1979 CALIFORNIA ANGELS

| Level: MLB

Location:
Team Record: 88-74 .543
Result: 1st in American League - West Division
Manager(s): Jim Fregosi
General Manager: Buzzie Bavasi
Stadium: Anaheim Stadium
Attendance: 2,523,575
Playoffs: Lost ALCS (Orioles)

California Angels affiliate history

Oldest Player: Willie Davis (39)
Youngest Player: Brian Harper (19)
Longest Tenure: Nolan Ryan (8)
Top Hitter: Don Baylor (2)
Top Pitcher: Nolan Ryan (5)
Top Draft Pick: Mickey Saatzer (#67)

Roster Continuity: 65.35%

American League Standings

West	W	L	Pct	GB
California	88	74	.543	--
KC Royals	85	77	.525	3.0
Texas	83	79	.512	5.0
Minnesota	82	80	.506	6.0
Chi White Sox	73	87	.456	14.0
Seattle	67	95	.414	21.0
Oakland	54	108	.333	34.0

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
12	Carney Lansford	3b	14	22	1975-3-49	MLB	157	654	114	188	30	5	19	79	20	8	39	115	3	2	12	4	16	.287	.329	.436	764	285	712	506	97	5.2	.323
25	Don Baylor	of	2	30	1967-2-39	MLB	162	628	120	186	33	3	36	139	22	12	71	51	11	6	0	12	10	.296	.371	.530	901	333	722	476	140	7.9	.271
15	Dan Ford	of	36	27	1970-1-18	MLB	142	569	100	165	26	5	21	101	8	5	40	86	3	0	3	13	17	.290	.333	.464	797	264	628	442	93	5.7	.303
4	Bobby Grich	2b	18	30	1967-1-19	MLB	153	534	78	157	30	5	30	101	1	0	59	84	2	10	12	2	14	.294	.365	.537	903	287	609	405	111	7.4	.301
5	Brian Downing	of-c	28	28	UDFA: 1969	MLB	148	509	87	166	27	3	12	75	3	3	77	57	5	4	3	2	17	.326	.418	.462	880	235	596	368	106	7.8	.348
3	Rick Miller	of-cf	-	31	1969-2-37	MLB	120	427	60	125	15	5	2	28	5	4	50	69	1	1	9	1	7	.293	.367	.365	733	156	488	323	62	5.2	.345
29	Rod Carew	1b-2b	93	33	UDFA: 1964	MLB	110	409	78	130	15	3	3	44	18	8	73	46	0	7	8	3	9	.318	.419	.391	810	160	493	307	77	6.7	.350
22	Willie Aikens	1b	80	24	1975-1-2	MLB	116	379	59	106	18	0	21	81	1	3	61	79	1	8	0	6	10	.280	.376	.493	869	187	447	292	73	6.7	.298
26	Joe Rudi	of-1b	-	32	UDFA: 1964	MLB	90	330	35	80	11	3	11	61	0	0	24	61	1	3	4	2	7	.242	.294	.394	688	130	361	263	39	4.0	.265
19	Bert Campaneris	ss	96	37	UDFA: 1962	MLB	85	239	27	56	4	4	0	15	12	4	19	32	2	0	11	2	8	.234	.294	.285	578	68	273	208	20	2.6	.268
14	Jim Anderson	ss	-	22	1975-2-25	MLB	96	234	33	58	13	1	3	23	3	2	17	31	1	0	9	3	6	.248	.298	.350	648	82	264	196	26	3.6	.271
20	Larry Harlow	of	-	27	UDFA: 1971	MLB	62	159	22	37	8	2	0	14	1	3	25	34	2	0	1	0	2	.233	.344	.308	652	49	187	128	18	3.8	.296
23	Tom Donohue	c	-	26	1972-1-9	MLB	38	107	13	24	3	1	3	14	2	0	3	29	2	0	1	0	1	.224	.259	.355	614	38	113	85	9	2.9	.280
8	Merv Rettenmund	of	-	36	UDFA: 1964	MLB	35	76	7	20	2	0	1	10	1	0	11	14	1	1	1	1	3	.263	.360	.329	688	25	90	61	9	4.1	.306
18	Rance Mulliniks	3b-ss	-	23	1974-3-58	MLB	22	68	7	10	0	0	1	8	0	0	4	14	1	0	0	5	2	.147	.192	.191	383	13	78	65	0	0.1	.155
31	Dickie Thon	ss	-	21	UDFA: 1975	MLB	35	56	6	19	3	0	0	8	0	0	5	10	0	0	1	0	2	.339	.393	.393	786	22	62	40	9	5.8	.413
24	Willie Davis	of	-	39	UDFA: 1959	MLB	43	56	9	14	2	1	0	2	1	0	4	7	0	0	1	0	2	.250	.300	.321	621	18	61	45	6	3.4	.286
32	Bobby Clark	of	-	24	1975-5-87	MLB	19	54	8	16	2	2	1	5	1	1	5	11	0	0	1	0	3	.296	.356	.463	819	25	60	43	8	5.3	.357
28,48	Ralph Garr	of	-	33	1967-3-52	MLB	6	24	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125	250	3	24	21	-1	-1.0	.143
9	Terry Humphrey	c	-	29	1969-39-873	MLB	9	17	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	.059	.111	.059	170	1	19	17	-1	-1.5	.067
2	Orlando Ramirez	ss	-	27	UDFA: 1978	MLB	13	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	6	1	0	1	0	0	.000	.143	.000	143	0	15	13	-1	-2.2	.000
15	Ike Hampton	c	-	27	UDFA: 1978	MLB	4	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.400	800	2	5	3	1	6.7	.500
9	John Harris	1b-of	-	24	1976-29-638	MLB	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	2	-	-	.000
7	Brian Harper	c	-	19	1977-4-85	MLB	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	2	-	-	.000
Totals: (24 players)							162	5550	866	1563	242	43	164	808	100	53	589	843	37	42	79	56	136	.282	.351	.429	780	2383	6311	4311	898	5.6	.304

