1993 California Angels season

1993 California Angels
1993 California Angels
League	American League
Division	West
Ballpark	Anaheim Stadium
City	Anaheim, California
Owners	Gene Autry
General managers	Dan O'Brien Sr., Whitey Herzog
Managers	Buck Rodgers
Television	KTLA; Prime Ticket; (Ken Wilson, Ken Brett)
Radio	KMPC; (Bob Starr, Billy Sample); XPRS; (Ruben Valentin, Ulpiano Cos Villa)

The 1993 California Angels season involved the Angels finishing fifth in the American League west with a record of 71 wins and 91 losses.

Offseason

November 19, 1992: Torey Lovullo was signed as a free agent with the California Angels.^[1]
November 19, 1992: Rob Ducey was released by the California Angels.^[2]
December 6, 1992: Jim Abbott was traded by the California Angels to the New York Yankees for J. T. Snow, Jerry Nielsen, and Russ Springer.^[3]
December 8, 1992: Kelly Gruber was traded by the Toronto Blue Jays with cash to the California Angels for Luis Sojo.^[4]
December 11, 1992: Chili Davis signed as a free agent with the California Angels.^[5]
January 29, 1993: Jerome Walton was signed as a free agent with the California Angels.^[6]
February 11, 1993: Scott Sanderson was signed as a free agent with the California Angels.^[7]

Regular season

September 17, 1993: Greg Myers of the Angels was the final strikeout victim of Nolan Ryan.^[8] It would be Ryan's 5,714th strikeout.

Season standings

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AL West
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago White Sox	94	68	.580	—	45‍–‍36	49‍–‍32
Texas Rangers	86	76	.531	8	50‍–‍31	36‍–‍45
Kansas City Royals	84	78	.519	10	43‍–‍38	41‍–‍40
Seattle Mariners	82	80	.506	12	46‍–‍35	36‍–‍45
California Angels	71	91	.438	23	44‍–‍37	27‍–‍54
Minnesota Twins	71	91	.438	23	36‍–‍45	35‍–‍46
Oakland Athletics	68	94	.420	26	38‍–‍43	30‍–‍51

Record vs. opponents

1993 American League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIL	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TEX	TOR
Baltimore	—	6–7	7–5	4–8	8–5	5–8	7–5	8–5	8–4	6–7	10–2	7–5	4–8	5–8
Boston	7–6	—	7–5	7–5	5–8	6–7	5–7	5–8	7–5	6–7	9–3	7–5	6–6	3–10
California	5–7	5–7	—	7–6	5–7	4–8	6–7	7–5	4–9	6–6	6–7	6–7	6–7	4–8
Chicago	8–4	5–7	6–7	—	9–3	7–5	6–7	9–3	10–3	4–8	7–6	9–4	8–5	6–6
Cleveland	5–8	8–5	7–5	3–9	—	6–7	7–5	8–5	4–8	6–7	8–4	3–9	7–5	4–9
Detroit	8–5	7–6	8–4	5–7	7–6	—	5–7	8–5	6–6	4–9	8–4	7–5	6–6	6–7
Kansas City	5–7	7–5	7–6	7–6	5–7	7–5	—	5–7	7–6	6–6	6–7	7–6	7–6	8–4
Milwaukee	5–8	8–5	5–7	3–9	5–8	5–8	7–5	—	7–5	4–9	7–5	4–8	4–8	5–8
Minnesota	4–8	5–7	9–4	3–10	8–4	6–6	6–7	5–7	—	4–8	8–5	4–9	7–6	2–10
New York	7–6	7–6	6–6	8–4	7–6	9–4	6–6	9–4	8–4	—	6–6	7–5	3–9	5–8
Oakland	2–10	3–9	7–6	6–7	4–8	4–8	7–6	5–7	5–8	6–6	—	9–4	5–8	5–7
Seattle	5–7	5–7	7–6	4–9	9–3	5–7	6–7	8–4	9–4	5–7	4–9	—	8–5	7–5
Texas	8–4	6–6	7–6	5–8	5–7	6–6	6–7	8–4	6–7	9–3	8–5	5–8	—	7–5
Toronto	8–5	10–3	8–4	6–6	9–4	7–6	4–8	8–5	10–2	8–5	7–5	5–7	5–7	—

Notable transactions

June 3, 1993: Gary Gaetti was released by the California Angels.^[9]
June 17, 1993: Doug Linton was selected off waivers by the California Angels from the Toronto Blue Jays.^[10]
August 3, 1993: Scott Sanderson was selected off waivers by the San Francisco Giants from the California Angels.^[7]
August 20, 1993: Jerome Walton was released by the California Angels.^[6]
September 7, 1993: Kelly Gruber was released by the California Angels.^[4]
September 14, 1993: Doug Linton was released by the California Angels.^[10]

Roster

1993 California Angels

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

44 Chili Davis

Manager

7 Buck Rodgers

Coaches

29 Rod Carew (Hitting)
55 Chuck Hernandez (Pitching)
2 Bobby Knoop (First Base)
39 Ken Macha (Third Base)
50 Jimmie Reese (Assistant)
57 Rick Turner (Bullpen)
37 John Wathan (Bench)

Game log

Regular season

1993 regular season game log: 71–91 (Home: 44–37; Away: 27–54)

April: 13–6 (Home: 10–3; Away: 3–3)

#	Date	Opponent	Score
3	April 9	Tigers
4	April 10	Tigers
5	April 11	Tigers
—	April 15	@ Brewers	Postponed (Rain) (Makeup date: August 27)
8	April 16	@ Orioles
9	April 17	@ Orioles
10	April 18	@ Orioles
11	April 20	Indians
12	April 21	Indians
13	April 22	Indians
14	April 23	Red Sox
15	April 24	Red Sox
16	April 25	Red Sox
17	April 27	Yankees
18	April 28	Yankees
19	April 30	@ Red Sox

May: 14–15 (Home: 7–6; Away: 7–9)

#	Date	Time (PT)	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Time of Game	Attendance	Record	Box/ Streak
20	May 1		@ Red Sox
21	May 2		@ Red Sox
22	May 3		@ Indians
23	May 4		@ Indians
24	May 5		@ Yankees
25	May 6		@ Yankees
29	May 10		Twins
30	May 11		Twins
31	May 12		Twins
32	May 14		Royals
33	May 15		Royals
34	May 16		Royals
35	May 17	5:05 p.m. PDT	@ White Sox	W 11–4	Sanderson (6–1)	Stieb (1–2)	–	3:23	21,346	20–15	W1
36	May 18	5:06 p.m. PDT	@ White Sox	L 4–7	Álvarez (5–0)	Finley (3–4)	Hernández (8)	3:07	22,878	20–16	L1
37	May 19	5:07 p.m. PDT	@ White Sox	W 2–0	Langston (4–1)	McDowell (7–2)	Grahe (5)	2:24	22,991	21–16	W1
38	May 21		@ Rangers
39	May 22		@ Rangers
40	May 23		@ Rangers
41	May 24		@ Mariners
42	May 25		@ Mariners
43	May 26		@ Mariners
44	May 27		@ Mariners
45	May 28		Orioles
46	May 29		Orioles
47	May 30		Orioles
48	May 31		Blue Jays

June: 10–17 (Home: 5–7; Away: 5–10)

#	Date	Time (PT)	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Time of Game	Attendance	Record	Box/ Streak
49	June 1		Blue Jays
50	June 2		Blue Jays
51	June 4		@ Tigers
52	June 5		@ Tigers
53	June 6		@ Tigers
54	June 7		@ Blue Jays
55	June 8		@ Blue Jays
56	June 9		@ Blue Jays
57	June 11		Mariners
58	June 12		Mariners
59	June 13		Mariners
60	June 14		Rangers
61	June 15		Rangers
62	June 16		Rangers
63	June 17		Rangers
64	June 18	7:07 p.m. PDT	White Sox	W 9–8	Frey (1–0)	Hernández (1–3)	–	3:19	24,845	33–31	W1
65	June 19	7:05 p.m. PDT	White Sox	W 5–4	Langston (9–1)	Ruffcorn (0–1)	Frey (7)	2:58	34,545	34–31	W2
66	June 20	1:06 p.m. PDT	White Sox	L 6–11	Álvarez (7–2)	Springer (0–1)	–	3:02	34,187	34–32	L1
67	June 21		@ Royals
68	June 22		@ Royals
69	June 23		@ Royals
70	June 24		@ Royals
71	June 25		@ Twins
72	June 26		@ Twins
73	June 27		@ Twins

July: 11–17 (Home: 9–6; Away: 2–11)

#	Date	Opponent
77	July 2	Indians
78	July 3	Indians
79	July 4	Indians
80	July 5	Red Sox
81	July 6	Red Sox
82	July 7	Red Sox
83	July 8	Yankees
84	July 9	Yankees
85	July 10	Yankees
86	July 11	Yankees
64th All-Star Game in Baltimore, Maryland
87	July 15	@ Indians
88	July 16	@ Indians
89	July 17	@ Indians
90	July 18	@ Indians
91	July 19	@ Red Sox
92	July 20	@ Red Sox
93	July 21	@ Red Sox
94	July 22	@ Yankees
95	July 23	@ Yankees
96	July 24	@ Yankees
97	July 25	@ Yankees
102	July 30	Twins
103	July 31	Twins

August: 11–17 (Home: 4–8; Away: 7–9)

#	Date	Time (PT)	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Time of Game	Attendance	Record	Box/ Streak
104	August 1		Twins
105	August 3		Royals
106	August 4		Royals
107	August 5		Royals
108	August 6	5:07 p.m. PDT	@ White Sox	W 7–3	Finley (13–8)	Álvarez (8–7)	Nelson (4)	3:04	32,856	51–57	W2
109	August 7	4:06 p.m. PDT	@ White Sox	L 4–6	McDowell (18–6)	Farrell (2–9)	Hernández (23)	2:38	42,535	51–58	L1
110	August 8	11:36 a.m. PDT	@ White Sox	W 2–1	Langston (12–5)	Bere (5–4)	Butcher (5)	2:45	38,581	52–58	W1
111	August 10		@ Rangers
112	August 11		@ Rangers
113	August 12		@ Rangers
114	August 13		@ Mariners
115	August 14		@ Mariners
116	August 15		@ Mariners
117	August 16		Tigers
118	August 17		Tigers
119	August 18		Tigers
124	August 24		@ Orioles
125	August 25		@ Orioles
126	August 26		@ Orioles
131	August 31		Orioles

September: 10–18 (Home: 8–7; Away: 2–11)

#	Date	Time (PT)	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Time of Game	Attendance	Record	Box/ Streak
132	September 1		Orioles
133	September 2		Orioles
134	September 3		Blue Jays
135	September 4		Blue Jays
136	September 5		Blue Jays
137	September 7		@ Tigers
138	September 8		@ Tigers
139	September 9		@ Tigers
140	September 10		@ Blue Jays
141	September 11		@ Blue Jays
142	September 12		@ Blue Jays
143	September 13		Mariners
144	September 14		Mariners
145	September 15		Mariners
146	September 17		Rangers
147	September 18		Rangers
148	September 19		Rangers
149	September 20	7:06 p.m. PDT	White Sox	L 2–10	Bere (10–5)	Leftwich (3–6)	McCaskill (1)	3:20	15,836	67–82	L1
150	September 21	7:36 p.m. PDT	White Sox	W 8–0	Farrell (3–11)	Fernandez (17–8)	Frey (13)	2:37	18,723	68–82	W1
151	September 22	7:05 p.m. PDT	White Sox	L 0–1	Álvarez (14–8)	Finley (15–13)	Hernández (36)	2:53	19,461	68–83	L1
152	September 23	1:07 p.m. PDT	White Sox	L 1–7	McDowell (22–10)	Langston (15–10)	–	2:28	17,761	68–84	L2
153	September 24		@ Royals
154	September 25		@ Royals
155	September 26		@ Royals
156	September 27		@ Twins
157	September 28		@ Twins
158	September 29		@ Twins
159	September 30		@ Twins

October: 2–1 (Home: 0–0; Away: 2–1)

#	Date	Time (PT)	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Time of Game	Attendance	Record	Box/ Streak

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

Detailed records

American League
Opponent	W	L	WP	RS	RA
AL East
Baltimore Orioles	5	7	0.417	44	53
Boston Red Sox	5	7	0.417	40	46
Cleveland Indians	5	7	0.417	53	52
Detroit Tigers	4	8	0.333	52	73
Milwaukee Brewers	7	5	0.583	69	49
New York Yankees	6	6	0.500	39	51
Toronto Blue Jays	4	8	0.333	48	74
Total	36	48	0.429	345	398
AL West
California Angels
Chicago White Sox	7	6	0.538	61	62
Kansas City Royals	6	7	0.462	50	58
Minnesota Twins	4	9	0.308	38	65
Oakland Athletics	6	7	0.462	65	69
Seattle Mariners	6	7	0.462	71	49
Texas Rangers	6	7	0.462	54	69
Total	35	43	0.449	339	372
Season Total	71	91	0.438	684	770

Month	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
April	19	13	6	0.684	96	68
May	29	14	15	0.483	120	119
June	27	10	17	0.370	122	168
July	28	11	17	0.393	106	135
August	28	11	17	0.393	110	131
September	28	10	18	0.357	115	137
October	3	2	1	0.667	15	12
Total	162	71	91	0.438	684	770

Total	162	71	91	0.438	734	731
	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
Home	81	44	37	0.543	380	350
Away	81	27	54	0.333	354	381

