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1997 Texas Rangers  (1996)  (1998) 80-82, 2nd in AL Western Division Scored 940 runs, Allowed 975 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 78-84 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .665 Park Factor: Batting - 101 / Pitching - 101 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 72-90   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 77-85 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 *Rusty Greer          28  152  602  130  222  54   3  37  131   5   1   83   92  .369  .443  .653  179  12.0  3(-1)e13  161  
 OF  Juan Gonzalez        27  134  529   81  147  10   2  46  124   0   0   38  117  .278  .325  .565   92   6.2  3(0)e10   -34  
 DH *Darren Daulton       35  106  370   69  109  20   8  24   71   2   2   69   61  .295  .403  .586   92   9.2            149  
 C   Ivan Rodriguez       25  151  588  101  168  23   3  19   88   6   2   43   83  .286  .349  .432   85   5.1  1(-4)e1   -64  
 1B *Will Clark           33  110  395   55  123  33   0  16   64   0   0   34   55  .311  .368  .516   75   7.1  2e7       -12  
 SS  Royce Clayton        27  122  537   96  156  43   4  11   70  22   2   24   93  .291  .320  .447   73   4.8  2e21       63  
 3B  Dean Palmer          28  132  526   67  128  29   2  26   92   1   1   26  137  .243  .277  .454   64   4.2  3e22      -23  
 OF #Bip Roberts          33   99  424   82  125  20   2   3   36  14   2   36   72  .295  .357  .373   58   5.0  4(+2)e6     0  
 2B  Mark Lewis           27   94  328   39   93  19   2   9   36   0   1   27   57  .284  .338  .436   47   5.2  3e44       25  
 2B  Luis Sojo            32   66  231   35   86   7   5   1   22   1   1   11   18  .372  .408  .459   44   7.6  3e15      140  
 3B  Fernando Tatis       22   71  240   33   62   6   0  12   32   1   1   13   35  .258  .294  .433   29   4.4  3e19       27  
 SS  Benji Gil            24   61  248   33   63   7   1   8   22   0   2   12   59  .254  .292  .387   28   4.0  3e32       91  
 1B  Greg Colbrunn        27   55  201   26   60  12   0   2   19   0   1    8   40  .299  .325  .388   24   4.6  3e19      -16  
 OF #Ruben Amaro          32   42  150   23   44   5   2   2   17   0   0   20   18  .293  .379  .393   22   5.2  3(+2)e5   138  
 OF  Mike Simms           30   11   41   11   21   5   0   5   16   0   0    4    9  .512  .543 1.000   22  27.1  5(0)e17   786  
 OF  Damon Buford         27   72  244   35   50  12   0   5   23   7   1   17   47  .205  .260  .316   21   2.8  2(0)e5    -50  
 C  #Matt Walbeck         27   27   97   11   31   1   0   2   13   0   0   11   11  .320  .385  .392   15   6.2  3(0)e5     81  
 2B  Pat Kelly            29   18   42    8   10   3   0   2    8   0   0    4   13  .238  .304  .452    5   4.5  2e15       75  
 1B #Mickey Tettleton     36   10   37    5    8   3   0   2    7   0   0    0   11  .216  .231  .459    2   1.8  5e30      205  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                           984                   42