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
37	Dave Frost	14	26	1974-18-410	MLB	16	10	3.57	36	33	12	2	2	1	239.1	226	108	95	17	77	107	5	0	1.27	8.50	0.64	2.90	4.02	0.72	.269	0.91
30	Nolan Ryan	5	32	1965-12-226	MLB	16	14	3.60	34	34	17	5	0	0	222.2	169	104	89	15	114	223	9	0	1.27	6.83	0.61	4.61	9.01	0.51	.275	0.87
33	Jim Barr	65	31	1970-6-123	MLB	10	12	4.20	36	25	5	0	4	0	197.0	217	100	92	22	55	69	2	1	1.38	9.91	1.01	2.51	3.15	0.80	.294	1.13
46	Don Aase	-	24	1972-6-136	MLB	9	10	4.81	37	28	7	1	4	2	185.1	200	104	99	19	77	96	5	0	1.49	9.71	0.92	3.74	4.66	0.80	.298	0.97
38	Mark Clear	48	23	1974-8-171	MLB	11	5	3.63	52	0	0	0	37	14	109.0	87	48	44	6	68	98	9	1	1.42	7.18	0.50	5.61	8.09	0.69	.276	0.63
42	Chris Knapp	-	25	1975-1-11	MLB	5	5	5.51	20	18	3	0	1	0	98.0	109	73	60	8	35	36	2	0	1.47	10.01	0.73	3.21	3.31	0.97	.287	0.71
40	Frank Tanana	-	25	1971-1-13	MLB	7	5	3.89	18	17	2	1	0	0	90.1	93	44	39	9	25	46	6	1	1.31	9.27	0.90	2.49	4.58	0.54	.283	0.79
36	Mike Barlow	-	31	1970-4-82	MLB	1	1	5.13	35	0	0	0	15	0	86.0	106	54	49	8	30	33	6	0	1.58	11.09	0.84	3.14	3.45	0.91	.330	1.78
17	Dave LaRoche	55	31	1967-5-86	MLB	7	11	5.57	53	1	0	0	25	10	85.2	107	54	53	13	32	59	0	1	1.62	11.24	1.37	3.36	6.20	0.54	.349	0.60
41	Dyar Miller	-	33	UDFA: 1968	MLB	1	0	3.31	14	1	0	0	8	0	35.1	44	14	13	2	13	16	1	0	1.61	11.21	0.51	3.31	4.08	0.81	.350	0.91
41	Steve Eddy	-	21	1975-19-433	MLB	1	1	4.73	7	4	0	0	3	0	32.1	36	19	17	1	20	7	0	0	1.73	10.02	0.28	5.57	1.95	2.86	.302	1.18
34	Ralph Botting	-	24	1974-7-154	MLB	2	0	8.80	12	1	0	0	5	0	29.2	46	30	29	6	15	22	4	1	2.06	13.96	1.82	4.55	6.67	0.68	.404	0.72
39	John Montague	58	31	1967-3-50	MLB	2	0	5.09	14	0	0	0	10	6	17.2	16	12	10	3	9	6	2	0	1.42	8.15	1.53	4.58	3.06	1.50	--	1.32
45	Bob Ferris	-	24	1979-1-5	MLB	0	0	1.50	2	0	0	0	1	0	6.0	5	2	1	1	3	2	1	0	1.33	7.50	1.50	4.50	3.00	1.50	.200	0.70
41	Dave Schuler	-	25	1975-10-223	MLB	0	0	10.80	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.2	2	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	1.20	10.80	5.40	0.00	0.00	--	.200	1.50
Totals: (24 players)						88	74	4.34	162	162	46	9	116	33	1,436	1463	768	692	164	573	820	53	5	1.50	9.17	0.82	3.59	5.14	0.70	.293

