1979 California Angels
Record: 102-60
Finish: 1st in AL West Division Division
Runs Scored: 812
Runs Allowed: 637
Exp W-L: 99-63
 
Ballpark: Anahiem Stadium
Attendance: 2,989,018
Manager: Corey Huegen

Statistics / Schedule

 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost World Championship 1-4 to Cincinnati Reds
Won AL League Series 4-0 over Minnesota Twins
Won Division Series 3-2 over Detroit Tigers
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
1B *Dan Driessen 27 161 631 105 183 31 2 19 98 19 6 77 44 .290 .366 .436 .802 98.9 22.8 3.1
LF *Reggie Jackson 33 161 619 101 173 32 3 37 126 28 14 85 141 .279 .366 .520 .886 115.2 24.2 1.1
LF  Sixto Lezcano 25 161 592 87 155 38 4 17 82 5 3 86 94 .262 .355 .426 .781 90.0 15.8 5.5
2B *Jerry Remy 26 159 639 95 185 25 8 8 68 43 17 45 37 .290 .338 .391 .729 84.8 11.9 12.0
SS  Ron Jackson 26 160 582 73 140 25 8 4 68 1 3 52 21 .241 .302 .332 .634 53.9 3.7 5.1
RF  Merv Rettenmund 36 159 528 98 142 20 6 16 78 2 2 87 98 .269 .373 .420 .794 87.1 20.2 4.9
C  Brian Downing 28 147 498 69 123 23 2 14 74 3 3 78 55 .247 .353 .386 .738 70.8 12.8 6.1
LF *Mike Lum 33 137 458 63 116 16 2 18 68 1 2 44 49 .253 .315 .415 .730 61.1 7.2 4.4
SS *Rance Mulliniks 23 137 442 60 140 32 1 5 59 2 1 34 48 .317 .363 .428 .791 61.9 13.3 7.3
CF *Thad Bosley 22 117 343 40 90 13 3 0 41 4 2 36 42 .262 .334 .318 .652 36.2 3.4 3.6
SS  Mario Guerrero 29 73 170 12 43 5 0 0 9 1 0 10 4 .253 .298 .282 .581 12.1 0.0 3.3
RF  Joe Rudi 32 79 153 23 33 7 1 5 24 0 0 14 34 .216 .287 .373 .659 15.0 1.5 0.9
C #Ike Hampton 27 44 127 8 22 3 0 1 13 0 1 3 27 .173 .191 .220 .411 2.9 0.0 1.5
LF  Gil Flores 26 55 118 18 34 7 1 0 9 1 1 7 10 .288 .331 .364 .695 11.8 2.3 0.7
3B  Chico Ruiz 27 26 41 4 9 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 7 .220 .220 .293 .512 1.5 0.0 0.8
  Team Totals 28.0 1776 5941 856 1588 280 41 144 819 110 55 658 711 .267 .341 .401 .742 803.2 139.3 60.2
  Rank among 14 AL teams 2 5 4 6 7 6 5 7 6 1 13 7 4 6 6 4  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 John Fulgham 23 23 8 .742 33 33 0 270.7 203 73 14 55 99 2.43 25.7
*Frank Tanana 25 18 9 .667 29 29 0 229.0 205 80 13 60 146 3.14 16.5
 Paul Hartzell 25 16 6 .727 25 25 0 192.7 198 64 12 44 44 2.99 14.2
 Rich Gale 25 7 12 .368 28 28 0 187.3 178 90 16 86 41 4.32 6.8
 Marty Pattin 36 13 5 .722 44 18 2 166.7 139 55 8 58 82 2.97 14.0
 Bill Bonham 30 7 6 .538 16 15 0 90.7 116 62 8 54 49 6.15 0.0
*Dave Laroche 31 5 0 1.000 61 0 48 66.0 29 6 0 16 53 0.82 18.6
 John Verhoeven 25 5 6 .455 46 1 1 63.7 60 34 9 23 14 4.81 2.5
 Pete Broberg 29 3 1 .750 32 2 2 53.7 53 23 7 25 10 3.86 2.7
 Mike Barlow 31 2 4 .333 24 6 2 49.7 46 24 1 29 10 4.35 2.1
*Rich Folkers 32 2 1 .667 24 0 2 49.0 48 22 7 20 17 4.04 2.3
 John Caneira 26 1 2 .333 5 5 0 33.0 30 15 4 16 8 4.09 1.1
Team Totals 28.2 102 60 .630 367 162 57 1452.0 1305 548 99 486 573 3.40 106.4
Rank among 14 AL teams 3 1 1 2 7 3 2 3 6 10 2  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .989 39.6
B.Downing 1272.3 141 145 533 81 11 2 .982 38.1
I.Hampton 284.0 32 34 126 17 1 1 .993 52.4
Team Total 1556.3 173 179 659 98 12 3 .984 40.1
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 12.41
D.Driessen 1448.7 161 161 2074 177 14 185 .994 13.98
M.Lum 12.0 1 2 17 1 0 2 1.000 13.50
R.Jackson 4.0 0 2 3 2 0 0 1.000 11.25
Team Total 1464.7 162 165 2094 180 14 187 .994 13.97
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 6.40
J.Remy 1370.7 155 158 324 727 27 147 .975 6.90
M.Guerrero 55.0 4 18 17 26 2 4 .956 7.04
C.Ruiz 39.0 3 11 9 25 0 7 1.000 7.85
Team Total 1464.7 162 187 350 778 29 158 .975 6.93
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .948 3.16
R.Jackson 1407.7 158 158 87 415 23 42 .956 3.21
C.Ruiz 53.0 4 11 3 22 3 1 .893 4.25
M.Rettenmund 32.0 3 5 2 11 0 1 1.000 3.66
Team Total 1492.7 165 174 92 448 26 44 .954 3.26
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .966 5.45
R.Mulliniks 1078.3 119 135 174 513 26 92 .964 5.73
M.Guerrero 384.3 43 55 61 185 3 41 .988 5.76
