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1979 California Angels Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1978 / 1980)
88-74, Finished 1st in AL West
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Scored 866 runs, Allowed 768 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 90-72
Manager: Jim Fregosi (88-74)
Ballpark: Anaheim Stadium (ballparks.com)
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
Postseason:  Lost AL Championship Series (3-1) to Baltimore Orioles

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1978 / 1980 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
Redesign Note: Summary Batting, Pitching and Fielding Stats are below. Detailed Batting, Pitching, and Fielding Stats are available using the navigation bar just above this note or the "Detailed" links beside the table headers. Leaderboards have been removed since all tables are now sortable by clicking the headers. The all-stars and salaries are on the roster page linked above.

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 28 148 596 509 87 166 27 3 12 75 3 3 77 57 .326 .418 .462 .880 142 235 17 5 3 2 4
2 1B Rod Carew* 33 110 493 409 78 130 15 3 3 44 18 8 73 46 .318 .419 .391 .810 125 160 9 0 8 3 7
3 2B Bobby Grich 30 153 609 534 78 157 30 5 30 101 1 0 59 84 .294 .365 .537 .903 145 287 14 2 12 2 10
4 SS Bert Campaneris 37 85 273 239 27 56 4 4 0 15 12 4 19 32 .234 .294 .285 .578 60 68 8 2 11 2 0
5 3B Carney Lansford 22 157 712 654 114 188 30 5 19 79 20 8 39 115 .287 .329 .436 .764 109 285 16 3 12 4 2
6 LF Don Baylor 30 162 722 628 120 186 33 3 36 139 22 12 71 51 .296 .371 .530 .901 145 333 10 11 0 12 6
7 CF Rick Miller* 31 120 488 427 60 125 15 5 2 28 5 4 50 69 .293 .367 .365 .733 103 156 7 1 9 1 1
8 RF Dan Ford 27 142 628 569 100 165 26 5 21 101 8 5 40 86 .290 .333 .464 .797 117 264 17 3 3 13 0
9 DH Willie Aikens* 24 116 447 379 59 106 18 0 21 81 1 3 61 79 .280 .376 .493 .869 137 187 10 1 0 6 8
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 LF Joe Rudi 32 90 361 330 35 80 11 3 11 61 0 0 24 61 .242 .294 .394 .688 88 130 7 1 4 2 3
11 SS Jim Anderson 22 96 264 234 33 58 13 1 3 23 3 2 17 31 .248 .298 .350 .648 78 82 6 1 9 3 0
12 CF Larry Harlow* 27 62 187 159 22 37 8 2 0 14 1 3 25 34 .233 .344 .308 .652 81 49 2 2 1 0 0
13 C Tom Donohue 26 38 113 107 13 24 3 1 3 14 2 0 3 29 .224 .259 .355 .614 67 38 1 2 1 0 0
14 DH Merv Rettenmund 36 35 90 76 7 20 2 0 1 10 1 0 11 14 .263 .360 .329 .688 91 25 3 1 1 1 1
15 SS Rance Mulliniks* 23 22 78 68 7 10 0 0 1 8 0 0 4 14 .147 .192 .191 .383 6 13 2 1 0 5 0
16 2B Dickie Thon 21 35 62 56 6 19 3 0 0 8 0 0 5 10 .339 .393 .393 .786 118 22 2 0 1 0 0
17 UT Willie Davis* 39 43 61 56 9 14 2 1 0 2 1 0 4 7 .250 .300 .321 .621 71 18 2 0 1 0 0
18 LF Bobby Clark 24 19 60 54 8 16 2 2 1 5 1 1 5 11 .296 .356 .463 .819 124 25 3 0 1 0 0
19 DH Ralph Garr* 33 6 24 24 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .125 .125 .125 .250 -31 3 0 0 0 0 0
20 C Terry Humphrey 29 9 19 17 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .059 .111 .059 .170 -52 1 0 0 1 0 0
21 UT Orlando Ramirez 27 13 15 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 6 .000 .143 .000 .143 -57 0 0 1 1 0 0
22 1B Ike Hampton# 27 4 5 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .400 .400 .400 .800 121 2 0 0 0 0 0
23 DH Brian Harper 19 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 1B John Harris* 24 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 28.4 162 6311 5550 866 1563 242 43 164 808 100 53 589 843 .282 .351 .429 .781 114 2383 136 37 79 56 42
Rank in 14 AL teams 3 1 3 10 4 4 6 7 3 2 2 1 3 3 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
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* - 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 Dave Frost 26 16 10 .615 3.57 36 33 2 12 2 1 239.1 226 108 95 17 77 4 107 5 0 5 1001 114 1.266 8.5 0.6 2.9 4.0 1.39
2 SP Nolan Ryan 32 16 14 .533 3.60 34 34 0 17 5 0 222.2 169 104 89 15 114 3 223 6 0 9 937 113 1.271 6.8 0.6 4.6 9.0 1.96
3 SP Jim Barr 31 10 12 .455 4.20 36 25 4 5 0 0 197.0 217 100 92 22 55 5 69 3 1 2 826 97 1.381 9.9 1.0 2.5 3.2 1.25
4 SP Don Aase 24 9 10 .474 4.81 37 28 4 7 1 2 185.1 200 104 99 19 77 7 96 1 0 5 817 84 1.495 9.7 0.9 3.7 4.7 1.25
5 SP Chris Knapp 25 5 5 .500 5.51 20 18 1 3 0 0 98.0 109 73 60 8 35 1 36 2 0 2 440 74 1.469 10.0 0.7 3.2 3.3 1.03
6 SP Frank Tanana* 25 7 5 .583 3.89 18 17 0 2 1 0 90.1 93 44 39 9 25 0 46 2 1 6 382 105 1.306 9.3 0.9 2.5 4.6 1.84
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
7 CL Mark Clear 23 11 5 .688 3.63 52 0 37 0 0 14 109.0 87 48 44 6 68 5 98 3 1 9 481 112 1.422 7.2 0.5 5.6 8.1 1.44
8 RP Mike Barlow 31 1 1 .500 5.13 35 0 15 0 0 0 86.0 106 54 49 8 30 2 33 4 0 6 378 79 1.581 11.1 0.8 3.1 3.5 1.10
9 RP Dave LaRoche* 31 7 11 .389 5.57 53 1 25 0 0 10 85.2 107 54 53 13 32 4 59 2 1 0 387 73 1.623 11.2 1.4 3.4 6.2 1.84
10 RP Dyar Miller 33 1 0 1.000 3.31 14 1 8 0 0 0 35.1 44 14 13 2 13 0 16 2 0 1 157 123 1.613 11.2 0.5 3.3 4.1 1.23
11 RP John Montague 31 2 0 1.000 5.09 14 0 10 0 0 6 17.2 16 12 10 3 9 0 6 0 0 2 75 80 1.415 8.2 1.5 4.6 3.1 0.67
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
12 Steve Eddy 21 1 1 .500 4.73 7 4 3 0 0 0 32.1 36 19 17 1 20 0 7 2 0 0 152 86 1.732 10.0 0.3 5.6 1.9 0.35
13 Ralph Botting* 24 2 0 1.000 8.80 12 1 5 0 0 0 29.2 46 30 29 6 15 1 22 1 1 4 146 46 2.056 14.0 1.8 4.6 6.7 1.47
14 Bob Ferris 24 0 0 1.50 2 0 1 0 0 0 6.0 5 2 1 1 3 1 2 0 0 1 27 271 1.333 7.5 1.5 4.5 3.0 0.67
15 Dave Schuler* 25 0 0 10.80 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.2 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 38 1.200 10.8 5.4 0.0 0.0
Team Totals 27.7 88 74 .543 4.34 162 162 116 46 9 33 1436.0 1463 768 692 131 573 33 820 33 5 53 6213 94 1.418 9.2 0.8 3.6 5.1 1.43
Rank in 14 AL teams 5 10 4 6 5 6 6 9 9 4 11 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
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* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% Pos. Summary
Don Aase 24 37 28 185.1 27 8 17 2 3 .926 0.0 0.0 1.21 0.68 P
Willie Aikens 24 106 55 492.2 495 462 31 2 49 .996 2.1 5.1 1.1 0.0 1.1 1 9.01 4.65 1B-DH
Jim Anderson 22 101 70 653.0 363 141 205 17 44 .953 -0.8 -1.5 0.2 -4.9 5.0 1 -2 4.77 3.43 1 3 4 0 0% SS-3B-2B-C
Mike Barlow 31 35 0 86.0 15 4 11 0 2 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.57 0.43 P
Jim Barr 31 36 25 197.0 47 6 41 0 5 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.15 1.31 P
Don Baylor 30 164 97 833.2 215 206 4 5 1 .977 -14.8 -21.3 -6.8 -4.0 -2.8 -8 0 2.27 1.28 LF-RF-1B-DH
Ralph Botting 24 12 1 29.2 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.52 0.42 P
Bert Campaneris 37 83 71 612.1 372 136 220 16 69 .957 -2.4 -4.7 -4.4 -3.4 -1.0 2 5.23 4.29 SS-DH
Rod Carew 33 109 102 889.1 869 804 55 10 101 .988 -4.5 -6.1 -4.5 0.0 -4.6 0 8.69 7.88 1B-DH
Bobby Clark 24 20 13 128.0 46 42 3 1 0 .978 0.5 4.7 -0.5 -3.1 2.5 1 3.16 2.25 LF-RF-CF
Mark Clear 23 52 0 109.0 16 4 10 2 0 .875 0.0 0.0 1.16 0.27 P
Willie Davis 39 13 3 35.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 -1.7 -58.3 -0.7 -0.2 -0.5 -1 1.80 0.54 RF-LF-DH
Tom Donohue 26 38 28 275.1 155 136 16 3 4 .981 -2.0 -8.7 -2 4.97 4.00 5 16 24 14 37% C
Brian Downing 28 147 127 1091.2 715 669 35 11 5 .985 -8.0 -8.8 -8 5.80 4.79 6 33 101 34 25% C-DH
Steve Eddy 21 7 4 32.1 14 5 7 2 0 .857 0.0 0.0 3.34 1.71 P
Bob Ferris 24 2 0 6.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 3.00 1.00 P
Dan Ford 27 152 141 1216.0 351 333 10 8 2 .977 -5.9 -5.8 -1.9 -7.4 5.5 -4 2.54 2.26 RF-CF
Dave Frost 26 36 33 239.1 44 8 34 2 2 .955 0.0 0.0 1.58 1.17 P
Ralph Garr 33 6 0.0 0.00 DH
Bobby Grich 30 153 151 1297.0 791 340 438 13 111 .984 -0.1 -0.1 -4.1 -4.5 0.3 4 5.40 5.08 2B
Ike Hampton 27 2 1 11.0 12 10 2 0 0 1.000 0.2 21.8 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 9.82 6.00 1B
Larry Harlow 27 60 40 400.2 121 115 3 3 1 .975 -7.7 -23.1 -5.7 -4.0 -1.7 -2 2.65 1.97 CF-RF-LF
Brian Harper 19 1 0.0 0.00 DH
John Harris 24 1 0 5.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 120.0 0.5 0.0 0.5 0 10.80 6.00 1B
Terry Humphrey 29 9 6 57.1 59 55 3 1 1 .983 0.0 0.0 0 9.10 6.44 0 1 9 3 25% C
Chris Knapp 25 20 18 98.0 23 8 14 1 1 .957 0.0 0.0 2.02 1.10 P
Carney Lansford 22 157 157 1372.0 405 135 263 7 29 .983 -1.8 -1.6 -3.8 -4.1 0.4 2 2.61 2.54 3B
Dave LaRoche 31 53 1 85.2 21 4 17 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.21 0.40 P
Dyar Miller 33 14 1 35.1 4 2 2 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.02 0.29 P
Rick Miller 31 119 108 952.1 353 346 3 4 1 .989 5.1 6.4 4.1 -0.1 4.2 1 3.30 2.93 CF-DH
John Montague 31 14 0 17.2 2 1 0 1 0 .500 0.0 0.0 0.51 0.07 P
Rance Mulliniks 23 22 19 178.0 93 46 43 4 13 .957 -3.0 -20.2 -4.0 -2.2 -1.7 1 4.50 4.05 SS
Orlando Ramirez 27 11 7 57.0 32 7 20 5 3 .844 -1.2 -25.3 -1.2 -0.3 -1.0 0 4.26 2.45 SS-DH
Merv Rettenmund 36 26 6 54.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -2.4 -53.3 -1.4 -1.2 -0.1 -1 1.00 0.23 RF-LF-CF-DH
Joe Rudi 32 90 82 726.1 215 206 7 2 5 .991 0.8 1.3 1.8 1.7 0.2 -1 0 2.64 2.37 LF-RF-1B-DH
Nolan Ryan 32 34 34 222.2 41 8 29 4 1 .902 0.0 0.0 1.50 1.09 P
Dave Schuler 25 1 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 P
Frank Tanana 25 18 17 90.1 16 3 12 1 1 .938 0.0 0.0 1.49 0.83 P
Dickie Thon 21 34 12 150.1 92 38 46 8 13 .913 -3.7 -29.5 -3.7 -2.4 -1.3 0 5.03 2.47 2B-SS-3B-DH
Team Totals 28.1 162 1458 12924.0 6051 4308 1608 135 467 .978 -50.8 -4.7 -34.8 -40.1 5.2 -15 11 -12 4.12 2.99 12 53 138 51 27%
Rank in 14 AL teams 7 5 8
Age G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% Pos. Summary

1978 / 1980 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics