1978 CALIFORNIA ANGELS

| Level: MLB

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Team Record: 87-75 .537
Result: 3rd in American League - West Division
Manager(s): Jim Fregosi, Dave Garcia
General Manager: Buzzie Bavasi
Stadium: Anaheim Stadium
Attendance: 1,755,386
Playoffs: Did not qualify

California Angels affiliate history

Oldest Player: Ron Fairly (39)
Youngest Player: Jim Anderson (21)
Longest Tenure: Nolan Ryan (7)
Top Hitter: Don Baylor (3)
Top Pitcher: Nolan Ryan (10)
Top Draft Pick: Tom Brunansky (#14)

Roster Continuity: 59.20%

American League Standings

West	W	L	Pct	GB
KC Royals	92	70	.568	--
Texas	87	75	.537	5.0
California	87	75	.537	5.0
Minnesota	73	89	.451	19.0
Chi White Sox	71	90	.441	20.5
Oakland	69	93	.426	23.0
Seattle	56	104	.350	35.0

BATTING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

Extra

Batting Orders

Defensive Lineups

Feats

Splits Analysis

#	Player	Pos	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	PA	OUT	RC	RC/G	babip
25	Don Baylor	of	3	29	1967-2-39	MLB	158	591	103	151	26	0	34	99	22	9	56	71	18	9	0	12	15	.255	.332	.472	804	279	677	476	104	5.9	.235
10	Lyman Bostock	of	35	27	1972-26-596	MLB	147	568	74	168	24	4	5	71	15	12	59	36	2	8	4	4	26	.296	.362	.379	740	215	637	446	82	4.9	.307
26	Joe Rudi	of-1b	-	31	UDFA: 1964	MLB	133	497	58	127	27	1	17	79	2	1	28	82	2	4	3	6	10	.256	.295	.416	711	207	536	390	65	4.5	.272
4	Bobby Grich	2b	34	29	1967-1-19	MLB	144	487	68	122	16	2	6	42	4	3	75	83	7	1	19	3	6	.251	.357	.329	685	160	591	396	65	4.5	.289
3	Rick Miller	of-cf	-	30	1969-2-37	MLB	132	475	66	125	25	4	1	37	3	13	54	70	4	1	10	4	14	.263	.341	.339	680	161	547	391	56	3.8	.304
7	Dave Chalk	3b-ss	65	27	1972-1-10	MLB	135	470	42	119	12	0	1	34	5	8	38	34	7	0	11	1	9	.253	.318	.285	603	134	527	380	46	3.2	.271
12	Carney Lansford	3b	95	21	1975-3-49	MLB	121	453	63	133	23	2	8	52	20	9	31	67	4	2	5	7	4	.294	.339	.406	746	184	500	345	69	5.4	.325
5	Brian Downing	of-c	79	27	UDFA: 1969	MLB	133	412	42	105	15	0	7	46	3	2	52	47	6	2	4	2	14	.255	.345	.342	688	141	476	329	53	4.3	.272
16	Ron Jackson	1b-3b	62	25	1971-2-37	MLB	105	387	49	115	18	6	6	57	2	3	16	31	9	1	2	4	9	.297	.337	.421	758	163	418	290	61	5.6	.308
19	Ken Landreaux	of	-	23	1976-1-6	MLB	93	260	37	58	7	5	5	23	7	3	20	20	2	4	1	0	5	.223	.284	.346	630	90	283	211	29	3.7	.226
6	Ron Fairly	1b-of	-	39	UDFA: 1958	MLB	91	235	23	51	5	0	10	40	0	1	25	31	1	2	2	5	7	.217	.289	.366	655	86	268	199	26	3.5	.206
18	Rance Mulliniks	3b-ss	-	22	1974-3-58	MLB	50	119	6	22	3	1	1	6	2	0	8	23	1	0	0	2	3	.185	.238	.252	491	30	130	102	6	1.5	.216
9	Terry Humphrey	c	-	28	1969-39-873	MLB	53	114	11	25	4	1	1	9	0	1	6	12	2	0	2	3	2	.219	.264	.298	562	34	127	97	9	2.6	.231
8	Merv Rettenmund	of	-	35	UDFA: 1964	MLB	50	108	16	29	5	1	1	14	0	3	30	13	2	0	1	1	3	.269	.433	.361	794	39	142	87	21	6.4	.295
14	Jim Anderson	ss	-	21	1975-2-25	MLB	48	108	6	21	7	0	0	7	0	0	11	16	0	1	7	1	5	.194	.267	.259	526	28	127	100	7	1.8	.226
27	Tony Solaita	1b	-	31	-	MLB	60	94	10	21	3	0	1	14	0	0	16	25	0	3	0	0	2	.223	.336	.287	624	27	110	75	9	3.1	.294
20	Danny Goodwin	1b	-	24	1975-1-1	MLB	24	58	9	16	5	0	2	10	0	0	10	13	0	0	0	1	1	.276	.377	.466	842	27	69	44	11	6.9	.318
35	Dave Machemer	2b	-	27	1972-4-82	MLB	10	22	6	6	1	0	1	2	0	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	.273	.333	.455	788	10	25	18	4	5.5	.250
15	Ike Hampton	c	-	26	UDFA: 1978	MLB	19	14	2	3	0	1	1	4	1	0	2	7	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.312	.571	884	8	16	11	3	6.4	.333
Totals: (19 players)							162	5472	691	1417	226	28	108	646	86	69	539	682	67	38	72	56	135	.259	.330	.370	700	2023	6206	4387	722	4.4	.276

