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1989 California Angels season

Major League Baseball season

Field	Value
name	California Angels
season	1989
league	American League
division	West
ballpark	Anaheim Stadium
city	Anaheim, California
owners	Gene Autry
general_managers	Mike Port
managers	Doug Rader
television	KTLA
(Joe Torre, Bob Starr)
Z Channel
(Joe Torre, Joel Meyers)
radio	KMPC
(Ken Brett, Al Conin)
XPRS
(Ruben Valentin, Ulpiano Cos Villa)

(Joe Torre, Bob Starr) Z Channel (Joe Torre, Joel Meyers) (Ken Brett, Al Conin) XPRS (Ruben Valentin, Ulpiano Cos Villa) |}} The 1989 California Angels season was the 29th season of the California Angels franchise in the American League, the 24th in Anaheim, and their 24th season playing their home games at Anaheim Stadium. The Angels finished third in the American League West with a record of 91 wins and 71 losses.

Offseason

November 3, 1988: Mike Cook, Paul Sorrento, and Rob Wassenaar (minors) were traded by the Angels to the Minnesota Twins for Bert Blyleven and Kevin Trudeau (minors).
January 11, 1989: Max Venable was signed as a free agent by the Angels.
March 9, 1989: DeWayne Buice was traded by the California Angels to the Toronto Blue Jays for Cliff Young.

Regular season

September 9, 1989: Devon White became the first member of the Angels to steal three bases in one inning against the Boston Red Sox.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

All-Star game

The 1989 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 60th playing of the midsummer classic between the all-stars of the American League (AL) and National League (NL), the two leagues comprising Major League Baseball. The game was held on July 11, 1989, at Anaheim Stadium in Anaheim, California, the home of the California Angels of the American League. The game resulted in the American League defeating the National League 5–3. The game is remembered for Bo Jackson's monstrous lead-off home run to center field.

Notable transactions

June 5, 1989: Chad Curtis was drafted by the California Angels in the 45th round of the 1989 amateur draft. Player signed June 11, 1989.

Roster

1989 California Angels
Roster
Pitchers

Player stats

	= Indicates team leader

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	Lance Parrish	124	433	103	.238	17	50
1B	Wally Joyner	159	593	167	.282	16	79
2B	Johnny Ray	134	530	153	.289	5	62
3B	Jack Howell	144	474	108	.228	20	52
SS	Dick Schofield	91	302	69	.228	4	26
LF	Chili Davis	154	560	152	.271	22	90
CF	Devon White	156	636	156	.245	12	56
RF	Claudell Washington	110	418	114	.273	13	42
DH	Brian Downing	142	544	154	.283	14	59

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
Kent Anderson	86	223	51	.229	0	17
Tony Armas	60	202	52	.257	11	30
Dante Bichette	48	138	29	.210	3	15
Bill Schroeder	41	138	28	.203	6	15
Glenn Hoffman	48	104	22	.212	1	3
Mark McLemore	32	103	25	.243	0	14
Max Venable	20	53	19	.358	0	4
John Orton	16	39	7	.179	0	4
Bobby Rose	14	38	8	.211	1	3
Jim Eppard	12	12	3	.250	0	2
Ron Tingley	4	3	1	.333	0	0
Brian Brady	2	2	1	.500	0	1
Gary Disarcina	2	0	0	----	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Bert Blyleven	33	241.0	17	5	2.73	131
Mike Witt	33	220.0	9	15	4.54	123
Kirk McCaskill	32	212.0	15	10	2.93	107
Chuck Finley	29	199.2	16	9	2.57	156
Jim Abbott	29	181.1	12	12	3.92	115

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
Dan Petry	19	51.0	3	2	5.47	21
Terry Lee Clark	4	11.0	0	2	4.91	7

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
Bryan Harvey	51	3	3	25	3.44	78
Greg Minton	62	4	3	8	2.20	42
Bob McClure	48	6	1	3	1.55	36
Willie Fraser	44	4	7	2	3.24	46
Rich Monteleone	24	2	2	0	3.18	27
Sherman Corbett	4	0	0	0	3.38	3
Mike Fetters	1	0	0	0	8.10	4
Vance Lovelace	1	0	0	0	0.00	1

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Chuck Finley, Pitcher, Reserve
Devon White, outfield, Reserve

Farm system

References

1989 California Angels at Baseball Reference
1989 California Angels at Baseball Almanac

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/blylebe01.shtml Bert Blyleven] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/v/venabma01.shtml Max Venable] at ''Baseball Reference''
"DeWayne Buice Stats".
"Chad Curtis Stats".
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., ''The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball''. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

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