2023 Los Angeles Angels season explained

Los Angeles Angels
Season:	2023
League:	American League
Division:	West
Ballpark:	Angel Stadium
City:	Anaheim, California
Divisional Place:	4th
Owners:	Arte Moreno
General Managers:	Perry Minasian
Managers:	Phil Nevin
Television:	Bally Sports West (Wayne Randazzo/Matt Vasgersian/Patrick O'Neal, Mark Gubicza)
Radio:	KLAA (AM 830) KSPN (AM 710) Angels Radio Network Spanish: KWKW (AM 1330)
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The 2023 Los Angeles Angels season was the 63rd season of the Los Angeles Angels franchise in the American League, the 58th in Anaheim, and their 58th season playing their home games at Angel Stadium. Chasing history to try and reach their first playoff appearance since 2014, the Angels started 40–32, but subsequently collapsed and, on September 16, the Angels were eliminated from postseason contention, for the ninth straight year. They repeat their record from the previous year, which was 73–89. They set a mark with their eighth consecutive losing season, eclipsing the mark previously set by the 1971–1977 teams. The Angels drew an average home attendance of 32,599 in 81 home games in the 2023 MLB season, the 13th highest in the league.^[1]

Offseason

See main article: article and 2022 Los Angeles Angels season. The Angels finished the 2022 season 73–89, 33 games out of first place.^[2] They missed the playoffs for the eighth consecutive season and now share the longest current playoff drought with the Tigers. Both teams have not made the playoffs since 2014.

Rule changes

Pursuant to the CBA, new rule changes will be in place for the 2023 season:^[3]

institution of a pitch clock between pitches;
limits on pickoff attempts per plate appearance;
limits on defensive shifts requiring two infielders to be on either side of second and be within the boundary of the infield; and
larger bases (increased to 18-inch squares);

Opening Day lineup

The team opened the season with a 2–1 loss to the Oakland Athletics at Oakland Coliseum on March 30.^[4]

Order	No.	Player	Pos.
1	3		LF
2	27		CF
3	17		P/DH
4	6		3B
5	2		2B
6	12		RF
7	23		1B
8	10		SS
9	14		C
—	17	Shohei Ohtani	P

Angels team leaders

Batting^[5]
		.304
RBIs	Shohei Ohtani	95
Stolen bases	Shohei Ohtani	20
	Shohei Ohtani	102
Home runs	Shohei Ohtani	44
	Shohei Ohtani	135
Pitching^[6]
	No qualifiers	—
	No qualifiers	—
Holds		20
Wins	Shohei Ohtani	10
		148.1
Strikeouts	Reid Detmers	168
Saves		31
	Carlos Estévez	63

Minimum 3.1 plate appearances per team games played Minimum 1 inning pitched per team games played

Regular season

June

On June 15, Gio Urshela sustained an injury, later revealed to be a fractured pelvis and will be out for a significant amount of time. ^[7] With both 3rd basemen options (Gio Urshela, Anthony Rendon) out with injuries, on June 23, the Angels traded minor league players Coleman Crow, and Landon Marceaux to the New York Mets for Eduardo Escobar. ^[8]

On Saturday, June 24, the Angels recorded new team records for both runs and hits in a 25-1 blowout over the Colorado Rockies.^[9] ^[10] Despite outscoring the Rockies 32-12 in the series, the Angels lost the series, making the second worst run differential of a team who won a baseball series.^[11] Additionally, on June 25, the day after the 25-1 blowout, the Angels acquired Mike Moustakas for minor league player Connor Van Scoyoc. ^[12]

July

On July 26, the Angels traded minor leaguers Ky Bush and Edgar Quero to the Chicago White Sox for Lucas Giolito and Reynaldo Lopez.^[13] When asked about the trade, General Manager Perry Minasian said: "For this team to be in this position with the injuries we’ve had, I felt like I owed it to the group to give them a better chance to win."^[14] A day after the trade, the Angels faced off against the Detroit Tigers in a doubleheader. The Angels won both games as Shohei Ohtani pitched a one hit complete game shut up in Game 1 and homered twice in Game 2.^[15]

During the second game of a three game series with the Toronto Blue Jays on July 29, Taylor Ward was struck in the head by a 91mph fastball by Alek Manoah. As the result, Taylor Ward suffered facial fractures and is put on the injury list. ^[16] The following day, on July 30, the Angels traded minor leaguers Jake Madden, and Mason Albright to the Colorado Rockies for Randal Grichuk, and C.J. Cron.^[17]

Injuries

2023 Notable Injuries ^[18] ^[19]
Player	Position	Date	Injury	Length	Return Date
	Catcher	3/5/23	Hip discomfort/Personal	No timetable for return
	Catcher	4/25/23	Shoulder surgery	4–6 months
	Pitcher	5/7/23	Strained shoulder	2–3 months
	Pitcher	5/18/23		Out for 2023 season
	Pitcher	5/18/23		Out for 2023 season
	Pitcher	6/9/23	Ulnar neuritis	No timetable for return
	Infielder	6/15/23	Fractured pelvis	Out for 2023 season
	Infielder	6/29/23	Shoulder contusion	No timetable for return
	Pitcher	7/3/23	Shoulder inflammation	No timetable for return
	Outfielder	7/5/23	Hand surgery (fractured hamate)	4–8 weeks
	Outfielder	7/8/23	Strained oblique	No timetable for return
	Pitcher	7/15/23	Strained hamstring	No timetable for return
	Infielder	5/13/23	Groin strain	1–2 weeks	6/6/23
	Infielder	6/15/23	Wrist contusion	1–2 weeks	6/30/23
	Infielder	7/4/23	Shin bone bruise	No timetable for return
	Infielder	6/14/23	Strained oblique	No timetable for return	7/14/23
	Pitcher	5/23/23	Strained oblique	No timetable for return	7/14/23
	Pitcher	5/4/23	Strained hamstring	No timetable for return	5/21/23
	Pitcher	4/15/23	Shoulder inflammation	No timetable for return	5/2/23
	Outfielder	7/29/23	Facial fracture	Questionable for 2023

Game Log

The Angels opened up the 2023 season on the road at Oakland on March 30, losing 2-1 to the Athletics.

