1996 California Angels

70-91 • .435 Win% • 4th in AL W

The 1996 California Angels went 70-91 (.435) finishing 4th in the AL W division. The club scored 762 runs, allowed 943, and played home games at Anaheim Stadium. Team leaders included Tim Salmon (30 HR, 98 RBI) and Chuck Finley (15-16, 4.16 ERA).

W (Wins):
Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
L (Losses):
Games charged to the pitcher of record when the opposing team took a lead it never surrendered.
RS (Runs Scored (team)):
Total runs a team scored across the season.
RA (Runs Allowed):
Total runs a team allowed across the season.

Data updated

📊 Season Record

70 Wins
91 Losses
.435 Win %
4th Rank
762 R 943 RA
Diff -181

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762 Runs Scored
943 Runs Allowed
-181 Run Diff
1,820K Attendance

📈 vs. 1996 AL Average

Batting Avg .276 equal to the 1996 league average (.277)
OBP .338 3% below the 1996 league average (.350)
SLG .431 3% below the 1996 league average (.444)
Team ERA 5.30 6% worse than the 1996 league average (4.99)
Runs Scored 762 13% below the 1996 league average (872 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumAngel Stadium
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 1,820,183
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Avg per Game 22,471

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1996

Batting Avg

1 Don Slaught 0.324 2 Rex Hudler 0.311 3 Jim Edmonds 0.304 4 Chili Davis 0.292 5 Jorge Fabregas 0.287

Home Runs

1 Tim Salmon 30 2 Chili Davis 28 3 Jim Edmonds 27 4 J. T. Snow 17 5 Rex Hudler 16

RBI

1 Tim Salmon 98 2 Chili Davis 95 3 Garret Anderson 72 4 J. T. Snow 67 5 Jim Edmonds 66
1996 California Angels — RBI
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Garret Anderson 150 607 79 173 33 2 12 72 27 84 7 0.285
Tim Salmon 156 581 90 166 27 4 30 98 93 125 4 0.286
J. T. Snow 155 575 69 148 20 1 17 67 56 96 1 0.257
Gary Disarcina 150 536 62 137 26 4 5 48 21 36 2 0.256
Chili Davis 145 530 73 155 24 0 28 95 86 99 5 0.292
Randy Velarde 136 530 82 151 27 3 14 54 70 118 7 0.285
Jim Edmonds 114 431 73 131 28 3 27 66 46 101 4 0.304
Rex Hudler 92 302 60 94 20 3 16 40 9 54 14 0.311
Jorge Fabregas 90 254 18 73 6 0 2 26 17 27 0 0.287
George Arias 84 252 19 60 8 1 6 28 16 50 2 0.238
Darin Erstad 57 208 34 59 5 1 4 20 17 29 3 0.284
Don Slaught 62 207 23 67 9 0 6 32 13 20 0 0.324
Tim Wallach 57 190 23 45 7 0 8 20 18 47 1 0.237
Jack Howell 66 126 20 34 4 1 8 21 10 30 0 0.270
Orlando Palmeiro 50 87 6 25 6 1 0 6 8 13 0 0.287
Todd Greene 29 79 9 15 1 0 2 9 4 11 2 0.190
Pat Borders 19 57 6 13 3 0 2 8 3 11 0 0.228
Damion Easley 28 45 4 7 1 0 2 7 6 12 0 0.156
Mike Aldrete 31 40 5 6 1 0 3 8 5 4 0 0.150
Dick Schofield 13 16 3 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0.250
Robert Eenhoorn 6 15 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.267
Chris Pritchett 5 13 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0.154
Chris Turner 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0.333
Ryan Hancock 11 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Troy Percival 62 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Jim Abbott 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Kyle Abbott 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Shawn Boskie 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jason Dickson 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ken Edenfield 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mark Eichhorn 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Robert Ellis 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Chuck Finley 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Todd Frohwirth 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Greg Gohr 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jason Grimsley 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Pep Harris 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mike Holtz 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mark Holzemer 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mike James 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mark Langston 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Phil Leftwich 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Darrell May 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Chuck McElroy 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Rich Monteleone 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Brad Pennington 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Scott Sanderson 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jeff Schmidt 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Lee Smith 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dennis Springer 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ben VanRyn 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Shad Williams 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1996

