1987 California Angels season

The California Angels 1987 season involved the Angels finishing 6th in the American League west with a record of 75 wins and 87 losses.

1987 California Angels
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Gene Autry
General manager(s)Mike Port
Manager(s)Gene Mauch
Local televisionKTLA
(Joe Torre, Bob Starr, Joel Meyers)
Local radioKMPC
(Ken Brett, Joel Meyers, Al Conin)
XPRS
(Ruben Valentin, Ulpiano Cos Villa)
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Regular season

Season standings
AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Minnesota Twins 8577 0.525 — 56–25 29–52
Kansas City Royals 8379 0.512 2 46–35 37–44
Oakland Athletics 8181 0.500 4 42–39 39–42
Seattle Mariners 7884 0.481 7 40–41 38–43
Chicago White Sox 7785 0.475 8 38–43 39–42
Texas Rangers 7587 0.463 10 43–38 32–49
California Angels 7587 0.463 10 38–43 37–44

Record vs. opponents
1987 American League Records

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore —1–129–38–47–64–99–32–115–73–107–54–87–51–12
Boston 12–1—4–83–97–62–116–66–77–57–64–87–57–56–7
California 3–98–4—8–57–53–95–87–58–53–96–77–65–85–7
Chicago 4–89–35–8—7–53–96–76–66–75–79–46–77–64–8
Cleveland 6–76–75–75–7—4–96–64–93–96–74–85–72–105–8
Detroit 9–411–29–39–39–4—5–76–78–45–85–77–58–47–6
Kansas City 3–96–68–57–66–67–5—4–88–55–75–89–47–68–4
Milwaukee 11–27–65–76–69–47–68–4—3–97–66–64–89–39–4
Minnesota 7–55–75–87–69–34–85–89–3—6–610–39–46–73–9
New York 10–36–79–37–57–68–57–56–76–6—5–77–55–76–7
Oakland 5–78–47–64–98–47–58–56–63–107–5—5–86–77–5
Seattle 8–45–76–77–67–55–74–98–44–95–78–5—9–42–10
Texas 5–75–78–56–710–24–86–73–97–67–57–64–9—3–9
Toronto 12–17–67–58–48–56–74–84–99–37–65–710–29–3—

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.[1]
  • January 8, 1987: Doug DeCinces was signed as a Free Agent with the California Angels.[2]
  • January 22, 1987: Jim Eppard was purchased by the California Angels from the Oakland Athletics.[3]
  • May 1, 1987: Bob Boone was signed as a Free Agent with the California Angels.[4]
  • May 19, 1987: Doug Corbett was signed as a Free Agent with the California Angels.[5]
  • June 1, 1987: Greg Minton was signed as a Free Agent with the California Angels.[6]
  • June 19, 1987: Doug Corbett was released by the California Angels.[5]
  • 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.[7]
  • July 28, 1987: Bill Buckner signed as a Free Agent with the California Angels.[8]
  • September 15, 1987: John Candelaria was traded by the California Angels to the New York Mets for Jeff Richardson and Shane Young (minors).[9]

Draft picks
  • June 2, 1987: John Orton was drafted by the California Angels in the 1st round (25th pick) of the 1987 amateur draft.[10]
  • 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.[11]

Roster
1987 California Angels
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Starters by position

Note: 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
CBob Boone12838994.242333
1BWally Joyner149564161.28534117
2BMark McLemore138433102.236341
3BDoug DeCinces133453106.2341663
SSDick Schofield134479120.251946
LFJack Howell138449110.2452364
CFGary Pettis13339482.208117
RFDevon White159639168.2632487
DHBrian Downing155567154.2722977

Other batters
Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI

Starting pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO

Other pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA
Relief pitchers
Player G W L SV ERA SO

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
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 Smith

[12]

References
  1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/romanro01.shtml
  2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/d/decindo01.shtml
  3. Jim Eppard Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/boonebo01.shtml
  5. Doug Corbett Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  6. https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mintogr01.shtml
  7. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/millsal01.shtml
  8. Bill Buckner Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  9. John Candelaria Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  10. https://www.baseball-reference.com/o/ortonjo01.shtml
  11. Rubén Amaro Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  12. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997
Preceded by
1986		 California Angels seasons
1987		 Succeeded by
1988
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