1987 California Angels season

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1987  California Angels
League American League
Division West
Ballpark Anaheim Stadium
City Anaheim, California
Owners Gene Autry
General managers Mike Port
Managers Gene Mauch
Television KTLA
(Joe Torre, Bob Starr, Joel Meyers)
Radio KMPC
(Ken Brett, Joel Meyers, Al Conin)
XPRS
(Ruben Valentin, Ulpiano Cos Villa)
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The 1987 California Angels season was the 27th season of the California Angels franchise in the American League, the 22nd in Anaheim, and their 22nd season playing their home games at Anaheim Stadium. The Angels finished sixth in the American League west with a record of 75 wins and 87 losses.

Contents

Regular season

Season standings

AL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Minnesota Twins 8577.525—56‍–‍2529‍–‍52
Kansas City Royals 8379.512246‍–‍3537‍–‍44
Oakland Athletics 8181.500442‍–‍3939‍–‍42
Seattle Mariners 7884.481740‍–‍4138‍–‍43
Chicago White Sox 7785.475838‍–‍4339‍–‍42
Texas Rangers 7587.4631043‍–‍3832‍–‍49
California Angels 7587.4631038‍–‍4337‍–‍44

Record vs. opponents

1987 American League record

Sources:
TeamBALBOSCALCWSCLEDETKCMILMINNYYOAKSEATEXTOR
Baltimore —1–129–38–47–64–99–32–115–73–107–54–87–51–12
Boston 12–1—4–83–97–62–116–66–77–57–64–87–57–56–7
California 3–98–4—8–57–53–95–87–58–53–96–77–65–85–7
Chicago 4–89–35–8—7–53–96–76–66–75–79–46–77–64–8
Cleveland 6–76–75–75–7—4–96–64–93–96–74–85–72–105–8
Detroit 9–411–29–39–39–4—5–76–78–45–85–77–58–47–6
Kansas City 3–96–68–57–66–67–5—4–88–55–75–89–47–68–4
Milwaukee 11–27–65–76–69–47–68–4—3–97–66–64–89–39–4
Minnesota 7–55–75–87–69–34–85–89–3—6–610–39–46–73–9
New York 10–36–79–37–57–68–57–56–76–6—5–77–55–76–7
Oakland 5–78–47–64–98–47–58–56–63–107–5—5–86–77–5
Seattle 8–45–76–77–67–55–74–98–44–95–78–5—9–42–10
Texas 5–75–78–56–710–24–86–73–97–67–57–64–9—3–9
Toronto 12–17–67–58–48–56–74–84–99–37–65–710–29–3—

Notable transactions

Draft picks

  • June 2, 1987: John Orton was drafted by the California Angels in the 1st round (25th pick) of the 1987 amateur draft. [10]
  • June 2, 1987: Rubén Amaro, Jr. was drafted by the California Angels in the 11th round of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed June 16, 1987. [11]

Roster

1987 California Angels
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Bob Boone 12838994.242333
1B Wally Joyner 149564161.28534117
2B Mark McLemore 138433102.236341
3B Doug DeCinces 133453106.2341663
SS Dick Schofield 134479120.251946
LF Jack Howell 138449110.2452364
CF Gary Pettis 13339482.208117
RF Devon White 159639168.2632487
DH Brian Downing 155567154.2722977

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Ruppert Jones 8519247.245828
Bill Buckner 5718356.306332
George Hendrick 6516239.241525
Gus Polidor 6313736.263215
Johnny Ray 3012744.346015
Darrell Miller 5310826.241416
Mark Ryal 5810020.200518
Butch Wynegar 319219.20705
Tony Armas 288116.19839
Jack Fimple 13102.20001
Jim Eppard 893.33300
Tack Wilson 721.50000

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Mike Witt 36297.016144.01192
Don Sutton 35191.211114.7099
John Candelaria 20116.2864.7174
Jerry Reuss 1782.1455.2537
Kirk McCaskill 1474.2465.6756

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Willie Fraser 36176.210103.92106
Jack Lazorko 26117.2564.5955
Urbano Lugo 728.0029.3224
Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGWLSVERASO
DeWayne Buice 5767173.39109
Greg Minton 4154103.0835
Gary Lucas 481533.6344
Chuck Finley 352704.6763
Mike Cook 161205.5027
Donnie Moore 142252.7017
Bryan Harvey 30000.003
Miguel García 100016.200

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Edmonton Trappers Pacific Coast League Tom Kotchman
AA Midland Angels Texas League Mako Oliveras
A Palm Springs Angels California League Bill Lachemann
A Quad Cities Angels Midwest League Eddie Rodríguez
A-Short Season Salem Angels Northwest League Chris Smith

[12]

References

  1. ↑ "Ron Romanick Stats".
  2. ↑ "Doug DeCinces Stats".
  3. ↑ Jim Eppard Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  4. ↑ "Bob Boone Stats".
  5. 1 2 Doug Corbett Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  6. ↑ "Greg Minton Stats".
  7. ↑ "Alan Mills Stats".
  8. ↑ Bill Buckner Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  9. ↑ John Candelaria Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  10. ↑ "John Orton Stats".
  11. ↑ Rubén Amaro Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  12. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997
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