1996 California Angels season

1996 California Angels
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s) Gene Autry
General manager(s) Bill Bavasi
Manager(s) Marcel Lachemann, John McNamara, and Joe Maddon
Local television KTLA
Prime Sports West
(Ken Wilson, Ken Brett)
Local radio KMPC
(Bob Starr, Mario Impemba)
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The California Angels' 1996 season involved the Angels finishing 4th in the American League West with a record of 70 wins and 91 losses.

The season was notable for being the final season the franchise bore the "California Angels" moniker, as the team name was changed to "Anaheim Angels" the following season.

The Angels used 29 different pitchers during the season, the most of any MLB team in 1996.[1]

Offseason

  • November 21, 1995: Randy Velarde was signed as a Free Agent with the California Angels.[2]
  • December 6, 1995: Mike Aldrete signed as a Free Agent with the California Angels.[3]
  • December 7, 1995: Scott Sanderson was signed as a Free Agent with the California Angels.[4]
  • December 18, 1995: Todd Frohwirth was signed as a Free Agent with the California Angels.[5]
  • January 9, 1996: Jim Abbott signed as a Free Agent with the California Angels.[6]
  • February 6, 1996: Mark Eichhorn was signed as a Free Agent with the California Angels. [7]
  • March 25, 1996: Ricky Jordan was purchased by the Seattle Mariners from the California Angels.[8]

Regular season

Season standings

AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Texas Rangers 9072 0.556 — 50–31 40–41
Seattle Mariners 8576 0.528 4½ 43–38 42–38
Oakland Athletics 7884 0.481 12 40–41 38–43
California Angels 7091 0.435 19½ 43–38 27–53

Record vs. opponents

1996 American League Records

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore —7–66–64–85–711–29–39–37–53–109–47–53–10–18–5
Boston 6–7—8–46–61–1112–13–97–56–67–68–57–66–68–5
California 6–64–8—6–64–96–64–87–54–87–66–75–84–97–5
Chicago 8–46–66–6—5–810–37–66–76–76–75–75–78–47–5
Cleveland 7–511–19–48–5—12–07–67–610–33–96–68–44–87–5
Detroit 2–111–126–63–100–12—6–64–86–65–84–86–64–96–7
Kansas City 3–99–38–46–76–76–6—4–96–74–85–77–56–65–8
Milwaukee 3–95–75–77–66–78–49–4—9–46–67–54–96–75–7
Minnesota 5–76–68–47–63–106–67–64–9—5–76–76–67–58–5
New York 10–36–76–77–69–38–58–46–67–5—9–33–95–78–5
Oakland 4–95–87–67–56–68–47–55–77–63–9—8–57–64–8
Seattle 5–76–78–57–54–86–65–79–46–69–35–8—10–35–7
Texas 10–3–16–69–44–88–49–46–67–65–77–56–73–10—10–2
Toronto 5–85–85–75–75–77–68–57–55–85–88–47–52–10—

Game log

1996 Game Log: 70–91 (Home: 43–38; Away: 27–53)
Legend:           = Win           = Loss
Bold = Angels team member

Detailed records

Notable transactions

  • May 16, 1996: Scott Sanderson was released by the California Angels.[4]
  • May 27, 1996: Lee Smith was traded by the California Angels to the Cincinnati Reds for Chuck McElroy.[9]
  • June 30, 1996: Vince Coleman signed as a Free Agent with the California Angels.[10]

September 6, 1996: Robert Eenhoorn was selected off waivers by the California Angels from the New York Yankees.[11]

Roster

1996 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

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

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO

Other pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO

Relief pitchers

Player G W L SV ERA SO

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Vancouver Canadians Pacific Coast League Don Long
AA Midland Angels Texas League Mario Mendoza
A Lake Elsinore Storm California League Mitch Seoane
A Cedar Rapids Kernels Midwest League Tom Lawless
A-Short Season Boise Hawks Northwest League Tom Kotchman
Rookie AZL Angels Arizona League Bruce Hines

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Lake Elsinore[12]

References

  1. ↑ "1996 MLB Standard Pitching". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 8, 2018.
  2. ↑ https://www.baseball-reference.com/v/velarra01.shtml
  3. ↑ Mike Aldrete Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  4. 1 2 Scott Sanderson Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  5. ↑ https://www.baseball-reference.com/f/frohwto01.shtml
  6. ↑ Jim Abbott Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  7. ↑ "Mark Eichhorn: Career Statistics". Baseball Reference. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  8. ↑ https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/jordari02.shtml
  9. ↑ Lee Smith Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  10. ↑ Vince Coleman Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  11. ↑ https://www.baseball-reference.com/e/eenhoro01.shtml
  12. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997
Preceded by
1995		 California Angels seasons
1996		 Succeeded by
1997
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