The Texas Rangers went 78-84 in 2017, a .481 winning percentage — 17th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 799 runs and allowed 816, a run differential of -17. The offence ranked 9th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.54 staff ERA was 16th of 30. Their 95 team wRC+ was 5% below league average — 23rd of 30 in MLB. Elvis Andrus led the position players at 4.0 WAR, and Yu Darvish the rotation at a 3.86 ERA.
The 2017 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished tied for 3rd in the AL West, 23 games back. They were as far as 23 games back on September 28. Their best month was August at 16-12, their worst Sept/Oct at 12-17. The longest runs were a 10-game winning streak from May 9 to May 19 and a 7-game losing streak from September 22 to September 28. They were 41-40 at home and 37-44 on the road, 13-24 in one-run games and 18-30 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 14-3 against the Twins on April 26; the heaviest defeat, 22-10 against the Marlins on July 26.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
11
14
.440
114
106
+8
May
15
14
.517
145
143
+2
June
13
13
.500
138
131
+7
July
11
14
.440
119
139
-20
August
16
12
.571
156
119
+37
Sept/Oct
12
17
.414
127
178
-51
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
41-40
.506
Road
37-44
.457
One-run games
13-24
.351
Extra innings
5-5
.500
Within the division
34-42
.447
Against .500+ clubs
18-30
.375
Decided by 5+ runs
28-28
.500
Last 10
2-8
.200
American League West standings, 2017
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League West, 2017. Games back of the best record in the division.
The players whose season belongs to this club, by position and then by dbWAR. A player traded mid-season is listed with the club he played most of his games for, so a deadline arrival may appear on his other club’s page instead.
Each rectangle is a player, sized by his share of the team's hits; darker means a larger share. Top 30 contributors. Select a different statistic above, or click a player for his page.
Day and night divide the home schedule, and so do weekend and weekday. The road line is a different question.
Split
Games
Avg
Med
Low
High
All home
81
30,960
31,320
19,027
48,350
Night
63
30,409
28,703
19,027
48,350
Day
18
32,888
33,199
23,861
39,804
Weekend
39
35,155
35,157
23,402
47,306
Weekday
42
27,064
24,530
19,027
48,350
On the road
81
26,699
26,208
3,385
46,825
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
16
32,768
May
11
29,593
Jun
12
32,838
Jul
13
33,717
Aug
12
27,126
Sep
16
29,130
Oct
1
33,961
By season
Announced gate — tickets distributed, which is the figure every reference publishes and is not the same as people through the turnstile. A game the feed reports no gate for is left out rather than counted as empty. Seasons before attendance was carried into the lake are absent from the trend rather than shown as zero.
Game time
First pitch to final out across 162 completed games, 2017.
Regulation
3:10
152 games
All games
3:13
Extra innings
3:54
10 of them
Longest
4:33
2017-09-01, 9 inn
Shortest
2:34
2017-07-24
By situation
Regulation and extra innings divide the season, and so do home and road. Day and night overlap both.
Split
Games
Avg
Med
Fastest
Longest
All
162
3:13
3:11
2:24
5:02
Regulation
152
3:10
3:08
2:24
4:33
Extra innings
10
3:54
3:46
3:10
5:02
Home
81
3:17
3:14
2:34
4:33
Road
81
3:10
3:05
2:24
5:02
Day
43
3:15
3:14
2:33
4:14
Night
119
3:13
3:09
2:24
5:02
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
16
3:10
May
11
3:10
Jun
12
3:18
Jul
13
3:18
Aug
12
3:23
Sep
16
3:23
Oct
1
2:37
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 190 minutes this season.
Elapsed time from first pitch to final out. The feed does not itemise delays, so a rain delay is inside these numbers with no way to subtract it. Games called early are excluded — five innings in ninety-three minutes is not a short game — but they still count in attendance, because the crowd turned up.
Record versus run differential
Texas Rangers are 78-84, a .481 win rate, while their -17 run differential implies .490. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
