1993 California Angels season

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1993 California Angels
File:Los angeles angels.png
DivisionWest Division
BallparkAnaheim Stadium
CityAnaheim, California
OwnersGene Autry
ManagersBuck Rodgers
TelevisionKTLA
Prime Ticket
(Ken Wilson, Ken Brett)
RadioKMPC
(Bob Starr, Billy Sample)
XPRS
(Ruben Valentin, Ulpiano Cos Villa)
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The 1993 California Angels season involved the Angels finishing 5th in the American League west with a record of 71 wins and 91 losses.

Offseason

  • November 19, 1992: Torey Lovullo was signed as a free agent with the California Angels.[1]
  • November 19, 1992: Rob Ducey was released by the California Angels.[2]
  • December 6, 1992: Jim Abbott was traded by the California Angels to the New York Yankees for J. T. Snow, Jerry Nielsen, and Russ Springer.[3]
  • December 8, 1992: Kelly Gruber was traded by the Toronto Blue Jays with cash to the California Angels for Luis Sojo.[4]
  • December 11, 1992: Chili Davis signed as a free agent with the California Angels.[5]
  • January 29, 1993: Jerome Walton was signed as a free agent with the California Angels.[6]
  • February 11, 1993: Scott Sanderson was signed as a free agent with the California Angels.[7]

Regular season

  • September 17, 1993: Greg Myers of the Angels was the final strikeout victim of Nolan Ryan.[8] It would be Ryan's 5,714th strikeout.

Season standings

AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago White Sox 94 68 0.580 45–36 49–32
Texas Rangers 86 76 0.531 8 50–31 36–45
Kansas City Royals 84 78 0.519 10 43–38 41–40
Seattle Mariners 82 80 0.506 12 46–35 36–45
California Angels 71 91 0.438 23 44–37 27–54
Minnesota Twins 71 91 0.438 23 36–45 35–46
Oakland Athletics 68 94 0.420 26 38–43 30–51

Record vs. opponents


Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore 6–7 7–5 4–8 8–5 5–8 7–5 8–5 8–4 6–7 10–2 7–5 4–8 5–8
Boston 7–6 7–5 7–5 5–8 6–7 5–7 5–8 7–5 6–7 9–3 7–5 6–6 3–10
California 5–7 5–7 7–6 5–7 4–8 6–7 7–5 4–9 6–6 6–7 6–7 6–7 4–8
Chicago 8–4 5–7 6–7 9–3 7–5 6–7 9–3 10–3 4–8 7–6 9–4 8–5 6–6
Cleveland 5–8 8–5 7–5 3–9 6–7 7–5 8–5 4–8 6–7 8–4 3–9 7–5 4–9
Detroit 8–5 7–6 8–4 5–7 7–6 5–7 8–5 6–6 4–9 8–4 7–5 6–6 6–7
Kansas City 5–7 7–5 7–6 7–6 5–7 7–5 5–7 7–6 6–6 6–7 7–6 7–6 8–4
Milwaukee 5–8 8–5 5–7 3–9 5–8 5–8 7–5 7–5 4–9 7–5 4–8 4–8 5–8
Minnesota 4–8 5–7 9–4 3–10 8–4 6–6 6–7 5–7 4–8 8–5 4–9 7–6 2–10
New York 7–6 7–6 6–6 8–4 7–6 9–4 6–6 9–4 8–4 6–6 7–5 3–9 5–8
Oakland 2–10 3–9 7–6 6–7 4–8 4–8 7–6 5–7 5–8 6–6 9–4 5–8 5–7
Seattle 5–7 5–7 7–6 4–9 9–3 5–7 6–7 8–4 9–4 5–7 4–9 8–5 7–5
Texas 8–4 6–6 7–6 5–8 5–7 6–6 6–7 8–4 6–7 9–3 8–5 5–8 7–5
Toronto 8–5 10–3 8–4 6–6 9–4 7–6 4–8 8–5 10–2 8–5 7–5 5–7 5–7


