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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 2017 Cleveland Indians season, Cleveland Indians and finished the season on October 1 against the 2017 Oakland Athletics season, Oakland Athletics. 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 American League West American League Wild Card Record against opponents Opening Day lineup Starting 9 Game log , - style="background:#fbb" , 1 , , April 3 , , 2017 Cleveland Indians season, Indians , , 5–8 , , Andrew Miller (baseball), Miller (1–0) , , Sam Dyson, Dyson (0–1) , , Cody Allen, Allen (1) , , 48,350 , , 0–1 , , L1 , - style="background:#fbb" , 2 , , April 4 , , 2017 Cleve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American League West
The American League West is one of Major League Baseball's six divisions. The division has five teams as of the 2013 season, but had four teams from 1994 to 2012, and had as many as seven teams before the 1994 realignment. Although its teams currently only reside along the West Coast of the United States, West Coast and in Texas, historically the division has had teams as far east as Chicago and Minnesota. From 1998 (when the NL West expanded to five teams) to 2012, the AL West was the only MLB division with four teams. History When MLB split into divisions for the season, the American League, unlike the National League (baseball), National League, split its 12 teams strictly on geography. The six teams located in the Eastern Time Zone were all placed in the AL East, and the remaining six were placed in the AL West. When the second incarnation of the Washington Senators announced their intention to move to the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, Dallas–Fort Worth area for the 197 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shin-Soo Choo
Shin-Soo Choo (; ; born July 13, 1982) is a South Korean former professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Seattle Mariners, Cleveland Indians, Cincinnati Reds, and Texas Rangers, before ending his career in the KBO League with the SSG Landers. Choo left MLB as the record holder for most career home runs (218) hit by an Asian-born player in the league, which was later passed by Shohei Ohtani. Choo was selected as the Most Valuable Player (MVP) and Best Pitcher of the WBSC U-18 Baseball World Cup as South Korea won the event. Choo signed a $1.35 million contract with the Mariners after the championship and converted to the outfield. With the Cleveland Indians, Choo recorded two consecutive seasons of 20 home runs and 20 stolen bases. Before the 2014 season, he signed a $130 million contract with the Texas Rangers. In 2015, Choo became the first Asian-born player to hit for the cycle in MLB. In 2018, Choo earned a selection to his fir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martín Pérez (baseball)
Martín Pérez Jiménez (born April 4, 1991) is a Venezuelan professional baseball pitcher for the Chicago White Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Minnesota Twins, Boston Red Sox, Texas Rangers, Pittsburgh Pirates, and San Diego Padres. Pérez was an MLB All-Star in 2022 and won the 2023 World Series with the Rangers. Professional career Texas Rangers The Texas Rangers signed Pérez in 2007 for $580,000 as an undrafted free agent. While only making 15 short starts in 62 innings at Rookie-level Spokane, Pérez went 1–2 with a 3.65 earned run average (ERA). ''Baseball America'' ranked Pérez as the #17 baseball prospect in their top 100 for 2010. 2012 On June 26, 2012, Pérez was called up by the Rangers. The next day he made his first major league appearance against the Detroit Tigers. He gave up 2 hits and 4 runs while striking out one over two-thirds of an inning. On June 30, Pérez made his first major league start, pitching ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Carrasco (baseball)
Carlos Luis Carrasco (born March 21, 1987), nicknamed "Cookie", is a Venezuelan-American professional baseball pitcher in the New York Yankees organization. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cleveland Indians / Guardians and New York Mets. Listed at and , he throws and bats right-handed. Early life Carrasco was born in 1987 in Barquisimeto, Venezuela. By age 10 he was playing baseball, initially as a third baseman. He was discovered by a baseball scout in Venezuela at age 16, and threw for Sal Agostinelli, international scouting director for the Philadelphia Phillies, demonstrating a fastball. At a young age, Carrasco learned to throw left-handed, in addition to his natural right-handed delivery, but he does not consider himself ambidextrous. Career Philadelphia Phillies Carrasco was signed by the Phillies as an undrafted free agent on November 25, 2003. In 2006, Carrasco spent the entire season at the Single-A level with the Lakewood BlueClaws ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cody Allen
Cody Edward Allen (born November 20, 1988) is an American former professional baseball relief pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cleveland Indians from 2012 to 2018 and the Los Angeles Angels in 2019. Early life Allen is the son of Craig and Billie Allen. He played high school baseball and was the quarterback on the football team at William R. Boone High School in Orlando, Florida. College career He played college baseball for the University of Central Florida, St. Petersburg College, and High Point University. He played summer college baseball for the Bethesda Big Train in 2008 and 2010. The Cleveland Indians selected him in the 16th round of the 2010 MLB draft, but he opted not to sign. Professional career Draft and minor leagues The Indians selected Allen in the 23rd round of the 2011 MLB draft. Allen signed with Cleveland and spent 2011 with four teams in the Indians' farm system, but spent the majority of the season with the Mahoning Valley Scra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Dyson
Samuel Isaac Dyson (born May 7, 1988) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Toronto Blue Jays, Miami Marlins, Texas Rangers, San Francisco Giants, and Minnesota Twins. He played college baseball at South Carolina. Dyson is one of the few people to have won both a College World Series and a World Baseball Classic. Early life Dyson was born in Tampa, Florida, to Sid and Gwenn Dyson. He attended Tampa Jesuit High School, pitching all four years on the school's baseball team and finishing with a 10–1 record in his senior year. He was selected by the Washington Nationals in the 19th round of the 2006 MLB draft, but elected to attend college instead. College career At the University of South Carolina, he was sidelined with an injury in his freshman year and received a medical redshirt. He posted an 8–0 record with a 4.09 ERA in 2008. At the end of his sophomore year, he was selected in the 10th round of the 2009 Maj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Miller (baseball)
