| Texas Rangers | |
| Season: | 1997 |
| League: | American League |
| Division: | West |
| Ballpark: | The Ballpark in Arlington |
| City: | Arlington, Texas |
| Owners: | George W. Bush |
| General Managers: | Doug Melvin |
| Managers: | Johnny Oates |
| Record: | 77–85 (.475) |
| Divisional Place: | 3rd |
| 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) |
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!".
Mark McLemore, 2B
Rusty Greer, LF
Dean Palmer, 3B
Lee Stevens, 1B
Mickey Tettleton, DH
Warren Newson, RF
Damon Buford, CF
Benji Gil, SS
| 1997 Texas Rangers | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roster | |||||||||
| Pitchers | CatchersInfielders | OutfieldersOther batters | ManagerCoaches (Pitching) (Bench) (Bullpen) (Hitting) (First Base) (Third Base) | ||||||
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 | 150 | 597 | 187 | .313 | 20 | 77 | ||
| 1B | 110 | 393 | 128 | .326 | 12 | 51 | ||
| 2B | 89 | 349 | 91 | .261 | 1 | 25 | ||
| SS | 110 | 317 | 71 | .224 | 5 | 31 | ||
| 3B | 94 | 355 | 87 | .245 | 14 | 55 | ||
| LF | 157 | 601 | 193 | .321 | 26 | 87 | ||
| CF | 122 | 366 | 82 | .224 | 8 | 39 | ||
| RF | 81 | 169 | 36 | .213 | 10 | 23 | ||
| DH | 133 | 533 | 158 | .296 | 42 | 131 |
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
| Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 137 | 426 | 128 | .300 | 21 | 74 | ||
| 113 | 365 | 103 | .282 | 4 | 36 | ||
| 60 | 223 | 57 | .256 | 8 | 29 | ||
| 53 | 207 | 49 | .237 | 0 | 17 | ||
| 71 | 203 | 56 | .276 | 3 | 24 | ||
| 59 | 111 | 28 | .252 | 5 | 22 | ||
| 28 | 90 | 20 | .222 | 2 | 12 | ||
| 37 | 85 | 24 | .282 | 0 | 14 | ||
| 29 | 72 | 15 | .208 | 0 | 7 | ||
| 23 | 47 | 10 | .213 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 17 | 44 | 4 | .091 | 3 | 4 | ||
| 21 | 43 | 6 | .140 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 14 | 26 | 5 | .192 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 4 | 5 | 2 | .400 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34 | 209.0 | 12 | 12 | 4.82 | 121 | ||
| 32 | 201.1 | 13 | 12 | 4.20 | 104 | ||
| 30 | 189.1 | 9 | 12 | 4.56 | 139 | ||
| 19 | 111.0 | 5 | 8 | 5.19 | 68 | ||
| 11 | 57.2 | 3 | 5 | 4.37 | 35 | ||
| 10 | 55.0 | 3 | 3 | 4.58 | 46 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | 104.0 | 4 | 6 | 6.75 | 64 | ||
| 9 | 32.2 | 1 | 1 | 8.27 | 18 | ||
| 9 | 30.2 | 1 | 4 | 5.87 | 11 | ||
| 10 | 28.1 | 0 | 3 | 7.94 | 11 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61 | 7 | 2 | 31 | 1.94 | 63 | ||
| 60 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3.26 | 31 | ||
| 54 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3.42 | 69 | ||
| 44 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4.56 | 36 | ||
| 42 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5.08 | 44 | ||
| 42 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4.61 | 29 | ||
| 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.86 | 14 | ||
| 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.20 | 8 | ||
| 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.26 | 12 | ||
| 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20.25 | 2 |
See also: Minor League Baseball.