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1976 California Angels season

Major League Baseball season

Field	Value
name	California Angels
season	1976
league	American League
division	West
ballpark	Anaheim Stadium
city	Anaheim, California
owners	Gene Autry
general_managers	Harry Dalton
managers	Dick Williams, Norm Sherry
television	KTLA
radio	KMPC
(Dick Enberg, Dave Niehaus, Don Drysdale)

(Dick Enberg, Dave Niehaus, Don Drysdale) |}}

The 1976 California Angels season was the 16th season of the Angels franchise in the American League, the 11th in Anaheim, and their 11th season playing their home games at Anaheim Stadium. The Angels finished the season fourth in the American League West with a record of 76 wins and 86 losses.

After a concert by The Who in March, groundskeepers reported that more than 100 marijuana plants sprouted on the playing field of Anaheim Stadium.

Offseason

January 7, 1976: Ernie Camacho was drafted by the Angels in the 4th round of the secondary phase of the January 1976 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign.
March 3, 1976: John Balaz, Dick Sharon, and Dave Machemer were traded by the Angels to the Boston Red Sox for Dick Drago.

Regular season

July 20, 1976: Hank Aaron of the Milwaukee Brewers hit the 755th and final home run of his career off Angels pitcher Dick Drago.
August 31, 1976: Angels pitcher Nolan Ryan struck out Ron LeFlore of the Detroit Tigers for the 2000th strikeout of his career.
September 10, 1976: Nolan Ryan had 18 strikeouts in one game.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

May 17, 1976: Bobby Jones was selected off waivers by the Angels from the Texas Rangers.
June 6, 1976: Ed Herrmann was traded by the Angels to the Houston Astros for Terry Humphrey and Mike Barlow.

Draft picks

June 8, 1976: 1976 Major League Baseball draft
- Ken Landreaux was drafted by the Angels in the 1st round (6th pick).
- Danny Boone was drafted by the Angels in the 2nd round of the secondary phase, but did not sign.

Roster

1976 California Angels
Roster
Pitchers

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	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	103	247	56	.227	0	21
1B	63	215	58	.270	9	33
2B	143	502	132	.263	0	28
3B	127	410	93	.227	8	40
SS	142	438	95	.217	0	33
LF	146	466	120	.248	2	49
CF	120	264	54	.205	6	27
RF	99	378	100	.265	10	54
DH	72	219	58	.265	3	26

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
Dave Collins	99	365	96	.263	4	28
	118	341	71	.208	6	42
	83	268	76	.284	1	18
Dan Briggs	77	248	53	.214	1	14
Leroy Stanton	93	231	44	.190	2	25
Terry Humphrey	71	196	48	.245	1	19
	78	166	35	.211	6	17
Joe Lahoud	42	96	17	.177	0	4
Orlando Ramírez	30	70	14	.200	0	5
Mike Easler	21	54	13	.241	0	4
Adrian Garrett	29	48	6	.125	0	3
	29	46	8	.174	2	8
Orlando Álvarez	15	42	7	.167	2	8
Mike Miley	14	38	7	.184	0	4
	9	10	0	.000	0	0
Paul Dade	13	9	1	.111	0	1
Tim Nordbrook	5	8	0	.000	0	0
	13	8	3	.375	0	0
Ike Hampton	3	2	0	.000	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
Frank Tanana	34	288.1	19	10	2.43	261
	39	284.1	17	18	3.36	327
	34	225.0	8	16	3.00	100
	28	157.2	6	12	4.62	78

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
	37	166.0	7	4	2.77	51
Sid Monge	32	117.2	6	7	3.37	53
Andy Hassler	14	47.1	0	6	5.13	16

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
	43	7	8	6	4.42	43
	33	3	0	3	3.23	10
	21	0	2	4	3.38	23
	13	3	1	2	3.70	16
Mike Overy	5	0	2	0	6.14	8
	4	0	0	0	7.50	4
Gary Wheelock	2	0	0	0	27.00	2

Farm system

Notes

References

(April 19, 1986). "Some Goose Eggs Are on Anaheim Stadium Scoreboard".
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/camacer01.shtml Ernie Camacho] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/d/dragodi01.shtml Dick Drago] at ''Baseball-Reference''
(August 8, 2007). "Historic Home Runs". Time.
"The Nolan Ryan Express {{!}} The Strikeout King".
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/j/jonesbo02.shtml Bobby Jones] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/humphte01.shtml Terry Humphrey] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/l/landrke01.shtml Ken Landreaux] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/booneda02.shtml Danny Boone] at ''Baseball-Reference''

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