2017 Texas Rangers season

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 A's.

2017 Texas Rangers
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record78–84 (.481)
Divisional place4th
Other information
Owner(s)Ray Davis & Bob R. Simpson
Manager(s)Jeff Banister
Local televisionFox Sports Southwest
(Dave Raymond, C.J. Nitkowski, Tom Grieve)
Local radioKRLD 105.3 FM (English)
(Eric Nadel, Matt Hicks, Dave Raymond)
KZMP 1540 AM (Spanish)
(Eleno Orlenas, Jerry Romo)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
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Offseason and spring training

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]

Regular season

Season standings

American League West
AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Houston Astros 10161 0.623 — 48–33 53–28
Los Angeles Angels 8082 0.494 21 43–38 37–44
Seattle Mariners 7884 0.481 23 40–41 38–43
Texas Rangers 7884 0.481 23 41–40 37–44
Oakland Athletics 7587 0.463 26 46–35 29–52

American League Wild Card
Division Leaders W L Pct.
Cleveland Indians 10260 0.630
Houston Astros 10161 0.623
Boston Red Sox 9369 0.574


Wild Card teams
(Top 2 qualify for 1-game playoff)		 W L Pct. GB
New York Yankees 9171 0.562 +6
Minnesota Twins 8577 0.525 —
Kansas City Royals 8082 0.494 5
Los Angeles Angels 8082 0.494 5
Tampa Bay Rays 8082 0.494 5
Seattle Mariners 7884 0.481 7
Texas Rangers 7884 0.481 7
Toronto Blue Jays 7686 0.469 9
Baltimore Orioles 7587 0.463 10
Oakland Athletics 7587 0.463 10
Chicago White Sox 6795 0.414 18
Detroit Tigers 6498 0.395 21

Record against opponents
2017 American League Records

Source: AL Standings Head-to-head
Team BAL BOS CWS CLE DET HOU KC LAA MIN NYY OAK SEA TB TEX TOR NL
Baltimore —10–94–31–63–41–53–32–42–57–124–34–28–116–112–78–12
Boston 9–10—6–14–33–43–42–42–45–28–113–43–311–85–113–616–4
Chicago 3–41–6—6–1310–94–210–93–47–123–41–53–43–34–33–36–14
Cleveland 6–13–413–6—13–65–112–76–012–75–23–44–24–36–14–26–14
Detroit 4–34–39–106–13—3–48–113–48–113–31–51–62–51–53–38–12
Houston 5–14–32–41–54–3—3–412–75–15–212–714–53–412–74–315–5
Kansas City 3–34–29–107–1211–84–3—6–18–112–53–35–24–31–63–39–11
Los Angeles 4–24–24–30–64–37–121–6—2–54–212–711–73–48–114–311–9
Minnesota 5–22–512–77–1211–81–511–85–2—2–43–33–42–44–34–313–7
New York 12–711–84–32–53–32–55–22–44–2—2–55–212–73–39–1015–5
Oakland 3–44–35–14–35–17–123–37–123–35–2—7–122–510–92–57–13
Seattle 2–43–34–32–46–15–142–57–124–32–512–7—5–111–81–612–8
Tampa Bay 11–88–113–33–45–24–33–44–34–27–125–21–5—2–49–1011–9
Texas 1–61–53–41–65–17–126–111–83–43–39–108–114–2—3–414–6
Toronto 7–126–133–32–43–33–43–33–43–410–95–26–110–94–3—9–11

Opening Day Lineup
14Carlos GómezCF
17Shin-Soo ChooDH
30Nomar MazaraRF
 5Mike Napoli1B
12Rougned Odor2B
25Jonathan LucroyC
13Joey Gallo3B
 1Elvis AndrusSS
19Jurickson ProfarLF
11Yu DarvishP

Starting 9

Game Log
2017 Game Log 78–84 (Home: 41–40; Away: 37–44)
Legend:           = Win           = Loss           = Postponement
Bold = Rangers team member
  1. Games moved to Tropicana Field for flooding concerns due to Hurricane Harvey.

Roster
2017 Texas Rangers
Roster
Pitchers
  • 22 Nick Martinez
 Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

  •  3 Delino DeShields
 Manager

Coaches

  • 66 Josh Frasier (bullpen catcher)

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Round Rock Express Pacific Coast League Jason Wood
AA Frisco RoughRiders Texas League Joe Mikulik
A-Advanced Down East Wood Ducks Carolina League Howard Johnson
A Hickory Crawdads South Atlantic League Spike Owen
A-Short Season Spokane Indians Northwest League Matt Hagen
Rookie AZL Rangers Arizona League Matt Siegel
Rookie DSL Rangers Dominican Summer League

References
  1. "Spring Training Standings". MLB. Retrieved March 10, 2018.
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