1979 California Angels season

1979 California Angels
1979 AL West Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s) Gene Autry
General manager(s) Buzzie Bavasi
Manager(s) Jim Fregosi
Local television KTLA
(Don Drysdale, Ron Fairly)
Local radio KMPC
(Don Drysdale, Al Wisk)
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The 1979 California Angels season involved the Angels finishing first in the American League West with a record of 88 wins and 74 losses. They went on to lose to the Baltimore Orioles in the 1979 American League Championship Series, three games to one.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
California Angels 8874 0.543 — 49–32 39–42
Kansas City Royals 8577 0.525 3 46–35 39–42
Texas Rangers 8379 0.512 5 44–37 39–42
Minnesota Twins 8280 0.506 6 39–42 43–38
Chicago White Sox 7387 0.456 14 33–46 40–41
Seattle Mariners 6795 0.414 21 36–45 31–50
Oakland Athletics 54108 0.333 34 31–50 23–58

Record vs. opponents

1979 American League Records

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore —8–59–38–38–57–66–68–58–45–68–410–26–611–2
Boston 5–8—5–75–66–78–58–48–49–35–89–38–46–69–4
California 3–97–5—9–46–64–87–67–59–47–510–37–65–87–5
Chicago 3–86–54–9—6–63–95–85–75–84–89–45–811–27–5
Cleveland 5–87–66–66–6—6–66–64–98–45–88–47–55–78–5
Detroit 6–75–88–49–36–6—5–76–74–87–67–57–56–69–4
Kansas City 6–64–86–78–56–67–5—5–77–65–79–47–66–79–3
Milwaukee 5–84–85–77–59–47–67–5—8–49–46–69–39–310–3
Minnesota 4–83–94–98–54–88–46–74–8—7–59–410–34–911–1
New York 6–58–55–78–48–56–77–54–95–7—9–36–68–49–4
Oakland 4–83–93–104–94–85–74–96–64–93–9—8–52–114–8
Seattle 2–104–86–78–55–75–76–73–93–106–65–8—6–78–4
Texas 6–66–68–52–117–56–67–63–99–44–811–27–6—7–5
Toronto 2–114–95–75–75–84–93–93–101–114–98–44–85–7—

Notable transactions

Roster

1979 California Angels
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

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
CBrian Downing148509166.3261275
1BRod Carew110409130.318344
2BBobby Grich153534157.29430101
3BCarney Lansford157654188.2871979
SSBert Campaneris8523956.234015
LFDon Baylor162628186.29636139
CFRick Miller120427125.293228
RFDan Ford142569165.29021101
DHWillie Aikens116379106.2802181

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 Rudi9033080.2421161
Jim Anderson9623458.248323
Larry Harlow6215937.233014
Tom Donohue 3810724.224314
Merv Rettenmund357620.263110
Rance Mulliniks226810.14718
Willie Davis435614.25002
Dickie Thon355619.33908
Bobby Clark195416.29615
Ralph Garr6243.12500
Terry Humphrey9171.05900
Orlando Ramírez13120.00000
Ike Hampton452.40000
Brian Harper120.00000
John Harris120.00000

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
Nolan Ryan3422316143.60223
Dave Frost3623916103.57107
Don Aase37185.19104.8196
Jim Barr3619710124.2069
Chris Knapp2098555.5136
Frank Tanana1790.1753.8946

Other pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Steve Eddy732.1114.737

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
Dave LaRoche53711105.5759
Mark Clear52115143.6398
Mike Barlow351105.1333
Dyar Miller141003.3116
John Montague142065.096
Ralph Botting122008.8022
Bob Ferris20001.502
Dave Schuler100010.800

ALCS

The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Angels, three games to one.

GameScoreDateLocationAttendance
1California – 3, Baltimore – 6October 3Memorial Stadium52,787
2California – 8, Baltimore – 9October 4Memorial Stadium52,108
3Baltimore – 3, California – 4October 5Anaheim Stadium43,199
4Baltimore – 8, California – 0October 6Anaheim Stadium43,199

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
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

  1. ↑ Dan Ford at Baseball-Reference
  2. ↑ Al Newman at Baseball-Reference
  3. ↑ Otis Nixon at Baseball-Reference
  4. ↑ Bobby Jones at Baseball-Reference
  5. ↑ Rod Carew at Baseball-Reference
  6. ↑ Willie Davis at Baseball-Reference
  7. ↑ Curt Brown at Baseball-Reference
  8. ↑ Bert Campaneris at Baseball-Reference
  9. ↑ Terry Humphrey at Baseball-Reference

References

  • Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
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