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1978 California Angels

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1977 / 1979

87-75, Finished 2nd in AL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Dave Garcia (25-20) and Jim Fregosi (62-55)
Scored 691 runs, Allowed 666 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 84-78

Ballparks: Anaheim Stadium · 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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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Team Batting

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Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 C Brian Downing 27 133 476 412 42 105 15 0 7 46 3 2 52 47 .255 .345 .342 .688 98 141 14 6 4 2 2
2 1B Ron Jackson 25 105 418 387 49 115 18 6 6 57 2 3 16 31 .297 .337 .421 .758 116 163 9 9 2 4 1
3 2B Bobby Grich 29 144 591 487 68 122 16 2 6 42 4 3 75 83 .251 .357 .329 .685 98 160 6 7 19 3 1
4 SS Dave Chalk 27 135 527 470 42 119 12 0 1 34 5 8 38 34 .253 .318 .285 .603 74 134 9 7 11 1 0
5 3B Carney Lansford 21 121 500 453 63 133 23 2 8 52 20 9 31 67 .294 .339 .406 .746 113 184 4 4 5 7 2
6 LF Joe Rudi 31 133 536 497 58 127 27 1 17 79 2 1 28 82 .256 .295 .416 .711 102 207 10 2 3 6 4
7 CF Rick Miller* 30 132 547 475 66 125 25 4 1 37 3 13 54 70 .263 .341 .339 .680 96 161 14 4 10 4 1
8 RF Lyman Bostock* 27 147 637 568 74 168 24 4 5 71 15 12 59 36 .296 .362 .379 .740 113 215 26 2 4 4 8
9 DH Don Baylor 29 158 677 591 103 151 26 0 34 99 22 9 56 71 .255 .332 .472 .804 128 279 15 18 0 12 9
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
10 OF Ken Landreaux* 23 93 283 260 37 58 7 5 5 23 7 3 20 20 .223 .284 .346 .630 80 90 5 2 1 0 4
11 1B Ron Fairly* 39 91 268 235 23 51 5 0 10 40 0 1 25 31 .217 .289 .366 .655 87 86 7 1 2 5 2
12 UT Merv Rettenmund 35 50 142 108 16 29 5 1 1 14 0 3 30 13 .269 .433 .361 .794 130 39 3 2 1 1 0
13 SS Rance Mulliniks* 22 50 130 119 6 22 3 1 1 6 2 0 8 23 .185 .238 .252 .491 41 30 3 1 0 2 0
14 C Terry Humphrey 28 53 127 114 11 25 4 1 1 9 0 1 6 12 .219 .264 .298 .562 61 34 2 2 2 3 0
15 SS Jim Anderson 21 48 127 108 6 21 7 0 0 7 0 0 11 16 .194 .267 .259 .526 52 28 5 0 7 1 1
16 UT Tony Solaita* 31 60 110 94 10 21 3 0 1 14 0 0 16 25 .223 .336 .287 .624 81 27 2 0 0 0 3
17 DH Danny Goodwin* 24 24 69 58 9 16 5 0 2 10 0 0 10 13 .276 .377 .466 .842 141 27 1 0 0 1 0
18 IF Dave Machemer 27 10 25 22 6 6 1 0 1 2 0 1 2 1 .273 .333 .455 .788 124 10 0 0 1 0 0
19 UT Ike Hampton# 26 19 16 14 2 3 0 1 1 4 1 0 2 7 .214 .313 .571 .884 149 8 0 0 0 0 0
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
