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2017 Texas Rangers | ||
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League | American League | |
Division | West | |
Ballpark | Globe Life Park in Arlington | |
City | Arlington | |
Record | 78–84 (.481) | |
Divisional place | 4th | |
Owners | Ray Davis & Bob R. Simpson | |
Managers | Jeff Banister | |
Television | Fox Sports Southwest (Dave Raymond, C.J. Nitkowski, Tom Grieve) | |
Radio | KRLD 105.3 FM (English) (Eric Nadel, Matt Hicks, Dave Raymond) KZMP 1540 AM (Spanish) (Eleno Orlenas, Jerry Romo) | |
Stats | ESPN.com BB-reference | |
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The 2017 Texas Rangers season was the franchise's 57th overall, their 46th in Arlington, Texas and their 24th at Globe Life Park in Arlington. The Rangers began the season on April 3 against the Cleveland Indians and finished the season on October 1 against the Oakland Athletics.
The Rangers posted a 17–16 win–loss record in pre-season spring training, as well as playing three tied games that were not included in the standings. [1]
AL West | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Houston Astros | 101 | 61 | 0.623 | — | 48–33 | 53–28 |
Los Angeles Angels | 80 | 82 | 0.494 | 21 | 43–38 | 37–44 |
Seattle Mariners | 78 | 84 | 0.481 | 23 | 40–41 | 38–43 |
Texas Rangers | 78 | 84 | 0.481 | 23 | 41–40 | 37–44 |
Oakland Athletics | 75 | 87 | 0.463 | 26 | 46–35 | 29–52 |
Division Leaders | W | L | Pct. |
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Cleveland Indians | 102 | 60 | 0.630 |
Houston Astros | 101 | 61 | 0.623 |
Boston Red Sox | 93 | 69 | 0.574 |
(Top 2 teams qualify for postseason) | Wild Card teamsW | L | Pct. | GB |
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New York Yankees | 91 | 71 | 0.562 | +6 |
Minnesota Twins | 85 | 77 | 0.525 | — |
Kansas City Royals | 80 | 82 | 0.494 | 5 |
Los Angeles Angels | 80 | 82 | 0.494 | 5 |
Tampa Bay Rays | 80 | 82 | 0.494 | 5 |
Seattle Mariners | 78 | 84 | 0.481 | 7 |
Texas Rangers | 78 | 84 | 0.481 | 7 |
Toronto Blue Jays | 76 | 86 | 0.469 | 9 |
Baltimore Orioles | 75 | 87 | 0.463 | 10 |
Oakland Athletics | 75 | 87 | 0.463 | 10 |
Chicago White Sox | 67 | 95 | 0.414 | 18 |
Detroit Tigers | 64 | 98 | 0.395 | 21 |
Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2017 | ||||||||||||||||
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Team | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | HOU | KC | LAA | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TB | TEX | TOR | NL |
Baltimore | — | 10–9 | 4–3 | 1–6 | 3–4 | 1–5 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 2–5 | 7–12 | 4–3 | 4–2 | 8–11 | 6–1 | 12–7 | 8–12 |
Boston | 9–10 | — | 6–1 | 4–3 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 5–2 | 8–11 | 3–4 | 3–3 | 11–8 | 5–1 | 13–6 | 16–4 |
Chicago | 3–4 | 1–6 | — | 6–13 | 10–9 | 4–2 | 10–9 | 3–4 | 7–12 | 3–4 | 1–5 | 3–4 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 3–3 | 6–14 |
Cleveland | 6–1 | 3–4 | 13–6 | — | 13–6 | 5–1 | 12–7 | 6–0 | 12–7 | 5–2 | 3–4 | 4–2 | 4–3 | 6–1 | 4–2 | 6–14 |
Detroit | 4–3 | 4–3 | 9–10 | 6–13 | — | 3–4 | 8–11 | 3–4 | 8–11 | 3–3 | 1–5 | 1–6 | 2–5 | 1–5 | 3–3 | 8–12 |
Houston | 5–1 | 4–3 | 2–4 | 1–5 | 4–3 | — | 3–4 | 12–7 | 5–1 | 5–2 | 12–7 | 14–5 | 3–4 | 12–7 | 4–3 | 15–5 |
Kansas City | 3–3 | 4–2 | 9–10 | 7–12 | 11–8 | 4–3 | — | 6–1 | 8–11 | 2–5 | 3–3 | 5–2 | 4–3 | 1–6 | 3–3 | 9–11 |
Los Angeles | 4–2 | 4–2 | 4–3 | 0–6 | 4–3 | 7–12 | 1–6 | — | 2–5 | 4–2 | 12–7 | 12–7 | 3–4 | 8–11 | 4–3 | 11–9 |
Minnesota | 5–2 | 2–5 | 12–7 | 7–12 | 11–8 | 1–5 | 11–8 | 5–2 | — | 2–4 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 4–3 | 4–3 | 13–7 |
New York | 12–7 | 11–8 | 4–3 | 2–5 | 3–3 | 2–5 | 5–2 | 2–4 | 4–2 | — | 2–5 | 5–2 | 12–7 | 3–3 | 9–10 | 15–5 |
