1997 Anaheim Angels season

The Anaheim Angels 1997 season involved the Angels finishing 2nd in the American League West with a record of 84 wins and 78 losses. It was the first season for the franchise as the "Anaheim Angels", after playing under the name of the "California Angels" for the previous 31 seasons, plus part of another.

1997 Anaheim Angels
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Gene Autry
General manager(s)Bill Bavasi
Manager(s)Terry Collins
Local televisionFox Sports West
•Sparky Anderson, Steve Physioc
KCAL-9
•Jerry Reuss, Steve Physioc
Local radioKMPC (AM 710)
•Bob Starr, Mario Impemba
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
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Offseason
  • October 28, 1996: Chili Davis was traded by the Angels to the Kansas City Royals for Mike Bovee and Mark Gubicza.[1]
  • November 12, 1996: Todd Van Poppel was selected off waivers by the Anaheim Angels from the Detroit Tigers.
  • November 26, 1996: J. T. Snow was traded by the Anaheim Angels to the San Francisco Giants for Allen Watson and Fausto Macey (minors).[2]
  • December 5, 1996: Jim Leyritz was traded by the New York Yankees to the Anaheim Angels for players to be named later. The Anaheim Angels sent Jeremy Blevins (minors) (December 9, 1996) and Ryan Kane (minors) (December 9, 1996) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade.[3]
  • December 6, 1996: Craig Grebeck was signed as a Free Agent with the Anaheim Angels.[4]
  • March 26, 1997: Todd Van Poppel was released by the Anaheim Angels.
  • March 31, 1997: Jim Abbott was released by the Anaheim Angels.[5]

Regular season
  • June 17, 1997: The first interleague game between the Anaheim Angels and the Los Angeles Dodgers took place at Dodger Stadium. The rivalry would be known as the Freeway Series. The Dodgers won the game by a score of 4-3.[6]

Notable transactions
  • May 18, 1997: Tony Phillips was traded by the Chicago White Sox with Chad Kreuter to the Anaheim Angels for Chuck McElroy and Jorge Fábregas.[7]
  • June 3, 1997: Matt Wise was drafted by the Anaheim Angels in the 6th round of the 1997 amateur draft. Player signed June 8, 1997. [8]
  • July 10, 1997: Greg Cadaret was signed as a Free Agent with the Anaheim Angels.[9]
  • July 29, 1997: Jim Leyritz was traded by the Anaheim Angels with a player to be named later to the Texas Rangers for Ken Hill. The Anaheim Angels sent Rob Sasser (October 31, 1997) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade.[3]
  • August 13, 1997: Rickey Henderson was traded by the San Diego Padres to the Anaheim Angels for a player to be named later, Ryan Hancock, and Stevenson Agosto (minors). The Anaheim Angels sent George Arias (August 19, 1997) to the San Diego Padres to complete the trade.

Season standings
AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Seattle Mariners 9072 0.556 — 45–36 45–36
Anaheim Angels 8478 0.519 6 46–36 38–42
Texas Rangers 7785 0.475 13 39–42 38–43
Oakland Athletics 6597 0.401 25 35–46 30–51

Record vs. opponents
1997 American League Records

Sources:
Team ANA BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR NL 
Anaheim —4–76–56–57–45–66–57–44–74–711–16–68–46–54–12
Baltimore 7–4—5–75–66–56–67–45–610–18–48–37–410–16–68–7
Boston 5–67–5—3–86–55–73–88–38–34–87–47–43–86–66–9
Chicago 5–66–58–3—5–74–711–14–76–62–98–35–63–85–68–7
Cleveland 4–75–65–67–5—6–58–38–48–45–67–43–85–66–59–6
Detroit 6–56–67–57–45–6—6–54–74–72–107–44–77–46–68–7
Kansas City 5–64–78–31–113–85–6—6–67–53–83–85–66–55–66–9
Milwaukee 4–76–53–87–44–87–46–6—5–74–75–65–67–47–48–7
Minnesota 7–41–103–86–64–87–45–77–5—3–87–45–63–83–87–8
New York 7–44–88–49–26–510–28–37–48–3—6–54–77–47–55–10
Oakland 1–113–84–73–84–74–78–36–54–75–6—5–75–76–57–9
Seattle 6–64–74–76–58–37–46–56–56–57–47–5—8–48–37–9
Texas 4–81–108–38–36–54–75–64–78–34–77–54–8—4–710–6
Toronto 5–66–66–66–55–66–66–54–78–35–75–63–87–4—4–11

Roster
1997 Anaheim Angels
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 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

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CChad Kreuter7021851.234418
1BDarin Erstad139539161.2991677
2BLuis Alicea12838898.253537
3BDave Hollins149572165.2881685
SSGary DiSarcina154549135.246447
LFGarret Anderson154624189.303892
CFJim Edmonds133502146.2912680
RFTim Salmon157582172.29633129
DHEddie Murray4616035.219315

Other batters
Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Tony Phillips105405107.264648
Jim Leyritz8429481.2761150
Jack Howell7717445.2591434
Orlando Palmeiro7413429.21608
Craig Grebeck6312634.27016
Todd Greene3412436.290924
Rickey Henderson3211521.18327
Jorge Fábregas21383.07903
Chris Turner13236.26112
Robert Eenhoorn11207.35016
Angelo Encarnación11177.41214
George Arias362.33301
Randy Velarde100.---00

Starting pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Allen Watson3519912124.93141
Jason Dickson33203.21394.29115
Dennis Springer32194.2995.1875
Chuck Finley251641364.23155
Ken Hill1279443.6538
Mark Langston948245.8530
Matt Perisho1145026.0035
Mark Gubicza250125.075

Other pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Shigetoshi Hasegawa50117373.9383
Darrell May2952215.2342
Kevin Gross1225216.7520

Relief pitchers
Player G W L SV ERA SO
Mike Bovee30005.405

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Vancouver Canadians Pacific Coast League Bruce Hines
AA Midland Angels Texas League Mitch Seoane
A Lake Elsinore Storm California League Don Long
A Cedar Rapids Kernels Midwest League Mario Mendoza
A-Short Season Boise Hawks Northwest League Tom Kotchman
Rookie Butte Copper Kings Pioneer League Bill Lachemann

[10]

References
  1. Chili Davis at Baseball Reference
  2. J. T. Snow Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  3. Jim Leyritz Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/g/grebecr01.shtml
  5. Jim Abbott Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  6. http://www.thebaseballnexus.com/team_games/ANA/1997
  7. Tony Phillips Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  8. "Matt Wise: Career Statistics". Baseball Reference. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
  9. https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/cadargr01.shtml
  10. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
Preceded by
1996		 Anaheim Angels seasons
1997		 Succeeded by
1998
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