1979 California Angels Statistics and Roster

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1979 California Angels (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1978/1980)
88-74, Finished 1st in AL Western Division
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Scored 866 runs, Allowed 768 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 90-72
Managed by Jim Fregosi

Ballpark: Anaheim Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 2,523,575 (2nd of 14)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 96, Pitching - 96
  (one-year): Batting - 92, Pitching - 91
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

Postseason: Lost AL Championship Series (3-1) to Baltimore Orioles

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Team Batting Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Brian Downing       28  148  509   87  166  27  3  12   75  77   57  .326  .418  .462   3   3  17   5   3   2   4  142
1B *Rod Carew           33  110  409   78  130  15  3   3   44  73   46  .318  .419  .391  18   8   9   0   8   3   7  125
2B  Bobby Grich         30  153  534   78  157  30  5  30  101  59   84  .294  .365  .537   1   0  14   2  12   2  10  145
3B  Carney Lansford     22  157  654  114  188  30  5  19   79  39  115  .287  .329  .436  20   8  16   3  12   4   2  109
SS  Bert Campaneris     37   85  239   27   56   4  4   0   15  19   32  .234  .294  .285  12   4   8   2  11   2   0   60
LF  Don Baylor          30  162  628  120  186  33  3  36  139  71   51  .296  .371  .530  22  12  10  11   0  12   6  145
CF *Rick Miller         31  120  427   60  125  15  5   2   28  50   69  .293  .367  .365   5   4   7   1   9   1   1  103
RF  Dan Ford            27  142  569  100  165  26  5  21  101  40   86  .290  .333  .464   8   5  17   3   3  13   0  117
DH *Willie Aikens       24  116  379   59  106  18  0  21   81  61   79  .280  .376  .493   1   3  10   1   0   6   8  137
    Joe Rudi            32   90  330   35   80  11  3  11   61  24   61  .242  .294  .394   0   0   7   1   4   2   3   88
    Jim Anderson        22   96  234   33   58  13  1   3   23  17   31  .248  .298  .350   3   2   6   1   9   3   0   78
   *Larry Harlow        27   62  159   22   37   8  2   0   14  25   34  .233  .344  .308   1   3   2   2   1   0   0   81
    Tom Donohue         26   38  107   13   24   3  1   3   14   3   29  .224  .259  .355   2   0   1   2   1   0   0   67
    Merv Rettenmund     36   35   76    7   20   2  0   1   10  11   14  .263  .360  .329   1   0   3   1   1   1   1   91
   *Rance Mulliniks     23   22   68    7   10   0  0   1    8   4   14  .147  .192  .191   0   0   2   1   0   5   0    6
   *Willie Davis        39   43   56    9   14   2  1   0    2   4    7  .250  .300  .321   1   0   2   0   1   0   0   71
    Dickie Thon         21   35   56    6   19   3  0   0    8   5   10  .339  .393  .393   0   0   2   0   1   0   0  118
    Bobby Clark         24   19   54    8   16   2  2   1    5   5   11  .296  .356  .463   1   1   3   0   1   0   0  124
   *Ralph Garr          33    6   24    0    3   0  0   0    0   0    3  .125  .125  .125   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -31
    Terry Humphrey      29    9   17    2    1   0  0   0    0   1    2  .059  .111  .059   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  -52
    Orlando Ramirez     27   13   12    1    0   0  0   0    0   1    6  .000  .143  .000   1   0   0   1   1   0   0  -57
   #Ike Hampton         27    4    5    0    2   0  0   0    0   0    1  .400  .400  .400   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  121
    Brian Harper        19    1    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *John Harris         24    1    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.3  162 5550  866 1563 242 43 164  808 589  843  .282  .351  .429 100  53 136  37  79  56  42  114
    Rank among 14 AL teams         3    1    3  10  4   4        3    2     2     1     3   6   7                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

Team Pitching Glossary

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Nolan Ryan          32  34   3.60  16  14  0  34   0  17   5  222.7  169  104   89  15  114  223  937   9   6  0   3 113
SP  Dave Frost          26  36   3.57  16  10  1  33   2  12   2  239.3  226  108   95  17   77  107 1001   5   5  0   4 114
SP  Don Aase            24  37   4.81   9  10  2  28   4   7   1  185.3  200  104   99  19   77   96  817   5   1  0   7  84
SP  Jim Barr            31  36   4.20  10  12  0  25   4   5   0  197.0  217  100   92  22   55   69  826   2   3  1   5  97
SP  Chris Knapp         25  20   5.51   5   5  0  18   1   3   0   98.0  109   73   60   8   35   36  440   2   2  0   1  74
SP *Frank Tanana        25  18   3.89   7   5  0  17   0   2   1   90.3   93   44   39   9   25   46  382   6   2  1   0 105

