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1978 California Angels
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionWest
BallparkAnaheim Stadium
CityAnaheim, California
OwnersGene Autry
General managersBuzzie Bavasi
ManagersDave Garcia, Jim Fregosi
TelevisionKTLA
RadioKMPC
(Dick Enberg, Don Drysdale, Al Wisk)
← 1977
1979 →

The 1978 California Angels season was the 18th season of the Angels franchise in the American League, the 13th in Anaheim, and their 13th season playing their home games at Anaheim Stadium. The Angels finished the season tied for second in the American League West with a record of 87 wins and 75 losses.

Late in the season, the Angels suffered the loss of outfielder Lyman Bostock when Bostock was murdered on September 23 in Gary, Indiana.[1]

This was the Angels' first winning season since 1970.

Offseason

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Regular season

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On May 12, Angels pitcher Nolan Ryan struck out Buddy Bell for the 2500th strikeout of his career.[8]

Season standings

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AL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Kansas City Royals 92 70 .568 — 56‍–‍25 36‍–‍45
Texas Rangers 87 75 .537 5 52‍–‍30 35‍–‍45
California Angels 87 75 .537 5 50‍–‍31 37‍–‍44
Minnesota Twins 73 89 .451 19 38‍–‍43 35‍–‍46
Chicago White Sox 71 90 .441 20½ 38‍–‍42 33‍–‍48
Oakland Athletics 69 93 .426 23 38‍–‍42 31‍–‍51
Seattle Mariners 56 104 .350 35 32‍–‍49 24‍–‍55

Record vs. opponents

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1978 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 — 7–8 4–6 8–1 9–6 7–8 2–8 7–8 5–5 6–9 11–0 9–1 7–4 8–7
Boston 8–7 — 9–2 7–3 7–8 12–3 4–6 10–5 9–2 7–9 5–5 7–3 3–7 11–4
California 6–4 2–9 — 8–7 6–4 4–7 9–6 5–5 12–3 5–5 9–6 9–6 5–10 7–3
Chicago 1–8 3–7 7–8 — 8–2 2–9 8–7 4–7 8–7 1–9 7–8 7–8 11–4 4–6
Cleveland 6–9 8–7 4–6 2–8 — 5–10 5–6 5–10 5–5 6–9 4–6 8–1 1–9 10–4
Detroit 8–7 3–12 7–4 9–2 10–5 — 4–6 7–8 4–6 4–11 6–4 8–2 7–3 9–6
Kansas City 8–2 6–4 6–9 7–8 6–5 6–4 — 6–4 7–8 6–5 10–5 12–3 7–8 5–5
Milwaukee 8–7 5–10 5–5 7–4 10–5 8–7 4–6 — 4–7 10–5 9–1 5–5 6–4 12–3
Minnesota 5–5 2–9 3–12 7–8 5–5 6–4 8–7 7–4 — 3–7 9–6 6–9 6–9 6–4
New York 9–6 9–7 5–5 9–1 9–6 11–4 5–6 5–10 7–3 — 8–2 6–5 6–4 11–4
Oakland 0–11 5–5 6–9 8–7 6–4 4–6 5–10 1–9 6–9 2–8 — 13–2 6–9 7–4
Seattle 1–9 3–7 6–9 8–7 1–8 2–8 3–12 5–5 9–6 5–6 2–13 — 3–12 8–2
Texas 4–7 7–3 10–5 4–11 9–1 3–7 8–7 4–6 9–6 4–6 9–6 12–3 — 4–7
Toronto 7–8 4–11 3–7 6–4 4–10 6–9 5–5 3–12 4–6 4–11 4–7 2–8 7–4 —

Notable transactions

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Roster

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1978 California Angels
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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 Brian Downing 133 412 105 .255 7 46
1B Ron Jackson 105 387 115 .297 6 57
2B Bobby Grich 144 487 122 .251 6 42
SS Dave Chalk 135 470 119 .253 1 34
3B Carney Lansford 121 453 133 .294 8 52
LF Joe Rudi 133 497 127 .256 17 79
CF Rick Miller 132 475 125 .263 1 37
RF Lyman Bostock 147 568 168 .296 5 71
DH Don Baylor 158 591 151 .255 34 99

Other batters

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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
Ken Landreaux 93 260 58 .223 5 23
Ron Fairly 91 235 51 .217 10 40
Rance Mulliniks 50 119 22 .185 1 6
Terry Humphrey 53 114 25 .219 1 9
Jim Anderson 48 108 21 .194 0 7
Merv Rettenmund 50 108 29 .269 1 14
Tony Solaita 60 94 21 .223 1 14
Danny Goodwin 24 58 16 .276 2 10
Dave Machemer 10 22 6 .273 1 2
Ike Hampton 19 14 3 .214 1 4

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Frank Tanana 33 239.0 18 12 3.65 137
Nolan Ryan 31 234.2 10 13 3.72 260
Chris Knapp 30 188.1 14 8 4.21 126
Don Aase 29 178.2 11 8 4.03 93
Dave Frost 11 80.1 5 4 2.58 30
John Caneira 2 7.2 0 0 7.04 0

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Paul Hartzell 54 157.0 6 10 3.44 55
Ken Brett 31 100.0 3 5 4.95 43
Tom Griffin 24 56.0 3 4 4.02 35
Al Fitzmorris 9 31.2 1 0 1.71 8

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Dave LaRoche 59 10 9 25 2.82 70
Dyar Miller 41 6 2 1 2.66 34
Mike Barlow 1 0 0 0 4.50 1

Farm system

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See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Salt Lake City Gulls Pacific Coast League Deron Johnson
AA El Paso Diablos Texas League Moose Stubing
A Salinas Packers California League Chuck Cottier
A Quad Cities Angels Midwest League Cotton Nash
Rookie Idaho Falls Angels Pioneer League Reuben Rodriguez

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: El Paso

Notes

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  1. ^ "Archives". Los Angeles Times.
  2. ^ Lyman Bostock at Baseball-Reference
  3. ^ Richard Dotson at Baseball-Reference
  4. ^ Don Aase at Baseball-Reference
  5. ^ Gary Nolan at Baseball-Reference
  6. ^ Fred Kuhaulua at Baseball-Reference
  7. ^ Merv Rettenmund at Baseball-Reference
  8. ^ "The Nolan Ryan Express | The Strikeout King". smackbomb.com/nolanryan. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved July 28, 2008.
  9. ^ Dave Engle at Baseball-Reference
  10. ^ Dan Whitmer at Baseball-Reference

References

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  • Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
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