1988 California Angels season explained

California Angels
Season:	1988
League:	American League
Division:	West
Ballpark:	Anaheim Stadium
City:	Anaheim, California
Owners:	Gene Autry
General Managers:	Mike Port
Managers:	Cookie Rojas, Moose Stubing
Television:	KTLA (Joe Torre, Bob Starr) Z Channel (Joe Torre, Joel Meyers)
Radio:	KMPC (Ken Brett, Al Conin) XPRS (Ruben Valentin, Ulpiano Cos Villa)

The 1988 California Angels season involved the Angels finishing fourth in the American League West with a record of 75 wins and 87 losses. The Angels closed out the year by losing twelve games in a row, longest in team history; when they lost on Opening Day the next year, it unofficially served as a thirteen-game streak. This record was broken 34 years later.^[1]

Offseason

September 23, 1987: Doug DeCinces was released by the California Angels.^[2]
October 30, 1987: Don Sutton was released by the California Angels.^[3]
December 1, 1987: Chili Davis signed as a free agent with the California Angels.^[4]
December 3, 1987: Greg Minton was signed as a free agent with the California Angels.^[5]

Regular season

Opening Day starters

Notable Transactions

May 9, 1988: Bill Buckner was released by the California Angels.^[7]
June 1, 1988: Jim Abbott was drafted by the California Angels in the 1st round (8th pick) of the 1988 amateur draft. Player signed August 3, 1988.^[8]

Roster

1988 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	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	122	352	104	.295	5	39
1B	158	597	176	.295	13	85
2B	153	602	184	.306	6	83
SS	158	527	126	.239	6	34
3B	154	500	127	.254	16	63
LF	120	368	100	.272	13	49
CF	122	455	118	.259	11	51
RF	158	600	161	.268	21	93
DH	135	484	117	.242	25	64

Other batters

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
77	233	56	.240	2	16
70	140	31	.221	2	7
69	127	31	.244	3	19
56	113	32	.283	0	14
54	81	12	.148	0	4
33	78	12	.154	0	2
35	75	21	.280	0	7
27	55	14	.255	1	8
18	50	11	.220	0	3
21	46	12	.261	0	8
19	43	9	.209	0	9
21	16	1	.063	0	0
10	15	2	.133	0	0
6	12	0	.000	0	0
7	11	1	.091	0	2
1	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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
34	249.2	13	16	4.15	133
34	194.2	12	13	5.41	86
31	194.1	9	15	4.17	111
23	146.1	8	6	4.31	98
22	139.2	3	9	4.38	64
15	94.0	6	6	5.07	39

Other pitchers

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

Relief pitchers

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

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
50	7	5	17	2.13	67
44	4	5	7	2.85	46
40	4	2	0	4.07	42
34	2	1	1	4.14	28
32	2	4	3	5.88	38
27	5	2	4	4.91	22
14	0	1	1	4.81	17
4	0	0	0	9.64	1
3	0	0	0	0.00	3
3	0	1	0	4.91	2
3	0	0	0	13.50	0
1	0	0	0	9.00	1

Farm system

References

1988 California Angels at Baseball Reference
1988 California Angels at Baseball Almanac

Notes and References

Web site: LEADING OFF: Angels skid at 11, Mets at Padres, Ray slumps . . June 6, 2022 .
Web site: Doug DeCinces Stats.
Web site: Don Sutton Stats.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/d/davisch01.shtml Chili Davis Statistics
Web site: Greg Minton Stats.
http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1988&t=CAL 1988 California Angels Roster by Baseball Almanac
https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bucknbi01.shtml Bill Buckner Statistics
https://www.baseball-reference.com/a/abbotji01.shtml Jim Abbott Statistics
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997