1987 California Angels season

Anaheim Stadium
Anaheim Stadium
City	Anaheim, California
Owners	Gene Autry
General managers	Mike Port
Managers	Gene Mauch
Television	KTLA; (Joe Torre, Bob Starr, Joel Meyers)
Radio	KMPC; (Ken Brett, Joel Meyers, Al Conin); XPRS; (Ruben Valentin, Ulpiano Cos Villa)

The 1987

California Angels season involved the Angels finishing sixth in the American League

Regular season

AL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Minnesota Twins	85	77	0.525	—	56–25	29–52
Kansas City Royals	83	79	0.512	2	46–35	37–44
Oakland Athletics	81	81	0.500	4	42–39	39–42
Seattle Mariners	78	84	0.481	7	40–41	38–43
Chicago White Sox	77	85	0.475	8	38–43	39–42
Texas Rangers	75	87	0.463	10	43–38	32–49
California Angels	75	87	0.463	10	38–43	37–44

1987 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	—	1–12	9–3	8–4	7–6	4–9	9–3	2–11	5–7	3–10	7–5	4–8	7–5	1–12
Boston	12–1	—	4–8	3–9	7–6	2–11	6–6	6–7	7–5	7–6	4–8	7–5	7–5	6–7
California	3–9	8–4	—	8–5	7–5	3–9	5–8	7–5	8–5	3–9	6–7	7–6	5–8	5–7
Chicago	4–8	9–3	5–8	—	7–5	3–9	6–7	6–6	6–7	5–7	9–4	6–7	7–6	4–8
Cleveland	6–7	6–7	5–7	5–7	—	4–9	6–6	4–9	3–9	6–7	4–8	5–7	2–10	5–8
Detroit	9–4	11–2	9–3	9–3	9–4	—	5–7	6–7	8–4	5–8	5–7	7–5	8–4	7–6
Kansas City	3–9	6–6	8–5	7–6	6–6	7–5	—	4–8	8–5	5–7	5–8	9–4	7–6	8–4
Milwaukee	11–2	7–6	5–7	6–6	9–4	7–6	8–4	—	3–9	7–6	6–6	4–8	9–3	9–4
Minnesota	7–5	5–7	5–8	7–6	9–3	4–8	5–8	9–3	—	6–6	10–3	9–4	6–7	3–9
New York	10–3	6–7	9–3	7–5	7–6	8–5	7–5	6–7	6–6	—	5–7	7–5	5–7	6–7
Oakland	5–7	8–4	7–6	4–9	8–4	7–5	8–5	6–6	3–10	7–5	—	5–8	6–7	7–5
Seattle	8–4	5–7	6–7	7–6	7–5	5–7	4–9	8–4	4–9	5–7	8–5	—	9–4	2–10
Texas	5–7	5–7	8–5	6–7	10–2	4–8	6–7	3–9	7–6	7–5	7–6	4–9	—	3–9
Toronto	12–1	7–6	7–5	8–4	8–5	6–7	4–8	4–9	9–3	7–6	5–7	10–2	9–3	—

December 19, 1986: Ron Romanick was traded by the California Angels with a player to be named later to the New York Yankees for a player to be named later and Butch Wynegar.[1]
January 8, 1987: Doug DeCinces was signed as a free agent with the California Angels.^[2]
January 22, 1987: Jim Eppard was purchased by the California Angels from the Oakland Athletics.^[3]
May 1, 1987: Bob Boone was signed as a free agent with the California Angels.^[4]
May 19, 1987: Doug Corbett was signed as a free agent with the California Angels.^[5]
June 1, 1987: Greg Minton was signed as a free agent with the California Angels.^[6]
June 19, 1987: Doug Corbett was released by the California Angels.^[5]
June 22, 1987: Alan Mills was sent by the California Angels to the New York Yankees to complete an earlier deal made on December 19, 1986.^[7]
July 28, 1987: Bill Buckner signed as a free agent with the California Angels.^[8]
September 15, 1987: John Candelaria was traded by the California Angels to the New York Mets for Jeff Richardson and Shane Young (minors).^[9]

June 2, 1987: John Orton was drafted by the California Angels in the 1st round (25th pick) of the 1987 amateur draft.^[10]
June 2, 1987:
Rubén Amaro, Jr. was drafted by the California Angels in the 11th round of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed June 16, 1987.^[11]

Infielders

Outfielders

Coaches

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	Bob Boone	128	389	94	.242	3	33
1B	Wally Joyner	149	564	161	.285	34	117
2B	Mark McLemore	138	433	102	.236	3	41
3B	Doug DeCinces	133	453	106	.234	16	63
SS	Dick Schofield	134	479	120	.251	9	46
LF	Jack Howell	138	449	110	.245	23	64
CF	Gary Pettis	133	394	82	.208	1	17
RF	Devon White	159	639	168	.263	24	87
DH	Brian Downing	155	567	154	.272	29	77

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
Ruppert Jones	85	192	47	.245	8	28
Bill Buckner	57	183	56	.306	3	32
George Hendrick	65	162	39	.241	5	25
Gus Polidor	63	137	36	.263	2	15
Johnny Ray	30	127	44	.346	0	15
Darrell Miller	53	108	26	.241	4	16
Mark Ryal	58	100	20	.200	5	18
Butch Wynegar	31	92	19	.207	0	5
Tony Armas	28	81	16	.198	3	9
Jack Fimple	13	10	2	.200	0	1
Jim Eppard	8	9	3	.333	0	0
Tack Wilson	7	2	1	.500	0	0

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Mike Witt	36	297.0	16	14	4.01	192
Don Sutton	35	191.2	11	11	4.70	99
John Candelaria	20	116.2	8	6	4.71	74
Jerry Reuss	17	82.1	4	5	5.25	37
Kirk McCaskill	14	74.2	4	6	5.67	56

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Willie Fraser	36	176.2	10	10	3.92	106
Jack Lazorko	26	117.2	5	6	4.59	55
Urbano Lugo	7	28.0	0	2	9.32	24

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
DeWayne Buice	57	6	7	17	3.39	109
Greg Minton	41	5	4	10	3.08	35
Gary Lucas	48	1	5	3	3.63	44
Chuck Finley	35	2	7	0	4.67	63
Mike Cook	16	1	2	0	5.50	27
Donnie Moore	14	2	2	5	2.70	17
Bryan Harvey	3	0	0	0	0.00	3
Miguel García	1	0	0	0	16.20	0

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Edmonton Trappers	Pacific Coast League	Tom Kotchman
AA	Midland Angels	Texas League	Mako Oliveras
A	Palm Springs Angels	California League	Bill Lachemann
A	Quad Cities Angels	Midwest League	Eddie Rodríguez
A-Short Season	Salem Angels	Northwest League	Chris Smith

^ "Ron Romanick Stats".
^ "Doug DeCinces Stats".
^ Jim Eppard Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
^ "Bob Boone Stats".
^ ^a ^b Doug Corbett Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
^ "Greg Minton Stats".
^ "Alan Mills Stats".
^ Bill Buckner Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
^ John Candelaria Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
^ "John Orton Stats".
^ Rubén Amaro Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

Preceded by 1986	California Angels seasons 1987	Succeeded by 1988