1997 Texas Rangers season

1997 Texas Rangers season

MLB yearly infobox
name = Texas Rangers
season = 1997
misc =

current league = American League
y1 = 1961
division = Western Division
y2 = 1972
Uniform logo =
ballpark = The Ballpark in Arlington
y4 = 1994
city = Arlington, Texas
y5 = 1972
owners = George W. Bush
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)|

The Texas Rangers 1997 season involved the Rangers finishing 3rd in the American League west with a record of 77 wins and 85 losses.

Offseason

*December 10, 1996: Billy Ripken was signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/r/ripkebi01.shtml Billy Ripken Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
*March 27, 1997: Dave Silvestri was selected off waivers by the Texas Rangers from the Seattle Mariners. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/silveda01.shtml]

Regular Season

*June 12 - The first interleague game took place as the Texas Rangers hosted the San Francisco Giants at The Ballpark in Arlington (now Rangers Ballpark in Arlington).

Opening Day Starters

eason standings

Notable transactions

* June 20, 1997: Todd Van Poppel signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.
*July 29, 1997: Ken Hill was traded by the Texas Rangers to the Anaheim Angels for a player to be named later and Jim Leyritz. The Anaheim Angels sent Rob Sasser (October 31, 1997) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hillke01.shtml Ken Hill Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
*July 29, 1997: Jim Leyritz was traded by the Anaheim Angels with a player to be named later to the Texas Rangers for Ken Hill. The Anaheim Angels sent Rob Sasser (October 31, 1997) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/l/leyriji01.shtml Jim Leyritz Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]

Roster

Starting pitchers

Awards and Honors

*Juan González, Silver Slugger Award
*Iván Rodríguez, C, Gold Glove
*Iván Rodríguez, Silver Slugger AwardAll-Star Game

References

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/TEX/1997.shtml 1997 Texas Rangers team page at Baseball Reference]
* [http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1997&t=TEX 1997 Texas Rangers team page at www.baseball-almanac.com]


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