1991 California Angels season

1991 California Angels
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1961)
West Division (since 1969)
Location
Anaheim Stadium (since 1966)
Anaheim, California (since 1966)
Other information
Owner(s)	Gene Autry
General manager(s)	Mike Port, Dan O'Brien, Sr.
Manager(s)	Doug Rader, Buck Rodgers
Local television	KTLA SportsChannel Los Angeles (Ken Wilson, Ken Brett)
Local radio	KMPC (Bob Jamison, Al Conin) XPRS (Ruben Valentin, Ulpiano Cos Villa)
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The California Angels 1991 season involved the Angels finishing 7th in the American League west with a record of 81 wins and 81 losses.

Offseason

December 2, 1990: Devon White was traded by the California Angels with Willie Fraser and Marcus Moore to the Toronto Blue Jays for a player to be named later, Junior Felix, and Luis Sojo. The Toronto Blue Jays sent Ken Rivers (minors) (December 4, 1990) to the California Angels to complete the trade.^[1]
December 13, 1990: Max Venable was signed as a Free Agent with the California Angels.^[2]
March 14, 1991: Dante Bichette was traded by the California Angels to the Milwaukee Brewers for Dave Parker.^[3]

Regular season

Season standings

AL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Minnesota Twins	95	67	0.586	—	51–30	44–37
Chicago White Sox	87	75	0.537	8	46–35	41–40
Texas Rangers	85	77	0.525	10	46–35	39–42
Oakland Athletics	84	78	0.519	11	47–34	37–44
Seattle Mariners	83	79	0.512	12	45–36	38–43
Kansas City Royals	82	80	0.506	13	40–41	42–39
California Angels	81	81	0.500	14	40–41	41–40

Record vs. opponents

1991 American League Records Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIL	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TEX	TOR
Baltimore	—	8–5	6–6	4–8	7–6	5–8	4–8	3–10	4–8	5–8	3–9	4–8	9–3	5–8
Boston	5–8	—	4–8	7–5	9–4	5–8	7–5	7–6	3–9	6–7	8–4	9–3	5–7	9–4
California	6–6	8–4	—	8–5	7–5	5–7	9–4	6–6	8–5	6–6	1–12	6–7	5–8	6–6
Chicago	8–4	5–7	5–8	—	6–6	4–8	7–6	7–5	8–5	8–4	7–6	7–6	8–5	7–5
Cleveland	6–7	4–9	5–7	6–6	—	7–6	4–8	5–8	2–10	6–7	5–7	2–10	4–8	1–12
Detroit	8–5	8–5	7–5	8–4	6–7	—	8–4	4–9	4–8	8–5	4–8	8–4	6–6	5–8
Kansas City	8–4	5–7	4–9	6–7	8–4	4–8	—	9–3	6–7	7–5	6–7	7–6	7–6	5–7
Milwaukee	10–3	6–7	6–6	5–7	8–5	9–4	3–9	—	6–6	6–7	8–4	3–9	7–5	6–7
Minnesota	8–4	9–3	5–8	5–8	10–2	8–4	7–6	6–6	—	10–2	8–5	9–4	6–7	4–8
New York	8–5	7–6	6–6	4–8	7–6	5–8	5–7	7–6	2–10	—	6–6	3–9	5–7	6–7
Oakland	9–3	4–8	12–1	6–7	7–5	8–4	7–6	4–8	5–8	6–6	—	6–7	4–9	6–6
Seattle	8–4	3–9	7–6	6–7	10–2	4–8	6–7	9–3	4–9	9–3	7–6	—	5–8	5–7
Texas	3–9	7–5	8–5	5–8	8–4	6–6	6–7	5–7	7–6	7–5	9–4	8–5	—	6–6
Toronto	8–5	4–9	6–6	5–7	12–1	8–5	7–5	7–6	8–4	7–6	6–6	7–5	6–6	—

Transactions

April 1, 1991: Rick Schu was released by the California Angels.^[4]
June 3, 1991: Mark Sweeney was drafted by the California Angels in the 9th round of the 1991 amateur draft. Player signed June 5, 1991.^[5]
July 30, 1991: Shawn Abner was traded by the San Diego Padres to the California Angels for Jack Howell.^[6]
September 7, 1991: Dave Parker was released by the California Angels.^[7]

