1996 California Angels | ||
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League | American League | |
Division | West | |
Ballpark | Anaheim Stadium | |
City | Anaheim, California | |
Owners | Gene Autry | |
General managers | Bill Bavasi | |
Managers | Marcel Lachemann, John McNamara, and Joe Maddon | |
Television | KTLA Prime Sports West (Ken Wilson, Ken Brett) | |
Radio | KMPC (Bob Starr, Mario Impemba) | |
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The 1996 California Angels season involved the Angels finishing fourth in the American League West with a record of 70 wins and 91 losses.
The season was notable for being the final season the franchise bore the "California Angels" moniker, as the team name was changed to "Anaheim Angels" the following season.
The Angels used 29 different pitchers during the season, the most of any MLB team in 1996. [1]
AL West | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Texas Rangers | 90 | 72 | 0.556 | — | 50–31 | 40–41 |
Seattle Mariners | 85 | 76 | 0.528 | 4½ | 43–38 | 42–38 |
Oakland Athletics | 78 | 84 | 0.481 | 12 | 40–41 | 38–43 |
California Angels | 70 | 91 | 0.435 | 19½ | 43–38 | 27–53 |
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Team | BAL | BOS | CAL | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIL | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TEX | TOR |
Baltimore | — | 7–6 | 6–6 | 4–8 | 5–7 | 11–2 | 9–3 | 9–3 | 7–5 | 3–10 | 9–4 | 7–5 | 3–10–1 | 8–5 |
Boston | 6–7 | — | 8–4 | 6–6 | 1–11 | 12–1 | 3–9 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 8–5 | 7–6 | 6–6 | 8–5 |
California | 6–6 | 4–8 | — | 6–6 | 4–9 | 6–6 | 4–8 | 7–5 | 4–8 | 7–6 | 6–7 | 5–8 | 4–9 | 7–5 |
Chicago | 8–4 | 6–6 | 6–6 | — | 5–8 | 10–3 | 7–6 | 6–7 | 6–7 | 6–7 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 8–4 | 7–5 |
Cleveland | 7–5 | 11–1 | 9–4 | 8–5 | — | 12–0 | 7–6 | 7–6 | 10–3 | 3–9 | 6–6 | 8–4 | 4–8 | 7–5 |
Detroit | 2–11 | 1–12 | 6–6 | 3–10 | 0–12 | — | 6–6 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 5–8 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 4–9 | 6–7 |
Kansas City | 3–9 | 9–3 | 8–4 | 6–7 | 6–7 | 6–6 | — | 4–9 | 6–7 | 4–8 | 5–7 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 5–8 |
Milwaukee | 3–9 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 7–6 | 6–7 | 8–4 | 9–4 | — | 9–4 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 4–9 | 6–7 | 5–7 |
Minnesota | 5–7 | 6–6 | 8–4 | 7–6 | 3–10 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 4–9 | — | 5–7 | 6–7 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 8–5 |
New York | 10–3 | 6–7 | 6–7 | 7–6 | 9–3 | 8–5 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 7–5 | — | 9–3 | 3–9 | 5–7 | 8–5 |
Oakland | 4–9 | 5–8 | 7–6 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 7–6 | 3–9 | — | 8–5 | 7–6 | 4–8 |
Seattle | 5–7 | 6–7 | 8–5 | 7–5 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 9–4 | 6–6 | 9–3 | 5–8 | — | 10–3 | 5–7 |
Texas | 10–3–1 | 6–6 | 9–4 | 4–8 | 8–4 | 9–4 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 5–7 | 7–5 | 6–7 | 3–10 | — | 10–2 |
Toronto | 5–8 | 5–8 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 7–6 | 8–5 | 7–5 | 5–8 | 5–8 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 2–10 | — |
1996 Game Log: 70–91 (Home: 43–38; Away: 27–53) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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April: 13–12 (Home: 9–2; Away: 4–10)
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May: 13–14 (Home: 9–8; Away: 4–6)
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June: 15–14 (Home: 8–5; Away: 7–9)
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July: 10–16 (Home: 7–6; Away: 3–10)
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August: 11–18 (Home: 4–11; Away: 7–7)