Oakland | 3–4 | 4–3 | 5–1 | 4–3 | 5–1 | 7–12 | 3–3 | 7–12 | 3–3 | 5–2 | — | 7–12 | 2–5 | 10–9 | 2–5 | 7–13 |
Seattle | 2–4 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 2–4 | 6–1 | 5–14 | 2–5 | 7–12 | 4–3 | 2–5 | 12–7 | — | 5–1 | 11–8 | 1–6 | 12–8 |
Tampa Bay | 11–8 | 8–11 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 5–2 | 4–3 | 3–4 | 4–3 | 4–2 | 7–12 | 5–2 | 1–5 | — | 2–4 | 9–10 | 11–9 |
Texas | 1–6 | 1–5 | 3–4 | 1–6 | 5–1 | 7–12 | 6–1 | 11–8 | 3–4 | 3–3 | 9–10 | 8–11 | 4–2 | — | 3–4 | 14–6 |
Toronto | 7–12 | 6–13 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 10–9 | 5–2 | 6–1 | 10–9 | 4–3 | — | 9–11 |
14 | Carlos Gómez | CF |
17 | Shin-Soo Choo | DH |
30 | Nomar Mazara | RF |
5 | Mike Napoli | 1B |
12 | Rougned Odor | 2B |
25 | Jonathan Lucroy | C |
13 | Joey Gallo | 3B |
1 | Elvis Andrus | SS |
19 | Jurickson Profar | LF |
11 | Yu Darvish | P |
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April: 11–14 (Home: 8–8; Away: 3–6)
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May: 15–14 (Home: 9–2; Away: 6–12)
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June: 13–13 (Home: 5–7; Away: 8–6)
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July: 11–14 (Home: 5–8; Away: 6–6)
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August: 16–12 (Home: 8–4; Away: 8–8)
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September/October: 12–17 (Home: 6–11; Away: 6–6)
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Legend: = Win = Loss = Postponement Bold = Rangers team member |
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; AVG = Batting average; SLG = Slugging average
Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | AVG | SLG |
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Elvis Andrus | 158 | 643 | 100 | 191 | 44 | 4 | 20 | 88 | 25 | 38 | .297 | .471 |
Rougned Odor | 162 | 607 | 79 | 124 | 21 | 3 | 30 | 75 | 15 | 32 | .204 | .397 |
Nomar Mazara | 148 | 554 | 64 | 140 | 30 | 2 | 20 | 101 | 2 | 55 | .253 | .422 |
Shin-Soo Choo | 149 | 544 | 96 | 142 | 20 | 1 | 22 | 78 | 12 | 77 | .261 | .423 |
Joey Gallo | 145 | 449 | 85 | 94 | 18 | 3 | 41 | 80 | 7 | 75 | .209 | .537 |
Mike Napoli | 124 | 425 | 60 | 82 | 11 | 1 | 29 | 66 | 1 | 49 | .193 | .428 |
Delino DeShields Jr. | 120 | 376 | 75 | 101 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 29 | 44 | .269 | .367 |
Carlos Gómez | 105 | 368 | 51 | 94 | 23 | 1 | 17 | 51 | 13 | 31 | .255 | .462 |
Adrián Beltré | 94 | 340 | 47 | 106 | 22 | 1 | 17 | 71 | 1 | 39 | .312 | .532 |
Jonathan Lucroy | 77 | 281 | 27 | 68 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 27 | 1 | 19 | .242 | .338 |
Robinson Chirinos | 88 | 263 | 46 | 67 | 13 | 1 | 17 | 38 | 1 | 34 | .255 | .506 |
Ryan Rua | 63 | 129 | 17 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 14 | .217 | .333 |
Drew Robinson | 48 | 107 | 11 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 14 | .224 | .439 |
Jared Hoying | 36 | 72 | 13 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | .222 | .306 |
Brett Nicholas | 21 | 63 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 2 | .238 | .397 |
Jurickson Profar | 22 | 58 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 9 | .172 | .207 |
Will Middlebrooks | 22 | 38 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .211 | .368 |
Pete Kozma | 28 | 36 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .111 | .194 |
Willie Calhoun | 13 | 34 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | .265 | .353 |
A. J. Jiménez | 7 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .083 | .083 |
Phil Gosselin | 12 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .250 |
Pitcher Totals | 162 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | .043 | .043 |
