1981 California Angels
Record: 104-58
Finish: 1st in AL West Division Division
Runs Scored: 831
Runs Allowed: 673
Exp W-L: 96-66
 
Ballpark: Anahiem Stadium
Attendance: 3,396,509
Manager: Corey Huegen

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 77-61, 2nd in the American League
AA: 74-64, 4th in the American League
A: 65-73, 10th in the American League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost World Championship 1-4 to Cincinnati Reds
Won AL League Series 4-3 over Detroit Tigers
Won Division Series 3-1 over Minnesota Twins
 
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
LF *Reggie Jackson 35 158 602 99 169 44 16 20 90 40 22 87 138 .281 .375 .507 .882 107.3 25.9 0.1
1B *Dan Driessen 29 158 596 94 170 33 6 14 85 30 11 62 55 .285 .354 .431 .785 89.2 20.9 2.0
LF  Richie Zisk 32 156 593 80 172 34 1 27 110 0 0 59 101 .290 .356 .487 .843 96.3 22.3 3.6
LF  Sixto Lezcano 27 154 548 83 140 31 8 18 88 2 2 58 107 .255 .328 .440 .768 77.0 16.8 2.8
2B  Davey Lopes 36 155 547 88 159 15 16 5 59 33 17 57 65 .291 .356 .404 .760 76.6 13.9 11.6
SS *Rance Mulliniks 25 157 536 74 146 42 6 6 56 2 1 67 52 .272 .354 .407 .760 72.7 12.1 4.1
1B  Dave Stapleton 27 156 541 66 160 39 1 7 63 1 0 20 54 .296 .319 .410 .730 64.5 11.1 8.3
C  Brian Downing 30 142 501 65 124 12 2 11 76 2 0 58 74 .248 .330 .345 .675 59.3 12.3 5.6
DH *Bernie Carbo 33 111 379 61 97 13 2 10 46 11 10 65 71 .256 .359 .380 .739 54.4 9.3 1.6
RF  Bob Coluccio 29 94 225 48 51 9 3 9 42 1 0 31 27 .227 .315 .413 .729 31.3 5.2 1.2
C  Jim Essian 30 84 151 14 42 6 0 1 19 0 0 17 14 .278 .349 .338 .687 16.3 2.7 1.3
LF *Mike Lum 35 67 115 11 32 4 1 5 24 0 0 8 18 .278 .323 .461 .783 17.0 2.5 0.3
2B  Jerry Terrell 34 76 88 19 25 1 2 1 10 2 0 9 10 .284 .351 .375 .726 11.2 2.5 1.4
2B  Rich Dauer 28 37 43 7 11 1 0 0 2 0 0 9 2 .256 .407 .279 .686 6.6 0.8 1.2
1B  Dave Engle 24 7 13 2 3 0 0 1 4 0 0 1 3 .231 .267 .462 .728 2.2 0.7 0.1
RF  Lynn Jones 28 13 10 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .300 .300 .300 .600 0.9 0.0 0.0
2B #Wally Backman 21 11 7 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 .429 .500 .429 .929 1.2 0.2 0.1
C  Jody Davis 24 5 7 2 2 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 .286 .286 .714 1.000 1.5 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.3 1741 5502 815 1509 284 64 136 779 124 64 609 793 .274 .347 .423 .770 785.5 159.1 45.4
  Rank among 14 AL teams 12 5 7 5 3 3 5 4 11 3 13 6 3 1 1 3  
* - 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
*Frank Tanana 27 24 8 .750 39 39 0 296.0 252 88 15 64 143 2.68 26.1
 John Fulgham 25 18 12 .600 39 39 0 290.7 286 115 14 45 108 3.56 18.7
 Jim Palmer 35 12 18 .400 37 37 0 262.0 294 131 16 81 105 4.50 8.8
 Mark Lemongello 25 14 10 .583 36 36 0 206.7 228 93 12 54 67 4.05 10.5
 Rich Gale 27 7 4 .636 35 16 0 116.0 131 58 4 61 42 4.50 4.9
*Dave Laroche 33 10 3 .769 67 0 43 83.7 45 17 4 29 64 1.83 20.7
*Fred Kuhaulua 28 5 4 .556 57 0 2 72.3 90 35 3 40 29 4.36 3.6
 Pete Broberg 31 2 1 .667 41 0 2 53.3 66 27 4 24 16 4.56 2.0
 Rick Langford 29 2 2 .500 9 8 1 52.0 53 20 2 19 22 3.46 3.3
 Alejandro Pena 22 4 2 .667 45 0 1 37.3 33 16 0 25 17 3.86 3.4
*John Curtis 33 4 2 .667 24 0 0 35.3 53 22 4 19 12 5.60 0.1
