1989 California Angels
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionWest
BallparkAnaheim Stadium
CityAnaheim, California
OwnersGene Autry
General managersMike Port
ManagersDoug Rader
TelevisionKTLA
(Joe Torre, Bob Starr)
Z Channel
(Joe Torre, Joel Meyers)
RadioKMPC
(Ken Brett, Al Conin)
XPRS
(Ruben Valentin, Ulpiano Cos Villa)
Seasons

The 1989 California Angels season saw the Angels finish third in the American League West with a record of 91 wins and 71 losses.

Offseason

Regular season

  • September 9, 1989: Devon White became the first member of the Angels to steal three bases in one inning against the Boston Red Sox.

Season standings

AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Oakland Athletics 9963 0.611 — 54–27 45–36
Kansas City Royals 9270 0.568 7 55–26 37–44
California Angels 9171 0.562 8 52–29 39–42
Texas Rangers 8379 0.512 16 45–36 38–43
Minnesota Twins 8082 0.494 19 45–36 35–46
Seattle Mariners 7389 0.451 26 40–41 33–48
Chicago White Sox 6992 0.429 29½ 35–45 34–47

Record vs. opponents

1989 American League record

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore —6–76–66–67–610–36–67–64–88–55–76–69–37–6
Boston 7–6—4–87–58–511–24–86–76–67–67–55–76–65–8
California 6–68–4—8–55–711–14–97–511–26–65–87–66–77–5
Chicago 6–65–75–8—7–54–86–710–25–85–65–87–63–101–11
Cleveland 6–75–87–55–7—5–88–43–105–79–42–106–67–55–8
Detroit 3–102–111–118–48–5—6–66–75–76–74–84–84–82–11
Kansas City 6–68–49–47–64–86–6—8–47–66–67–69–48–57–5
Milwaukee 6–77–65–72–1010–37–64–8—9–38–55–77–55–76–7
Minnesota 8–46–62–118–57–57–56–73–9—6–66–77–65–89–3
New York 5–86–76–66–54–97–66–65–86–6—3–98–45–77–6
Oakland 7–55–78–58–510–28–46–77–57–69–3—9–48–57–5
Seattle 6–67–56–76–76–68–44–95–76–74–84–9—6–75–7
Texas 3–96–67–610–35–78–45–87–58–57–55–87–6—5–7
Toronto 6–78–55–711–18–511–25–77–63–96–75–77–57–5—

All-Star game

The 1989 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 60th playing of the midsummer classic between the all-stars of the American League (AL) and National League (NL), the two leagues comprising Major League Baseball. The game was held on July 11, 1989, at Anaheim Stadium in Anaheim, California, the home of the California Angels of the American League. The game resulted in the American League defeating the National League 5-3. The game is remembered for Bo Jackson's monstrous lead-off home run to center field.

Notable transactions

  • June 5, 1989: Chad Curtis was drafted by the California Angels in the 45th round of the 1989 amateur draft. Player signed June 11, 1989.[4]

Roster

1989 California Angels
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

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
CLance Parrish124433103.2381750
1BWally Joyner159593167.2821679
2BJohnny Ray134530153.289562
3BJack Howell144474108.2282052
SSDick Schofield9130269.228426
LFChili Davis154560152.2712290
CFDevon White156636156.2451256
RFClaudell Washington110418114.2731342
DHBrian Downing142544154.2831459

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
Kent Anderson8622351.229017
Tony Armas6020252.2571130
Dante Bichette4813829.210315
Bill Schroeder4113828.203615
Glenn Hoffman4810422.21213
Mark McLemore3210325.243014
Max Venable205319.35804
John Orton16397.17904
Bobby Rose14388.21113
Jim Eppard12123.25002
Ron Tingley431.33300
Brian Brady221.50001
Gary Disarcina200----00

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Bert Blyleven33241.01752.73131
Mike Witt33220.09154.54123
Kirk McCaskill32212.015102.93107
Chuck Finley29199.21692.57156
Jim Abbott29181.112123.92115

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
Dan Petry1951.0325.4721
Terry Lee Clark411.0024.917

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 Harvey5133253.4478
Greg Minton624382.2042
Bob McClure486131.5536
Willie Fraser444723.2446
Rich Monteleone242203.1827
Sherman Corbett40003.383
Mike Fetters10008.104
Vance Lovelace10000.001

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
Rookie AZL Angels Arizona League Nate Oliver

[5]

References

  1. ↑ Bert Blyleven at Baseball Reference
  2. ↑ Max Venable at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ "DeWayne Buice Stats".
  4. ↑ "Chad Curtis Stats".
  5. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997
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