1983 California Angels
Record: 105-57
Finish: 1st in AL West Division Division
Runs Scored: 767
Runs Allowed: 581
Exp W-L: 101-61
 
Ballpark: Anahiem Stadium
Attendance: 3,585,262
Manager: Corey Huegen

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 65-73, 10th in the American League
AA: 79-59, 2nd in the American League
A: 67-71, 6th in the American League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost Division Series 2-3 to 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
RF *Ken Griffey 33 157 626 96 188 46 13 6 88 52 31 71 60 .300 .371 .444 .815 96.4 25.5 6.0
LF *Reggie Jackson 37 159 596 77 147 23 10 20 92 2 1 61 131 .247 .315 .419 .735 78.5 13.9 3.6
1B *Dan Driessen 31 159 592 88 161 35 10 14 86 18 9 49 80 .272 .332 .436 .768 83.7 15.1 3.5
LF  Sixto Lezcano 29 157 560 76 144 28 6 21 83 0 0 76 121 .257 .346 .441 .787 85.5 18.3 4.6
DH *Bernie Carbo 35 153 564 81 140 23 11 11 83 12 3 70 119 .248 .330 .387 .716 73.2 16.4 0.0
1B  Dave Engle 26 156 573 63 173 31 0 16 83 1 1 33 30 .302 .337 .440 .776 78.0 18.0 4.9
SS #Wallace Johnson 26 144 474 69 150 23 12 3 57 3 4 37 58 .316 .362 .435 .797 71.4 16.3 9.2
SS  Dave Concepcion 35 123 352 46 90 21 9 7 44 23 11 40 52 .256 .329 .426 .755 48.2 9.9 10.2
C  Brian Downing 32 71 235 37 55 14 0 4 19 1 2 47 31 .234 .368 .345 .713 33.0 8.8 1.7
C  Jody Davis 26 74 200 20 37 5 0 3 19 0 0 14 41 .185 .244 .255 .499 9.7 0.0 0.8
C  John Wathan 33 53 177 25 53 12 10 1 21 0 0 13 12 .299 .347 .497 .845 27.3 6.9 1.0
2B #Wally Backman 23 91 174 19 42 6 5 0 13 1 1 9 31 .241 .279 .333 .612 13.7 0.1 4.5
RF #Miguel Dilone 28 78 146 34 38 2 5 0 11 32 8 19 24 .260 .345 .342 .688 20.1 5.0 1.2
RF *Jerry Turner 29 71 85 8 21 3 0 1 13 4 2 13 14 .247 .343 .318 .661 9.3 1.6 0.2
3B *Tom O'Malley 22 25 76 11 18 5 0 1 11 0 1 8 3 .237 .310 .342 .652 7.1 1.9 3.0
1B  Dave Stapleton 29 37 52 4 12 4 0 0 5 0 0 1 9 .231 .245 .308 .553 3.6 1.0 0.5
SS  Shooty Babitt 24 24 37 6 9 1 1 0 4 0 0 3 4 .243 .293 .324 .617 3.7 1.7 0.5
LF  Gerry Davis 24 7 22 3 6 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 .273 .261 .318 .579 1.4 0.0 0.1
2B  Jerry Terrell 36 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.4 1740 5541 764 1484 283 92 108 735 149 74 564 822 .268 .335 .411 .746 743.8 160.5 55.7
  Rank among 14 AL teams 12 2 7 7 1 7 2 2 13 3 10 4 1 1 1 2  
* - 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 29 21 11 .656 40 40 0 293.3 229 63 14 53 131 1.93 26.5
 Rawly Eastwick 32 21 13 .618 40 40 0 291.0 303 145 31 83 139 4.48 8.0
 Mark Lemongello 27 21 7 .750 39 39 0 264.0 223 89 12 54 92 3.03 17.9
 Dick Tidrow 36 17 9 .654 40 40 0 232.7 238 92 16 41 106 3.56 10.9
*Dave Laroche 35 8 5 .615 76 0 49 91.7 47 14 3 26 81 1.37 21.1
 Dave J Schmidt 26 8 1 .889 50 0 1 84.0 98 40 5 33 39 4.29 3.3
*John Curtis 35 2 5 .286 60 0 3 75.0 72 26 4 41 24 3.12 4.2
*Charlie Leibrandt 26 2 1 .667 43 0 1 56.0 51 17 4 8 38 2.73 4.1
 Alejandro Pena 24 3 2 .600 45 0 5 35.7 42 15 1 21 19 3.79 1.4
 Rich Gale 29 1 1 .500 15 0 3 22.3 26 9 0 6 8 3.63 1.5
