2017 Texas Rangers season

2017 Texas Rangers
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1961)
West Division (since 1972)
Location
Globe Life Park in Arlington (since 1994)
Arlington (since 1972)
Results
Record	78–84 (.481)
Divisional place	4th
Other information
Owner(s)	Ray Davis & Bob R. Simpson
Manager(s)	Jeff Banister
Local television	Fox Sports Southwest (Dave Raymond, C.J. Nitkowski, Tom Grieve)
Local 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 A's.

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.

Regular season

Season standings

Opening Day Lineup

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

Starting 9

Darvish

Lucroy

Napoli

Odor

Gallo

Andrus

Profar

Gomez

Mazara

Game Log

2017 Game Log 78–84 (Home: 41–40; Away: 37–44)
April: 11–14 (Home: 8–8; Away: 3–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 1 April 3 Indians 5–8 Miller (1–0) Dyson (0–1) Allen (1) 48,350 0–1 L1 2 April 4 Indians 3–4 Carrasco (1–0) Pérez (0–1) Allen (2) 23,574 0–2 L2 3 April 5 Indians 6–9 Armstrong (1–0) Dyson (0–2) Shaw (1) 24,649 0–3 L3 4 April 7 Athletics 10–5 Claudio (1–0) Alcantara (0–1) — 34,235 1–3 W1 5 April 8 Athletics 1–6 Graveman (2–0) Darvish (0–1) — 44,410 1–4 L1 6 April 9 Athletics 8–1 Pérez (1–1) Manaea (0–1) — 36,905 2–4 W1 7 April 11 @ Angels 5–6 (10) Bedrosian (1–0) Jeffress (0–1) — 34,044 2–5 L1 8 April 12 @ Angels 8–3 Griffin (1–0) Chavez (1–1) Leclerc (1) 34,599 3–5 W1 9 April 13 @ Angels 8–3 Darvish (1–1) Nolasco (0–2) — 30,255 4–5 W2 10 April 14 @ Mariners 1–2 Hernandez (1–1) Leclerc (0–1) Díaz (2) 41,855 4–6 L1 11 April 15 @ Mariners 0–5 Paxton (2–0) Cashner (0–1) — 34,927 4–7 L2 12 April 16 @ Mariners 7–8 Diaz (1–1) Dyson (0–3) — 19,678 4–8 L3 13 April 17 @ Athletics 7–0 Griffin (2–0) Cotton (1–2) — 10,406 5–8 W1 14 April 18 @ Athletics 2–4 Triggs (3–0) Darvish (1–2) Casilla (2) 12,091 5–9 L1 15 April 19 @ Athletics 1–9 Hahn (1–1) Pérez (1–2) — 14,031 5–10 L2 16 April 20 Royals 1–0 (13) Álvarez (1–0) Wood (0–1) — 26,898 6–10 W1 17 April 21 Royals 6–2 Hamels (1–0) Karns (0–1) — 31,320 7–10 W2 18 April 22 Royals 2–1 Bush (1–0) Wood (0–2) — 41,446 8–10 W3 19 April 23 Royals 5–2 Darvish (2–2) Hammel (0–2) Bush (1) 37,177 9–10 W4 20 April 24 Twins 2–3 Hughes (3–1) Pérez (1–3) Kintzler (5) 19,027 9–11 L1 21 April 25 Twins 1–8 Santana (4–0) Cashner (0–2) — 20,568 9–12 L2 22 April 26 Twins 14–3 Hamels (2–0) Rogers (1–1) — 22,365 10–12 W1 23 April 28 Angels 3–6 Guerra (1–1) Jeffress (0–2) Alvarez (1) 28,968 10–13 L1 24 April 29 Angels 6–3 Darvish (3–2) Chavez (2–4) — 44,597 11–13 W1 25 April 30 Angels 2–5 Ramírez (3–2) Pérez (1–4) Norris (5) 38,804 11–14 L1