     * - 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  John Burkett         32  17   5  .773  31  31   2   0   0   0   1  198.2  228  100   89  26   38  153  4.03  111   5.0  -50  
  P  Julio Santana        24  11  11  .500  32  24   3   3   1   2   0  171.0  249  149  139  31   79   96  7.32  161   8.6  -13  
  P  Shane Reynolds       29  10  11  .476  30  30   1   0   0   0   0  185.2  212  134  117  35   57  155  5.67  122   5.8   67  
  P  Danny Darwin         41   9   7  .562  59   0   0  27   4   4   0  119.2  130   74   70  24   41   65  5.26   79   6.0  -25  
  P *Darren Oliver        26   9  14  .391  33  33   1   0   0   0   0  212.1  241  141  123  41  103  125  5.21  158   6.6   24  
  P  Dave Telgheder       30   6  14  .300  24  24   5   0   0   0   0  145.2  201  123  114  23   64   82  7.04  126   7.8   -8  
  P *Bob Patterson        38   3   1  .750  33   0   0  17   6   1   0   59.1   42   24   22  10   10   61  3.34   19   2.9  -52  
  P  Roger Pavlik         29   3   2  .600   8   8   1   0   0   0   0   55.2   55   34   32   7   28   35  5.17   32   5.2  -44  
  P  Rick Helling         26   3   2  .600  15   1   0  11   1   0   0   28.0   27   22   18   5   16   19  5.79   20   6.4   54  
  P  Aaron Sele           27   3   3  .500   8   8   1   0   0   0   0   53.1   58   34   32   8   23   39  5.40   37   6.6  -38  
  P  Danny Patterson      26   3   4  .429  38   0   0  21   1   2   0   60.2   77   29   26   3   16   60  3.86   34   5.1   54  
  P  John Wetteland       30   2   3  .400  47   0   0  42  27   4   0   47.2   41   20   18   3   28   46  3.40   22   4.3   94  
  P  Tanyon Sturtze       26   1   5  .167  31   3   1  13   2   2   0   65.1  110   66   62  10   40   39  8.54   75  10.6   36  
  P  Dennis Eckersley     42   0   0  .000  26   0   0  11   1   1   0   39.1   39   25   20   7   13   42  4.58   23   5.3   41  
  P  Matt Whiteside       29   0   0  .000   2   0   0   2   0   0   0    2.1    0    0    0   0    1    1  0.00    0    .1 -620  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                                     1026          4

     * - 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 1336 150 150 1051 40 6 9 .995 14 13 Matt Walbeck 109 12 13 82 6 0 2 1.000 8 2 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Will Clark 891 100 104 847 99 6 94 .994 9.56 Greg Colbrunn 444 51 53 428 38 9 49 .981 9.44 Mickey Tettleton 83 9 9 79 5 3 8 .966 9.07 Darren Daulton 18 2 2 12 3 0 1 1.000 7.50 Luis Sojo 6 0 3 5 0 0 1 1.000 7.50 Ruben Amaro 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Mark Lewis 784 89 91 172 268 19 63 .959 5.05 Luis Sojo 578 65 66 123 184 6 44 .981 4.78 Pat Kelly 82 8 14 25 26 2 10 .962 5.60 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Dean Palmer 1172 132 132 86 188 15 19 .948 2.10 Fernando Tatis 250 28 31 18 32 4 5 .926 1.80 Mark Lewis 21 2 3 2 3 1 0 .833 2.14 Bip Roberts 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Royce Clayton 1082 120 122 208 374 16 83 .973 4.84 Benji Gil 363 42 42 86 140 10 38 .958 5.61 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Damon Buford 4751 54 56 109 13 5 1 .961 0.23 Bip Roberts 847 98 98 179 9 2 1 .989 2.00 Mike Simms 67 7 8 15 0 2 0 .882 2.00 Rusty Greer 27 0 14 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.36 Ruben Amaro 19 2 3 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.32 Juan Gonzalez 9 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Rusty Greer 1322 152 152 364 23 12 5 .970 2.64 Ruben Amaro 78 8 9 24 1 1 1 .962 2.87 Damon Buford 27 0 14 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.36 Mike Simms 18 2 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Juan Gonzalez 1118 125 127 223 7 5 2 .979 1.85 Ruben Amaro 261 30 30 54 2 0 0 1.000 1.93 Darren Daulton 65 7 7 10 1 0 0 1.000 1.52 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1997 Draft

Round 1 (#16):	John Wetteland
Round 2 (#40):	Dean Palmer
Round 3 (#62):	Bip Roberts
Round 4 (#80):	Darren Daulton
Round 5 (#97):	Mark Lewis
Round 6 (#113):	Danny Darwin
Round 7 (#124):	Matt Walbeck
Round 8 (#132):	Greg Colbrunn

Transactions

• 1997 preseason: released rookie Marc Sagmoen
• 1997-20: traded Damon Buford, Matt Whiteside to BOA for Aaron Sele
• 1997-20: traded Dennis Eckersley, TEA#3 to FLN for Rick Helling
• 1997 postseason: released Dave Telgheder

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