1996 California Angels season

1996 California Angels
League	American League
Division	West
Ballpark	Anaheim Stadium
City	Anaheim, California
Owners	Gene Autry
General managers	Bill Bavasi
Managers	Marcel Lachemann, John McNamara, and Joe Maddon
Television	KTLA Prime Sports West (Ken Wilson, Ken Brett)
Radio	KMPC (Bob Starr, Mario Impemba)
Seasons

The 1996 California Angels season involved the Angels finishing fourth in the American League West with a record of 70 wins and 91 losses.

The season was notable for being the final season the franchise bore the "California Angels" moniker, as the team name was changed to "Anaheim Angels" the following season.

The Angels used 29 different pitchers during the season, the most of any MLB team in 1996.

Offseason

• November 21, 1995: Randy Velarde was signed as a free agent with the California Angels.
• December 6, 1995: Mike Aldrete signed as a free agent with the California Angels.
• December 7, 1995: Scott Sanderson was signed as a free agent with the California Angels.
• December 18, 1995: Todd Frohwirth was signed as a free agent with the California Angels.
• January 9, 1996: Jim Abbott signed as a free agent with the California Angels.
• February 6, 1996: Mark Eichhorn was signed as a free agent with the California Angels.
• March 25, 1996: Ricky Jordan was purchased by the Seattle Mariners from the California Angels.

Regular season

Season standings

AL West

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Texas Rangers	90	72	.556	—	50‍–‍31	40‍–‍41
Seattle Mariners	85	76	.528	4½	43‍–‍38	42‍–‍38
Oakland Athletics	78	84	.481	12	40‍–‍41	38‍–‍43
California Angels	70	91	.435	19½	43‍–‍38	27‍–‍53

Record vs. opponents

1996 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	—	7–6	6–6	4–8	5–7	11–2	9–3	9–3	7–5	3–10	9–4	7–5	3–10–1	8–5
Boston	6–7	—	8–4	6–6	1–11	12–1	3–9	7–5	6–6	7–6	8–5	7–6	6–6	8–5
California	6–6	4–8	—	6–6	4–9	6–6	4–8	7–5	4–8	7–6	6–7	5–8	4–9	7–5
Chicago	8–4	6–6	6–6	—	5–8	10–3	7–6	6–7	6–7	6–7	5–7	5–7	8–4	7–5
Cleveland	7–5	11–1	9–4	8–5	—	12–0	7–6	7–6	10–3	3–9	6–6	8–4	4–8	7–5
Detroit	2–11	1–12	6–6	3–10	0–12	—	6–6	4–8	6–6	5–8	4–8	6–6	4–9	6–7
Kansas City	3–9	9–3	8–4	6–7	6–7	6–6	—	4–9	6–7	4–8	5–7	7–5	6–6	5–8
Milwaukee	3–9	5–7	5–7	7–6	6–7	8–4	9–4	—	9–4	6–6	7–5	4–9	6–7	5–7
Minnesota	5–7	6–6	8–4	7–6	3–10	6–6	7–6	4–9	—	5–7	6–7	6–6	7–5	8–5
New York	10–3	6–7	6–7	7–6	9–3	8–5	8–4	6–6	7–5	—	9–3	3–9	5–7	8–5
Oakland	4–9	5–8	7–6	7–5	6–6	8–4	7–5	5–7	7–6	3–9	—	8–5	7–6	4–8
Seattle	5–7	6–7	8–5	7–5	4–8	6–6	5–7	9–4	6–6	9–3	5–8	—	10–3	5–7
Texas	10–3–1	6–6	9–4	4–8	8–4	9–4	6–6	7–6	5–7	7–5	6–7	3–10	—	10–2
Toronto	5–8	5–8	5–7	5–7	5–7	7–6	8–5	7–5	5–8	5–8	8–4	7–5	2–10	—

