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1979 California Angels

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1978 / 1980

88-74, Finished 1st in AL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Jim Fregosi (88-74)
Scored 866 runs, Allowed 768 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 90-72

Ballparks: Anaheim Stadium · Attendance: 2,523,575 (2nd of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 96, Pitching - 96 · one-year: Batting - 92, Pitching - 91

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1978 / 1980 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR WAR Salary
Don Aase 24 R R 6' 3" 190 Sep 8, 1954 3 37 28 0 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.3 $
Willie Aikens 24 L R 6' 3" 220 Oct 14, 1954 2 116 102 116 55 0 0 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 51 14 0 2.6 $
Jim Anderson 22 R R 6' 0" 170 Feb 23, 1957 2 96 70 96 95 0 3 0 6 11 83 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.3 $
Mike Barlow 31 L R 6' 6" 210 Apr 30, 1948 5 35 0 0 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Jim Barr 31 R R 6' 3" 205 Feb 10, 1948 9 36 25 0 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.5 $
Don Baylor 30 R R 6' 1" 190 Jun 28, 1949 10 162 162 162 97 0 0 1 0 0 0 78 0 20 98 65 0 0 4.4 $256,667 All-Star
Ralph Botting 24 L L 6' 0" 195 May 12, 1955 1st 12 1 0 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.0 $
Bert Campaneris 37 R R 5' 10" 160 Mar 9, 1942 16 85 71 85 82 0 0 0 0 0 82 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0.1 $
Rod Carew HOF 33 L R 6' 0" 170 Oct 1, 1945 13 110 107 110 103 0 0 103 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 0 2.7 $800,000 All-Star
Bobby Clark 24 R R 6' 0" 190 Jun 13, 1955 1st 19 13 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 3 2 20 0 0 0 0.3 $
Mark Clear 23 R R 6' 4" 200 May 27, 1956 1st 52 0 0 52 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.5 $21,000 All-Star
Willie Davis 39 L L 6' 2" 180 Apr 15, 1940 18 43 8 43 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 7 8 28 4 -0.4 $
Tom Donohue 26 R R 6' 0" 185 Nov 15, 1952 1st 38 28 38 38 0 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 $
Brian Downing 28 R R 5' 10" 170 Oct 9, 1950 7 148 144 148 129 0 129 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 4 0 6.1 $ All-Star
Steve Eddy 21 R R 6' 2" 185 Aug 21, 1957 1st 7 4 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Bob Ferris 24 R R 6' 6" 225 May 7, 1955 1st 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Dan Ford 27 R R 6' 1" 185 May 19, 1952 5 142 141 142 141 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 124 152 0 1 0 2.6 $
Dave Frost 26 R R 6' 6" 235 Nov 17, 1952 3 36 33 0 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.2 $
Ralph Garr 33 L R 5' 11" 185 Dec 12, 1945 12 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 -0.5 $
Bobby Grich 30 R R 6' 2" 180 Jan 15, 1949 10 153 151 153 153 0 0 0 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6.0 $270,000 All-Star
Ike Hampton 27 B R 6' 1" 185 Aug 22, 1951 6 4 1 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 $20,000
Larry Harlow 27 L L 6' 2" 185 Nov 13, 1951 4 62 40 62 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 33 15 60 1 7 4 -0.9 $
Brian Harper 19 R R 6' 2" 195 Oct 16, 1959 1st 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 -0.1 $
John Harris 24 L L 6' 3" 205 Sep 13, 1954 1st 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 $
Terry Humphrey 29 R R 6' 3" 185 Aug 4, 1949 9 9 6 9 9 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Chris Knapp 25 R R 6' 5" 195 Sep 16, 1953 5 20 18 0 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.2 $
Carney Lansford 22 R R 6' 2" 195 Feb 7, 1957 2 157 157 157 157 0 0 0 0 157 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.6 $
Dave LaRoche 31 L L 6' 2" 200 May 14, 1948 10 53 1 0 53 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8 $
Dyar Miller 33 R R 6' 1" 195 May 29, 1946 5 14 1 0 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $72,000
Rick Miller 31 L L 6' 0" 175 Apr 19, 1948 9 120 108 120 117 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 117 0 117 2 2 2 2.5 $183,333
John Montague 31 R R 6' 2" 213 Sep 12, 1947 6 14 0 0 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Rance Mulliniks 23 L R 5' 11" 162 Jan 15, 1956 3 22 19 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 -0.9 $
Orlando Ramirez 27 R R 5' 10" 175 Dec 18, 1951 5 13 7 13 10 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 -0.4 $
Merv Rettenmund 36 R R 5' 10" 190 Jun 6, 1943 12 35 20 35 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 4 9 17 13 0 -0.1 $
Joe Rudi 32 R R 6' 2" 200 Sep 7, 1946 13 90 85 90 84 0 0 5 0 0 0 70 0 12 82 3 5 0 0.1 $400,000
Nolan Ryan HOF 32 R R 6' 2" 170 Jan 31, 1947 13 34 34 0 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.5 $200,000 All-Star
Dave Schuler 25 R L 6' 4" 210 Oct 4, 1953 1st 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Frank Tanana 25 L L 6' 2" 180 Jul 3, 1953 7 18 17 0 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 $
Dickie Thon 21 R R 5' 11" 160 Jun 20, 1958 1st 35 12 35 33 0 0 0 24 1 8 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 -0.1 $
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR WAR Salary

Orlando Ramirez

Rick Miller

Bobby Grich

Brian Downing

Brian Harper

Merv Rettenmund

John Harris
Terry Humphrey

Carney Lansford

Jim Anderson

Dan Ford

Dave LaRoche

Rance Mulliniks

Bert Campaneris

Ike Hampton
Larry Harlow

Willie Aikens

Tom Donohue

Willie Davis

Don Baylor

Joe Rudi

Ralph Garr

Rod Carew

Nolan Ryan

Dickie Thon

Bobby Clark

Mike Barlow
Jim Barr

Ralph Botting

Mike Barlow

Dave Frost

Mark Clear

John Montague

Frank Tanana

Steve Eddy
Dyar Miller
Dave Schuler

Chris Knapp

Bob Ferris

Don Aase

Steve Eddy

Jim Barr
Ralph Garr

1978 / 1980 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers