1999 Anaheim Angels season

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1999  Anaheim Angels
League American League
Division West
Ballpark Edison International Field of Anaheim
City Anaheim, California
Owners The Walt Disney Company
General managers Bill Bavasi
Managers Terry Collins, Joe Maddon
Television Fox Sports West
KCAL-9
•Rex Hudler, Steve Physioc
KVEA (Spanish)
Radio KLAC (AM 570)
•Mario Impemba, Brian Barnhart
XPRS (Spanish)
•José Tolentino, Ivan Lara
Stats ESPN.com
BB-reference
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A ticket for a 1999 game between the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and the Angels. Tampa Bay Devil Rays at Anaheim Angels 1999-05-16.jpg
A ticket for a 1999 game between the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and the Angels.

The 1999 Anaheim Angels season involved the Angels finishing fourth in the American League West with a record of 70 wins and 92 losses.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

AL West 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Texas Rangers 95670.586—51–3044–37
Oakland Athletics 87750.537852–2935–46
Seattle Mariners 79830.4881643–3836–45
Anaheim Angels 70920.4322537–4433–48

Record vs. opponents

1999 American League record

Sources:
TeamANABALBOSCWSCLEDETKCMINNYYOAKSEATBTEXTORNL 
Anaheim —3–91–95–51–95–57–56–46–48–46–67–56–63–96–12
Baltimore 9–3—5–77–31–95–56–48–14–95–75–55–76–61–1111–7
Boston 9–17–5—7–58–47–58–26–48–44–67–34–94–59–36–12
Chicago 5–53–75–7—3–97–56–68–3–15–73–74–86–45–56–49–9
Cleveland 9–19–14–89–3—8–57–59–33–710–27–35–43–75–79–9
Detroit 5–55–55–75–75–8—7–46–65–74–63–74–55–52–108–10
Kansas City 5–74–62–86–65–74–7—5–85–46–67–52–84–63–76–12
Minnesota 4–61–84–63–8–13–96–68–5—4–67–54–85–50–124–610–7
New York 4–69–44–87–57–37–54–56–4—6–49–18–48–410–29–9
Oakland 4–87–56–47–32–106–46–65–74–6—6–69–15–78–212–6
Seattle 6–65–53–78–43–77–35–78–41–96–6—8–45–87–27–11
Tampa Bay 5–77–59–44–64–55–48–25–54–81–94–8—4–85–84–14
Texas 6–66–65–45–57–35–56–412–04–87–58–58–4—6–410–8
Toronto 9–311–13–94–67–510–27–36–42–102–82–78–54–6—9–9

Notable transactions

Roster

1999 Anaheim Angels
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

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 Matt Walbeck 10728869.240322
1B Darin Erstad 142585148.2531353
2B Randy Velarde 95376115.306948
SS Gary Disarcina 8127162.229129
3B Troy Glaus 154551132.2402979
LF Orlando Palmeiro 10931788.278123
CF Garret Anderson 157620188.3032180
RF Tim Salmon 9835394.2661769
DH Mo Vaughn 134524147.28133108

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Todd Greene 9732178.2431442
Andy Sheets 8724448.197329
Jeff Huson 9722559.262018
Jim Edmonds 5520451.250523
Trent Durrington 4312222.18002
Bengie Molina 3110126.257110
Steve Decker 286315.23805
Reggie Williams 306314.22216
Charlie O'Brien 27626.09714
Tim Unroe 275413.24116
Chris Pritchett 20457.15612
Matt Luke 18309.30036
Bret Hemphill 12213.14302
Jeff DaVanon 7204.20014
Dave Silvestri 3111.09101
Mike Colangelo 121.50000

Starting pitchers

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

NameGIPWLERASO
Chuck Finley 33213.112114.43200
Steve Sparks 28147.25115.4273
Tim Belcher 24132.1686.7352
Omar Olivares 20131.0894.0549
Ken Hill 26128.14114.7776
Ramón Ortiz 948.1236.5244
Brian Cooper 527.2114.8815
Jack McDowell 419.0048.0512

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Jarrod Washburn 1661.2455.2539
Mike Fyhrie 1651.2045.0526
Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Troy Percival 6046313.7958
Mark Petkovsek 6410413.4743
Shigetoshi Hasegawa 644624.9144
Mike Magnante 535203.3844
Al Levine 501103.3937
Scott Schoeneweis 311105.4922
Mike Holtz 282308.0617
Lou Pote 201132.1520
Juan Alvarez 80103.004
Steve Mintz 30003.602

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Edmonton Trappers Pacific Coast League Carney Lansford
AA Erie SeaWolves Eastern League Garry Templeton
A Lake Elsinore Storm California League Mario Mendoza
A Cedar Rapids Kernels Midwest League Mitch Seoane
A-Short Season Boise Hawks Northwest League Tom Kotchman
Rookie Butte Copper Kings Pioneer League Joe Urso

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References

  1. ↑ Jeff Juden Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  2. ↑ Steve Decker Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  3. ↑ Jack McDowell Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  4. 1 2 "Randy Velarde Stats".
  5. ↑ "Tim Belcher Stats".
  6. ↑ "Dave Silvestri Stats".
  7. ↑ Charlie O'Brien Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  8. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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