1997 Texas Rangers Starters
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Starters
Starter Date Vs. IP BF W/L ER R H K BB HR Pit Str Ball Str%
Ken Hill Apr 1 @MIL 8.0 33 W 2 2 6 7 4 0 121 77 44 .64
John Burkett Apr 4 @BAL 5.2 23 2 2 6 5 1 0 85 55 30 .65
Darren Oliver Apr 5 @BAL 4.0 22 L 6 6 7 1 4 0 69 35 34 .51
Roger Pavlik Apr 6 @BAL 6.1 28 W 2 2 4 3 5 1 116 66 50 .57
Ken Hill Apr 7 MIL 6.0 29 L 4 5 7 6 4 1 106 61 45 .58
Bobby Witt Apr 10 MIL 8.0 27 W 0 0 3 5 1 0 101 69 32 .68
John Burkett Apr 11 BAL 5.1 27 L 3 4 10 6 2 0 109 67 42 .61
Roger Pavlik Apr 13 BAL 3.0 17 L 6 6 7 2 2 2 55 32 23 .58
Ken Hill Apr 14 @CWS 7.0 27 1 1 3 3 4 0 101 59 42 .58
Bobby Witt Apr 15 @CWS 7.2 32 W 2 2 11 2 0 2 104 72 32 .69
John Burkett Apr 16 KCR 7.2 29 W 0 0 9 4 0 0 112 78 34 .70
Darren Oliver Apr 17 KCR 8.0 27 W 1 1 5 4 1 0 94 57 37 .61
Roger Pavlik Apr 18 @TOR 0.1 7 L 5 5 2 0 4 0 37 16 21 .43
Ken Hill Apr 19 @TOR 7.0 32 L 6 6 11 3 2 2 109 70 39 .64
Bobby Witt Apr 20 @TOR 6.0 29 W 5 5 11 7 1 2 101 68 33 .67
John Burkett Apr 21 @DET 7.0 30 3 4 9 4 0 1 97 67 30 .69
Darren Oliver Apr 23 @DET 8.0 27 0 0 2 5 1 0 90 61 29 .68
Roger Pavlik Apr 24 @DET 7.0 27 W 2 2 6 7 0 1 100 72 28 .72
Ken Hill Apr 25 MIN 6.2 29 W 2 2 4 7 4 1 111 72 39 .65
Bobby Witt Apr 26 MIN 6.1 28 W 1 1 7 4 2 1 103 62 41 .60
John Burkett Apr 27 MIN 6.0 24 3 3 6 7 1 0 81 53 28 .65
Darren Oliver Apr 28 MIL 0.2 9 L 1 5 4 0 2 0 31 15 16 .48
Roger Pavlik Apr 29 CWS 7.2 35 1 1 7 2 6 0 131 68 63 .52
Ken Hill Apr 30 CWS 1.1 4 0 0 1 3 0 0 19 12 7 .63
John Burkett May 2 @BOS 6.0 29 4 4 11 4 2 1 100 65 35 .65
Darren Oliver May 3 @BOS 4.1 26 6 6 9 2 3 1 99 59 40 .60
Bobby Witt May 4 @BOS 4.0 21 5 6 7 2 2 0 80 50 30 .63
Roger Pavlik May 6 CLE 4.1 24 L 4 5 6 4 5 1 96 55 41 .57
John Burkett May 7 NYY 7.0 29 L 5 5 8 4 1 1 112 63 49 .56
Darren Oliver May 8 NYY 5.1 24 L 2 3 7 5 3 0 79 46 33 .58
Bobby Witt May 9 BOS 9.0 32 W 1 1 5 6 1 0 114 71 43 .62
Jose Alberro May 10 BOS 5.0 22 4 4 7 1 0 1 64 43 21 .67
Julio Santana May 11 BOS 5.2 27 W 2 2 7 4 3 0 103 60 43 .58
John Burkett May 12 @CLE 8.0 30 W 1 1 7 3 1 0 113 69 44 .61
Darren Oliver May 13 @CLE 5.2 27 L 4 4 6 1 4 1 105 60 45 .57
Bobby Witt May 14 @CLE 8.0 31 3 3 7 4 3 1 97 57 40 .59
Jose Alberro May 15 @NYY 0.2 5 L 3 3 1 0 2 1 14 4 10 .29
Julio Santana May 16 @NYY 6.1 26 W 0 0 4 4 4 0 92 51 41 .55
John Burkett May 17 @NYY 1.2 15 L 6 6 9 0 1 2 56 34 22 .61