ERA

1 Troy Percival 2.31 2 Mike James 2.67 3 Chuck McElroy 2.95 4 Pep Harris 3.90 5 Chuck Finley 4.16

Wins

1 Chuck Finley 15 2 Shawn Boskie 12 3 Mark Langston 6 4 Jason Grimsley 5 5 Mike James 5

Strikeouts

1 Chuck Finley 215 2 Shawn Boskie 133 3 Troy Percival 100 4 Mark Langston 83 5 Jason Grimsley 82
1996 California Angels — Strikeouts
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Chuck Finley 15 16 4.16 35 35 0 238.0 241 110 94 215
Shawn Boskie 12 11 5.32 37 28 0 189.1 226 112 67 133
Jim Abbott 2 18 7.48 27 23 0 142.0 171 118 78 58
Jason Grimsley 5 7 6.84 35 20 0 130.1 150 99 74 82
Mark Langston 6 5 4.82 18 18 0 123.1 116 66 45 83
Dennis Springer 5 6 5.51 20 15 0 94.2 91 58 43 64
Mike James 5 5 2.67 69 0 1 81.0 62 24 42 65
Troy Percival 0 2 2.31 62 0 36 74.0 38 19 31 100
Jason Dickson 1 4 4.57 7 7 0 43.1 52 22 18 20
Chuck McElroy 5 1 2.95 40 0 0 36.2 32 12 13 32
Pep Harris 2 0 3.90 11 3 0 32.1 31 14 17 20
Mark Eichhorn 1 2 5.04 24 0 0 30.1 36 17 11 24
Mike Holtz 3 3 2.45 30 0 0 29.1 21 8 19 31
Shad Williams 0 2 8.89 13 2 0 28.1 42 28 21 26
Ryan Hancock 4 1 7.48 11 4 0 27.2 34 23 17 19
Mark Holzemer 1 0 8.76 25 0 0 24.2 35 24 8 20
Greg Gohr 1 1 7.50 15 0 1 24.0 34 20 10 15
Scott Sanderson 0 2 7.50 5 4 0 18.0 39 15 4 7
Rich Monteleone 0 3 5.87 12 0 0 15.1 23 10 2 5
Lee Smith 0 0 2.45 11 0 0 11.0 8 3 3 6
Jeff Schmidt 2 0 7.88 9 0 0 8.0 13 7 8 2
Phil Leftwich 0 1 7.36 2 2 0 7.1 12 6 3 4
Brad Pennington 0 0 12.27 8 0 0 7.1 5 10 16 7
Todd Frohwirth 0 0 11.12 4 0 0 5.2 10 7 4 1
Robert Ellis 0 0 0.00 3 0 0 5.0 0 0 4 5
Ken Edenfield 0 0 10.38 2 0 0 4.1 10 5 2 4
Kyle Abbott 0 1 20.25 3 0 0 4.0 10 9 5 3
Darrell May 0 0 10.13 5 0 0 2.2 3 3 2 1
Ben VanRyn 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1.0 1 0 1 0

👥 Roster (52)

Jim Abbott Kyle Abbott Mike Aldrete Garret Anderson George Arias Pat Borders Shawn Boskie Chili Davis Jason Dickson Gary Disarcina Damion Easley Ken Edenfield +40 more

52 players

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The 1996 California Angels in brief

In 1996 the California Angels posted a 70-91 mark (.435) and finished 4th in the AL West. The California Angels scored 762 runs and allowed 943, a run differential of -181. The staff ERA of 5.30 was 6% worse than the league average of 4.99. The 1996 California Angels scored 13% fewer runs than the average club (762 against 872). The home park, Anaheim Stadium, recorded 1,820,183 in attendance, about 22,471 a game.

The home run leader was Tim Salmon, who hit 30. The hits leader was Garret Anderson with 173. On the mound, Chuck Finley won 15 games to lead the staff. Troy Percival closed out 36 saves. The roster section lists 52 players who appeared for the club.

Frequently Asked Questions about the 1996 California Angels

What was the 1996 California Angels record?
The 1996 California Angels finished 70-91 (.435 win pct).
Who led the 1996 California Angels in home runs?
Tim Salmon led the 1996 California Angels with 30 home runs.
What was the 1996 California Angels team ERA?
The 1996 California Angels posted a team ERA of 5.30.
Did the 1996 California Angels win the World Series?
No. The 1996 California Angels did not win the World Series.
Where did the 1996 California Angels play?
The 1996 California Angels played home games at Anaheim Stadium.
Who led the 1996 California Angels in hitting and pitching?
Team leaders were Tim Salmon (30 HR, 98 RBI) and Chuck Finley (15-16, 4.16 ERA).
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