1996 California Angels season

The California Angels' 1996 season involved the Angels finishing 4th in the American League West with a record of 70 wins and 91 losses.

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 televisionKTLA
Prime Sports West
(Ken Wilson, Ken Brett)
Local radioKMPC
(Bob Starr, Mario Impemba)
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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)
April: 13–12 (Home: 9–2; Away: 4–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 2Brewers9–15WickanderFinley (0–1)—27,8360–1
2April 3Brewers3–2 (11)James (1–0)Lloyd—15,0241–1
3April 5White Sox7–6 (11)James (2–0)McCaskill—22,8122–1
4April 6White Sox4–8FernandezAbbott (0–1)—26,4472–2
5April 7White Sox6–5Finley (1–1)AlvarezPercival (1)16,9703–2
6April 9@ Blue Jays0–5HentgenLangston (0–1)—36,6163–3
7April 10@ Blue Jays2–1Holzemer (1–0)GuzmanPercival (2)25,4464–3
8April 11@ Blue Jays4–7HansonAbbott (0–2)Timlin25,5124–4
9April 12@ Tigers5–4Finley (2–1)LiraPercival (3)9,9215–4
10April 13@ Tigers5–9KeagleSanderson (0–1)—11,7195–5
11April 14@ Tigers4–5LewisJames (2–1)—12,0095–6
12April 15@ Mariners10–11CharltonEichhorn (0–1)—36,9605–7
13April 16@ Mariners3–5JohnsonAbbott (0–3)—25,4045–8
14April 17Blue Jays5–1Finley (3–1)Quantrill—15,3616–8
15April 18Blue Jays9–6James (3–1)WarePercival (4)25,0837–8
16April 19Tigers4–3Langston (1–1)Myers—32,6938–8
17April 20Tigers2–1Grimsley (1–0)KeaglePercival (5)25,6859–8
18April 21Tigers6–5Eichhorn (1–1)LewisPercival (6)36,73310–8
19April 22Tigers6–5James (4–1)ChristopherPercival (7)17,03911–8
20April 24@ Brewers4–3Boskie (1–0)McDonaldPercival (8)7,05112–8
21April 25@ Brewers5–6FettersJames (4–2)—6,70712–9
22April 27@ White Sox1–2FernandezAbbott (0–4)Hernandez18,13912–10
23April 28@ White Sox1–10BaldwinFinley (3–2)—15,57412–11
24April 29@ White Sox3–4AlvarezGrimsley (1–1)Hernandez12,54912–12
25April 30@ Athletics7–3Langston (2–1)Prieto—7,15413–12
May: 13–14 (Home: 9–8; Away: 4–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
26May 1@ Athletics6–4Boskie (2–0)Van PoppelPercival (9)6,72114–12
27May 2@ Athletics3–1Abbott (1–4)JohnsPercival (10)9,10215–12
28May 3Twins4–1Finley (4–2)RobertsonPercival (11)24,50516–12
29May 4Twins5–2Grimsley (2–1)Rodriguez—29,26417–12
30May 5Twins5–1Boskie (3–0)Hawkins—35,54118–12
31May 6Royals4–9BelcherLeftwich (0–1)Pichardo14,44718–13
32May 7Royals3–5ValeraAbbott (1–5)Montgomery14,65718–14
33May 8Royals1–3 (14)PichardoEichhorn (1–2)—16,21018–15
34May 9Royals2–8GubiczaGrimsley (2–2)—15,30218–16
35May 10Indians13–8Boskie (4–0)Lopez—23,52219–16
36May 11Indians5–6McDowellSanderson (0–2)Mesa32,10219–17
37May 12Indians1–4PoolePercival (0–1)Mesa22,76819–18
38May 14@ Red Sox3–4 (12)BelindaBoskie (4–1)—22,45019–19
39May 15@ Red Sox6–17MoyerGrimsley (2–3)—23,45519–20
40May 17@ Yankees5–8PettitteAbbott (1–6)Rivera19,08719–21
41May 18@ Yankees3–7RogersWilliams (0–1)Rivera22,82119–22
42May 19@ Yankees10–1Finley (5–2)Kamieniecki—37,32620–22
43May 20@ Orioles1–13WellsGrimsley (2–4)—43,49220–23
44May 21@ Orioles5–2Boskie (5–1)KrivdaPercival (12)39,97421–23
45May 22@ Orioles5–10HaynesAbbott (1–7)McDowell45,81721–24
46May 24Red Sox3–1Finley (6–2)SelePercival (13)19,55022–24
47May 25Red Sox3–10GordonWilliams (0–2)—23,97222–25
48May 26Red Sox12–2Boskie (6–1)Eshelman—23,82823–25
49May 27Yankees5–16PettitteAbbott (1–8)—20,92623–26
50May 28Yankees1–0Grimsley (3–4)Rogers—17,28424–26
51May 29Yankees4–0Finley (7–2)Mendoza—19,24625–26
52May 31Orioles10–3Langston (3–1)Wells—21,60326–26
June: 15–14 (Home: 8–5; Away: 7–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
53June 1Orioles8–3Boskie (7–1)Haynes—35,35027–26
54June 2Orioles1–14EricksonAbbott (1–9)—33,70427–27
55June 3@ Twins3–9TrombleyFinley (7–3)—10,58927–28
