1979 California Angels season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 California Angels 1979 American League West champions American League West Anaheim Stadium Anaheim, California Gene Autry Buzzie Bavasi Jim Fregosi KTLA(Don Drysdale, Ron Fairly) KMPC(Don Drysdale, Al Wisk) The 1979 California Angels season was their 19th in Major League Baseball. The Angels reached the postseason for the first time by winning the American League West Division with a record of 88–74, three games ahead of the Kansas City Royals in Jim Fregosi's first season as manager. The Angels were defeated by the Baltimore Orioles 3–1 in the 1979 American League Championship Series. Don Baylor had an outstanding season, playing in all 162 games, scoring 120 runs (tops in the American League), hitting 36 home runs and driving in 139 runs (also leading the American League) on his way to being named the American League Most Valuable Player, gaining 20 of 28 first place votes.100 Things Orioles Fans Should Know and Do Before They Die, Dan Connolly, Triumph Books, Chicago, 2015, ISBN 978-1-62937-041-5, p.126 Offseason December 4, 1978: Ron Jackson and Danny Goodwin were traded by the Angels to the Minnesota Twins for Dan Ford.Dan Ford at Baseball-Reference January 9, 1979: 1979 Major League Baseball draft Al Newman was drafted by the Angels in the 3rd round.Al Newman at Baseball-Reference Otis Nixon was drafted by the Angels in the 1st round (4th pick) of the secondary phase, but did not sign.Otis Nixon at Baseball-Reference January 29, 1979: Bobby Jones was released by the Angels.Bobby Jones at Baseball-Reference February 3, 1979: Ken Landreaux, Dave Engle, Paul Hartzell, and Brad Havens were traded by the Angels to the Minnesota Twins for Rod Carew.Rod Carew at Baseball-Reference March 27, 1979: Willie Davis was signed by the California Angels as a free agent.Willie Davis at Baseball-Reference Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents CAL Notable transactions April 19, 1979: Curt Brown was signed as an amateur free agent by the Angels.Curt Brown at Baseball-Reference May 4, 1979: Dave Chalk was traded by the Angels to the Texas Rangers for Bert Campaneris.Bert Campaneris at Baseball-Reference July 31, 1979: Terry Humphrey was released by the Angels.Terry Humphrey at Baseball-Reference Roster 1979 California Angels Roster Pitchers 46 Don Aase 36 Mike Barlow 33 Jim Barr 34 Ralph Botting 38 Mark Clear 41 Steve Eddy 45 Bob Ferris 37 Dave Frost 42 Chris Knapp 17 Dave LaRoche 41 Dyar Miller 39 John Montague 30 Nolan Ryan 41 Dave Schuler 40 Frank Tanana Catchers 23 Tom Donohue  5 Brian Downing  9 Terry Humphrey Infielders 22 Willie Aikens 14 Jim Anderson 19 Bert Campaneris 29 Rod Carew  4 Bobby Grich 15 Ike Hampton  9 John Harris 12 Carney Lansford 18 Rance Mulliniks  2 Orlando Ramírez 31 Dickie Thon Outfielders 25 Don Baylor 32 Bobby Clark 24 Willie Davis 15 Dan Ford 20 Larry Harlow  3 Rick Miller  8 Merv Rettenmund 26 Joe Rudi Other batters 28,48 Ralph Garr  7 Brian Harper Manager 11 Jim Fregosi Coaches 49 Bob Clear  6 Deron Johnson  1 Bobby Knoop 50 Jimmie Reese 51 Larry Sherry Game log California Angels; 1979 Game Log: 88–74 (Home: 49–32; Away: 39–42) y California Angels; April: 15–8 (Home: 7–6; Away: 8–2) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 1 || April 4 || @ Mariners || 4–5 || || || || 37,748 || 0–1 || L1 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 2 || April 6 || @ Mariners || 6–14 || || || || 8,831 || 0–2 || L2 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb" | 3 || April 7 || @ Mariners || 5–4 || || || || 18,010 || 1–2 || W1 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb" | 4 || April 8 || @ Mariners || 7–5 || || || || 9,183 || 2–2 || W2 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb" | 5 || April 10 || Twins || 1–8 || || || || 33,171 || 2–3 || L1 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb" | 6 || April 11 || Twins || 11–2 || || || || 21,633 || 3–3 || W1 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb" | 7 || April 12 || Twins || 7–1 || || || || 22,211 || 4–3 || W2 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb" | 8 || April 13 || @ Athletics || 10–1 || || || || 2,985 || 5–3 || W3 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb" | 9 || April 14 || @ Athletics || 9–3 || || || || 2,649 || 6–3 || W4 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb" | 10 || April 15 || @ Athletics || 8–1 || || || || 2,243 || 7–3 || W5 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb" | 11 || April 17 || @ Twins || 6–0 || || || || 37,529 || 8–3 || W6 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb" | 