Legend
	Angels win
	Angels loss
	All-Star Game
	Postponement
	Eliminated from playoff race
Bold	Angels team member

|- style="background:#fbb;"| 1 || March 30 || @ Athletics || 1–2 || May (1–0) || Loup (0–1) || Jiménez (1) || 26,805 || 0–1 || L1|- style="background:#bfb;"| 2 || April 1 || @ Athletics || 13–1 || Sandoval (1–0) || Fujinami (0–1) || Davidson (1) || 15,757 || 1–1 || W1|- style="background:#bfb;"| 3 || April 2 || @ Athletics || 6–0 || Anderson (1–0) || Waldichuk (0–1) || — || 14,638 || 2–1 || W2|- style="background:#bfb;"| 4 || April 3 || @ Mariners || 7–3 || Tepera (1–0) || Kirby (0–1) || — || 18,877 || 3–1 || W3|- style="background:#fbb;" | 5 || April 4 || @ Mariners || 2–11 || Castillo (1–0) || Suárez (0–1) || — || 19,255 || 3–2 || L1|- style="background:#bfb;" | 6 || April 5 || @ Mariners || 4–3 || Ohtani (1–0) || Flexen (0–1) || Quijada (1) || 25,648 || 4–2 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 7 || April 7 || Blue Jays || 3–4 || Bassitt (1–1) || Herget (0–1) || Romano (4) || 44,735 || 4–3 || L1|- style="background:#bfb;"| 8 || April 8 || Blue Jays || 9–5 || Barría (1–0) || Berríos (0–2) || — || 44,534 || 5–3 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;" | 9 || April 9 || Blue Jays || 11–12 || Romano (1–0) || Estévez (0–1) || Mayza (1) || 31,092 || 5–4 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;" | 10 || April 10 || Nationals || 4–6 || Corbin (1–2) || Davidson (0–1) || Finnegan (2) || 19,557 || 5–5 || L2|- style="background:#bfb;" | 11 || April 11 || Nationals || 2–0 || Ohtani (2–0) || Gray (0–3) || Estévez (1) || 27,390 || 6–5 || W1|- style="background:#bfb;" | 12 || April 12 || Nationals || 3–2 || Moore (1–0) || Thompson (0–1) || Quijada (2) || 17,780 || 7–5 || W2|- style="background:#fbb;"| 13 || April 14 || @ Red Sox || 3–5 || Winckowski (1–0) || Herget (0–2) || Jansen (3) || 36,680 || 7–6 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;" | 14 || April 15 || @ Red Sox || 7–9 || Brasier (1–0) || Tepera (1–1) || Jansen (4) || 36,594 || 7–7 || L2|- style="background:#fbb;" | 15 || April 16 || @ Red Sox || 1–2 || Whitlock (1–1) || Detmers (0–1) || Brasier (1) || 34,790 || 7–8 || L3|- style="background:#bfb;" | 16 || April 17 || @ Red Sox || 5–4 || Davidson (1–1) || Bello (0–1) || Estévez (2) || 34,942 || 8–8 || W1|- style="background:#bfb;" | 17 || April 18 || @ Yankees || 5–2 || Wantz (1–0) || Schmidt (0–1) || Quijada (3) || 37,883 || 9–8 || W2|- style="background:#fbb;" | 18 || April 19 || @ Yankees || 2–3 || Hamilton (1–1) || Moore (1–1) || — || 38,131 || 9–9 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;" | 19 || April 20 || @ Yankees || 3–9 || Cortés Jr. (3–0) || Sandoval (1–1) || — || 39,315 || 9–10 || L2|- style="background:#bfb;" | 20 || April 21 || Royals || 2–0 || Ohtani (3–0) || Yarbrough (0–2) || Quijada (4) || 44,741 || 10–10 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;" | 21 || April 22 || Royals || 8–11 || Cuas (1–0) || Quijada (0–1) || Barlow (2) || 44,148 || 10–11 || L1|- style="background:#bfb;" | 22 || April 23 || Royals || 4–3 || Warren (1–0) || Lyles (0–4) || Estévez (3) || 36,016 || 11–11 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;" | 23 || April 24 || Athletics || 10–11 || Oller (1–0) || Barría (1–1) || Familia (2) || 23,814 || 11–12 || L1|- style="background:#bfb;" | 24 || April 25 || Athletics || 5–3 || Canning (1–0) || Miller (0–1) || Estévez (4) || 26,971 || 12–12 || W1|- style="background:#bfb;" | 25 || April 26 || Athletics || 11–3 || Sandoval (2–1) || Medina (0–1) || — || 24,524 || 13–12 || W2|- style="background:#bfb;" | 26 || April 27 || Athletics || 8–7 || Ohtani (4–0) || Sears (0–2) || Estévez (5) || 21,741 || 14–12 || W3|- style="background:#fbb;" | 27 || April 28 || @ Brewers || 1–2 || Strzelecki (2–0) || Loup (0–2) || Williams (4) || 24,787 || 14–13 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;" | 28 || April 29 || @ Brewers || 5–7 || Burnes (3–1) || Detmers (0–2) || Williams (5) || 39,198 || 14–14 || L2|- style="background:#bfb;"| 29 || April 30 || @ Brewers || 3–0 || Suárez (1–1) || Rea (0–2) || Estévez (6) || 33,557 || 15–14 || W1|- |- style="background:#bfb;" | 30 || May 2 || @ Cardinals || 5–1 || Sandoval (3–1) || Matz (0–4) || — || 37,048 || 16–14 || W2|- style="background:#bfb;" | 31 || May 3 || @ Cardinals || 6–4 || Tepera (2–1) || Gallegos (1–1) || Estévez (7) || 42,148 || 17–14 || W3|- style="background:#bfb;" | 32 || May 4 || @ Cardinals || 11–7 || Canning (2–0) || Flaherty (2–4) || — || 40,508 || 18–14 || W4|- style="background:#bfb;" | 33 || May 5 || Rangers || 5–4 || Estévez (1–1) || Smith (0–2) || — || 39,073 || 19–14 || W5|- style="background:#fbb;" | 34 || May 6 || Rangers || 1–10 || Eovaldi (4–2) || Detmers (0–3) || — || 37,409 || 19–15 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;" | 35 || May 7 || Rangers || 8–16 || Sborz (1–1) || Suárez (1–2) || — || 41,641 || 19–16 || L2|- style="background:#bfb;" | 36 || May 8 || Astros || 6–4 || Moore (2–1) || Montero (0–2) || Estévez (8) || 26,064 || 20–16 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;" | 37 || May 9 || Astros || 1–3 || Valdez (3–4) || Ohtani (4–1) || Pressly (5) || 29,018 || 20–17 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;" | 38 || May 10 || Astros || 4–5 || Javier (3–1) || Canning (2–1) || Pressly (6) || 20,420 || 20–18 || L2|- style="background:#bfb;" | 39 || May 12 || @ Guardians || 5–4 || Moore (3–1) || Clase (1–3) || Estévez (9) || 22,550 || 21–18 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;" | 40 || May 13 || @ Guardians || 6–8 || Morgan (2–0) || Tepera (2–2) || Stephan (2) || 27,644 || 21–19 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;" | 41 || May 14 || @ Guardians || 3–4 || Karinchak (1–4) || Sandoval (3–2) || Clase (14) || 23,175 || 21–20 || L2|- style="background:#bfb;" | 42 || May 15 || @ Orioles || 9–5 || Ohtani (5–1) || Rodriguez (2–1) || — || 20,148 || 22–20 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;" | 43 || May 16 || @ Orioles || 3–7 || Kremer (5–1) || Silseth (0–1) || — || 13,244 || 22–21 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;" | 44 || May 17 || @ Orioles || 1–3 || Bradish (2–1) || Canning (2–2) || Bautista (11) || 15,702 || 22–22 || L2|- style="background:#bfb;" | 45 || May 18 || @ Orioles || 6–5 || Devenski (1–0) || Baker (3–1) || Estévez (10) || 27,778 || 23–22 || W1|- style="background:#bfb;" | 46 || May 19 || Twins || 5–4 || Weiss (1–0) || Jax (2–5) || Estévez (11) || 31,079 || 24–22 || W2|- style="background:#fbb;" | 47 || May 20 || Twins || 2–6 || Varland (2–0) || Sandoval (3–3) || — || 35,688 || 24–23 || L1|- style="background:#bfb;"| 48 || May 21 || Twins || 4–2 || Devenski (2–0) || López (2–3) || Estévez (12) || 42,138 || 25–23 || W1|- style="background:#bfb;" | 49 || May 22 || Red Sox || 2–1 || Silseth (1–1) || Crawford (1–2) || — || 25,314 || 26–23 || W2|- style="background:#bfb;" | 50 || May 23 || Red Sox || 4–0 || Canning (3–2) || Bello (3–2) || — || 25,798 || 27–23 || W3|- style="background:#bfb;" | 51 || May 24 || Red Sox || 7–3 || Anderson (2–0) || Paxton (1–1) || — || 26,596 || 28–23 || W4|- style="background:#fbb;" | 52 || May 26 || Marlins || 2–6 || Luzardo (4–3) || Detmers (0–4) || — || 32,130 || 28–24 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;" | 53 || May 27 || Marlins || 5–8 || Floro (3–2) || Barría (1–2) || — || 38,131 || 28–25 || L2|- style="background:#fbb;" | 54 || May 28 || Marlins || 0–2 || Pérez (2–1) || Sandoval (3–4) || Chargois (1) || 36,345 || 28–26 || L3|- style="background:#bfb;" | 55 || May 29 || @ White Sox || 6–4 || Canning (4–2) || Kopech (3–5) || Estévez (13) || 23,599 || 29–26 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;" | 56 || May 30 || @ White Sox || 3–7 || Giolito (4–4) || Anderson (2–1) || — || 22,135 || 29–27 || L1|- style="background:#bfb;" | 57 || May 31 || @ White Sox || 12–5 || Barría (2–2) || Lynn (4–6) || Davidson (2) || 17,015 || 30–27 || W1|- |- style="background:#fbb;" | 58 || June 1 || @ Astros || 2–5 || Blanco (1–0) || Detmers (0–5) || Pressly (11) || 34,037 || 30–28 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;" | 59 || June 2 || @ Astros || 2–6 || Valdez (6–4) || Ohtani (5–2) || — || 38,692 || 30–29 || L2|- style="background:#fbb;" | 60 || June 3 || @ Astros || 6–9 || Javier (7–1) || Sandoval (3–5) || — || 39,222 || 30–30 || L3|- style="background:#bfb;" | 61 || June 4 || @ Astros || 2–1 || Devenski (3–0) || Maton (0–1) || Estévez (14) || 40,831 || 31–30 || W1|- style="background:#bfb;" | 62 || June 6 || Cubs || 7–4 || Anderson (3–1) || Hughes (0–3) || Estévez (15) || 27,716 || 32–30 || W2|- style="background:#bfb;" | 63 || June 7 || Cubs || 6–2 || Joyce (1–0) || Taillon (1–4) || — || 28,817 || 33–30 || W3|- style="background:#bfb;" | 64 || June 8 || Cubs || 3–1 || Detmers (1–5) || Smyly (5–4) || Estévez (16) || 28,179 || 34–30 || W4|- style="background:#bfb;" | 65 || June 9 || Mariners || 5–4 || Webb (1–0) || Castillo (4–4) || Estévez (17) || 36,064 || 35–30 || W5|- style="background:#fbb;" | 66 || June 10 || Mariners || 2–6 || Speier (2–1) || Sandoval (3–6) || — || 38,454 || 35–31 || L1|- style="background:#bfb;" | 