1976 California Angels season explained

California Angels
Season:	1976
League:	American League
Division:	West
Ballpark:	Anaheim Stadium
City:	Anaheim, California
Owners:	Gene Autry
General Managers:	Harry Dalton
Managers:	Dick Williams, Norm Sherry
Television:	KTLA
Radio:	KMPC (Dick Enberg, Dave Niehaus, Don Drysdale)

The 1976 California Angels season involved the Angels finishing fourth in the American League West with a record of 76 wins and 86 losses.

After a concert by The Who in March, groundskeepers reported that more than 100 marijuana plants sprouted on the playing field of Anaheim Stadium.^[1]

Offseason

• January 7, 1976: Ernie Camacho was drafted by the Angels in the 4th round of the secondary phase of the January 1976 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign.^[2]
• March 3, 1976: John Balaz, Dick Sharon, and Dave Machemer were traded by the Angels to the Boston Red Sox for Dick Drago.^[3]

Regular season

• July 20, 1976: Hank Aaron of the Milwaukee Brewers hit the 755th and final home run of his career off Angels pitcher Dick Drago.^[4]
• August 31, 1976: Angels pitcher Nolan Ryan struck out Ron LeFlore of the Detroit Tigers for the 2000th strikeout of his career.^[5]
• September 10, 1976: Nolan Ryan had 18 strikeouts in one game.

Notable transactions

• May 17, 1976: Bobby Jones was selected off waivers by the Angels from the Texas Rangers.^[6]
• June 6, 1976: Ed Herrmann was traded by the Angels to the Houston Astros for Terry Humphrey and Mike Barlow.^[7]

Draft picks

• June 8, 1976: 1976 Major League Baseball draft
  • Ken Landreaux was drafted by the Angels in the 1st round (6th pick).^[8]
  • Danny Boone was drafted by the Angels in the 2nd round of the secondary phase, but did not sign.^[9]

Roster

1976 California Angels
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		OutfieldersOther batters		ManagerCoaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; 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		103	247	56	.227	0	21
1B		63	215	58	.270	9	33
2B		143	502	132	.263	0	28
3B		127	410	93	.227	8	40
SS		142	438	95	.217	0	33
LF		146	466	120	.248	2	49
CF		120	264	54	.205	6	27
RF		99	378	100	.265	10	54
DH		72	219	58	.265	3	26

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
	99	365	96	.263	4	28
	118	341	71	.208	6	42
	83	268	76	.284	1	18
	77	248	53	.214	1	14
	93	231	44	.190	2	25
	71	196	48	.245	1	19
	78	166	35	.211	6	17
	42	96	17	.177	0	4
	30	70	14	.200	0	5
	21	54	13	.241	0	4
	29	48	6	.125	0	3
	29	46	8	.174	2	8
	15	42	7	.167	2	8
	14	38	7	.184	0	4
	9	10	0	.000	0	0
	13	9	1	.111	0	1
	5	8	0	.000	0	0
	13	8	3	.375	0	0
	3	2	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
	34	288.1	19	10	2.43	261
	39	284.1	17	18	3.36	327
	34	225.0	8	16	3.00	100
	28	157.2	6	12	4.62	78

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
	37	166.0	7	4	2.77	51
	32	117.2	6	7	3.37	53
	14	47.1	0	6	5.13	16

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
	43	7	8	6	4.42	43
	33	3	0	3	3.23	10
	21	0	2	4	3.38	23
	13	3	1	2	3.70	16
	5	0	2	0	6.14	8
	4	0	0	0	7.50	4
	2	0	0	0	27.00	2

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

References

• Book: Johnson. Lloyd. Wolff. Miles. The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. 2nd. Durham, North Carolina. Baseball America. 1997. 978-0-9637189-8-3.

External links

• 1976 California Angels at Baseball-Reference
• 1976 California Angels at Baseball Almanac

Notes and References

1. Web site: Some Goose Eggs Are on Anaheim Stadium Scoreboard. Los Angeles Times. April 19, 1986.
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/camacer01.shtml Ernie Camacho
3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/d/dragodi01.shtml Dick Drago
4. News: Historic Home Runs . https://web.archive.org/web/20081202042032/http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1650858_1650857_1650841,00.html . dead . December 2, 2008 . Time . August 8, 2007 . April 20, 2010.
5. Web site: The Nolan Ryan Express The Strikeout King . smackbomb.com/nolanryan . July 28, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110716092407/http://www.smackbomb.com/nolanryan/strikeouts.html . July 16, 2011 . dead . mdy-all .
6. https://www.baseball-reference.com/j/jonesbo02.shtml Bobby Jones
7. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/humphte01.shtml Terry Humphrey
8. https://www.baseball-reference.com/l/landrke01.shtml Ken Landreaux
9. https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/booneda02.shtml Danny Boone