1994 California Angels season

1994 California Angels
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionWest
BallparkAnaheim Stadium
CityAnaheim, California
OwnersGene Autry
General managersBill Bavasi
ManagersBuck Rodgers and Marcel Lachemann
TelevisionKTLA
Prime Ticket
(Ken Wilson, Ken Brett)
RadioKMPC
(Bob Starr, Billy Sample)
XPRS
(Ruben Valentin, Ulpiano Cos Villa)
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The 1994 California Angels season involved the Angels finishing fourth in the American League West with a record of 47 wins and 68 losses. The season was cut short by the 1994 player's strike.

Offseason

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  • December 9, 1993: Spike Owen was traded by the New York Yankees with cash to the California Angels for Jose Musset (minors).[1]
  • January 28, 1994: Shawn Hillegas was signed as a free agent with the California Angels.[2]
  • January 31, 1994: Bo Jackson was signed as a free agent with the California Angels.[3]
  • March 28, 1994: Rex Hudler was signed as a free agent with the California Angels.[4]

Regular season

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By Friday, August 12, the Angels had compiled a 47–68 record through 115 games. They had scored 543 runs (4.72 per game) and allowed 660 runs (5.74 per game).[5]

Season standings

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AL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Texas Rangers 52 62 .456 31‍–‍32 21‍–‍30
Oakland Athletics 51 63 .447 1 24‍–‍32 27‍–‍31
Seattle Mariners 49 63 .438 2 22‍–‍22 27‍–‍41
California Angels 47 68 .409 23‍–‍40 24‍–‍28
Division leaders
Team W L Pct.
New York Yankees 70 43 .619
Chicago White Sox 67 46 .593
Texas Rangers 52 62 .456
Wild Card team
(Top team qualifies for postseason)
Team W L Pct. GB
Cleveland Indians 66 47 .584
Baltimore Orioles 63 49 .562
Kansas City Royals 64 51 .557 3
Toronto Blue Jays 55 60 .478 12
Boston Red Sox 54 61 .470 13
Minnesota Twins 53 60 .469 13
Detroit Tigers 53 62 .461 14
Milwaukee Brewers 53 62 .461 14
Oakland Athletics 51 63 .447 15½
Seattle Mariners 49 63 .438 16½
California Angels 47 68 .409 20

Record vs. opponents

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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 4–2 8–4 2–4 4–6 3–4 4–1 7–3 4–5 4–6 7–5 4–6 3–3 7–2
Boston 2–4 7–5 2–4 3–7 4–2 4–2 5–5 1–8 3–7 9–3 6–6 1–5 7–3
California 4–8 5–7 5–5 0–5 3–4 6–4 3–3 3–3 4–8 3–6 2–7 6–4 3–4
Chicago 4–2 4–2 5–5 7–5 8–4 3–7 9–3 2–4 4–2 6–3 9–1 4–5 2–3
Cleveland 6–4 7–3 5–0 5–7 8–2 1–4 5–2 9–3 0–9 6–0 3–2 5–7 6–4
Detroit 4–3 2–4 4–3 4–8 2–8 4–8 6–4 3–3 3–3 5–4 6–3 5–7 5–4
Kansas City 1–4 2–4 4–6 7–3 4–1 8–4 5–7 6–4 4–2 7–3 6–4 4–3 6–6
Milwaukee 3–7 5–5 3–3 3–9 2–5 4–6 7–5 6–6 2–7 4–1 4–2 3–3 7–3
Minnesota 5–4 8–1 3–3 4–2 3–9 3–3 4–6 6–6 4–5 2–5 3–3 4–5 4–8
New York 6–4 7–3 8–4 2–4 9–0 3–3 2–4 7–2 5–4 7–5 8–4 3–2 3–4
Oakland 5–7 3–9 6–3 3–6 0–6 4–5 3–7 1–4 5–2 5–7 4–3 7–3 5–1
Seattle 4–6 6–6 7–2 1–9 2–3 3–6 4–6 2–4 3–3 4–8 3–4 9–1 1–5
Texas 3–3 5–1 4–6 5–4 7–5 7–5 3–4 3–3 5–4 2–3 3–7 1–9 4–8
Toronto 2–7 3–7 4–3 3–2 4–6 4–5 6–6 3–7 8–4 4–3 1–5 5–1 8–4


Transactions

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  • April 1, 1994: Torey Lovullo was selected off waivers by the Seattle Mariners from the California Angels.[6]

Roster

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1994 California Angels
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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Batting

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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 Chris Turner 58 149 36 .242 1 12
1B J.T. Snow 61 223 49 .220 8 30
2B Harold Reynolds 74 207 48 .232 0 11
SS Gary Disarcina 112 389 101 .260 3 33
3B Spike Owen 82 268 83 .310 3 37
LF Jim Edmonds 94 289 79 .273 5 37
CF Chad Curtis 114 453 116 .256 11 50
RF Tim Salmon 100 373 107 .287 23 70
DH Chili Davis 108 392 122 .311 26 84

Other batters

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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
Damion Easley 88 316 68 .215 6 30
Bo Jackson 75 201 56 .279 13 43
Eduardo Pérez 38 129 27 .209 5 16
Jorge Fábregas 43 127 36 .283 0 16
Greg Myers 45 126 31 .246 2 8
Rex Hudler 56 124 37 .298 8 20
Dwight Smith 45 122 32 .262 5 18
Mark Dalesandro 19 25 5 .200 1 2
Rod Correia 6 17 4 .235 0 0
Garret Anderson 5 13 5 .385 0 1

Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Chuck Finley 25 183.1 10 10 4.32 148
Mark Langston 18 119.1 7 8 4.68 109
Phil Leftwich 20 114.0 5 10 5.68 67
Brian Anderson 18 101.2 7 5 5.22 47
John Farrell 3 13.0 1 2 9.00 10

Other pitchers

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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 Leiter 40 95.1 4 7 4.72 71
Joe Magrane 20 74.0 2 6 7.30 33
John Dopson 21 58.2 1 4 6.14 33
Russ Springer 18 45.2 2 2 5.52 28
Andrew Lorraine 4 18.2 0 2 10.61 10
Relief pitchers
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Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Joe Grahe 40 2 5 13 6.65 26
Bob Patterson 47 2 3 1 4.07 30
Mike Butcher 33 2 1 1 6.67 19
Craig Lefferts 30 1 1 1 4.67 27
Scott Lewis 20 0 1 0 6.10 10
Bill Sampen 10 1 1 0 6.46 9
Jeff Schwarz 4 0 0 0 4.05 4
Ken Patterson 1 0 0 0 0.00 1

Farm system

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

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Cedar Rapids, Boise[7]

References

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  1. ^ "Spike Owen Stats".
  2. ^ Shawn Hillegas Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  3. ^ Bo Jackson Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  4. ^ "Rex Hudler Stats".
  5. ^ "1994 American League Season Summary".
  6. ^ "Torey Lovullo Stats".
  7. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997
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