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1997 Texas Rangers Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 C Ivan Rodriguez 25 150 648 597 98 187 34 4 20 77 7 3 38 89 .313 .360 .484 .844 114 289 18 8 1 4 7
2 1B Will Clark* 33 110 450 393 56 128 29 1 12 51 0 0 49 62 .326 .400 .496 .896 128 195 4 3 0 5 11
3 2B Mark McLemore# 32 89 399 349 47 91 17 2 1 25 7 5 40 54 .261 .338 .330 .668 73 115 5 2 6 2 1
4 SS Benji Gil 24 110 345 317 35 71 13 2 5 31 1 2 17 96 .224 .263 .325 .587 50 103 3 1 6 4 0
5 3B Dean Palmer 28 94 386 355 47 87 21 0 14 55 1 0 26 84 .245 .296 .423 .719 82 150 4 1 1 3 2
6 LF Rusty Greer* 28 157 690 601 112 193 42 3 26 87 9 5 83 87 .321 .405 .531 .936 138 319 11 3 1 2 4
7 CF Damon Buford 27 122 404 366 49 82 18 0 8 39 18 7 30 83 .224 .287 .339 .626 60 124 8 3 3 2 0
8 RF Warren Newson* 32 81 201 169 23 36 10 1 10 23 3 0 31 53 .213 .333 .462 .795 101 78 4 0 0 1 2
9 DH Juan Gonzalez 27 133 579 533 87 158 24 3 42 131 0 0 33 107 .296 .335 .589 .924 131 314 12 3 0 10 7
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
10 UT Lee Stevens* 29 137 454 426 58 128 24 2 21 74 1 3 23 83 .300 .336 .514 .850 114 219 18 1 1 3 2
11 MI Domingo Cedeno# 28 113 397 365 49 103 19 6 4 36 3 3 27 77 .282 .334 .400 .734 87 146 5 2 2 1 0
12 3B Fernando Tatis 22 60 241 223 29 57 9 0 8 29 3 0 14 42 .256 .297 .404 .701 78 90 6 0 2 2 0
13 CF Tom Goodwin* 28 53 235 207 39 49 13 2 0 17 16 6 25 37 .237 .319 .319 .638 65 66 2 1 0 2 1
14 MI Billy Ripken 32 71 218 203 18 56 9 1 3 24 0 1 9 32 .276 .300 .374 .674 72 76 7 0 1 5 0
15 DH Mike Simms 30 59 121 111 13 28 8 0 5 22 0 1 8 27 .252 .298 .459 .757 90 51 3 0 0 2 1
16 UT Jim Leyritz 33 37 113 85 11 24 4 0 0 14 1 0 23 22 .282 .446 .329 .776 104 28 2 3 1 1 0
17 RF Alex Diaz# 28 28 97 90 8 20 4 0 2 12 1 1 5 13 .222 .268 .333 .601 53 30 3 1 0 1 0
18 RF Mike Devereaux 34 29 80 72 8 15 3 0 0 7 1 0 7 10 .208 .275 .250 .525 36 18 0 0 0 1 0
19 C Henry Mercedes 27 23 56 47 4 10 4 0 0 4 0 0 6 25 .213 .302 .298 .600 55 14 0 0 3 0 0
20 DH Mickey Tettleton# 36 17 48 44 5 4 1 0 3 4 0 0 3 12 .091 .167 .318 .485 21 14 1 1 0 0 1
21 UT Marc Sagmoen* 26 21 46 43 2 6 2 0 1 4 0 0 2 13 .140 .174 .256 .430 8 11 1 0 0 1 0
22 MI Hanley Frias# 23 14 27 26 4 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .192 .222 .231 .453 17 6 1 0 0 0 0
23 C Kevin Brown 24 4 5 5 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 1.000 1.400 243 5 0 0 0 0 0
24 IF Dave Silvestri 29 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
25 P Bobby Witt 33 3 6 6 1 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 1.000 1.333 224 6 0 0 0 0 0
26 P John Burkett 32 2 5 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 3 1 0 0 0 0 0
27 P Rick Helling 26 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 P Darren Oliver 26 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .500 .667 .500 1.167 206 1 0 1 0 0 0
29 P Julio Santana 24 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 158 1 0 0 0 0 0
30 P John Wetteland 30 7 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 645 2 0 0 0 0 0
31 P Terry Clark 36 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 416 1 0 0 0 0 0
32 P Danny Patterson 26 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 P Bryan Eversgerd 28 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 P Roger Pavlik# 29 0 0 0 0
35 P Xavier Hernandez* 31 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 P Tanyon Sturtze 26 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 P Matt Whiteside 29 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
38 P Scott Bailes* 35 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
39 P Wilson Heredia 25 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
40 P Ken Hill 31 0 0 0 0
41 P Jose Alberro 28 0 0 0 0
42 P Ed Vosberg* 35 0 0 0 0
43 P Eric Gunderson 31 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
44 P Eric Moody 26 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 28.3 162 6265 5651 807 1547 311 27 187 773 72 37 500 1116 .274 .334 .438 .771 96 2473 118 34 28 52 39
Rank in 14 AL teams 3 7 5 4 7 5 11 12 11 5 5 9 4 5 5
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
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* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 SP Bobby Witt 33 12 12 .500 4.82 34 32 1 3 0 0 209.0 245 118 112 33 74 4 121 2 0 7 919 100 1.526 10.6 1.4 3.2 5.2 1.64
2 SP Darren Oliver* 26 13 12 .520 4.20 32 32 0 3 1 0 201.1 213 111 94 29 82 3 104 11 0 7 887 114 1.465 9.5 1.3 3.7 4.6 1.27
3 SP John Burkett 32 9 12 .429 4.56 30 30 0 2 0 0 189.1 240 106 96 20 30 1 139 4 0 1 828 105 1.426 11.4 1.0 1.4 6.6 4.63
4 SP Ken Hill 31 5 8 .385 5.19 19 19 0 0 0 0 111.0 129 69 64 11 56 3 68 2 0 5 499 93 1.667 10.5 0.9 4.5 5.5 1.21
5 SP Roger Pavlik 29 3 5 .375 4.37 11 11 0 0 0 0 57.2 59 29 28 7 31 1 35 1 0 0 256 110 1.561 9.2 1.1 4.8 5.5 1.13
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
6 CL John Wetteland 30 7 2 .778 1.94 61 0 58 0 0 31 65.0 43 18 14 5 21 3 63 0 0 1 259 248 0.985 6.0 0.7 2.9 8.7 3.00
7 RP Matt Whiteside 29 4 1 .800 5.08 42 1 8 0 0 0 72.2 85 45 41 4 26 3 44 3 2 3 323 95 1.528 10.5 0.5 3.2 5.4 1.69
8 RP Danny Patterson 26 10 6 .625 3.42 54 0 17 0 0 1 71.0 70 29 27 3 23 4 69 0 1 7 296 140 1.310 8.9 0.4 2.9 8.7 3.00
9 RP Eric Gunderson* 31 2 1 .667 3.26 60 0 11 0 0 1 49.2 45 19 18 5 15 3 31 2 1 2 209 147 1.208 8.2 0.9 2.7 5.6 2.07
10 RP Xavier Hernandez 31 0 4 .000 4.56 44 0 20 0 0 0 49.1 51 27 25 7 22 4 36 2 0 5 221 105 1.480 9.3 1.3 4.0 6.6 1.64
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
11 Julio Santana 24 4 6 .400 6.75 30 14 3 0 0 0 104.0 141 86 78 16 49 2 64 4 1 8 496 71 1.827 12.2 1.4 4.2 5.5 1.31
12 Rick Helling 26 3 3 .500 4.58 10 8 1 0 0 0 55.0 47 29 28 5 21 0 46 2 0 3 226 105 1.236 7.7 0.8 3.4 7.5 2.19
13 Ed Vosberg* 35 1 2 .333 4.61 42 0 16 0 0 0 41.0 44 23 21 3 15 6 29 2 0 1 180 104 1.439 9.7 0.7 3.3 6.4 1.93
14 Tanyon Sturtze 26 1 1 .500 8.27 9 5 1 0 0 0 32.2 45 30 30 6 18 0 18 0 1 1 155 58 1.929 12.4 1.7 5.0 5.0 1.00
15 Terry Clark 36 1 4 .200 5.87 9 5 2 0 0 0 30.2 41 20 20 3 10 0 11 2 0 1 138 82 1.663 12.0 0.9 2.9 3.2 1.10
16 Jose Alberro 28 0 3 .000 7.94 10 4 2 0 0 0 28.1 37 33 25 4 17 1 11 1 0 3 143 60 1.906 11.8 1.3 5.4 3.5 0.65
17 Scott Bailes* 35 1 0 1.000 2.86 24 0 7 0 0 0 22.0 18 9 7 2 10 2 14 0 0 0 91 168 1.273 7.4 0.8 4.1 5.7 1.40
18 Wilson Heredia 25 1 0 1.000 3.20 10 0 3 0 0 0 19.2 14 9 7 2 16 0 8 0 0 0 89 150 1.525 6.4 0.9 7.3 3.7 0.50
19 Eric Moody 26 0 1 .000 4.26 10 1 3 0 0 0 19.0 26 10 9 4 2 0 12 0 0 0 82 113 1.474 12.3 1.9 0.9 5.7 6.00
20 Bryan Eversgerd* 28 0 2 .000 20.25 3 0 1 0 0 0 1.1 5 3 3 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 12 24 6.000 33.8 0.0 20.3 13.5 0.67
Team Totals 29.5 77 85 .475 4.70 162 162 154 8 1 33 1429.2 1598 823 747 169 541 40 925 38 6 55 6309 102 1.496 10.1 1.1 3.4 5.8 1.71
Rank in 14 AL teams 10 5 7 8 4 12 11 13 9 7 5 5 14437
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
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* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% Pos. Summary
Jose Alberro 28 10 4 28.1 9 3 5 1 1 .889 2.54 0.80 P
Scott Bailes 35 24 0 22.0 8 2 6 0 1 1.000 3.27 0.33 P
Kevin Brown 24 4 1 13.0 10 9 0 1 0 .900 0.0 0.0 0 6.23 2.25 0 0 1 0 0% C
Damon Buford 27 120 102 909.2 292 282 7 3 5 .990 9.0 11.9 9.0 -0.8 9.8 0 2.86 2.41 CF-DH
John Burkett 32 30 30 189.1 41 12 28 1 1 .976 1.90 1.33 P
Domingo Cedeno 28 113 86 791.0 422 146 259 17 58 .960 -7.2 -10.9 -6.2 -2.8 -3.4 -1 4.61 3.58 2B-SS-3B-DH
Terry Clark 36 9 5 30.2 14 6 7 1 2 .929 3.82 1.44 P
Will Clark 33 107 98 848.0 946 880 62 4 86 .996 8.1 11.5 8.1 4.8 3.3 0 10.00 8.80 1B-DH
Mike Devereaux 34 32 20 182.0 40 40 0 0 0 1.000 1.2 7.9 1.2 0.1 1.1 0 1.98 1.25 RF-LF-CF
Alex Diaz 28 25 21 200.1 58 54 3 1 0 .983 -0.9 -5.4 0.1 0.5 -0.4 -1 0 2.56 2.28 RF-LF-2B-1B
Bryan Eversgerd 28 3 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 P
Hanley Frias 23 13 7 71.0 25 12 13 0 2 1.000 -2.5 -42.3 -1.5 -0.5 -1.0 -1 3.17 1.92 SS-2B
Benji Gil 24 110 100 860.2 510 163 328 19 71 .963 12.4 17.3 12.4 3.2 9.2 0 5.13 4.46 SS-DH