12 || April 18 || @ Twins || 11–6 || || || || 3,776 || 9–3 || W7 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb" | 13 || April 19 || @ Twins || 6–4 || || || || 3,537 || 10–3 || W8 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb" | 14 || April 20 || Athletics || 7–4 || || || || 27,417 || 11–3 || W9 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb" | 15 || April 21 || Athletics || 13–1 || || || || 34,728 || 12–3 || W10 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb" | 16 || April 22 || Athletics || 6–7 || || || || 36,130 || 12–4 || L1 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb" | 17 || April 24 || Orioles || 2–7 || || || || 22,343 || 12–5 || L2 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb" | 18 || April 25 || Orioles || 2–5 || || || || 19,939 || 12–6 || L3 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb" | 19 || April 26 || Orioles || 2–4 || || || || 21,598 || 12–7 || L4 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb" | 20 || April 27 || Red Sox || 8–6 || || || || 29,408 || 13–7 || W1 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb" | 21 || April 28 || Red Sox || 5–0 || || || || 41,954 || 14–7 || W2 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb" | 22 || April 29 || Red Sox || 0–2 || || || || 35,206 || 14–8 || L1 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb" | 23 || April 30 || Yankees || 2–1 || || || || 37,180 || 15–8 || W1 |- y California Angels; May: 15–12 (Home: 7–1; Away: 8–11) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb" | 24 || May 1 || Yankees || 8–12 (11) || || || || 38,858 || 15–9 || L1 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb" | 25 || May 2 || Yankees || 1–0 || || || || 40,648 || 16–9 || W1 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bbb" | || May 4 || @ Orioles || colspan=7| Postponed (rain). Makeup: July 19 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb" | 26 || May 5 || @ Orioles || 1–9 || || || || 20,455 || 16–10 || L1 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb" | 27 || May 6 || @ Orioles || 0–6 || || || || 25,630 || 16–11 || L2 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb" | 28 || May 7 || @ Red Sox || 4–9 || || || || 23,319 || 16–12 || L3 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb" | 29 || May 8 || @ Red Sox || 10–2 || || || || 21,160 || 17–12 || W1 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb" | 30 || May 9 || @ Red Sox || 8–9 || || || || 24,815 || 17–12 || L1 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb" | 31 || May 10 || @ Red Sox || 5–3 || || || || 24,990 || 18–13 || W1 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb" | 32 || May 11 || @ Yankees || 4–1 || || || || 37,988 || 19–13 || W1 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb" | 33 || May 12 || @ Yankees || 5–6 || || || || 28,783 || 19–14 || L1 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb" | 34 || May 13 || @ Yankees || 10–12 || || || || 30,083 || 19–15 || L2 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb" | 35 || May 15 || Brewers || 2–1 || || || || 21,235 || 20–15 || W1 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb" | 36 || May 16 || Brewers || 4–3 (11) || || || || 21,533 || 21–15 || W2 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb" | 37 || May 17 || Brewers || 8–5 || || || || 22,060 || 22–15 || W3 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb" | 38 || May 18 || White Sox || 7–3 || || || || 25,598 || 23–15 || W4 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb" | 39 || May 19 || White Sox || 10–6 || || || || 41,941 || 24–15 || W5 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb" | 40 || May 20 || White Sox || 4–0 || || || || 27,189 || 25–15 || W6 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 41 || May 22 || @ Brewers || 1–7 || || || || 9,857 || 25–16 || L1 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 42 || May 23 || @ Brewers || 0–1 || || || || 8,408 || 25–17 || L2 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 43 || May 24 || @ Brewers || 6–7 || || || || 16,314 || 25–18 || L3 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 44 || May 25 || @ White Sox || 1–6 || || || || 20,554 || 25–19 || L4 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb" | 45 || May 26 || @ White Sox || 8–4 || || || || 31,576 || 26–19 || W1 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb" | 46 || May 27 || @ White Sox || 4–2 || || || || 25,025 || 27–19 || W2 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb" | 47 || May 27 || @ White Sox || 9–1 || || || || 25,025 || 28–19 || W3 