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1996 Texas Rangers  (1995)  (1997) 89-73, 2nd in AL Western Division Scored 944 runs, Allowed 774 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 97-65 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .685 Park Factor: Batting - 99 / Pitching - 98 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 98-64   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 90-72 Manager(s): Mike Rescigno

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 OF  Albert Belle         29  161  641  129  206  37   5  51  167   5   0   87   85  .321  .404  .633  165   9.8  3(0)e11     4  
 OF  Juan Gonzalez        26  144  568   93  171  31   1  49  113   2   0   46   94  .301  .355  .618  120   7.9  3(0)e3    -39  
 OF *Rusty Greer          27  135  567  102  170  40   7  17   75   5   1   58   91  .300  .363  .485  104   7.0  3(+1)e6   -79  
 3B  Dean Palmer          27  156  605   94  163  26   2  41  104   1   2   49  145  .269  .327  .522   99   5.7  3e18      -26  
 C   Ivan Rodriguez       24  161  638   84  189  45   4  19   92   3   1   25   54  .296  .325  .469   89   5.1  1(-4)e1   -20  
 DH #Mickey Tettleton     35  118  454   91  125  29   0  19   68   1   2   86  140  .275  .390  .465   85   6.7             39  
 SS  Kevin Elster         31  153  536   86  137  37   4  27   78   2   0   44  150  .256  .313  .491   81   5.1  3e14       25  
 2B  Mark Lewis           26  154  569   88  151  27   4  16   58   5   0   41  138  .265  .317  .411   72   4.4  3e10        5  
 1B *Will Clark           32  121  431   65  109  15   0  15   65   1   0   60   74  .253  .352  .392   63   5.0  2e6       -69  
 1B  Julio Franco         37   90  350   50   95  12   1   4   41   2   4   53   80  .271  .373  .346   46   4.5  3e16     -158  
 OF  Damon Buford         26   25  110   21   34  13   3   1    8   8   2    2   27  .309  .321  .509   16   5.3  3(+2)e4    14  
 OF #Ruben Amaro          31   28  117   17   26   4   0   2   11   0   0   13   19  .222  .319  .308   12   3.4  4(+2)e2  -207  
 C  #Chad Kreuter         31    8   16    4    6   4   0   1    3   0   0    2    4  .375  .444  .812    6  16.2  3(+1)e6   581  
 2B  Luis Sojo            31   24   74    6   17   2   2   0   10   0   0    3    3  .230  .260  .311    5   2.3  3e11       49  
 SS  Royce Clayton        26   19   44    7    9   0   2   0    2   7   2    7   10  .205  .314  .295    4   2.6  2e22      -83  
 OF  Mike Simms           29   23   52    6   10   3   2   0    7   1   0    0   17  .192  .192  .327    3   2.1  4(0)e9      7  
 PH *Wayne Kirby          32    1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0    .0           -681  
 3B  Pat Kelly            28    1    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0     ?  unrated  -360  
 PR #Milt Cuyler          27    1    0    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0     ?           -599  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                           977                  -27

     * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, otherwise bats right-handed

Team Pitching   Glossary
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     Player               Ag  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV  BS SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   ERA   RC  RC/27  OPS
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
  P  Shane Reynolds       28  17  10  .630  33  33   8   0   0   0   1  243.0  232   95   89  18   54  199  3.30  101   3.8  -39  
  P  Roger Pavlik         28  15   9  .625  32  32   3   0   0   0   0  193.0  228  126  119  34   85  138  5.55  135   6.3   17  
  P  Ken Hill             30  15  13  .536  33  33  10   0   0   0   3  244.1  262  130  123  32   97  165  4.53  147   5.5   38  
  P  John Burkett         31  13   6  .684  25  25   5   0   0   0   0  173.2  184   85   79  20   47  137  4.09   94   4.9    8  
  P  Mark Portugal        33  12  10  .545  27  27   4   0   0   0   1  170.1  184  104   98  19   60   86  5.18   99   5.2   18  
  P *Dan Plesac           34   7   6  .538  40   0   0  25   4   4   0   75.0   60   22   15   4   25   87  1.80   24   2.9 -117  
  P  Matt Whiteside       28   2   1  .667  18   0   0   8   2   0   0   41.0   47   23   21   8    7   23  4.61   24   5.4 -153  
  P *Darren Oliver        25   2   2  .500   6   6   3   0   0   0   0   40.2   54   20   19   5   11   27  4.20   29   6.7   34  
  P  Gil Heredia          30   2   4  .333  48   0   0  24   6   5   0   81.0   95   43   41  12   20   53  4.56   48   5.5  -65  
  P  Dave Telgheder       29   2   4  .333  38   6   0  13   1   2   0   87.1  109   65   64  16   33   48  6.60   69   7.1   27  
  P  Dennis Eckersley     41   1   2  .333  43   0   0  37  19   3   0   54.2   70   31   31  11    5   49  5.10   35   5.8   60  
  P *Bob Patterson        37   1   6  .143  44   0   0  22   4   3   0   61.0   60   30   23   9   26   67  3.39   29   4.4   17  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 30                                                                                      840         -2

     * - throws left-handed, otherwise throws right-handed

Team Fielding   (completed seasons only)
 An asterisk after a player's name means his fielding stats are for multiple teams.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP OSB OCS +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Ivan Rodriguez 1443 161 161 1175 59 3 13 .998 20 12 Chad Kreuter 22 1 6 15 0 0 0 1.000 1 0 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Will Clark 1035 115 118 1035 112 4 88 .997 9.98 Julio Franco 387 42 43 399 39 3 45 .993 10.19 Mickey Tettleton 25 3 3 19 3 0 2 1.000 7.92 Chad Kreuter 9 1 1 9 0 0 1 1.000 9.00 Luis Sojo 8 1 1 8 1 0 2 1.000 9.72 Mike Simms 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 27.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Mark Lewis 1374 151 154 306 479 8 98 .990 5.14 Luis Sojo 91 11 14 17 31 0 5 1.000 4.75 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Dean Palmer 1392 155 156 104 236 21 20 .942 2.20 Luis Sojo 63 6 9 5 10 1 3 .938 2.14 Chad Kreuter 9 1 1 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.00 Pat Kelly 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Kevin Elster 1370 152 153 200 477 7 96 .990 4.45 Royce Clayton 95 10 13 20 34 1 10 .982 5.13 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Albert Belle 1432 161 161 297 9 10 1 .968 1.92 Mike Simms 21 1 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.86 Damon Buford 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 Rusty Greer 6 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Rusty Greer 1177 129 131 306 18 7 2 .979 2.48 Damon Buford 190 21 21 52 1 1 1 .981 2.51 Ruben Amaro 84 10 10 15 1 0 0 1.000 1.71 Mike Simms 14 2 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.93 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Juan Gonzalez 1235 137 137 241 11 2 4 .992 1.84 Ruben Amaro 166 18 18 42 2 0 0 1.000 2.39 Mike Simms 64 7 10 22 3 0 1 1.000 3.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1996 Draft

Round 1 (#14):	Dennis Eckersley
Round 2 (#38):	Mark Lewis
Round 2 (#44):	Royce Clayton
Round 2 (#48):	Julio Franco
Round 4 (#84):	Bob Patterson
Round 5 (#105):	Luis Sojo
Round 6 (#122):	Dave Telgheder
Round 7 (#135):	Ruben Amaro
Round 8 (#146):	Wayne Kirby
Round 9 (#154):	Milt Cuyler
Round 10 (#161):	Chad Kreuter

Transactions

• 1996 postseason: released Wayne Kirby

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