56June 4@ Twins3–5RodriguezGrimsley (3–5)Guardado10,89927–29
57June 5@ Twins3–14AldredLangston (3–2)Hansell10,63927–30
58June 7@ Indians3–4McDowellBoskie (7–2)Mesa42,26027–31
59June 8@ Indians0–5HershiserFinley (7–4)—42,26727–32
60June 9@ Indians8–6 (13)Hancock (1–0)Tavarez—42,23728–32
61June 10@ Royals7–5 (10)McElroy (1–0)PughPercival (14)15,69129–32
62June 11@ Royals11–9McElroy (2–0)ValeraPercival (15)16,68730–32
63June 12@ Royals4–3 (10)McElroy (3–0)MontgomeryPercival (16)15,42831–32
64June 13Blue Jays6–4Finley (8–4)GuzmanJames (1)20,52832–32
65June 14Blue Jays7–4Grimsley (4–5)HansonPercival (17)18,50333–32
66June 15Blue Jays7–5Langston (4–2)CrabtreePercival (18)40,35234–32
67June 16Blue Jays4–6QuantrillAbbott (1–10)Timlin22,97934–33
68June 17White Sox9–8 (13)Hancock (2–0)McCaskill—17,83635–33
69June 18White Sox5–4Finley (9–4)SimasPercival (19)19,21336–33
70June 19White Sox14–2McElroy (4–0)Alvarez—22,96037–33
71June 20@ Brewers10–3Langston (5–2)Givens—16,03438–33
72June 21@ Brewers5–10McDonaldAbbott (1–11)—16,27438–34
73June 22@ Brewers6–4Boskie (8–2)MirandaPercival (20)35,46439–34
74June 23@ Brewers4–8GarciaFinley (9–5)—17,05139–35
75June 24@ White Sox2–4AlvarezJames (4–3)Hernandez—39–36
76June 24@ White Sox6–4Hancock (3–0)SirotkaPercival (21)24,46940–36
77June 25@ White Sox2–3TapaniLangston (5–3)Hernandez23,27040–37
78June 27Athletics2–18JohnsBoskie (8–3)—23,50340–38
79June 28Athletics3–6ChouinardFinley (9–6)—32,38040–39
80June 29Athletics9–11GroomMonteleone (0–1)—26,56540–40
81June 30Athletics1–0Hancock (4–0)WasdinPercival (22)19,28441–40
July: 10–16 (Home: 7–6; Away: 3–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
82July 1Rangers6–8GrossLangston (5–4)Henneman19,75441–41
83July 2Rangers6–5James (5–3)Henneman—19,05542–41
84July 3Rangers1–8PavlikFinley (9–7)—45,97942–42
85July 4@ Athletics7–8 (11)TaylorMonteleone (0–2)—14,14442–43
86July 5@ Athletics8–16WasdinHancock (4–1)—36,12942–44
87July 6@ Athletics5–6 (10)TaylorJames (5–4)—14,29442–45
88July 7@ Athletics9–4Boskie (9–3)Johns—16,52643–45
89July 11@ Mariners4–5 (12)CarmonaMonteleone (0–3)—25,94943–46
90July 12@ Mariners6–7 (10)AyalaMcElroy (4–1)—29,61843–47
91July 13@ Mariners6–4Boskie (10–3)AyalaPercival (23)37,79244–47
92July 14@ Mariners0–8WellsGrimsley (4–6)—33,24344–48
93July 15@ Rangers10–7Schmidt (1–0)BrandenburgPercival (24)45,65545–48
94July 16@ Rangers2–6OliverAbbott (1–12)Russell34,68045–49
95July 17@ Rangers3–7HillFinley (9–8)—44,22045–50
96July 18Mariners3–15MeachamBoskie (10–4)—22,78045–51
97July 19Mariners9–4Grimsley (5–6)Wells—23,33246–51
98July 20Mariners5–4Schmidt (2–0)CharltonPercival (25)31,75947–51
99July 21Mariners2–6HitchcockAbbott (1–13)—22,08847–52
100July 22Tigers1–0Finley (10–8)OlivaresPercival (26)16,33648–52
101July 23Tigers3–8LimaJames (5–5)—16,43248–53
102July 25Brewers5–4Holtz (1–0)Lloyd—16,84149–53
103July 26Brewers6–5Springer (1–0)D'AmicoPercival (27)18,18950–53
104July 27Brewers7–0Finley (11–8)McDonald—17,49751–53
105July 28Brewers3–4 (13)MirandaHoltz (1–1)Garcia25,53951–54
106July 30@ Tigers9–12NitkowskiGrimsley (5–7)—11,64151–55
107July 31@ Tigers5–10LimaHoltz (1–2)—9,74051–56
August: 11–18 (Home: 4–11; Away: 7–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
108August 1@ Tigers5–13WilliamsBoskie (10–5)—14,59151–57
109August 2@ Blue Jays2–9HentgenFinley (11–9)—30,26151–58
110August 3@ Blue Jays11–6Langston (6–4)Castillo—32,13952–58
111August 4@ Blue Jays1–7FlenerAbbott (1–14)—30,25352–59
112August 6Twins1–4RadkeSpringer (1–1)Guardado20,05852–60
113August 7Twins0–4RobertsonFinley (11–10)—18,61152–61
114August 8Twins5–13AguileraBoskie (10–6)—21,28352–62
115August 9Royals3–5RosadoLangston (6–5)Montgomery35,97752–63
116August 10Royals3–18HaneyAbbott (1–15)—21,65752–64
117August 11Royals6–5Springer (2–1)Belcher—18,59153–64
