2015 Los Angeles Angels season

2015 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
Major League affiliations
	American League (since 1961);
	West Division (since 1969);
Location
	Angel Stadium (since 1966); Anaheim, California (since 1966);
Results
Record	85–77 (.525)
Divisional place	3rd
Other information
Owner(s)	Arte Moreno
General manager(s)	Jerry Dipoto, Bill Stoneman
Manager(s)	Mike Scioscia
Local television	Fox Sports West ; (Victor Rojas, Mark Gubicza)
Local radio	KLAA (AM 830) ; KSPN (AM 710); (Terry Smith, Mark Langston, José Mota) ; Spanish: KWKW (AM 1330)
Stats	ESPN.com; BB-reference
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The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim's 2015 season was the franchise's 55th season and 50th in Anaheim (all of them at Angel Stadium).

Offseason

October 30: Joe Thatcher, John McDonald, and Jason Grilli become free agents.

Grilli signed with the Atlanta Braves.

November 5: Received Carlos Pérez and Nick Tropeano from the Houston Astros for Hank Conger. Also traded Mark Sappington to the Tampa Bay Rays for Cesar Ramos.

November 11: Signed Raywilly Gomez to a minor league contract.

November 12: Signed Jeremy McBryde.

November 20: Sent 3 players to the minors while promoting 2 others. Received Daniel Robertson from the Texas Rangers for cash.

November 23: Signed Brian Broderick.

November 24: Signed 3 players to a minor league contract and invited them to Spring training.

November 27: Signed D'Arby Myers to a minor league contract and invited him to Spring training.

December 2: Yoslan Herrera, Wade LeBlanc, and Gordon Beckham become free agents.

Beckham returned to the Chicago White Sox.

December 4 and December 5: Signed 3 players to a minor league contract and invited them to Spring training.

December 8: Claimed Marc Krauss off waiver from the Houston Astros.

He would be sent to the minors.

December 9: Received Drew Butera from the Los Angeles Dodgers for Matt Long.

December 11: Three trades were made this day:

Received Taylor Featherston from the Chicago Cubs for cash.
Received Andrew Heaney from the Dodgers for Howie Kendrick.
Received Josh Rutledge from the Colorado Rockies for Jairo Diaz.

December 16: Received Matt Joyce from the Tampa Bay Rays for Kevin Jepsen.

December 19: Received Johnny Giavotella from the Kansas City Royals for Brian Broderick, while releasing Shawn O'Malley and signing Roberto Baldoquin to a minor league contract.

December 23: Signed 2 players to a minor league contract with an invite to Spring training while inviting 8 others to Spring training.

January 4: Signed Steven Hensley to a minor league contract.

January 8: Received Kyle Kubitza and Nate Hyatt from the Kansas City Royals for Ricardo Sanchez.

January 20: Signed Ryan Mattheus to a minor league contract.

January 30: Signed 2 players to a minor league contract.

February 3: Signed Jeff Malm to a minor league contract.

February 4: Sent Yency Almonte to the Chicago White Sox.

Standings

American League West

AL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Texas Rangers	88	74	0.543	—	43–38	45–36
Houston Astros	86	76	0.531	2	53–28	33–48
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	85	77	0.525	3	49–32	36–45
Seattle Mariners	76	86	0.469	12	36–45	40–41
Oakland Athletics	68	94	0.420	20	34–47	34–47

American League Leaders

Division Leaders	W	L	Pct.
Kansas City Royals	95	67	0.586
Toronto Blue Jays	93	69	0.574
Texas Rangers	88	74	0.543

Wild Card teams (Top two qualify for postseason)	W	L	Pct.	GB
New York Yankees	87	75	0.537	+1
Houston Astros	86	76	0.531	—
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	85	77	0.525	1
Minnesota Twins	83	79	0.512	3
Cleveland Indians	81	80	0.503	4½
Baltimore Orioles	81	81	0.500	5
Tampa Bay Rays	80	82	0.494	6
Boston Red Sox	78	84	0.481	8
Chicago White Sox	76	86	0.469	10
Seattle Mariners	76	86	0.469	10
Detroit Tigers	74	87	0.460	11½
Oakland Athletics	68	94	0.420	18

Record against opponents

2015 AL Records Source: AL Standings Head-to-Head
Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	HOU	KC	LAA	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Baltimore	—	11–8	3–3	5–1	4–3	3–4	3–4	2–4	0–7	10–9	6–1	3–3	10–9	1–6	8–11	12–8
Boston	8–11	—	3–4	2–4	4–2	2–4	4–3	2–5	2–5	8–11	5–1	4–3	9–10	2–5	10–9	13–7
Chicago	3–3	4–3	—	10–9	9–10	5–1	7–12	4–3	6–13	2–5	5–2	4–3	1–5	3–3	4–3	9–11
Cleveland	1–5	4–2	9–10	—	7–11	5–2	9–10	4–2	7–12	5–2	3–4	4–3	5–2	3–3	3–4	12–8
Detroit	3–4	2–4	10–9	11–7	—	3–4	9–10	1–6	11–8	2–5	2–4	4–3	3–3	2–5	2–4	9–11
Houston	4–3	4–2	1–5	2–5	4–3	—	4–2	10–9	3–3	4–3	10–9	12–7	2–5	6–13	4–3	16–4
Kansas City	4–3	3–4	12–7	10–9	10–9	2–4	—	6–1	12–7	2–4	5–1	4–2	6–1	3–4	3–4	13–7
Los Angeles	4–2	5–2	3–4	2–4	6–1	9–10	1–6	—	5–2	2–4	11–8	12–7	3–3	12–7	2–5	8–12
Minnesota	7–0	5–2	13–6	12–7	8–11	3–3	7–12	2–5	—	1–5	4–3	4–3	4–2	3–3	2–5	8–12
New York	9–10	11–8	5–2	2–5	5–2	3–4	4–2	4–2	5–1	—	3–4	5–1	12–7	2–5	6–13	11–9
Oakland	1–6	1–5	2–5	4–3	4–2	9–10	1–5	8–11	3–4	4–3	—	6–13	3–4	10–9	1–5	11–9
Seattle	3–3	3–4	3–4	3–4	3–4	7–12	2–4	7–12	3–4	1–5	13–6	—	4–3	12–7	4–2	8–12
Tampa Bay	9–10	10–9	5–1	2–5	3–3	5–2	1–6	3–3	2–4	7–12	4–3	3–4	—	2–5	10–9	14–6
Texas	6–1	5–2	3–3	3–3	5–2	13–6	4–3	7–12	3–3	5–2	9–10	7–12	5–2	—	2–4	11–9
Toronto	11–8	9–10	3–4	4–3	4–2	3–4	4–3	5–2	5–2	13–6	5–1	2–4	9–10	4–2	—	12–8

Season summary

From the start of the season the Angels battled the Astros for the division title. They were in second place for the majority of the season between Astros (1st) and Rangers (3rd).

In early July, the baseball world focused their attention on the Angels following a report from Ken Rosenthal that general manager Jerry DiPoto and manager Mike Scioscia were at odds over the use of analytics in the clubhouse. Two days later, DiPoto cleaned out his Angels office and resigned.

Former Angels general manager Bill Stoneman, who hired Scioscia before the 2000 season, was named interim GM.

In July, the Angels briefly held first place in the AL West before losing 19 games in August.

The deciding game

On October 4, 2015, the final game of the season for the Angels and Rangers, the Angels lost against the Rangers, preventing them from entering the playoffs. If they had won, they would have entered a tiebreaker game with the Astros. If that was won, they would have entered the wild card game against the Yankees.

Gamelog

2015 Game Log (85–77)[1]

April: 11–11 (Home: 4–6 ; Away: 7–5)

May: 16–13 (Home: 11–5 ; Away: 5–8 )

June: 14–13 (Home: 10–6 ; Away: 4–7 )

July: 14–10 (Home: 7–5 ; Away: 7–3 )

August: 10–19 (Home: 7–6 ; Away: 3–13 )