Darren Oliver May 18 @NYY 5.0 24 W 2 2 7 4 2 1 103 68 35 .66
Bobby Witt May 20 @OAK 7.0 31 W 3 3 6 4 5 2 126 71 55 .56
Julio Santana May 21 @OAK 4.1 22 L 4 6 6 2 2 1 77 45 32 .58
John Burkett May 22 @OAK 5.0 27 W 6 6 9 5 3 2 105 67 38 .64
Darren Oliver May 23 DET 7.1 32 L 4 6 9 2 2 2 107 67 40 .63
Ken Hill May 24 DET 6.0 24 W 3 3 4 2 3 0 83 49 34 .59
Bobby Witt May 25 DET 4.1 23 L 6 6 8 4 2 1 90 56 34 .62
Julio Santana May 26 TOR 6.0 32 L 7 8 12 3 2 2 119 73 46 .61
John Burkett May 27 TOR 7.0 28 W 2 2 7 6 0 0 116 78 38 .67
Darren Oliver May 28 SEA 6.0 25 L 3 3 3 3 6 0 93 45 48 .48
Ken Hill May 29 SEA 7.0 30 W 0 2 6 2 4 0 113 64 49 .57
Bobby Witt May 30 @KCR 9.0 37 L 3 3 9 2 1 1 132 84 48 .64
Julio Santana May 31 @KCR 6.2 29 W 1 1 7 3 3 0 102 68 34 .67
John Burkett Jun 1 @KCR 7.0 32 L 5 5 12 7 1 2 115 76 39 .66
Darren Oliver Jun 2 @MIN 8.0 30 W 0 0 5 6 1 0 119 73 46 .61
Ken Hill Jun 3 @MIN 6.0 29 L 5 5 10 2 1 0 87 56 31 .64
Bobby Witt Jun 5 KCR 7.0 28 1 1 5 1 2 1 103 64 39 .62
John Burkett Jun 6 KCR 8.0 34 L 1 2 7 4 2 0 116 74 42 .64
Darren Oliver Jun 7 KCR 5.0 22 L 6 6 7 4 2 1 85 50 35 .59
Ken Hill Jun 8 KCR 5.0 25 L 4 4 7 5 3 0 117 70 47 .60
Bobby Witt Jun 10 MIN 2.2 16 L 6 6 7 2 2 0 78 40 38 .51
John Burkett Jun 11 MIN 6.1 34 W 5 6 12 4 1 0 119 78 41 .66
Darren Oliver Jun 12 @SFG 7.2 31 L 4 4 8 2 1 1 82 53 29 .65
Ken Hill Jun 13 @SFG 6.2 34 4 5 12 6 3 2 109 67 42 .61
Julio Santana Jun 14 @SDP 4.0 22 6 6 7 2 3 0 73 40 33 .55
Bobby Witt Jun 15 @SDP 7.0 28 W 2 4 8 5 1 0 106 68 38 .64
John Burkett Jun 17 COL 7.0 33 5 5 12 4 0 1 116 76 40 .66
Darren Oliver Jun 18 COL 6.1 30 3 6 10 2 0 2 103 61 42 .59
Ken Hill Jun 19 @SEA 7.1 32 L 2 2 9 3 2 2 103 67 36 .65
Bobby Witt Jun 20 @SEA 6.0 27 L 5 5 7 3 3 1 111 67 44 .60
Julio Santana Jun 21 @SEA 6.0 27 5 6 7 4 4 1 88 53 35 .60
John Burkett Jun 22 @SEA 8.0 36 L 4 5 11 3 1 1 110 72 38 .65
Darren Oliver Jun 23 @ANA 7.0 29 L 1 1 6 4 4 1 112 65 47 .58
Ken Hill Jun 24 @ANA 3.0 14 2 3 5 2 0 0 50 34 16 .68
Bobby Witt Jun 25 @ANA 8.0 38 3 4 10 2 4 1 124 72 52 .58
Julio Santana Jun 26 OAK 4.1 24 L 6 6 7 3 4 1 105 57 48 .54
John Burkett Jun 27 OAK 5.1 29 L 4 7 11 5 1 0 102 66 36 .65
Darren Oliver Jun 28 OAK 5.0 24 W 0 0 5 7 5 0 102 54 48 .53
Ken Hill Jun 29 OAK 7.0 30 3 3 7 2 4 2 94 58 36 .62
Bobby Witt Jun 30 LAD 8.0 30 W 1 1 5 4 2 1 99 67 32 .68
Julio Santana Jul 1 LAD 5.1 23 L 5 5 8 3 0 3 78 49 29 .63
