1996 California Angels season

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1996  California Angels
League American League
Division West
Ballpark Anaheim Stadium
City Anaheim, California
Record70–91 (.435)
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 was the 36th season of the California Angels franchise in the American League, the 31st in Anaheim, and their 31st season playing their home games at Anaheim Stadium. The Angels finished fourth in the American League West with a record of 70 wins and 91 losses.

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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]

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

AL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Texas Rangers 9072.556—50‍–‍3140‍–‍41
Seattle Mariners 8576.5284½43‍–‍3842‍–‍38
Oakland Athletics 7884.4811240‍–‍4138‍–‍43
California Angels 7091.43519½43‍–‍3827‍–‍53

Record vs. opponents

1996 American League record

Sources:
TeamBALBOSCALCWSCLEDETKCMILMINNYYOAKSEATEXTOR
Baltimore —7–66–64–85–711–29–39–37–53–109–47–53–10–18–5
Boston 6–7—8–46–61–1112–13–97–56–67–68–57–66–68–5
California 6–64–8—6–64–96–64–87–54–87–66–75–84–97–5
Chicago 8–46–66–6—5–810–37–66–76–76–75–75–78–47–5
Cleveland 7–511–19–48–5—12–07–67–610–33–96–68–44–87–5
Detroit 2–111–126–63–100–12—6–64–86–65–84–86–64–96–7
Kansas City 3–99–38–46–76–76–6—4–96–74–85–77–56–65–8
Milwaukee 3–95–75–77–66–78–49–4—9–46–67–54–96–75–7
Minnesota 5–76–68–47–63–106–67–64–9—5–76–76–67–58–5
New York 10–36–76–77–69–38–58–46–67–5—9–33–95–78–5
Oakland 4–95–87–67–56–68–47–55–77–63–9—8–57–64–8
Seattle 5–76–78–57–54–86–65–79–46–69–35–8—10–35–7
Texas 10–3–16–69–44–88–49–46–67–65–77–56–73–10—10–2
Toronto 5–85–85–75–75–77–68–57–55–85–88–47–52–10—