Andrew Mark Miller (born May 21, 1985) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Detroit Tigers, Miami Marlins, Florida Marlins, Boston Red Sox, Baltimore Orioles, New York Yankees, Cleveland Guardians, Cleveland Indians, and St. Louis Cardinals. Primarily a starting pitcher who struggled early in his MLB career, Miller found sustained success as a reliever utilizing a multi-faceted fastball and slider (baseball), slider approach that proved deceptive for batters to hit. A left-handed batter and thrower, Miller stands tall and weighs . Internationally, Miller United States national baseball team, represented the United States. In the 2017 World Baseball Classic (WBC), he helped win Team USA's first gold medal in a WBC tournament. Instrumental in the Indians' World Series run in 2016, Miller earned the American League (AL) 2016 American League Championship Series, Championship series League Championship Series Most Valuab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yu Darvish
, more commonly known as Yu Darvish (ダルビッシュ 有), is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Texas Rangers (baseball), Texas Rangers, Los Angeles Dodgers, and Chicago Cubs, and in Nippon Professional Baseball for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters. He also pitched for Japan national baseball team, Japan in several international tournaments, including the Baseball at the 2008 Summer Olympics, 2008 Olympics, 2009 World Baseball Classic (WBC) and 2023 WBC. Darvish was considered by many to be the best pitcher in Japan prior to his arrival in MLB in 2012. In his first MLB season, Darvish finished third in the American League (AL) Major League Baseball Rookie of the Year Award, Rookie of the Year balloting. The next season, he finished second in the AL Cy Young Award vote, led MLB in strikeouts with 277, and finishing fourth in the AL in earned run average (ERA) at 2.83. He pitch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jurickson Profar
Jurickson Barthelomeus Profar (born February 20, 1993) is a Curaçaoan professional baseball outfielder for the Atlanta Braves of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Texas Rangers, Oakland Athletics, San Diego Padres, and Colorado Rockies. Profar was born in Willemstad and has been involved in organized baseball from a young age, representing Curaçao at the Little League World Series in 2004 and 2005. In 2009, when he was 16 years old, Profar signed with the Rangers as an international free agent. He was called up to the major leagues in 2012 and received partial playing time in his first two seasons as a utility player. After suffering a shoulder injury, Profar missed two full seasons and did not rejoin the Rangers until mid-2016 when he filled an active roster vacancy. Texas continued to use Profar sparingly until 2018 when he played more than 100 games in a season for the first time in his career. After ten years in the Rangers organization ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elvis Andrus
Elvis Augusto Andrus Torres (born August 26, 1988) is a Venezuelan-American former professional baseball shortstop. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Texas Rangers, Oakland Athletics, and Chicago White Sox. He was a two-time All-Star. Andrus was born in the city of Maracay in Venezuela. As an international prospect, he signed a contract with the Atlanta Braves at the age of 16 in 2005. Entering 2007, he was rated by ''Baseball America'' as the No. 2 prospect in the Atlanta Braves organization. Midway through the 2007 season, Andrus was traded to Texas. Andrus debuted in the major leagues in 2009 as the Rangers' Opening Day starting shortstop at the age of 20. After the season, he finished second in American League Rookie of the Year voting. Andrus earned the first All-Star selection of his career in 2010, later receiving a second selection in 2012. Andrus defended the left side of the Rangers' infield next to third baseman Adrián Beltré for eight years, formin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joey Gallo (baseball)
Joseph Nicholas Gallo (born November 19, 1993) is an American professional baseball outfielder and infielder who is a free agent. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Texas Rangers, New York Yankees, Los Angeles Dodgers, Minnesota Twins, and Washington Nationals. The Rangers selected Gallo in the first round of the 2012 MLB draft, and he made his MLB debut with the Rangers in 2015. He was selected to the 2019 and 2021 MLB All-Star Games and won the Gold Glove Award in 2020 and 2021. He currently has the most home runs ever (208) for a player with a career batting average under .200 (.194). Early life Gallo attended Bishop Gorman High School in Las Vegas, Nevada. As a senior, he was the Nevada Gatorade Baseball Player of the Year and a High School All-American by MaxPreps, ESPNHS and USA Today. He hit a Nevada high school record 67 career home runs in 446 at bats, and during his senior year of high school he had a .509 batting average with 21 home ru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Lucroy
Jonathan Charles Lucroy (born June 13, 1986) is an American former professional baseball catcher. Between 2010 and 2021, he spent 12 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) playing for the Milwaukee Brewers, Texas Rangers (baseball), Texas Rangers, Colorado Rockies, Oakland Athletics, Los Angeles Angels, Chicago Cubs, Boston Red Sox, Washington Nationals, and Atlanta Braves. Born in Eustis, Florida, Lucroy began catching for his Little League Baseball team before attending Lake County Schools, Umatilla High School, where he set a school record with 22 career home runs. After high school, Lucroy played college baseball for the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns baseball, Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns, serving as the team's starting catcher beginning during his sophomore season. In three seasons with Louisiana, Lucroy set a school record with 182 career runs batted in (RBI), 414 total bases, and 54 Double (baseball), doubles. He also spent two seasons playing collegiate summer baseball with the San ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
