1997 Anaheim Angels season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 Anaheim Angels 1997 Anaheim Angels primary logo The logo of the Anaheim Angels during their 1997 campaign 1997 American League West Anaheim Stadium Anaheim, CA Gene Autry Bill Bavasi Terry Collins Fox Sports West •Sparky Anderson, Steve Physioc KCAL-9 •Jerry Reuss, Steve Physioc KMPC (AM 710) •Bob Starr, Mario Impemba laa ANA 1996 California Angels season The 1997 Anaheim Angels season was the 37th season of the Anaheim Angels franchise in the American League, the 32nd in Anaheim, and their 32nd season playing their home games at Anaheim Stadium. The Angels finished second in the American League West with a record of 84 wins and 78 losses. It was the first season for the franchise as the "Anaheim Angels", after playing under the name of the "California Angels" for the previous 31 seasons, plus part of another. It was also the first season that the team introduced a new logo: the word angels on the front of the jerseys (which were now in a vest style) with wings coming out of the A (the winged A was also used on the team's caps). This look would last until 2001 when it was retired immediately after that season. 2 Offseason October 28, 1996: Chili Davis was traded by the Angels to the Kansas City Royals for Mike Bovee and Mark Gubicza.Chili Davis at Baseball Reference November 12, 1996: Todd Van Poppel was selected off waivers by the Anaheim Angels from the Detroit Tigers. November 26, 1996: J. T. Snow was traded by the Anaheim Angels to the San Francisco Giants for Allen Watson and Fausto Macey (minors).J. T. Snow Statistics Baseball-Reference.com December 5, 1996: Jim Leyritz was traded by the New York Yankees to the Anaheim Angels for players to be named later. The Anaheim Angels sent Jeremy Blevins (minors) (December 9, 1996) and Ryan Kane (minors) (December 9, 1996) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade.Jim Leyritz Statistics Baseball-Reference.com December 6, 1996: Craig Grebeck was signed as a free agent with the Anaheim Angels.https://www.baseball-reference.com/g/grebecr01.shtml Craig Grebeck Stats March 26, 1997: Todd Van Poppel was released by the Anaheim Angels. March 31, 1997: Jim Abbott was released by the Anaheim Angels.Jim Abbott Statistics Baseball-Reference.com Regular season June 17, 1997: The first interleague game between the Anaheim Angels and the Los Angeles Dodgers took place at Dodger Stadium. The rivalry would be known as the Freeway Series. The Dodgers won the game by a score of 4–3.http://www.thebaseballnexus.com/team_games/ANA/1997 Team games September 25, 2008 July 16, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110716222640/http://www.thebaseballnexus.com/team_games/ANA/1997 dead Notable transactions May 18, 1997: Tony Phillips was traded by the Chicago White Sox with Chad Kreuter to the Anaheim Angels for Chuck McElroy and Jorge Fábregas.Tony Phillips Statistics Baseball-Reference.com June 3, 1997: Matt Wise was drafted by the Anaheim Angels in the 6th round of the 1997 amateur draft. Player signed June 8, 1997.https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/wisema01.shtml Matt Wise: Career Statistics Baseball Reference 16 February 2018 July 10, 1997: Greg Cadaret was signed as a free agent with the Anaheim Angels.https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/cadargr01.shtml Greg Cadaret Stats July 29, 1997: Jim Leyritz was traded by the Anaheim Angels with a player to be named later to the Texas Rangers for Ken Hill. The Anaheim Angels sent Rob Sasser (October 31, 1997) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade. August 13, 1997: Rickey Henderson was traded by the San Diego Padres to the Anaheim Angels for a player to be named later, Ryan Hancock, and Stevenson Agosto (minors). The Anaheim Angels sent George Arias (August 19, 1997) to the San Diego Padres to complete the trade. Season standings Anaheim Angels Record vs. opponents ANA Roster 1997 Anaheim Angels Roster Pitchers 61 Mike Bovee 36 Greg Cadaret 43 Anthony Chavez 41 Rich DeLucia 19 Jason Dickson 31 Chuck Finley 44 Kevin Gross 23 Mark Gubicza 48 Pep Harris 21 Shigetoshi Hasegawa 44 Ken Hill 65 Mike Holtz 46 Mike James 12 Mark Langston 22 Darrell May 17 Chuck McElroy 40 Troy Percival 62 Matt Perisho 35 Dennis Springer 34 Allen Watson 