Game log

1996 Game Log: 70–91 (Home: 43–38; Away: 27–53)
April: 13–12 (Home: 9–2; Away: 4–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 2 Brewers 9–15WickanderFinley (0–1)—27,8360–1
2April 3 Brewers 3–2 (11)James (1–0)Lloyd—15,0241–1
3April 5 White Sox 7–6 (11)James (2–0)McCaskill—22,8122–1
4April 6 White Sox 4–8FernandezAbbott (0–1)—26,4472–2
5April 7 White Sox 6–5Finley (1–1)AlvarezPercival (1)16,9703–2
6April 9@ Blue Jays 0–5HentgenLangston (0–1)—36,6163–3
7April 10@ Blue Jays 2–1Holzemer (1–0)GuzmanPercival (2)25,4464–3
8April 11@ Blue Jays 4–7HansonAbbott (0–2)Timlin25,5124–4
9April 12@ Tigers 5–4Finley (2–1)LiraPercival (3)9,9215–4
10April 13@ Tigers 5–9KeagleSanderson (0–1)—11,7195–5
11April 14@ Tigers 4–5LewisJames (2–1)—12,0095–6
12April 15@ Mariners 10–11CharltonEichhorn (0–1)—36,9605–7
13April 16@ Mariners 3–5JohnsonAbbott (0–3)—25,4045–8
14April 17 Blue Jays 5–1Finley (3–1)Quantrill—15,3616–8
15April 18 Blue Jays 9–6James (3–1)WarePercival (4)25,0837–8
16April 19 Tigers 4–3Langston (1–1)Myers—32,6938–8
17April 20 Tigers 2–1Grimsley (1–0)KeaglePercival (5)25,6859–8
18April 21 Tigers 6–5Eichhorn (1–1)LewisPercival (6)36,73310–8
19April 22 Tigers 6–5James (4–1)ChristopherPercival (7)17,03911–8
20April 24@ Brewers 4–3Boskie (1–0)McDonaldPercival (8)7,05112–8
21April 25@ Brewers 5–6FettersJames (4–2)—6,70712–9
April 26@ White Sox Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for June 2412–9
22April 27@ White Sox 1–2FernandezAbbott (0–4)Hernandez18,13912–10
23April 28@ White Sox 1–10BaldwinFinley (3–2)—15,57412–11
24April 29@ White Sox 3–4AlvarezGrimsley (1–1)Hernandez12,54912–12
25April 30@ Athletics 7–3Langston (2–1)Prieto—7,15413–12
May: 13–14 (Home: 9–8; Away: 4–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
26May 1@ Athletics 6–4Boskie (2–0)Van PoppelPercival (9)6,72114–12
27May 2@ Athletics 3–1Abbott (1–4)JohnsPercival (10)9,10215–12
28May 3 Twins 4–1Finley (4–2)RobertsonPercival (11)24,50516–12
29May 4 Twins 5–2Grimsley (2–1)Rodriguez—29,26417–12
30May 5 Twins 5–1Boskie (3–0)Hawkins—35,54118–12
31May 6 Royals 4–9BelcherLeftwich (0–1)Pichardo14,44718–13
32May 7 Royals 3–5ValeraAbbott (1–5)Montgomery14,65718–14
33May 8 Royals 1–3 (14)PichardoEichhorn (1–2)—16,21018–15
34May 9 Royals 2–8GubiczaGrimsley (2–2)—15,30218–16
35May 10 Indians 13–8Boskie (4–0)Lopez—23,52219–16
36May 11 Indians 5–6McDowellSanderson (0–2)Mesa32,10219–17
37May 12 Indians 1–4PoolePercival (0–1)Mesa22,76819–18
38May 14@ Red Sox 3–4 (12)BelindaBoskie (4–1)—22,45019–19
39May 15@ Red Sox 6–17MoyerGrimsley (2–3)—23,45519–20
40May 17@ Yankees 5–8PettitteAbbott (1–6)Rivera19,08719–21
41May 18@ Yankees 3–7RogersWilliams (0–1)Rivera22,82119–22
42May 19@ Yankees 10–1Finley (5–2)Kamieniecki—37,32620–22
43May 20@ Orioles 1–13WellsGrimsley (2–4)—43,49220–23
44May 21@ Orioles 5–2Boskie (5–1)KrivdaPercival (12)39,97421–23
45May 22@ Orioles 5–10HaynesAbbott (1–7)McDowell45,81721–24
46May 24 Red Sox 3–1Finley (6–2)SelePercival (13)19,55022–24
47May 25 Red Sox 3–10GordonWilliams (0–2)—23,97222–25
48May 26 Red Sox 12–2Boskie (6–1)Eshelman—23,82823–25
49May 27 Yankees 5–16PettitteAbbott (1–8)—20,92623–26
50May 28 Yankees 1–0Grimsley (3–4)Rogers—17,28424–26
51May 29 Yankees 4–0Finley (7–2)Mendoza—19,24625–26
52May 31 Orioles 10–3Langston (3–1)Wells—21,60326–26
June: 15–14 (Home: 8–5; Away: 7–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
53June 1 Orioles 8–3Boskie (7–1)Haynes—35,35027–26
54June 2 Orioles 1–14EricksonAbbott (1–9)—33,70427–27