John Burkett Jul 2 @COL 9.0 31 W 1 1 4 7 1 0 121 75 46 .62
Darren Oliver Jul 3 @COL 8.1 32 W 3 3 4 4 2 1 120 81 39 .68
Ken Hill Jul 4 @OAK 6.2 29 W 4 4 8 5 3 1 103 65 38 .63
Bobby Witt Jul 5 @OAK 8.0 29 W 1 1 3 3 3 1 103 65 38 .63
Julio Santana Jul 6 @OAK 3.2 20 5 5 6 2 3 1 91 51 40 .56
Ken Hill Jul 10 SEA 4.1 26 L 10 10 11 1 4 0 87 52 35 .60
Darren Oliver Jul 11 SEA 5.1 28 7 7 10 6 2 3 109 67 42 .61
John Burkett Jul 12 SEA 8.0 31 W 1 1 6 7 1 0 123 74 49 .60
Bobby Witt Jul 13 SEA 6.2 29 2 2 8 9 1 2 117 79 38 .68
Julio Santana Jul 14 ANA 6.0 26 2 4 5 6 2 0 102 63 39 .62
Ken Hill Jul 15 ANA 1.2 11 L 5 5 7 1 0 0 45 27 18 .60
Darren Oliver Jul 16 @TOR 9.0 36 W 0 0 8 4 1 0 126 82 44 .65
John Burkett Jul 17 @TOR 6.0 27 L 5 5 9 5 0 2 110 72 38 .65
Bobby Witt Jul 18 @DET 5.2 28 L 5 5 7 5 5 0 93 53 40 .57
Ken Hill Jul 19 @DET 6.2 31 5 5 7 7 5 0 112 65 47 .58
Matt Whiteside Jul 20 @DET 4.0 17 5 5 6 1 0 0 57 35 22 .61
Darren Oliver Jul 21 @BAL 6.1 31 L 4 4 6 3 4 1 106 60 46 .57
John Burkett Jul 22 @BAL 1.2 14 L 6 6 9 0 0 1 37 27 10 .73
Bobby Witt Jul 23 @BAL 7.0 29 2 2 8 4 1 1 98 63 35 .64
Ken Hill Jul 24 CWS 7.2 30 L 2 2 4 1 6 0 117 65 52 .56
John Burkett Jul 25 CWS 6.0 27 4 4 8 2 1 2 93 57 36 .61
Darren Oliver Jul 26 CWS 6.1 24 W 1 1 4 2 2 0 100 57 43 .57
Tanyon Sturtze Jul 27 CWS 5.1 22 3 3 5 1 2 0 81 48 33 .59
Bobby Witt Jul 28 BAL 5.0 22 L 5 5 8 4 1 2 64 43 21 .67
Jose Alberro Jul 29 BAL 5.0 27 L 2 4 7 2 2 0 102 64 38 .63
John Burkett Jul 30 BAL 6.0 25 L 2 2 5 3 2 0 113 69 44 .61
Darren Oliver Aug 1 @CLE 7.0 31 3 4 9 4 2 3 109 66 43 .61
Bobby Witt Aug 2 @CLE 6.0 32 L 5 6 9 5 4 2 107 56 51 .52
Tanyon Sturtze Aug 3 @CLE 4.0 22 6 6 8 3 3 2 88 52 36 .59
John Burkett Aug 4 @BOS 5.0 18 2 2 3 5 0 1 76 49 27 .64
Jose Alberro Aug 5 @BOS 2.1 16 L 7 7 6 2 3 2 61 31 30 .51
Darren Oliver Aug 6 @NYY 6.0 29 W 2 2 8 3 3 2 111 67 44 .60
Bobby Witt Aug 7 @NYY 6.1 30 L 4 4 9 3 4 2 112 64 48 .57
Tanyon Sturtze Aug 8 CLE 6.1 27 5 5 6 6 2 1 104 61 43 .59
Terry Clark Aug 9 CLE 5.2 23 W 1 1 3 1 3 1 90 49 41 .54
Eric Moody Aug 9 (2) CLE 6.1 25 L 2 3 8 3 0 2 99 64 35 .65
Julio Santana Aug 10 CLE 4.1 21 2 3 9 4 0 0 88 61 27 .69
Darren Oliver Aug 11 BOS 9.0 36 W 3 3 9 5 0 1 118 82 36 .69
Bobby Witt Aug 12 BOS 9.0 38 W 2 2 10 6 2 0 120 83 37 .69
Tanyon Sturtze Aug 13 BOS 5.0 24 W 3 3 7 3 3 2 98 58 40 .59
Terry Clark Aug 15 NYY 6.0 30 L 5 5 11 3 2 0 104 66 38 .63
