1987 California Angels season explained

California Angels
Season:	1987
League:	American League
Division:	West
Ballpark:	Anaheim Stadium
City:	Anaheim, California
Owners:	Gene Autry
General Managers:	Mike Port
Managers:	Gene Mauch
Television:	KTLA (Joe Torre, Bob Starr, Joel Meyers)
Radio:	KMPC (Ken Brett, Joel Meyers, Al Conin) XPRS (Ruben Valentin, Ulpiano Cos Villa)

The 1987 California Angels season involved the Angels finishing sixth in the American League west with a record of 75 wins and 87 losses.

Regular season

December 19, 1986: Ron Romanick was traded by the California Angels with a player to be named later to the New York Yankees for a player to be named later and Butch Wynegar.^[1]
January 8, 1987: Doug DeCinces was signed as a free agent with the California Angels.^[2]
January 22, 1987: Jim Eppard was purchased by the California Angels from the Oakland Athletics.^[3]
May 1, 1987: Bob Boone was signed as a free agent with the California Angels.^[4]
May 19, 1987: Doug Corbett was signed as a free agent with the California Angels.^[5]
June 1, 1987: Greg Minton was signed as a free agent with the California Angels.^[6]
June 19, 1987: Doug Corbett was released by the California Angels.
June 22, 1987: Alan Mills was sent by the California Angels to the New York Yankees to complete an earlier deal made on December 19, 1986.^[7]
July 28, 1987: Bill Buckner signed as a free agent with the California Angels.^[8]
September 15, 1987: John Candelaria was traded by the California Angels to the New York Mets for Jeff Richardson and Shane Young (minors).^[9]

June 2, 1987: John Orton was drafted by the California Angels in the 1st round (25th pick) of the 1987 amateur draft.^[10]
June 2, 1987: Rubén Amaro, Jr. was drafted by the California Angels in the 11th round of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed June 16, 1987.^[11]

1987 California Angels
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		ManagerCoaches

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	128	389	94	.242	3	33
1B	149	564	161	.285	34	117
2B	138	433	102	.236	3	41
3B	133	453	106	.234	16	63
SS	134	479	120	.251	9	46
LF	138	449	110	.245	23	64
CF	133	394	82	.208	1	17
RF	159	639	168	.263	24	87
DH	155	567	154	.272	29	77

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
85	192	47	.245	8	28
57	183	56	.306	3	32
65	162	39	.241	5	25
63	137	36	.263	2	15
30	127	44	.346	0	15
53	108	26	.241	4	16
58	100	20	.200	5	18
31	92	19	.207	0	5
28	81	16	.198	3	9
13	10	2	.200	0	1
8	9	3	.333	0	0
7	2	1	.500	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
36	297.0	16	14	4.01	192
35	191.2	11	11	4.70	99
20	116.2	8	6	4.71	74
17	82.1	4	5	5.25	37
14	74.2	4	6	5.67	56

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
36	176.2	10	10	3.92	106
26	117.2	5	6	4.59	55
7	28.0	0	2	9.32	24

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

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
57	6	7	17	3.39	109
41	5	4	10	3.08	35
48	1	5	3	3.63	44
35	2	7	0	4.67	63
16	1	2	0	5.50	27
14	2	2	5	2.70	17
3	0	0	0	0.00	3
1	0	0	0	16.20	0