55June 3@ Twins 3–9TrombleyFinley (7–3)—10,58927–28
56June 4@ Twins 3–5RodriguezGrimsley (3–5)Guardado10,89927–29
57June 5@ Twins 3–14AldredLangston (3–2)Hansell10,63927–30
58June 7@ Indians 3–4McDowellBoskie (7–2)Mesa42,26027–31
59June 8@ Indians 0–5HershiserFinley (7–4)—42,26727–32
60June 9@ Indians 8–6 (13)Hancock (1–0)Tavarez—42,23728–32
61June 10@ Royals 7–5 (10)McElroy (1–0)PughPercival (14)15,69129–32
62June 11@ Royals 11–9McElroy (2–0)ValeraPercival (15)16,68730–32
63June 12@ Royals 4–3 (10)McElroy (3–0)MontgomeryPercival (16)15,42831–32
64June 13 Blue Jays 6–4Finley (8–4)GuzmanJames (1)20,52832–32
65June 14 Blue Jays 7–4Grimsley (4–5)HansonPercival (17)18,50333–32
66June 15 Blue Jays 7–5Langston (4–2)CrabtreePercival (18)40,35234–32
67June 16 Blue Jays 4–6QuantrillAbbott (1–10)Timlin22,97934–33
68June 17 White Sox 9–8 (13)Hancock (2–0)McCaskill—17,83635–33
69June 18 White Sox 5–4Finley (9–4)SimasPercival (19)19,21336–33
70June 19 White Sox 14–2McElroy (4–0)Alvarez—22,96037–33
71June 20@ Brewers 10–3Langston (5–2)Givens—16,03438–33
72June 21@ Brewers 5–10McDonaldAbbott (1–11)—16,27438–34
73June 22@ Brewers 6–4Boskie (8–2)MirandaPercival (20)35,46439–34
74June 23@ Brewers 4–8GarciaFinley (9–5)—17,05139–35
75June 24@ White Sox 2–4AlvarezJames (4–3)Hernandez—39–36
76June 24@ White Sox 6–4Hancock (3–0)SirotkaPercival (21)24,46940–36
77June 25@ White Sox 2–3TapaniLangston (5–3)Hernandez23,27040–37
78June 27 Athletics 2–18JohnsBoskie (8–3)—23,50340–38
79June 28 Athletics 3–6ChouinardFinley (9–6)—32,38040–39
80June 29 Athletics 9–11GroomMonteleone (0–1)—26,56540–40
81June 30 Athletics 1–0Hancock (4–0)WasdinPercival (22)19,28441–40
July: 10–16 (Home: 7–6; Away: 3–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
82July 1 Rangers 6–8GrossLangston (5–4)Henneman19,75441–41
83July 2 Rangers 6–5James (5–3)Henneman—19,05542–41
84July 3 Rangers 1–8PavlikFinley (9–7)—45,97942–42
85July 4@ Athletics 7–8 (11)TaylorMonteleone (0–2)—14,14442–43
86July 5@ Athletics 8–16WasdinHancock (4–1)—36,12942–44
87July 6@ Athletics 5–6 (10)TaylorJames (5–4)—14,29442–45
88July 7@ Athletics 9–4Boskie (9–3)Johns—16,52643–45
89July 11@ Mariners 4–5 (12)CarmonaMonteleone (0–3)—25,94943–46
90July 12@ Mariners 6–7 (10)AyalaMcElroy (4–1)—29,61843–47
91July 13@ Mariners 6–4Boskie (10–3)AyalaPercival (23)37,79244–47
92July 14@ Mariners 0–8WellsGrimsley (4–6)—33,24344–48
93July 15@ Rangers 10–7Schmidt (1–0)BrandenburgPercival (24)45,65545–48
94July 16@ Rangers 2–6OliverAbbott (1–12)Russell34,68045–49
95July 17@ Rangers 3–7HillFinley (9–8)—44,22045–50
96July 18 Mariners 3–15MeachamBoskie (10–4)—22,78045–51
97July 19 Mariners 9–4Grimsley (5–6)Wells—23,33246–51
98July 20 Mariners 5–4Schmidt (2–0)CharltonPercival (25)31,75947–51
99July 21 Mariners 2–6HitchcockAbbott (1–13)—22,08847–52
100July 22 Tigers 1–0Finley (10–8)OlivaresPercival (26)16,33648–52
101July 23 Tigers 3–8LimaJames (5–5)—16,43248–53
102July 25 Brewers 5–4Holtz (1–0)Lloyd—16,84149–53
103July 26 Brewers 6–5Springer (1–0)D'AmicoPercival (27)18,18950–53
104July 27 Brewers 7–0Finley (11–8)McDonald—17,49751–53
105July 28 Brewers 3–4 (13)MirandaHoltz (1–1)Garcia25,53951–54
106July 30@ Tigers 9–12NitkowskiGrimsley (5–7)—11,64151–55
107July 31@ Tigers 5–10LimaHoltz (1–2)—9,74051–56
August: 11–18 (Home: 4–11; Away: 7–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
108August 1@ Tigers 5–13WilliamsBoskie (10–5)—14,59151–57
109August 2@ Blue Jays 2–9HentgenFinley (11–9)—30,26151–58
