1976 California Angels season

The 1976 California Angels season involved the Angels finishing fourth in the American League West with a record of 76 wins and 86 losses.

1976 California Angels
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Gene Autry
General manager(s)Harry Dalton
Manager(s)Dick Williams, Norm Sherry
Local televisionKTLA
Local radioKMPC
(Dick Enberg, Dave Niehaus, Don Drysdale)
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After a concert by The Who in March, groundskeepers reported that more than 100 marijuana plants sprouted on the playing field of Anaheim Stadium.[1]

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings
AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Kansas City Royals 9072 0.556 — 49–32 41–40
Oakland Athletics 8774 0.540 2½ 51–30 36–44
Minnesota Twins 8577 0.525 5 44–37 41–40
Texas Rangers 7686 0.469 14 39–42 37–44
California Angels 7686 0.469 14 38–43 38–43
Chicago White Sox 6497 0.398 25½ 35–45 29–52

Record vs. opponents
1976 American League Records

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK TEX
Baltimore —7–118–48–47–1112–66–611–74–813–54–88–4
Boston 11–7—7–56–69–914–43–912–67–57–114–83–9
California 4–85–7—11–77–56–68–104–88–105–76–1212–6
Chicago 4–86–67–11—3–96–68–107–57–111–118–97–11
Cleveland 11–79–95–79–3—6–126–611–69–34–124–87–5
Detroit 6–124–146–66–612–6—4–812–64–89–86–65–7
Kansas City 6–69–310–810–86–68–4—8–410–87–59–97–11
Milwaukee 7–116–128–45–76–116–124–8—4–85–135–710–2
Minnesota 8–45–710–811–73–98–48–108–4—2–1011–711–7
New York 5–1311–77–511–112–48–95–713–510–2—6–69–3
Oakland 8–48–412–69–88–46–69–97–57–116–6—7–11
Texas 4–89–36–1211–75–77–511–72–107–113–911–7—

Notable transactions

Draft picks

Roster
1976 California Angels
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

  • 12 Tommy Davis
 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

G Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
1BBruce Bochte146466120.258249
2BJerry Remy143502132.263028
3BRon Jackson12741093.227840
RFBobby Bonds99378100.2651054

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
Bill Melton11834171.208642
Mario Guerrero8326876.284118
Tony Solaita6321558.270933
Bobby Jones7816635.211617
Ed Herrmann29468.17428
Carlos López9100.00000
Billy Smith1383.37500

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
Nolan Ryan39284.117183.36327
Frank Tanana34288.119102.43261
Gary Ross342258163.00100
Don Kirkwood28157.26124.6278

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
Paul Hartzell37166742.77

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
Dick Drago437864.4243
Mickey Scott333033.2310
John Verhoeven210243.3823
Jim Brewer133123.7016
Steve Dunning40007.504

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Salt Lake City Gulls Pacific Coast League Jimy Williams
AA El Paso Diablos Texas League Bobby Knoop
A Salinas Packers California League Del Crandall
A Quad Cities Angels Midwest League Moose Stubing
Rookie Idaho Falls Angels Pioneer League Larry Himes

Notes
  1. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-04-19-sp-692-story.html
  2. Ernie Camacho at Baseball-Reference
  3. Dick Drago at Baseball-Reference
  4. "Historic Home Runs". Time. August 8, 2007. Retrieved April 20, 2010.
  5. "The Nolan Ryan Express | The Strikeout King". smackbomb.com/nolanryan. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved July 28, 2008.
  6. Bobby Jones at Baseball-Reference
  7. Terry Humphrey at Baseball-Reference
  8. Ken Landreaux at Baseball-Reference
  9. Danny Boone at Baseball-Reference

References
  • Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
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