1997 Anaheim Angels season

The 1997 Anaheim Angels season involved the Angels finishing second 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. It was also the first season that the team introduced a new logo: the word angels on the front of the jerseys (which were now in a vest style) with wings coming out of the A (the winged A was also used on the team's caps). This look would last until 2001 when it was retired immediately after that season.

1997 Anaheim Angels
League	American League
Division	West
Ballpark	Anaheim Stadium
City	Anaheim, CA
Owners	Gene Autry
General managers	Bill Bavasi
Managers	Terry Collins
Television	Fox Sports West •Sparky Anderson, Steve Physioc KCAL-9 •Jerry Reuss, Steve Physioc
Radio	KMPC (AM 710) •Bob Starr, Mario Impemba
Stats	ESPN.com Baseball Reference
← 1996 1998 →

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]
• June 3, 1997: Matt Wise was drafted by the Anaheim Angels in the 6th round of the 1997 amateur draft. Player signed June 8, 1997.^[8]
• July 10, 1997: Greg Cadaret was signed as a free agent with the Anaheim Angels.^[9]
• 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

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AL West

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Seattle Mariners	90	72	.556	—	45‍–‍36	45‍–‍36
Anaheim Angels	84	78	.519	6	46‍–‍36	38‍–‍42
Texas Rangers	77	85	.475	13	39‍–‍42	38‍–‍43
Oakland Athletics	65	97	.401	25	35‍–‍46	30‍–‍51

Record vs. opponents

1997 American League record v t e 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)

Game log

Regular season

1997 regular season game log: 84–78 (Home: 46–36; Away: 38–42)
April: 12–12 (Home: 7–7; Away: 5–5) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak 3 April 4 Indians W 8–6 (11) 4:12 17,758 2–1 W2 4 April 5 Indians L 5–7 3:09 23,913 2–2 L1 5 April 6 Indians L 8–10 3:24 29,363 2–3 L2 6 April 7 Yankees L 3–5 3:24 16,514 2–4 L3 7 April 8 Yankees W 10–9 (12) 4:18 17,202 3–4 W1 8 April 9 Yankees L 5–12 2:52 19,242 3–5 L1 9 April 11 @ Indians L 3–15 3:12 42,643 3–6 L2 – April 12 @ Indians Postponed (Rain) (Makeup date: July 28) 10 April 13 @ Indians W 8–3 3:29 41,218 4–6 W1 11 April 14 @ Yankees W 5–1 2:40 15,082 5–6 W2 12 April 15 @ Yankees W 6–5 3:49 16,944 6–6 W3
May: 16–12 (Home: 10–2; Away: 6–10) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak – May 2 @ White Sox Postponed (Rain) (Makeup date: May 3) 24 (1) May 3 @ White Sox 25 (2) May 3 @ White Sox 26 May 4 @ White Sox 28 May 5 @ Orioles W 7–2 3:00 41,296 14–14 W1 29 May 6 @ Orioles L 4–8 2:43 37,150 14–15 L1 30 May 7 @ Orioles L 0–3 2:43 43,858 14–16 L2 34 May 12 White Sox 35 May 13 White Sox 36 May 14 Orioles W 6–5 2:55 15,780 17–19 W3 37 May 15 Orioles W 3–2 2:58 15,966 18–19 W4 41 May 19 Mariners L 4–13 3:08 17,279 21–20 L1 42 May 20 Mariners W 11–9 3:27 17,492 22–20 W1 43 May 21 Mariners W 18–3 3:18 20,295 23–20 W2
June: 13–15 (Home: 6–5; Away: 7–10) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak 63 June 12 Padres W 8–4 3:11 22,164 34–29 W1 64 June 13 Padres L 7–8 (14) 5:03 24,664 34–30 L1 65 June 14 Giants L 3–10 3:21 27,875 34–31 L2 66 June 15 Giants L 1–4 3:28 30,404 34–32 L3 67 June 17 @ Dodgers L 3–4 2:55 41,428 34–33 L4 68 June 18 @ Dodgers L 5–7 3:10 45,953 34–34 L5 76 June 26 @ Mariners L 3–6 2:51 31,248 40–36 L2 77 June 27 @ Mariners L 1–8 2:42 32,247 40–37 L3 78 June 28 @ Mariners W 6–1 2:46 38,750 41–37 W1 79 June 29 @ Mariners L 2–3 2:55 42,760 41–38 L1 80 June 30 @ Rockies L 7–11 3:32 48,359 41–39 L2
July: 19–9 (Home: 8–5; Away: 11–4) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak 81 July 1 @ Rockies W 4–1 2:53 48,235 42–39 W1 82 July 2 Dodgers L 4–5 3:38 34,507 42–40 L1 83 July 3 Dodgers L 2–8 3:33 35,295 42–41 L2 84 July 4 Mariners L 3–7 2:50 34,839 42–42 L3 85 July 5 Mariners W 5–4 3:17 26,301 43–42 W1 86 July 6 Mariners W 8–0 2:43 22,916 44–42 W2 68th All-Star Game in Cleveland, OH 98 July 22 @ Yankees L 2–9 2:45 25,816 54–44 L1 99 July 23 @ Yankees L 4–5 3:07 26,750 54–45 L2 – July 24 @ Yankees Postponed (Rain; Site change) (Makeup date: August 20) 104 (1) July 28 @ Indians W 2–0 2:37 43,033 57–47 W1 105 (2) July 28 @ Indians W 10–7 4:00 42,857 58–47 W2 106 July 29 @ Indians W 7–2 2:31 42,975 59–47 W3 107 July 30 @ Indians W 5–2 3:09 42,898 60–47 W4 108 July 31 White Sox
August: 14–15 (Home: 10–8; Away: 4–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak 109 August 1 White Sox 110 August 2 White Sox 111 August 3 White Sox 115 August 8 Orioles L 2–6 3:10 24,944 65–50 L1 116 August 9 Orioles W 4–3 3:05 32,207 66–50 W1 117 August 10 Orioles L 3–4 3:33 34,060 66–51 L1 118 August 12 @ White Sox 119 August 13 @ White Sox 122 August 16 @ Orioles L 9–10 3:25 47,815 68–54 L1 123 August 17 @ Orioles L 4–5 (10) 3:47 47,340 68–55 L2 124 August 18 @ Orioles L 1–2 3:29 47,804 68–56 L3 125 August 19 Yankees W 12–4 3:00 22,596 69–56 W1 126 (1) August 20 Yankees L 3–7 3:04 69–57 L1 127 (2) August 20 Yankees L 5–8 3:24 32,343 69–58 L2 128 August 21 Yankees L 3–4 (12) 4:11 27,102 69–59 L3 132 August 26 Indians W 8–7 3:07 21,012 72–60 W1 133 August 27 Indians L 4–10 3:03 20,140 72–61 L1 134 August 28 @ Padres L 2–9 2:41 18,203 72–62 L2 135 August 29 @ Padres W 3–1 2:37 60,230 73–62 W1 136 August 30 @ Giants L 3–7 2:43 26,200 73–63 L1 137 August 31 @ Giants W 7–4 3:15 24,751 74–63 W1
September: 10–15 (Home: 5–9; Away: 5–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak 138 September 1 Rockies L 1–4 2:55 19,614 74–64 L1 139 September 2 Rockies L 2–7 3:01 18,266 74–65 L2 157 September 23 @ Mariners L 3–4 3:01 52,884 82–75 L1 158 September 24 @ Mariners W 9–3 2:51 41,975 83–75 W1
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement Bold = Angels team member

