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1989 California Angels
League American League
Division West
Ballpark Anaheim Stadium
City Anaheim, California
Owners Gene Autry
General managers Mike Port
Managers Doug Rader
Television KTLA
( Joe Torre, Bob Starr)
Z Channel
( Joe Torre, Joel Meyers)
Radio KMPC
( Ken Brett, Al Conin)
XPRS
(Ruben Valentin, Ulpiano Cos Villa)
←  1988 Seasons 1990 →

The 1989 California Angels season saw the Angels finish third in the American League West with a record of 91 wins and 71 losses.

Offseason

Regular season

  • September 9, 1989: Devon White became the first member of the Angels to steal three bases in one inning against the Boston Red Sox.

Season standings

AL West 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Oakland Athletics 99 63 0.611 — 54–27 45–36
Kansas City Royals 92 70 0.568 7 55–26 37–44
California Angels 91 71 0.562 8 52–29 39–42
Texas Rangers 83 79 0.512 16 45–36 38–43
Minnesota Twins 80 82 0.494 19 45–36 35–46
Seattle Mariners 73 89 0.451 26 40–41 33–48
Chicago White Sox 69 92 0.429 29½ 35–45 34–47

Record vs. opponents

1989 American League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore — 6–7 6–6 6–6 7–6 10–3 6–6 7–6 4–8 8–5 5–7 6–6 9–3 7–6
Boston 7–6 — 4–8 7–5 8–5 11–2 4–8 6–7 6–6 7–6 7–5 5–7 6–6 5–8
California 6–6 8–4 — 8–5 5–7 11–1 4–9 7–5 11–2 6–6 5–8 7–6 6–7 7–5
Chicago 6–6 5–7 5–8 — 7–5 4–8 6–7 10–2 5–8 5–6 5–8 7–6 3–10 1–11
Cleveland 6–7 5–8 7–5 5–7 — 5–8 8–4 3–10 5–7 9–4 2–10 6–6 7–5 5–8
Detroit 3–10 2–11 1–11 8–4 8–5 — 6–6 6–7 5–7 6–7 4–8 4–8 4–8 2–11
Kansas City 6–6 8–4 9–4 7–6 4–8 6–6 — 8–4 7–6 6–6 7–6 9–4 8–5 7–5
Milwaukee 6–7 7–6 5–7 2–10 10–3 7–6 4–8 — 9–3 8–5 5–7 7–5 5–7 6–7
Minnesota 8–4 6–6 2–11 8–5 7–5 7–5 6–7 3–9 — 6–6 6–7 7–6 5–8 9–3
New York 5–8 6–7 6–6 6–5 4–9 7–6 6–6 5–8 6–6 — 3–9 8–4 5–7 7–6
Oakland 7–5 5–7 8–5 8–5 10–2 8–4 6–7 7–5 7–6 9–3 — 9–4 8–5 7–5
Seattle 6–6 7–5 6–7 6–7 6–6 8–4 4–9 5–7 6–7 4–8 4–9 — 6–7 5–7
Texas 3–9 6–6 7–6 10–3 5–7 8–4 5–8 7–5 8–5 7–5 5–8 7–6 — 5–7
Toronto 6–7 8–5 5–7 11–1 8–5 11–2 5–7 7–6 3–9 6–7 5–7 7–5 7–5 —


All-Star game

The 1989 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 60th playing of the midsummer classic between the all-stars of the American League (AL) and National League (NL), the two leagues comprising Major League Baseball. The game was held on July 11, 1989, at Anaheim Stadium in Anaheim, California, the home of the California Angels of the American League. The game resulted in the American League defeating the National League 5-3. The game is remembered for Bo Jackson's monstrous lead-off home run to center field.

Notable transactions

  • June 5, 1989: Chad Curtis was drafted by the California Angels in the 45th round of the 1989 amateur draft. Player signed June 11, 1989. [4]

Roster

1989 California Angels
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

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 Lance Parrish 124 433 103 .238 17 50
1B Wally Joyner 159 593 167 .282 16 79
2B Johnny Ray 134 530 153 .289 5 62
3B Jack Howell 144 474 108 .228 20 52
SS Dick Schofield 91 302 69 .228 4 26
LF Chili Davis 154 560 152 .271 22 90
CF Devon White 156 636 156 .245 12 56
RF Claudell Washington 110 418 114 .273 13 42
DH Brian Downing 142 544 154 .283 14 59

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
Kent Anderson 86 223 51 .229 0 17
Tony Armas 60 202 52 .257 11 30
Dante Bichette 48 138 29 .210 3 15
Bill Schroeder 41 138 28 .203 6 15
Glenn Hoffman 48 104 22 .212 1 3
Mark McLemore 32 103 25 .243 0 14
Max Venable 20 53 19 .358 0 4
John Orton 16 39 7 .179 0 4
Bobby Rose 14 38 8 .211 1 3
Jim Eppard 12 12 3 .250 0 2
Ron Tingley 4 3 1 .333 0 0
Brian Brady 2 2 1 .500 0 1
Gary Disarcina 2 0 0 ---- 0 0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Bert Blyleven 33 241.0 17 5 2.73 131
Mike Witt 33 220.0 9 15 4.54 123
Kirk McCaskill 32 212.0 15 10 2.93 107
Chuck Finley 29 199.2 16 9 2.57 156
Jim Abbott 29 181.1 12 12 3.92 115

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
Dan Petry 19 51.0 3 2 5.47 21
Terry Lee Clark 4 11.0 0 2 4.91 7

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
Bryan Harvey 51 3 3 25 3.44 78
Greg Minton 62 4 3 8 2.20 42
Bob McClure 48 6 1 3 1.55 36
Willie Fraser 44 4 7 2 3.24 46
Rich Monteleone 24 2 2 0 3.18 27
Sherman Corbett 4 0 0 0 3.38 3
Mike Fetters 1 0 0 0 8.10 4
Vance Lovelace 1 0 0 0 0.00 1

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Edmonton Trappers Pacific Coast League Tom Kotchman
AA Midland Angels Texas League Mako Oliveras
A Palm Springs Angels California League Bill Lachemann
A Quad Cities Angels Midwest League Eddie Rodríguez
A-Short Season Bend Bucks Northwest League Don Long
Rookie AZL Angels Arizona League Nate Oliver

[5]

References

  1. ^ Bert Blyleven at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Max Venable at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ "DeWayne Buice Stats".
  4. ^ "Chad Curtis Stats".
  5. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997
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