M.Rettenmund 1.0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
T.Bosley 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1464.7 162 192 235 698 30 133 .969 5.73
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 2.03
M.Rettenmund 1263.7 148 149 233 3 1 0 .996 1.68
G.Flores 106.0 13 14 20 1 0 0 1.000 1.78
M.Lum 33.3 1 10 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.35
J.Rudi 30.7 0 16 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.76
T.Bosley 29.0 0 14 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.17
R.Jackson 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1464.7 162 204 271 4 1 0 .996 1.69
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 2.63
T.Bosley 673.0 76 79 171 1 9 1 .950 2.30
M.Lum 500.7 58 63 128 1 0 1 1.000 2.32
R.Jackson 234.0 26 27 55 0 2 0 .965 2.12
J.Rudi 40.0 2 14 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.48
G.Flores 14.0 0 8 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.29
M.Rettenmund 9.0 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
S.Lezcano 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1472.7 162 196 369 3 11 2 .971 2.27
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 2.07
S.Lezcano 1402.3 160 160 290 10 20 3 .938 1.93
M.Lum 518.7 62 62 82 0 0 0 1.000 1.42
J.Rudi 203.0 18 33 31 0 0 0 1.000 1.37
G.Flores 20.0 1 5 8 0 0 0 1.000 3.60
T.Bosley 8.0 0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 5.63
M.Rettenmund 4.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
R.Jackson 2.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
I.Hampton 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 2159.0 241 270 418 10 20 3 .955 1.78
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 2.05
J.Fulgham 270.7 33 33 31 50 3 2 .964 2.69
F.Tanana 229.0 29 29 16 45 1 1 .984 2.40
P.Hartzell 192.7 25 25 14 25 3 0 .929 1.82
R.Gale 187.3 28 28 8 36 2 2 .957 2.11
M.Pattin 166.7 18 44 15 30 1 0 .978 2.43
B.Bonham 90.7 15 16 7 12 0 1 1.000 1.89
D.Laroche 66.0 0 61 6 12 0 1 1.000 2.45
J.Verhoeven 63.7 1 46 11 8 0 2 1.000 2.69
P.Broberg 53.7 2 32 7 6 0 2 1.000 2.18
M.Barlow 49.7 6 24 3 10 0 1 1.000 2.36
R.Folkers 49.0 0 24 5 15 0 1 1.000 3.67
J.Caneira 33.0 5 5 1 4 2 1 .714 1.36
Team Total 1452.0 162 367 124 253 12 14 .969 2.34
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Mulliniks .304
On-Base Pct Rettenmund .373
Slugging Pct Jackson .520
OPS Jackson .886
XR Jackson 115.2
Games Driessen, Jackson, Lezcano 161
At-Bats Remy 639
Runs Driessen 105
Hits Remy 185
Total Bases Jackson 322
Singles Remy 144
Doubles Lezcano 38
Triples Jackson, Remy 8
Homeruns Jackson 37
RBIs Jackson 126
Stolen Bases Remy 43
Caught Stealing Remy 17
Walks Rettenmund 87
Strikeouts Jackson 141
ERA Fulgham 2.43
Wins Fulgham 23
Losses Gale 12
Winning Pct Fulgham .742
Saves Laroche 48
Games Pitched Laroche 61
Games Started Fulgham 33
Complete Games Fulgham 16
Shutouts Fulgham 6
Innings Pitched Fulgham 270.7
Hits Allowed Tanana 205
Homeruns Allowed Gale 16
Strikeouts Tanana 146
Walks Allowed Gale 86
Walks per 9IP Fulgham 1.8
Hits per 9IP Fulgham 6.8
Strikeouts per 9IP Tanana 5.7
WHiP Fulgham 0.95
OAVG Fulgham .205
OOBP Fulgham .252
OSLG Fulgham .294
OOPS Fulgham .545
Team All-Stars
John Fulgham
Paul Hartzell
Reggie Jackson
Dave Laroche
Frank Tanana
Player Salaries
Frank Tanana $ 12,000,000
Reggie Jackson $ 9,000,000
Dave Laroche $ 6,500,000
Joe Rudi $ 3,030,000
Pete Broberg $ 2,800,000
Hank Webb $ 2,750,000
Paul Hartzell $ 2,567,500
Merv Rettenmund $ 2,500,000
Marty Pattin $ 2,500,000
Dan Driessen $ 2,500,000
Mario Guerrero $ 2,250,000
Sixto Lezcano $ 1,949,500
Mike Lum $ 1,900,000
Bill Bonham $ 1,750,000
John Verhoeven $ 1,231,000
Mike Barlow $ 1,231,000
Rich Folkers $ 1,150,000
Brian Downing $ 900,000
Don Kirkwood $ 625,000
Rance Mulliniks $ 512,500
Ron Jackson $ 512,500
John Caneira $ 512,500
Ike Hampton $ 500,000
John Hale $ 500,000
Gil Flores $ 412,000
Thad Bosley $ 412,000
John Fulgham $ 300,000
Chico Ruiz $ 300,000
Jerry Remy $ 300,000
Rich Gale $ 300,000
 
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