1987 California Angels season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 California Angels 1987 American League West Anaheim Stadium Anaheim, California Gene Autry Mike Port Gene Mauch KTLA(Joe Torre, Bob Starr, Joel Meyers) KMPC(Ken Brett, Joel Meyers, Al Conin)XPRS(Ruben Valentin, Ulpiano Cos Villa) The 1987 California Angels season was the 27th season of the California Angels franchise in the American League, the 22nd in Anaheim, and their 22nd season playing their home games at Anaheim Stadium. The Angels finished sixth in the American League west with a record of 75 wins and 87 losses. 2 Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents CAL Notable transactions 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.https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/romanro01.shtml Ron Romanick Stats January 8, 1987: Doug DeCinces was signed as a free agent with the California Angels.https://www.baseball-reference.com/d/decindo01.shtml Doug DeCinces Stats January 22, 1987: Jim Eppard was purchased by the California Angels from the Oakland Athletics.Jim Eppard Statistics Baseball-Reference.com May 1, 1987: Bob Boone was signed as a free agent with the California Angels.https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/boonebo01.shtml Bob Boone Stats May 19, 1987: Doug Corbett was signed as a free agent with the California Angels.Doug Corbett Statistics Baseball-Reference.com June 1, 1987: Greg Minton was signed as a free agent with the California Angels.https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mintogr01.shtml Greg Minton Stats 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.https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/millsal01.shtml Alan Mills Stats July 28, 1987: Bill Buckner signed as a free agent with the California Angels.Bill Buckner Statistics Baseball-Reference.com September 15, 1987: John Candelaria was traded by the California Angels to the New York Mets for Jeff Richardson and Shane Young (minors).John Candelaria Statistics Baseball-Reference.com Draft picks June 2, 1987: John Orton was drafted by the California Angels in the 1st round (25th pick) of the 1987 amateur draft.https://www.baseball-reference.com/o/ortonjo01.shtml John Orton Stats 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.Rubén Amaro Statistics Baseball-Reference.com Roster 1987 California Angels Roster Pitchers 41 DeWayne Buice 45 John Candelaria 46 Mike Cook 31 Chuck Finley 27 Willie Fraser 34 Miguel García 34 Bryan Harvey 17 Jack Lazorko 36 Gary Lucas 18 Urbano Lugo 15 Kirk McCaskill 38 Greg Minton 37 Donnie Moore 44 Jerry Reuss 20 Don Sutton 39 Mike Witt Catchers  8 Bob Boone 13,58 Jack Fimple 32 Darrell Miller 35 Butch Wynegar Infielders  6 Bill Buckner 11 Doug DeCinces 21 Wally Joyner 28 Mark McLemore 14 Gus Polidor  3 Johnny Ray 22 Dick Schofield Outfielders 10 Tony Armas  5 Brian Downing 12 Jim Eppard 25 George Hendrick 16 Jack Howell  9 Ruppert Jones 24 Gary Pettis 6,7 Mark Ryal 30 Devon White  2 Tack Wilson Manager  3 Gene Mauch Coaches 49 Bob Clear  1 Bobby Knoop 53 Marcel Lachemann 50 Jimmie Reese 47 Moose Stubing 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 Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI C Bob Boone 128 389 94 .242 3 33 1B Wally Joyner 149 564 161 .285 34 117 2B Mark McLemore 138 433 102 .236 3 41 3B Doug DeCinces 133 453 106 .234 16 63 SS Dick Schofield 134 479 120 .251 9 46 LF Jack Howell 138 449 110 .245 23 64 CF Gary Pettis 133 394 82 .208 1 17 RF Devon White 159 639 168 .263 24 87 DH Brian Downing 155 567 154 .272 29 77 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 Ruppert Jones 85 192 47 .245 8 28 Bill Buckner 57 183 56 .306 3 32 George Hendrick 65 162 39 .241 5 25 Gus Polidor 63 137 36 .263 2 15 Johnny Ray 30 127 44 .346 0 15 Darrell Miller 53 108 26 .241 4 16 Mark Ryal 58 100 20 .200 5 18 Butch Wynegar 31 92 19 .207 0 5 Tony Armas 28 81 16 .198 3 9 Jack Fimple 13 10 2 .200 0 1 Jim Eppard 8 9 3 .333 0 0 Tack Wilson 7 2 1 .500 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 Mike Witt 36 297.0 16 14 4.01 192 Don Sutton 35 191.2 11 11 4.70 99 John Candelaria 20 116.2 8 6 4.71 74 Jerry Reuss 17 82.1 4 5 5.25 37 Kirk McCaskill 14 74.2 4 6 5.67 56 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 Willie Fraser 36 176.2 10 10 3.92 106 Jack Lazorko 26 117.2 5 6 4.59 55 Urbano Lugo 7 28.0 0 2 9.32 24 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 DeWayne Buice 57 6 7 17 3.39 109 Greg Minton 41 5 4 10 3.08 35 Gary Lucas 48 1 5 3 3.63 44 Chuck Finley 35 2 7 0 4.67 63 Mike Cook 16 1 2 0 5.50 27 Donnie Moore 14 2 2 5 2.70 17 Bryan Harvey 3 0 0 0 0.00 3 Miguel García 1 0 0 0 16.20 0 Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Edmonton Trappers Pacific Coast League Tom Kotchman AA Midland Angels Texas League Mako Oliveras A Palm Springs Angels California League Bill Lachemann A Quad Cities Angels Midwest League Eddie Rodríguez A-Short Season Salem Angels Northwest League Chris SmithJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 References 1987 California Angels at Baseball Reference 1987 California Angels at Baseball Almanac California Angels seasons 1987 1986 1988 Category:Los Angeles Angels seasons Category:1980s in Anaheim, California Los Los