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1997 Anaheim Angels
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionWest
BallparkAnaheim Stadium
CityAnaheim, CA
OwnersGene Autry
General managersBill Bavasi
ManagersTerry Collins
TelevisionFox Sports West
•Sparky Anderson, Steve Physioc
KCAL-9
•Jerry Reuss, Steve Physioc
RadioKMPC (AM 710)
•Bob Starr, Mario Impemba
StatsESPN.com
Baseball Reference
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The 1997 Anaheim Angels season involved the Angels finishing second in the American League West with a record of 84 wins and 78 losses. It was the first season for the franchise as the "Anaheim Angels", after playing under the name of the "California Angels" for the previous 31 seasons, plus part of another. It was also the first season that the team introduced a new logo: the word angels on the front of the jerseys (which were now in a vest style) with wings coming out of the A (the winged A was also used on the team's caps). This look would last until 2001 when it was retired immediately after that season.

Offseason

  • October 28, 1996: Chili Davis was traded by the Angels to the Kansas City Royals for Mike Bovee and Mark Gubicza.
  • November 12, 1996: Todd Van Poppel was selected off waivers by the Anaheim Angels from the Detroit Tigers.
  • November 26, 1996: J. T. Snow was traded by the Anaheim Angels to the San Francisco Giants for Allen Watson and Fausto Macey (minors).
  • December 5, 1996: Jim Leyritz was traded by the New York Yankees to the Anaheim Angels for players to be named later. The Anaheim Angels sent Jeremy Blevins (minors) (December 9, 1996) and Ryan Kane (minors) (December 9, 1996) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade.
  • December 6, 1996: Craig Grebeck was signed as a free agent with the Anaheim Angels.
  • March 26, 1997: Todd Van Poppel was released by the Anaheim Angels.
  • March 31, 1997: Jim Abbott was released by the Anaheim Angels.

Regular season

  • June 17, 1997: The first interleague game between the Anaheim Angels and the Los Angeles Dodgers took place at Dodger Stadium. The rivalry would be known as the Freeway Series. The Dodgers won the game by a score of 4–3.

Notable transactions

  • May 18, 1997: Tony Phillips was traded by the Chicago White Sox with Chad Kreuter to the Anaheim Angels for Chuck McElroy and Jorge Fábregas.
  • June 3, 1997: Matt Wise was drafted by the Anaheim Angels in the 6th round of the 1997 amateur draft. Player signed June 8, 1997.
  • July 10, 1997: Greg Cadaret was signed as a free agent with the Anaheim Angels.
  • July 29, 1997: Jim Leyritz was traded by the Anaheim Angels with a player to be named later to the Texas Rangers for Ken Hill. The Anaheim Angels sent Rob Sasser (October 31, 1997) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade.
  • August 13, 1997: Rickey Henderson was traded by the San Diego Padres to the Anaheim Angels for a player to be named later, Ryan Hancock, and Stevenson Agosto (minors). The Anaheim Angels sent George Arias (August 19, 1997) to the San Diego Padres to complete the trade.

Season standings

AL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Seattle Mariners 90 72 .556 — 45‍–‍36 45‍–‍36
Anaheim Angels 84 78 .519 6 46‍–‍36 38‍–‍42
Texas Rangers 77 85 .475 13 39‍–‍42 38‍–‍43
Oakland Athletics 65 97 .401 25 35‍–‍46 30‍–‍51

Record vs. opponents

1997 American League record
Sources:
Team ANA BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR NL 
Anaheim — 4–7 6–5 6–5 7–4 5–6 6–5 7–4 4–7 4–7 11–1 6–6 8–4 6–5 4–12
Baltimore 7–4 — 5–7 5–6 6–5 6–6 7–4 5–6 10–1 8–4 8–3 7–4 10–1 6–6 8–7
Boston 5–6 7–5 — 3–8 6–5 5–7 3–8 8–3 8–3 4–8 7–4 7–4 3–8 6–6 6–9
Chicago 5–6 6–5 8–3 — 5–7 4–7 11–1 4–7 6–6 2–9 8–3 5–6 3–8 5–6 8–7
Cleveland 4–7 5–6 5–6 7–5 — 6–5 8–3 8–4 8–4 5–6 7–4 3–8 5–6 6–5 9–6
Detroit 6–5 6–6 7–5 7–4 5–6 — 6–5 4–7 4–7 2–10 7–4 4–7 7–4 6–6 8–7
Kansas City 5–6 4–7 8–3 1–11 3–8 5–6 — 6–6 7–5 3–8 3–8 5–6 6–5 5–6 6–9
Milwaukee 4–7 6–5 3–8 7–4 4–8 7–4 6–6 — 5–7 4–7 5–6 5–6 7–4 7–4 8–7
Minnesota 7–4 1–10 3–8 6–6 4–8 7–4 5–7 7–5 — 3–8 7–4 5–6 3–8 3–8 7–8
New York 7–4 4–8 8–4 9–2 6–5 10–2 8–3 7–4 8–3 — 6–5 4–7 7–4 7–5 5–10
Oakland 1–11 3–8 4–7 3–8 4–7 4–7 8–3 6–5 4–7 5–6 — 5–7 5–7 6–5 7–9
Seattle 6–6 4–7 4–7 6–5 8–3 7–4 6–5 6–5 6–5 7–4 7–5 — 8–4 8–3 7–9
Texas 4–8 1–10 8–3 8–3 6–5 4–7 5–6 4–7 8–3 4–7 7–5 4–8 — 4–7 10–6
Toronto 5–6 6–6 6–6 6–5 5–6 6–6 6–5 4–7 8–3 5–7 5–6 3–8 7–4 — 4–11