May: 15–14 (Home: 9–2; Away: 6–12) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 26 May 1 @ Astros 2–5 Devenski (2–1) Cashner (0–3) Giles (7) 22,556 11–15 L2 27 May 2 @ Astros 7–8 Hoyt (1–0) Kela (0–1) Harris (1) 26,208 11–16 L3 28 May 3 @ Astros 1–10 Morton (3–2) Martinez (0–1) — 27,439 11–17 L4 29 May 4 @ Astros 10–4 Griffin (3–0) Musgrove (1–3) — 27,391 12–17 W1 30 May 5 @ Mariners 3–1 (13) Bush (2–0) Pagan (0–1) Claudio (1) 26,938 13–17 W2 31 May 6 @ Mariners 2–8 Pazos (1–1) Pérez (1–5) — 36,044 13–18 L1 32 May 7 @ Mariners 3–4 Rzepczynski (1–0) Dyson (0–4) Diaz (6) 32,518 13–19 L2 33 May 8 @ Padres 1–5 Cahill (3–2) Martinez (0–2) — 17,756 13–20 L3 34 May 9 @ Padres 11–0 Griffin (4–0) Weaver (0–4) — 14,224 14–20 W1 35 May 10 Padres 4–3 Jeffress (1–2) Hand (0–2) Bush (2) 24,350 15–20 W2 36 May 11 Padres 5–2 Dyson (1–4) Maurer (0–2) — 22,405 16–20 W3 37 May 12 Athletics 5–2 Kela (1–1) Casilla (1–2) — 35,625 17–20 W4 38 May 13 Athletics 6–5 Barnette (1–1) Dull (1–2) Bush (3) 37,898 18–20 W5 39 May 14 Athletics 6–4 Álvarez (2–0) Madson (0–3) Bush (4) 35,157 19–20 W6 40 May 16 Phillies 5–1 Darvish (4–2) Eickhoff (0–4) — 23,110 20–20 W7 41 May 17 Phillies 9–3 Cashner (1–3) Eflin (0–1) — 28,703 21–20 W8 42 May 18 Phillies 8–4 Pérez (2–5) Rodriguez (1–2) — 35,007 22–20 W9 43 May 19 @ Tigers 5–3 Martinez (1–2) Norris (2–3) Bush (5) 33,122 23–20 W10 44 May 20 @ Tigers 3–9 Verlander (4–3) Griffin (4–1) — 35,166 23–21 L1 45 May 21 @ Tigers 5–2 Darvish (5–2) Boyd (2–4) Kela (1) 24,080 24–21 W1 46 May 23 @ Red Sox 6–11 Porcello (3–5) Cashner (1–4) — 34,769 24–22 L1 47 May 24 @ Red Sox 4–9 Sale (5–2) Dyson (1–5) — 36,089 24–23 L2 48 May 25 @ Red Sox 2–6 Pomeranz (4–3) Martinez (1–3) — 33,484 24–24 L3 49 May 26 @ Blue Jays 6–7 Loup (2–0) Griffin (4–2) Osuna (8) 40,754 24–25 L4 50 May 27 @ Blue Jays 1–3 Estrada (4–2) Darvish (5–3) Osuna (9) 46,825 24–26 L5 51 May 28 @ Blue Jays 3–1 Cashner (2–4) Biagini (1–3) Bush (6) 46,188 25–26 W1 52 May 29 Rays 8–10 De Leon (1–0) Barnette (1–1) Colomé (14) 35,914 25–27 L1 53 May 30 Rays 9–5 Kela (2–1) Whitley (1–1) — 22,942 26–27 W1 54 May 31 Rays 5–7 (10) Pruitt (4–1) Dyson (1–6) Colomé (15) 24,410 26–28 L1
June: 13–13 (Home: 5–7; Away: 8–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 55 June 2 Astros 1–7 Keuchel (9–0) Darvish (5–4) — 39,729 26–29 L2 56 June 3 Astros 5–6 Devenski (4–3) Cashner (2–5) Giles (15) 44,168 26–30 L3 57 June 4 Astros 2–7 Peacock (3–0) Pérez (2–6) — 39,204 26–31 L4 58 June 6 Mets 10–8 Bibens-Dirkx (1–0) deGrom (4–3) — 32,617 27–31 W1 59 June 7 Mets 3–4 Blevins (3–0) Bush (2–1) Reed (9) 32,477 27–32 L1 60 June 9 @ Nationals 5–2 Cashner (3–5) Roark (6–3) Bush (7) 38,332 28–32 W1 61 June 10 @ Nationals 6–3 (11) Kela (3–1) Kelley (3–2) — 32,157 29–32 W2 62 June 11 @ Nationals 5–1 Bibens-Dirkx (2–0) Scherzer (7–4) — 32,027 30–32 W3 63 June 12 @ Astros 6–1 Darvish (6–4) Musgrove (4–5) — 25,698 31–32 W4 64 June 13 @ Astros 4–2 Leclerc (1–1) Gregerson (2–2) Bush (8) 27,615 32–32 W5 65 June 14 @ Astros 2–13 Martes (1–0) Cashner (3–6) — 37,221 32–33 L1 66 June 16 Mariners 10–4 Ross (1–0) Paxton (5–2) — 33,960 33–33 W1 67 June 17 Mariners 10–4 Pérez (3–6) Gallardo (3–7) — 35,928 34–33 W2 68 June 18 Mariners 3–7 Bergman (4–4) Darvish (6–5) — 31,552 34–34 L1 69 June 19 Blue Jays 6–7 Beliveau (1–0) Bush (2–2) Osuna (18) 25,115 34–35 L2 70 June 20 Blue Jays 6–1 Martinez (2–3) Liriano (3–3) — 24,169 35–35 W1 71 June 21 Blue Jays 5–7 Biagini (2–6) Ross (1–1) Osuna (19) 28,376 35–36 L1 72 June 22 Blue Jays 11–4 Pérez (4–6) Stroman (7–4) — 26,764 36–36 W1 73 June 23 @ Yankees 1–2 (10) Shreve (2–1) Bush (2–3) — 39,602 36–37 L1 74 June 24 @ Yankees 8–1 Bibens-Dirkx (3–0) Cessa (0–2) — 40,225 37–37 W1 75 June 25 @ Yankees 7–6 Martinez (3–3) Pineda (7–4) Bush (9) 46,625 38–37 W2 76 June 26 @ Indians 9–15 Shaw (2–2) Scheppers (0–1) — 17,672 38–38 L1 77 June 27 @ Indians 2–1 Kela (4–1) Allen (0–4) Bush (10) 19,348 39–38 W1 78 June 28 @ Indians 3–5 Bauer (7–6) Darvish (6–6) — 21,200 39–39 L1 79 June 29 @ Indians 1–5 Kluber (7–2) Cashner (3–7) — 23,996 39–40 L2 80 June 30 @ White Sox 7–8 Swarzak (4–2) Bush (2–4) — 18,838 39–41 L3
July: 11–14 (Home: 5–8; Away: 6–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 81 July 1 @ White Sox 10–4 Hamels (3–0) Holland (5–8) — 22,915 40–41 W1 82 July 2 @ White Sox 5–6 Robertson (4–2) Leclerc (1–2) — 26,206 40–42 L1 83 July 3 Red Sox 5–7 (11) Hembree (1–2) Frieri (0–1) — 45,448 40–43 L2 84 July 4 Red Sox 4–11 Price (4–2) Darvish (6–7) — 43,267 40–44 L3 85 July 5 Red Sox 8–2 Cashner (4–7) Fister (0–2) — 32,276 41–44 W1 86 July 7 Angels 10–0 Hamels (4–0) Nolasco (4–10) — 40,276 42–44 W2 87 July 8 Angels 5–2 Ross (2–1) Chavez (5–10) — 36,817 43–44 W3 88 July 9 Angels 0–3 Ramirez (8–7) Darvish (6–8) Norris (13) 28,384 43–45 L1 88th All-Star Game in Miami, Florida 89 July 14 @ Royals 5–3 Pérez (5–6) Minor (5–2) Claudio (2) 35,591 44–45 W1 90 July 15 @ Royals 1–0 Leclerc (2–2) Duffy (5–6) Claudio (3) 32,907 45–45 W2 91 July 16 @ Royals 3–4 Herrera (2–2) Grilli (2–5) — 23,163 45–46 L1 92 July 17 @ Orioles 1–3 Bleier (2–1) Cashner (4–8) Brach (15) 14,922 45–47 L2 93 July 18 @ Orioles 1–12 Bundy (9–8) Ross (2–2) — 18,119 45–48 L3 94 July 19 @ Orioles 2–10 Gausman (6–7) Pérez (5–7) — 15,693 45–49 L4 95 July 20 @ Orioles 7–9 Castro (2–1) Hamels (4–1) — 14,961 45–50 L5 96 July 21 @ Rays 4–3 (10) Claudio (2–0) Boxberger (2–1) — 24,461 46–50 W1 97 July 22 @ Rays 4–3 Cashner (5–8) Archer (7–6) Claudio (4) 20,568 47–50 W2 98 July 23 @ Rays 6–5 Bush (3–4) Boxberger (2–2) Leclerc (2) 16,954 