Roster

1991 California Angels

Roster

Pitchers

25 Jim Abbott

59 Kyle Abbott

43 Scott Bailes

23 Floyd Bannister

36 Chris Beasley

45 Mark Eichhorn

48 Mike Fetters

31 Chuck Finley

20 Joe Grahe

34 Bryan Harvey

12 Mark Langston

46 Scott Lewis

15 Kirk McCaskill

33 Bob McClure

49 Jeff Robinson

36 Fernando Valenzuela

35 Cliff Young

Catchers

14 John Orton

13 Lance Parrish

24 Ron Tingley

Infielders

44 Chris Cron

11 Gary DiSarcina

38 Kevin Flora

3 Gary Gaetti

18 Donnie Hill

16 Jack Howell

21 Wally Joyner

41 Barry Lyons

41 Mike Marshall

6 Bobby Rose

17 Dick Schofield

10 Luis Sojo

9 Lee Stevens

Outfielders

16 Shawn Abner

30 Rubén Amaro, Jr.

40 Mark Davis

47 Junior Félix

27 Dave Gallagher

22 Luis Polonia

8 Max Venable

32 Dave Winfield

Other batters

39 Dave Parker

Manager

4 Doug Rader

37 Buck Rodgers

Coaches

30 Bruce Hines

2 Deron Johnson

1 Bobby Knoop

53 Marcel Lachemann
47 Frank Reberger

50 Jimmie Reese

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: 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	Lance Parrish	119	402	87	.216	19	51
1B	Wally Joyner	143	551	166	.301	21	96
2B	Luis Sojo	113	364	94	.258	3	20
3B	Gary Gaetti	152	586	144	.246	18	66
SS	Dick Schofield	134	427	96	.225	0	31
LF	Luis Polonia	150	604	179	.296	2	50
CF	Junior Félix	66	230	65	.283	2	26
RF	Dave Winfield	150	568	149	.262	28	86
DH	Dave Parker	119	466	108	.232	11	56

Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Cliff Young	11	1	0	0	4.26	6

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Edmonton Trappers	Pacific Coast League	Mako Oliveras
AA	Midland Angels	Texas League	Don Long
A	Palm Springs Angels	California League	Nate Oliver
A	Quad Cities Angels	Midwest League	Mitch Seoane
A-Short Season	Boise Hawks	Northwest League	Tom Kotchman
Rookie	AZL Angels	Arizona League	Bill Lachemann

References

↑ Devon White Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/v/venabma01.shtml
↑ Dante Bichette Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/schuri01.shtml
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sweenma01.shtml
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/a/abnersh01.shtml
↑ Dave Parker Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

1991 California Angels at Baseball Reference
1991 California Angels at Baseball Almanac

Preceded by 1990	California Angels seasons 1991	Succeeded by 1992

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

Formerly the Los Angeles Angels, the California Angels, and the Anaheim Angels
Based in Anaheim, California (Greater Los Angeles)

Franchise

Ballparks

Spring training: Angels Stadium; Tempe Diablo Stadium

Culture and lore

Rivalries

Los Angeles Dodgers

Minors

AAA: Salt Lake Bees
AA: Mobile BayBears
A Adv.: Inland Empire 66ers
A: Burlington Bees
Rookie Adv.: Orem Owlz
Rookie: AZL Angels; DSL Angels

Key personnel

Owner: Arte Moreno
General Manager: Billy Eppler
Manager: Mike Scioscia

World Series
championships (1)

2002

American League
pennants (1)

2002

Division titles

West: 1979; 1982; 1986; 2004; 2005; 2007; 2008; 2009; 2014

Wild Card berths

2002

Broadcasting

Seasons (55)

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1991 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston Cleveland Detroit Milwaukee New York Toronto

AL West	California Chicago Kansas City Minnesota Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Chicago Montréal New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Atlanta Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

1991 MLB draft 1991 All-Star Game 1991 World Series

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