1989 California Angels season

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1989  California Angels
League American League
Division West
Ballpark Anaheim Stadium
City Anaheim, California
Owners Gene Autry
General managers Mike Port
Managers Doug Rader
Television KTLA
(Joe Torre, Bob Starr)
Z Channel
(Joe Torre, Joel Meyers)
Radio KMPC
(Ken Brett, Al Conin)
XPRS
(Ruben Valentin, Ulpiano Cos Villa)
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The 1989 California Angels season was the 29th season of the California Angels franchise in the American League, the 24th in Anaheim, and their 24th season playing their home games at Anaheim Stadium. The Angels finished third in the American League West with a record of 91 wins and 71 losses.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

AL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Oakland Athletics 9963.611—54‍–‍2745‍–‍36
Kansas City Royals 9270.568755‍–‍2637‍–‍44
California Angels 9171.562852‍–‍2939‍–‍42
Texas Rangers 8379.5121645‍–‍3638‍–‍43
Minnesota Twins 8082.4941945‍–‍3635‍–‍46
Seattle Mariners 7389.4512640‍–‍4133‍–‍48
Chicago White Sox 6992.42929½35‍–‍4534‍–‍47

Record vs. opponents

1989 American League record

Sources:
TeamBALBOSCALCWSCLEDETKCMILMINNYYOAKSEATEXTOR
Baltimore —6–76–66–67–610–36–67–64–88–55–76–69–37–6
Boston 7–6—4–87–58–511–24–86–76–67–67–55–76–65–8
California 6–68–4—8–55–711–14–97–511–26–65–87–66–77–5
Chicago 6–65–75–8—7–54–86–710–25–85–65–87–63–101–11
Cleveland 6–75–87–55–7—5–88–43–105–79–42–106–67–55–8
Detroit 3–102–111–118–48–5—6–66–75–76–74–84–84–82–11
Kansas City 6–68–49–47–64–86–6—8–47–66–67–69–48–57–5
Milwaukee 6–77–65–72–1010–37–64–8—9–38–55–77–55–76–7
Minnesota 8–46–62–118–57–57–56–73–9—6–66–77–65–89–3
New York 5–86–76–66–54–97–66–65–86–6—3–98–45–77–6
Oakland 7–55–78–58–510–28–46–77–57–69–3—9–48–57–5
Seattle 6–67–56–76–76–68–44–95–76–74–84–9—6–75–7
Texas 3–96–67–610–35–78–45–87–58–57–55–87–6—5–7
Toronto 6–78–55–711–18–511–25–77–63–96–75–77–57–5—

All-Star game

The 1989 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 60th playing of the midsummer classic between the all-stars of the American League (AL) and National League (NL), the two leagues comprising Major League Baseball. The game was held on July 11, 1989, at Anaheim Stadium in Anaheim, California, the home of the California Angels of the American League. The game resulted in the American League defeating the National League 5–3. The game is remembered for Bo Jackson's monstrous lead-off home run to center field.

Notable transactions

Roster

1989 California Angels
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

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 Lance Parrish 124433103.2381750
1B Wally Joyner 159593167.2821679
2B Johnny Ray 134530153.289562
3B Jack Howell 144474108.2282052
SS Dick Schofield 9130269.228426
LF Chili Davis 154560152.2712290
CF Devon White 156636156.2451256
RF Claudell Washington 110418114.2731342
DH Brian Downing 142544154.2831459

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Kent Anderson 8622351.229017
Tony Armas 6020252.2571130
Dante Bichette 4813829.210315
Bill Schroeder 4113828.203615
Glenn Hoffman 4810422.21213
Mark McLemore 3210325.243014
Max Venable 205319.35804
John Orton 16397.17904
Bobby Rose 14388.21113
Jim Eppard 12123.25002
Ron Tingley 431.33300
Brian Brady 221.50001
Gary Disarcina 200----00

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Bert Blyleven 33241.01752.73131
Mike Witt 33220.09154.54123
Kirk McCaskill 32212.015102.93107
Chuck Finley 29199.21692.57156
Jim Abbott 29181.112123.92115

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Dan Petry 1951.0325.4721
Terry Lee Clark 411.0024.917

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Bryan Harvey 5133253.4478
Greg Minton 624382.2042
Bob McClure 486131.5536
Willie Fraser 444723.2446
Rich Monteleone 242203.1827
Sherman Corbett 40003.383
Mike Fetters 10008.104
Vance Lovelace 10000.001

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 Bend Bucks Northwest League Don Long
Rookie AZL Angels Arizona League Nate Oliver

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References

  1. ↑ Bert Blyleven at Baseball Reference
  2. ↑ Max Venable at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ "DeWayne Buice Stats".
  4. ↑ "Chad Curtis Stats".
  5. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997
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