48–50 W3 99 July 24 Marlins 0–4 Conley (3–3) Perez (5–8) — 24,654 48–51 L1 100 July 25 Marlins 10–4 Hamels (5–1) Straily (7–6) — 25,074 49–51 W1 101 July 26 Marlins 10–22 Ureña (9–4) Darvish (6–9) — 26,471 49–52 L1 102 July 28 Orioles 8–2 Cashner (6–8) Tillman (1–6) 36,270 50–52 W1 103 July 29 Orioles 0–4 Gausman (8–7) Bibens-Dirkx (3–1) Britton (7) 44,658 50–53 L1 104 July 30 Orioles 6–10 Miley (5–9) Perez (5–9) Britton (8) 32,437 50–54 L2 105 July 31 Mariners 4–6 Phelps (3–5) Claudio (2–1) Díaz (20) 22,294 50–55 L3
August: 16–12 (Home: 8–4; Away: 8–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 106 August 1 Mariners 7–8 Lawrence (1–3) Martinez (3–4) Diaz (21) 21,200 50–56 L4 107 August 2 Mariners 5–1 Cashner (7–8) Miranda (7–5) — 23,041 51–56 W1 108 August 3 @ Twins 4–1 Griffin (5–2) Mejia (4–5) Claudio (5) 22,903 52–56 W2 109 August 4 @ Twins 4–8 Colón (3–9) Perez (5–10) — 22,272 52–57 L1 110 August 5 @ Twins 4–1 Hamels (6–1) Gibson (6–9) — 27,415 53–57 W1 111 August 6 @ Twins 5–6 Berríos (10–5) Bibens-Dirkx (3–2) Belisle (1) 29,056 53–58 L1 112 August 8 @ Mets 4–5 Flexen (1–1) Griffin (5–3) Ramos (21) 37,326 53–59 L2 113 August 9 @ Mets 5–1 Perez (6–10) Montero (1–8) — 34,222 54–59 W1 114 August 11 Astros 6–4 Hamels (7–1) Morton (9–5) — 33,897 55–59 W2 115 August 12 Astros 8–3 Ross (3–2) Fiers (7–7) — 47,306 56–59 W3 116 August 13 Astros 1–2 Keuchel (10–2) Cashner (7–9) Giles (26) 31,517 56–60 L1 117 August 14 Tigers 6–2 Pérez (7–10) Fulmer (10–10) — 21,041 57–60 W1 118 August 15 Tigers 10–4 Griffin (6–3) Verlander (8–8) — 20,636 58–60 W2 119 August 16 Tigers 12–6 Hamels (8–1) Bell (0–1) — 22,713 59–60 W3 120 August 17 White Sox 9–8 Bibens-Dirkx (4–2) Lopez (0–1) Claudio (6) 23,459 60–60 W4 121 August 18 White Sox 3–4 Infante (1–1) Rodriguez (0–1) Minaya (1) 23,402 60–61 L1 122 August 19 White Sox 17–7 Pérez (8–10) Holland (6–13) — 33,441 61–61 W1 123 August 20 White Sox 2–3 González (7–10) Griffin (6–4) Minaya (2) 23,861 61–62 L1 124 August 21 @ Angels 5–3 Hamels (9–1) Skaggs (1–4) Claudio (7) 35,204 62–62 W1 125 August 22 @ Angels 1–10 Middleton (5–1) Ross (3–3) — 37,033 62–63 L1 126 August 23 @ Angels 7–5 (10) Claudio (3–1) Paredes (0–1) Barnette (1) 35,497 63–63 W1 127 August 24 @ Angels 3–0 Pérez (9–10) Scribner (2–1) Rodriguez (1) 34,032 64–63 W2 128 August 25 @ Athletics 1–3 Graveman (4–4) Martinez (3–5) Treinen (9) 14,499 64–64 L1 129 August 26 @ Athletics 3–8 Manaea (9–8) Hamels (9–2) — 22,471 64–65 L2 130 August 27 @ Athletics 3–8 Cotton (7–10) Griffin (3–7) Treinen (10) 16,335 64–66 L3 131 August 29 @ Astros 12–2 Pérez (10–10) Fiers (8–9) — 3,485 65–66 W1 132 August 30 @ Astros 8–1 Cashner (8–9) Keuchel (11–3) — 6,123 66–66 W2 133 August 31 @ Astros 1–5 Devenski (7–3) Martinez (3–6) Giles (27) 3,385 66–67 L1
