1995 California Angels season

The 1995 California Angels season featured the Angels finishing in second place in the American League West with a record of 78 wins and 67 losses.

1995 California Angels
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
OwnersGene Autry
General managersBill Bavasi
ManagersMarcel Lachemann
Local televisionKTLA
Prime Sports West
(Ken Wilson, Ken Brett)
Local radioKMPC
(Bob Starr, Mario Impemba)
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The 1995 Angels went through statistically the worst late-season collapse in Major League Baseball history.[1] On August 16, they held a 10½-game lead over the Texas Rangers and an 11½-game lead over the Seattle Mariners, but suffered through a late season slump, including a nine-game losing streak from August 25 to September 3. They were still atop the division, leading Seattle by 6 games and Texas by 7½, when a second nine-game losing streak from September 13 to 23 dropped them out of first place. The Angels rebounded to win the last five scheduled games to tie Seattle for the division lead, forcing a one-game playoff to determine the division champion. Mariners ace Randy Johnson led his team to a 9–1 triumph over Angel hurler Mark Langston in the tiebreaker game, ending the Angels' season.[2][3] It was the closest the Angels would come to reaching the postseason between 1986 and 2002.

Offseason
  • December 6, 1994: Rex Hudler was signed as a free agent with the California Angels.[4]
  • December 14, 1994: Lee Smith was signed as a free agent with the California Angels.[5]

Regular season

Season standings
AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Seattle Mariners 7966 0.545 — 46–27 33–39
California Angels 7867 0.538 1 39–33 39–34
Texas Rangers 7470 0.514 4½ 41–31 33–39
Oakland Athletics 6777 0.465 11½ 38–34 29–43

Record vs. opponents
1995 American League record

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore —4–99–46–12–108–54–57–53–66–75–76–74–17–6
Boston 9–4—11–35–36–78–53–28–45–45–88–47–53–48–5
California 4–93–11—10–23–26–25–75–28–57–56–77–66–78–2
Chicago 1–63–52–10—5–88–48–56–710–33–2–17–54–95–76–5
Cleveland 10–27–62–38–5—10–311–19–49–46–67–05–46–310–3
Detroit 5–85–82–64–83–10—3–48–57–55–82–35–54–87–6
Kansas City 5–42–37–55–81–114–3—10–26–73–75–87–58–67–5
Milwaukee 5–74–82–57–64–95–82–10—9–45–67–23–25–77–5
Minnesota 6–34–55–83–104–95–77–64–9—3–45–74–85–81–4
New York 7–68–55–72–3–16–68–57–36–54–3—4–94–96–312–1
Oakland 7–54–87–65–70–73–28–52–77–59–4—7–65–83–7
Seattle 7–65–76–79–44–55–55–72–38–49–46–7—10–33–4
Texas 1–44–37–67–53–68–46–87–58–53–68–53–10—9–3
Toronto 6–75–82–85–63–106–75–75–74–11–127–34–33–9—

Notable transactions
  • April 13, 1995: Tony Phillips was traded by the Detroit Tigers to the California Angels for Chad Curtis.[6]
  • April 18, 1995: Scott Sanderson was signed as a free agent with the California Angels.[7]
  • April 18, 1995: Mike Bielecki was signed as a free agent with the California Angels.[8]
  • April 26, 1995: Ricky Jordan was signed as a free agent with the California Angels.[9]
  • June 1, 1995: Darin Erstad was drafted by the California Angels in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1995 amateur draft. Player signed July 26, 1995.[10]
  • July 9, 1995: Mark Sweeney was traded by the California Angels to the St. Louis Cardinals for John Habyan.[11]
  • July 27, 1995: Jim Abbott was traded by the Chicago White Sox with Tim Fortugno to the California Angels for McKay Christensen, John Snyder, Andrew Lorraine, and Bill Simas.[12]
  • August 24, 1995: Mike Aldrete was traded by the Oakland Athletics to the California Angels for Demond Smith (minors).[13]

Roster
1995 California Angels
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats
= Indicates team leader

Batting

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
CJorge Fábregas7322756.247122
1BJ. T. Snow143544157.28924102
2BDamion Easley11435777.216435
3BTony Phillips139525137.2612761
SSGary DiSarcina99362111.307541
LFGarret Anderson106374120.3211669
CFJim Edmonds141558162.29033107
RFTim Salmon143537177.33034105
DHChili Davis119424135.3182086

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
Greg Myers8527371.260938
Rex Hudler8422359.265627
Spike Owen8221850.229128
Andy Allanson358214.171310
Eduardo Pérez297112.16917
Carlos Martínez266111.18019
José Lind15437.16301
Mike Aldrete18246.25003
Rod Correia14215.23803
Orlando Palmeiro15207.35001
Dick Schofield12205.25002
Rene Gonzales30186.33313
Dave Gallagher11163.18800
Mark Dalesandro11101.10000
Chris Turner5101.10001
Kevin Flora210.00000


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
Chuck Finley32203.015124.21195
Mark Langston31200.11574.63142
Shawn Boskie20111.2775.6451
Brian Anderson1899.2685.8745
Jim Abbott1384.2544.1541
Scott Sanderson739.1134.1223

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
Mike Bielecki2275.1465.9745
Mike Harkey1261.1434.5528
Russ Springer1951.2126.1038
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
Lee Smith5205373.4743
Troy Percival623231.9594
Bob Patterson625203.0441
Mike James463013.8836
Mike Butcher406104.7329
John Habyan281204.1325
Mitch Williams201206.759
Mark Holzemer120105.405
Rich Monteleone91002.005
Ken Edenfield70004.266
Erik Bennett10000.000

Award winners

1995 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

  • Gary DiSarcina, shortstop, reserve
  • Jim Edmonds, outfield, reserve
  • Chuck Finley, pitcher, reserve[15]

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: Boise[16]

References
  1. "1995 California Angels Playoff Picture". coolstandings.com. October 2, 1995. Archived from the original on October 5, 2013. Retrieved October 2, 2013.
  2. Nightengale, Bob (October 2, 1995). "The Angels are too hardy in not being hardy enough". The Sporting News. Retrieved September 21, 2007.
  3. 1995 California Angels Archived June 14, 2008, at the Wayback Machine from Baseball-Reference.com
  4. "Rex Hudler Stats".
  5. Lee Smith Statistics – Baseball-Reference.com
  6. Tony Phillips Statistics – Baseball-Reference.com
  7. Scott Sanderson Statistics – Baseball-Reference.com
  8. "Mike Bielecki Stats".
  9. "Ricky Jordan Stats".
  10. Darin Erstad Statistics – Baseball-Reference.com
  11. "Mark Sweeney Stats".
  12. Jim Abbott Statistics – Baseball-Reference.com
  13. Mike Aldrete Statistics – Baseball-Reference.com
  14. "Hutch Award | Baseball Almanac".
  15. "1995 All-Star Game".
  16. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997
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