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Brian Downing	C	129		669	35	11	5	.985	0.00
Tom Donohue	C	38		136	16	3	4	.981	0.00
Terry Humphrey	C	9		55	3	1	1	.983	0.00
Jim Anderson	C	3		6	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Rod Carew	1B	103		804	55	10	101	.988	0.00
Willie Aikens	1B	55		462	31	2	49	.996	0.00
Joe Rudi	1B	5		33	2	0	3	1.000	0.00
Ike Hampton	1B	2		10	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Don Baylor	1B	1		5	0	0	1	1.000	0.00
John Harris	1B	1		6	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Bobby Grich	2B	153		340	438	13	111	.984	0.00
Dickie Thon	2B	24		34	38	6	12	.923	0.00
Jim Anderson	2B	6		5	8	0	2	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Carney Lansford	3B	157		135	263	7	29	.983	0.00
Jim Anderson	3B	10		4	8	0	0	1.000	0.00
Dickie Thon	3B	1		1	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Jim Anderson	SS	82		126	189	17	42	.949	0.00
Bert Campaneris	SS	82		136	220	16	69	.957	0.00
Rance Mulliniks	SS	22		46	43	4	13	.957	0.00
Orlando Ramirez	SS	10		7	20	5	3	.844	0.00
Dickie Thon	SS	8		3	8	2	1	.846	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Dan Ford	OF	141		332	10	8	2	.977	0.00
Rick Miller	OF	117		349	3	4	1	.989	0.00
Don Baylor	OF	97		198	3	5	0	.976	0.00
Joe Rudi	OF	80		174	5	2	2	.989	0.00
Larry Harlow	OF	58		115	4	3	1	.975	0.00
Bobby Clark	OF	19		41	4	1	0	.978	0.00
Merv Rettenmund	OF	9		6	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Willie Davis	OF	7		8	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Dave LaRoche	P	53	85	4	17	0	0	1.000	2.22
Mark Clear	P	52	109	4	10	2	0	.875	1.16
Don Aase	P	37	185	8	17	2	3	.926	1.22
Jim Barr	P	36	197	6	41	0	5	1.000	2.15
Dave Frost	P	36	239	8	34	2	2	.955	1.58
Mike Barlow	P	35	86	4	11	0	2	1.000	1.57
Nolan Ryan	P	34	222	8	29	4	1	.902	1.50
Chris Knapp	P	20	98	8	14	1	1	.957	2.02
Frank Tanana	P	18	90	3	12	1	1	.937	1.50
Dyar Miller	P	14	35	2	2	0	0	1.000	1.03
John Montague	P	14	17	1	0	1	0	.500	0.52
Ralph Botting	P	12	29	1	4	0	0	1.000	1.54
Steve Eddy	P	7	32	5	7	2	0	.857	3.36
Bob Ferris	P	2	6	0	2	0	0	1.000	3.00
Dave Schuler	P	1	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Don Baylor	DH	65						.000	0.00
Willie Aikens	DH	51						.000	0.00
Brian Downing	DH	18						.000	0.00
Merv Rettenmund	DH	17						.000	0.00
Rod Carew	DH	6						.000	0.00
Willie Davis	DH	6						.000	0.00
Ralph Garr	DH	6						.000	0.00
Joe Rudi	DH	3						.000	0.00
Rick Miller	DH	2						.000	0.00
Bert Campaneris	DH	1						.000	0.00
Brian Harper	DH	1						.000	0.00
Orlando Ramirez	DH	1						.000	0.00
Dickie Thon	DH	1						.000	0.00

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