110August 3@ Blue Jays 11–6Langston (6–4)Castillo—32,13952–58
111August 4@ Blue Jays 1–7FlenerAbbott (1–14)—30,25352–59
112August 6 Twins 1–4RadkeSpringer (1–1)Guardado20,05852–60
113August 7 Twins 0–4RobertsonFinley (11–10)—18,61152–61
114August 8 Twins 5–13AguileraBoskie (10–6)—21,28352–62
115August 9 Royals 3–5RosadoLangston (6–5)Montgomery35,97752–63
116August 10 Royals 3–18HaneyAbbott (1–15)—21,65752–64
117August 11 Royals 6–5Springer (2–1)Belcher—18,59153–64
118August 12 Indians 4–5HershiserFinley (11–11)Mesa19,49953–65
119August 13 Indians 4–2Boskie (11–6)OgeaPercival (28)19,56954–65
120August 14 Indians 8–7Gohr (1–0)McDowellPercival (29)23,88755–65
121August 16@ Red Sox 6–3Springer (3–1)WakefieldPercival (30)30,69356–65
122August 17@ Red Sox 0–6ClemensFinley (11–12)—32,49756–66
123August 18@ Red Sox 4–3Holtz (2–2)BrandenburgPercival (31)25,22457–66
124August 19@ Red Sox 9–10LacyGohr (1–1)Slocumb25,77957–67
125August 20@ Yankees 6–17BoehringerSpringer (3–2)—20,79557–68
126August 21@ Yankees 7–1Dickson (1–0)KeyPercival (32)27,81158–68
127August 22@ Yankees 12–3Finley (12–12)Rogers—27,19159–68
128August 23@ Orioles 2–0Boskie (12–6)WellsPercival (33)47,29160–68
129August 24@ Orioles 4–5MussinaAbbott (1–16)Myers46,48760–69
130August 25@ Orioles 13–0Springer (4–2)Erickson—47,23961–69
131August 26 Red Sox 1–4WakefieldDickson (1–1)—16,88661–70
132August 27 Red Sox 1–2ClemensFinley (12–13)Slocumb19,94761–71
133August 28 Red Sox 4–7GordonBoskie (12–7)—20,89461–72
134August 29 Yankees 14–3Holtz (3–2)Whitehurst—19,75562–72
135August 30 Yankees 2–6PettitteSpringer (4–3)—27,08462–73
136August 31 Yankees 3–14KeyDickson (1–2)—28,74962–74
September: 8–17 (Home: 6–6; Away: 2–11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
137September 1 Yankees 4–0Finley (13–13)Rogers—19,38463–74
138September 2 Orioles 8–12MussinaBoskie (12–8)—20,28763–75
139September 3 Orioles 10–2Harris (1–0)Coppinger—15,92464–75
140September 4 Orioles 2–4EricksonSpringer (4–4)Myers18,20464–76
141September 6@ Twins 2–6RadkeFinley (13–14)—13,00664–77
142September 7@ Twins 3–6StevensBoskie (12–9)Trombley51,01164–78
143September 8@ Twins 4–2Abbott (2–16)RodriguezPercival (34)14,37865–78
144September 9@ Indians 3–4ShueyHoltz (3–3)Mesa42,20865–79
145September 10@ Indians 5–7AssenmacherPercival (0–2)—42,18165–80
146September 11@ Indians 0–2McDowellFinley (13–15)Mesa42,26465–81
147September 12@ Indians 2–11AndersonBoskie (12–10)—42,24465–82
148September 13@ Royals 2–8BelcherAbbott (2–17)—13,08365–83
149September 14@ Royals 5–8AppierDickson (1–3)—17,17465–84
September 15@ Royals Cancelled (rain)65–84
150September 17 Athletics 1–5PrietoSpringer (4–5)—17,82765–85
151September 18 Athletics 3–1Finley (14–15)AdamsPercival (35)18,21366–85
152September 20 Rangers 6–5 (10)McElroy (5–1)Stanton—18,86067–85
153September 21 Rangers 1–7BurkettAbbott (2–18)—24,10467–86
154September 22 Rangers 1–4HillDickson (1–4)—17,52267–87
155September 23 Mariners 4–3Finley (15–15)HitchcockPercival (36)16,21268–87
156September 24 Mariners 11–6Springer (5–5)Wells—18,89169–87
157September 25 Mariners 2–11TorresBoskie (12–11)—17,16069–88
158September 26@ Rangers 5–6BurkettAbbott (2–19)Henneman33,89569–89
159September 27@ Rangers 4–3 (15)Harris (2–0)WhitesideGohr (1)46,76470–89
160September 28@ Rangers 3–4OliverFinley (15–16)Heredia45,65170–90
161September 29@ Rangers 3–4WittSpringer (5–6)—45,43470–91
Legend:       = Win       = Loss
Bold = Angels team member