67 || June 11 || Mariners || 9–4 || Canning (5–2) || Gilbert (4–4) || — || 39,405 || 36–31 || W1|- style="background:#bfb;" | 68 || June 12 || @ Rangers || 9–6 || Bachman (1–0) || Ragans (2–3) || — || 26,667 || 37–31 || W2|- style="background:#bfb;" | 69 || June 13 || @ Rangers || 7–3 || Herget (1–2) || White (0–1) || Estévez (18) || 25,832 || 38–31 || W3|- style="background:#fbb;" | 70 || June 14 || @ Rangers || 3–6 || Sborz (3–2) || Herget (1–3) || — || 25,406 || 38–32 || L1|- style="background:#bfb;" | 71 || June 15 || @ Rangers || 5–3 || Ohtani (6–2) || Eovaldi (9–3) || Webb (1) || 35,092 || 39–32 || W1|- style="background:#bfb;" | 72 || June 16 || @ Royals || 3–0 || Sandoval (4–6) || Singer (4–6) || Bachman (1) || 19,384 || 40–32 || W2|- style="background:#fbb;" | 73 || June 17 || @ Royals || 9–10 || Chapman (2–2) || Devenski (3–1) || — || 21,056 || 40–33 || L1|- style="background:#bfb;" | 74 || June 18 || @ Royals || 5–2 || Anderson (4–1) || Greinke (1–7) || Estévez (19) || 24,385 || 41–33 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;" | 75 || June 20 || Dodgers || 0–2 || Kershaw (9–4) || Devenski (3–2) || Phillips (8) || 44,703 || 41–34 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;" | 76 || June 21 || Dodgers || 0–2 || González (2–2) || Ohtani (6–3) || Phillips (9) || 44,760 || 41–35 || L2|- style="background:#fbb;" | 77 || June 23 || @ Rockies || 4–7 || Johnson (1–3) || Bachman (1–1) || Lawrence (3) || 47,085 || 41–36 || L3|- style="background:#bfb;" | 78 || June 24 || @ Rockies || 25–1 || Canning (6–2) || Anderson (0–2) || — || 45,274 || 42–36 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;" | 79 || June 25 || @ Rockies || 3–4 || Gomber (5–7) || Anderson (4–2) || Lawrence (4) || 40,213 || 42–37 || L1|- style="background:#bfb;" | 80 || June 26 || White Sox || 2–1 || Estévez (2–1) || López (2–5) || — || 28,554 || 43–37 || W1|- style="background:#bfb;"| 81 || June 27 || White Sox || 4–2 || Ohtani (7–3) || Kopech (3–7) || Estévez (20) || 33,637 || 44–37 || W2|- style="background:#fbb;" | 82 || June 28 || White Sox || 5–11 || Giolito (6–5) || Barría (2–3) || — || 29,861 || 44–38 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;" | 83 || June 29 || White Sox || 7–9 || Lynn (5–8) || Sandoval (4–7) || — || 27,630 || 44–39 || L2|- style="background:#fbb;" | 84 || June 30 || Diamondbacks || 2–6 || Henry (5–1) || Canning (6–3) || — || 34,957 || 44–40 || L3|- |- style="background:#fbb;" | 85 || July 1 || Diamondbacks || 1–3 || Nelson (5–4) || Bachman (1–2) || McGough (7) || 44,472 || 44–41 || L2|- style="background:#bfb;" | 86 || July 2 || Diamondbacks || 5–2 || Detmers (2–5) || Gallen (10–3) || Estévez (21) || 29,167 || 45–41 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 87 || July 3 || @ Padres || 3–10 || Snell (5–7) || Barría (2–4) || — || 45,101 || 45–42 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;" | 88 || July 4 || @ Padres || 5–8 || Musgrove (7–2) || Ohtani (7–4) || Hader (19) || 44,725 || 45–43 || L2|- style="background:#fbb;" | 89 || July 5 || @ Padres || 3–5 || Martinez (4–3) || Webb (1–1) || Hader (20) || 43,401 || 45–44 || L3|- style="background:#fbb;" | 90 || July 7 || @ Dodgers || 4–11 || Gonsolin (5–3) || Canning (6–4) || — || 52,214 || 45–45 || L4|- style="background:#fbb;" | 91 || July 8 || @ Dodgers || 5–10 || Grove (1–2) || Detmers (2–6) || — || 53,057 || 45–46 || L5|- style="background:#bcf| ASG || July 11 || NL @ AL || 3–2 || Doval (1–0) || Bautista (0–1) || Kimbrel (1) || 47,159 || — || N/A|- style="background:#fbb;" | 92 || July 14 || Astros || 5–7 || Maton (2–2) || Ohtani (7–5) || Pressly (21) || 38,850 || 45–47 || L6|- style="background:#bfb;" | 93 || July 15 || Astros || 13–12 || Estévez (3–1) || Maton (2–3) || — || 37,523 || 46–47 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;" | 94 || July 16 || Astros || 8–9 || Montero (2–3) || Barría (2–5) || Maton (1) || 34,679 || 46–48 || L1|- style="background:#bfb;" | 95 || July 17 || Yankees || 4–3 || Loup (1–2) || Ramirez (0–2) || — || 41,180 || 47–48 || W1|- style="background:#bfb;" | 96 || July 18 || Yankees || 5–1 || Sandoval (5–7) || Germán (5–6) || — || 41,556 || 48–48 || W2|- style="background:#bfb;" | 97 || July 19 || Yankees || 7–3 || Silseth (2–1) || Rodón (0–3) || — || 39,141 || 49–48 || W3|- style="background:#bfb;" | 98 || July 21 || Pirates || 8–5 || Ohtani (8–5) || Oviedo (3–11) || Estévez (22) || 40,309 || 50–48 || W4|- style="background:#fbb;" | 99 || July 22 || Pirates || 0–3 || Bido (2–1) || Detmers (2–7) || Bednar (19) || 37,240 || 50–49 || L1|- style="background:#bfb;" | 100 || July 23 || Pirates || 7–5 || Anderson (5–2) || Keller (9–6) || Estévez (23) || 28,385 || 51–49 || W1|- style="background:#bfb;" | 101 || July 25 || @ Tigers || 7–6 || Estévez (4–1) || Lange (5–3) || Loup (1) || 24,856 || 52–49 || W2|- style="background:#bbb;" | — || July 26 || @ Tigers || colspan=8| Postponed (inclement weather); Makeup: July 27|- style="background:#bfb;" | 102 || July 27 || @ Tigers || 6–0 || Ohtani (9–5) || Lorenzen (5–7) || — || || 53–49 || W3|- style="background:#bfb;" | 103 || July 27 || @ Tigers || 11–4 || Sandoval (6–7) || Manning (3–2) || — || 30,238 || 54–49 || W4|- style="background:#fbb;" | 104 || July 28 || @ Blue Jays || 1–4 || Gausman (8–5) || Giolito (6–7) || García (3) || 42,106 || 54–50 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;" | 105 || July 29 || @ Blue Jays || 1–6 || Cabrera (2–1) || Detmers (2–8) || — || 41,997 || 54–51 || L2|- style="background:#bfb;" | 106 || July 30 || @ Blue Jays || 3–2 || Estévez (5–1) || García (3–4) || — || 41,810 || 55–51 || W1|- style="background:#bfb;" | 107 || July 31 || @ Braves || 4–1 || Silseth (3–1) || Morton (10–9) || López (5) || 41,173 || 56–51 || W2|- |- style="background:#fbb;" | 108 || August 1 || @ Braves || 1–5 || Strider (12–3) || Sandoval (6–8) || — || 41,777 || 56–52 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;" | 109 || August 2 || @ Braves || 5–12 || Chirinos (5–4) || Giolito (6–8) || — || 36,495 || 56–53 || L2|- style="background:#fbb;" | 110 || August 3 || Mariners || 3–5 || Campbell (2–0) || Estévez (5–2) || Muñoz (4) || 37,701 || 56–54 || L3|- style="background:#fbb;" | 111 || August 4 || Mariners || 7–9 || Topa (2–3) || López (2–6) || Brash (2) || 34,479 || 56–55 || L4|- style="background:#fbb;" | 112 || August 5 || Mariners || 2–3 || Kirby (10–8) || Anderson (5–3) || Muñoz (5) || 35,318 || 56–56 || L5|- style="background:#fbb;" | 113 || August 6 || Mariners || 2–3 || Saucedo (3–1) || Barría (2–6) || — || 29,960 || 56–57 || L6|- style="background:#fbb;" | 114 || August 7 || Giants || 3–8 || Rogers (6–4) || Estévez (5–3) || — || 32,582 || 56–58 || L7|- style="background:#bfb;" | 115 || August 8 || Giants || 7–5 || Giolito (7–8) || Alexander (6–2) || Leone (1) || 31,974 || 57–58 || W1|- style="background:#bfb;" | 116 || August 9 || Giants || 4–1 || Ohtani (10–5) || Beck (3–1) || Estévez (24) || 36,980 || 58–58 || W2|- style="background:#fbb;" | 117 || August 11 || @ Astros || 3–11 || Verlander (7–6) || Detmers (2–9) || — || 41,152 || 58–59 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;" | 118 || August 12 || @ Astros || 3–11 || France (9–3) || Anderson (5–4) || — || 40,311 || 58–60 || L2|- style="background:#bfb;" | 119 || August 13 || @ Astros || 2–1 || Silseth (4–1) || Urquidy (2–3) || Estévez (25) || 40,333 || 59–60 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;" | 120 || August 14 || @ Rangers || 0–12 || Scherzer (12–4) || Sandoval (6–9) || — || 27,743 || 59–61 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;" | 121 || August 15 || @ Rangers || 3–7 || Montgomery (8–10) || Giolito (7–9) || — || 26,166 || 59–62 || L2|- style="background:#bfb;" | 122 || August 16 || @ Rangers || 2–0 || Detmers (3–9) || Gray (8–6) || Estévez (26) || 31,004 || 60–62 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;" | 123 || August 18 || Rays || 6–9 || Fairbanks (1–4) || Estévez (5–4) || Kittredge (1) || 38,297 || 60–63 || L1|- style="background:#bfb;" | 124 || August 19 || Rays || 7–6 || Canning (7–4) || Glasnow (6–4) || López (6) || 27,309 || 61–63 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;" | 125 || August 19 || Rays || 4–18 || Eflin (13–7) || Sandoval (6–10) || — || 33,803 || 61–64 || L1|- style="background:#bbb;" | — || August 20 || Rays || colspan=7| Rescheduled due to Hurricane Hilary;^[20] Moved to August 19|- style="background:#bbb;" | — || August 21 || Reds || colspan=7| Postponed (Effects from Hurricane Hilary); Makeup: August 23|- style="background:#fbb;" | 126 || August 22 || Reds || 3–4 || Ashcraft (7–8) || Giolito (7–10) || Díaz (34) || 26,583 || 61–65 || L2|- style="background:#fbb;" | 127 || August 23 || Reds || 4–9 || Farmer (4–5) || Anderson (5–5) || — || 28,776 || 61–66 || L3|- style="background:#fbb;" | 128 || August 23 || Reds || 3–7 || Sims (4–3) || Detmers (3–10) || — || 24,596 || 61–67 || L4|- style="background:#bfb;" | 129 || August 25 || @ Mets || 3–1 || Sandoval (7–10) || Senga (10–7) || Estévez (27) || 38,271 || 62–67 || W1|- style="background:#bfb;"| 130 || August 26 || @ Mets || 5–3 || Loup (2–2) || Carrasco (3–8) || Estévez (28) || 35,890 || 63–67 || W2|- style="background:#fbb;"| 131 || August 27 || @ Mets || 2–3 || Ottavino (1–4) || López (2–7) || — || 38,341 || 63–68 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;" | 132 || August 28 || @ Phillies || 4–6 || Walker (14–5) || Giolito (7–11) || Kimbrel (21) || 38,142 || 63–69 || L2|- style="background:#fbb;" | 133 || August 29 || @ Phillies || 7–12 || Lorenzen (8–8) || Anderson (5–6) || — || 36,096 || 63–70 || L3|- style="background:#bfb;" | 134 || August 30 || @ Phillies || 10–8 || Moore (4–1) || Kimbrel (7–5) || Estévez (29) || 34,655 || 64–70 || W1|- |- style="background:#fbb;" | 135 || September 1 || @ Athletics || 2–9 || Sears (3–11) || Sandoval (7–11) || — || 12,073 || 64–71 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;" | 136 || September 2 || @ Athletics || 1–2 || Blackburn (4–4) || Canning (7–5) || May (16) || 13,709 || 64–72 || L2|- style="background:#fbb;" | 137 || September 3 || @ Athletics || 6–10 || Pérez (1–1) || Soriano (0–1) || May (17) || 12,425 || 64–73 || L3|- style="background:#fbb;"| 138 || September 4 || Orioles || 3–6 || Rodriguez (5–3) || Rosenberg (0–1) || Canó (6) || 29,214 || 64–74 || L4|- style="background:#fbb;" | 139 || September 5 || Orioles || 4–5 || Krehbiel (1–0) || Soriano (0–2) || Fujinami (2) || 22,496 || 64–75 || L5|- style="background:#fbb;" | 140 || September 6 || Orioles || 3–10 || Gibson (14–8) || Sandoval (7–12) || — || 29,021 || 64–76 || L6|- style="background:#bfb;" | 141 || September 7 || Guardians || 3–2 || Soriano (1–2) || Clase (2–8) || — || 24,288 || 65–76 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;" | 142 || September 8 || Guardians || 3–6 || Allen (7–7) || Canning (7–6) || Clase (39) || 34,209 || 65–77 || L1|- style="background:#bfb;" | 143 || September 9 || Guardians || 6–2 || Anderson (6–6) || Giolito (7–13) || — || 27,233 || 66–77 || W1|- style="background:#bfb;"| 144 || September 10 || Guardians || 2–1 || Rosenberg (1–1) || Bibee (10–4) || Estévez (30) || 26,134 || 67–77 || W2|- style="background:#bfb;"| 145 || September 11 || @ Mariners || 8–5 || Marte (1–0) || Thornton (0–2) || Herget (1) || 37,807 || 68–77 || W3|- style="background:#fbb;"| 146 || September 12 || @ Mariners || 0–8 || Woo (3–4) || Sandoval (7–13) || — || 33,771 || 68–78 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;" | 147 || September 13 || @ Mariners || 2–3 || Castillo (13–7) || Suárez (1–3) || Muñoz (13) || 31,250 || 68–79 || L2|- style="background:#fbb;"| 148 || September 15 || Tigers || 2–11 || Skubal (6–3) || Canning (7–7) || — || 37,822 || 68–80 || L3|- style="background:#993333;" | 149 || September 16 || Tigers || 4–5 || Lange (7–4) || Soriano (1–3) || Vest (1) || 35,022 || 68–81 || L4|- style="background:#fbb;" | 150 || September 17 || Tigers || 3–5 || Wentz (3–11) || Rosenberg (1–2) || Lange (24) || 34,943 || 68–82 || L5|- style="background:#fbb;"| 151 || September 19 || @ Rays || 2–6 || Stephenson (3–4) || Loup (2–3) || — || 15,176 || 68–83 || L6|- style="background:#bfb;"| 152 || September 20 || @ Rays || 8–3 || Wantz (2–0) || Civale (7–4) || — || 15,145 || 69–83 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;" | 153 || September 21 || @ Rays || 4–5 || Kittredge (2–0) || Estévez (5–5) || — || 12,966 || 69–84 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;" | 154 || September 22 || @ Twins || 6–8 || López (11–8) || Daniel (0–1) || Durán (27) || 32,006 || 69–85 || L2|- style="background:#bfb;"| 155 || September 23 || @ Twins || 1–0 || Rosenberg (2–2) || Gray (8–8) || Estévez (31) || 31,403 || 70–85 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;" | 156 || September 24 || @ Twins || 3–9 || Ryan (11–10) || Fulmer (0–1) || — || 24,232 || 70–86 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 157 || September 25 || Rangers || 1–5 || Gray (9–8) || Herget (2–4) || — || 25,208 || 70–87 || L2|- style="background:#bfb;"| 158 || September 26 || Rangers || 9–3 || Detmers (4–10) || Bradford (4–3) || — || 26,976 || 71–87 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 159 || September 27 || Rangers || 0–5 || Dunning (12–6) || Canning (7–8) || — || 30,020 || 71–88 || L1|- style="background:#bfb;"| 160 || September 29 || Athletics || 5–1 || Daniel (1–1) || Waldichuk (4–9) || — || 32,333 || 72–88 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 161 || September 30 || Athletics || 3–7 || Boyle (2–0) || Joyce (1–1) || — || 31,633 || 72–89 || L1|- style="background:#bfb;"| 162 || October 1 || Athletics || 7–3 || Fulmer (1–1) || Sears (5–14) || — || 26,539 || 73–89 || W1|-