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb" | 48 || May 29 || @ Mariners || 6–4 || || || || 4,068 || 29–19 || W4 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb" | 49 || May 30 || @ Mariners || 3–2 || || || || 5,206 || 30–19 || W5 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 50 || May 31 || @ Mariners || 10–12 || || || || 5,266 || 30–20 || L1 |- y California Angels; June: 14–15 (Home: 7–9; Away: 7–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 51 || June 1 || Indians || 4–7 || || || || 20,070 || 30–21 || L2 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb" | 52 || June 2 || Indians || 5–2 || || || || 41,969 || 31–21 || W1 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 53 || June 3 || Indians || 3–5 || || || || 24,409 || 31–22 || L1 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb" | 54 || June 4 || Blue Jays || 4–2 || || || || 16,979 || 32–22 || W1 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb" | 55 || June 5 || Blue Jays || 3–0 || || || || 18,862 || 33–22 || W2 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 56 || June 6 || Blue Jays || 4–5 || || || || 18,835 || 33–23 || L1 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb" | 57 || June 8 || Tigers || 6–4 || || || || 28,298 || 34–23 || W1 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb" | 58 || June 9 || Tigers || 9–1 || || || || 36,499 || 35–23 || W2 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 59 || June 10 || Tigers || 7–10 || || || || 30,229 || 35–24 || L1 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb" | 60 || June 11 || @ Indians || 9–4 || || || || 10,674 || 36–24 || W1 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 61 || June 12 || @ Indians || 10–11 || || || || 9,945 || 36–25 || L1 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 62 || June 13 || @ Blue Jays || 8–9 || || || || 28,577 || 36–26 || L2 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb" | 63 || June 13 || @ Blue Jays || 10–2 || || || || 28,577 || 37–26 || W1 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb" | 64 || June 14 || @ Blue Jays || 10–2 || || || || 15,097 || 38–26 || W2 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb" | 65 || June 15 || @ Tigers || 8–7 || || || || 41,151 || 39–26 || W3 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb" | 66 || June 16 || @ Tigers || 4–2 || || || || 39,240 || 40–26 || W4 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 67 || June 17 || @ Tigers || 4–8 || || || || 32,744 || 40–27 || L1 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb" | 68 || June 18 || Rangers || 5–0 || || || || 37,096 || 41–27 || W1 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 69 || June 19 || Rangers || 1–2 || || || || 26,553 || 41–28 || L1 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb" | 70 || June 20 || Rangers || 5–4 || || || || 26,895 || 42–28 || W1 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 71 || June 21 || Rangers || 2–3 (11) || || || || 26,422 || 42–29 || L1 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 72 || June 22 || Royals || 5–9 || || || || 30,737 || 42–30 || L2 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 73 || June 23 || Royals || 4–13 || || || || 41,002 || 42–31 || L3 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 74 || June 24 || Royals || 2–5 || || || || 32,210 || 42–32 || L4 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 75 || June 26 || @ Rangers || 1–2 || || || || 28,695 || 42–33 || L5 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 76 || June 27 || @ Rangers || 2–4 || || || || 28,899 || 42–34 || L6 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 77 || June 28 || @ Rangers || 4–14 || || || || 29,101 || 42–35 || L7 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb" | 78 || June 29 || @ Royals || 6–5 (11) || || || || 36,705 || 43–35 || W1 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb" | 79 || June 30 || @ Royals || 8–5 || || || || 41,451 || 44–35 || W2 |- y California Angels; July: 17–11 (Home: 13–5; Away: 4–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb" | 80 || July 1 || @ Royals || 14–2 || || || || 32,636 || 45–35 || W3 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb" | 81 || July 2 || Athletics || 8–3 || || || || 27,639 || 46–35 || W4 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb" | 82 || July 3 || Athletics || 3–0 || || || || 22,498 || 47–35 || W5 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb" | 83 || July 4 || Athletics || 17–6 || || || || 41,958 || 48–35 || W6 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb" | 84 || July 5 || Athletics || 0–3 || || || || 23,793 || 48–36 || L1 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb" | 85 || July 6 || Orioles || 7–3 || || || || 24,679 || 49–36 || W1 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb" | 86 || July 7 || Orioles || 10–1 || || || || 37,382 || 50–36 || W2 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb" | 87 || July 8 || Orioles || 2–7 || || || || 29,062 || 50–37 || L1 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb" | 88 || July 9 || Red Sox || 6–0 || || || || 27,692 || 51–37 || W1 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb" | 89 || July 10 || Red Sox || 4–3 || || || || 36,619 || 52–37 || W2 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb" | 90 || July 11 || Red Sox || 3–9 || || || || 39,210 || 52–38 || L1 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb" | 91 || July 13 || Yankees || 6–1 || || || || 41,805 || 53–38 || W1 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb" | 92 || July 14 || Yankees || 8–7 (12) || || || || 41,693 || 54–38 || W2 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb" | 93 || July 15 || Yankees || 5–4 || || || || 40,739 || 55–38 || W3 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb" | 94 || July 19 || @ Orioles || 4–3 (11) || || || || 33,603 || 56–38 || W1 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb" | 95 || July 19 || @ Orioles || 0–3 || || || || 33,603 || 56–39 || L1 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb" | 96 || July 20 || @ Orioles || 1–2 || || || || 25,682 || 56–40 || L2 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb" | 97 || July 21 || @ Orioles || 2–10 || || || || 51,381 || 56–41 || L3 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb" | 98 || July 22 || @ Red Sox || 5–6 (10) || || || || 35,172 || 56–42 || L4 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb" | 99 || July 23 || @ Red Sox || 9–2 || || || || 35,024 || 57–42 || W1 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb" | 100 || July 24 || @ Yankees || 5–6 || || || || 33,497 || 57–43 || L1 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb" | 101 || July 25 || @ Yankees || 9–5 || || || || 47,449 || 58–43 || W1 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb" | 102 || July 26 || @ Yankees || 0–2 || || || || 43,136 || 58–44 || L1 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb" | 103 || July 27 || Twins || 1–3 || || || || 38,945 || 58–45 || L2 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb" | 104 || July 28 || Twins || 5–0 || || || || 41,891 || 59–45 || W1 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb" | 105 || July 29 || Twins || 9–3 || || || || 33,510 || 60–45 || W2 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 106 || July 30 || Mariners || 0–8 || || || || 35,548 || 60–46 || L1 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb" | 107 || July 31 || Mariners || 8–1 || || || || 25,198 || 61–46 || W1 |- y California Angels; August: 11–17 (Home: 5–8; Away: 6–9) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 108 || August 1 || Mariners || 6–7 || || || || 29,446 || 61–47 || L1 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb" | 109 || August 3 || @ Twins || 1–4 || || || || 30,653 || 61–48 || L2 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb" | 110 || August 4 || @ Twins || 7–1 || || || || 26,084 || 62–48 || W1 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb" | 111 || August 5 || @ Twins || 11–7 || || || || 41,182 || 63–48 || W2 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb" | 112 || August 5 || @ Twins || 1–7 || || || || 41,182 || 63–49 || L1 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb" | 113 || August 6 || @ Athletics || 5–2 || || || || 8,160 || 64–49 || W1 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb" | 114 || August 7 || @ Athletics || 5–9 || || || || 2,905 || 64–50 || L1 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb" | 115 || August 8 || @ Athletics || 8–1 || || || || 3,463 || 65–50 || W1 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 116 || August 10 || Mariners || 6–8 (14) || || || || 28,969 || 65–51 || L1 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb" | 117 || August 11 || Mariners || 8–1 || || || || 41,940 || 66–51 || W1 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb" | 118 || August 12 || Mariners || 4–3 || || || || 27,345 || 67–51 || W2 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 119 || August 13 || Tigers || 3–5 || || || || 34,032 || 67–52 || L1 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 120 || August 14 || Tigers || 3–6 || || || || 29,465 || 67–53 || L2 