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 involved the Angels finishing 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

v t e AL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago White Sox	94	68	0.580	—	45–36	49–32
Texas Rangers	86	76	0.531	8	50–31	36–45
Kansas City Royals	84	78	0.519	10	43–38	41–40
Seattle Mariners	82	80	0.506	12	46–35	36–45
California Angels	71	91	0.438	23	44–37	27–54
Minnesota Twins	71	91	0.438	23	36–45	35–46
Oakland Athletics	68	94	0.420	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)

Game log

Regular season

1993 regular season game log: 71–91 (Home: 44–37; Away: 27–54)
April: 13–6 (Home: 10–3; Away: 3–3) # Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak 3 April 9 Tigers 4 April 10 Tigers 5 April 11 Tigers — April 15 @ Brewers Postponed (Rain)(Makeup date: August 27) 8 April 16 @ Orioles 9 April 17 @ Orioles 10 April 18 @ Orioles 11 April 20 Indians 12 April 21 Indians 13 April 22 Indians 14 April 23 Red Sox 15 April 24 Red Sox 16 April 25 Red Sox 17 April 27 Yankees 18 April 28 Yankees 19 April 30 @ Red Sox
May: 14–15 (Home: 7–6; Away: 7–9) # Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak 20 May 1 @ Red Sox 21 May 2 @ Red Sox 22 May 3 @ Indians 23 May 4 @ Indians 24 May 5 @ Yankees 25 May 6 @ Yankees 29 May 10 Twins 30 May 11 Twins 31 May 12 Twins 32 May 14 Royals 33 May 15 Royals 34 May 16 Royals 35 May 17 5:05 p.m. PDT @ White Sox W 11–4 Sanderson (6–1) Stieb (1–2) – 3:23 21,346 20–15 W1 36 May 18 5:06 p.m. PDT @ White Sox L 4–7 Álvarez (5–0) Finley (3–4) Hernández (8) 3:07 22,878 20–16 L1 37 May 19 5:07 p.m. PDT @ White Sox W 2–0 Langston (4–1) McDowell (7–2) Grahe (5) 2:24 22,991 21–16 W1 38 May 21 @ Rangers 39 May 22 @ Rangers 40 May 23 @ Rangers 41 May 24 @ Mariners 42 May 25 @ Mariners 43 May 26 @ Mariners 44 May 27 @ Mariners 45 May 28 Orioles 46 May 29 Orioles 47 May 30 Orioles 48 May 31 Blue Jays
June: 10–17 (Home: 5–7; Away: 5–10) # Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak 49 June 1 Blue Jays 50 June 2 Blue Jays 51 June 4 @ Tigers 52 June 5 @ Tigers 53 June 6 @ Tigers 54 June 7 @ Blue Jays 55 June 8 @ Blue Jays 56 June 9 @ Blue Jays 57 June 11 Mariners 58 June 12 Mariners 59 June 13 Mariners 60 June 14 Rangers 61 June 15 Rangers 62 June 16 Rangers 63 June 17 Rangers 64 June 18 7:07 p.m. PDT White Sox W 9–8 Frey (1–0) Hernández (1–3) – 3:19 24,845 33–31 W1 65 June 19 7:05 p.m. PDT White Sox W 5–4 Langston (9–1) Ruffcorn (0–1) Frey (7) 2:58 34,545 34–31 W2 66 June 20 1:06 p.m. PDT White Sox L 6–11 Álvarez (7–2) Springer (0–1) – 3:02 34,187 34–32 L1 67 June 21 @ Royals 68 June 22 @ Royals 69 June 23 @ Royals 70 June 24 @ Royals 71 June 25 @ Twins 72 June 26 @ Twins 73 June 27 @ Twins
July: 11–17 (Home: 9–6; Away: 2–11) # Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak 77 July 2 Indians 78 July 3 Indians 79 July 4 Indians 80 July 5 Red Sox 81 July 6 Red Sox 82 July 7 Red Sox 83 July 8 Yankees 84 July 9 Yankees 85 July 10 Yankees 86 July 11 Yankees 64th All-Star Game in Baltimore, Maryland 87 July 15 @ Indians 88 July 16 @ Indians 89 July 17 @ Indians 90 July 18 @ Indians 91 July 19 @ Red Sox 92 July 20 @ Red Sox 93 July 21 @ Red Sox 94 July 22 @ Yankees 95 July 23 @ Yankees 96 July 24 @ Yankees 97 July 25 @ Yankees 102 July 30 Twins 103 July 31 Twins
August: 11–17 (Home: 4–8; Away: 7–9) # Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak 104 August 1 Twins 105 August 3 Royals 106 August 4 Royals 107 August 5 Royals 108 August 6 5:07 p.m. PDT @ White Sox W 7–3 Finley (13–8) Álvarez (8–7) Nelson (4) 3:04 32,856 51–57 W2 109 August 7 4:06 p.m. PDT @ White Sox L 4–6 McDowell (18–6) Farrell (2–9) Hernández (23) 2:38 42,535 51–58 L1 110 August 8 11:36 a.m. PDT @ White Sox W 2–1 Langston (12–5) Bere (5–4) Butcher (5) 2:45 38,581 52–58 W1 111 August 10 @ Rangers 112 August 11 @ Rangers 113 August 12 @ Rangers 114 August 13 @ Mariners 115 August 14 @ Mariners 116 August 15 @ Mariners 117 August 16 Tigers 118 August 17 Tigers 119 August 18 Tigers 124 August 24 @ Orioles 125 August 25 @ Orioles 126 August 26 @ Orioles 131 August 31 Orioles
September: 10–18 (Home: 8–7; Away: 2–11) # Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak 132 September 1 Orioles 133 September 2 Orioles 134 September 3 Blue Jays 135 September 4 Blue Jays 136 September 5 Blue Jays 137 September 7 @ Tigers 138 September 8 @ Tigers 139 September 9 @ Tigers 140 September 10 @ Blue Jays 141 September 11 @ Blue Jays 142 September 12 @ Blue Jays 143 September 13 Mariners 144 September 14 Mariners 145 September 15 Mariners 146 September 17 Rangers 147 September 18 Rangers 148 September 19 Rangers 149 September 20 7:06 p.m. PDT White Sox L 2–10 Bere (10–5) Leftwich (3–6) McCaskill (1) 3:20 15,836 67–82 L1 150 September 21 7:36 p.m. PDT White Sox W 8–0 Farrell (3–11) Fernandez (17–8) Frey (13) 2:37 18,723 68–82 W1 151 September 22 7:05 p.m. PDT White Sox L 0–1 Álvarez (14–8) Finley (15–13) Hernández (36) 2:53 19,461 68–83 L1 152 September 23 1:07 p.m. PDT White Sox L 1–7 McDowell (22–10) Langston (15–10) – 2:28 17,761 68–84 L2 153 September 24 @ Royals 154 September 25 @ Royals 155 September 26 @ Royals 156 September 27 @ Twins 157 September 28 @ Twins 158 September 29 @ Twins 159 September 30 @ Twins
October: 2–1 (Home: 0–0; Away: 2–1) # Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak
Legend:       = Win       = Loss       = Postponement Bold = Angels team member