*Matt Young 24 1 2 .333 3 3 0 18.7 26 11 2 6 16 5.31 0.0
Team Totals 29.4 105 57 .648 451 162 62 1464.3 1355 521 92 372 693 3.20 98.8
Rank among 14 AL teams 1 1 1 1 4 2 6 1 1 12 1  
* - 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 .991 31.8
B.Downing 624.9 67 68 354 31 2 2 .995 31.5
J.Davis 424.0 47 51 202 13 5 0 .977 20.7
J.Wathan 185.0 22 23 100 8 2 0 .982 20.0
Team Total 1233.9 136 142 656 52 9 2 .987 26.5
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.74
D.Driessen 1370.7 153 158 1738 156 13 157 .993 12.44
J.Wathan 235.1 28 30 288 16 2 31 .993 11.64
D.Stapleton 73.7 8 16 97 3 0 10 1.000 12.22
S.Babitt 28.5 4 5 35 2 0 3 1.000 11.68
W.Backman 14.0 1 3 16 0 0 3 1.000 10.29
J.Terrell 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1721.9 194 212 2174 177 15 204 .994 12.29
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 6.03
W.Johnson 1226.7 143 143 285 517 10 115 .988 5.88
W.Backman 132.7 11 30 26 49 0 8 1.000 5.09
S.Babitt 24.7 3 6 4 9 1 1 .929 4.74
D.Stapleton 16.3 0 7 1 9 0 0 1.000 5.51
T.O'Malley 4.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
J.Terrell 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1404.4 157 188 318 584 11 124 .988 5.78
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .951 2.98
D.Engle 1321.3 151 151 98 326 19 26 .957 2.89
D.Stapleton 59.0 5 13 7 12 0 2 1.000 2.90
W.Backman 40.0 2 13 1 14 1 3 .938 3.38
S.Babitt 19.6 2 5 2 6 0 0 1.000 3.67
J.Terrell 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1439.9 160 182 108 358 20 31 .959 2.91
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 5.22
D.Concepcion 910.7 102 118 135 413 14 71 .975 5.42
W.Backman 294.7 32 48 45 139 7 24 .963 5.62
T.O'Malley 196.0 22 24 29 105 1 21 .993 6.15
S.Babitt 16.9 2 4 3 8 0 1 1.000 5.86
W.Johnson 6.0 1 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
D.Stapleton 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Terrell 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1426.2 159 196 212 665 23 117 .974 5.53
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .963 1.92
R.Jackson 1267.3 142 143 268 4 15 0 .948 1.93
M.Dilone 85.0 9 15 19 0 1 0 .950 2.01
J.Turner 64.0 6 11 13 1 2 0 .875 1.97
S.Lezcano 44.0 5 6 11 0 1 0 .917 2.25
D.Engle 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Carbo 2.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1464.3 162 177 313 5 19 0 .944 1.95
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 2.53
K.Griffey 1331.3 148 153 355 15 6 1 .984 2.50
M.Dilone 111.0 14 15 39 1 0 0 1.000 3.24
R.Jackson 15.0 0 7 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.20
J.Turner 4.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Stapleton 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Downing 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
S.Babitt 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Terrell 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1464.6 162 179 397 16 6 1 .986 2.54
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 2.06
