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1993 California Angels
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionWest
BallparkAnaheim Stadium
CityAnaheim, California
OwnersGene Autry
General managersDan O'Brien Sr., Whitey Herzog
ManagersBuck Rodgers
TelevisionKTLA
Prime Ticket
(Ken Wilson, Ken Brett)
RadioKMPC
(Bob Starr, Billy Sample)
XPRS
(Ruben Valentin, Ulpiano Cos Villa)
← 1992 Seasons 1994 →

The 1993 California Angels season involved the Angels finishing fifth in the American League west with a record of 71 wins and 91 losses.

Offseason

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  • November 19, 1992: Torey Lovullo was signed as a free agent with the California Angels.[1]
  • November 19, 1992: Rob Ducey was released by the California Angels.[2]
  • December 6, 1992: Jim Abbott was traded by the California Angels to the New York Yankees for J. T. Snow, Jerry Nielsen, and Russ Springer.[3]
  • December 8, 1992: Kelly Gruber was traded by the Toronto Blue Jays with cash to the California Angels for Luis Sojo.[4]
  • December 11, 1992: Chili Davis signed as a free agent with the California Angels.[5]
  • January 29, 1993: Jerome Walton was signed as a free agent with the California Angels.[6]
  • February 11, 1993: Scott Sanderson was signed as a free agent with the California Angels.[7]

Regular season

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  • September 17, 1993: Greg Myers of the Angels was the final strikeout victim of Nolan Ryan.[8] It would be Ryan's 5,714th strikeout.

Season standings

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AL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago White Sox 94 68 .580 — 45‍–‍36 49‍–‍32
Texas Rangers 86 76 .531 8 50‍–‍31 36‍–‍45
Kansas City Royals 84 78 .519 10 43‍–‍38 41‍–‍40
Seattle Mariners 82 80 .506 12 46‍–‍35 36‍–‍45
California Angels 71 91 .438 23 44‍–‍37 27‍–‍54
Minnesota Twins 71 91 .438 23 36‍–‍45 35‍–‍46
Oakland Athletics 68 94 .420 26 38‍–‍43 30‍–‍51

Record vs. opponents

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1993 American League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore — 6–7 7–5 4–8 8–5 5–8 7–5 8–5 8–4 6–7 10–2 7–5 4–8 5–8
Boston 7–6 — 7–5 7–5 5–8 6–7 5–7 5–8 7–5 6–7 9–3 7–5 6–6 3–10
California 5–7 5–7 — 7–6 5–7 4–8 6–7 7–5 4–9 6–6 6–7 6–7 6–7 4–8
Chicago 8–4 5–7 6–7 — 9–3 7–5 6–7 9–3 10–3 4–8 7–6 9–4 8–5 6–6
Cleveland 5–8 8–5 7–5 3–9 — 6–7 7–5 8–5 4–8 6–7 8–4 3–9 7–5 4–9
Detroit 8–5 7–6 8–4 5–7 7–6 — 5–7 8–5 6–6 4–9 8–4 7–5 6–6 6–7
Kansas City 5–7 7–5 7–6 7–6 5–7 7–5 — 5–7 7–6 6–6 6–7 7–6 7–6 8–4
Milwaukee 5–8 8–5 5–7 3–9 5–8 5–8 7–5 — 7–5 4–9 7–5 4–8 4–8 5–8
Minnesota 4–8 5–7 9–4 3–10 8–4 6–6 6–7 5–7 — 4–8 8–5 4–9 7–6 2–10
New York 7–6 7–6 6–6 8–4 7–6 9–4 6–6 9–4 8–4 — 6–6 7–5 3–9 5–8
Oakland 2–10 3–9 7–6 6–7 4–8 4–8 7–6 5–7 5–8 6–6 — 9–4 5–8 5–7
Seattle 5–7 5–7 7–6 4–9 9–3 5–7 6–7 8–4 9–4 5–7 4–9 — 8–5 7–5
Texas 8–4 6–6 7–6 5–8 5–7 6–6 6–7 8–4 6–7 9–3 8–5 5–8 — 7–5
Toronto 8–5 10–3 8–4 6–6 9–4 7–6 4–8 8–5 10–2 8–5 7–5 5–7 5–7 —


Notable transactions

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  • June 3, 1993: Gary Gaetti was released by the California Angels.[9]
  • June 17, 1993: Doug Linton was selected off waivers by the California Angels from the Toronto Blue Jays.[10]
  • August 3, 1993: Scott Sanderson was selected off waivers by the San Francisco Giants from the California Angels.[7]
  • August 20, 1993: Jerome Walton was released by the California Angels.[6]
  • September 7, 1993: Kelly Gruber was released by the California Angels.[4]
  • September 14, 1993: Doug Linton was released by the California Angels.[10]

Roster

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1993 California Angels
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Game log