59 Shad Williams Catchers  7 Angelo Encarnacion 14 Jorge Fábregas  8 Todd Greene  6 Chad Kreuter 13 Jim Leyritz 20 Chris Turner Infielders  5 Luis Alicea  7 George Arias  9 Gary DiSarcina 11 Robert Eenhoorn 27 Darin Erstad  4 Craig Grebeck 10 Dave Hollins 32 Jack Howell 73 Tony Phillips Outfielders 16 Garret Anderson 25 Jim Edmonds 24 Rickey Henderson  3 Orlando Palmeiro 15 Tim Salmon Other batters 33 Eddie Murray 18 Randy Velarde Manager  1 Terry Collins Coaches 57 Mick Billmeyer (Bullpen)  2 Larry Bowa (Third Base) 29 Rod Carew (Hitting) 47 Joe Coleman (Bullpen) 53 Marcel Lachemann (Pitching) 70 Joe Maddon (Bench) 39 Dave Parker (First Base) Game log Regular season background:#ED1B2E;color:#47A6DC; 1997 regular season game log: 84–78 (Home: 46–36; Away: 38–42) y background:#47A6DC;color:#ED1B2E; April: 12–12 (Home: 7–7; Away: 5–5) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/Streak |- style="background:#cfc;" | 3 || April 4 || Indians || W 8–6 (11) || || || || 4:12 || 17,758 || 2–1 || W2 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 4 || April 5 || Indians || L 5–7 || || || || 3:09 || 23,913 || 2–2 || L1 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 5 || April 6 || Indians || L 8–10 || || || || 3:24 || 29,363 || 2–3 || L2 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 6 || April 7 || Yankees || L 3–5 || || || || 3:24 || 16,514 || 2–4 || L3 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 7 || April 8 || Yankees || W 10–9 (12) || || || || 4:18 || 17,202 || 3–4 || W1 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 8 || April 9 || Yankees || L 5–12 || || || || 2:52 || 19,242 || 3–5 || L1 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 9 || April 11 || @ Indians || L 3–15 || || || || 3:12 || 42,643 || 3–6 || L2 |- style="background:#bbb;" |–|| April 12 || @ Indians || colspan="8"|Postponed (Rain) (Makeup date: July 28) |- style="background:#cfc;" | 10 || April 13 || @ Indians || W 8–3 || || || || 3:29 || 41,218 || 4–6 || W1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 11 || April 14 || @ Yankees || W 5–1 || || || || 2:40 || 15,082 || 5–6 || W2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 12 || April 15 || @ Yankees || W 6–5 || || || || 3:49 || 16,944 || 6–6 || W3 |- y background:#47A6DC;color:#ED1B2E; May: 16–12 (Home: 10–2; Away: 6–10) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/Streak |- style="background:#bbb;" |–|| May 2 || @ White Sox || colspan="8"|Postponed (Rain) (Makeup date: May 3) |- style="background:#cfc;" | 24 (1) || May 3 || @ White Sox |- style="background:#fcc;" | 25 (2) || May 3 || @ White Sox |- style="background:#fcc;" | 26 || May 4 || @ White Sox |- style="background:#cfc;" | 28 || May 5 || @ Orioles || W 7–2 || || || || 3:00 || 41,296 || 14–14 || W1 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 29 || May 6 || @ Orioles || L 4–8 || || || || 2:43 || 37,150 || 14–15 || L1 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 30 || May 7 || @ Orioles || L 0–3 || || || || 2:43 || 43,858 || 14–16 || L2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 34 || May 12 || || White Sox |- style="background:#cfc;" | 35 || May 13 || || White Sox |- style="background:#cfc;" | 36 || May 14 || Orioles || W 6–5 || || || || 2:55 || 15,780 || 17–19 || W3 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 37 || May 15 || Orioles || W 3–2 || || || || 2:58 || 15,966 || 18–19 || W4 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 41 || May 19 || Mariners || L 4–13 || || || || 3:08 || 17,279 || 21–20 || L1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 42 || May 20 || Mariners || W 11–9 || || || || 3:27 || 17,492 || 22–20 || W1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 43 || May 21 || Mariners || W 18–3 || || || || 3:18 || 20,295 || 23–20 || W2 |- y background:#47A6DC;color:#ED1B2E; June: 13–15 (Home: 6–5; Away: 7–10) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/Streak |- style="background:#cfc;" | 63 || June 12 || Padres || W 8–4 || || || || 3:11 || 22,164 || 34–29 || W1 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 64 || June 13 || Padres || L 7–8 (14) || || || || 5:03 || 24,664 || 34–30 || L1 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 65 || June 14 || Giants || L 3–10 || || || || 3:21 || 27,875 || 34–31 || L2 