1977 California Angels season explained

California Angels
Season:	1977
League:	American League
Division:	West
Ballpark:	Anaheim Stadium
City:	Anaheim, California
Owners:	Gene Autry
General Managers:	Harry Dalton
Managers:	Norm Sherry, Dave Garcia
Television:	KTLA
Radio:	KMPC (Dick Enberg, Don Drysdale, Al Wisk)

The 1977 California Angels season involved the Angels finishing fifth in the American League West with a record of 74 wins and 88 losses.

Offseason

On January 6, 1977, Angels utility infielder Mike Miley died in a one-car accident in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.^[1]

November 16, 1976: Don Baylor was signed as a free agent by the Angels.^[2]
November 17, 1976: Joe Rudi was signed as a free agent by the Angels.^[3]
November 24, 1976: Bobby Grich was signed as a free agent by the Angels.^[4]
January 11, 1977: Daryl Sconiers was drafted by the Angels in the 3rd round of the 1977 Major League Baseball draft.^[5]

June 7, 1977: 1977 Major League Baseball draft
- Richard Dotson was drafted by the Angels in the 1st round (7th pick).^[6]
- Brian Harper was drafted by the Angels in the 4th round.^[7]
June 13, 1977: Dick Drago was traded by the Angels to the Baltimore Orioles for Dyar Miller.^[8]
June 15, 1977: Craig Hendrickson (minors) was traded by the Angels to the Cincinnati Reds for Gary Nolan.^[9]
September 16, 1977: Carlos May was purchased by the Angels from the New York Yankees.^[10]

1977 California Angels
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		OutfieldersOther batters		ManagerCoaches (Bullpen) (First base) (Bench) (Third base) (Pitching, after 7/13) (Pitching, until 7/11) (Conditioning) (Hitting)

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

Pos	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	123	304	69	.227	2	34
1B	116	324	78	.241	14	53
2B	154	575	145	.252	4	44
SS	78	271	73	.269	3	21
3B	149	519	144	.277	3	45
LF	64	246	64	.264	13	53
CF	104	342	95	.278	1	26
RF	158	592	156	.264	37	115
DH	154	561	141	.251	25	75

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

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
106	292	71	.243	8	28
86	244	69	.283	1	28
58	212	63	.297	0	19
52	181	44	.243	7	23
80	114	29	.254	0	14
25	100	29	.290	2	8
42	91	18	.198	0	6
35	91	19	.209	1	8
58	77	12	.156	3	10
23	76	19	.250	0	5
59	74	12	.162	1	4
52	44	13	.295	3	9
10	36	7	.194	2	4
11	18	6	.333	0	1
14	17	3	.176	1	3
25	13	1	.077	0	0

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
37	299.0	19	16	2.77	341
31	241.1	15	9	2.54	205
21	142.0	7	10	4.25	41
27	122.0	6	12	5.83	55
14	58.1	2	4	5.55	30
5	18.1	0	3	8.84	4

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
41	189.1	8	12	3.57	79
6	28.2	2	2	4.08	17
7	22.2	0	2	3.97	14
3	6.1	0	0	15.63	3
2	3.1	0	1	18.90	3

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

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
46	6	5	13	3.10	61
41	4	4	4	3.02	49
20	4	2	1	4.58	25
13	0	1	2	3.00	15
13	1	0	1	5.09	10
12	0	2	0	5.63	5
4	0	1	1	2.92	4
3	0	2	0	3.86	3
1	0	0	0	9.00	1

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