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Regular season

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1993 regular season game log: 71–91 (Home: 44–37; Away: 27–54)
April: 13–6 (Home: 10–3; Away: 3–3)
# Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
3 April 9 Tigers
4 April 10 Tigers
5 April 11 Tigers
— April 15 @ Brewers Postponed (Rain) (Makeup date: August 27)
8 April 16 @ Orioles
9 April 17 @ Orioles
10 April 18 @ Orioles
11 April 20 Indians
12 April 21 Indians
13 April 22 Indians
14 April 23 Red Sox
15 April 24 Red Sox
16 April 25 Red Sox
17 April 27 Yankees
18 April 28 Yankees
19 April 30 @ Red Sox
May: 14–15 (Home: 7–6; Away: 7–9)
# Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
20 May 1 @ Red Sox
21 May 2 @ Red Sox
22 May 3 @ Indians
23 May 4 @ Indians
24 May 5 @ Yankees
25 May 6 @ Yankees
29 May 10 Twins
30 May 11 Twins
31 May 12 Twins
32 May 14 Royals
33 May 15 Royals
34 May 16 Royals
35 May 17 5:05 p.m. PDT @ White Sox W 11–4 Sanderson (6–1) Stieb (1–2) – 3:23 21,346 20–15 W1
36 May 18 5:06 p.m. PDT @ White Sox L 4–7 Álvarez (5–0) Finley (3–4) Hernández (8) 3:07 22,878 20–16 L1
37 May 19 5:07 p.m. PDT @ White Sox W 2–0 Langston (4–1) McDowell (7–2) Grahe (5) 2:24 22,991 21–16 W1
38 May 21 @ Rangers
39 May 22 @ Rangers
40 May 23 @ Rangers
41 May 24 @ Mariners
42 May 25 @ Mariners
43 May 26 @ Mariners
44 May 27 @ Mariners
45 May 28 Orioles
46 May 29 Orioles
47 May 30 Orioles
48 May 31 Blue Jays
June: 10–17 (Home: 5–7; Away: 5–10)
# Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
49 June 1 Blue Jays
50 June 2 Blue Jays
51 June 4 @ Tigers
52 June 5 @ Tigers
53 June 6 @ Tigers
54 June 7 @ Blue Jays
55 June 8 @ Blue Jays
56 June 9 @ Blue Jays
57 June 11 Mariners
58 June 12 Mariners
59 June 13 Mariners
60 June 14 Rangers
61 June 15 Rangers
62 June 16 Rangers
63 June 17 Rangers
64 June 18 7:07 p.m. PDT White Sox W 9–8 Frey (1–0) Hernández (1–3) – 3:19 24,845 33–31 W1
65 June 19 7:05 p.m. PDT White Sox W 5–4 Langston (9–1) Ruffcorn (0–1) Frey (7) 2:58 34,545 34–31 W2
66 June 20 1:06 p.m. PDT White Sox L 6–11 Álvarez (7–2) Springer (0–1) – 3:02 34,187 34–32 L1
67 June 21 @ Royals
68 June 22 @ Royals
69 June 23 @ Royals
70 June 24 @ Royals
71 June 25 @ Twins
72 June 26 @ Twins
73 June 27 @ Twins
July: 11–17 (Home: 9–6; Away: 2–11)
# Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
77 July 2 Indians
78 July 3 Indians
79 July 4 Indians
80 July 5 Red Sox
81 July 6 Red Sox
82 July 7 Red Sox
83 July 8 Yankees
84 July 9 Yankees
85 July 10 Yankees
86 July 11 Yankees
64th All-Star Game in Baltimore, Maryland
87 July 15 @ Indians
88 July 16 @ Indians
89 July 17 @ Indians
90 July 18 @ Indians
91 July 19 @ Red Sox
92 July 20 @ Red Sox
93 July 21 @ Red Sox
94 July 22 @ Yankees
95 July 23 @ Yankees
96 July 24 @ Yankees
97 July 25 @ Yankees
102 July 30 Twins
103 July 31 Twins
August: 11–17 (Home: 4–8; Away: 7–9)
# Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
104 August 1 Twins
105 August 3 Royals
106 August 4 Royals
107 August 5 Royals
108 August 6 5:07 p.m. PDT @ White Sox W 7–3 Finley (13–8) Álvarez (8–7) Nelson (4) 3:04 32,856 51–57 W2
109 August 7 4:06 p.m. PDT @ White Sox L 4–6 McDowell (18–6) Farrell (2–9) Hernández (23) 2:38 42,535 51–58 L1
110 August 8 11:36 a.m. PDT @ White Sox W 2–1 Langston (12–5) Bere (5–4) Butcher (5) 2:45 38,581 52–58 W1
111 August 10 @ Rangers
112 August 11 @ Rangers
113 August 12 @ Rangers
114 August 13 @ Mariners
115 August 14 @ Mariners
116 August 15 @ Mariners
117 August 16 Tigers
118 August 17 Tigers
119 August 18 Tigers
124 August 24 @ Orioles
125 August 25 @ Orioles
126 August 26 @ Orioles
131 August 31 Orioles
September: 10–18 (Home: 8–7; Away: 2–11)
# Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
132 September 1 Orioles
133 September 2 Orioles
134 September 3 Blue Jays
135 September 4 Blue Jays
136 September 5 Blue Jays
137 September 7 @ Tigers
138 September 8 @ Tigers
139 September 9 @ Tigers
140 September 10 @ Blue Jays
141 September 11 @ Blue Jays
142 September 12 @ Blue Jays
143 September 13 Mariners
144 September 14 Mariners
145 September 15 Mariners
146 September 17 Rangers
147 September 18 Rangers
148 September 19 Rangers
149 September 20 7:06 p.m. PDT White Sox L 2–10 Bere (10–5) Leftwich (3–6) McCaskill (1) 3:20 15,836 67–82 L1
150 September 21 7:36 p.m. PDT White Sox W 8–0 Farrell (3–11) Fernandez (17–8) Frey (13) 2:37 18,723 68–82 W1
151 September 22 7:05 p.m. PDT White Sox L 0–1 Álvarez (14–8) Finley (15–13) Hernández (36) 2:53 19,461 68–83 L1
152 September 23 1:07 p.m. PDT White Sox L 1–7 McDowell (22–10) Langston (15–10) – 2:28 17,761 68–84 L2
153 September 24 @ Royals
154 September 25 @ Royals
155 September 26 @ Royals
156 September 27 @ Twins
157 September 28 @ Twins
158 September 29 @ Twins
159 September 30 @ Twins
October: 2–1 (Home: 0–0; Away: 2–1)
# Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement
Bold = Angels team member

Detailed records

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Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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 Greg Myers 108 290 74 .255 7 40
1B J.T. Snow 129 419 101 .241 16 57
2B Torey Lovullo 116 367 92 .251 6 30
SS Gary DiSarcina 126 416 99 .238 3 45
3B Rene Gonzales 117 335 84 .251 2 31
LF Luis Polonia 152 576 156 .271 1 32
CF Chad Curtis 152 583 166 .285 6 59
RF Tim Salmon 142 515 146 .283 31 95
DH Chili Davis 152 573 139 .243 27 112

Other batters

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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
Stan Javier 92 237 69 .291 3 28
Damion Easley 73 230 72 .313 2 22
Eduardo Pérez 52 180 45 .250 4 30
Rod Correia 64 128 34 .266 0 9
John Orton 37 95 18 .189 1 4
Ron Tingley 58 90 18 .200 0 12
Chris Turner 25 75 21 .280 1 13
Kelly Gruber 18 65 18 .277 3 9
Kurt Stillwell 22 61 16 .262 0 3
Jim Edmonds 18 61 15 .246 0 4
Gary Gaetti 20 50 9 .180 0 4
Ty Van Burkleo 12 33 5 .152 1 1
Jim Walewander 12 8 1 .125 0 3
Jerome Walton 5 2 0 .000 0 0
Larry Gonzales 2 2 1 .500 0 1

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Mark Langston 35 256.1 16 11 3.20 196
Chuck Finley 35 251.1 16 14 3.15 187
Scott Sanderson 21 135.1 7 11 4.46 66
John Farrell 21 90.2 3 12 7.35 35
Phil Leftwich 12 80.2 4 6 3.79 31
Hilly Hathaway 11 57.1 4 3 5.02 11
Joe Magrane 8 48.0 3 2 3.94 24
Mark Holzemer 5 23.1 0 3 8.87 10

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Russ Springer 14 60.0 1 6 7.20 31
Julio Valera 19 53.0 3 6 6.62 28
Scott Lewis 15 32.0 1 2 4.22 10
Brian Anderson 4 11.1 0 0 3.97 4
Relief pitchers
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Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Steve Frey 55 2 3 13 2.98 22
Ken Patterson 46 1 1 1 4.58 36
Gene Nelson 46 0 5 4 3.08 31
Joe Grahe 45 4 1 11 2.86 31
Mike Butcher 23 1 0 8 2.86 24
Doug Linton 19 2 0 0 7.71 19
Darryl Scott 16 1 2 0 5.85 13
Chuck Crim 11 2 2 0 5.87 10
Jerry Nielsen 10 0 0 0 8.03 8
Paul Swingle 9 0 1 0 8.38 6
Chili Davis 1 0 0 0 0.00 0
Rene Gonzales 1 0 0 0 0.00 0

Farm system

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See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Vancouver Canadians Pacific Coast League Mako Oliveras
AA Midland Angels Texas League Don Long
A Palm Springs Angels California League Mario Mendoza
A Cedar Rapids Kernels Midwest League Mitch Seoane
A-Short Season Boise Hawks Northwest League Tom Kotchman
Rookie AZL Angels Arizona League Bill Lachemann

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Boise[11]

References

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  1. ^ "Torey Lovullo Stats | Baseball-Reference.com".
  2. ^ "Rob Ducey: Career Statistics". Baseball Reference. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
  3. ^ Jim Abbott Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  4. ^ a b Kelly Gruber Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  5. ^ Chili Davis Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  6. ^ a b "Jerome Walton Stats | Baseball-Reference.com".
  7. ^ a b Scott Sanderson Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  8. ^ "The Nolan Ryan Express | The Strikeout King". smackbomb.com/nolanryan. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved July 19, 2008.
  9. ^ Gary Gaetti Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  10. ^ a b "Doug Linton Stats | Baseball-Reference.com".
  11. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997
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