1997 Texas Rangers roster: 77-85

Team stats and league rank

Counts are season totals; percentages and ratings as they stand. Ranked among the 28 clubs that season.

1997 Rangers roster: batting

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1997 Texas Rangers batting

Player↓	Pos↓	GP↓iGP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.	AB↓iAB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.	R↓iR: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.	H↓iH: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.	HR↓iHR: Home runs hit.	RBI↓iRBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.	SB↓iSB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.	AVG↓iAVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.	OBP↓iOBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches.	OPS↓iOPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory.
RGRusty Greer	LF	157	601	112	193	26	87	9	.321	.405	.936
Iván Rodríguez	C	150	597	98	187	20	77	7	.313	.360	.844
JGJuan Alberto Gonzalez	—	133	533	87	158	42	131	0	.296	.335	.924
LSLee Stevens	1B	137	426	58	128	21	74	1	.300	.336	.850
WCWill Clark	1B	110	393	56	128	12	51	0	.326	.400	.896
DBDamon Buford	CF	122	366	49	82	8	39	18	.224	.287	.626
DCDomingo Cedeno	SS	113	365	49	103	4	36	3	.282	.334	.734
MMMark McLemore	2B	89	349	47	91	1	25	7	.261	.338	.668
BGBenji Gil	2B	110	317	35	71	5	31	1	.224	.263	.587
FTFernando Tatis	1B	60	223	29	57	8	29	3	.256	.297	.701
BRBilly Ripken	SS	71	203	18	56	3	24	0	.276	.300	.674
WNWarren Newson	LF	81	169	23	36	10	23	3	.213	.333	.795
MSMike Simms	RF	59	111	13	28	5	22	0	.252	.298	.757
ADAlex Diaz	LF	28	90	8	20	2	12	1	.222	.268	.601
MDMike Devereaux	CF	29	72	8	15	0	7	1	.208	.275	.525
HMHenry Mercedes	C	23	47	4	10	0	4	0	.213	.302	.600
MTMickey Tettleton	DH	17	44	5	4	3	4	0	.091	.167	.485
MSMarc Sagmoen	RF	21	43	2	6	1	4	0	.140	.174	.430
HFHanley Frias	SS	14	26	4	5	0	1	0	.192	.222	.453
KBKevin L. Brown	C	4	5	1	2	1	1	0	.400	.400	1.400
DSDave Silvestri	2B	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · OPS

1997 Rangers roster: pitching

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1997 Texas Rangers pitching

Player↓	Pos↓	GP↓iGP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.	GS↓iGS: Games started — for a pitcher, games he opened on the mound.	W↓iW: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.	L↓iL: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.	ERA↓iERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.	IP↓iIP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.	K↓iK: Batters this pitcher struck out.	WHIP↓iWHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.	SV↓iSV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.
BWBobby Witt	RP	34	32	12	12	4.82	209.0	121	1.53	0
Darren Oliver	RP	32	32	13	12	4.20	201.1	104	1.47	0
JBJohn Burkett	SP	30	30	9	12	4.56	189.1	139	1.43	0
JSJulio Santana	RP	30	14	4	6	6.75	104.0	64	1.83	0
MWMatt Whiteside	RP	42	1	4	1	5.08	72.2	44	1.53	0
DPDanny Patterson	RP	54	0	10	6	3.42	71.0	69	1.31	1
JWJohn Wetteland	RP	61	0	7	2	1.94	65.0	63	0.98	31
RPRoger Pavlik	RP	11	11	3	5	4.37	57.2	35	1.56	0
EGEric Gunderson	RP	60	0	2	1	3.26	49.2	31	1.21	1
XHXavier Hernandez	RP	44	0	0	4	4.56	49.1	36	1.48	0
TSTanyon Sturtze	RP	9	5	1	1	8.27	32.2	18	1.93	0
JAJose Alberro	RP	10	4	0	3	7.94	28.1	11	1.91	0
SBScott Bailes	RP	24	0	1	0	2.86	22.0	14	1.27	0
WHWilson Heredia	RP	10	0	1	0	3.20	19.2	8	1.53	0
EMEric Moody	RP	10	1	0	1	4.26	19.0	12	1.47	0
BEBryan Eversgerd	P	3	0	0	2	20.25	1.1	2	6.00	0

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · WHIP · SV

Results

1. Apr 1, 1997vs MILW 6-2
2. Apr 4, 1997vs BALL 4-5
3. Apr 5, 1997vs BALL 7-9
4. Apr 6, 1997vs BALW 9-3
5. Apr 7, 1997@ MILL 3-5
6. Apr 10, 1997@ MILW 2-0
7. Apr 11, 1997@ BALL 3-9
8. Apr 13, 1997@ BALL 0-9
9. Apr 14, 1997vs CHWW 3-1
10. Apr 15, 1997vs CHWW 5-2
11. Apr 15, 1997vs CHWW 5-2
12. Apr 16, 1997@ KCW 2-0
13. Apr 17, 1997@ KCW 5-1
14. Apr 18, 1997vs TORL 5-6
15. Apr 19, 1997vs TORL 0-6
16. Apr 20, 1997vs TORW 10-5
17. Apr 21, 1997vs DETL 6-7
18. Apr 23, 1997vs DETW 2-1
19. Apr 24, 1997vs DETW 4-2
20. Apr 25, 1997@ MINW 6-3
21. Apr 26, 1997@ MINW 6-1
22. Apr 27, 1997@ MINW 7-3
23. Apr 28, 1997@ MILL 8-14
24. Apr 29, 1997@ CHWL 1-2
25. Apr 30, 1997@ CHWW 6-2
26. May 2, 1997vs BOSL 4-5
27. May 3, 1997vs BOSW 7-6
28. May 4, 1997vs BOSW 7-6
29. May 6, 1997@ CLEL 4-5
30. May 7, 1997@ NYYL 2-5
31. May 8, 1997@ NYYL 4-5
32. May 9, 1997@ BOSW 5-1
33. May 10, 1997@ BOSW 11-5
34. May 11, 1997@ BOSW 8-6
35. May 12, 1997vs CLEW 4-2
36. May 13, 1997vs CLEL 3-7
37. May 14, 1997vs CLEW 4-3
38. May 15, 1997vs NYYL 2-8
39. May 16, 1997vs NYYW 6-0
40. May 17, 1997vs NYYL 5-11
41. May 18, 1997vs NYYW 4-2
42. May 20, 1997vs ATHW 8-3
43. May 21, 1997vs ATHL 3-7
44. May 22, 1997vs ATHW 10-7
45. May 23, 1997@ DETL 1-7
46. May 24, 1997@ DETW 8-4
47. May 25, 1997@ DETL 5-13
48. May 26, 1997@ TORL 1-8
49. May 27, 1997@ TORW 15-5
50. May 28, 1997@ SEAL 0-5
51. May 29, 1997@ SEAW 8-2
52. May 30, 1997vs KCL 2-3
53. May 31, 1997vs KCW 3-1
54. Jun 1, 1997vs KCL 2-6
55. Jun 2, 1997vs MINW 8-0
56. Jun 3, 1997vs MINL 4-5
57. Jun 5, 1997@ KCW 6-3
58. Jun 6, 1997@ KCL 1-2
59. Jun 7, 1997@ KCL 4-10
60. Jun 8, 1997@ KCL 2-4
61. Jun 10, 1997@ MINL 1-10
62. Jun 11, 1997@ MINW 9-6
63. Jun 12, 1997vs SFL 3-4
64. Jun 13, 1997vs SFW 6-5
65. Jun 14, 1997vs SDW 8-6
66. Jun 15, 1997vs SDW 7-4
67. Jun 17, 1997@ COLW 10-8
68. Jun 18, 1997@ COLL 9-10
69. Jun 19, 1997vs SEAL 1-2
70. Jun 20, 1997vs SEAL 4-5
71. Jun 21, 1997vs SEAL 8-15
72. Jun 22, 1997vs SEAL 4-6
73. Jun 23, 1997vs LAAL 0-1
74. Jun 24, 1997vs LAAL 6-7
75. Jun 25, 1997vs LAAW 5-4
76. Jun 26, 1997@ ATHL 3-6
77. Jun 27, 1997@ ATHL 4-7
78. Jun 28, 1997@ ATHW 2-0
79. Jun 29, 1997@ ATHL 5-7
80. Jun 30, 1997@ LADW 3-2
81. Jul 1, 1997@ LADL 3-6
82. Jul 2, 1997vs COLW 9-1
83. Jul 3, 1997vs COLW 8-3
84. Jul 4, 1997vs ATHW 7-6
85. Jul 5, 1997vs ATHW 8-1
86. Jul 6, 1997vs ATHL 8-9
87. Jul 10, 1997@ SEAL 9-12
88. Jul 11, 1997@ SEAL 7-8
89. Jul 12, 1997@ SEAW 9-2
90. Jul 13, 1997@ SEAW 4-2
91. Jul 14, 1997@ LAAL 5-6
92. Jul 15, 1997@ LAAL 2-6
93. Jul 16, 1997vs TORW 6-0
94. Jul 17, 1997vs TORL 1-9
95. Jul 18, 1997vs DETL 4-5
96. Jul 19, 1997vs DETL 5-6
97. Jul 20, 1997vs DETW 7-6
98. Jul 21, 1997vs BALL 1-5
99. Jul 22, 1997vs BALL 3-9
100. Jul 23, 1997vs BALL 2-3
101. Jul 24, 1997@ CHWL 1-2
102. Jul 25, 1997@ CHWW 8-5
103. Jul 26, 1997@ CHWW 4-1
104. Jul 27, 1997@ CHWW 5-4
105. Jul 28, 1997@ BALL 2-7
106. Jul 29, 1997@ BALL 4-5
107. Jul 30, 1997@ BALL 1-3
108. Aug 1, 1997vs CLEL 5-8
109. Aug 2, 1997vs CLEL 3-7
110. Aug 3, 1997vs CLEW 8-7
111. Aug 4, 1997vs BOSL 5-11
112. Aug 4, 1997vs BOSL 5-11
113. Aug 5, 1997vs BOSL 1-17
114. Aug 6, 1997vs NYYW 6-2
115. Aug 7, 1997vs NYYL 2-4
116. Aug 8, 1997@ CLEW 6-5
117. Aug 9, 1997@ CLEW 4-3
118. Aug 9, 1997@ CLEL 2-4
119. Aug 10, 1997@ CLEW 7-6
120. Aug 11, 1997@ BOSW 8-3
121. Aug 12, 1997@ BOSW 12-2
122. Aug 13, 1997@ BOSW 7-6
123. Aug 15, 1997@ NYYL 2-5
124. Aug 16, 1997@ NYYW 8-5
125. Aug 17, 1997@ NYYL 0-8
126. Aug 18, 1997vs MILL 5-8
127. Aug 18, 1997vs MILW 2-0
128. Aug 19, 1997vs MILL 2-8
129. Aug 20, 1997vs MILL 2-6
130. Aug 22, 1997vs CHWW 17-8
131. Aug 23, 1997vs CHWW 13-8
132. Aug 24, 1997vs CHWL 1-3
133. Aug 25, 1997@ MILL 2-7
134. Aug 26, 1997@ MILL 10-11
135. Aug 27, 1997@ MILW 7-1
136. Aug 28, 1997@ SFW 11-5
137. Aug 28, 1997@ SFW 11-5
138. Aug 29, 1997@ SFL 4-5
139. Aug 30, 1997@ SDL 1-4
140. Aug 31, 1997@ SDL 3-5
141. Sep 2, 1997vs LADW 13-12
142. Sep 3, 1997vs LADW 5-2
143. Sep 4, 1997@ TORW 6-2
144. Sep 5, 1997@ TORL 1-5
145. Sep 6, 1997@ TORL 1-2
146. Sep 7, 1997@ TORL 0-4
147. Sep 8, 1997@ DETL 2-6
148. Sep 9, 1997@ DETL 0-4
149. Sep 11, 1997vs MINW 7-0
150. Sep 12, 1997vs MINW 6-5
151. Sep 13, 1997vs MINW 9-3
152. Sep 14, 1997vs MINL 1-11
153. Sep 15, 1997vs KCL 9-11
154. Sep 16, 1997vs KCW 4-2
155. Sep 17, 1997vs SEAW 5-4
156. Sep 18, 1997vs SEAL 3-6
157. Sep 19, 1997vs LAAL 1-7
158. Sep 20, 1997vs LAAL 6-7
159. Sep 21, 1997vs LAAL 1-4
160. Sep 23, 1997@ ATHW 14-6
161. Sep 24, 1997@ ATHW 8-4
162. Sep 25, 1997@ LAAW 8-5
163. Sep 26, 1997@ LAAW 8-4
164. Sep 27, 1997@ LAAL 7-8
165. Sep 28, 1997@ LAAW 4-0