Thursday, March 3, 2011

1983 California Angels


This wasn't the worst team in 1983, but the Angels had to be considered the most disappointing. The roster had five all-stars, and they finished in 5th place in the weak American League West with a record of 70-92. This was Reggie Jackson's worst season, as he had a line of .194-14-49.

Best Player: Rod Carew...it was hard to tell at first glance who was the best player on this team, so I broke things down like I did with a few other teams in the pitching categories, except this time using the stats looked at on my fantasy league, giving 5 points for the team leader, and one point decreasing down to the 5th highest total in each category, and then adding all those up...not real scientific, but it gives a good idea who was the best batter on the team:


BA HR RBI SB Runs OBP Total
Carew 5 0 0 4 4 4 17
Grich 3 2 3 0 3 5 16
Lynn 0 5 5 0 2 3 15
Downing 0 4 2 0 5 3 14
DeCinces 2 3 4 0 1 0 10
Beniquez 4 0 0 2 0 1 7
Pettis 0 0 0 5 0 0 5
Sconiers 1 0 0 2 1 0 4
Boone 0 0 1 2 0 0 3
Jackson 0 1 0 0 0 0 1

Best Pitcher: Geoff Zahn...the pitching version of what I did above:


Wins ERA Saves K's WHIP Total
Zahn 1 5 0 4 5 15
Kison 4 2 1 5 2 14
Sanchez 2 4 5 0 3 14
Forsch 4 1 0 4 4 13
Curtis 0 3 4 0 0 7
John 4 0 0 1 1 6
Witt 0 0 4 2 0 6
Hassler 0 0 2 0 0 2

All-Stars: Bob Boone, Rod Carew, Doug DeCinces, Fred Lynn, Reggie Jackson...this was the year Lynn got some notoriety for hitting the only grand slam in all-star game history.

Hall-of-Famers: Rod Carew, Reggie Jackson

Rookie Card of the Year: Luis Sanchez...This version of the Angels is an old team, and there are really only two cards to choose from, Sanchez and Daryl Sconiers. Both only played with the Angels and both finished up their careers in 1985. Sanchez at least was the closer on this team for a few years. Sconiers has fallen on much harder times post career according to this article. I don't find joy in seeing this, trust me, and I almost hesitated putting it up, but it shows how crazy life can be. One point you are in the major leagues, the next you are homeless. Hopefully things get better.

Other rookies: Daryl Sconiers

First Angel card: John Curtis, Dave Goltz, Tommy John, John McNamara, Luis Tiant (listed under retired players), Ellis Valentine

Most interesting non-Topps card: All Angels on cardboard can be found in either the Topps or Topps Traded set.

Other notes: Ed Ott (listed under retired players) was in the Topps set. He actually never played a game after 1981, with that being the only season playing for the Angels. He had cards in both the 1982 and 1983 sets, so he has 3 cards showing him as an Angel, even though he only played one season for them.

Starters
__ TO 765 C Bob Boone CAL
__ TO 200 1B Rod Carew CAL
__ TO 790 2B Bobby Grich CAL
__ TO 738 SS Tim Foli CAL
__ TO 341 3B Doug DeCinces CAL
__ TO 442 LF Brian Downing CAL
__ TO 520 CF Fred Lynn CAL
__ TT 120 RF Ellis Valentine CAL
__ TO 500 DH Reggie Jackson CAL
__ TO 262 UT Ron Jackson CAL
__ TO 678 OF Juan Beniquez CAL
__ TT 99 UT Daryl Sconiers CAL
Starting Pitchers
__ TO 735 SP Tommy John CAL
__ TO 625 SP Ken Forsch CAL
__ TO 547 SP Geoff Zahn CAL
__ TO 712 SP Bruce Kison CAL
Relief Pitchers
__ TO 623 CL Luis Sanchez CAL
__ TO 777 RP John Curtis CAL
__ TO 53 RP Mike Witt CAL
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RP Rick Steirer
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RP Byron McLaughlin
__ TO 468 RP Dave Goltz CAL
Other Players
__ TO 184 OF Bobby Clark CAL
__ TO 158 2B Rob Wilfong CAL
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IF Steve Lubratich
__ TO 315 SS Rick Burleson CAL
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SS Ricky Adams
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OF Mike Brown
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CF Gary Pettis
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C Mike O'Berry
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SS Dick Schofield
__ TO 416 UT Joe Ferguson CAL
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UT Jerry Narron
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RP Steve Brown
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SP Bill Travers
__ TO 573 RP Andy Hassler CAL
__ TO 27 RP Doug Corbett CAL
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RP Curt Brown
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RP Bob Lacey
Minor Leagues
__ TO 599 MN Don Aase CAL
Manager
__ TT 70 MG John McNamara CAL

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