Darren Oliver Aug 16 NYY 5.0 23 3 3 2 1 6 0 90 46 44 .51
Bobby Witt Aug 17 NYY 6.1 33 L 8 8 12 1 3 1 112 66 46 .59
Tanyon Sturtze Aug 18 @MIL 2.2 17 L 6 6 6 2 3 1 62 33 29 .53
Rick Helling Aug 18 (2) @MIL 8.0 25 W 0 0 1 5 2 0 102 59 43 .58
Julio Santana Aug 19 @MIL 3.0 21 L 7 7 10 1 2 1 77 53 24 .69
Terry Clark Aug 20 @MIL 6.0 28 L 6 6 9 3 2 2 101 66 35 .65
Darren Oliver Aug 22 @CWS 6.1 29 W 6 7 9 1 2 3 103 62 41 .60
Bobby Witt Aug 23 @CWS 6.1 28 6 6 9 1 0 2 87 57 30 .66
Rick Helling Aug 24 @CWS 8.0 31 L 2 3 7 7 2 1 112 73 39 .65
Terry Clark Aug 25 MIL 2.2 16 L 4 4 8 1 1 0 55 33 22 .60
Julio Santana Aug 26 MIL 4.0 20 5 5 8 3 1 0 86 55 31 .64
Darren Oliver Aug 27 MIL 7.0 30 W 1 1 6 5 4 1 124 74 50 .60
Bobby Witt Aug 28 SFG 5.0 22 3 3 5 4 4 1 91 54 37 .59
Rick Helling Aug 29 SFG 6.1 24 3 3 2 3 4 1 79 42 37 .53
Terry Clark Aug 30 SDP 5.0 19 L 3 3 4 1 1 0 60 37 23 .62
John Burkett Aug 31 SDP 4.0 19 L 3 4 8 4 1 0 74 49 25 .66
Darren Oliver Sep 2 @LAD 4.0 22 4 7 9 2 0 0 81 51 30 .63
Bobby Witt Sep 3 @LAD 7.1 29 2 2 7 3 1 0 106 72 34 .68
Rick Helling Sep 4 TOR 8.1 33 W 2 2 7 12 1 1 120 84 36 .70
Roger Pavlik Sep 5 TOR 4.0 19 L 3 3 5 3 1 0 74 42 32 .57
John Burkett Sep 6 TOR 6.0 25 L 2 2 5 5 1 1 85 55 30 .65
Darren Oliver Sep 7 TOR 7.0 32 L 2 4 7 5 3 0 108 70 38 .65
Bobby Witt Sep 8 DET 6.1 29 L 5 6 6 3 4 1 98 57 41 .58
Rick Helling Sep 9 DET 7.1 30 L 4 4 6 5 3 0 None None None None
Roger Pavlik Sep 11 @MIN 6.0 22 W 0 0 2 2 3 0 84 48 36 .57
John Burkett Sep 12 @MIN 5.2 25 4 4 7 7 1 1 101 65 36 .64
Darren Oliver Sep 13 @MIN 9.0 39 W 3 3 8 1 5 1 125 73 52 .58
Bobby Witt Sep 14 @MIN 0.1 8 L 6 6 6 0 1 1 29 17 12 .59
Rick Helling Sep 15 @KCR 2.1 19 7 7 9 2 2 0 65 37 28 .57
Roger Pavlik Sep 16 @KCR 6.0 22 0 0 5 5 2 0 88 54 34 .61
John Burkett Sep 17 @SEA 8.0 32 3 4 8 7 0 0 118 72 46 .61
Darren Oliver Sep 18 @SEA 4.1 26 L 5 5 8 2 4 2 86 47 39 .55
Bobby Witt Sep 19 @ANA 6.2 32 L 4 4 9 6 5 2 121 72 49 .60
Rick Helling Sep 20 @ANA 6.0 30 L 6 6 9 3 4 1 102 58 44 .57
Roger Pavlik Sep 21 @ANA 6.0 28 L 2 2 9 3 0 0 88 63 25 .72
John Burkett Sep 23 OAK 8.0 36 W 4 4 9 7 3 1 124 80 44 .65
Darren Oliver Sep 24 OAK 8.0 30 W 4 4 6 4 1 1 104 60 44 .58
Bobby Witt Sep 25 ANA 5.2 27 W 5 5 8 6 2 1 97 65 32 .67
Rick Helling Sep 26 ANA 6.0 27 W 4 4 5 6 3 1 92 62 30 .67
Roger Pavlik Sep 27 ANA 7.0 27 3 3 6 4 3 2 104 70 34 .67
John Burkett Sep 28 ANA 8.0 29 W 0 0 3 5 1 0 88 63 25 .72