PITCHING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

Extra

Starting Pitcher Log

Feats

Splits Analysis

Draft Picks

#	Player	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	Bk	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	BB/SO	BABIP	GB/FB
40	Frank Tanana	11	24	1971-1-13	MLB	18	12	3.65	33	33	10	4	0	0	239.0	239	108	97	26	60	137	5	8	1.25	9.00	0.98	2.26	5.16	0.44	.279	0.82
30	Nolan Ryan	10	31	1965-12-226	MLB	10	13	3.72	31	31	14	3	0	0	234.2	183	106	97	12	148	260	13	2	1.41	7.02	0.46	5.68	9.97	0.57	.305	0.86
42	Chris Knapp	21	24	1975-1-11	MLB	14	8	4.21	30	29	6	0	1	0	188.1	178	94	88	25	67	126	3	0	1.30	8.51	1.19	3.20	6.02	0.53	.273	0.57
46	Don Aase	73	23	1972-6-136	MLB	11	8	4.03	29	29	6	1	0	0	178.2	185	88	80	14	80	93	3	0	1.48	9.32	0.71	4.03	4.68	0.86	.296	1.08
45	Paul Hartzell	61	24	1975-10-217	MLB	6	10	3.44	54	12	5	0	28	6	157.0	168	67	60	8	41	55	5	1	1.33	9.63	0.46	2.35	3.15	0.75	.295	1.73
34	Ken Brett	-	29	1966-1-4	MLB	3	5	4.95	31	10	1	1	7	1	100.0	100	60	55	12	42	43	1	2	1.42	9.00	1.08	3.78	3.87	0.98	.269	0.91
17	Dave LaRoche	28	30	1967-5-86	MLB	10	9	2.82	59	0	0	0	46	25	95.2	73	35	30	7	48	70	0	0	1.26	6.87	0.66	4.52	6.59	0.69	.252	0.57
41	Dyar Miller	-	32	UDFA: 1968	MLB	6	2	2.66	41	0	0	0	20	1	84.2	85	29	25	3	41	34	1	1	1.49	9.04	0.32	4.36	3.61	1.21	.288	0.81
37	Dave Frost	-	25	1974-18-410	MLB	5	4	2.58	11	10	2	1	0	0	80.1	71	24	23	6	24	30	3	0	1.18	7.95	0.67	2.69	3.36	0.80	.250	1.30
38	Tom Griffin	-	30	1966-1-4	MLB	3	4	4.02	24	4	0	0	9	0	56.0	63	39	25	8	31	35	2	0	1.68	10.12	1.29	4.98	5.63	0.89	.301	1.12
36	Al Fitzmorris	-	32	UDFA: 1965	MLB	1	0	1.71	9	2	0	0	6	0	31.2	26	9	6	2	14	8	0	0	1.26	7.39	0.57	3.98	2.27	1.75	.240	2.33
39	John Caneira	-	25	1974-1-5	MLB	0	0	7.04	2	2	0	0	0	0	7.2	8	6	6	2	3	0	0	0	1.43	9.39	2.35	3.52	0.00	--	.231	0.50
33	Mike Barlow	-	30	1970-4-82	MLB	0	0	4.50	1	0	0	0	1	0	2.0	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.50	13.50	0.00	0.00	4.50	0.00	.429	3.00
Totals: (19 players)						87	75	3.67	162	162	44	10	118	33	1,456	1382	666	593	108	599	892	36	14	1.34	8.54	0.77	3.70	5.51	0.67	.285