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Record vs. National League

Roster

2023 Los Angeles Angels
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		ManagerCoaches

Player statistics

= Indicates team leader

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; AVG = Batting average; SLG = Slugging average

bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="20%"	Player	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	G	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	AB	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	R	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	H	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	2B	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	3B	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	HR	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	RBI	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	SB	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	BB	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	AVG	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	SLG
Shohei Ohtani	135	497	102	151	26	8	44	95	20	91	.304	.654
Brandon Drury	125	485	61	127	30	3	26	83	0	25	.262	.497
Hunter Renfroe	126	459	56	111	31	0	19	56	0	39	.242	.434
Luis Rengifo	126	394	55	104	15	4	16	51	6	41	.264	.444
Taylor Ward	97	356	60	90	18	0	14	47	4	39	.253	.421
Mickey Moniak	85	311	35	87	21	2	14	45	6	9	.280	.495
Mike Trout	82	308	54	81	14	1	18	44	2	45	.263	.490
Zach Neto	84	289	38	65	17	0	9	34	5	20	.225	.377
Matt Thaiss	95	262	32	56	6	0	9	31	2	36	.214	.340
Mike Moustakas	65	237	22	56	8	0	8	31	0	6	.236	.371
Gio Urshela	62	214	22	64	8	1	2	24	3	10	.299	.374
Randal Grichuk	54	194	25	42	12	1	8	17	0	11	.216	.412
Logan O'Hoppe	51	182	23	43	6	0	14	29	0	14	.236	.500
Eduardo Escobar	59	178	17	39	3	3	2	15	0	10	.219	.303
Chad Wallach	65	157	18	31	5	1	7	15	0	13	.197	.376
Anthony Rendon	43	148	23	35	6	0	2	22	2	25	.236	.318
Nolan Schanuel	29	109	19	30	3	0	1	6	0	20	.275	.330
Jared Walsh	39	104	10	13	4	0	4	11	0	11	.125	.279
David Fletcher	33	89	7	22	1	0	2	12	0	7	.247	.326
Andrew Velazquez	54	81	12	14	3	0	2	3	13	10	.173	.284
Brett Phillips	39	63	9	11	1	0	3	6	3	8	.175	.333
Michael Stefanic	25	62	5	18	2	1	0	6	0	8	.290	.355
Jo Adell	17	58	7	12	3	1	3	6	1	4	.207	.448
Trey Cabbage	22	53	5	11	3	0	1	7	1	2	.208	.321
Jake Lamb	18	51	7	11	1	0	2	5	0	3	.216	.353
C. J. Cron	15	50	7	10	0	0	1	5	0	4	.200	.260
Kyren Paris	15	40	4	4	0	0	0	1	3	4	.100	.100
Jordyn Adams	17	39	1	5	0	0	0	1	1	0	.128	.128
Liván Soto	4	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	.222	.222
Kevin Padlo	3	8	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.250
Chris Okey	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Total	162	5489	739	1346	248	26	231	708	72	518	.245	.426
Rank in AL	—	10	9	8	12	5	3	8	15	7	8	5