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
103	August 1	@ Dodgers	1–3	Kershaw (9–6)	Heaney (5–1)	—	52,979	55–48
104	August 2	@ Dodgers	3–5	Báez (4–2)	Rucinski (0–2)	—	52,116	55–49
105	August 3	Indians	5–4	Richards (11–8)	Kluber (6–12)	—	37,030	56–49
106	August 4	Indians	0–2	McAllister (3–3)	Álvarez (2–3)	—	38,159	56–50
107	August 5	Indians	4–3	Bedrosian (1–0)	Allen (1–4)	—	33,099	57–50
108	August 7	Orioles	8–4	Salas (2–1)	Gausman (2–3)	—	42,578	58–50
109	August 8	Orioles	0–5	Jiménez (9–7)	Richards (11–9)	—	43,041	58–51
110	August 9	Orioles	5–4 (11)	Gott (2–0)	Roe (2–2)	—	37,154	59–51
111	August 10	@ White Sox	2–8	Sale (10–7)	Shoemaker (5–8)			59–52
112	August 11	@ White Sox	0–3	Rodon (5–4)	Santiago (7–6)	Robertson (23)	17,137	59–53
113	August 12	@ White Sox	2–3	Albers (2–0)	Ramos (2–1)	—	17,171	59–54
114	August 13	@ Royals	7–6	Álvarez (3–3)	Holland (3–1)	Street (27)	32,098	60–54
115	August 14	@ Royals	1–4	Duffy (6–5)	Weaver (4–9)	Holland (26)	36,926	60–55
116	August 15	@ Royals	4–9	Cueto (9–7)	Shoemaker (5–9)	—	39,251	60–56
117	August 16	@ Royals	3–4	Herrera (4–2)	Gott (2–1)	—	36,845	60–57
118	August 17	White Sox	2–1	Salas (3–1)	Rodon (5–5)	Street (28)	36,431	61–57
119	August 18	White Sox	5–3	Richards (12–9)	Danks (6–10)	Street (29)	37,114	62–57
120	August 19	White Sox	1–0	Weaver (5–9)	Samardzija (8–9)	Smith (2)	35,036	63–57
121	August 20	White Sox	2–8	Quintana (7–10)	Tropeano (1–2)	—	37,142	63–58
122	August 21	Blue Jays	2–9	Price (12–4)	Santiago (7–7)	—	41,110	63–59
123	August 22	Blue Jays	3–15	Estrada (11–7)	Heaney (5–2)	—	42,578	63–60
124	August 23	Blue Jays	5–12	Dickey (8–10)	Richards (12–10)	—	37,060	63–61
125	August 25	@ Tigers	8–7	Weaver (6–9)	Simón (11–8)	Street (30)	33,649	64–61
126	August 26	@ Tigers	0–5	Verlander (2–6)	Santiago (7–8)	—	31,938	64–62
127	August 27	@ Tigers	2–0	Shoemaker (6–9)	Wolf (0–2)	Street (31)	36,198	65–62
128	August 28	@ Indians	1–3	Bauer (10–10)	Gott (2–2)	Allen (27)	22,273	65–63
129	August 29	@ Indians	3–8	Shaw (3–2)	Smith (4–4)	—	22,843	65–64
130	August 30	@ Indians	2–9	Tomlin (3–1)	Weaver (6–10)	—	22,328	65–65
131	August 31	@ Athletics	5–11	Doubront (2–1)	Santiago (7–9)	—	12,054	65–66

September: 18–9 (Home: 10–5 ; Away: 8–4 )

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
132	September 1	@ Athletics	6–2	Shoemaker (7–9)	Martin (2–4)	—	14,178	66–66
133	September 2	@ Athletics	9–4	Heaney (6–2)	Gray (12–7)	—	13,392	67–66
134	September 4	Rangers	5–2	Richards (13–10)	Pérez (2–4)	Street (32)	37,073	68–66
135	September 5	Rangers	1–2	Holland (3–1)	Smith (4–5)	Tolleson (29)	39,889	68–67
136	September 6	Rangers	7–0	Santiago (8–9)	Lewis (14–8)	—	38,367	69–67
137	September 7	Dodgers	5–7	Greinke (16–3)	Salas (3–2)	Jansen (30)	44,488	69–68
138	September 8	Dodgers	4–6	Kershaw (13–6)	Heaney (6–3)	Jansen (31)	41,086	69–69
139	September 9	Dodgers	3–2	Álvarez (4–3)	Avilán (2–5)	Street (33)	42,799	70–69
140	September 11	Astros	3–2	Weaver (7–10)	Keuchel (17–7)	Street (34)	39,636	71–69
141	September 12	Astros	3–2	Smith (5–5)	Harris (5–3)	Street (35)	41,130	72–69
142	September 13	Astros	3–5	Qualls (2–4)	Street (3–3)	Gregerson (27)	41,550	72–70
143	September 14	@ Mariners	1–10	Walker (11–8)	Richards (13–11)	—	13,681	72–71
144	September 15	@ Mariners	4–3	Tropeano (2–2)	Hernández (17–9)	Smith (3)	15,365	73–71
145	September 16	@ Mariners	1–3	Iwakuma (8–4)	Weaver (7–11)	Wilhelmsen (11)	16,176	73–72
146	September 17	@ Twins	11–8	Morin (2–1)	Achter (0–1)	Street (36)	18,697	74–72
–	September 18	@ Twins	Postponed (rain) Made up as a doubleheader on September 19
147	September 19	@ Twins	4–3 (12)	Morin (3–1)	Boyer (3–5)	Street (37)	22,878	75–72
148	September 19	@ Twins	5–2	Richards (14–11)	Pelfrey (6–10)	Street (38)	33,300	76–72
149	September 20	@ Twins	1–8	Duffey (4–1)	Shoemaker (7–10)	—	25,302	76–73
150	September 21	@ Astros	3–6	Keuchel (18–8)	Weaver (7–12)	Gregerson (28)	25,318	76–74
151	September 22	@ Astros	4–3	Santiago (9–9)	McCullers (5–7)	Street (39)	25,671	77–74
152	September 23	@ Astros	6–5	Gott (3–2)	Harris (5–5)	Street (40)	25,573	78–74
153	September 25	Mariners	8–4	Richards (15–11)	Nuño (1–4)	—	38,355	79–74
154	September 26	Mariners	3–2	Salas (4–2)	Farquhar (1–5)	—	37,866	80–74
155	September 27	Mariners	3–2	Salas (5–2)	Iwakuma (9–5)	Morin (1)	35,243	81–74
156	September 28	Athletics	5–4	Gott (4–2)	Mujica (4–5)	—	31,858	82–74
157	September 29	Athletics	8–1	Tropeano (3–2)	Bassitt (1–8)	—	33,470	83–74
158	September 30	Athletics	7–8	Dull (1–1)	Morin (3–2)	Doolittle (3)	34,033	83–75