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September: 8–17 (Home: 6–6; Away: 2–11)
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Legend: = Win = Loss Bold = Angels team member |
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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 |
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C | Jorge Fábregas | 90 | 254 | 73 | .287 | 2 | 26 |
1B | J.T. Snow | 155 | 575 | 148 | .257 | 17 | 67 |
2B | Randy Velarde | 136 | 530 | 151 | .285 | 14 | 54 |
SS | Gary Disarcina | 150 | 536 | 137 | .256 | 5 | 48 |
3B | George Arias | 84 | 252 | 60 | .238 | 6 | 28 |
LF | Garret Anderson | 150 | 607 | 173 | .285 | 12 | 72 |
CF | Jim Edmonds | 114 | 431 | 131 | .304 | 27 | 66 |
RF | Tim Salmon | 156 | 581 | 166 | .286 | 30 | 98 |
DH | Chili Davis | 145 | 530 | 155 | .292 | 28 | 95 |
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 |
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Rex Hudler | 92 | 302 | 94 | .311 | 16 | 40 |
Darin Erstad | 57 | 208 | 59 | .284 | 4 | 20 |
Don Slaught | 62 | 207 | 67 | .324 | 6 | 32 |
Tim Wallach | 57 | 190 | 45 | .237 | 8 | 20 |
Jack Howell | 66 | 126 | 34 | .270 | 8 | 21 |
Orlando Palmeiro | 50 | 87 | 25 | .287 | 0 | 6 |
Todd Greene | 29 | 79 | 15 | .190 | 2 | 9 |
Pat Borders | 19 | 57 | 13 | .228 | 2 | 8 |
Damion Easley | 28 | 45 | 7 | .156 | 2 | 7 |
Mike Aldrete | 31 | 40 | 6 | .150 | 3 | 8 |
Dick Schofield | 13 | 16 | 4 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
Robert Eenhoorn | 6 | 15 | 4 | .267 | 0 | 0 |
Chris Pritchett | 5 | 13 | 2 | .154 | 0 | 1 |
Chris Turner | 4 | 3 | 1 | .333 | 0 | 1 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Chuck Finley | 35 | 238.0 | 15 | 16 | 4.16 | 215 |
Shawn Boskie | 37 | 189.1 | 12 | 11 | 5.32 | 133 |
Jim Abbott | 27 | 142.0 | 2 | 18 | 7.48 | 58 |
Mark Langston | 18 | 123.1 | 6 | 5 | 4.82 | 83 |
Dennis Springer | 20 | 94.2 | 5 | 6 | 5.51 | 64 |
Jason Dickson | 7 | 43.1 | 1 | 4 | 4.57 | 20 |
Scott Sanderson | 5 | 18.0 | 0 | 2 | 7.50 | 7 |
Phil Leftwich | 2 | 7.1 | 0 | 1 | 7.36 | 4 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Jason Grimsley | 35 | 130.1 | 5 | 7 | 6.84 | 82 |
Pep Harris | 11 | 32.1 | 2 | 0 | 3.90 | 20 |
Shad Williams | 13 | 28.1 | 0 | 2 | 8.89 | 26 |
Ryan Hancock | 11 | 27.2 | 4 | 1 | 7.48 | 19 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Troy Percival | 62 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 2.31 | 100 |
Mike James | 69 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2.67 | 65 |
Chuck McElroy | 40 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2.95 | 32 |
Mike Holtz | 30 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2.45 | 31 |
Mark Holzemer | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.76 | 20 |
Mark Eichhorn | 24 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5.04 | 24 |
Greg Gohr | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7.50 | 15 |
Rich Monteleone | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5.87 | 5 |
Lee Smith | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.45 | 6 |
Jeff Schmidt | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7.88 | 2 |
Brad Pennington | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.27 | 7 |
Darrell May | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.13 | 1 |
Todd Frohwirth | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.12 | 1 |
Robert Ellis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 5 |
Kyle Abbott | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20.25 | 3 |
Ken Edenfield | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.38 | 4 |
Ben Van Ryn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Lake Elsinore [12]
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