Source:https://baseball-reference.com/teams/LAA/2023-batting.shtml

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts

bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="20%"	Player	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	W	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	L	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	ERA	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	G	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	GS	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	SV	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	IP	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	H	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	R	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	ER	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	BB	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	SO
Reid Detmers	4	10	4.48	28	28	0	148.2	141	81	74	60	168
Patrick Sandoval	7	13	4.11	28	28	0	144.2	145	89	66	74	128
Tyler Anderson	6	6	5.43	27	25	0	141.0	146	90	bgcolor=#ffccoo	85	64	119
Shohei Ohtani	10	5	3.14	23	23	0	132.0	85	50	46	55	167
Griffin Canning	7	8	4.32	24	22	0	127.0	121	62	61	36	139
Jaime Barría	2	6	5.68	34	6	0	82.1	91	63	52	30	62
Carlos Estévez	5	5	3.90	63	0	31	62.1	62	34	27	31	78
Chase Silseth	4	1	3.96	16	8	0	52.1	41	26	23	26	56
Aaron Loup	2	3	6.10	55	0	1	48.2	65	37	33	20	45
Matt Moore	4	1	2.66	41	0	0	44.0	33	14	13	12	49
José Soriano	1	3	3.64	38	0	0	42.0	33	22	17	23	56
Andrew Wantz	2	0	3.89	27	3	0	39.1	28	18	17	15	33
Chris Devenski	3	2	5.08	29	0	0	33.2	31	20	19	9	33
José Suárez	1	3	8.29	11	7	0	33.2	46	32	31	20	28
Kenny Rosenberg	2	2	3.82	7	3	0	33.0	35	14	14	14	29
Lucas Giolito	1	5	6.89	6	6	0	32.2	33	28	25	15	34
Tucker Davidson	1	1	6.54	18	0	2	31.2	44	25	23	11	31
Jacob Webb	1	1	3.98	29	0	1	31.2	23	14	14	20	34
Jimmy Herget	2	4	4.66	29	1	0	29.0	33	15	15	8	26
Sam Bachman	1	2	3.18	11	0	1	17.0	17	7	6	11	14
Dominic Leone	0	0	5.54	11	0	1	13.0	15	8	8	9	11
Reynaldo López	0	2	2.77	13	0	2	13.0	12	4	4	8	19
Davis Daniel	1	1	2.19	3	0	0	12.1	7	3	3	9	9
Carson Fulmer	1	1	2.70	3	1	0	10.0	6	3	3	4	6
Ben Joyce	1	1	5.40	12	0	0	10.0	9	6	6	9	10
Gerardo Reyes	0	0	7.45	8	0	0	9.2	11	9	8	6	10
José Marte	0	0	8.68	10	0	0	9.1	14	10	9	7	7
José Quijada	0	1	6.00	10	0	0	9.0	8	7	6	3	8
Ryan Tepera	2	2	7.27	10	0	0	8.2	15	9	7	3	10
Jhonathan Díaz	0	0	10.29	4	1	0	7.0	13	11	8	7	4
Kolton Ingram	0	0	8.44	5	0	0	5.1	8	7	5	5	7
Zack Weiss	1	0	5.06	6	0	0	5.1	6	3	3	2	7
Eduardo Escobar	0	0	2.45	3	0	0	3.2	2	2	1	1	0
Victor Mederos	0	0	9.00	3	0	0	3.0	5	3	3	3	3
Austin Warren	1	0	5.40	2	0	0	1.2	2	1	1	0	2
Reyes Moronta	0	0	6.75	2	0	0	1.1	4	1	1	3	2
Kelvin Cáceres	0	0	6.75	2	0	0	1.1	2	1	1	2	1
Jake Lamb	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0
Brett Phillips	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0.1	1	0	0	1	0
Totals	73	89	4.64	162	162	43	1431.2	1394	829	738	636	1445
Rank in AL	12	4	12	—	—	7	11	12	12	12	13	7

Note: No qualifiers for ERA leaders (minimum 162 IP).

Source:https://baseball-reference.com/teams/LAA/2023-pitching.shtml

Draft

^[21]

Farm system

External links

Los Angeles Angels Official Site
2023 Los Angeles Angels season at Baseball Reference

Notes and References

https://www.espn.com/mlb/attendance/_/year/2023
Web site: 2022 Los Angeles Angels Schedule . 2022-10-17 . Baseball-Reference.com . en.
Web site: Associated Press . 2022-09-09 . Pitch clocks and shift limits: MLB adopts sweeping rule changes for 2023 . 2022-10-13 . the Guardian . en.
Web site: Astros vs. Angels . MLB.com . March 30, 2023 . March 30, 2023.
Web site: Los Angeles Angels Batting Stats 2023 . ESPN.
Web site: Los Angeles Angels Pitching Stats 2023 . ESPN.
News: Angels lose Gio Urshela with fractured pelvis . ocregister.com.
News: With Escobar trade, Mets focused on 'long-term build' . mlb.com.
News: Anderson . R. J. . Angels break franchise record vs. Rockies with 25-run outburst, including record-tying 13-run inning . June 25, 2023 . CBS Sports . June 25, 2023.
News: Magruder . Jack . Angels break team records for runs and hits in win over Rockies . Los Angeles Times.
https://www.latimes.com/sports/angels/story/2023-06-25/angels-colorado-rockies-shohei-ohtani-mike-trout Angels lose two of three against Rockies despite outscoring them 32-12 in series
News: Angels acquire Mike Moustakas in trade with Rockies . ocregister.com.
News: Injuries & Moves: Walsh DFA'd; Joyce bumped to 60-day IL . mlb.com.
News: Fletcher . Jeff . Angels will 'roll the dice' by keeping Shohei Ohtani, making other deals . Orange County Register.
News: Klemish . Dawn . No way, Shohei! Ohtani throws one-hitter, homers twice in wild twin bill . mlb.com.
News: Angels' Taylor Ward suffered facial fractures, placed on IL . ESPN.com.
News: Bollinger . Rhett . Angels land Cron, Grichuk in deal with Rockies . mlb.com.
Web site: Injuries & Moves: Walsh DFA'd; Joyce bumped to 60-day IL . MLB.com.
Web site: RosterResource - Injury Report . fangraphs.com.
Web site: AZ-SD, TB-LAA, MIA-LAD finales moved from Sun. to Sat. . August 18, 2023 . mlb.com . MLB Advanced Media . August 18, 2023.
Web site: 2023 Los Angeles Angels Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft. Baseball Reference.