Game log

1996 Game Log: 70–91 (Home: 43–38; Away: 27–53)
April: 13–12 (Home: 9–2; Away: 4–10) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 2 Brewers 9–15 Wickander Finley (0–1) — 27,836 0–1 2 April 3 Brewers 3–2 (11) James (1–0) Lloyd — 15,024 1–1 3 April 5 White Sox 7–6 (11) James (2–0) McCaskill — 22,812 2–1 4 April 6 White Sox 4–8 Fernandez Abbott (0–1) — 26,447 2–2 5 April 7 White Sox 6–5 Finley (1–1) Alvarez Percival (1) 16,970 3–2 6 April 9 @ Blue Jays 0–5 Hentgen Langston (0–1) — 36,616 3–3 7 April 10 @ Blue Jays 2–1 Holzemer (1–0) Guzman Percival (2) 25,446 4–3 8 April 11 @ Blue Jays 4–7 Hanson Abbott (0–2) Timlin 25,512 4–4 9 April 12 @ Tigers 5–4 Finley (2–1) Lira Percival (3) 9,921 5–4 10 April 13 @ Tigers 5–9 Keagle Sanderson (0–1) — 11,719 5–5 11 April 14 @ Tigers 4–5 Lewis James (2–1) — 12,009 5–6 12 April 15 @ Mariners 10–11 Charlton Eichhorn (0–1) — 36,960 5–7 13 April 16 @ Mariners 3–5 Johnson Abbott (0–3) — 25,404 5–8 14 April 17 Blue Jays 5–1 Finley (3–1) Quantrill — 15,361 6–8 15 April 18 Blue Jays 9–6 James (3–1) Ware Percival (4) 25,083 7–8 16 April 19 Tigers 4–3 Langston (1–1) Myers — 32,693 8–8 17 April 20 Tigers 2–1 Grimsley (1–0) Keagle Percival (5) 25,685 9–8 18 April 21 Tigers 6–5 Eichhorn (1–1) Lewis Percival (6) 36,733 10–8 19 April 22 Tigers 6–5 James (4–1) Christopher Percival (7) 17,039 11–8 20 April 24 @ Brewers 4–3 Boskie (1–0) McDonald Percival (8) 7,051 12–8 21 April 25 @ Brewers 5–6 Fetters James (4–2) — 6,707 12–9 22 April 27 @ White Sox 1–2 Fernandez Abbott (0–4) Hernandez 18,139 12–10 23 April 28 @ White Sox 1–10 Baldwin Finley (3–2) — 15,574 12–11 24 April 29 @ White Sox 3–4 Alvarez Grimsley (1–1) Hernandez 12,549 12–12 25 April 30 @ Athletics 7–3 Langston (2–1) Prieto — 7,154 13–12
May: 13–14 (Home: 9–8; Away: 4–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 26 May 1 @ Athletics 6–4 Boskie (2–0) Van Poppel Percival (9) 6,721 14–12 27 May 2 @ Athletics 3–1 Abbott (1–4) Johns Percival (10) 9,102 15–12 28 May 3 Twins 4–1 Finley (4–2) Robertson Percival (11) 24,505 16–12 29 May 4 Twins 5–2 Grimsley (2–1) Rodriguez — 29,264 17–12 30 May 5 Twins 5–1 Boskie (3–0) Hawkins — 35,541 18–12 31 May 6 Royals 4–9 Belcher Leftwich (0–1) Pichardo 14,447 18–13 32 May 7 Royals 3–5 Valera Abbott (1–5) Montgomery 14,657 18–14 33 May 8 Royals 1–3 (14) Pichardo Eichhorn (1–2) — 16,210 18–15 34 May 9 Royals 2–8 Gubicza Grimsley (2–2) — 15,302 18–16 35 May 10 Indians 13–8 Boskie (4–0) Lopez — 23,522 19–16 36 May 11 Indians 5–6 McDowell Sanderson (0–2) Mesa 32,102 19–17 37 May 12 Indians 1–4 Poole Percival (0–1) Mesa 22,768 19–18 38 May 14 @ Red Sox 3–4 (12) Belinda Boskie (4–1) — 22,450 19–19 39 May 15 @ Red Sox 6–17 Moyer Grimsley (2–3) — 23,455 19–20 40 May 17 @ Yankees 5–8 Pettitte Abbott (1–6) Rivera 19,087 19–21 41 May 18 @ Yankees 3–7 Rogers