1993 California Angels season

1993  California Angels
League	American League
Division	West
Ballpark	Anaheim Stadium
City	Anaheim, California
Owners	Gene Autry
General managers	Dan O'Brien Sr., Whitey Herzog
Managers	Buck Rodgers
Television	KTLA Prime Ticket (Ken Wilson, Ken Brett)
Radio	KMPC (Bob Starr, Billy Sample) XPRS (Ruben Valentin, Ulpiano Cos Villa)
←  1992 Seasons 1994  →

The 1993 California Angels season was the 33rd season of the California Angels franchise in the American League, the 28th in Anaheim, and their 28th season playing their home games at Anaheim Stadium. The Angels finished fifth in the American League west with a record of 71 wins and 91 losses.

Offseason

• November 19, 1992: Torey Lovullo was signed as a free agent with the California Angels. ^[1]
• November 19, 1992: Rob Ducey was released by the California Angels. ^[2]
• December 6, 1992: Jim Abbott was traded by the California Angels to the New York Yankees for J. T. Snow, Jerry Nielsen, and Russ Springer. ^[3]
• December 8, 1992: Kelly Gruber was traded by the Toronto Blue Jays with cash to the California Angels for Luis Sojo. ^[4]
• December 11, 1992: Chili Davis signed as a free agent with the California Angels. ^[5]
• January 29, 1993: Jerome Walton was signed as a free agent with the California Angels. ^[6]
• February 11, 1993: Scott Sanderson was signed as a free agent with the California Angels. ^[7]

Regular season

• September 17, 1993: Greg Myers of the Angels was the final strikeout victim of Nolan Ryan. ^[8] It would be Ryan's 5,714th strikeout.

Season standings

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AL West

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago White Sox	94	68	.580	—	45‍–‍36	49‍–‍32
Texas Rangers	86	76	.531	8	50‍–‍31	36‍–‍45
Kansas City Royals	84	78	.519	10	43‍–‍38	41‍–‍40
Seattle Mariners	82	80	.506	12	46‍–‍35	36‍–‍45
California Angels	71	91	.438	23	44‍–‍37	27‍–‍54
Minnesota Twins	71	91	.438	23	36‍–‍45	35‍–‍46
Oakland Athletics	68	94	.420	26	38‍–‍43	30‍–‍51

Record vs. opponents

1993 American League record v t e Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIL	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TEX	TOR
Baltimore	—	6–7	7–5	4–8	8–5	5–8	7–5	8–5	8–4	6–7	10–2	7–5	4–8	5–8
Boston	7–6	—	7–5	7–5	5–8	6–7	5–7	5–8	7–5	6–7	9–3	7–5	6–6	3–10
California	5–7	5–7	—	7–6	5–7	4–8	6–7	7–5	4–9	6–6	6–7	6–7	6–7	4–8
Chicago	8–4	5–7	6–7	—	9–3	7–5	6–7	9–3	10–3	4–8	7–6	9–4	8–5	6–6
Cleveland	5–8	8–5	7–5	3–9	—	6–7	7–5	8–5	4–8	6–7	8–4	3–9	7–5	4–9
Detroit	8–5	7–6	8–4	5–7	7–6	—	5–7	8–5	6–6	4–9	8–4	7–5	6–6	6–7
Kansas City	5–7	7–5	7–6	7–6	5–7	7–5	—	5–7	7–6	6–6	6–7	7–6	7–6	8–4
Milwaukee	5–8	8–5	5–7	3–9	5–8	5–8	7–5	—	7–5	4–9	7–5	4–8	4–8	5–8
Minnesota	4–8	5–7	9–4	3–10	8–4	6–6	6–7	5–7	—	4–8	8–5	4–9	7–6	2–10
New York	7–6	7–6	6–6	8–4	7–6	9–4	6–6	9–4	8–4	—	6–6	7–5	3–9	5–8
Oakland	2–10	3–9	7–6	6–7	4–8	4–8	7–6	5–7	5–8	6–6	—	9–4	5–8	5–7
Seattle	5–7	5–7	7–6	4–9	9–3	5–7	6–7	8–4	9–4	5–7	4–9	—	8–5	7–5
Texas	8–4	6–6	7–6	5–8	5–7	6–6	6–7	8–4	6–7	9–3	8–5	5–8	—	7–5
Toronto	8–5	10–3	8–4	6–6	9–4	7–6	4–8	8–5	10–2	8–5	7–5	5–7	5–7	—

Notable transactions

• June 3, 1993: Gary Gaetti was released by the California Angels. ^[9]
• June 17, 1993: Doug Linton was selected off waivers by the California Angels from the Toronto Blue Jays. ^[10]
• August 3, 1993: Scott Sanderson was selected off waivers by the San Francisco Giants from the California Angels. ^[7]
• August 20, 1993: Jerome Walton was released by the California Angels. ^[6]
• September 7, 1993: Kelly Gruber was released by the California Angels. ^[4]
• September 14, 1993: Doug Linton was released by the California Angels. ^[10]