October: 2–2 (Home: 0–0 ; Away: 2–2 )

Legend: = Win = Loss = Postponement = Allstar Game
Bold = Angels team member

Roster

2015 Los Angeles Angels

Roster

Pitchers

48 José Álvarez

68 Cam Bedrosian

62 Trevor Gott

28 Andrew Heaney

66 Edgar Ibarra

55 Mat Latos

47 Ryan Mattheus

64 Mike Morin

63 Vinnie Pestano

46 Cory Rasmus

48 Jo-Jo Reyes

43 Garrett Richards

51 Drew Rucinski

59 Fernando Salas

53 Hector Santiago

52 Matt Shoemaker

38 Joe Smith

16 Huston Street

35 Nick Tropeano

36 Jered Weaver

49,72 Adam Wilk

33 C. J. Wilson

40 Wesley Wright

Catchers

47 Jett Bandy

3 Drew Butera

17 Chris Iannetta

58 Carlos Pérez

Infielders

2 Erick Aybar

41 Kaleb Cowart

24 C. J. Cron

8 Taylor Featherston

6 David Freese

12 Johnny Giavotella

22 Conor Gillaspie

10 Grant Green

32 Ryan Jackson

39 Marc Krauss

13,18 Kyle Kubitza

19,39 Efren Navarro

5 Albert Pujols

Outfielders

56 Kole Calhoun

7 Collin Cowgill

3 David DeJesus

20 Matthew Joyce

57 Alfredo Marte

19 David Murphy

22 Kirk Nieuwenhuis

44 Dan Robertson

27 Mike Trout

18 Shane Victorino

Manager

14 Mike Scioscia

Coaches

25 Don Baylor (hitting)

78 Keith Johnson (player information)

23 Mike Butcher (pitching)

9 Gary DiSarcina (third base)

21 Dino Ebel (bench)

70 Tom Gregorio (bullpen catcher)

4 Alfredo Griffin (first base)

31 Dave Hansen (assistant hitting)

61 Steve Soliz (bullpen)

Statistics

Through October 4, 2015

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	SB
Erick Aybar, SS	156	597	74	161	30	1	3	44	25	73	.270	15
Drew Butera, C	10	21	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	.190	0
Kole Calhoun, RF	159	630	78	161	23	2	26	83	45	164	.256	4
Collin Cowgill, LF	55	69	10	13	2	1	1	2	4	19	.188	2
C. J. Cron, DH,1B	113	378	37	99	17	1	16	51	17	82	.262	3
David DeJesus, OF	30	56	3	7	1	0	0	4	2	13	.125	0
Taylor Featherston, 3B,SS,2B	101	154	23	25	5	1	2	9	7	46	.162	4
David Freese, 3B	121	424	53	109	27	0	14	56	31	107	.257	1
Johnny Giavotella, 2B	129	453	51	123	25	5	4	49	32	59	.272	2
Conor Gillaspie, 3B	17	64	4	13	4	1	1	9	4	13	.203	0
Grant Green, 1B,2B	21	42	6	8	0	0	1	3	2	14	.190	0
Andrew Heaney, P	18	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	0
Chris Iannetta, C	92	272	28	51	10	0	10	34	41	83	.188	0
Matt Joyce, LF	93	247	17	43	12	1	5	21	30	67	.174	0
Marc Krauss, DH,1B	11	35	2	5	2	0	1	5	3	11	.143	0
Kyle Kubitza, 3B,LF	19	36	6	7	0	0	0	1	3	15	.194	0
Alfredo Marte, OF	5	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	.333	0
David Murphy, LF,DH	48	155	16	41	6	0	5	23	4	20	.265	0
Efren Navarro, OF,1B	54	83	9	21	4	0	0	5	5	16	.253	0
Kirk Nieuwenhuis, OF	10	22	4	3	2	0	0	1	2	9	.136	0
