1994 California Angels season
The 1994 California Angels season involved the Angels finishing 4th in the American League West with a record of 47 wins and 68 losses. The season was cut short by the 1994 player's strike.
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| Owners | Gene Autry |
| General managers | Bill Bavasi |
| Managers | Buck Rodgers and Marcel Lachemann |
| Local television | KTLA Prime Ticket (Ken Wilson, Ken Brett) |
| Local radio | KMPC (Bob Starr, Billy Sample) XPRS (Ruben Valentin, Ulpiano Cos Villa) |
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Offseason
- December 9, 1993: Spike Owen was traded by the New York Yankees with cash to the California Angels for Jose Musset (minors).[1]
- January 28, 1994: Shawn Hillegas was signed as a free agent with the California Angels.[2]
- January 31, 1994: Bo Jackson was signed as a free agent with the California Angels.[3]
- March 28, 1994: Rex Hudler was signed as a free agent with the California Angels.[4]
Regular season
By Friday, August 12, the Angels had compiled a 47–68 record through 115 games. They had scored 543 runs (4.72 per game) and allowed 660 runs (5.74 per game).[5]
Season standings
| AL West | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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| Texas Rangers | 52 | 62 | 0.456 | — | 31–32 | 21–30 |
| Oakland Athletics | 51 | 63 | 0.447 | 1 | 24–32 | 27–31 |
| Seattle Mariners | 49 | 63 | 0.438 | 2 | 22–22 | 27–41 |
| California Angels | 47 | 68 | 0.409 | 5½ | 23–40 | 24–28 |
| Division leaders | W | L | Pct. |
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| New York Yankees | 70 | 43 | 0.619 |
| Chicago White Sox | 67 | 46 | 0.593 |
| Texas Rangers | 52 | 62 | 0.456 |
| Wild Card team (Top team qualifies for postseason) |
W | L | Pct. | GB |
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| Cleveland Indians | 66 | 47 | 0.584 | — |
| Baltimore Orioles | 63 | 49 | 0.562 | 2½ |
| Kansas City Royals | 64 | 51 | 0.557 | 3 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 55 | 60 | 0.478 | 12 |
| Boston Red Sox | 54 | 61 | 0.470 | 13 |
| Minnesota Twins | 53 | 60 | 0.469 | 13 |
| Detroit Tigers | 53 | 62 | 0.461 | 14 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 53 | 62 | 0.461 | 14 |
| Oakland Athletics | 51 | 63 | 0.447 | 15½ |
| Seattle Mariners | 49 | 63 | 0.438 | 16½ |
| California Angels | 47 | 68 | 0.409 | 20 |
Record vs. opponents
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| Team | BAL | BOS | CAL | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIL | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TEX | TOR |
| Baltimore | — | 4–2 | 8–4 | 2–4 | 4–6 | 3–4 | 4–1 | 7–3 | 4–5 | 4–6 | 7–5 | 4–6 | 3–3 | 7–2 |
| Boston | 2–4 | — | 7–5 | 2–4 | 3–7 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 5–5 | 1–8 | 3–7 | 9–3 | 6–6 | 1–5 | 7–3 |
| California | 4–8 | 5–7 | — | 5–5 | 0–5 | 3–4 | 6–4 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 4–8 | 3–6 | 2–7 | 6–4 | 3–4 |
| Chicago | 4–2 | 4–2 | 5–5 | — | 7–5 | 8–4 | 3–7 | 9–3 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 6–3 | 9–1 | 4–5 | 2–3 |
| Cleveland | 6–4 | 7–3 | 5–0 | 5–7 | — | 8–2 | 1–4 | 5–2 | 9–3 | 0–9 | 6–0 | 3–2 | 5–7 | 6–4 |
| Detroit | 4–3 | 2–4 | 4–3 | 4–8 | 2–8 | — | 4–8 | 6–4 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 5–4 | 6–3 | 5–7 | 5–4 |
| Kansas City | 1–4 | 2–4 | 4–6 | 7–3 | 4–1 | 8–4 | — | 5–7 | 6–4 | 4–2 | 7–3 | 6–4 | 4–3 | 6–6 |
| Milwaukee | 3–7 | 5–5 | 3–3 | 3–9 | 2–5 | 4–6 | 7–5 | — | 6–6 | 2–7 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 7–3 |
| Minnesota | 5–4 | 8–1 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 3–9 | 3–3 | 4–6 | 6–6 | — | 4–5 | 2–5 | 3–3 | 4–5 | 4–8 |
| New York | 6–4 | 7–3 | 8–4 | 2–4 | 9–0 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 7–2 | 5–4 | — | 7–5 | 8–4 | 3–2 | 3–4 |
| Oakland | 5–7 | 3–9 | 6–3 | 3–6 | 0–6 | 4–5 | 3–7 | 1–4 | 5–2 | 5–7 | — | 4–3 | 7–3 | 5–1 |
| Seattle | 4–6 | 6–6 | 7–2 | 1–9 | 2–3 | 3–6 | 4–6 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 4–8 | 3–4 | — | 9–1 | 1–5 |
| Texas | 3–3 | 5–1 | 4–6 | 5–4 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 3–4 | 3–3 | 5–4 | 2–3 | 3–7 | 1–9 | — | 4–8 |
| Toronto | 2–7 | 3–7 | 4–3 | 3–2 | 4–6 | 4–5 | 6–6 | 3–7 | 8–4 | 4–3 | 1–5 | 5–1 | 8–4 | — |
Transactions
- April 1, 1994: Torey Lovullo was selected off waivers by the Seattle Mariners from the California Angels.[6]
Roster
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Player stats
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 |
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| C | Chris Turner | 58 | 149 | 36 | .242 | 1 | 12 |
| 1B | J.T. Snow | 61 | 223 | 49 | .220 | 8 | 30 |
| 2B | Harold Reynolds | 74 | 207 | 48 | .232 | 0 | 11 |
| SS | Gary Disarcina | 112 | 389 | 101 | .260 | 3 | 33 |
| 3B | Spike Owen | 82 | 268 | 83 | .310 | 3 | 37 |
| LF | Jim Edmonds | 94 | 289 | 79 | .273 | 5 | 37 |
| CF | Chad Curtis | 114 | 453 | 116 | .256 | 11 | 50 |
| RF | Tim Salmon | 100 | 373 | 107 | .287 | 23 | 70 |
| DH | Chili Davis | 108 | 392 | 122 | .311 | 26 | 84 |
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 |
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| Damion Easley | 88 | 316 | 68 | .215 | 6 | 30 |
| Bo Jackson | 75 | 201 | 56 | .279 | 13 | 43 |
| Eduardo Pérez | 38 | 129 | 27 | .209 | 5 | 16 |
| Jorge Fábregas | 43 | 127 | 36 | .283 | 0 | 16 |
| Greg Myers | 45 | 126 | 31 | .246 | 2 | 8 |
| Rex Hudler | 56 | 124 | 37 | .298 | 8 | 20 |
| Dwight Smith | 45 | 122 | 32 | .262 | 5 | 18 |
| Mark Dalesandro | 19 | 25 | 5 | .200 | 1 | 2 |
| Rod Correia | 6 | 17 | 4 | .235 | 0 | 0 |
| Garret Anderson | 5 | 13 | 5 | .385 | 0 | 1 |
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 |
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| Chuck Finley | 25 | 183.1 | 10 | 10 | 4.32 | 148 |
| Mark Langston | 18 | 119.1 | 7 | 8 | 4.68 | 109 |
| Phil Leftwich | 20 | 114.0 | 5 | 10 | 5.68 | 67 |
| Brian Anderson | 18 | 101.2 | 7 | 5 | 5.22 | 47 |
| John Farrell | 3 | 13.0 | 1 | 2 | 9.00 | 10 |
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 |
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| Mark Leiter | 40 | 95.1 | 4 | 7 | 4.72 | 71 |
| Joe Magrane | 20 | 74.0 | 2 | 6 | 7.30 | 33 |
| John Dopson | 21 | 58.2 | 1 | 4 | 6.14 | 33 |
| Russ Springer | 18 | 45.2 | 2 | 2 | 5.52 | 28 |
| Andrew Lorraine | 4 | 18.2 | 0 | 2 | 10.61 | 10 |
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 |
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| Joe Grahe | 40 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 6.65 | 26 |
| Bob Patterson | 47 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4.07 | 30 |
| Mike Butcher | 33 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6.67 | 19 |
| Craig Lefferts | 30 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4.67 | 27 |
| Scott Lewis | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.10 | 10 |
| Bill Sampen | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6.46 | 9 |
| Jeff Schwarz | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.05 | 4 |
| Ken Patterson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
Farm system
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Cedar Rapids, Boise[7]
References
- "Spike Owen Stats".
- Shawn Hillegas Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
- Bo Jackson Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
- "Rex Hudler Stats".
- "1994 American League Season Summary".
- "Torey Lovullo Stats".
- Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997
- 1994 California Angels at Baseball Reference
- 1994 California Angels at Baseball Almanac