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

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
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

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Jason Dickson	33	203.2	13	9	4.29	115
Allen Watson	35	199.0	12	12	4.93	141
Dennis Springer	32	194.2	9	9	5.18	75
Chuck Finley	25	164.0	13	6	4.23	155
Ken Hill	12	79.0	4	4	3.65	38
Mark Langston	9	48.0	2	4	5.85	30
Mark Gubicza	2	5.0	0	1	25.07	5

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
Shigetoshi Hasegawa	50	116.2	3	7	3.93	83
Matt Perisho	11	45.0	0	2	6.00	35
Kevin Gross	12	25.0	2	1	6.75	20

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
Troy Percival	55	5	5	27	3.46	72
Mike Holtz	66	3	4	2	3.32	40
Pep Harris	61	5	4	0	3.62	56
Mike James	58	5	5	7	4.31	57
Rich DeLucia	33	6	4	3	3.61	42
Darrell May	29	2	1	0	5.23	42
Greg Cadaret	15	0	0	0	3.29	11
Chuck McElroy	13	0	0	0	3.45	18
Anthony Chavez	7	0	0	0	0.93	10
Mike Bovee	3	0	0	0	5.40	5
Shad Williams	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

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

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References

1. Chili Davis at Baseball Reference
2. J. T. Snow Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
3. Jim Leyritz Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
4. "Craig Grebeck Stats".
5. Jim Abbott Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
6. "Team games". Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved September 25, 2008.
7. Tony Phillips Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
8. "Matt Wise: Career Statistics". Baseball Reference. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
9. "Greg Cadaret Stats".
10. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

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