Roster

1993 California Angels
Roster
Pitchers 56 Brian Anderson 23 Mike Butcher 32 Chuck Crim 38 John Farrell 31 Chuck Finley 41 Steve Frey 19 Joe Grahe 48 Hilly Hathaway 42 Mark Holzemer 12 Mark Langston 45,21 Phil Leftwich 18 Scott Lewis 35 Doug Linton 32 Joe Magrane 16 Gene Nelson 36 Jerry Nielsen 47 Ken Patterson 21 Scott Sanderson 43 Darryl Scott 40 Russ Springer 20 Paul Swingle 34 Julio Valera		Catchers 13 Larry Gonzales 11 Greg Myers 14 John Orton 24 Ron Tingley 53 Chris Turner Infielders  5 Rod Correia 33 Gary DiSarcina  1 Damion Easley  3 Gary Gaetti 88 Rene Gonzales 17 Kelly Gruber 10 Torey Lovullo 21,45 Eduardo Pérez  6 J. T. Snow  3 Kurt Stillwell 46 Ty Van Burkleo 3,8 Jim Walewander		Outfielders  9 Chad Curtis 25 Jim Edmonds 25 Stan Javier 22 Luis Polonia 15 Tim Salmon 20 Jerome Walton Other batters 44 Chili Davis		Manager  7 Buck Rodgers Coaches 29 Rod Carew (Hitting) 55 Chuck Hernandez (Pitching)  2 Bobby Knoop (First Base) 39 Ken Macha (Third Base) 50 Jimmie Reese (Assistant) 57 Rick Turner (Bullpen) 37 John Wathan (Bench)

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Greg Myers	108	290	74	.255	7	40
1B	J.T. Snow	129	419	101	.241	16	57
2B	Torey Lovullo	116	367	92	.251	6	30
SS	Gary DiSarcina	126	416	99	.238	3	45
3B	Rene Gonzales	117	335	84	.251	2	31
LF	Luis Polonia	152	576	156	.271	1	32
CF	Chad Curtis	152	583	166	.285	6	59
RF	Tim Salmon	142	515	146	.283	31	95
DH	Chili Davis	152	573	139	.243	27	112

Other batters

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

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Stan Javier	92	237	69	.291	3	28
Damion Easley	73	230	72	.313	2	22
Eduardo Pérez	52	180	45	.250	4	30
Rod Correia	64	128	34	.266	0	9
John Orton	37	95	18	.189	1	4
Ron Tingley	58	90	18	.200	0	12
Chris Turner	25	75	21	.280	1	13
Kelly Gruber	18	65	18	.277	3	9
Kurt Stillwell	22	61	16	.262	0	3
Jim Edmonds	18	61	15	.246	0	4
Gary Gaetti	20	50	9	.180	0	4
Ty Van Burkleo	12	33	5	.152	1	1
Jim Walewander	12	8	1	.125	0	3
Jerome Walton	5	2	0	.000	0	0
Larry Gonzales	2	2	1	.500	0	1

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Mark Langston	35	256.1	16	11	3.20	196
Chuck Finley	35	251.1	16	14	3.15	187
Scott Sanderson	21	135.1	7	11	4.46	66
John Farrell	21	90.2	3	12	7.35	35
Phil Leftwich	12	80.2	4	6	3.79	31
Hilly Hathaway	11	57.1	4	3	5.02	11
Joe Magrane	8	48.0	3	2	3.94	24
Mark Holzemer	5	23.1	0	3	8.87	10

Other pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Russ Springer	14	60.0	1	6	7.20	31
Julio Valera	19	53.0	3	6	6.62	28
Scott Lewis	15	32.0	1	2	4.22	10
Brian Anderson	4	11.1	0	0	3.97	4

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Steve Frey	55	2	3	13	2.98	22
Ken Patterson	46	1	1	1	4.58	36
Gene Nelson	46	0	5	4	3.08	31
Joe Grahe	45	4	1	11	2.86	31
Mike Butcher	23	1	0	8	2.86	24
Doug Linton	19	2	0	0	7.71	19
Darryl Scott	16	1	2	0	5.85	13
Chuck Crim	11	2	2	0	5.87	10
Jerry Nielsen	10	0	0	0	8.03	8
Paul Swingle	9	0	1	0	8.38	6
Chili Davis	1	0	0	0	0.00	0
Rene Gonzales	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Vancouver Canadians	Pacific Coast League	Mako Oliveras
AA	Midland Angels	Texas League	Don Long
A	Palm Springs Angels	California League	Mario Mendoza
A	Cedar Rapids Kernels	Midwest League	Mitch Seoane
A-Short Season	Boise Hawks	Northwest League	Tom Kotchman
Rookie	AZL Angels	Arizona League	Bill Lachemann

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Boise ^[11]

References

1. "Torey Lovullo Stats | Baseball-Reference.com".
2. "Rob Ducey: Career Statistics". Baseball Reference. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
3. Jim Abbott Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
4. Kelly Gruber Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
5. Chili Davis Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
6. "Jerome Walton Stats | Baseball-Reference.com".
7. Scott Sanderson Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
8. "The Nolan Ryan Express | The Strikeout King". smackbomb.com/nolanryan. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved July 19, 2008.
9. Gary Gaetti Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
10. "Doug Linton Stats | Baseball-Reference.com".
11. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

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