Detailed records

American League Opponent W L WP RS RA AL East Baltimore Orioles 5 7 0.417 44 53 Boston Red Sox 5 7 0.417 40 46 Cleveland Indians 5 7 0.417 53 52 Detroit Tigers 4 8 0.333 52 73 Milwaukee Brewers 7 5 0.583 69 49 New York Yankees 6 6 0.500 39 51 Toronto Blue Jays 4 8 0.333 48 74 Total 36 48 0.429 345 398 AL West California Angels Chicago White Sox 7 6 0.538 61 62 Kansas City Royals 6 7 0.462 50 58 Minnesota Twins 4 9 0.308 38 65 Oakland Athletics 6 7 0.462 65 69 Seattle Mariners 6 7 0.462 71 49 Texas Rangers 6 7 0.462 54 69 Total 35 43 0.449 339 372 Season Total 71 91 0.438 684 770

Month Games Won Lost Win % RS RA April 19 13 6 0.684 96 68 May 29 14 15 0.483 120 119 June 27 10 17 0.370 122 168 July 28 11 17 0.393 106 135 August 28 11 17 0.393 110 131 September 28 10 18 0.357 115 137 October 3 2 1 0.667 15 12 Total 162 71 91 0.438 684 770 Games Won Lost Win % RS RA Home 81 44 37 0.543 380 350 Away 81 27 54 0.333 354 381 Total 162 71 91 0.438 734 731

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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Preceded by 1992	California Angels seasons 1993	Succeeded by 1994