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1978 California Angels Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1977 / 1979)
87-75, Finished 2nd in AL West
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Scored 691 runs, Allowed 666 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 84-78
Manager: Dave Garcia (25-20) and Jim Fregosi (62-55)
Ballpark: Anaheim Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,755,386 (4th of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 96, Pitching - 96;   one-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 102
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1977 / 1979 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Don Aase 23 R R 6' 3" 210 Sep 8, 1954 2 29 0 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Anderson 21 R R 6' 0" 170 Feb 23, 1957 1st 48 34 48 48 0 0 0 1 0 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Barlow 30 L R 6' 6" 215 Apr 30, 1948 4 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Don Baylor 29 R R 6' 1" 195 Jun 28, 1949 9 158 158 158 56 0 0 17 0 0 0 39 0 0 39 102 0 0
Lyman Bostock 27 L R 6' 1" 180 Nov 22, 1950 4 147 144 147 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 58 90 146 1 2 1
Ken Brett 29 L L 5' 11" 195 Sep 18, 1948 11 31 0 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
John Caneira 25 R R 6' 3" 180 Oct 7, 1952 2 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Chalk 27 R R Aug 30, 1950 6 135 129 135 133 0 0 0 29 22 97 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Brian Downing 27 R R 5' 10" 194 Oct 9, 1950 6 133 123 133 128 0 128 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 3
Ron Fairly 39 L L 5' 10" 181 Jul 12, 1938 21 91 62 91 78 0 0 78 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 14 0
Al Fitzmorris 32 B R 6' 2" 190 Mar 21, 1946 10 9 0 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Frost 25 R R 6' 6" 235 Nov 17, 1952 2 11 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Danny Goodwin 24 L R 6' 1" 195 Sep 2, 1953 3 24 14 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 10 0
Bobby Grich 29 R R 6' 2" 190 Jan 15, 1949 9 144 141 144 144 0 0 0 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Tom Griffin 30 R R 6' 3" 210 Feb 22, 1948 10 24 0 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ike Hampton 26 B R 6' 1" 185 Aug 22, 1951 5 19 3 19 14 0 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1
Paul Hartzell 24 R R 6' 5" 200 Nov 2, 1953 3 54 0 54 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Terry Humphrey 28 R R 6' 3" 190 Aug 4, 1949 8 53 41 53 53 0 52 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Ron Jackson 25 R R 6' 0" 205 May 9, 1953 4 105 98 105 102 0 0 75 0 31 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 1
Chris Knapp 24 R R 6' 5" 195 Sep 16, 1953 4 30 0 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ken Landreaux 23 L R 5' 10" 165 Dec 22, 1954 2 93 57 93 83 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 23 35 83 0 8 12
Carney Lansford 21 R R 6' 2" 195 Feb 7, 1957 1st 121 116 121 117 0 0 0 0 117 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 2
Dave LaRoche 30 L L 6' 2" 200 May 14, 1948 9 59 0 59 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Machemer 27 R R 180 May 24, 1951 1st 10 6 10 9 0 0 0 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Dyar Miller 32 R R 6' 1" 195 May 29, 1946 4 41 0 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rick Miller 30 L L 6' 0" 185 Apr 19, 1948 8 132 120 132 129 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 93 36 129 0 5 0
Rance Mulliniks 22 L R 6' 0" 170 Jan 15, 1956 2 50 35 50 47 0 0 0 0 0 47 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
Merv Rettenmund 35 R R 5' 10" 195 Jun 6, 1943 11 50 31 50 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 18 23 14 18 1
Joe Rudi 31 R R 6' 2" 200 Sep 7, 1946 12 133 128 133 117 0 0 10 0 0 0 111 0 0 111 11 5 0
Nolan Ryan HOF 31 R R 6' 2" 195 Jan 31, 1947 12 31 0 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tony Solaita 31 L L 6' 0" 215 Jan 15, 1947 6 60 18 60 11 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 41 0
Frank Tanana 24 L L 6' 3" 195 Jul 3, 1953 6 33 0 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 All-Star
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR

1977 / 1979 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played