Williams (0–1) Rivera 22,821 19–22 42 May 19 @ Yankees 10–1 Finley (5–2) Kamieniecki — 37,326 20–22 43 May 20 @ Orioles 1–13 Wells Grimsley (2–4) — 43,492 20–23 44 May 21 @ Orioles 5–2 Boskie (5–1) Krivda Percival (12) 39,974 21–23 45 May 22 @ Orioles 5–10 Haynes Abbott (1–7) McDowell 45,817 21–24 46 May 24 Red Sox 3–1 Finley (6–2) Sele Percival (13) 19,550 22–24 47 May 25 Red Sox 3–10 Gordon Williams (0–2) — 23,972 22–25 48 May 26 Red Sox 12–2 Boskie (6–1) Eshelman — 23,828 23–25 49 May 27 Yankees 5–16 Pettitte Abbott (1–8) — 20,926 23–26 50 May 28 Yankees 1–0 Grimsley (3–4) Rogers — 17,284 24–26 51 May 29 Yankees 4–0 Finley (7–2) Mendoza — 19,246 25–26 52 May 31 Orioles 10–3 Langston (3–1) Wells — 21,603 26–26
June: 15–14 (Home: 8–5; Away: 7–9) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 53 June 1 Orioles 8–3 Boskie (7–1) Haynes — 35,350 27–26 54 June 2 Orioles 1–14 Erickson Abbott (1–9) — 33,704 27–27 55 June 3 @ Twins 3–9 Trombley Finley (7–3) — 10,589 27–28 56 June 4 @ Twins 3–5 Rodriguez Grimsley (3–5) Guardado 10,899 27–29 57 June 5 @ Twins 3–14 Aldred Langston (3–2) Hansell 10,639 27–30 58 June 7 @ Indians 3–4 McDowell Boskie (7–2) Mesa 42,260 27–31 59 June 8 @ Indians 0–5 Hershiser Finley (7–4) — 42,267 27–32 60 June 9 @ Indians 8–6 (13) Hancock (1–0) Tavarez — 42,237 28–32 61 June 10 @ Royals 7–5 (10) McElroy (1–0) Pugh Percival (14) 15,691 29–32 62 June 11 @ Royals 11–9 McElroy (2–0) Valera Percival (15) 16,687 30–32 63 June 12 @ Royals 4–3 (10) McElroy (3–0) Montgomery Percival (16) 15,428 31–32 64 June 13 Blue Jays 6–4 Finley (8–4) Guzman James (1) 20,528 32–32 65 June 14 Blue Jays 7–4 Grimsley (4–5) Hanson Percival (17) 18,503 33–32 66 June 15 Blue Jays 7–5 Langston (4–2) Crabtree Percival (18) 40,352 34–32 67 June 16 Blue Jays 4–6 Quantrill Abbott (1–10) Timlin 22,979 34–33 68 June 17 White Sox 9–8 (13) Hancock (2–0) McCaskill — 17,836 35–33 69 June 18 White Sox 5–4 Finley (9–4) Simas Percival (19) 19,213 36–33 70 June 19 White Sox 14–2 McElroy (4–0) Alvarez — 22,960 37–33 71 June 20 @ Brewers 10–3 Langston (5–2) Givens — 16,034 38–33 72 June 21 @ Brewers 5–10 McDonald Abbott (1–11) — 16,274 38–34 73 June 22 @ Brewers 6–4 Boskie (8–2) Miranda Percival (20) 35,464 39–34 74 June 23 @ Brewers 4–8 Garcia Finley (9–5) — 17,051 39–35 75 June 24 @ White Sox 2–4 Alvarez James (4–3) Hernandez — 39–36 76 June 24 @ White Sox 6–4 Hancock (3–0) Sirotka Percival (21) 24,469 40–36 77 June 25 @ White Sox 2–3 Tapani Langston (5–3) Hernandez 23,270 40–37 78 June 27 Athletics 2–18 Johns Boskie (8–3) — 23,503 40–38 79 June 28 Athletics 3–6 Chouinard Finley (9–6) — 32,380 40–39 80 June 29 Athletics 9–11 Groom Monteleone (0–1) — 26,565 40–40 81 June 30 Athletics 1–0 Hancock (4–0) Wasdin Percival (22) 19,284 41–40
