1976 California Angels season

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1976 California Angels
Major League affiliations
Location
  • Anaheim Stadium (since 1966)
  • Anaheim, California (since 1966)
Other information
Owner(s)Gene Autry
General manager(s)Harry Dalton
Manager(s)Dick Williams, Norm Sherry
Local televisionKTLA
Local radioKMPC
(Dick Enberg, Dave Niehaus, Don Drysdale)
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The 1976 California Angels season involved the Angels finishing fourth in the American League West with a record of 76 wins and 86 losses.

After a concert by The Who in March, groundskeepers reported that more than 100 marijuana plants sprouted on the playing field of Anaheim Stadium.[1]

Offseason[]

Regular season[]

  • July 20, 1976: Hank Aaron of the Milwaukee Brewers hit the 755th and final home run of his career off Angels pitcher Dick Drago.[4]
  • August 31, 1976: Angels pitcher Nolan Ryan struck out Ron LeFlore of the Detroit Tigers for the 2000th strikeout of his career.[5]
  • September 10, 1976: Nolan Ryan had 18 strikeouts in one game.

Season standings[]

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AL West 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Kansas City Royals 90 72 0.556 — 49–32 41–40
Oakland Athletics 87 74 0.540 2½ 51–30 36–44
Minnesota Twins 85 77 0.525 5 44–37 41–40
Texas Rangers 76 86 0.469 14 39–42 37–44
California Angels 76 86 0.469 14 38–43 38–43
Chicago White Sox 64 97 0.398 25½ 35–45 29–52

Record vs. opponents[]

1976 American League Records
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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK TEX
Baltimore — 7–11 8–4 8–4 7–11 12–6 6–6 11–7 4–8 13–5 4–8 8–4
Boston 11–7 — 7–5 6–6 9–9 14–4 3–9 12–6 7–5 7–11 4–8 3–9
California 4–8 5–7 — 11–7 7–5 6–6 8–10 4–8 8–10 5–7 6–12 12–6
Chicago 4–8 6–6 7–11 — 3–9 6–6 8–10 7–5 7–11 1–11 8–9 7–11
Cleveland 11–7 9–9 5–7 9–3 — 6–12 6–6 11–6 9–3 4–12 4–8 7–5
Detroit 6–12 4–14 6–6 6–6 12–6 — 4–8 12–6 4–8 9–8 6–6 5–7
Kansas City 6–6 9–3 10–8 10–8 6–6 8–4 — 8–4 10–8 7–5 9–9 7–11
Milwaukee 7–11 6–12 8–4 5–7 6–11 6–12 4–8 — 4–8 5–13 5–7 10–2
Minnesota 8–4 5–7 10–8 11–7 3–9 8–4 8–10 8–4 — 2–10 11–7 11–7
New York 5–13 11–7 7–5 11–1 12–4 8–9 5–7 13–5 10–2 — 6–6 9–3
Oakland 8–4 8–4 12–6 9–8 8–4 6–6 9–9 7–5 7–11 6–6 — 7–11
Texas 4–8 9–3 6–12 11–7 5–7 7–5 11–7 2–10 7–11 3–9 11��7 —


Notable transactions[]

Draft picks[]

Roster[]

1976 California Angels
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

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

G Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Andy Etchebarren 103 247 56 .227 0 21
1B Tony Solaita 63 215 58 .270 9 33
2B Jerry Remy 143 502 132 .263 0 28
3B Ron Jackson 127 410 93 .227 8 40
SS Dave Chalk 142 438 95 .217 0 33
LF Bruce Bochte 146 466 120 .248 2 49
CF Rusty Torres 120 264 54 .205 6 27
RF Bobby Bonds 99 378 100 .265 10 54
DH Tommy Davis 72 219 58 .265 3 26

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
Dave Collins 99 365 96 .263 4 28
Bill Melton 118 341 71 .208 6 42
Mario Guerrero 83 268 76 .284 1 18
Dan Briggs 77 248 53 .214 1 14
Leroy Stanton 93 231 44 .190 2 25
Terry Humphrey 71 196 48 .245 1 19
Bobby Jones 78 166 35 .211 6 17
Joe Lahoud 42 96 17 .177 0 4
Orlando Ramírez 30 70 14 .200 0 5
Mike Easler 21 54 13 .241 0 4
Adrian Garrett 29 48 6 .125 0 3
Ed Herrmann 29 46 8 .174 2 8
Orlando Álvarez 15 42 7 .167 2 8
Mike Miley 14 38 7 .184 0 4
Carlos López 9 10 0 .000 0 0
Paul Dade 13 9 1 .111 0 1
Tim Nordbrook 5 8 0 .000 0 0
Billy Smith 13 8 3 .375 0 0
Ike Hampton 3 2 0 .000 0 0

Pitching[]

Starting 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
Frank Tanana 34 288.1 19 10 2.43 261
Nolan Ryan 39 284.1 17 18 3.36 327
Gary Ross 34 225 8 16 3.00 100
Don Kirkwood 28 157.2 6 12 4.62 78

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
Paul Hartzell 37 166 7 4 2.77 51
Sid Monge 32 117.2 6 7 3.37 53
Andy Hassler 14 47.1 0 6 5.13 16

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
Dick Drago 43 7 8 6 4.42 43
Mickey Scott 33 3 0 3 3.23 10
John Verhoeven 21 0 2 4 3.38 23
Jim Brewer 13 3 1 2 3.70 16
Mike Overy 5 0 2 0 6.14 8
Steve Dunning 4 0 0 0 7.50 4
Gary Wheelock 2 0 0 0 27.00 2

Farm system[]

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Salt Lake City Gulls Pacific Coast League Jimy Williams
AA El Paso Diablos Texas League Bobby Knoop
A Salinas Packers California League Del Crandall
A Quad Cities Angels Midwest League Moose Stubing
Rookie Idaho Falls Angels Pioneer League Larry Himes

Notes[]

  1. ^ "Some Goose Eggs Are on Anaheim Stadium Scoreboard". Los Angeles Times. April 19, 1986.
  2. ^ Ernie Camacho at Baseball-Reference
  3. ^ Dick Drago at Baseball-Reference
  4. ^ "Historic Home Runs". Time. August 8, 2007. Archived from the original on December 2, 2008. Retrieved April 20, 2010.
  5. ^ "The Nolan Ryan Express | The Strikeout King". smackbomb.com/nolanryan. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved July 28, 2008.
  6. ^ Bobby Jones at Baseball-Reference
  7. ^ Terry Humphrey at Baseball-Reference
  8. ^ Ken Landreaux at Baseball-Reference
  9. ^ Danny Boone at Baseball-Reference

References[]

  • 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.

External links[]

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