1997 Texas Rangers season
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The 1997 Texas Rangers season involved the Rangers finishing third in the American League West with a record of 77 wins and 85 losses. Despite not making the playoffs the club would set an all-time attendance record of over 2.945 million fans, which would be the franchise's best until 2011.
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1997 Texas Rangers | ||||
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League | American League | |||
Division | West | |||
Ballpark | The Ballpark in Arlington | |||
City | Arlington, Texas | |||
Record | 77–85 (.475) | |||
Divisional place | 3rd | |||
Owners | George W. Bush | |||
General managers | Doug Melvin | |||
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) | |||
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On a somber note, the club would lose long-time radio broadcaster Mark Holtz to leukemia during the season; however, in his final game in May the Rangers won, allowing him to sign off one final time with his trademark "Hello Win Column!".