CL  Mark Clear          23  52   3.63  11   5 14   0  37   0   0  109.0   87   48   44   6   68   98  481   9   3  1   5 112
RP *Dave LaRoche        31  53   5.57   7  11 10   1  25   0   0   85.7  107   54   53  13   32   59  387   0   2  1   4  73
RP  Mike Barlow         31  35   5.13   1   1  0   0  15   0   0   86.0  106   54   49   8   30   33  378   6   4  0   2  79
RP  John Montague       31  14   5.09   2   0  6   0  10   0   0   17.7   16   12   10   3    9    6   75   2   0  0   0  80
RP  Dyar Miller         33  14   3.31   1   0  0   1   8   0   0   35.3   44   14   13   2   13   16  157   1   2  0   0 123

    Steve Eddy          21   7   4.73   1   1  0   4   3   0   0   32.3   36   19   17   1   20    7  152   0   2  0   0  86
   *Ralph Botting       24  12   8.80   2   0  0   1   5   0   0   29.7   46   30   29   6   15   22  146   4   1  1   1  46
    Bob Ferris          24   2   1.50   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    6.0    5    2    1   1    3    2   27   1   0  0   1 271
   *Dave Schuler        25   1  10.80   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    1.7    2    2    2   1    0    0    7   1   0  0   0  38
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.5 162   4.34  88  74 33 162 116  46   9 1436.0 1463  768  692 131  573  820 6213  53  33  5  33  94
    Rank among 14 AL teams          9   5  10  5           4   6      6    6    9        4   11    1

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- BDowning 1091 127 129 669 35 11 5 .985 6 33 101 34 TDonohue 275 28 38 136 16 3 4 .981 5 16 24 14 THumphrey 57 6 9 55 3 1 1 .983 0 1 9 3 JAnderson 11 1 3 6 0 0 0 1.000 1 3 4 0 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1436 162 162 866 54 15 10 .984 12 53 138 51 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 *10.08 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RCarew 889 102 103 804 55 10 101 .988 8.69 WAikens 492 55 55 462 31 2 49 .996 9.01 JRudi 34 4 5 33 2 0 3 1.000 9.26 IHampton 11 1 2 10 2 0 0 1.000 9.82 JHarris 5 0 1 6 0 0 0 1.000 10.80 DBaylor 4 0 1 5 0 0 1 1.000 11.25 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1436 162 162 1320 90 12 154 .992 8.84 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 *5.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BGrich 1297 151 153 340 438 13 111 .984 5.40 DThon 125 10 24 34 38 6 12 .923 5.18 JAnderson 14 1 6 5 8 0 2 1.000 8.36 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1436 162 162 379 484 19 125 .978 5.41 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .953 *3.07 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CLansford 1372 157 157 135 263 7 29 .983 2.61 JAnderson 63 5 10 4 8 0 0 1.000 1.71 DThon 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1436 162 162 140 271 7 29 .983 2.58 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .965 *5.01 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BCampaneris 612 71 82 136 220 16 69 .957 5.23 JAnderson 564 63 82 126 189 17 42 .949 5.02 RMulliniks 178 19 22 46 43 4 13 .957 4.50 ORamirez 57 7 10 7 20 5 3 .844 4.26 DThon 24 2 8 3 8 2 1 .846 4.07 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1436 162 162 318 480 44 128 .948 5.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *2.22 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DBaylor 667 78 78 161 3 3 0 .982 2.21 JRudi 592 67 70 142 4 1 2 .993 2.22 BClark 111 13 15 33 3 0 0 1.000 2.92 LHarlow 44 3 12 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.66 MRettenmund 18 1 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 WDavis 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1436 162 162 351 10 4 2 .989 2.26 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 *2.92 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RMiller 952 108 117 346 3 4 1 .989 3.30 LHarlow 260 28 33 77 1 2 0 .975 2.69 DFord 210 25 28 72 1 3 0 .961 3.13 BClark 7 0 3 7 0 1 0 .875 9.00 MRettenmund 6 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1436 162 162 503 5 10 1 .981 3.18 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *2.25 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DFord 1006 116 124 261 9 5 2 .982 2.42 DBaylor 162 19 20 40 1 2 0 .953 2.28 JRudi 100 11 12 31 1 1 0 .970 2.88 LHarlow 96 9 15 25 2 1 1 .964 2.53 WDavis 32 3 6 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.97 MRettenmund 30 4 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.90 BClark 10 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1436 162 162 369 13 9 3 .977 2.39 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 *2.46 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- DFord 1216 141 141 332 10 8 2 .977 2.53 RMiller 952 108 117 349 3 4 1 .989 3.33 DBaylor 829 97 97 198 3 5 0 .976 2.18 JRudi 692 78 80 174 5 2 2 .989 2.33 LHarlow 400 40 58 115 4 3 1 .975 2.67 BClark 128 13 19 41 4 1 0 .978 3.16 MRettenmund 54 6 9 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 WDavis 35 3 7 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.06 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1436 162 162 1223 29 23 6 .982 2.62 162 162 162 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .949 *1.92 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DFrost 239 33 36 8 34 2 2 .955 1.58 NRyan 222 34 34 8 29 4 1 .902 1.50 JBarr 197 25 36 6 41 0 5 1.000 2.15 DAase 185 28 37 8 17 2 3 .926 1.21 MClear 109 0 52 4 10 2 0 .875 1.16 CKnapp 98 18 20 8 14 1 1 .957 2.02 FTanana 90 17 18 3 12 1 1 .937 1.50 MBarlow 86 0 35 4 11 0 2 1.000 1.57 DLaRoche 85 1 53 4 17 0 0 1.000 2.21 DMiller 35 1 14 2 2 0 0 1.000 1.02 SEddy 32 4 7 5 7 2 0 .857 3.34 RBotting 29 1 12 1 4 0 0 1.000 1.52 JMontague 17 0 14 1 0 1 0 .500 0.51 BFerris 6 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.00 DSchuler 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1436 162 162 62 200 15 15 .946 1.64 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Des. Hitter G ------------+--- DBaylor 65 WAikens 51 BDowning 18 MRettenmund 17 RCarew 6 WDavis 6 RGarr 6 JRudi 3 RMiller 2 BCampaneris 1 BHarper 1 ORamirez 1 DThon 1 ------------+---

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

Team Leaders
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Batting Average Downing .326

On-base % Downing .418

Slugging % Grich .537

OPS Grich .902

Games Baylor 162

At Bats Lansford 654

Plate Appearances (approx.) Baylor 722

Runs Baylor 120

Hits Lansford 188

Total Bases Baylor 333

Doubles Baylor 33

Triples Ford, Grich, Lansford, and Miller 5

Home Runs Baylor 36

RBI Baylor 139

Bases on Balls Downing 77

Strikeouts Lansford 115

Stolen Bases Baylor 22

Singles Lansford 134

Adjusted OPS+ Baylor and Grich 145

Runs Created Baylor 126

Adjusted Batting Runs Baylor 41

Batting Wins Baylor 3.9

Extra-Base Hits Baylor 72

Times on Base Baylor 268

Offensive Win% Downing .683

Hit By Pitch Baylor 11

Sac. Hits Grich and Lansford 12

Sac. Flies Ford 13

Intentional Walks Grich 10

Grounded into Double Plays Downing and Ford 17

Caught Stealing Baylor 12

Power/Speed Number Baylor 27.3

At Bats per Strikeout Baylor 12.3

At Bats per Home Run Baylor 17.4

Outs Lansford 506

Pitching Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

ERA Frost 3.57

Wins Frost and Ryan 16

Won-Loss % Clear .688

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Frost 1.266

Hits Allowed/9IP Ryan 6.83

Bases on Balls/9IP Barr 2.51

Strikeouts/9IP Ryan 9.01

Games LaRoche 53

Saves Clear 14

Innings Frost 239.3

Strikeouts Ryan 223

Games Started Ryan 34

Comp. Games Ryan 17

Shutouts Ryan 5

Home Runs Allow. Barr 22

Bases On Balls Allow. Ryan 114

Hits Allowed Frost 226

SO to Walk Ryan 1.96

Losses Ryan 14

Earned Runs Allow. Aase 99

Wild Pitches Clear and Ryan 9

Hit Batsmen Ryan 6

Batters Faced Frost 1001

Games Finished Clear 37

Adjusted ERA+ Frost 114

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All-Stars Box Score and Play-By-Play

Don Baylor (Starting LF)
Rod Carew
Mark Clear
Brian Downing
Bobby Grich
Nolan Ryan (Starting P)

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