1998 Anaheim Angels season explained

Anaheim Angels
Season:	1998
League:	American League
Division:	West
City:	Anaheim, California
Record:	85–77 (.525)
Divisional Place:	2nd
Owners:	Jackie Autry
General Managers:	Bill Bavasi
Managers:	Terry Collins
Television:	Fox Sports West •Sparky Anderson, Steve Physioc KCAL-9 •Jerry Reuss, Steve Physioc
Radio:	KLAC (AM 570) •Mario Impemba, Brian Barnhart XPRS (Spanish) •José Tolentino, Ivan Lara
Espntn:	laa
Brtn:	ANA

The 1998 Anaheim Angels season involved the Angels finishing second in the American League West with a record of 85 wins and 77 losses.

Offseason

• December 4, 1997: Greg Cadaret was signed as a free agent with the Anaheim Angels.^[1]
• December 19, 1997: Cecil Fielder signed as a free agent with the Anaheim Angels.^[2]
• December 22, 1997: Chip Hale signed as a free agent with the Anaheim Angels.^[3]
• January 9, 1998: Norberto Martin was signed as a free agent with the Anaheim Angels.^[4]
• January 10, 1998: William Van Landingham was signed as a free agent with the Anaheim Angels.^[5]
• January 26, 1998: Damon Mashore was signed as a free agent with the Anaheim Angels.^[6]
• February 27, 1998: Jack McDowell signed as a free agent with the Anaheim Angels.^[7]
• March 30, 1998: Chip Hale was traded by the Anaheim Angels to the St. Louis Cardinals for Craig Shipley.

Regular season

Transactions

• July 30, 1998: Charlie O'Brien was traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Anaheim Angels for Brian Tokarse (minors) and Jason Stockstill (minors).^[8]
• August 7, 1998: Jeff Juden was selected off waivers by the Anaheim Angels from the Milwaukee Brewers.^[9]
• August 10, 1998: Cecil Fielder was released by the Anaheim Angels.
• August 26, 1998: Greg Cadaret was selected off waivers by the Texas Rangers from the Anaheim Angels.^[1]

Roster

1998 Anaheim Angels
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		ManagerCoaches (Third Base) (Hitting) (Bullpen) (First Base) (Pitching) (Bench)

Player stats

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; Avg. = Batting average; Slg. = Slugging Average; SB = Stolen bases

Pos	Player	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	Avg.	Slg.	SB
C		108	338	41	87	6	46	.257	.367	1
1B		103	381	48	92	17	68	.241	.423	0
2B		63	196	24	50	1	20	.255	.327	10
3B		101	363	60	88	11	39	.242	.388	11
SS			157		551		73		158	3	56	.287	.385		11
LF		133	537	84	159	19	82	.296	.486	20
CF			154	599	115	184		25		91	.307		.506	7
RF		156	622	62	183	15	79	.284	.455	8
DH		136	463	84	139	26	88		.300	.533	0

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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
	75	237	54	.228	8	27
	79	195	42	.215	1	13
	51	188	49	.261	4	26
	75	165	53	.321	0	21
	48	165	36	.218	1	23
	77	147	38	.259	2	17
	43	98	23	.235	2	11
	31	80	23	.288	2	8
	19	72	25	.347	1	10
	29	71	18	.254	1	7
	21	45	7	.156	1	2
	29	36	13	.361	1	5
	19	35	5	.143	0	0
	10	14	1	.071	0	0
	5	11	2	.182	0	0
	3	7	1	.143	0	0
	2	1	0	.000	0	0

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	223.1	11	9	3.39	212
	37	183.0	9	9	4.03	112
	22	128.2	9	4	4.34	90
	19	103.0	9	6	4.98	57
	14	76.0	5	3	5.09	45
	15	74.0	6	3	4.62	48
	8	40.0	1	3	6.75	39

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
	27	122.0	10	10	6.05	61
	28	92.1	6	7	6.04	64

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
	67	2	7	42	3.65	87
	61	8	3	5	3.14	73
	61	2	6	3	4.27	73
	53	2	2	1	4.75	29
	49	3	1	0	4.35	34
	39	1	2	1	4.14	37
	15	0	0	0		3.52	6
	12	1	2	0	5.56	9
	11	0	0	0	1.93	12
	5	0	0	0	15.88	3

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

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References

1. Web site: Greg Cadaret Stats.
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/f/fieldce01.shtml Cecil Fielder Statistics
3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/halech01.shtml Chip Hale Statistics
4. Web site: Norberto Martin Stats.
5. https://www.baseball-reference.com/v/vanlawi01.shtml William Van Landingham Statistics
6. Web site: Damon Mashore Stats.
7. https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mcdowja01.shtml Jack McDowell Statistics
8. https://www.baseball-reference.com/o/o'brich01.shtml Charlie O'Brien Statistics
9. https://www.baseball-reference.com/j/judenje01.shtml Jeff Juden Statistics
10. Web site: 1998 Seattle Mariners Statistics.
11. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

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