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Brian Downing	C	128		681	82	5	6	.993	0.00
Terry Humphrey	C	52		252	21	6	5	.978	0.00
Ike Hampton	C	13		18	1	2	0	.905	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Ron Fairly	1B	78		482	31	1	47	.998	0.00
Ron Jackson	1B	75		580	56	4	50	.994	0.00
Don Baylor	1B	17		118	9	4	6	.969	0.00
Tony Solaita	1B	11		85	7	0	7	1.000	0.00
Joe Rudi	1B	10		61	6	0	8	1.000	0.00
Ike Hampton	1B	1		2	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Bobby Grich	2B	144		325	419	13	77	.983	0.00
Dave Chalk	2B	29		39	69	3	12	.973	0.00
Dave Machemer	2B	5		3	7	0	0	1.000	0.00
Jim Anderson	2B	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Terry Humphrey	2B	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Carney Lansford	3B	117		93	182	17	18	.942	0.00
Ron Jackson	3B	31		25	32	3	6	.950	0.00
Dave Chalk	3B	22		9	33	1	4	.977	0.00
Dave Machemer	3B	3		1	4	2	0	.714	0.00
Terry Humphrey	3B	1		0	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Dave Chalk	SS	97		168	237	19	46	.955	0.00
Jim Anderson	SS	47		72	99	8	21	.955	0.00
Rance Mulliniks	SS	47		68	93	8	22	.953	0.00
Carney Lansford	SS	2		1	4	1	0	.833	0.00
Dave Machemer	SS	1		2	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Lyman Bostock	OF	146		366	7	4	2	.989	0.00
Rick Miller	OF	129		353	9	4	5	.989	0.00
Joe Rudi	OF	111		231	4	2	1	.992	0.00
Ken Landreaux	OF	83		138	6	2	0	.986	0.00
Don Baylor	OF	39		76	0	2	0	.974	0.00
Merv Rettenmund	OF	22		30	0	1	0	.968	0.00
Ron Jackson	OF	1		1	0	1	0	.500	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Dave LaRoche	P	59	95	2	14	0	0	1.000	1.51
Paul Hartzell	P	54	157	15	27	0	2	1.000	2.41
Dyar Miller	P	41	84	6	4	1	0	.909	1.07
Frank Tanana	P	33	239	8	25	0	2	1.000	1.24
Ken Brett	P	31	100	12	20	2	4	.941	2.88
Nolan Ryan	P	31	234	13	33	8	3	.852	1.77
Chris Knapp	P	30	188	4	20	4	1	.857	1.15
Don Aase	P	29	178	16	26	3	2	.933	2.12
Tom Griffin	P	24	56	3	12	2	0	.882	2.41
Dave Frost	P	11	80	5	19	1	0	.960	2.70
Al Fitzmorris	P	9	31	3	4	1	0	.875	2.02
John Caneira	P	2	7	0	0	1	0	.000	0.00
Mike Barlow	P	1	2	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Don Baylor	DH	102						.000	0.00
Merv Rettenmund	DH	18						.000	0.00
Tony Solaita	DH	18						.000	0.00
Danny Goodwin	DH	15						.000	0.00
Joe Rudi	DH	11						.000	0.00
Ron Fairly	DH	5						.000	0.00
Ike Hampton	DH	4						.000	0.00
Brian Downing	DH	2						.000	0.00
Rance Mulliniks	DH	2						.000	0.00
Lyman Bostock	DH	1						.000	0.00
Dave Chalk	DH	1						.000	0.00
Ron Jackson	DH	1						.000	0.00
Ken Landreaux	DH	1						.000	0.00
Carney Lansford	DH	1						.000	0.00

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