Notable transactions

  • June 3, 1993: Gary Gaetti was released by the California Angels.[9]
  • June 17, 1993: Doug Linton was selected off waivers by the California Angels from the Toronto Blue Jays.[10]
  • August 3, 1993: Scott Sanderson was selected off waivers by the San Francisco Giants from the California Angels.[7]
  • August 20, 1993: Jerome Walton was released by the California Angels.[6]
  • September 7, 1993: Kelly Gruber was released by the California Angels.[4]
  • September 14, 1993: Doug Linton was released by the California Angels.[10]

Roster

1993 California Angels
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

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

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Greg Myers 108 290 74 .255 7 40
1B J.T. Snow 129 419 101 .241 16 57
2B Torey Lovullo 116 367 92 .251 6 30
SS Gary DiSarcina 126 416 99 .238 3 45
3B Rene Gonzales 117 335 84 .251 2 31
LF Luis Polonia 152 576 156 .271 1 32
CF Chad Curtis 152 583 166 .285 6 59
RF Tim Salmon 142 515 146 .283 31 95
DH Chili Davis 152 573 139 .243 27 112

Other batters

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

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Stan Javier 92 237 69 .291 3 28
Damion Easley 73 230 72 .313 2 22
Eduardo Pérez 52 180 45 .250 4 30
Rod Correia 64 128 34 .266 0 9
John Orton 37 95 18 .189 1 4
Ron Tingley 58 90 18 .200 0 12
Chris Turner 25 75 21 .280 1 13
Kelly Gruber 18 65 18 .277 3 9
Kurt Stillwell 22 61 16 .262 0 3
Jim Edmonds 18 61 15 .246 0 4
Gary Gaetti 20 50 9 .180 0 4
Ty Van Burkleo 12 33 5 .152 1 1
Jim Walewander 12 8 1 .125 0 3
Jerome Walton 5 2 0 .000 0 0
Larry Gonzales 2 2 1 .500 0 1

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Mark Langston 35 256.1 16 11 3.20 196
Chuck Finley 35 251.1 16 14 3.15 187
Scott Sanderson 21 135.1 7 11 4.46 66
John Farrell 21 90.2 3 12 7.35 35
Phil Leftwich 12 80.2 4 6 3.79 31
Hilly Hathaway 11 57.1 4 3 5.02 11
Joe Magrane 8 48.0 3 2 3.94 24
Mark Holzemer 5 23.1 0 3 8.87 10

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Russ Springer 14 60.0 1 6 7.20 31
Julio Valera 19 53.0 3 6 6.62 28
Scott Lewis 15 32.0 1 2 4.22 10
Brian Anderson 4 11.1 0 0 3.97 4
Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Steve Frey 55 2 3 13 2.98 22
Ken Patterson 46 1 1 1 4.58 36
Gene Nelson 46 0 5 4 3.08 31
Joe Grahe 45 4 1 11 2.86 31
Mike Butcher 23 1 0 8 2.86 24
Doug Linton 19 2 0 0 7.71 19
Darryl Scott 16 1 2 0 5.85 13
Chuck Crim 11 2 2 0 5.87 10
Jerry Nielsen 10 0 0 0 8.03 8
Paul Swingle 9 0 1 0 8.38 6
Chili Davis 1 0 0 0 0.00 0
Rene Gonzales 1 0 0 0 0.00 0

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Vancouver Canadians Pacific Coast League Mako Oliveras
AA Midland Angels Texas League Don Long
A Palm Springs Angels California League Mario Mendoza
A Cedar Rapids Kernels Midwest League Mitch Seoane
A-Short Season Boise Hawks Northwest League Tom Kotchman
Rookie AZL Angels Arizona League Bill Lachemann

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Boise[11]

References

  1. ^ "Torey Lovullo Stats | Baseball-Reference.com".
  2. ^ "Rob Ducey: Career Statistics". Baseball Reference. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
  3. ^ Jim Abbott Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  4. ^ a b Kelly Gruber Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  5. ^ Chili Davis Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  6. ^ a b "Jerome Walton Stats | Baseball-Reference.com".
  7. ^ a b Scott Sanderson Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  8. ^ "The Nolan Ryan Express | The Strikeout King". smackbomb.com/nolanryan. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved July 19, 2008.
  9. ^ Gary Gaetti Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  10. ^ a b "Doug Linton Stats | Baseball-Reference.com".
  11. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997
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