20 P Don Aase 23 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 P John Caneira 25 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 P Tom Griffin 30 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 P Dave Frost 25 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 P Dyar Miller 32 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 P Chris Knapp 24 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 P Ken Brett* 29 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 P Al Fitzmorris# 32 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 P Mike Barlow* 30 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 P Frank Tanana* 24 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 P Paul Hartzell 24 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 P Nolan Ryan 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 P Dave LaRoche* 30 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 27.7 162 6206 5472 691 1417 226 28 108 646 86 69 539 682 .259 .330 .370 .700 101 2023 135 67 72 56 38
Rank in 14 AL teams 7 7 8 8 13 7 9 4 6 11 9 6 11 10 11 1 4
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 SP Frank Tanana* 24 18 12 .600 3.65 33 33 0 10 4 0 239.0 239 108 97 26 60 7 137 9 8 5 1014 99 1.251 9.0 1.0 2.3 5.2 2.28
2 SP Nolan Ryan 31 10 13 .435 3.72 31 31 0 14 3 0 234.2 183 106 97 12 148 7 260 3 2 13 1008 98 1.411 7.0 0.5 5.7 10.0 1.76
3 SP Chris Knapp 24 14 8 .636 4.21 30 29 1 6 0 0 188.1 178 94 88 25 67 6 126 2 0 3 797 86 1.301 8.5 1.2 3.2 6.0 1.88
4 SP Don Aase 23 11 8 .579 4.03 29 29 0 6 1 0 178.2 185 88 80 14 80 4 93 2 0 3 773 90 1.483 9.3 0.7 4.0 4.7 1.16
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
5 CL Dave LaRoche* 30 10 9 .526 2.82 59 0 46 0 0 25 95.2 73 35 30 7 48 11 70 2 0 0 403 129 1.265 6.9 0.7 4.5 6.6 1.46
6 RP Paul Hartzell 24 6 10 .375 3.44 54 12 28 5 0 6 157.0 168 67 60 8 41 9 55 5 1 5 659 106 1.331 9.6 0.5 2.4 3.2 1.34
7 RP Ken Brett* 29 3 5 .375 4.95 31 10 7 1 1 1 100.0 100 60 55 12 42 5 43 1 2 1 428 74 1.420 9.0 1.1 3.8 3.9 1.02
8 RP Dyar Miller 32 6 2 .750 2.66 41 0 20 0 0 1 84.2 85 29 25 3 41 3 34 5 1 1 374 137 1.488 9.0 0.3 4.4 3.6 0.83
9 RP Tom Griffin 30 3 4 .429 4.02 24 4 9 0 0 0 56.0 63 39 25 8 31 2 35 1 0 2 269 91 1.679 10.1 1.3 5.0 5.6 1.13
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
10 Dave Frost 25 5 4 .556 2.58 11 10 0 2 1 0 80.1 71 24 23 6 24 3 30 2 0 3 330 142 1.183 8.0 0.7 2.7 3.4 1.25
11 Al Fitzmorris 32 1 0 1.000 1.71 9 2 6 0 0 0 31.2 26 9 6 2 14 3 8 0 0 0 128 216 1.263 7.4 0.6 4.0 2.3 0.57
12 John Caneira 25 0 0 7.04 2 2 0 0 0 0 7.2 8 6 6 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 32 54 1.435 9.4 2.3 3.5 0.0 0.00
13 Mike Barlow 30 0 0 4.50 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 98 1.500 13.5 0.0 0.0 4.5
Team Totals 26.7 87 75 .537 3.65 162 162 118 44 10 33 1455.2 1382 666 590 125 599 60 892 32 14 36 6223 99 1.361 8.5 0.8 3.7 5.5 1.49
Rank in 14 AL teams 6 8 8 8 6 2 5 5 8 9 9 13 1
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary
Don Aase 23 29 29 6 178.2 45 16 26 3 2 .933 2.12 1.45 11 20 65% 0 P
Jim Anderson 21 48 34 26 330.0 179 72 99 8 21 .955 1 3 4.66 3.56 SS-2B
Mike Barlow 30 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 P
Don Baylor 29 56 158 40 468.0 210 195 9 6 6 .971 -9 -24 3.92 1.29 LF-1B-DH
Lyman Bostock 27 146 144 133 1273.2 380 369 7 4 2 .989 -1 -1 2.66 2.52 RF-CF-DH
Ken Brett 29 31 10 1 100.0 34 12 20 2 4 .941 2.88 1.03 3 5 63% 4 P
John Caneira 25 2 2 0 7.2 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 0.00 1 0 0% 0 P
Dave Chalk 27 133 129 102 1141.1 578 216 339 23 62 .960 -5 -6 4.38 3.75 SS-2B-3B
Brian Downing 27 128 123 110 1072.0 768 681 82 5 6 .993 4 4 6.41 5.87 2 28 112 65 37% 1 C-DH
Ron Fairly 39 78 62 51 545.1 514 482 31 1 47 .998 -2 -4 8.47 6.26 1B-DH
Al Fitzmorris 32 9 2 0 31.2 8 3 4 1 0 .875 1.99 0.78 4 1 20% 0 P
Dave Frost 25 11 10 2 80.1 25 5 19 1 0 .960 2.69 2.18 6 2 25% 0 P
Danny Goodwin 24 14 14 0.00 DH
Bobby Grich 29 144 141 129 1238.0 757 325 419 13 77 .983 3 3 5.41 5.17 2B
Tom Griffin 30 24 4 0 56.0 17 3 12 2 0 .882 2.41 0.63 4 2 33% 1 P
Ike Hampton 26 14 3 0 28.2 23 20 1 2 0 .913 -1 -33 6.59 1.24 1 0 4 1 20% 0 C-1B-DH
Paul Hartzell 24 54 12 5 157.0 42 15 27 0 2 1.000 2.41 0.78 14 10 42% 1 P
Terry Humphrey 28 53 41 23 357.0 280 252 22 6 5 .979 -4 -13 6.91 5.07 2 8 38 14 27% 0 C-2B-3B
Ron Jackson 25 102 98 84 866.0 702 606 88 8 56 .989 -3 -4 7.21 6.49 1B-3B-RF
Chris Knapp 24 30 29 6 188.1 28 4 20 4 1 .857 1.15 0.80 21 8 28% 0 P
Ken Landreaux 23 83 57 43 560.2 148 140 6 2 0 .986 -2 -3 2.34 1.64 RF-CF-LF
Carney Lansford 21 117 116 108 1026.0 298 94 186 18 18 .940 -7 -8 2.46 2.33 3B-SS-DH
Dave LaRoche 30 59 0 0 95.2 16 2 14 0 0 1.000 1.51 0.27 7 3 30% 2 P
Dave Machemer 27 9 6 4 59.1 20 6 12 2 0 .900 -1 -22 2.73 2.00 2B-3B-SS
Dyar Miller 32 41 0 0 84.2 11 6 4 1 0 .909 1.06 0.24 19 8 30% 1 P
Rick Miller 30 129 120 117 1105.2 362 349 9 4 5 .989 2 2 2.91 2.78 CF-RF
Rance Mulliniks 22 47 35 32 330.2 169 68 93 8 22 .953 -2 -8 4.38 3.43 SS
Merv Rettenmund 35 23 31 11 144.0 30 29 0 1 0 .967 -4 -36 1.81 0.78 RF-LF-DH
Joe Rudi 31 117 128 104 1029.0 304 292 10 2 9 .993 1 2 2.64 2.29 LF-1B-DH
Nolan Ryan 31 31 31 14 234.2 54 13 33 8 3 .852 1.76 1.48 52 15 22% 1 P
Tony Solaita 31 11 18 6 70.0 92 85 7 0 7 1.000 2 34 11.83 4.38 1B-DH
Frank Tanana 24 33 33 10 239.0 33 8 25 0 2 1.000 1.24 1.00 12 6 33% 2 P
Team Totals 27.5 162 1458 1167 13101.0 6127 4367 1624 136 357 .978 -28 -3 4.12 3.29 5 36 154 80 34% 13
Rank in 14 AL teams 9 12 6