Roster

1997 Anaheim Angels
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Game log

Regular season

1997 regular season game log: 84–78 (Home: 46–36; Away: 38–42)
April: 12–12 (Home: 7–7; Away: 5–5)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
3 April 4 Indians W 8–6 (11) 4:12 17,758 2–1 W2
4 April 5 Indians L 5–7 3:09 23,913 2–2 L1
5 April 6 Indians L 8–10 3:24 29,363 2–3 L2
6 April 7 Yankees L 3–5 3:24 16,514 2–4 L3
7 April 8 Yankees W 10–9 (12) 4:18 17,202 3–4 W1
8 April 9 Yankees L 5–12 2:52 19,242 3–5 L1
9 April 11 @ Indians L 3–15 3:12 42,643 3–6 L2
– April 12 @ Indians Postponed (Rain) (Makeup date: July 28)
10 April 13 @ Indians W 8–3 3:29 41,218 4–6 W1
11 April 14 @ Yankees W 5–1 2:40 15,082 5–6 W2
12 April 15 @ Yankees W 6–5 3:49 16,944 6–6 W3
May: 16–12 (Home: 10–2; Away: 6–10)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
– May 2 @ White Sox Postponed (Rain) (Makeup date: May 3)
24 (1) May 3 @ White Sox
25 (2) May 3 @ White Sox
26 May 4 @ White Sox
28 May 5 @ Orioles W 7–2 3:00 41,296 14–14 W1
29 May 6 @ Orioles L 4–8 2:43 37,150 14–15 L1
30 May 7 @ Orioles L 0–3 2:43 43,858 14–16 L2
34 May 12 White Sox
35 May 13 White Sox
36 May 14 Orioles W 6–5 2:55 15,780 17–19 W3
37 May 15 Orioles W 3–2 2:58 15,966 18–19 W4
41 May 19 Mariners L 4–13 3:08 17,279 21–20 L1
42 May 20 Mariners W 11–9 3:27 17,492 22–20 W1
43 May 21 Mariners W 18–3 3:18 20,295 23–20 W2
June: 13–15 (Home: 6–5; Away: 7–10)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
63 June 12 Padres W 8–4 3:11 22,164 34–29 W1
64 June 13 Padres L 7–8 (14) 5:03 24,664 34–30 L1
65 June 14 Giants L 3–10 3:21 27,875 34–31 L2
66 June 15 Giants L 1–4 3:28 30,404 34–32 L3
67 June 17 @ Dodgers L 3–4 2:55 41,428 34–33 L4
68 June 18 @ Dodgers L 5–7 3:10 45,953 34–34 L5
76 June 26 @ Mariners L 3–6 2:51 31,248 40–36 L2
77 June 27 @ Mariners L 1–8 2:42 32,247 40–37 L3
78 June 28 @ Mariners W 6–1 2:46 38,750 41–37 W1
79 June 29 @ Mariners L 2–3 2:55 42,760 41–38 L1
80 June 30 @ Rockies L 7–11 3:32 48,359 41–39 L2
July: 19–9 (Home: 8–5; Away: 11–4)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
81 July 1 @ Rockies W 4–1 2:53 48,235 42–39 W1
82 July 2 Dodgers L 4–5 3:38 34,507 42–40 L1
83 July 3 Dodgers L 2–8 3:33 35,295 42–41 L2
84 July 4 Mariners L 3–7 2:50 34,839 42–42 L3
85 July 5 Mariners W 5–4 3:17 26,301 43–42 W1
86 July 6 Mariners W 8–0 2:43 22,916 44–42 W2
68th All-Star Game in Cleveland, OH
98 July 22 @ Yankees L 2–9 2:45 25,816 54–44 L1
99 July 23 @ Yankees L 4–5 3:07 26,750 54–45 L2
– July 24 @ Yankees Postponed (Rain; Site change) (Makeup date: August 20)
104 (1) July 28 @ Indians W 2–0 2:37 43,033 57–47 W1
105 (2) July 28 @ Indians W 10–7 4:00 42,857 58–47 W2
106 July 29 @ Indians W 7–2 2:31 42,975 59–47 W3
107 July 30 @ Indians W 5–2 3:09 42,898 60–47 W4
108 July 31 White Sox
August: 14–15 (Home: 10–8; Away: 4–7)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
109 August 1 White Sox
110 August 2 White Sox
111 August 3 White Sox
115 August 8 Orioles L 2–6 3:10 24,944 65–50 L1
116 August 9 Orioles W 4–3 3:05 32,207 66–50

W1

117 August 10 Orioles L 3–4 3:33 34,060 66–51 L1
118 August 12 @ White Sox
119 August 13 @ White Sox
122 August 16 @ Orioles L 9–10 3:25 47,815 68–54 L1
123 August 17 @ Orioles L 4–5 (10) 3:47 47,340 68–55 L2
124 August 18 @ Orioles L 1–2 3:29 47,804 68–56 L3
125 August 19 Yankees W 12–4 3:00 22,596 69–56 W1
126 (1) August 20 Yankees L 3–7 3:04 69–57 L1
127 (2) August 20 Yankees L 5–8 3:24 32,343 69–58 L2
128 August 21 Yankees L 3–4 (12) 4:11 27,102 69–59 L3
132 August 26 Indians W 8–7 3:07 21,012 72–60 W1
133 August 27 Indians L 4–10 3:03 20,140 72–61 L1
134 August 28 @ Padres L 2–9 2:41 18,203 72–62 L2
135 August 29 @ Padres W 3–1 2:37 60,230 73–62 W1
136 August 30 @ Giants L 3–7 2:43 26,200 73–63 L1
137 August 31 @ Giants W 7–4 3:15 24,751 74–63 W1
September: 10–15 (Home: 5–9; Away: 5–6)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
138 September 1 Rockies L 1–4 2:55 19,614 74–64 L1
139 September 2 Rockies L 2–7 3:01 18,266 74–65 L2
157 September 23 @ Mariners L 3–4 3:01 52,884 82–75 L1
158 September 24 @ Mariners W 9–3 2:51 41,975 83–75 W1
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement
Bold = Angels team member

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 Chad Kreuter 70 218 51 .234 4 18
1B Darin Erstad 139 539 161 .299 16 77
2B Luis Alicea 128 388 98 .253 5 37
3B Dave Hollins 149 572 165 .288 16 85
SS Gary DiSarcina 154 549 135 .246 4 47
LF Garret Anderson 154 624 189 .303 8 92
CF Jim Edmonds 133 502 146 .291 26 80
RF Tim Salmon 157 582 172 .296 33 129
DH Eddie Murray 46 160 35 .219 3 15

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
Tony Phillips 105 405 107 .264 6 48
Jim Leyritz 84 294 81 .276 11 50
Jack Howell 77 174 45 .259 14 34
Orlando Palmeiro 74 134 29 .216 0 8
Craig Grebeck 63 126 34 .270 1 6
Todd Greene 34 124 36 .290 9 24
Rickey Henderson 32 115 21 .183 2 7
Jorge Fábregas 21 38 3 .079 0 3
Chris Turner 13 23 6 .261 1 2
Robert Eenhoorn 11 20 7 .350 1 6
Angelo Encarnación 11 17 7 .412 1 4
George Arias 3 6 2 .333 0 1
Randy Velarde 1 0 0 ---- 0 0

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
Jason Dickson 33 203.2 13 9 4.29 115
Allen Watson 35 199.0 12 12 4.93 141
Dennis Springer 32 194.2 9 9 5.18 75
Chuck Finley 25 164.0 13 6 4.23 155
Ken Hill 12 79.0 4 4 3.65 38
Mark Langston 9 48.0 2 4 5.85 30
Mark Gubicza 2 5.0 0 1 25.07 5

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
Shigetoshi Hasegawa 50 116.2 3 7 3.93 83
Matt Perisho 11 45.0 0 2 6.00 35
Kevin Gross 12 25.0 2 1 6.75 20

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
Troy Percival 55 5 5 27 3.46 72
Mike Holtz 66 3 4 2 3.32 40
Pep Harris 61 5 4 0 3.62 56
Mike James 58 5 5 7 4.31 57
Rich DeLucia 33 6 4 3 3.61 42
Darrell May 29 2 1 0 5.23 42
Greg Cadaret 15 0 0 0 3.29 11
Chuck McElroy 13 0 0 0 3.45 18
Anthony Chavez 7 0 0 0 0.93 10
Mike Bovee 3 0 0 0 5.40 5
Shad Williams 1 0 0 0 0.00 0

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Vancouver Canadians Pacific Coast League Bruce Hines
AA Midland Angels Texas League Mitch Seoane
A Lake Elsinore Storm California League Don Long
A Cedar Rapids Kernels Midwest League Mario Mendoza
A-Short Season Boise Hawks Northwest League Tom Kotchman
Rookie Butte Copper Kings Pioneer League Bill Lachemann

References

  1. Chili Davis at Baseball Reference
  2. J. T. Snow Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  3. ^ Jim Leyritz Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  4. "Craig Grebeck Stats".
  5. Jim Abbott Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  6. "Team games". Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved September 25, 2008.
  7. Tony Phillips Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  8. "Matt Wise: Career Statistics". Baseball Reference. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
  9. "Greg Cadaret Stats".
  10. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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