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1987 California Angels season

Major League Baseball season

Field	Value
name	California Angels
season	1987
league	American League
division	West
ballpark	Anaheim Stadium
city	Anaheim, California
owners	Gene Autry
general_managers	Mike Port
managers	Gene Mauch
television	KTLA
(Joe Torre, Bob Starr, Joel Meyers)
radio	KMPC
(Ken Brett, Joel Meyers, Al Conin)
XPRS
(Ruben Valentin, Ulpiano Cos Villa)

(Joe Torre, Bob Starr, Joel Meyers) (Ken Brett, Joel Meyers, Al Conin) XPRS (Ruben Valentin, Ulpiano Cos Villa) |}}

The 1987 California Angels season was the 27th season of the California Angels franchise in the American League, the 22nd in Anaheim, and their 22nd season playing their home games at Anaheim Stadium. The Angels finished sixth in the American League west with a record of 75 wins and 87 losses.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

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

Draft picks

June 2, 1987: John Orton was drafted by the California Angels in the 1st round (25th pick) of the 1987 amateur draft.
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.

Roster

1987 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	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Bob Boone	128	389	94	.242	3	33
1B	Wally Joyner	149	564	161	.285	34	117
2B	Mark McLemore	138	433	102	.236	3	41
3B	Doug DeCinces	133	453	106	.234	16	63
SS	Dick Schofield	134	479	120	.251	9	46
LF	Jack Howell	138	449	110	.245	23	64
CF	Gary Pettis	133	394	82	.208	1	17
RF	Devon White	159	639	168	.263	24	87
DH	Brian Downing	155	567	154	.272	29	77

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
Ruppert Jones	85	192	47	.245	8	28
Bill Buckner	57	183	56	.306	3	32
George Hendrick	65	162	39	.241	5	25
Gus Polidor	63	137	36	.263	2	15
Johnny Ray	30	127	44	.346	0	15
Darrell Miller	53	108	26	.241	4	16
Mark Ryal	58	100	20	.200	5	18
Butch Wynegar	31	92	19	.207	0	5
Tony Armas	28	81	16	.198	3	9
Jack Fimple	13	10	2	.200	0	1
Jim Eppard	8	9	3	.333	0	0
Tack Wilson	7	2	1	.500	0	0

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
Mike Witt	36	297.0	16	14	4.01	192
Don Sutton	35	191.2	11	11	4.70	99
John Candelaria	20	116.2	8	6	4.71	74
Jerry Reuss	17	82.1	4	5	5.25	37
Kirk McCaskill	14	74.2	4	6	5.67	56

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
Willie Fraser	36	176.2	10	10	3.92	106
Jack Lazorko	26	117.2	5	6	4.59	55
Urbano Lugo	7	28.0	0	2	9.32	24

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
DeWayne Buice	57	6	7	17	3.39	109
Greg Minton	41	5	4	10	3.08	35
Gary Lucas	48	1	5	3	3.63	44
Chuck Finley	35	2	7	0	4.67	63
Mike Cook	16	1	2	0	5.50	27
Donnie Moore	14	2	2	5	2.70	17
Bryan Harvey	3	0	0	0	0.00	3
Miguel García	1	0	0	0	16.20	0

Farm system

References

1987 California Angels at Baseball Reference
1987 California Angels at Baseball Almanac

References

"Ron Romanick Stats".
"Doug DeCinces Stats".
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/e/epparji01.shtml Jim Eppard Statistics] Baseball-Reference.com
"Bob Boone Stats".
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/corbedo01.shtml Doug Corbett Statistics] Baseball-Reference.com
"Greg Minton Stats".
"Alan Mills Stats".
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bucknbi01.shtml Bill Buckner Statistics] Baseball-Reference.com
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/candejo01.shtml John Candelaria Statistics] Baseball-Reference.com
"John Orton Stats".
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/a/amaroru02.shtml Rubén Amaro Statistics] Baseball-Reference.com
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., ''The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball''. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

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