Age G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary
Jim Anderson 21 127 -7 0 2 0 1 2 4 2 0.2 1 0.1 0.1 $21,000 Amateur Draft 6/4
Don Baylor 29 677 27 -4 -1 -2 -9 -13 21 19 2.1 28 2.9 -0.8 $256,667 Free Agency D73
Lyman Bostock* 27 637 15 -3 2 -1 -1 -5 20 27 2.8 28 2.9 -0.1 $450,000 Free Agency *98/D
Dave Chalk 27 527 -12 -2 0 4 -5 7 17 9 0.8 14 1.5 -0.7 $66,667 Amateur Draft 645
Brian Downing 27 476 4 -2 -1 -1 4 8 16 28 2.8 24 2.5 0.3 $85,000 Traded *2/D
Ron Fairly* 39 268 -3 0 -1 0 -2 -5 9 -2 -0.3 0 0.0 -0.3 $125,000 Traded 3/D
Danny Goodwin* 24 69 4 0 0 0 0 -2 2 4 0.5 4 0.4 0.1 $ Amateur Draft D
Bobby Grich 29 591 6 0 0 2 3 4 19 34 3.5 31 3.2 0.3 $270,000 Free Agency *4
Ike Hampton# 26 16 1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 0.1 2 0.2 -0.1 $24,000 Traded 2/D3
Terry Humphrey 28 127 -5 1 0 0 -4 3 4 -1 -0.1 3 0.3 -0.4 $43,000 Traded 2/45
Ron Jackson 25 418 12 -1 3 0 -3 -4 14 22 2.3 24 2.5 -0.2 $ Amateur Draft 35/9
Ken Landreaux* 23 283 -7 3 -1 1 -2 -3 9 1 0.1 2 0.2 -0.1 $21,000 Amateur Draft 978
Carney Lansford 21 500 12 1 1 1 -6 3 16 27 2.9 34 3.5 -0.6 $21,000 Amateur Draft *5/6D
Dave Machemer 27 25 1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ Traded /456
Rick Miller* 30 547 3 -1 2 -2 2 -3 18 19 1.9 17 1.8 0.1 $133,333 Free Agency *89
Rance Mulliniks* 22 130 -9 1 -1 0 -2 2 4 -5 -0.6 -3 -0.3 -0.3 $50,000 Amateur Draft 6
Merv Rettenmund 35 142 8 0 0 0 -4 -3 5 5 0.5 10 1.0 -0.5 $62,500 Free Agency 9D/7
Joe Rudi 31 536 3 -3 0 -1 1 -7 18 11 1.1 10 1.0 0.1 $400,000 Free Agency *7D3
Tony Solaita* 31 110 -2 0 0 0 2 -2 4 2 0.2 0 0.0 0.2 $55,000 Waivers 3D
Team Total 27.7 6206 51 -10 5 1 -28 -18 202 205 21.0 231 23.9 -2.9 $2,084,167
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired
Don Aase 23 178.2 29 88 99 -3 1.1 11 1.2 $ Traded
Mike Barlow 30 2.0 0 1 1 0 .0 0 0.0 $ Traded
Ken Brett* 29 100.0 10 60 56 -2 .7 -4 -0.5 $ Traded
John Caneira 25 7.2 2 6 5 0 1.0 -1 -0.2 $ Amateur Draft
Al Fitzmorris 32 31.2 2 9 19 -1 .6 10 0.7 $ Free Agency
Dave Frost 25 80.1 10 24 47 -2 1.0 23 2.4 $ Traded
Tom Griffin 30 56.0 4 39 31 -1 .8 -8 -1.0 $ Free Agency
Paul Hartzell 24 157.0 12 67 85 -3 1.0 18 1.7 $ Amateur Draft
Chris Knapp 24 188.1 29 94 103 -3 1.0 9 1.0 $ Traded
Dave LaRoche* 30 95.2 0 35 53 -2 2.1 18 1.9 $ Traded
Dyar Miller 32 84.2 0 29 49 -2 .7 20 1.3 $ Traded
Nolan Ryan 31 234.2 31 106 128 -3 1.2 22 2.7 $ Traded
Frank Tanana* 24 239.0 33 108 133 -4 .9 25 2.8 $ Amateur Draft
Team Total 26.7 1455.2 162 666 809 -26 1.0 143 14.0 $
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired

1977 / 1979 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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