28 R R 6' 2" 195 Dec 27, 1968 8 94 92 94 93 0 0 0 0 93 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 $4,800,000.00
Danny Patterson 26 R R 6' 0" 170 Feb 17, 1971 2 54 0 3 54 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $150,000.00
Roger Pavlik 29 B R 6' 2" 220 Oct 4, 1967 6 11 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $2,850,000.00
Billy Ripken 32 R R 6' 1" 186 Dec 16, 1964 11 71 57 71 70 0 0 9 25 13 31 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 $275,000.00
Ivan Rodriguez 25 R R 5' 9" 205 Nov 27, 1971 7 150 144 150 143 0 143 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 $6,825,000.00 All-Star
Marc Sagmoen 26 L L 5' 11" 185 Apr 16, 1971 1st 21 10 21 17 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 16 17 0 3 2
Julio Santana 24 R R 6' 0" 175 Jan 20, 1973 1st 30 1 2 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $150,000.00
Dave Silvestri 29 R R 6' 0" 196 Sep 29, 1967 6 2 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $185,000.00
Mike Simms 30 R R 6' 4" 185 Jan 12, 1967 7 59 30 59 20 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 17 19 18 23 1 $200,000.00
Lee Stevens 29 L L 6' 4" 219 Jul 10, 1967 5 137 107 137 82 0 0 62 0 0 0 3 0 19 22 33 27 0 $300,000.00
Tanyon Sturtze 26 R R 6' 5" 190 Oct 12, 1970 3 9 0 1 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fernando Tatis 22 R R 6' 1" 175 Jan 1, 1975 1st 60 60 60 60 0 0 0 0 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $150,000.00
Mickey Tettleton 36 B R 6' 2" 212 Sep 16, 1960 14 17 11 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 6 0 $1,783,140.00
Ed Vosberg 35 L L 6' 1" 190 Sep 28, 1961 6 42 0 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $450,000.00
John Wetteland 30 R R 6' 2" 195 Aug 21, 1966 9 61 0 7 61 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $4,575,000.00
Matt Whiteside 29 R R 6' 0" 205 Aug 8, 1967 6 42 0 3 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $375,000.00
Bobby Witt 33 R R 6' 2" 205 May 11, 1964 12 35 2 3 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 $2,000,000.00
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.

1996 / 1998 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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