July: 10–16 (Home: 7–6; Away: 3–10) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 82 July 1 Rangers 6–8 Gross Langston (5–4) Henneman 19,754 41–41 83 July 2 Rangers 6–5 James (5–3) Henneman — 19,055 42–41 84 July 3 Rangers 1–8 Pavlik Finley (9–7) — 45,979 42–42 85 July 4 @ Athletics 7–8 (11) Taylor Monteleone (0–2) — 14,144 42–43 86 July 5 @ Athletics 8–16 Wasdin Hancock (4–1) — 36,129 42–44 87 July 6 @ Athletics 5–6 (10) Taylor James (5–4) — 14,294 42–45 88 July 7 @ Athletics 9–4 Boskie (9–3) Johns — 16,526 43–45 89 July 11 @ Mariners 4–5 (12) Carmona Monteleone (0–3) — 25,949 43–46 90 July 12 @ Mariners 6–7 (10) Ayala McElroy (4–1) — 29,618 43–47 91 July 13 @ Mariners 6–4 Boskie (10–3) Ayala Percival (23) 37,792 44–47 92 July 14 @ Mariners 0–8 Wells Grimsley (4–6) — 33,243 44–48 93 July 15 @ Rangers 10–7 Schmidt (1–0) Brandenburg Percival (24) 45,655 45–48 94 July 16 @ Rangers 2–6 Oliver Abbott (1–12) Russell 34,680 45–49 95 July 17 @ Rangers 3–7 Hill Finley (9–8) — 44,220 45–50 96 July 18 Mariners 3–15 Meacham Boskie (10–4) — 22,780 45–51 97 July 19 Mariners 9–4 Grimsley (5–6) Wells — 23,332 46–51 98 July 20 Mariners 5–4 Schmidt (2–0) Charlton Percival (25) 31,759 47–51 99 July 21 Mariners 2–6 Hitchcock Abbott (1–13) — 22,088 47–52 100 July 22 Tigers 1–0 Finley (10–8) Olivares Percival (26) 16,336 48–52 101 July 23 Tigers 3–8 Lima James (5–5) — 16,432 48–53 102 July 25 Brewers 5–4 Holtz (1–0) Lloyd — 16,841 49–53 103 July 26 Brewers 6–5 Springer (1–0) D'Amico Percival (27) 18,189 50–53 104 July 27 Brewers 7–0 Finley (11–8) McDonald — 17,497 51–53 105 July 28 Brewers 3–4 (13) Miranda Holtz (1–1) Garcia 25,539 51–54 106 July 30 @ Tigers 9–12 Nitkowski Grimsley (5–7) — 11,641 51–55 107 July 31 @ Tigers 5–10 Lima Holtz (1–2) — 9,740 51–56
August: 11–18 (Home: 4–11; Away: 7–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 108 August 1 @ Tigers 5–13 Williams Boskie (10–5) — 14,591 51–57 109 August 2 @ Blue Jays 2–9 Hentgen Finley (11–9) — 30,261 51–58 110 August 3 @ Blue Jays 11–6 Langston (6–4) Castillo — 32,139 52–58 111 August 4 @ Blue Jays 1–7 Flener Abbott (1–14) — 30,253 52–59 112 August 6 Twins 1–4 Radke Springer (1–1) Guardado 20,058 52–60 113 August 7 Twins 0–4 Robertson Finley (11–10) — 18,611 52–61 114 August 8 Twins 5–13 Aguilera Boskie (10–6) — 21,283 52–62 115 August 9 Royals 3–5 Rosado Langston (6–5) Montgomery 35,977 52–63 116 August 10 Royals 3–18 Haney Abbott (1–15) — 21,657 52–64 117 August 11 Royals 6–5 Springer (2–1) Belcher — 18,591 53–64 118 August 12 Indians 4–5 Hershiser Finley (11–11) Mesa 19,499 53–65 119 August 13 Indians 4–2 Boskie (11–6) Ogea Percival (28) 19,569 54–65 120 August 14 Indians 8–7 Gohr (1–0) McDowell Percival (29) 23,887 55–65 121 August 16 @ Red Sox 6–3 Springer (3–1) Wakefield Percival (30) 30,693 56–65 122 August 17 @ Red Sox 0–6 Clemens Finley (11–12) — 32,497 56–66 123 August 18 @ Red Sox 4–3 Holtz (2–2) Brandenburg Percival (31) 25,224 57–66 124 August 19 @ Red Sox 9–10 Lacy Gohr (1–1) Slocumb 25,779 57–67 125 August 20 @ Yankees 6–17 Boehringer Springer (3–2) — 20,795 57–68 126 August 21 @ Yankees 7–1 Dickson (1–0) Key Percival (32) 27,811 58–68 127 August 22 @ Yankees 12–3 Finley (12–12) Rogers — 27,191 59–68 128 August 23 @ Orioles 2–0 Boskie (12–6) Wells Percival (33) 47,291 60–68 129 August 24 @ Orioles 4–5 Mussina Abbott (1–16) Myers 46,487 60–69 130 August 25 @ Orioles 13–0 Springer (4–2) Erickson — 47,239 61–69 131 August 26 Red Sox 1–4 Wakefield Dickson (1–1) — 16,886 61–70 132 August 27 Red Sox 1–2 Clemens Finley (12–13) Slocumb 19,947 61–71 133 August 28 Red Sox 4–7 Gordon Boskie (12–7) — 20,894 61–72 134 August 29 Yankees 14–3 Holtz (3–2) Whitehurst — 19,755 62–72 135 August 30 Yankees 2–6 Pettitte Springer (4–3) — 27,084 62–73 136 August 31 Yankees 3–14 Key Dickson (1–2) — 28,749 62–74
September: 8–17 (Home: 6–6; Away: 2–11) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 137 September 1 Yankees 4–0 Finley (13–13) Rogers — 19,384 63–74 138 September 2 Orioles 8–12 Mussina Boskie (12–8) — 20,287 63–75 139 September 3 Orioles 10–2 Harris (1–0) Coppinger — 15,924 64–75 140 September 4 Orioles 2–4 Erickson Springer (4–4) Myers 18,204 64–76 141 September 6 @ Twins 2–6 Radke Finley (13–14) — 13,006 64–77 142 September 7 @ Twins 3–6 Stevens Boskie (12–9) Trombley 51,011 64–78 143 September 8 @ Twins 4–2 Abbott (2–16) Rodriguez Percival (34) 14,378 65–78 144 September 9 @ Indians 3–4 Shuey Holtz (3–3) Mesa 42,208 65–79 145 September 10 @ Indians 5–7 Assenmacher Percival (0–2) — 42,181 65–80 146 September 11 @ Indians 0–2 McDowell Finley (13–15) Mesa 42,264 65–81 147 September 12 @ Indians 2–11 Anderson Boskie (12–10) — 42,244 65–82 148 September 13 @ Royals 2–8 Belcher Abbott (2–17) — 13,083 65–83 149 September 14 @ Royals 5–8 Appier Dickson (1–3) — 17,174 65–84 150 September 17 Athletics 1–5 Prieto Springer (4–5) — 17,827 65–85 151 September 18 Athletics 3–1 Finley (14–15) Adams Percival (35) 18,213 66–85 152 September 20 Rangers 6–5 (10) McElroy (5–1) Stanton — 18,860 67–85 153 September 21 Rangers 1–7 Burkett Abbott (2–18) — 24,104 67–86 154 September 22 Rangers 1–4 Hill Dickson (1–4) — 17,522 67–87 155 September 23 Mariners 4–3 Finley (15–15) Hitchcock Percival (36) 16,212 68–87 156 September 24 Mariners 11–6 Springer (5–5) Wells — 18,891 69–87 157 September 25 Mariners 2–11 Torres Boskie (12–11) — 17,160 69–88 158 September 26 @ Rangers 5–6 Burkett Abbott (2–19) Henneman 33,895 69–89 159 September 27 @ Rangers 4–3 (15) Harris (2–0) Whiteside Gohr (1) 46,764 70–89 160 September 28 @ Rangers 3–4 Oliver Finley (15–16) Heredia 45,651 70–90 161 September 29 @ Rangers 3–4 Witt Springer (5–6) — 45,434 70–91
Legend:        = Win        = Loss Bold = Angels team member

