1987 California Angels season

1987 California Angels
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1961)
West Division (since 1969)
Location
Anaheim Stadium (since 1966)
Anaheim, California (since 1966)
Other information
Owner(s)	Gene Autry
General manager(s)	Mike Port
Manager(s)	Gene Mauch
Local television	KTLA (Joe Torre, Bob Starr, Joel Meyers)
Local radio	KMPC (Ken Brett, Joel Meyers, Al Conin) XPRS (Ruben Valentin, Ulpiano Cos Villa)
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The California Angels 1987 season involved the Angels finishing 6th in the American League west with a record of 75 wins and 87 losses.

Regular season

Season standings

AL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Minnesota Twins	85	77	0.525	—	56–25	29–52
Kansas City Royals	83	79	0.512	2	46–35	37–44
Oakland Athletics	81	81	0.500	4	42–39	39–42
Seattle Mariners	78	84	0.481	7	40–41	38–43
Chicago White Sox	77	85	0.475	8	38–43	39–42
Texas Rangers	75	87	0.463	10	43–38	32–49
California Angels	75	87	0.463	10	38–43	37–44

Record vs. opponents

1987 American League Records Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIL	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TEX	TOR
Baltimore	—	1–12	9–3	8–4	7–6	4–9	9–3	2–11	5–7	3–10	7–5	4–8	7–5	1–12
Boston	12–1	—	4–8	3–9	7–6	2–11	6–6	6–7	7–5	7–6	4–8	7–5	7–5	6–7
California	3–9	8–4	—	8–5	7–5	3–9	5–8	7–5	8–5	3–9	6–7	7–6	5–8	5–7
Chicago	4–8	9–3	5–8	—	7–5	3–9	6–7	6–6	6–7	5–7	9–4	6–7	7–6	4–8
Cleveland	6–7	6–7	5–7	5–7	—	4–9	6–6	4–9	3–9	6–7	4–8	5–7	2–10	5–8
Detroit	9–4	11–2	9–3	9–3	9–4	—	5–7	6–7	8–4	5–8	5–7	7–5	8–4	7–6
Kansas City	3–9	6–6	8–5	7–6	6–6	7–5	—	4–8	8–5	5–7	5–8	9–4	7–6	8–4
Milwaukee	11–2	7–6	5–7	6–6	9–4	7–6	8–4	—	3–9	7–6	6–6	4–8	9–3	9–4
Minnesota	7–5	5–7	5–8	7–6	9–3	4–8	5–8	9–3	—	6–6	10–3	9–4	6–7	3–9
New York	10–3	6–7	9–3	7–5	7–6	8–5	7–5	6–7	6–6	—	5–7	7–5	5–7	6–7
Oakland	5–7	8–4	7–6	4–9	8–4	7–5	8–5	6–6	3–10	7–5	—	5–8	6–7	7–5
Seattle	8–4	5–7	6–7	7–6	7–5	5–7	4–9	8–4	4–9	5–7	8–5	—	9–4	2–10
Texas	5–7	5–7	8–5	6–7	10–2	4–8	6–7	3–9	7–6	7–5	7–6	4–9	—	3–9
Toronto	12–1	7–6	7–5	8–4	8–5	6–7	4–8	4–9	9–3	7–6	5–7	10–2	9–3	—

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.^[1]
January 8, 1987: Doug DeCinces was signed as a Free Agent with the California Angels.^[2]
January 22, 1987: Jim Eppard was purchased by the California Angels from the Oakland Athletics.^[3]
May 1, 1987: Bob Boone was signed as a Free Agent with the California Angels.^[4]
May 19, 1987: Doug Corbett was signed as a Free Agent with the California Angels.^[5]
June 1, 1987: Greg Minton was signed as a Free Agent with the California Angels.^[6]
June 19, 1987: Doug Corbett was released by the California Angels.^[5]
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.^[7]
July 28, 1987: Bill Buckner signed as a Free Agent with the California Angels.^[8]
September 15, 1987: John Candelaria was traded by the California Angels to the New York Mets for Jeff Richardson and Shane Young (minors).^[9]

Draft Picks

June 2, 1987: John Orton was drafted by the California Angels in the 1st round (25th pick) of the 1987 amateur draft.^[10]
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.^[11]

Roster

1987 California Angels

Roster

Pitchers

41 DeWayne Buice

45 John Candelaria

46 Mike Cook

31 Chuck Finley

27 Willie Fraser

34 Miguel García

34 Bryan Harvey

17 Jack Lazorko

36 Gary Lucas

18 Urbano Lugo

15 Kirk McCaskill

38 Greg Minton

37 Donnie Moore

44 Jerry Reuss

20 Don Sutton

39 Mike Witt

Catchers

8 Bob Boone

13,58 Jack Fimple

32 Darrell Miller

35 Butch Wynegar

Infielders

6 Bill Buckner

11 Doug DeCinces

21 Wally Joyner

28 Mark McLemore

14 Gus Polidor

3 Johnny Ray

22 Dick Schofield

Outfielders

10 Tony Armas

5 Brian Downing

12 Jim Eppard

25 George Hendrick

16 Jack Howell

9 Ruppert Jones

24 Gary Pettis

6,7 Mark Ryal

30 Devon White

2 Tack Wilson

Manager

3 Gene Mauch

Coaches

49 Bob Clear

1 Bobby Knoop

53 Marcel Lachemann

50 Jimmie Reese

47 Moose Stubing

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: 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

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Edmonton Trappers	Pacific Coast League	Tom Kotchman
AA	Midland Angels	Texas League	Mako Oliveras
A	Palm Springs Angels	California League	Bill Lachemann
A	Quad Cities Angels	Midwest League	Eddie Rodríguez
A-Short Season	Salem Angels	Northwest League	Chris Smith

References

↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/romanro01.shtml
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/d/decindo01.shtml
↑ Jim Eppard Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/boonebo01.shtml
1 2 Doug Corbett Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mintogr01.shtml
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/millsal01.shtml
↑ Bill Buckner Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
↑ John Candelaria Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/o/ortonjo01.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

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

Preceded by 1986	California Angels seasons 1987	Succeeded by 1988

1987 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston Cleveland Detroit Milwaukee New York Toronto

AL West	California Chicago Kansas City Minnesota Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Chicago Montréal New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Atlanta Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

1987 All-Star Game 1987 World Series

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

Formerly the Los Angeles Angels, the California Angels, and the Anaheim Angels
Based in Anaheim, California (Greater Los Angeles)

Franchise

Ballparks

Spring training: Angels Stadium; Tempe Diablo Stadium

Culture and lore

Rivalries

Los Angeles Dodgers

Minors

AAA: Salt Lake Bees
AA: Mobile BayBears
A Adv.: Inland Empire 66ers
A: Burlington Bees
Rookie Adv.: Orem Owlz
Rookie: AZL Angels; DSL Angels

Key personnel

Owner: Arte Moreno
General Manager: Billy Eppler
Manager: Mike Scioscia

World Series
championships (1)

2002

American League
pennants (1)

2002

Division titles

West: 1979; 1982; 1986; 2004; 2005; 2007; 2008; 2009; 2014

Wild Card berths

2002

Broadcasting

Seasons (55)

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