1997 Texas Rangers
League	American League
Division	West
Ballpark	The Ballpark in Arlington
City	Arlington, Texas
Record	77–85 (.475)
Divisional place	3rd
Owners	George W. Bush
General managers	Doug Melvin
Managers	Johnny Oates
Television	KXTX-TV KXAS-TV Fox Sports Southwest (Mark Holtz, Tom Grieve, Bill Jones)
Radio	KRLD (Eric Nadel, Brad Sham ) KMRT (Luis Mayoral, Josue Perez)
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The 1997 Texas Rangers season involved the Rangers finishing third in the American League West with a record of 77 wins and 85 losses. Despite not making the playoffs the club would set an all-time attendance record of over 2.945 million fans, which would be the franchise's best until 2011.

On a somber note, the club would lose long-time radio broadcaster Mark Holtz to leukemia during the season; however, in his final game in May the Rangers won, allowing him to sign off one final time with his trademark "Hello Win Column!".

Offseason

• December 10, 1996: Billy Ripken was signed as a free agent by the Rangers.^[1]
• December 16, 1996: Scott Bailes was signed as a free agent with the Texas Rangers.^[2]
• December 19, 1996: Mike Simms was signed as a free agent by the Rangers.^[3]
• March 27, 1997: Dave Silvestri was selected off waivers by the Rangers from the Seattle Mariners.^[4]

Regular season

• June 12, 1997: The first interleague game took place as the Texas Rangers hosted the San Francisco Giants at The Ballpark in Arlington (now Globe Life Park).

Opening Day starters

Mark McLemore, 2B

Iván Rodríguez, C

Rusty Greer, LF

Dean Palmer, 3B

Lee Stevens, 1B

Mickey Tettleton, DH

Warren Newson, RF

Damon Buford, CF

Benji Gil, SS

Season standings

v t e AL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Seattle Mariners	90	72	0.556	—	45–36	45–36
Anaheim Angels	84	78	0.519	6	46–36	38–42
Texas Rangers	77	85	0.475	13	39–42	38–43
Oakland Athletics	65	97	0.401	25	35–46	30–51

Record vs. opponents

1997 American League record v t e Sources:
Team	ANA	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIL	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TEX	TOR	NL
Anaheim	—	4–7	6–5	6–5	7–4	5–6	6–5	7–4	4–7	4–7	11–1	6–6	8–4	6–5	4–12
Baltimore	7–4	—	5–7	5–6	6–5	6–6	7–4	5–6	10–1	8–4	8–3	7–4	10–1	6–6	8–7
Boston	5–6	7–5	—	3–8	6–5	5–7	3–8	8–3	8–3	4–8	7–4	7–4	3–8	6–6	6–9
Chicago	5–6	6–5	8–3	—	5–7	4–7	11–1	4–7	6–6	2–9	8–3	5–6	3–8	5–6	8–7
Cleveland	4–7	5–6	5–6	7–5	—	6–5	8–3	8–4	8–4	5–6	7–4	3–8	5–6	6–5	9–6
Detroit	6–5	6–6	7–5	7–4	5–6	—	6–5	4–7	4–7	2–10	7–4	4–7	7–4	6–6	8–7
Kansas City	5–6	4–7	8–3	1–11	3–8	5–6	—	6–6	7–5	3–8	3–8	5–6	6–5	5–6	6–9
Milwaukee	4–7	6–5	3–8	7–4	4–8	7–4	6–6	—	5–7	4–7	5–6	5–6	7–4	7–4	8–7
Minnesota	7–4	1–10	3–8	6–6	4–8	7–4	5–7	7–5	—	3–8	7–4	5–6	3–8	3–8	7–8
New York	7–4	4–8	8–4	9–2	6–5	10–2	8–3	7–4	8–3	—	6–5	4–7	7–4	7–5	5–10
Oakland	1–11	3–8	4–7	3–8	4–7	4–7	8–3	6–5	4–7	5–6	—	5–7	5–7	6–5	7–9
Seattle	6–6	4–7	4–7	6–5	8–3	7–4	6–5	6–5	6–5	7–4	7–5	—	8–4	8–3	7–9
Texas	4–8	1–10	8–3	8–3	6–5	4–7	5–6	4–7	8–3	4–7	7–5	4–8	—	4–7	10–6
Toronto	5–6	6–6	6–6	6–5	5–6	6–6	6–5	4–7	8–3	5–7	5–6	3–8	7–4	—	4–11

Notable transactions

• April 16, 1997: Alex Diaz was signed as a free agent by the Rangers.^[5]
• June 20, 1997: Todd Van Poppel was signed as a free agent by the Rangers.^[6]
• July 29, 1997: Ken Hill was traded by the Rangers to the Anaheim Angels for Jim Leyritz and a player to be named later. The Angels completed the deal by sending Rob Sasser to the Rangers on October 31.^[7]

Draft picks

• June 3, 1997: Mike Lamb was drafted by the Rangers in the 7th round of the 1997 Major League Baseball draft. Player signed June 6, 1997.^[8]

Roster

1997 Texas Rangers
Roster
Pitchers 48 José Alberro 58 Scott Bailes 33 John Burkett 46 Terry Clark 52 Bryan Eversgerd 53 Eric Gunderson 32 Rick Helling 55 Wilson Heredia 31 Xavier Hernandez 44 Ken Hill 45 Eric Moody 28 Darren Oliver 46 Danny Patterson 59 Roger Pavlik 60 Julio Santana 47 Tanyon Sturtze 52 Ed Vosberg 35 John Wetteland 27 Matt Whiteside 36 Bobby Witt		Catchers  6 Kevin Brown 13 Jim Leyritz 10 Henry Mercedes  7 Iván Rodríguez Infielders  1 Domingo Cedeño 22 Will Clark 30 Hanley Frias 23 Benji Gil  3 Mark McLemore 16 Dean Palmer  9 Billy Ripken 14 Dave Silvestri 11 Lee Stevens  4 Fernando Tatís		Outfielders  2 Damon Buford 24 Mike Devereaux 14 Alex Diaz 19 Juan González 24 Tom Goodwin 29 Rusty Greer 21 Warren Newson 37 Marc Sagmoen 18 Mike Simms Other batters 15 Mickey Tettleton		Manager 26 Johnny Oates Coaches 17 Dick Bosman (Pitching) 20 Bucky Dent (Bench) 25 Larry Hardy (Bullpen)  8 Rudy Jaramillo (Hitting) 12 Ed Napoleon (First Base)  5 Jerry Narron (Third Base)

Player statsedit

Battingedit

Starters by positionedit

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Iván Rodríguez	150	597	187	.313	20	77
1B	Will Clark	110	393	128	.326	12	51
2B	Mark McLemore	89	349	91	.261	1	25
SS	Benji Gil	110	317	71	.224	5	31
3B	Dean Palmer	94	355	87	.245	14	55
LF	Rusty Greer	157	601	193	.321	26	87
CF	Damon Buford	122	366	82	.224	8	39
RF	Warren Newson	81	169	36	.213	10	23
DH	Juan González	133	533	158	.296	42	131

Other battersedit

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

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Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Lee Stevens	137	426	128	.300	21