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1997 Texas Rangers

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1996 / 1998

77-85, Finished 3rd in AL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Johnny Oates (77-85)
Scored 807 runs, Allowed 823 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 80-82

Ballparks: The Ballpark in Arlington · 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 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR WAR Salary
Jose Alberro 28 R R 6' 2" 190 Jun 29, 1969 3 10 4 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.0 $
Scott Bailes 35 L L 6' 2" 170 Dec 18, 1961 8 24 0 3 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $150,000
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 0.1 $
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 3 4 9 0.3 $225,000
John Burkett 32 R R 6' 2" 175 Nov 28, 1964 9 30 30 2 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.3 $3,550,000
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 2 18 3 0.2 $285,000
Terry Clark 36 R R 6' 2" 190 Oct 18, 1960 6 9 5 1 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $200,000
Will Clark 33 L L 6' 2" 190 Mar 13, 1964 12 110 104 110 100 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 6 0 3.4 $5,657,365
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 32 0 4 2 -0.1 $250,000
Alex Diaz 28 B R 5' 11" 175 Oct 5, 1968 6 28 21 28 24 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 20 23 0 7 0 -0.7 $250,000
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 -0.3 $150,000
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 -0.5 $
Benji Gil 24 R R 6' 2" 210 Oct 6, 1972 4 110 100 110 106 0 0 0 0 0 106 0 0 0 0 4 0 6 0.9 $200,000
Juan Gonzalez 27 R R 6' 3" 175 Oct 20, 1969 9 133 133 133 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 64 64 69 0 0 2.4 $7,500,000
Tom Goodwin 28 L R 6' 1" 165 Jul 27, 1968 7 53 49 53 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 49 0 54 0 4 0 0.0 $
Rusty Greer 28 L L 6' 0" 190 Jan 21, 1969 4 157 154 157 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 148 19 1 168 2 3 0 4.0 $358,333
Eric Gunderson 31 R L 6' 0" 175 Mar 29, 1966 7 60 0 2 60 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 $160,000
Rick Helling 26 R R 6' 3" 215 Dec 15, 1970 4 10 8 1 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $165,000
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 0.1 $150,000
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 0.3 $600,000
Ken Hill 31 R R 6' 4" 200 Dec 14, 1965 10 19 19 0 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $4,850,000
Jim Leyritz 33 R R 6' 0" 190 Dec 27, 1963 8 37 23 37 19 0 11 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 10 0 0.5 $
Mark McLemore 32 B R 5' 11" 175 Oct 4, 1964 12 89 86 89 89 0 0 0 89 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0.3 $1,800,000
Henry Mercedes 27 R R 5' 11" 185 Jul 23, 1969 5 23 12 23 23 0 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.2 $180,000
Eric Moody 26 R R 6' 6" 185 Jan 6, 1971 1st 10 1 2 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Warren Newson 32 L L 5' 7" 190 Jul 3, 1964 7 81 40 81 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 44 64 9 32 2 0.2 $375,000
Darren Oliver 26 R L 6' 2" 200 Oct 6, 1970 5 32 32 1 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.8 $1,075,000
Dean Palmer 28 R R 6' 1" 175 Dec 27, 1968 8 94 92 94 93 0 0 0 0 93 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.8 $4,800,000
Danny Patterson 26 R R 6' 0" 175 Feb 17, 1971 2 54 0 3 54 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.7 $150,000
Roger Pavlik 29 R R 6' 3" 220 Oct 4, 1967 6 11 11 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 $2,850,000
Billy Ripken 32 R R 6' 1" 180 Dec 16, 1964 11 71 57 71 70 0 0 9 25 13 31 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 -0.1 $275,000
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 6.3 $6,825,000 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 18 1 3 2 -0.5 $
Julio Santana 24 R R 6' 0" 175 Jan 20, 1973 1st 30 14 2 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.6 $150,000
Dave Silvestri 29 R R 6' 0" 180 Sep 29, 1967 6 2 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $185,000
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 27 23 1 -0.4 $200,000
Lee Stevens 29 L L 6' 4" 205 Jul 10, 1967 5 137 107 137 82 0 0 62 0 0 0 3 0 19 22 38 27 0 0.7 $300,000
Tanyon Sturtze 26 R R 6' 5" 190 Oct 12, 1970 3 9 5 1 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $
Fernando Tatis 22 R R 5' 11" 185 Jan 1, 1975 1st 60 60 60 60 0 0 0 0 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $150,000
Mickey Tettleton 36 B R 6' 2" 200 Sep 16, 1960 14 17 11 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 6 0 -0.5 $1,783,140
Ed Vosberg 35 L L 6' 1" 190 Sep 28, 1961 6 42 0 0 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $450,000
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 2.8 $4,575,000
Matt Whiteside 29 R R 6' 0" 185 Aug 8, 1967 6 42 1 3 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $375,000
Bobby Witt 33 R R 6' 2" 190 May 11, 1964 12 35 32 3 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.7 $2,000,000
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR WAR Salary
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Domingo Cedeno
Damon Buford
Mark McLemore
Fernando Tatis
Kevin Brown
Ivan Rodriguez
Billy Ripken
Henry Mercedes

Lee Stevens
Jim Leyritz
Alex Diaz
Dave Silvestri
Mickey Tettleton
Dean Palmer
Mike Simms
Juan Gonzalez
Warren Newson

Will Clark
Benji Gil
Mike Devereaux
Tom Goodwin
Matt Whiteside
Darren Oliver
Rusty Greer
Hanley Frias
Xavier Hernandez

Rick Helling
John Burkett
John Wetteland
Bobby Witt
Marc Sagmoen
Marc Sagmoen
Ken Hill
Eric Moody

Terry Clark
Tanyon Sturtze
Jose Alberro
Wilson Heredia
Bryan Eversgerd
Ed Vosberg
Eric Gunderson
Danny Patterson
Scott Bailes
Roger Pavlik

Julio Santana

1996 / 1998 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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