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 121 || August 15 || Tigers || 1–6 || || || || 31,885 || 67–54 || L3 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 122 || August 17 || Blue Jays || 5–6 || || || || 25,050 || 67–55 || L4 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb" | 123 || August 18 || Blue Jays || 7–5 || || || || 30,361 || 68–55 || W1 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb" | 124 || August 19 || Blue Jays || 4–2 || || || || 23,814 || 69–55 || W2 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb" | 125 || August 20 || Indians || 6–5 || || || || 35,497 || 70–55 || W3 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 126 || August 21 || Indians || 7–12 || || || || 30,902 || 70–56 || L1 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 127 || August 22 || Indians || 3–13 || || || || 30,625 || 70–57 || L2 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 128 || August 24 || @ Blue Jays || 4–6 || || || || 18,077 || 70–58 || L3 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb" | 129 || August 25 || @ Blue Jays || 24–2 || || || || 25,207 || 71–58 || W1 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 130 || August 26 || @ Blue Jays || 3–9 || || || || 22,619 || 71–59 || L1 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 131 || August 27 || @ Tigers || 2–3 || || || || 22,874 || 71–60 || L2 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 132 || August 28 || @ Tigers || 2–12 || || || || 19,178 || 71–61 || L3 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 133 || August 29 || @ Tigers || 1–2 || || || || 19,880 || 71–62 || L4 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 134 || August 30 || @ Indians || 1–7 || || || || 8,647 || 71–63 || L5 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb" | 135 || August 31 || @ Indians || 9–8 || || || || 10,501 || 72–63 || W1 |- y California Angels; September: 16–11 (Home: 10–3; Away: 6–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb" | 136 || September 1 || @ Indians || 7–4 || || || || 22,804 || 73–63 || W2 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb" | 137 || September 2 || @ Indians || 5–2 || || || || 6,359 || 74–63 || W3 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb" | 138 || September 3 || White Sox || 6–5 || || || || 34,684 || 75–63 || W4 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 139 || September 4 || White Sox || 7–10 || || || || 26,036 || 75–64 || L1 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb" | 140 || September 5 || White Sox || 9–8 || || || || 23,705 || 76–64 || W1 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb" | 141 || September 6 || White Sox || 10–9 || || || || 20,930 || 77–64 || W2 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb" | 142 || September 7 || Brewers || 6–3 || || || || 30,685 || 78–64 || W3 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb" | 143 || September 8 || Brewers || 3–2 || || || || 37,624 || 79–64 || W4 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb" | 144 || September 9 || Brewers || 5–2 || || || || 27,341 || 80–64 || W5 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 145 || September 11 || @ White Sox || 7–8 || || || || 6,858 || 80–65 || L1 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 146 || September 12 || @ White Sox || 5–11 || || || || 7,551 || 80–66 || L2 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb" | 147 || September 14 || @ Brewers || 8–7 || || || || 17,840 || 81–66 || W1 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 148 || September 15 || @ Brewers || 2–3 || || || || 45,732 || 81–67 || L1 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 149 || September 16 || @ Brewers || 1–2 || || || || 19,906 || 81–68 || L2 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 150 || September 17 || @ Royals || 4–16 || || || || 38,327 || 81–69 || L3 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb" | 151 || September 18 || @ Royals || 6–4 || || || || 29,733 || 82–69 || W1 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 152 || September 19 || @ Royals || 4–6 || || || || 31,412 || 82–70 || L1 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb" | 153 || September 20 || @ Royals || 11–6 || || || || 32,659 || 83–70 || W1 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 154 || September 21 || Rangers || 1–3 || || || || 37,450 || 83–71 || L1 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb" | 155 || September 22 || Rangers || 3–1 || || || || 33,730 || 84–71 || W1 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb" | 156 || September 23 || Rangers || 6–1 || || || || 