The 1997 roster for the Rangers included Bobby Witt at pitcher, Ivan Rodriguez at catcher, Lee Stevens at first baseman, Mark McLemore at second baseman and Dean Palmer at third baseman.

	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	DOB	AGE	BIRTHPLACE
1	Jose Alberro J. Alberro	P	6'2"	190	6/29/1969	28	San Juan, Puerto Rico
2	Scott Bailes S. Bailes	P	6'2"	180	12/18/1961	35	Chillicothe, OH
3	Kevin Brown K. Brown	C	6'2"	240	4/21/1973	24	Valparaiso, IN
4	Damon Buford D. Buford	OF	5'10"	180	6/12/1970	27	Baltimore, MD
5	John Burkett J. Burkett	P	6'3"	215	11/28/1964	32	New Brighton, PA
6	Domingo Cedeno D. Cedeno	2B	6'0"	170	11/4/1968	28	La Romana, Dominican Republic
7	Terry Clark T. Clark	P	6'2"	195	10/18/1960	36	Los Angeles, CA
8	Will Clark W. Clark	1B	6'1"	190	3/13/1964	33	New Orleans, LA
9	Mike Devereaux M. Devereaux	OF	6'0"	195	4/10/1963	34	Casper, WY
10	Alex Diaz A. Diaz	OF	5'11"	180	10/5/1968	28	Brooklyn, NY
11	Bryan Eversgerd B. Eversgerd	P	6'1"	190	2/11/1969	28	Centralia, IL
12	Hanley Frias H. Frias	SS	6'0"	160	12/5/1973	23	Villa Altagracia, Dominican Republic
13	Benji Gil B. Gil	SS	6'2"	210	10/6/1972	24	Tijuana, Mexico
14	Juan Gonzalez J. Gonzalez	DH	6'3"	220	10/16/1969	27	Vega Baja, Puerto Rico
15	Tom Goodwin T. Goodwin	OF	6'0"	195	7/27/1968	28	Fresno, CA
16	Rusty Greer R. Greer	OF	6'0"	195	1/21/1969	28	Fort Rucker, AL
17	Eric Gunderson E. Gunderson	P	6'0"	190	3/29/1966	31	Portland, OR
18	Rick Helling R. Helling	P	6'3"	255	12/15/1970	26	Devils Lake, ND
19	Wilson Heredia W. Heredia	P	6'0"	175	3/30/1972	25	La Romana, Dominican Republic
20	Xavier Hernandez X. Hernandez	P	6'2"	185	8/16/1965	31	Port Arthur, TX
21	Ken Hill K. Hill	P	6'2"	175	12/14/1965	31	Lynn, MA
22	Jim Leyritz J. Leyritz	C	6'0"	195	12/27/1963	33	Lakewood, OH
23	Mark McLemore M. McLemore	2B	5'11"	205	10/4/1964	32	San Diego, CA
24	Henry Mercedes H. Mercedes	C	6'0"	210	7/23/1969	27	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
25	Eric Moody E. Moody	P	6'6"	215	1/6/1971	26	Greenville, SC