Carlos Pérez, C	86	260	20	65	13	0	4	21	19	49	.250	2
Albert Pujols, 1B,DH	157	602	85	147	22	0	40	95	50	72	.244	5
Cory Rasmus, P	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Dan Robertson, LF	37	75	10	21	2	0	0	7	2	7	.280	0
Hector Santiago, P	33	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	.200	0
Matt Shoemaker, P	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	0
Mike Trout, CF	159	575	104	172	32	6	41	90	92	158	.299	11
Shane Victorino, OF	38	84	9	18	2	2	0	3	7	18	.214	2
Jered Weaver, P	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0
C. J. Wilson, P	21	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	0

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K
José Álvarez	4	3	3.49	64	0	0	67.0	58	29	26	5	23	59
Cam Bedrosian	1	0	5.40	34	0	0	33.1	40	20	19	3	19	34
Trevor Gott	4	2	3.02	48	0	0	47.2	43	16	14	2	16	27
Andrew Heaney	6	4	3.49	18	18	0	105.2	99	43	41	9	28	78
Edgar Ibarra	0	0	2.25	2	0	0	4.0	4	1	1	0	3	3
Ryan Mattheus	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Mike Morin	4	2	6.37	47	0	1	35.1	36	26	25	3	9	41
Vinnie Pestano	1	0	5.40	19	0	0	11.2	15	9	7	3	8	13
Cesar Ramos	2	1	2.75	65	0	0	52.1	55	16	16	2	15	43
Cory Rasmus	0	0	5.23	16	1	0	20.2	15	12	12	3	11	27
Garrett Richards	15	12	3.65	32	32	0	207.1	181	90	84	20	76	176
Drew Rucinski	0	2	7.71	4	1	0	7.0	10	6	6	1	6	4
Fernando Salas	2	1	4.15	49	0	0	43.1	37	21	20	5	8	49
Hector Santiago	9	9	3.59	33	32	0	180.2	156	75	72	29	71	162
Matt Shoemaker	7	10	4.46	25	24	0	135.1	135	70	67	24	35	116
Joe Smith	5	5	3.58	70	0	5	65.1	64	26	26	4	19	57
Huston Street	3	3	3.18	62	0	40	62.1	52	22	22	7	20	57
Nick Tropeano	3	2	3.82	8	7	0	37.2	40	16	16	2	10	38
Jered Weaver	7	12	4.64	26	26	0	159.0	163	84	82	24	33	90
Adam Wilk	0	0	4.50	1	0	0	2.0	2	1	1	1	1	2
C. J. Wilson	8	8	3.89	21	21	0	132.0	118	59	57	13	46	110

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Salt Lake Bees	Pacific Coast League	Dave Anderson
AA	Arkansas Travelers	Texas League	Bill Richardson
A-Advanced	Inland Empire 66ers of San Bernardino	California League	Denny Hocking
A	Burlington Bees	Midwest League	Chad Tracy
Rookie	Orem Owlz	Pioneer League	Dave Stapleton
Rookie	AZL Angels	Arizona League	Elio Sarmiento
Rookie	DSL Angels	Dominican Summer League	Carson Vitale

References

"2015 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Sortable Schedule". Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.

External links

2015 Los Angeles Angels Official Site
2015 Los Angeles Angels season at Baseball Reference

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[1] "2015 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Sortable Schedule". Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.