118August 12Indians4–5HershiserFinley (11–11)Mesa19,49953–65
119August 13Indians4–2Boskie (11–6)OgeaPercival (28)19,56954–65
120August 14Indians8–7Gohr (1–0)McDowellPercival (29)23,88755–65
121August 16@ Red Sox6–3Springer (3–1)WakefieldPercival (30)30,69356–65
122August 17@ Red Sox0–6ClemensFinley (11–12)—32,49756–66
123August 18@ Red Sox4–3Holtz (2–2)BrandenburgPercival (31)25,22457–66
124August 19@ Red Sox9–10LacyGohr (1–1)Slocumb25,77957–67
125August 20@ Yankees6–17BoehringerSpringer (3–2)—20,79557–68
126August 21@ Yankees7–1Dickson (1–0)KeyPercival (32)27,81158–68
127August 22@ Yankees12–3Finley (12–12)Rogers—27,19159–68
128August 23@ Orioles2–0Boskie (12–6)WellsPercival (33)47,29160–68
129August 24@ Orioles4–5MussinaAbbott (1–16)Myers46,48760–69
130August 25@ Orioles13–0Springer (4–2)Erickson—47,23961–69
131August 26Red Sox1–4WakefieldDickson (1–1)—16,88661–70
132August 27Red Sox1–2ClemensFinley (12–13)Slocumb19,94761–71
133August 28Red Sox4–7GordonBoskie (12–7)—20,89461–72
134August 29Yankees14–3Holtz (3–2)Whitehurst—19,75562–72
135August 30Yankees2–6PettitteSpringer (4–3)—27,08462–73
136August 31Yankees3–14KeyDickson (1–2)—28,74962–74
September: 8–17 (Home: 6–6; Away: 2–11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
137September 1Yankees4–0Finley (13–13)Rogers—19,38463–74
138September 2Orioles8–12MussinaBoskie (12–8)—20,28763–75
139September 3Orioles10–2Harris (1–0)Coppinger—15,92464–75
140September 4Orioles2–4EricksonSpringer (4–4)Myers18,20464–76
141September 6@ Twins2–6RadkeFinley (13–14)—13,00664–77
142September 7@ Twins3–6StevensBoskie (12–9)Trombley51,01164–78
143September 8@ Twins4–2Abbott (2–16)RodriguezPercival (34)14,37865–78
144September 9@ Indians3–4ShueyHoltz (3–3)Mesa42,20865–79
145September 10@ Indians5–7AssenmacherPercival (0–2)—42,18165–80
146September 11@ Indians0–2McDowellFinley (13–15)Mesa42,26465–81
147September 12@ Indians2–11AndersonBoskie (12–10)—42,24465–82
148September 13@ Royals2–8BelcherAbbott (2–17)—13,08365–83
149September 14@ Royals5–8AppierDickson (1–3)—17,17465–84
150September 17Athletics1–5PrietoSpringer (4–5)—17,82765–85
151September 18Athletics3–1Finley (14–15)AdamsPercival (35)18,21366–85
152September 20Rangers6–5 (10)McElroy (5–1)Stanton—18,86067–85
153September 21Rangers1–7BurkettAbbott (2–18)—24,10467–86
154September 22Rangers1–4HillDickson (1–4)—17,52267–87
155September 23Mariners4–3Finley (15–15)HitchcockPercival (36)16,21268–87
156September 24Mariners11–6Springer (5–5)Wells—18,89169–87
157September 25Mariners2–11TorresBoskie (12–11)—17,16069–88
158September 26@ Rangers5–6BurkettAbbott (2–19)Henneman33,89569–89
159September 27@ Rangers4–3 (15)Harris (2–0)WhitesideGohr (1)46,76470–89
160September 28@ Rangers3–4OliverFinley (15–16)Heredia45,65170–90
161September 29@ Rangers3–4WittSpringer (5–6)—45,43470–91
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

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

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
See also: Minor League Baseball
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. "Randy Velarde Stats".
  3. Mike Aldrete Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  4. Scott Sanderson Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  5. "Todd Frohwirth Stats".
  6. Jim Abbott Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  7. "Mark Eichhorn: Career Statistics". Baseball Reference. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
  8. "Ricky Jordan Stats".
  9. Lee Smith Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  10. Vince Coleman Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  11. "Robert Eenhoorn Stats".
  12. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997
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