Detailed records

Notable transactions

Roster

1996 California Angels
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Jorge Fábregas 9025473.287226
1B J.T. Snow 155575148.2571767
2B Randy Velarde 136530151.2851454
SS Gary Disarcina 150536137.256548
3B George Arias 8425260.238628
LF Garret Anderson 150607173.2851272
CF Jim Edmonds 114431131.3042766
RF Tim Salmon 156581166.2863098
DH Chili Davis 145530155.2922895

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Rex Hudler 9230294.3111640
Darin Erstad 5720859.284420
Don Slaught 6220767.324632
Tim Wallach 5719045.237820
Jack Howell 6612634.270821
Orlando Palmeiro 508725.28706
Todd Greene 297915.19029
Pat Borders 195713.22828
Damion Easley 28457.15627
Mike Aldrete 31406.15038
Dick Schofield 13164.25000
Robert Eenhoorn 6154.26700
Chris Pritchett 5132.15401
Chris Turner 431.33301

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Chuck Finley 35238.015164.16215
Shawn Boskie 37189.112115.32133
Jim Abbott 27142.02187.4858
Mark Langston 18123.1654.8283
Dennis Springer 2094.2565.5164
Jason Dickson 743.1144.5720
Scott Sanderson 518.0027.507
Phil Leftwich 27.1017.364

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Jason Grimsley 35130.1576.8482
Pep Harris 1132.1203.9020
Shad Williams 1328.1028.8926
Ryan Hancock 1127.2417.4819

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Troy Percival 6202362.31100
Mike James 695512.6765
Chuck McElroy 405102.9532
Mike Holtz 303302.4531
Mark Holzemer 251008.7620
Mark Eichhorn 241205.0424
Greg Gohr 151117.5015
Rich Monteleone 120305.875
Lee Smith 110002.456
Jeff Schmidt 92007.882
Brad Pennington 800012.277
Darrell May 500010.131
Todd Frohwirth 400011.121
Robert Ellis 30000.005
Kyle Abbott 301020.253
Ken Edenfield 200010.384
Ben Van Ryn 10000.000

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: Lake Elsinore [12]

References

  1. ↑ "1996 MLB Standard Pitching". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 8, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Randy Velarde Stats".
  3. ↑ Mike Aldrete Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  4. 1 2 Scott Sanderson Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  5. ↑ "Todd Frohwirth Stats".
  6. ↑ Jim Abbott Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  7. ↑ "Mark Eichhorn: Career Statistics". Baseball Reference. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
  8. ↑ "Ricky Jordan Stats".
  9. ↑ Lee Smith Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  10. ↑ Vince Coleman Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  11. ↑ "Robert Eenhoorn Stats".
  12. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997
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