 Moose Haas 25 2 2 .500 7 6 0 33.3 41 15 2 14 13 4.05 1.9
 John Verhoeven 27 4 0 1.000 20 0 0 29.7 23 15 1 11 13 4.55 2.1
*Charlie Leibrandt 24 0 0 .000 10 0 1 18.3 19 7 0 6 6 3.44 1.4
Team Totals 27.9 108 68 .614 466 181 50 1586.6 1614 659 81 492 657 3.74 107.4
Rank among 14 AL teams 1 3 4 1 1 13 2 9 5 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 35.2
B.Downing 1253.3 139 141 562 62 8 4 .987 39.1
J.Essian 206.3 23 24 92 13 2 3 .981 35.3
Team Total 1459.7 162 165 654 75 10 7 .986 38.5
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 12.25
D.Driessen 1329.0 151 157 1793 160 12 170 .994 13.23
M.Lum 19.7 1 6 35 1 0 4 1.000 16.48
D.Engle 14.0 1 4 20 2 0 1 1.000 14.14
J.Terrell 7.0 0 3 11 1 0 1 1.000 15.43
B.Coluccio 2.0 0 1 4 1 0 0 1.000 22.50
R.Zisk 1.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1372.7 153 172 1865 165 12 176 .994 13.31
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 6.38
D.Lopes 1286.7 149 153 320 684 28 129 .973 7.02
R.Dauer 74.0 5 19 20 35 0 6 1.000 6.69
J.Terrell 59.0 4 19 19 28 0 7 1.000 7.17
W.Backman 22.0 2 7 6 7 1 2 .929 5.32
D.Stapleton 18.0 2 2 4 16 0 3 1.000 10.00
Team Total 1459.7 162 200 369 770 29 147 .975 7.02
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .949 3.07
D.Stapleton 1284.0 154 154 98 388 8 33 .984 3.41
J.Essian 67.3 3 20 5 17 3 3 .880 2.94
J.Terrell 50.3 1 22 8 17 0 0 1.000 4.47
R.Dauer 50.0 4 15 4 19 0 1 1.000 4.14
D.Engle 4.0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25
B.Coluccio 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
W.Backman 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1459.7 162 215 115 442 11 37 .981 3.43
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .961 5.50
R.Mulliniks 1336.3 154 156 237 593 38 124 .956 5.59
J.Terrell 101.3 8 27 12 44 3 8 .949 4.97
M.Lum 9.0 0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.00
R.Dauer 7.0 0 3 0 4 0 0 1.000 5.14
W.Backman 4.0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.50
D.Lopes 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1459.7 162 192 249 646 41 132 .956 5.52
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 1.88
B.Carbo 847.0 93 102 145 10 9 4 .945 1.65
B.Coluccio 444.3 54 59 94 1 7 0 .931 1.92
M.Lum 49.0 4 11 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.57
R.Jackson 34.7 3 5 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.08
R.Zisk 19.0 1 4 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.42
D.Engle 16.0 2 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.81
S.Lezcano 9.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
L.Jones 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1420.0 158 185 270 12 16 4 .946 1.79
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 2.51
R.Zisk 1301.7 150 150 306 10 12 2 .963 2.18
M.Lum 53.3 6 11 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.52
J.Terrell 11.0 0 6 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64
R.Jackson 10.0 0 3 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.80
B.Carbo 8.0 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
S.Lezcano 5.7 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Coluccio 5.0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 5.40