Juan Gonzalez 27 133 64 555.2 137 127 6 4 1 .971 -6.9 -14.9 -3.9 0.1 -4.0 -3 2.15 1.00 RF-DH
Tom Goodwin 28 54 49 426.0 143 138 3 2 0 .986 -3.8 -10.7 -1.8 4.3 -6.1 -2 2.98 2.61 CF-LF
Rusty Greer 28 170 152 1327.1 339 318 9 12 0 .965 -9.3 -8.4 -6.3 -6.9 0.6 -3 2.22 1.92 LF-CF-RF-DH
Eric Gunderson 31 60 0 49.2 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 0.72 0.07 P
Rick Helling 26 10 8 55.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.33 0.20 P
Wilson Heredia 25 10 0 19.2 3 0 3 0 1 1.000 1.37 0.30 P
Xavier Hernandez 31 44 0 49.1 9 3 6 0 1 1.000 1.64 0.20 P
Ken Hill 31 19 19 111.0 38 13 25 0 1 1.000 3.08 2.00 P
Jim Leyritz 33 29 15 140.2 124 116 7 1 4 .992 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0 7.87 4.24 1 2 11 6 35% C-1B-DH
Mark McLemore 32 90 86 743.1 410 148 254 8 60 .980 0.3 0.5 1.3 -0.4 1.7 -1 4.87 4.47 2B-LF
Henry Mercedes 27 23 12 128.2 83 78 4 1 2 .988 -2.0 -18.7 -2 5.74 3.57 2 5 11 1 8% C
Eric Moody 26 10 1 19.0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.42 0.30 P
Warren Newson 32 73 38 357.0 100 94 1 5 0 .950 -1.0 -3.4 -2.0 -2.1 0.1 1 2.39 1.30 RF-LF-DH
Darren Oliver 26 32 32 201.1 32 7 23 2 0 .938 1.34 0.94 P
Dean Palmer 28 93 92 799.1 244 72 162 10 10 .959 3.9 5.9 4.9 -0.1 5.0 -1 2.63 2.52 3B
Danny Patterson 26 54 0 71.0 11 4 7 0 1 1.000 1.39 0.20 P
Roger Pavlik 29 11 11 57.2 8 3 4 1 1 .875 1.09 0.64 P
Billy Ripken 32 78 57 515.1 279 116 158 5 39 .982 1.8 4.2 1.8 -2.5 4.3 0 4.79 3.51 SS-2B-3B-1B
Ivan Rodriguez 25 148 139 1201.0 903 821 75 7 11 .992 21.0 21.0 21 6.71 6.05 3 48 37 49 57% C-DH
Marc Sagmoen 26 20 10 102.0 25 25 0 0 0 1.000 -0.6 -7.1 -1.6 -0.6 -1.0 1 2.21 1.25 RF-LF-1B-DH
Julio Santana 24 30 14 104.0 21 6 15 0 3 1.000 1.82 0.70 P
Dave Silvestri 29 2 1 10.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 -0.6 -72.0 -0.6 -0.6 0.0 0 1.80 1.00 SS-3B
Mike Simms 30 49 12 97.0 39 36 1 2 2 .949 -2.0 -24.7 -2.0 0.2 -2.2 0 0 3.43 0.76 RF-1B-LF-DH
Lee Stevens 29 122 74 629.0 522 486 33 3 45 .994 -2.5 -4.8 -3.5 -0.1 -3.4 1 0 7.43 4.25 1B-RF-LF-DH
Tanyon Sturtze 26 9 5 32.2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.28 0.11 P
Fernando Tatis 22 60 60 529.1 142 45 90 7 5 .951 2.3 5.2 3.3 -0.5 3.8 -1 2.30 2.25 3B
Mickey Tettleton 36 13 0.00 DH
Ed Vosberg 35 42 0 41.0 6 1 4 1 0 .833 1.10 0.12 P
John Wetteland 30 61 0 65.0 7 1 6 0 0 1.000 0.97 0.11 P
Matt Whiteside 29 42 1 72.2 26 9 16 1 1 .962 3.10 0.60 P
Bobby Witt 33 34 32 209.0 38 10 27 1 2 .974 1.59 1.09 P
Team Totals 28.7 162 1458 12867.0 6076 4289 1666 121 417 .980 20.7 1.9 12.7 -4.7 17.4 -6 -5 19 4.17 2.68 6 55 60 56 48%
Rank in 14 AL teams 6 8 8
Age G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% Pos. Summary

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