2015 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim season

2015 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record 85–77 (.525)
Divisional place 3rd
Other information
Owner(s) Arte Moreno
General manager(s) Jerry Dipoto, Bill Stoneman
Manager(s) Mike Scioscia
Local television Fox Sports West
(Victor Rojas, Mark Gubicza)
Local radio

KLAA (AM 830)
KSPN (AM 710)
(Terry Smith, José Mota)

Spanish: KWKW (AM 1330)
Stats ESPN.com
BB-reference
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The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim's 2015 season was the franchise's 55th season and 50th in Anaheim (all of them at Angel Stadium of Anaheim).

Offseason

October 30: Joe Thatcher, John McDonald, and Jason Grilli become free agents.

November 5: Received Carlos Pérez and Nick Tropeano from the Houston Astros for Hank Conger. Also traded Mark Sappington to the Tampa Bay Rays for Cesar Ramos.

November 11: Signed Raywilly Gomez to a minor league contract.

November 12: Signed Jeremy McBryde.

November 20: Sent 3 players to the minors while promoting 2 others. Received Daniel Robertson from the Texas Rangers for cash.

November 23: Signed Brian Broderick.

November 24: Signed 3 players to a minor league contract and invited them to Spring training.

November 27: Signed D'Arby Myers to a minor league contract and invited him to Spring training.

December 2: Yoslan Herrera, Wade LeBlanc, and Gordon Beckham become free agents.

December 4 and December 5: Signed 3 players to a minor league contract and invited them to Spring training.

December 8: Claimed Marc Krauss off waiver from the Houston Astros.

December 9: Received Drew Butera from the Los Angeles Dodgers for Matt Long.

December 11: Three trades were made this day:

December 16: Received Matt Joyce from the Tampa Bay Rays for Kevin Jepsen.

December 19: Received Johnny Giavotella from the Kansas City Royals for Brian Broderick, while releasing Shawn O'Malley and signing Roberto Baldoquin to a minor league contract.

December 23: Signed 2 players to a minor league contract with an invite to Spring training while inviting 8 others to Spring training.

January 4: Signed Steven Hensley to a minor league contract.

January 8: Received Kyle Kubitza and Nate Hyatt from the Kansas City Royals for Ricardo Sanchez.

January 20: Signed Ryan Mattheus to a minor league contract.

January 30: Signed 2 players to a minor league contract.

February 3: Signed Jeff Malm to a minor league contract.

February 4: Sent Yency Almonte to the Chicago White Sox.

Standings

Season standings

American League West

AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Texas Rangers 88 74 0.543 43–38 45–36
Houston Astros 86 76 0.531 2 53–28 33–48
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 85 77 0.525 3 49–32 36–45
Seattle Mariners 76 86 0.469 12 36–45 40–41
Oakland Athletics 68 94 0.420 20 34–47 34–47

American League Leaders

Division Leaders W L Pct.
(1) Kansas City Royals 95 67 0.586
(2) Toronto Blue Jays 93 69 0.574
(3) Texas Rangers 88 74 0.543
Wild Card teams
(Top 2 qualify for 1-game playoff)
W L Pct. GB
(4) New York Yankees 87 75 0.537 +1
(5) Houston Astros 86 76 0.531
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 85 77 0.525 1
Minnesota Twins 83 79 0.512 3
Cleveland Indians 81 80 0.503
Baltimore Orioles 81 81 0.500 5
Tampa Bay Rays 80 82 0.494 6
Boston Red Sox 78 84 0.481 8
Chicago White Sox 76 86 0.469 10
Seattle Mariners 76 86 0.469 10
Detroit Tigers 74 87 0.460 11½
Oakland Athletics 68 94 0.420 18