Team Totals | 162 | 5430 | 799 | 1326 | 255 | 21 | 237 | 756 | 113 | 544 | .244 | .430 |
Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts
Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
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Martín Pérez | 13 | 12 | 4.82 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 185.0 | 221 | 108 | 99 | 63 | 115 |
Andrew Cashner | 11 | 11 | 3.40 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 166.2 | 156 | 75 | 63 | 64 | 86 |
Cole Hamels | 11 | 6 | 4.20 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 148.0 | 125 | 74 | 69 | 53 | 105 |
Yu Darvish | 6 | 9 | 4.01 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 137.0 | 115 | 63 | 61 | 45 | 148 |
Nick Martinez | 3 | 8 | 5.66 | 23 | 18 | 0 | 111.1 | 124 | 74 | 70 | 28 | 67 |
Alex Claudio | 4 | 2 | 2.50 | 70 | 1 | 11 | 82.2 | 71 | 26 | 23 | 15 | 56 |
A.J. Griffin | 6 | 6 | 5.94 | 18 | 15 | 0 | 77.1 | 76 | 52 | 51 | 28 | 61 |
Austin Bibens-Dirkx | 5 | 2 | 4.67 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 69.1 | 74 | 36 | 36 | 20 | 38 |
Tony Barnette | 2 | 1 | 5.49 | 50 | 0 | 2 | 57.1 | 64 | 36 | 35 | 22 | 57 |
Matt Bush | 3 | 4 | 3.78 | 57 | 0 | 10 | 52.1 | 57 | 30 | 22 | 19 | 58 |
Tyson Ross | 3 | 3 | 7.71 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 49.0 | 53 | 46 | 42 | 37 | 36 |
José Leclerc | 2 | 3 | 3.94 | 47 | 0 | 2 | 45.2 | 23 | 21 | 20 | 40 | 60 |
Jeremy Jeffress | 1 | 2 | 5.31 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 40.2 | 49 | 25 | 24 | 19 | 29 |
Keone Kela | 4 | 1 | 2.79 | 39 | 0 | 2 | 38.2 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 17 | 51 |
Miguel González | 1 | 3 | 6.45 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 22.1 | 22 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 15 |
Jason Grilli | 0 | 1 | 5.59 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 19.1 | 22 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 25 |
Sam Dyson | 1 | 6 | 10.80 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 16.2 | 31 | 23 | 20 | 12 | 7 |
Darío Álvarez | 2 | 0 | 2.76 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 16.1 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 17 |
Ricardo Rodríguez | 0 | 1 | 6.23 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 13.0 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 11 |
Dillon Gee | 0 | 0 | 4.15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13.0 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 10 |
Yohander Méndez | 0 | 1 | 5.11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 12.1 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 7 |
Jake Diekman | 0 | 0 | 2.53 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10.2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 |
Nick Gardewine | 0 | 0 | 5.63 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 3 |
Mike Hauschild | 0 | 0 | 11.25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 7 |
Jhan Mariñez | 0 | 0 | 2.35 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7.2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
Ernesto Frieri | 0 | 1 | 5.14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 |
Paolo Espino | 0 | 0 | 5.68 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6.1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
Anthony Bass | 0 | 0 | 14.29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5.2 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 |
Tanner Scheppers | 0 | 1 | 6.75 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
Preston Claiborne | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
Brett Nicholas | 0 | 0 | 36.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 78 | 84 | 4.66 | 162 | 162 | 29 | 1434.1 | 1443 | 816 | 742 | 559 | 1107 |
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