September/October: 12–17 (Home: 6–11; Away: 6–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 134 September 1 Angels 10–9 Claudio (4–1) Bedrosian (4–4) — 32,240 67–67 W1 135 September 2 Angels 4–7 (10) Petit (4–0) Leclerc (2–3) Parker (5) 25,138 67–68 L1 136 September 3 Angels 7–6 Pérez (11–10) Heaney (1–1) Barnette (2) 28,783 68–68 W1 137 September 4 @ Braves 8–2 Cashner (9–9) Dickey (9–9) — 23,474 69–68 W2 – September 5 @ Braves Postponed (rain). Makeup date: September 6th as a doubleheader. 138 September 6 (1) @ Braves 12–8 Bibens-Dirkx (5–2) Gohara (0–1) — 19,971 70–68 W3 139 September 6 (2) @ Braves 4–5 Teherán (10–11) Hamels (9–3) Vizcaíno (10) 20,364 70–69 L1 140 September 8 Yankees 11–5 Pérez (12–10) Tanaka (11–11) — 35,883 71–69 W1 141 September 9 Yankees 1–3 Robertson (7–2) Claudio (4–2) Chapman (17) 38,135 71–70 L1 142 September 10 Yankees 7–16 Green (4–0) Griffin (6–6) — 31,349 71–71 L2 143 September 11 Mariners 5–3 Hamels (10–3) Miranda (8–7) Claudio (8) 20,686 72–71 W1 144 September 12 Mariners 3–10 Gonzales (1–1) González (7–11) — 20,557 72–72 L1 145 September 13 Mariners 1–8 Leake (10–12) Pérez (12–11) — 23,083 72–73 L2 146 September 14 Mariners 4–10 Albers (5–1) Cashner (9–10) — 21,931 72–74 L3 147 September 15 @ Angels 6–7 Petit (5–0) Mendez (0–1) Parker (6) 41,409 72–75 L4 148 September 16 @ Angels 0–2 Bridwell (8–2) Hamels (10–4) Petit (4) 40,719 72–76 L5 149 September 17 @ Angels 4–2 González (8–11) Richards (0–2) Diekman (1) 36,709 73–76 W1 150 September 19 @ Mariners 3–1 Barnette (2–1) Vincent (3–3) Claudio (9) 17,251 74–76 W2 151 September 20 @ Mariners 8–6 Cashner (10–10) Hernández (5–5) Claudio (10) 15,962 75–76 W3 152 September 21 @ Mariners 4–2 Hamels (11–4) Paxton (12–5) Kela (2) 14,849 76–76 W4 153 September 22 @ Athletics 1–4 Graveman (6–4) Martinez (3–7) Treinen (13) 13,848 76–77 L1 154 September 23 @ Athletics 0–1 Alcántara (1–1) González (8–12) Treinen (14) 38,034 76–78 L2 155 September 24 @ Athletics 1–8 Cotton (9–10) Perez (12–12) — 18,601 76–79 L3 156 September 25 Astros 2–11 McHugh (4–2) Cashner (10–11) — 30,390 76–80 L4 157 September 26 Astros 3–14 Keuchel (14–5) Hamels (11–5) — 28,976 76–81 L5 158 September 27 Astros 2–12 Verlander (15–8) Martinez (3–8) — 26,053 76–82 L6 159 September 28 Athletics 1–4 Manaea (12–10) González (8–13) Treinen (15) 41,664 76–83 L7 160 September 29 Athletics 5–3 Perez (13–12) Alcántara (1–2) Claudio (11) 28,459 77–83 W1 161 September 30 Athletics 8–4 Cashner (11–11) Gossett (4–11) — 32,759 78–83 W2 162 October 1 Athletics 2–5 Mengden (3–2) Hamels (11–6) Treinen (16) 33,961 78–84 L1
Legend:           = Win           = Loss           = Postponement Bold = Rangers team member

