1988 California Angels
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionWest
BallparkAnaheim Stadium
CityAnaheim, California
OwnersGene Autry
General managersMike Port
ManagersCookie Rojas, Moose Stubing
TelevisionKTLA
(Joe Torre, Bob Starr)
Z Channel
(Joe Torre, Joel Meyers)
RadioKMPC
(Ken Brett, Al Conin)
XPRS
(Ruben Valentin, Ulpiano Cos Villa)
Seasons

The 1988 California Angels season involved the Angels finishing fourth in the American League West with a record of 75 wins and 87 losses. The Angels closed out the year by losing twelve games in a row, longest in team history; when they lost on Opening Day the next year, it unofficially served as a thirteen-game streak. This record was broken 34 years later.[1]

Offseason

  • September 23, 1987: Doug DeCinces was released by the California Angels.[2]
  • October 30, 1987: Don Sutton was released by the California Angels.[3]
  • December 1, 1987: Chili Davis signed as a free agent with the California Angels.[4]
  • December 3, 1987: Greg Minton was signed as a free agent with the California Angels.[5]

Regular season

Opening Day starters

Season standings

AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Oakland Athletics 10458 0.642 — 54–27 50–31
Minnesota Twins 9171 0.562 13 47–34 44–37
Kansas City Royals 8477 0.522 19½ 44–36 40–41
California Angels 7587 0.463 29 35–46 40–41
Chicago White Sox 7190 0.441 32½ 40–41 31–49
Texas Rangers 7091 0.435 33½ 38–43 32–48
Seattle Mariners 6893 0.422 35½ 37–44 31–49

Record vs. opponents

1988 American League record

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore —4–95–74–74–95–80–124–93–93–104–87–56–65–8
Boston 9–4—8–47–58–56–76–610–37–59–43–96–68–42–11
California 7–54–8—9–48–45–75–83–94–96–64–96–78–56–6
Chicago 7–45–74–9—3–93–97–66–64–93–95–89–48–57–5
Cleveland 9–45–84–89–3—4–96–69–45–76–74–85–76–66–7
Detroit 8–57–67–59–39–4—8–45–81–118–54–89–38–45–8
Kansas City 12–06–68–56–76–64–8—3–97–66–68–57–57–64–8
Milwaukee 9–43–109–36–64–98–59–3—7–56–73–98–48–47–6
Minnesota 9–35–79–49–47–511–16–75–7—3–95–88–57–67–5
New York 10–34–96–69–37–65–86–67–69–3—6–65–75–66–7
Oakland 8–49–39–48–58–48–45–89–38–56–6—9–48–59–3
Seattle 5–76–67–64–97–53–95–74–85–87–54–9—6–75–7
Texas 6–64–85–85–86–64–86–74–86–76–55–87–6—6–6
Toronto 8–511–26–65–77–68–58–46–75–77–63–97–56–6—

Notable Transactions

  • May 9, 1988: Bill Buckner was released by the California Angels.[7]
  • June 1, 1988: Jim Abbott was drafted by the California Angels in the 1st round (8th pick) of the 1988 amateur draft. Player signed August 3, 1988.[8]

Roster

1988 California Angels
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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
CBob Boone122352104.295539
1BWally Joyner158597176.2951385
2BJohnny Ray153602184.306683
SSDick Schofield158527126.239634
3BJack Howell154500127.2541663
LFTony Armas120368100.2721349
CFDevon White122455118.2591151
RFChili Davis158600161.2682193
DHBrian Downing135484117.2422564

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
Mark McLemore7723356.240216
Darrell Miller7014031.22127
George Hendrick6912731.244319
Jim Eppard5611332.283014
Gus Polidor548112.14804
Chico Walker337812.15402
Thad Bosley357521.28007
Butch Wynegar275514.25518
Mike Brown185011.22003
Dante Bichette214612.26108
Bill Buckner19439.20909
Junior Noboa21161.06300
Domingo Ramos10152.13300
Doug Davis6120.00000
Brian Dorsett7111.09102
Joe Redfield120.00000

Pitching

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
Mike Witt34249.213164.15133
Willie Fraser34194.212135.4186
Chuck Finley31194.19154.17111
Kirk McCaskill23146.1864.3198
Dan Petry22139.2394.3864
Terry Clark1594.0665.0739

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
Jack Lazorko1037.2013.3519

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 Harvey5075172.1367
Greg Minton444572.8546
Stew Cliburn404204.0742
Sherman Corbett342114.1428
DeWayne Buice322435.8838
Donnie Moore275244.9122
Ray Krawczyk140114.8117
Frank DiMichele40009.641
Rich Monteleone30000.003
Mike Cook30104.912
Vance Lovelace300013.500
Urbano Lugo10009.001

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 Bend Bucks Northwest League Don Long

[9]

References

  1. ↑ "LEADING OFF: Angels skid at 11, Mets at Padres, Ray slumps". Associated Press. June 6, 2022.
  2. ↑ "Doug DeCinces Stats".
  3. ↑ "Don Sutton Stats".
  4. ↑ Chili Davis Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  5. ↑ "Greg Minton Stats".
  6. ↑ 1988 California Angels Roster by Baseball Almanac
  7. ↑ Bill Buckner Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  8. ↑ Jim Abbott Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  9. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997


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