1995 California Angels season

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1995  California Angels
League American League
Division West
Ballpark Anaheim Stadium
City Anaheim, California
Owners Gene Autry
General managers Bill Bavasi
Managers Marcel Lachemann
Television KTLA
Prime Sports West
(Ken Wilson, Ken Brett)
Radio KMPC
(Bob Starr, Mario Impemba)
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The 1995 California Angels season featured the Angels finishing in second place in the American League West with a record of 78 wins and 67 losses.

Contents

The 1995 Angels went through statistically the worst late-season collapse in Major League Baseball history. [1] On August 16, they held a 10½-game lead over the Texas Rangers and an 11½-game lead over the Seattle Mariners, but suffered through a late season slump, including a nine-game losing streak from August 25 to September 3. They were still atop the division, leading Seattle by 6 games and Texas by 7½, when a second nine-game losing streak from September 13 to 23 dropped them out of first place. The Angels rebounded to win the last five scheduled games to tie Seattle for the division lead, forcing a one-game playoff to determine the division champion. Mariners ace Randy Johnson led his team to a 9–1 triumph over Angel hurler Mark Langston in the tiebreaker game, ending the Angels' season. [2] [3] It was the closest the Angels would come to reaching the postseason between 1986 and 2002.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

AL West 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Seattle Mariners 79660.545—46–2733–39
California Angels 78670.538139–3339–34
Texas Rangers 74700.5144½41–3133–39
Oakland Athletics 67770.46511½38–3429–43

Record vs. opponents

1995 American League record

Sources:
TeamBALBOSCALCWSCLEDETKCMILMINNYYOAKSEATEXTOR
Baltimore —4–99–46–12–108–54–57–53–66–75–76–74–17–6
Boston 9–4—11–35–36–78–53–28–45–45–88–47–53–48–5
California 4–93–11—10–23–26–25–75–28–57–56–77–66–78–2
Chicago 1–63–52–10—5–88–48–56–710–33–2–17–54–95–76–5
Cleveland 10–27–62–38–5—10–311–19–49–46–67–05–46–310–3
Detroit 5–85–82–64–83–10—3–48–57–55–82–35–54–87–6
Kansas City 5–42–37–55–81–114–3—10–26–73–75–87–58–67–5
Milwaukee 5–74–82–57–64–95–82–10—9–45–67–23–25–77–5
Minnesota 6–34–55–83–104–95–77–64–9—3–45–74–85–81–4
New York 7–68–55–72–3–16–68–57–36–54–3—4–94–96–312–1
Oakland 7–54–87–65–70–73–28–52–77–59–4—7–65–83–7
Seattle 7–65–76–79–44–55–55–72–38–49–46–7—10–33–4
Texas 1–44–37–67–53–68–46–87–58–53–68–53–10—9–3
Toronto 6–75–82–85–63–106–75–75–74–11–127–34–33–9—

Notable transactions

Roster

1995 California Angels
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

Batting

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Jorge Fábregas 7322756.247122
1B J. T. Snow 143544157.28924102
2B Damion Easley 11435777.216435
3B Tony Phillips 139525137.2612761
SS Gary DiSarcina 99362111.307541
LF Garret Anderson 106374120.3211669
CF Jim Edmonds 141558162.29033107
RF Tim Salmon 143537177.33034105
DH Chili Davis 119424135.3182086

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Greg Myers 8527371.260938
Rex Hudler 8422359.265627
Spike Owen 8221850.229128
Andy Allanson 358214.171310
Eduardo Pérez 297112.16917
Carlos Martínez 266111.18019
José Lind 15437.16301
Mike Aldrete 18246.25003
Rod Correia 14215.23803
Orlando Palmeiro 15207.35001
Dick Schofield 12205.25002
Rene Gonzales 30186.33313
Dave Gallagher 11163.18800
Mark Dalesandro 11101.10000
Chris Turner 5101.10001
Kevin Flora 210.00000


Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Chuck Finley 32203.015124.21195
Mark Langston 31200.11574.63142
Shawn Boskie 20111.2775.6451
Brian Anderson 1899.2685.8745
Jim Abbott 1384.2544.1541
Scott Sanderson 739.1134.1223

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Mike Bielecki 2275.1465.9745
Mike Harkey 1261.1434.5528
Russ Springer 1951.2126.1038
Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Lee Smith 5205373.4743
Troy Percival 623231.9594
Bob Patterson 625203.0441
Mike James 463013.8836
Mike Butcher 406104.7329
John Habyan 281204.1325
Mitch Williams 201206.759
Mark Holzemer 120105.405
Rich Monteleone 91002.005
Ken Edenfield 70004.266
Erik Bennett 10000.000

Award winners

1995 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Vancouver Canadians Pacific Coast League Don Long
AA Midland Angels Texas League Mario Mendoza
A Lake Elsinore Storm California League Mitch Seoane
A Cedar Rapids Kernels Midwest League Tom Lawless
A-Short Season Boise Hawks Northwest League Tom Kotchman
Rookie AZL Angels Arizona League Bruce Hines

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Boise [16]

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References

  1. ↑ "1995 California Angels Playoff Picture". coolstandings.com. October 2, 1995. Archived from the original on October 5, 2013. Retrieved October 2, 2013.
  2. ↑ Nightengale, Bob (October 2, 1995). "The Angels are too hardy in not being hardy enough". The Sporting News . Retrieved September 21, 2007.
  3. ↑ 1995 California Angels Archived June 14, 2008, at the Wayback Machine from Baseball-Reference.com
  4. ↑ "Rex Hudler Stats".
  5. ↑ Lee Smith Statistics – Baseball-Reference.com
  6. ↑ Tony Phillips Statistics – Baseball-Reference.com
  7. ↑ Scott Sanderson Statistics – Baseball-Reference.com
  8. ↑ "Mike Bielecki Stats".
  9. ↑ "Ricky Jordan Stats".
  10. ↑ Darin Erstad Statistics – Baseball-Reference.com
  11. ↑ "Mark Sweeney Stats".
  12. ↑ Jim Abbott Statistics – Baseball-Reference.com
  13. ↑ Mike Aldrete Statistics – Baseball-Reference.com
  14. ↑ "Hutch Award | Baseball Almanac".
  15. ↑ "1995 All-Star Game".
  16. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997
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