Player stats

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
C	Greg Myers	108	290	74	.255	7	40
1B	J.T. Snow	129	419	101	.241	16	57
2B	Torey Lovullo	116	367	92	.251	6	30
SS	Gary DiSarcina	126	416	99	.238	3	45
3B	Rene Gonzales	117	335	84	.251	2	31
LF	Luis Polonia	152	576	156	.271	1	32
CF	Chad Curtis	152	583	166	.285	6	59
RF	Tim Salmon	142	515	146	.283	31	95
DH	Chili Davis	152	573	139	.243	27	112

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
Stan Javier	92	237	69	.291	3	28
Damion Easley	73	230	72	.313	2	22
Eduardo Pérez	52	180	45	.250	4	30
Rod Correia	64	128	34	.266	0	9
John Orton	37	95	18	.189	1	4
Ron Tingley	58	90	18	.200	0	12
Chris Turner	25	75	21	.280	1	13
Kelly Gruber	18	65	18	.277	3	9
Kurt Stillwell	22	61	16	.262	0	3
Jim Edmonds	18	61	15	.246	0	4
Gary Gaetti	20	50	9	.180	0	4
Ty Van Burkleo	12	33	5	.152	1	1
Jim Walewander	12	8	1	.125	0	3
Jerome Walton	5	2	0	.000	0	0
Larry Gonzales	2	2	1	.500	0	1

Pitching

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
Mark Langston	35	256.1	16	11	3.20	196
Chuck Finley	35	251.1	16	14	3.15	187
Scott Sanderson	21	135.1	7	11	4.46	66
John Farrell	21	90.2	3	12	7.35	35
Phil Leftwich	12	80.2	4	6	3.79	31
Hilly Hathaway	11	57.1	4	3	5.02	11
Joe Magrane	8	48.0	3	2	3.94	24
Mark Holzemer	5	23.1	0	3	8.87	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
Russ Springer	14	60.0	1	6	7.20	31
Julio Valera	19	53.0	3	6	6.62	28
Scott Lewis	15	32.0	1	2	4.22	10
Brian Anderson	4	11.1	0	0	3.97	4

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
Steve Frey	55	2	3	13	2.98	22
Ken Patterson	46	1	1	1	4.58	36
Gene Nelson	46	0	5	4	3.08	31
Joe Grahe	45	4	1	11	2.86	31
Mike Butcher	23	1	0	8	2.86	24
Doug Linton	19	2	0	0	7.71	19
Darryl Scott	16	1	2	0	5.85	13
Chuck Crim	11	2	2	0	5.87	10
Jerry Nielsen	10	0	0	0	8.03	8
Paul Swingle	9	0	1	0	8.38	6
Chili Davis	1	0	0	0	0.00	0
Rene Gonzales	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Vancouver Canadians	Pacific Coast League	Mako Oliveras
AA	Midland Angels	Texas League	Don Long
A	Palm Springs Angels	California League	Mario Mendoza
A	Cedar Rapids Kernels	Midwest League	Mitch Seoane
A-Short Season	Boise Hawks	Northwest League	Tom Kotchman
Rookie	AZL Angels	Arizona League	Bill Lachemann

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Boise^[11]

References

^ "Torey Lovullo Stats | Baseball-Reference.com".
^ "Rob Ducey: Career Statistics". Baseball Reference. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
^ Jim Abbott Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
^ ^a ^b Kelly Gruber Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
^ Chili Davis Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
^ ^a ^b "Jerome Walton Stats | Baseball-Reference.com".
^ ^a ^b Scott Sanderson Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
^ "The Nolan Ryan Express | The Strikeout King". smackbomb.com/nolanryan. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved July 19, 2008.
^ Gary Gaetti Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
^ ^a ^b "Doug Linton Stats | Baseball-Reference.com".
^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

1993 California Angels at Baseball Reference
1993 California Angels at Baseball Almanac

Preceded by 1992	California Angels seasons 1993	Succeeded by 1994

[1] "Torey Lovullo Stats | Baseball-Reference.com".

[2] "Rob Ducey: Career Statistics". Baseball Reference. Retrieved March 14, 2018.

[3] Jim Abbott Statistics Baseball-Reference.com

[autogenerated2-4] Kelly Gruber Statistics Baseball-Reference.com

[5] Chili Davis Statistics Baseball-Reference.com

[baseball-reference.com-6] "Jerome Walton Stats | Baseball-Reference.com".

[autogenerated1-7] Scott Sanderson Statistics Baseball-Reference.com

[8] "The Nolan Ryan Express | The Strikeout King". smackbomb.com/nolanryan. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved July 19, 2008.

[9] Gary Gaetti Statistics Baseball-Reference.com

[ReferenceA-10] "Doug Linton Stats | Baseball-Reference.com".

[11] Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

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