The 1993 California Angels season was the 33rd season of the California Angels franchise in the American League, the 28th in Anaheim, and their 28th season playing their home games at Anaheim Stadium. The Angels finished fifth in the American League West with a record of 71 wins and 91 losses.
Offseason November 19, 1992: Torey Lovullo was signed as a free agent with the California Angels. November 19, 1992: Rob Ducey was released by the California Angels. December 6, 1992: Jim Abbott was traded by the California Angels to the New York Yankees for J. T. Snow, Jerry Nielsen, and Russ Springer.Jim Abbott Statistics Baseball-Reference.com December 8, 1992: Kelly Gruber was traded by the Toronto Blue Jays with cash to the California Angels for Luis Sojo.Kelly Gruber Statistics Baseball-Reference.com December 11, 1992: Chili Davis signed as a free agent with the California Angels.Chili Davis Statistics Baseball-Reference.com January 29, 1993: Jerome Walton was signed as a free agent with the California Angels. February 11, 1993: Scott Sanderson was signed as a free agent with the California Angels.Scott Sanderson Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
Regular season September 17, 1993: Greg Myers of the Angels was the final strikeout victim of Nolan Ryan. It would be Ryan's 5,714th strikeout.
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Notable transactions June 3, 1993: Gary Gaetti was released by the California Angels.Gary Gaetti Statistics Baseball-Reference.com June 17, 1993: Doug Linton was selected off waivers by the California Angels from the Toronto Blue Jays. August 3, 1993: Scott Sanderson was selected off waivers by the San Francisco Giants from the California Angels. August 20, 1993: Jerome Walton was released by the California Angels. September 7, 1993: Kelly Gruber was released by the California Angels. September 14, 1993: Doug Linton was released by the California Angels.
Roster 1993 California Angels Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders
Other batters Manager
Coaches (Hitting) (Pitching) (First Base) (Third Base) (Assistant) (Bullpen) (Bench)
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 Greg Myers 108 290 74 .255 7 40 1B J.T. Snow 129 419 101 .241 16 57 2B Torey Lovullo 116 367 92 .251 6 30 SS Gary DiSarcina 126 416 99 .238 3 45 3B Rene Gonzales 117 335 84 .251 2 31 LF Luis Polonia 152 576 156 .271 1 32 CF Chad Curtis 152 583 166 .285 6 59 RF Tim Salmon 142 515 146 .283 31 95 DH Chili Davis 152 573 139 .243 27 112
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 Stan Javier 92 237 69 .291 3 28 Damion Easley 73 230 72 .313 2 22 Eduardo Pérez 52 180 45 .250 4 30 Rod Correia 64 128 34 .266 0 9 John Orton 37 95 18 .189 1 4 Ron Tingley 58 90 18 .200 0 12 Chris Turner 25 75 21 .280 1 13 Kelly Gruber 18 65 18 .277 3 9 Kurt Stillwell 22 61 16 .262 0 3 Jim Edmonds 18 61 15 .246 0 4 Gary Gaetti 20 50 9 .180 0 4 Ty Van Burkleo 12 33 5 .152 1 1 Jim Walewander 12 8 1 .125 0 3 Jerome Walton 5 2 0 .000 0 0 Larry Gonzales 2 2 1 .500 0 1
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 Mark Langston 35 256.1 16 11 3.20 196 Chuck Finley 35 251.1 16 14 3.15 187 Scott Sanderson 21 135.1 7 11 4.46 66 John Farrell 21 90.2 3 12 7.35 35 Phil Leftwich 12 80.2 4 6 3.79 31 Hilly Hathaway 11 57.1 4 3 5.02 11 Joe Magrane 8 48.0 3 2 3.94 24 Mark Holzemer 5 23.1 0 3 8.87 10
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 Russ Springer 14 60.0 1 6 7.20 31 Julio Valera 19 53.0 3 6 6.62 28 Scott Lewis 15 32.0 1 2 4.22 10 Brian Anderson 4 11.1 0 0 3.97 4
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 Steve Frey 55 2 3 13 2.98 22 Ken Patterson 46 1 1 1 4.58 36 Gene Nelson 46 0 5 4 3.08 31 Joe Grahe 45 4 1 11 2.86 31 Mike Butcher 23 1 0 8 2.86 24 Doug Linton 19 2 0 0 7.71 19 Darryl Scott 16 1 2 0 5.85 13 Chuck Crim 11 2 2 0 5.87 10 Jerry Nielsen 10 0 0 0 8.03 8 Paul Swingle 9 0 1 0 8.38 6 Chili Davis 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 Rene Gonzales 1 0 0 0 0.00 0
Farm system
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: BoiseJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997
References
1993 California Angels at Baseball Reference 1993 California Angels at Baseball Almanac