Detailed records

American League
Opponent	W	L	WP	RS	RA
AL East
Baltimore Orioles	6	6	0.500	69	68
Boston Red Sox	4	8	0.333	52	69
Detroit Tigers	6	6	0.500	55	75
New York Yankees	7	6	0.538	76	76
Toronto Blue Jays	7	5	0.583	58	61
Total	30	31	0.492	310	349
AL Central
Chicago White Sox	6	6	0.500	60	60
Cleveland Indians	4	9	0.308	56	71
Kansas City Royals	4	8	0.333	51	86
Milwaukee Brewers	7	5	0.583	67	64
Minnesota Twins	4	8	0.333	38	67
Total	25	36	0.410	272	348
AL West
California Angels
Oakland Athletics	6	7	0.462	64	83
Seattle Mariners	5	8	0.385	65	89
Texas Rangers	4	9	0.308	51	74
Total	15	24	0.385	180	246
Season Total	70	91	0.435	762	943

Month	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
April	25	13	12	0.520	115	132
May	27	13	14	0.481	128	146
June	29	15	14	0.517	153	181
July	26	10	16	0.385	131	171
August	29	11	18	0.379	141	182
September	25	8	17	0.320	94	131
Total	161	70	91	0.435	762	943

	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
Home	81	43	38	0.531	387	451
Away	80	27	53	0.338	375	492
Total	161	70	91	0.435	762	943

Notable transactions

• May 16, 1996: Scott Sanderson was released by the California Angels.
• May 27, 1996: Lee Smith was traded by the California Angels to the Cincinnati Reds for Chuck McElroy.
• June 30, 1996: Vince Coleman signed as a free agent with the California Angels.
• September 6, 1996: Robert Eenhoorn was selected off waivers by the California Angels from the New York Yankees.

Roster

1996 California Angels
Roster
Pitchers 52 Jim Abbott 55 Kyle Abbott 22 Shawn Boskie 19 Jason Dickson 48 Ken Edenfield 58 Mark Eichhorn 55 Robert Ellis 31 Chuck Finley 28 Todd Frohwirth 36 Greg Gohr 56 Jason Grimsley 60 Ryan Hancock 48 Pep Harris 65 Mike Holtz 42 Mark Holzemer 46 Mike James 12 Mark Langston 45 Phil Leftwich 21 Darrell May 17 Chuck McElroy 43 Rich Monteleone 21 Brad Pennington 40 Troy Percival 21 Scott Sanderson 37 Jeff Schmidt 47 Lee Smith 35 Russ Springer 17 Ben Van Ryn 59 Shad Williams		Catchers  7 Pat Borders 14 Jorge Fábregas  8 Todd Greene 11 Don Slaught 20 Chris Turner Infielders  5 George Arias 33 Gary DiSarcina  1 Damion Easley 11 Robert Eenhoorn 32 Jack Howell 10 Rex Hudler 28 Chris Pritchett  9 Dick Schofield  6 J. T. Snow 18 Randy Velarde 23 Tim Wallach		Outfielders 27 Mike Aldrete 16 Garret Anderson 25 Jim Edmonds 27 Darin Erstad  3 Orlando Palmeiro 15 Tim Salmon Other batters 44 Chili Davis		Manager 53 Marcel Lachemann 70 Joe Maddon  1 John McNamara Coaches 57 Mick Billmeyer (Bullpen) 39 Rick Burleson (Third Base) 29 Rod Carew (Hitting) 55 Chuck Hernandez (Pitching)  2 Bobby Knoop (Bench) 38 Bill Lachemann (Assistant) 70 Joe Maddon (First Base)

