American League West · 2017
Texas Rangers
- Team WAR
- 25.1 19.5 bat / 5.6 pitch
- Win %
- .481 pyth .490
- Run diff
- -17 4.93 / 5.04 per g
- wRC+
- 95
- ERA
- 4.54 FIP 4.72
- Home runs
- 239
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 4.3 WAR, and Yu Darvish the rotation at a 3.86 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,370 team hits
Batting
26 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Elvis Andrus | SS | 158 | 689 | 191 | 20 | 88 | 25 | .297 | .337 | .471 | .347 | 109 | 4.3 |
| Joey Gallo | 3B | 141 | 532 | 94 | 41 | 80 | 7 | .209 | .333 | .537 | .369 | 123 | 3.3 |
| Adrian Beltré | 3B | 94 | 389 | 106 | 17 | 71 | 1 | .312 | .383 | .532 | .388 | 135 | 3.1 |
| Robinson Chirinos | C | 84 | 309 | 67 | 17 | 38 | 1 | .255 | .360 | .506 | .373 | 126 | 2.8 |
| Carlos Gómez | CF | 105 | 426 | 94 | 17 | 51 | 13 | .255 | .340 | .462 | .347 | 109 | 2.3 |
| Jonathan Lucroy | C | 123 | 481 | 112 | 6 | 40 | 1 | .265 | .345 | .371 | .315 | 88 | 1.9 |
| Shin-Soo Choo | RF | 149 | 636 | 142 | 22 | 78 | 12 | .261 | .357 | .423 | .343 | 106 | 1.8 |
| Delino DeShields | LF | 111 | 440 | 101 | 6 | 22 | 29 | .269 | .347 | .367 | .318 | 90 | 1.2 |
| Nomar Mazara | RF | 148 | 616 | 140 | 20 | 101 | 2 | .253 | .323 | .422 | .321 | 92 | 0.9 |
| Drew Robinson | 3B | 45 | 121 | 24 | 6 | 13 | 0 | .224 | .314 | .439 | .327 | 96 | 0.3 |
| Brett Nicholas | C | 21 | 65 | 15 | 2 | 11 | 0 | .238 | .262 | .397 | .282 | 67 | 0.1 |
| Nick Martinez | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .355 | 114 | 0.0 |
| Willie Calhoun | LF | 13 | 37 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .265 | .324 | .353 | .301 | 79 | -0.0 |
| Austin Bibens-Dirkx | P | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -115 | -0.1 |
| Cole Hamels | P | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -115 | -0.1 |
| Andrew Cashner | P | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .200 | .167 | .200 | .146 | -21 | -0.1 |
| A.J. Griffin | P | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .167 | .000 | .118 | -39 | -0.1 |
| Will Middlebrooks | 3B | 19 | 39 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .211 | .231 | .368 | .256 | 50 | -0.1 |
| Martín Pérez | P | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -115 | -0.1 |
| Jared Hoying | CF | 28 | 77 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 3 | .222 | .260 | .306 | .249 | 45 | -0.2 |
| A.J. Jimenez | C | 7 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .083 | .083 | .083 | .073 | -68 | -0.2 |
| Rougned Odor | 2B | 162 | 651 | 124 | 30 | 75 | 15 | .204 | .252 | .397 | .275 | 62 | -0.3 |
| Jurickson Profar | LF | 21 | 70 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 1 | .172 | .294 | .207 | .245 | 43 | -0.3 |
| Mike Napoli | 1B | 124 | 485 | 82 | 29 | 66 | 1 | .193 | .285 | .428 | .306 | 82 | -0.3 |
| Ryan Rua | LF | 50 | 144 | 28 | 3 | 12 | 2 | .217 | .294 | .333 | .281 | 66 | -0.3 |
| Pete Kozma | SS | 28 | 51 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .111 | .200 | .178 | .182 | 2 | -0.4 |
Pitching
25 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Yu Darvish | 31 | 31 | 186.2 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 209 | 3.86 | 3.83 | 1.16 | 10.1 | 2.9 |
| Alex Claudio | 70 | 1 | 82.2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 56 | 2.50 | 3.21 | 1.04 | 6.1 | 1.4 |
| Martín Pérez | 32 | 32 | 185.0 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 115 | 4.82 | 4.65 | 1.54 | 5.6 | 1.2 |
| Andrew Cashner | 28 | 28 | 166.2 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 86 | 3.40 | 4.61 | 1.32 | 4.6 | 1.2 |
| Cole Hamels | 24 | 24 | 148.0 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 105 | 4.20 | 4.62 | 1.20 | 6.4 | 1.0 |
| Keone Kela | 39 | 0 | 38.2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 51 | 2.79 | 3.26 | 0.91 | 11.9 | 0.6 |
| Tony Barnette | 50 | 0 | 57.1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 57 | 5.49 | 4.01 | 1.50 | 8.9 | 0.5 |
| Matt Bush | 57 | 0 | 52.1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 58 | 3.78 | 4.00 | 1.45 | 10.0 | 0.5 |
| José Leclerc | 47 | 0 | 45.2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 60 | 3.94 | 4.49 | 1.38 | 11.8 | 0.2 |
| Preston Claiborne | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13.50 | 1.16 | 2.50 | 9.0 | 0.1 |
| Tanner Scheppers | 5 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6.75 | 3.66 | 2.00 | 11.3 | 0.0 |
| Ernesto Frieri | 6 | 0 | 7.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5.14 | 4.30 | 1.71 | 6.4 | 0.0 |
| Dario Alvarez | 20 | 0 | 16.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2.76 | 4.63 | 2.02 | 9.4 | 0.0 |
| Brett Nicholas | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36.00 | 3.16 | 5.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Jake Diekman | 11 | 0 | 10.2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 2.53 | 4.75 | 1.31 | 11.0 | 0.0 |
| Anthony Bass | 2 | 0 | 5.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14.29 | 5.10 | 2.47 | 1.6 | -0.0 |
| Ricardo Rodríguez | 16 | 0 | 13.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6.23 | 5.62 | 1.62 | 7.6 | -0.1 |
| Nick Gardewine | 12 | 0 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5.63 | 6.66 | 2.13 | 3.4 | -0.2 |
| Yohander Méndez | 7 | 0 | 12.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5.11 | 6.16 | 1.30 | 5.1 | -0.2 |
| Jeremy Jeffress | 61 | 1 | 65.1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 51 | 4.68 | 5.24 | 1.64 | 7.0 | -0.3 |
| Mike Hauschild | 4 | 0 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 11.25 | 10.66 | 2.00 | 7.9 | -0.5 |
| Tyson Ross | 12 | 10 | 49.0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 36 | 7.71 | 6.18 | 1.84 | 6.6 | -0.5 |
| Austin Bibens-Dirkx | 24 | 6 | 69.1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 4.67 | 5.68 | 1.36 | 4.9 | -0.6 |
| Nick Martinez | 23 | 18 | 111.1 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 67 | 5.66 | 5.80 | 1.37 | 5.4 | -0.8 |
| A.J. Griffin | 18 | 15 | 77.1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 61 | 5.94 | 6.26 | 1.34 | 7.1 | -0.9 |
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.