The 1987 California Angels season was the 27th season of the California Angels franchise in the American League, the 22nd in Anaheim, and their 22nd season playing their home games at Anaheim Stadium. The Angels finished sixth in the American League west with a record of 75 wins and 87 losses.
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Notable transactions 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. January 8, 1987: Doug DeCinces was signed as a free agent with the California Angels. January 22, 1987: Jim Eppard was purchased by the California Angels from the Oakland Athletics.Jim Eppard Statistics Baseball-Reference.com May 1, 1987: Bob Boone was signed as a free agent with the California Angels. May 19, 1987: Doug Corbett was signed as a free agent with the California Angels.Doug Corbett Statistics Baseball-Reference.com June 1, 1987: Greg Minton was signed as a free agent with the California Angels. June 19, 1987: Doug Corbett was released by the California Angels. 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. July 28, 1987: Bill Buckner signed as a free agent with the California Angels.Bill Buckner Statistics Baseball-Reference.com September 15, 1987: John Candelaria was traded by the California Angels to the New York Mets for Jeff Richardson and Shane Young (minors).John Candelaria Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
Draft picks June 2, 1987: John Orton was drafted by the California Angels in the 1st round (25th pick) of the 1987 amateur draft. 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.Rubén Amaro Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
Roster 1987 California Angels Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders Manager
Coaches
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 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
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 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
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 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
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 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
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 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
Farm system
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997
References
1987 California Angels at Baseball Reference 1987 California Angels at Baseball Almanac