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	Jorge Fábregas	90	254	73	.287	2	26
1B	J.T. Snow	155	575	148	.257	17	67
2B	Randy Velarde	136	530	151	.285	14	54
SS	Gary Disarcina	150	536	137	.256	5	48
3B	George Arias	84	252	60	.238	6	28
LF	Garret Anderson	150	607	173	.285	12	72
CF	Jim Edmonds	114	431	131	.304	27	66
RF	Tim Salmon	156	581	166	.286	30	98
DH	Chili Davis	145	530	155	.292	28	95

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
Rex Hudler	92	302	94	.311	16	40
Darin Erstad	57	208	59	.284	4	20
Don Slaught	62	207	67	.324	6	32
Tim Wallach	57	190	45	.237	8	20
Jack Howell	66	126	34	.270	8	21
Orlando Palmeiro	50	87	25	.287	0	6
Todd Greene	29	79	15	.190	2	9
Pat Borders	19	57	13	.228	2	8
Damion Easley	28	45	7	.156	2	7
Mike Aldrete	31	40	6	.150	3	8
Dick Schofield	13	16	4	.250	0	0
Robert Eenhoorn	6	15	4	.267	0	0
Chris Pritchett	5	13	2	.154	0	1
Chris Turner	4	3	1	.333	0	1

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
Chuck Finley	35	238.0	15	16	4.16	215
Shawn Boskie	37	189.1	12	11	5.32	133
Jim Abbott	27	142.0	2	18	7.48	58
Mark Langston	18	123.1	6	5	4.82	83
Dennis Springer	20	94.2	5	6	5.51	64
Jason Dickson	7	43.1	1	4	4.57	20
Scott Sanderson	5	18.0	0	2	7.50	7
Phil Leftwich	2	7.1	0	1	7.36	4

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
Jason Grimsley	35	130.1	5	7	6.84	82
Pep Harris	11	32.1	2	0	3.90	20
Shad Williams	13	28.1	0	2	8.89	26
Ryan Hancock	11	27.2	4	1	7.48	19

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	62	0	2	36	2.31	100
Mike James	69	5	5	1	2.67	65
Chuck McElroy	40	5	1	0	2.95	32
Mike Holtz	30	3	3	0	2.45	31
Mark Holzemer	25	1	0	0	8.76	20
Mark Eichhorn	24	1	2	0	5.04	24
Greg Gohr	15	1	1	1	7.50	15
Rich Monteleone	12	0	3	0	5.87	5
Lee Smith	11	0	0	0	2.45	6
Jeff Schmidt	9	2	0	0	7.88	2
Brad Pennington	8	0	0	0	12.27	7
Darrell May	5	0	0	0	10.13	1
Todd Frohwirth	4	0	0	0	11.12	1
Robert Ellis	3	0	0	0	0.00	5
Kyle Abbott	3	0	1	0	20.25	3
Ken Edenfield	2	0	0	0	10.38	4
Ben Van Ryn	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Vancouver Canadians	Pacific Coast League	Don Long
AA	Midland Angels	Texas League	Mario Mendoza
A	Lake Elsinore Storm	California League	Mitch Seoane
A	Cedar Rapids Kernels	Midwest League	Tom Lawless
A-Short Season	Boise Hawks	Northwest League	Tom Kotchman
Rookie	AZL Angels	Arizona League	Bruce Hines

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Lake Elsinore

References

• 1996 California Angels at Baseball Reference
• 1996 California Angels at Baseball Almanac