Roster

2017 Texas Rangers
Roster
Pitchers 39 Darío Álvarez 43 Tony Barnette 60 Anthony Bass 56 Austin Bibens-Dirkx 51 Matt Bush 54 Andrew Cashner 57 Preston Claiborne 58 Alex Claudio 11 Yu Darvish 41 Jake Diekman 47 Sam Dyson 38 Paolo Espino 49 Ernesto Frieri 45 Nick Gardewine 36 Dillon Gee 36 Miguel González 64 A. J. Griffin 37 Jason Grilli 35 Cole Hamels 49 Mike Hauschild 23 Jeremy Jeffress 50 Keone Kela 62 José Leclerc 49 Jhan Mariñez 22 Nick Martinez 65 Yohander Méndez 33 Martín Pérez 68 Ricardo Rodríguez 44 Tyson Ross 52 Tanner Scheppers		Catchers 61 Robinson Chirinos 53 A. J. Jiménez 25 Jonathan Lucroy 63 Brett Nicholas Infielders  1 Elvis Andrus 29 Adrián Beltré 13 Joey Gallo 23 Philip Gosselin 38 Pete Kozma 15 Will Middlebrooks  5 Mike Napoli 12 Rougned Odor 18 Drew Robinson		Outfielders 55 Willie Calhoun 17 Shin-Soo Choo  3 Delino DeShields 14 Carlos Gómez 31 Jared Hoying 30 Nomar Mazara 19 Jurickson Profar 16 Ryan Rua		Manager 28 Jeff Banister Coaches 27 Tony Beasley (third base) 82 Josh Bonifay (field) 46 Doug Brocail (pitching) 24 Steve Buechele (bench) 66 Josh Frasier (bullpen catcher) 40 Brad Holman (bullpen)  9 Anthony Iapoce (hitting)  0 Justin Mashore (assistant hitting)  4 Héctor Ortiz (first base)

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

External links

• 2017 Schedule at Texas Rangers official site
• 2017 Texas Rangers season at Baseball Reference