1997 Anaheim Angels season

1997 Anaheim Angels
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1961)
West Division (since 1969)
Location
Anaheim Stadium (since 1966)
Anaheim, CA (since 1966)
Other information
Owner(s)	Gene Autry
General manager(s)	Bill Bavasi
Manager(s)	Terry Collins
Local television	Fox Sports West •Sparky Anderson, Steve Physioc KCAL-9 •Jerry Reuss, Steve Physioc
Local radio	KMPC (AM 710) •Bob Starr, Mario Impemba
Stats	ESPN.com BB-reference
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The Anaheim Angels 1997 season involved the Angels finishing 2nd 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.

Offseason

October 28, 1996: Chili Davis was traded by the Angels to the Kansas City Royals for Mike Bovee and Mark Gubicza.^[1]
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).^[2]
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.^[3]
December 6, 1996: Craig Grebeck was signed as a Free Agent with the Anaheim Angels.^[4]
March 26, 1997: Todd Van Poppel was released by the Anaheim Angels.
March 31, 1997: Jim Abbott was released by the Anaheim Angels.^[5]

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.^[6]

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.^[7]
July 10, 1997: Greg Cadaret was signed as a Free Agent with the Anaheim Angels.^[8]
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.^[3]
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	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Seattle Mariners	90	72	0.556	—	45–36	45–36
Anaheim Angels	84	78	0.519	6	46–36	38–42
Texas Rangers	77	85	0.475	13	39–42	38–43
Oakland Athletics	65	97	0.401	25	35–46	30–51

Record vs. opponents

1997 American League Records 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

61 Mike Bovee

36 Greg Cadaret

43 Anthony Chavez

41 Rich DeLucia

19 Jason Dickson

31 Chuck Finley

44 Kevin Gross

23 Mark Gubicza

48 Pep Harris

21 Shigetoshi Hasegawa

44 Ken Hill

65 Mike Holtz

46 Mike James

12 Mark Langston

22 Darrell May

17 Chuck McElroy

40 Troy Percival

62 Matt Perisho

35 Dennis Springer

34 Allen Watson

59 Shad Williams

Catchers

7 Angelo Encarnacion

14 Jorge Fábregas

8 Todd Greene

6 Chad Kreuter

13 Jim Leyritz

20 Chris Turner

Infielders

5 Luis Alicea

7 George Arias

9 Gary DiSarcina

11 Robert Eenhoorn

27 Darin Erstad

4 Craig Grebeck

10 Dave Hollins

32 Jack Howell

73 Tony Phillips

Outfielders

16 Garret Anderson

25 Jim Edmonds

24 Rickey Henderson

3 Orlando Palmeiro

15 Tim Salmon

Other batters

33 Eddie Murray

18 Randy Velarde

Manager

1 Terry Collins

Coaches

57 Mick Billmeyer (Bullpen)

2 Larry Bowa (Third Base)

29 Rod Carew (Hitting)

47 Joe Coleman (Bullpen)

53 Marcel Lachemann (Pitching)

70 Joe Maddon (Bench)

39 Dave Parker (First Base)

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

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Allen Watson	35	199	12	12	4.93	141
Jason Dickson	33	203.2	13	9	4.29	115
Dennis Springer	32	194.2	9	9	5.18	75
Chuck Finley	25	164	13	6	4.23	155
Ken Hill	12	79	4	4	3.65	38
Mark Langston	9	48	2	4	5.85	30
Matt Perisho	11	45	0	2	6.00	35
Mark Gubicza	2	5	0	1	25.07	5

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Shigetoshi Hasegawa	50	117	3	7	3.93	83
Darrell May	29	52	2	1	5.23	42
Kevin Gross	12	25	2	1	6.75	20

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Mike Bovee	3	0	0	0	5.40	5

Farm system

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

↑ Chili Davis at Baseball Reference
↑ J. T. Snow Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
1 2 Jim Leyritz Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/g/grebecr01.shtml
↑ Jim Abbott Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
↑ http://www.thebaseballnexus.com/team_games/ANA/1997
↑ Tony Phillips Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/cadargr01.shtml
↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

1997 Anaheim Angels at Baseball Reference
1997 Anaheim Angels at Baseball Almanac

Preceded by 1996	Anaheim Angels seasons 1997	Succeeded by 1998

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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1980s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

1990s	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

2000s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

2010s	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

1997 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston Detroit New York Toronto

AL Central	Chicago Cleveland Kansas City Milwaukee Minnesota

AL West	Anaheim Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Atlanta Florida Montréal New York Philadelphia

NL Central	Chicago Cincinnati Houston Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Colorado Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

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