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 66 || June 15 || Giants || L 1–4 || || || || 3:28 || 30,404 || 34–32 || L3 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 67 || June 17 || @ Dodgers || L 3–4 || || || || 2:55 || 41,428 || 34–33 || L4 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 68 || June 18 || @ Dodgers || L 5–7 || || || || 3:10 || 45,953 || 34–34 || L5 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 76 || June 26 || @ Mariners || L 3–6 || || || || 2:51 || 31,248 || 40–36 || L2 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 77 || June 27 || @ Mariners || L 1–8 || || || || 2:42 || 32,247 || 40–37 || L3 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 78 || June 28 || @ Mariners || W 6–1 || || || || 2:46 || 38,750 || 41–37 || W1 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 79 || June 29 || @ Mariners || L 2–3 || || || || 2:55 || 42,760 || 41–38 || L1 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 80 || June 30 || @ Rockies || L 7–11 || || || || 3:32 || 48,359 || 41–39 || L2 |- y background:#47A6DC;color:#ED1B2E; July: 19–9 (Home: 8–5; Away: 11–4) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/Streak |- style="background:#cfc;" | 81 || July 1 || @ Rockies || W 4–1 || || || || 2:53 || 48,235 || 42–39 || W1 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 82 || July 2 || Dodgers || L 4–5 || || || || 3:38 || 34,507 || 42–40 || L1 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 83 || July 3 || Dodgers || L 2–8 || || || || 3:33 || 35,295 || 42–41 || L2 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 84 || July 4 || Mariners || L 3–7 || || || || 2:50 || 34,839 || 42–42 || L3 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 85 || July 5 || Mariners || W 5–4 || || || || 3:17 || 26,301 || 43–42 || W1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 86 || July 6 || Mariners || W 8–0 || || || || 2:43 || 22,916 || 44–42 || W2 |- style=background:#bbbfff |colspan="12"|68th All-Star Game in Cleveland, OH |- style="background:#fcc;" | 98 || July 22 || @ Yankees || L 2–9 || || || || 2:45 || 25,816 || 54–44 || L1 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 99 || July 23 || @ Yankees || L 4–5 || || || || 3:07 || 26,750 || 54–45 || L2 |- style="background:#bbb;" |–|| July 24 || @ Yankees || colspan="8"|Postponed (Rain; Site change) (Makeup date: August 20) |- style="background:#cfc;" | 104 (1) || July 28 || @ Indians || W 2–0 || || || || 2:37 || 43,033 || 57–47 || W1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 105 (2) || July 28 || @ Indians || W 10–7 || || || || 4:00 || 42,857 || 58–47 || W2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 106 || July 29 || @ Indians || W 7–2 || || || || 2:31 || 42,975 || 59–47 || W3 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 107 || July 30 || @ Indians || W 5–2 || || || || 3:09 || 42,898 || 60–47 || W4 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 108 || July 31 || White Sox |- y background:#47A6DC;color:#ED1B2E; August: 14–15 (Home: 10–8; Away: 4–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/Streak |- style="background:#cfc;" | 109 || August 1 || White Sox |- style="background:#cfc;" | 110 || August 2 || White Sox |- style="background:#cfc;" | 111 || August 3 || White Sox |- style="background:#fcc;" | 115 || August 8 || Orioles || L 2–6 || || || || 3:10 || 24,944 || 65–50 || L1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 116 || August 9 || Orioles || W 4–3 || || || || 3:05 || 32,207 || 66–50 || W1 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 117 || August 10 || Orioles || L 3–4 || || || || 3:33 || 34,060 || 66–51 || L1 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 118 || August 12 || @ White Sox |- style="background:#fcc;" | 119 || August 13 || @ White Sox |- style="background:#fcc;" | 122 || August 16 || @ Orioles || L 9–10 || || || || 3:25 || 47,815 || 68–54 || L1 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 123 || August 17 || @ Orioles || L 4–5 (10) || || || || 3:47 || 47,340 || 68–55 || L2 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 124 || August 18 || @ Orioles || L 1–2 || || || || 3:29 || 47,804 || 68–56 || L3 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 125 || August 19 || Yankees || W 12–4 || || || || 3:00 || 22,596 || 69–56 || W1 