D.Stapleton 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1395.7 156 181 321 11 12 2 .965 2.14
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .964 2.03
S.Lezcano 1272.7 143 149 251 14 15 3 .946 1.87
B.Coluccio 111.0 12 19 24 0 0 0 1.000 1.95
M.Lum 29.3 3 9 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.92
D.Engle 7.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
B.Carbo 6.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
R.Zisk 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1427.0 159 181 280 14 15 3 .951 1.85
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .957 2.16
F.Tanana 296.0 39 39 28 53 4 2 .953 2.46
J.Fulgham 290.7 39 39 33 69 2 4 .981 3.16
J.Palmer 262.0 37 37 22 47 2 6 .972 2.37
M.Lemongello 206.7 36 36 14 35 4 4 .925 2.13
R.Gale 116.0 16 35 10 21 4 5 .886 2.41
D.Laroche 83.7 0 67 4 11 0 1 1.000 1.61
F.Kuhaulua 72.3 0 57 6 10 0 2 1.000 1.99
P.Broberg 53.3 0 41 8 9 0 2 1.000 2.87
R.Langford 52.0 8 9 2 6 0 1 1.000 1.38
A.Pena 37.3 0 45 0 10 0 1 1.000 2.41
J.Curtis 35.3 0 24 3 2 0 1 1.000 1.27
M.Haas 33.3 6 7 4 7 0 1 1.000 2.97
J.Verhoeven 29.7 0 20 2 8 0 0 1.000 3.03
C.Leibrandt 18.3 0 10 2 3 0 0 1.000 2.45
Team Total 1586.6 181 466 138 291 16 30 .964 2.43
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Stapleton .296
On-Base Pct Jackson .375
Slugging Pct Jackson .507
OPS Jackson .882
XR Jackson 107.3
Games Driessen, Jackson 158
At-Bats Jackson 602
Runs Jackson 99
Hits Zisk 172
Total Bases Jackson 305
Singles Lopes 123
Doubles Jackson 44
Triples Jackson, Lopes 16
Homeruns Zisk 27
RBIs Zisk 110
Stolen Bases Jackson 40
Caught Stealing Jackson 22
Walks Jackson 87
Strikeouts Jackson 138
ERA Tanana 2.68
Wins Tanana 24
Losses Palmer 18
Winning Pct Tanana .750
Saves Laroche 43
Games Pitched Laroche 67
Games Started Fulgham, Tanana 39
Complete Games Palmer 9
Shutouts Fulgham, Tanana 2
Innings Pitched Tanana 296.0
Hits Allowed Palmer 294
Homeruns Allowed Palmer 16
Strikeouts Tanana 143
Walks Allowed Palmer 81
Walks per 9IP Fulgham 1.4
Hits per 9IP Tanana 7.7
Strikeouts per 9IP Tanana 4.3
WHiP Tanana 1.07
OAVG Tanana .226
OOBP Tanana .271
OSLG Tanana .339
OOPS Tanana .610
Team All-Stars
Davey Lopes
Frank Tanana
Richie Zisk
Player Salaries
Frank Tanana $ 12,000,000
Reggie Jackson $ 9,000,000
Dave Laroche $ 6,500,000
Richie Zisk $ 4,650,000
Bernie Carbo $ 4,500,000
Dave Goltz $ 4,000,000
Mark Lemongello $ 3,750,001
Moose Haas $ 2,750,000
Davey Lopes $ 2,500,000
Dan Driessen $ 2,500,000
Sixto Lezcano $ 2,400,000
Brian Downing $ 2,100,000
Jim Palmer $ 1,915,200
Mike Lum $ 1,900,000
Pete Broberg $ 1,750,000
Jim Essian $ 1,500,000
John Verhoeven $ 1,450,000
Bob Coluccio $ 1,350,000
Rich Dauer $ 1,300,000
John Curtis $ 1,250,000
Max Leon $ 950,000
Rick Manning $ 875,000
Jerry Terrell $ 850,000
Don Kirkwood $ 625,000
John Caneira $ 512,500
Rance Mulliniks $ 512,500
Ike Hampton $ 500,000
Gil Flores $ 412,000
Steve Stone $ 325,000
Fred Kuhaulua $ 100,000
Dave Stapleton $ 100,000
Alejandro Pena $ 100,000
Charlie Leibrandt $ 100,000
Lynn Jones $ 100,000
Rick Langford $ 100,000
Dave Engle $ 100,000
John Fulgham $ 100,000
Rich Gale $ 100,000
Wally Backman $ 100,000
Jody Davis $ 100,000
 
Player Transactions
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