1991 California Angels season

1991 California Angels
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Division	West Division
Ballpark	Anaheim Stadium
City	Anaheim, California
Owners	Gene Autry
Managers	Doug Rader, Buck Rodgers
Television	KTLA SportsChannel Los Angeles (Ken Wilson, Ken Brett)
Radio	KMPC (Bob Jamison, Al Conin) XPRS (Ruben Valentin, Ulpiano Cos Villa)
Seasons

The California Angels 1991 season involved the Angels finishing 7th in the American League west with a record of 81 wins and 81 losses.

Offseason

• December 2, 1990: Devon White was traded by the California Angels with Willie Fraser and Marcus Moore to the Toronto Blue Jays for a player to be named later, Junior Felix, and Luis Sojo. The Toronto Blue Jays sent Ken Rivers (minors) (December 4, 1990) to the California Angels to complete the trade.
• December 13, 1990: Max Venable was signed as a Free Agent with the California Angels.
• March 14, 1991: Dante Bichette was traded by the California Angels to the Milwaukee Brewers for Dave Parker.

Regular season

Season standings

AL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Minnesota Twins	95	67	0.586	—	51–30	44–37
Chicago White Sox	87	75	0.537	8	46–35	41–40
Texas Rangers	85	77	0.525	10	46–35	39–42
Oakland Athletics	84	78	0.519	11	47–34	37–44
Seattle Mariners	83	79	0.512	12	45–36	38–43
Kansas City Royals	82	80	0.506	13	40–41	42–39
California Angels	81	81	0.500	14	40–41	41–40

Record vs. opponents

1991 American League record 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	—	8–5	6–6	4–8	7–6	5–8	4–8	3–10	4–8	5–8	3–9	4–8	9–3	5–8
Boston	5–8	—	4–8	7–5	9–4	5–8	7–5	7–6	3–9	6–7	8–4	9–3	5–7	9–4
California	6–6	8–4	—	8–5	7–5	5–7	9–4	6–6	8–5	6–6	1–12	6–7	5–8	6–6
Chicago	8–4	5–7	5–8	—	6–6	4–8	7–6	7–5	8–5	8–4	7–6	7–6	8–5	7–5
Cleveland	6–7	4–9	5–7	6–6	—	7–6	4–8	5–8	2–10	6–7	5–7	2–10	4–8	1–12
Detroit	8–5	8–5	7–5	8–4	6–7	—	8–4	4–9	4–8	8–5	4–8	8–4	6–6	5–8
Kansas City	8–4	5–7	4–9	6–7	8–4	4–8	—	9–3	6–7	7–5	6–7	7–6	7–6	5–7
Milwaukee	10–3	6–7	6–6	5–7	8–5	9–4	3–9	—	6–6	6–7	8–4	3–9	7–5	6–7
Minnesota	8–4	9–3	5–8	5–8	10–2	8–4	7–6	6–6	—	10–2	8–5	9–4	6–7	4–8
New York	8–5	7–6	6–6	4–8	7–6	5–8	5–7	7–6	2–10	—	6–6	3–9	5–7	6–7
Oakland	9–3	4–8	12–1	6–7	7–5	8–4	7–6	4–8	5–8	6–6	—	6–7	4–9	6–6
Seattle	8–4	3–9	7–6	6–7	10–2	4–8	6–7	9–3	4–9	9–3	7–6	—	5–8	5–7
Texas	3–9	7–5	8–5	5–8	8–4	6–6	6–7	5–7	7–6	7–5	9–4	8–5	—	6–6
Toronto	8–5	4–9	6–6	5–7	12–1	8–5	7–5	7–6	8–4	7–6	6–6	7–5	6–6	—

Transactions

• April 1, 1991: Rick Schu was released by the California Angels.
• June 3, 1991: Mark Sweeney was drafted by the California Angels in the 9th round of the 1991 amateur draft. Player signed June 5, 1991.
• July 30, 1991: Shawn Abner was traded by the San Diego Padres to the California Angels for Jack Howell.
• September 7, 1991: Dave Parker was released by the California Angels.

Roster

1991 California Angels
Roster
Pitchers 25 Jim Abbott 59 Kyle Abbott 43 Scott Bailes 23 Floyd Bannister 36 Chris Beasley 45 Mark Eichhorn 48 Mike Fetters 31 Chuck Finley 20 Joe Grahe 34 Bryan Harvey 12 Mark Langston 46 Scott Lewis 15 Kirk McCaskill 33 Bob McClure 49 Jeff Robinson 36 Fernando Valenzuela 35 Cliff Young		Catchers 14 John Orton 13 Lance Parrish 24 Ron Tingley Infielders 44 Chris Cron 11 Gary DiSarcina 38 Kevin Flora  3 Gary Gaetti 18 Donnie Hill 16 Jack Howell 21 Wally Joyner 41 Barry Lyons 41 Mike Marshall  6 Bobby Rose 17 Dick Schofield 10 Luis Sojo  9 Lee Stevens		Outfielders 16 Shawn Abner 30 Rubén Amaro, Jr. 40 Mark Davis 47 Junior Félix 27 Dave Gallagher 22 Luis Polonia  8 Max Venable 32 Dave Winfield Other batters 39 Dave Parker		Manager  4 Doug Rader 37 Buck Rodgers Coaches 30 Bruce Hines  2 Deron Johnson  1 Bobby Knoop 53 Marcel Lachemann 47 Frank Reberger 50 Jimmie Reese

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: 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	Lance Parrish	119	402	87	.216	19	51
1B	Wally Joyner	143	551	166	.301	21	96
2B	Luis Sojo	113	364	94	.258	3	20
3B	Gary Gaetti	152	586	144	.246	18	66
SS	Dick Schofield	134	427	96	.225	0	31
LF	Luis Polonia	150	604	179	.296	2	50
CF	Junior Félix	66	230	65	.283	2	26
RF	Dave Winfield	150	568	149	.262	28	86
DH	Dave Parker	119	466	108	.232	11	56

Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Cliff Young	11	1	0	0	4.26	6

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Edmonton Trappers	Pacific Coast League	Mako Oliveras
AA	Midland Angels	Texas League	Don Long
A	Palm Springs Angels	California League	Nate Oliver
A	Quad Cities Angels	Midwest League	Mitch Seoane
A-Short Season	Boise Hawks	Northwest League	Tom Kotchman
Rookie	AZL Angels	Arizona League	Bill Lachemann

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Boise

References

• 1991 California Angels at Baseball Reference
• 1991 California Angels at Baseball Almanac