S.Lezcano 1277.0 144 148 303 5 10 0 .969 2.17
M.Dilone 99.0 10 21 20 0 0 0 1.000 1.82
G.Davis 48.0 6 7 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
J.Turner 34.3 2 11 7 0 2 0 .778 1.84
R.Jackson 6.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
Team Total 1464.3 162 189 339 5 12 0 .966 2.11
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 2.07
F.Tanana 293.3 40 40 34 58 2 4 .979 2.82
R.Eastwick 291.0 40 40 19 38 2 5 .966 1.76
M.Lemongello 264.0 39 39 24 45 4 1 .945 2.35
D.Tidrow 232.7 40 40 17 32 2 3 .961 1.90
D.Laroche 91.7 0 76 8 14 0 2 1.000 2.16
D.Schmidt 84.0 0 50 7 12 1 2 .950 2.04
J.Curtis 75.0 0 60 7 17 0 3 1.000 2.88
C.Leibrandt 56.0 0 43 6 13 0 2 1.000 3.05
A.Pena 35.7 0 45 2 4 0 0 1.000 1.51
R.Gale 22.3 0 15 0 5 0 1 1.000 2.02
M.Young 18.7 3 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.45
Team Total 1464.3 162 451 124 241 11 23 .971 2.24
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Johnson .316
On-Base Pct Griffey .371
Slugging Pct Griffey .444
OPS Griffey .815
XR Griffey 96.4
Games Jackson, Driessen 159
At-Bats Griffey 626
Runs Griffey 96
Hits Griffey 188
Total Bases Griffey 278
Singles Engle 126
Doubles Griffey 46
Triples Griffey 13
Homeruns Lezcano 21
RBIs Jackson 92
Stolen Bases Griffey 52
Caught Stealing Griffey 31
Walks Lezcano 76
Strikeouts Jackson 131
ERA Tanana 1.93
Wins Eastwick, Lemongello, Tanana 21
Losses Eastwick 13
Winning Pct Lemongello .750
Saves Laroche 49
Games Pitched Laroche 76
Games Started Eastwick, Tanana, Tidrow 40
Complete Games Tanana 7
Shutouts Tanana 5
Innings Pitched Tanana 293.3
Hits Allowed Eastwick 303
Homeruns Allowed Eastwick 31
Strikeouts Eastwick 139
Walks Allowed Eastwick 83
Walks per 9IP Tidrow 1.6
Hits per 9IP Tanana 7.0
Strikeouts per 9IP Eastwick 4.3
WHiP Tanana 0.96
OAVG Tanana .211
OOBP Tanana .252
OSLG Tanana .300
OOPS Tanana .552
Team All-Stars
Dave Laroche
Mark Lemongello
Player Salaries
Frank Tanana $ 12,000,000
Reggie Jackson $ 9,000,000
Dave Laroche $ 6,500,000
Ken Griffey $ 5,752,545
Dan Driessen $ 5,750,525
Bernie Carbo $ 4,500,000
Dave Concepcion $ 4,325,275
John Wathan $ 4,000,000
Sixto Lezcano $ 3,950,000
Mark Lemongello $ 3,750,001
Dick Tidrow $ 3,007,869
John Curtis $ 3,000,000
Moose Haas $ 2,750,000
Rawly Eastwick $ 2,100,000
Miguel Dilone $ 1,500,000
Charlie Leibrandt $ 1,411,429
Jerry Turner $ 969,000
Rick Manning $ 875,000
Rich Gale $ 827,857
Fred Kuhaulua $ 824,464
Wally Backman $ 217,143
Shooty Babitt $ 100,000
Dave Engle $ 100,000
Matt Young $ 100,000
Tom O'Malley $ 100,000
Jody Davis $ 100,000
Gerry Davis $ 100,000
Alejandro Pena $ 100,000
Dave J Schmidt $ 100,000
Dave Stapleton $ 100,000
Wallace Johnson $ 100,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
3/2 John Verhoeven T Player
3/2 Mike Kinnunen Matt Young
3/2 Harold Reynolds T Player
3/2 Allan Ramirez Greg Bargar
3/2 T Player Dave Anderson
7/1 Brian Downing Shooty Babitt
Bill Atkinson
7/1 Jerry Terrell John Wathan
7/16 Bill Atkinson T Player
7/16 Ike Hampton T Player