Record against opponents

2015 AL Records

Source: AL Standings Head-to-Head
Team BAL BOS CWS CLE DET HOU KC LAA MIN NYY OAK SEA TB TEX TOR NL
Baltimore 11–8 3–3 5–1 4–3 3–4 3–4 2–4 0–7 10–9 6–1 3–3 10–9 1–6 8–11 12–8
Boston 8–11 3–4 2–4 4–2 2–4 4–3 2–5 2–5 8–11 5–1 4–3 9–10 2–5 10–9 13–7
Chicago 3–3 4–3 10–9 9–10 5–1 7–12 4–3 6–13 2–5 5–2 4–3 1–5 3–3 4–3 9–11
Cleveland 1–5 4–2 9–10 7–11 5–2 9–10 4–2 7–12 5–2 3–4 4–3 5–2 3–3 3–4 12–8
Detroit 3–4 2–4 10–9 11–7 3–4 9–10 1–6 11–8 2–5 2–4 4–3 3–3 2–5 2–4 9–11
Houston 4–3 4–2 1–5 2–5 4–3 4–2 10–9 3–3 4–3 10–9 12–7 2–5 6–13 4–3 16–4
Kansas City 4–3 3–4 12–7 10–9 10–9 2–4 6–1 12–7 2–4 5–1 4–2 6–1 3–4 3–4 13–7
Los Angeles 4–2 5–2 3–4 2–4 6–1 9–10 1–6 5–2 2–4 11–8 12–7 3–3 12–7 2–5 8–12
Minnesota 7–0 5–2 13–6 12–7 8–11 3–3 7–12 2–5 1–5 4–3 4–3 4–2 3–3 2–5 8–12
New York 9–10 11–8 5–2 2–5 5–2 3–4 4–2 4–2 5–1 3–4 5–1 12–7 2–5 6–13 11–9
Oakland 1–6 1–5 2–5 4–3 4–2 9–10 1–5 8–11 3–4 4–3 6–13 3–4 10–9 1–5 11–9
Seattle 3–3 3–4 3–4 3–4 3–4 7–12 2–4 7–12 3–4 1–5 13–6 4–3 12–7 4–2 8–12
Tampa Bay 9–10 10–9 5–1 2–5 3–3 5–2 1–6 3–3 2–4 7–12 4–3 3–4 2–5 10–9 14–6
Texas 6–1 5–2 3–3 3–3 5–2 13–6 4–3 7–12 3–3 5–2 9–10 7–12 5–2 2–4 11–9
Toronto 11–8 9–10 3–4 4–3 4–2 3–4 4–3 5–2 5–2 13–6 5–1 2–4 9–10 4–2 12–8

Season summary

From the start of the season the Angels battled the Astros for the division tittle. They were in second place for the majority of the season between Astros (1st) and Rangers (3rd).

In early July, the baseball world focused their attention on the Angels following a report from Ken Rosenthal that general manager Jerry DiPoto and manager Mike Scioscia were at odds over the use of analytics in the clubhouse. Two days later, DiPoto cleaned out his Angels office and resigned.

Former Angels general manager Bill Stoneman, who hired Scioscia before the 2000 season, was named interim GM.

In July, the Angels briefly held 1st place in the AL West before losing 19 games in August.

The Deciding Game

On October 4, 2015, the final game of the season for the Angels and Rangers, the Angels lost against the Rangers, preventing them from entering the playoffs. If they had won, they would have entered a tiebreaker game with the Astros. If that was won, they would have entered The Wildcard game against the Yankees

Gamelog

2015 Game Log (85–77)[1]
Legend:           = Win           = Loss           = Postponement      = Allstar Game
Bold = Angels team member