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 126 (1) || August 20 || Yankees || L 3–7 || || || || 3:04 || || 69–57 || L1 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 127 (2) || August 20 || Yankees || L 5–8 || || || || 3:24 || 32,343 || 69–58 || L2 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 128 || August 21 || Yankees || L 3–4 (12) || || || || 4:11 || 27,102 || 69–59 || L3 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 132 || August 26 || Indians || W 8–7 || || || || 3:07 || 21,012 || 72–60 || W1 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 133 || August 27 || Indians || L 4–10 || || || || 3:03 || 20,140 || 72–61 || L1 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 134 || August 28 || @ Padres || L 2–9 || || || || 2:41 || 18,203 || 72–62 || L2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 135 || August 29 || @ Padres || W 3–1 || || || || 2:37 || 60,230 || 73–62 || W1 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 136 || August 30 || @ Giants || L 3–7 || || || || 2:43 || 26,200 || 73–63 || L1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 137 || August 31 || @ Giants || W 7–4 || || || || 3:15 || 24,751 || 74–63 || W1 |- y background:#47A6DC;color:#ED1B2E; September: 10–15 (Home: 5–9; Away: 5–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/Streak |- style="background:#fcc;" | 138 || September 1 || Rockies || L 1–4 || || || || 2:55 || 19,614 || 74–64 || L1 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 139 || September 2 || Rockies || L 2–7 || || || || 3:01 || 18,266 || 74–65 || L2 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 157 || September 23 || @ Mariners || L 3–4 || || || || 3:01 || 52,884 || 82–75 || L1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 158 || September 24 || @ Mariners || W 9–3 || || || || 2:51 || 41,975 || 83–75 || W1 |- |- style="text-align:center;" | Legend:      #cfc darkgray = Win      #fcc darkgray = Loss      #bbb darkgray = PostponementBold = Angels team member 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 Chad Kreuter 70 218 51 .234 4 18 1B Darin Erstad 139 539 161 .299 16 77 2B Luis Alicea 128 388 98 .253 5 37 3B Dave Hollins 149 572 165 .288 16 85 SS Gary DiSarcina 154 549 135 .246 4 47 LF Garret Anderson 154 624 189 .303 8 92 CF Jim Edmonds 133 502 146 .291 26 80 RF Tim Salmon 157 582 172 .296 33 129 DH Eddie Murray 46 160 35 .219 3 15 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 Tony Phillips 105 405 107 .264 6 48 Jim Leyritz 84 294 81 .276 11 50 Jack Howell 77 174 45 .259 14 34 Orlando Palmeiro 74 134 29 .216 0 8 Craig Grebeck 63 126 34 .270 1 6 Todd Greene 34 124 36 .290 9 24 Rickey Henderson 32 115 21 .183 2 7 Jorge Fábregas 21 38 3 .079 0 3 Chris Turner 13 23 6 .261 1 2 Robert Eenhoorn 11 20 7 .350 1 6 Angelo Encarnación 11 17 7 .412 1 4 George Arias 3 6 2 .333 0 1 Randy Velarde 1 0 0 ---- 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 Jason Dickson 33 203.2 13 9 4.29 115 Allen Watson 35 199.0 12 12 4.93 141 Dennis Springer 32 194.2 9 9 5.18 75 Chuck Finley 25 164.0 13 6 4.23 155 Ken Hill 12 79.0 4 4 3.65 38 Mark Langston 9 48.0 2 4 5.85 30 Mark Gubicza 2 5.0 0 1 25.07 5 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 Shigetoshi Hasegawa 50 116.2 3 7 3.93 83 Matt Perisho 11 45.0 0 2 6.00 35 Kevin Gross 12 25.0 2 1 6.75 20 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 Troy Percival 55 5 5 27 3.46 72 Mike Holtz 66 3 4 2 3.32 40 Pep Harris 61 5 4 0 3.62 56 Mike James 58 5 5 7 4.31 57 Rich DeLucia 33 6 4 3 3.61 42 Darrell May 29 2 1 0 5.23 42 Greg Cadaret 15 0 0 0 3.29 11 Chuck McElroy 13 0 0 0 3.45 18 Anthony Chavez 7 0 0 0 0.93 10 Mike Bovee 3 0 0 0 5.40 5 Shad Williams 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Vancouver Canadians Pacific Coast League Bruce Hines AA Midland Angels Texas League Mitch Seoane A Lake Elsinore Storm California League Don Long A Cedar Rapids Kernels Midwest League Mario Mendoza A-Short Season Boise Hawks Northwest League Tom Kotchman Rookie Butte Copper Kings Pioneer League Bill LachemannJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007 References 1997 Anaheim Angels at Baseball Reference 1997 Anaheim Angels at Baseball Almanac Anaheim Angels seasons 1997 1996 1998 Category:Los Angeles Angels seasons Category:1990s in Anaheim, California Anaheim Angels season Los