41,498 || 85–71 || W2 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb" | 157 || September 24 || Royals || 4–3 || || || || 40,423 || 86–71 || W3 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb" | 158 || September 25 || Royals || 4–1 || || || || 40,631 || 87–71 || W4 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 159 || September 26 || Royals || 0–4 || || || || 40,565 || 87–72 || L1 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 160 || September 28 || @ Rangers || 0–5 || || || || 11,965 || 87–73 || L2 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 161 || September 29 || @ Rangers || 3–6 || || || || 19,167 || 87–74 || L3 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb" | 162 || September 30 || @ Rangers || 11–5 || || || || 9,086 || 88–74 || W1 |- |- style="text-align:center;" | Legend:      #cfc darkgray = Win      #fbb darkgray = Loss      #bbb darkgray = PostponementBold = Angels team member Player stats = Indicates team leader = Indicates league leader 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 Brian Downing 148 509 166 .326 12 75 1B Rod Carew 110 409 130 .318 3 44 2B Bobby Grich 153 534 157 .294 30 101 3B Carney Lansford 157 654 188 .287 19 79 SS Bert Campaneris 85 239 56 .234 0 15 LF Don Baylor 162 628 186 .296 36 139 CF Rick Miller Rick Miller (baseball) 120 427 125 .293 2 28 RF Dan Ford 142 569 165 .290 21 101 DH Willie Aikens 116 379 106 .280 21 81 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 Joe Rudi 90 330 80 .242 11 61 Jim Anderson Jim Anderson (baseball) 96 234 58 .248 3 23 Larry Harlow Larry Harlow (baseball) 62 159 37 .233 0 14 Tom Donohue 38 107 24 .224 3 14 Merv Rettenmund 35 76 20 .263 1 10 Rance Mulliniks 22 68 10 .147 1 8 Willie Davis Willie Davis (baseball) 43 56 14 .250 0 2 Dickie Thon 35 56 19 .339 0 8 Bobby Clark Bobby Clark (outfielder) 19 54 16 .296 1 5 Ralph Garr 6 24 3 .125 0 0 Terry Humphrey 9 17 1 .059 0 0 Orlando Ramírez 13 12 0 .000 0 0 Ike Hampton 4 5 2 .400 0 0 Brian Harper 1 2 0 .000 0 0 John Harris John Harris (first baseman) 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 Player G IP W L ERA SO Dave Frost 36 239.0 16 10 3.57 107 Nolan Ryan 34 223.0 16 14 3.60 223 Jim Barr 36 197.0 10 12 4.20 69 Don Aase 37 185.1 9 10 4.81 96 Chris Knapp Chris Knapp (baseball) 20 98.0 5 5 5.51 36 Frank Tanana 17 90.1 7 5 3.89 46 Other pitchers Player G IP W L ERA SO Steve Eddy 7 32.1 1 1 4.73 7 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 Mark Clear 52 11 5 14 3.63 98 Dave LaRoche 53 7 11 10 5.57 59 Mike Barlow 35 1 1 0 5.13 33 Dyar Miller 14 1 0 0 3.31 16 John Montague John Montague (baseball) 14 2 0 6 5.09 6 Ralph Botting 12 2 0 0 8.80 22 Bob Ferris 2 0 0 0 1.50 2 Dave Schuler 1 0 0 0 10.80 0 ALCS 1979 American League Championship Series The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Angels, three games to one. Postseason game log background:#002244;color:white; 1979 Postseason Game Log (1–3) y background:#B71234;color:white; American League Championship Series vs. Baltimore Orioles # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Series |- style="text-align:center; background:#ffbbbb;" | 1 || October 3 || @ Orioles || 3–6 (11) || Stanhouse (1–0) || Montague (0–1) || || 52,787 || 0–1 |- style="text-align:center; background:#ffbbbb;" | 2 || October 4 || @ Orioles || 8–9 || Flanagan (1–0) || Frost (0–1) || || 52,108 || 0–2 |- style="text-align:center; background:#ccffcc;" | 3 || October 5 || Orioles || 4–3 || Aase (1–0) || Stanhouse (1–1) || || 43,199 || 1–2 |- style="text-align:center; background:#ffbbbb;" | 4 || October 6 || Orioles || 0–8 || McGregor (1–0) || Knapp (0–1) || || 43,199 || 1–3 |- |- style="text-align:center;" | Legend:      #cfc darkgray = Win      #fbb darkgray = Loss      #bbb darkgray = PostponementBold = Angels team member Awards and honors Don Baylor, American League MVP Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Salt Lake City Gulls Pacific Coast League Jimy Williams AA El Paso Diablos Texas League Moose Stubing A Salinas Packers California League Chris Cannizzaro Rookie Idaho Falls Angels Pioneer League Reuben Rodriguez LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Salt Lake City Notes 35em References Johnson Lloyd Wolff Miles The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball 2nd Durham, North Carolina Baseball America 1997 978-0-9637189-8-3 External links 1979 California Angels team at Baseball-Reference 1979 California Angels at Baseball Almanac Category:Los Angeles Angels seasons Category:1970s in Anaheim, California California Angels season Category:American League West champion seasons Los