Roster

2015 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

Statistics

Through October 4, 2015

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG SB
Erick Aybar, SS 156 597 74 161 30 1 3 44 25 73 .270 15
Drew Butera, C 10 21 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .190 0
Kole Calhoun, RF 159 630 78 161 23 2 26 83 45 164 .256 4
Collin Cowgill, LF 55 69 10 13 2 1 1 2 4 19 .188 2
C. J. Cron, DH,1B 113 378 37 99 17 1 16 51 17 82 .262 3
David DeJesus, OF 30 56 3 7 1 0 0 4 2 13 .125 0
Taylor Featherston, 3B,SS,2B 101 154 23 25 5 1 2 9 7 46 .162 4
David Freese, 3B 121 424 53 109 27 0 14 56 31 107 .257 1
Johnny Giavotella, 2B 129 453 51 123 25 5 4 49 32 59 .272 2
Conor Gillaspie, 3B 17 64 4 13 4 1 1 9 4 13 .203 0
Grant Green, 1B,2B 21 42 6 8 0 0 1 3 2 14 .190 0
Andrew Heaney, P 18 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 0
Chris Iannetta, C 92 272 28 51 10 0 10 34 41 83 .188 0
Matt Joyce, LF 93 247 17 43 12 1 5 21 30 67 .174 0
Marc Krauss, DH,1B 11 35 2 5 2 0 1 5 3 11 .143 0
Kyle Kubitza, 3B,LF 19 36 6 7 0 0 0 1 3 15 .194 0
Alfredo Marte, OF 5 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .333 0
David Murphy, LF,DH 48 155 16 41 6 0 5 23 4 20 .265 0
Efren Navarro, OF,1B 54 83 9 21 4 0 0 5 5 16 .253 0
Kirk Nieuwenhuis, OF 10 22 4 3 2 0 0 1 2 9 .136 0
Carlos Pérez, C 86 260 20 65 13 0 4 21 19 49 .250 2
Albert Pujols, 1B,DH 157 602 85 147 22 0 40 95 50 72 .244 5
Cory Rasmus, P 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Dan Robertson, LF 37 75 10 21 2 0 0 7 2 7 .280 0
Hector Santiago, P 33 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .200 0
Matt Shoemaker, P 25 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 0
Mike Trout, CF 159 575 104 172 32 6 41 90 92 158 .299 11
Shane Victorino, OF 38 84 9 18 2 2 0 3 7 18 .214 2
Jered Weaver, P 26 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0
C. J. Wilson, P 21 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 0

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB K
José Álvarez 4 3 3.49 64 0 0 67.0 58 29 26 5 23 59
Cam Bedrosian 1 0 5.40 34 0 0 33.1 40 20 19 3 19 34
Trevor Gott 4 2 3.02 48 0 0 47.2 43 16 14 2 16 27
Andrew Heaney 6 4 3.49 18 18 0 105.2 99 43 41 9 28 78
Edgar Ibarra 0 0 2.25 2 0 0 4.0 4 1 1 0 3 3
Ryan Mattheus 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 2
Mike Morin 4 2 6.37 47 0 1 35.1 36 26 25 3 9 41
Vinnie Pestano 1 0 5.40 19 0 0 11.2 15 9 7 3 8 13
Cesar Ramos 2 1 2.75 65 0 0 52.1 55 16 16 2 15 43
Cory Rasmus 0 0 5.23 16 1 0 20.2 15 12 12 3 11 27
Garrett Richards 15 12 3.65 32 32 0 207.1 181 90 84 20 76 176
Drew Rucinski 0 2 7.71 4 1 0 7.0 10 6 6 1 6 4
Fernando Salas 2 1 4.15 49 0 0 43.1 37 21 20 5 8 49
Hector Santiago 9 9 3.59 33 32 0 180.2 156 75 72 29 71 162
Matt Shoemaker 7 10 4.46 25 24 0 135.1 135 70 67 24 35 116
Joe Smith 5 5 3.58 70 0 5 65.1 64 26 26 4 19 57
Huston Street 3 3 3.18 62 0 40 62.1 52 22 22 7 20 57
Nick Tropeano 3 2 3.82 8 7 0 37.2 40 16 16 2 10 38
Jered Weaver 7 12 4.64 26 26 0 159.0 163 84 82 24 33 90
Adam Wilk 0 0 4.50 1 0 0 2.0 2 1 1 1 1 2
C. J. Wilson 8 8 3.89 21 21 0 132.0 118 59 57 13 46 110

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Salt Lake Bees Pacific Coast League Dave Anderson
AA Arkansas Travelers Texas League Bill Richardson
A-Advanced Inland Empire 66ers of San Bernardino California League Denny Hocking
A Burlington Bees Midwest League Chad Tracy
Rookie Orem Owlz Pioneer League Dave Stapleton
Rookie AZL Angels Arizona League Elio Sarmiento
Rookie DSL Angels Dominican Summer League Carson Vitale

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