# 1995 California Angels season

The 1995 California Angels season was the 35th season of the California Angels franchise in the American League, the 30th in Anaheim, and their 30th season playing their home games at Anaheim Stadium. The Angels finished in second place in the American League West with a record of 78 wins and 67 losses.
The 1995 Angels went through statistically the worst late-season collapse in Major League Baseball history. On August 16, they held a 10½-game lead over the Texas Rangers and an 11½-game lead over the Seattle Mariners, but suffered through a late season slump, including a nine-game losing streak from August 25 to September 3. They were still atop the division, leading Seattle by 6 games and Texas by 7½, when a second nine-game losing streak from September 13 to 23 dropped them out of first place. The Angels rebounded to win the last five scheduled games to tie Seattle for the division lead, forcing a one-game playoff to determine the division champion. Mariners ace Randy Johnson led his team to a 9–1 triumph over Angel hurler Mark Langston in the tiebreaker game, ending the Angels' season. It was the closest the Angels would come to reaching the postseason between 1986 and 2002.

## Offseason

* December 6, 1994: Rex Hudler was signed as a free agent with the California Angels.
* December 14, 1994: Lee Smith was signed as a free agent with the California Angels.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAL West :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Seattle Mariners | 79 | 66 | .545 | — | 46‍–‍27 | 33‍–‍39 |
| California Angels | 78 | 67 | .538 | 1 | 39‍–‍33 | 39‍–‍34 |
| Texas Rangers | 74 | 70 | .514 | 4½ | 41‍–‍31 | 33‍–‍39 |
| Oakland Athletics | 67 | 77 | .465 | 11½ | 38‍–‍34 | 29‍–‍43 |

### Record vs. opponents

1995 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BAL | BOS | CAL | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIL | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TEX | TOR |
| Baltimore | — | 4–9 | 9–4 | 6–1 | 2–10 | 8–5 | 4–5 | 7–5 | 3–6 | 6–7 | 5–7 | 6–7 | 4–1 | 7–6 |
| Boston | 9–4 | — | 11–3 | 5–3 | 6–7 | 8–5 | 3–2 | 8–4 | 5–4 | 5–8 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 3–4 | 8–5 |
| California | 4–9 | 3–11 | — | 10–2 | 3–2 | 6–2 | 5–7 | 5–2 | 8–5 | 7–5 | 6–7 | 7–6 | 6–7 | 8–2 |
| Chicago | 1–6 | 3–5 | 2–10 | — | 5–8 | 8–4 | 8–5 | 6–7 | 10–3 | 3–2–1 | 7–5 | 4–9 | 5–7 | 6–5 |
| Cleveland | 10–2 | 7–6 | 2–3 | 8–5 | — | 10–3 | 11–1 | 9–4 | 9–4 | 6–6 | 7–0 | 5–4 | 6–3 | 10–3 |
| Detroit | 5–8 | 5–8 | 2–6 | 4–8 | 3–10 | — | 3–4 | 8–5 | 7–5 | 5–8 | 2–3 | 5–5 | 4–8 | 7–6 |
| Kansas City | 5–4 | 2–3 | 7–5 | 5–8 | 1–11 | 4–3 | — | 10–2 | 6–7 | 3–7 | 5–8 | 7–5 | 8–6 | 7–5 |
| Milwaukee | 5–7 | 4–8 | 2–5 | 7–6 | 4–9 | 5–8 | 2–10 | — | 9–4 | 5–6 | 7–2 | 3–2 | 5–7 | 7–5 |
| Minnesota | 6–3 | 4–5 | 5–8 | 3–10 | 4–9 | 5–7 | 7–6 | 4–9 | — | 3–4 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 5–8 | 1–4 |
| New York | 7–6 | 8–5 | 5–7 | 2–3–1 | 6–6 | 8–5 | 7–3 | 6–5 | 4–3 | — | 4–9 | 4–9 | 6–3 | 12–1 |
| Oakland | 7–5 | 4–8 | 7–6 | 5–7 | 0–7 | 3–2 | 8–5 | 2–7 | 7–5 | 9–4 | — | 7–6 | 5–8 | 3–7 |
| Seattle | 7–6 | 5–7 | 6–7 | 9–4 | 4–5 | 5–5 | 5–7 | 2–3 | 8–4 | 9–4 | 6–7 | — | 10–3 | 3–4 |
| Texas | 1–4 | 4–3 | 7–6 | 7–5 | 3–6 | 8–4 | 6–8 | 7–5 | 8–5 | 3–6 | 8–5 | 3–10 | — | 9–3 |
| Toronto | 6–7 | 5–8 | 2–8 | 5–6 | 3–10 | 6–7 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 4–1 | 1–12 | 7–3 | 4–3 | 3–9 | — |

### Notable transactions

* April 13, 1995: Tony Phillips was traded by the Detroit Tigers to the California Angels for Chad Curtis.
* April 18, 1995: Scott Sanderson was signed as a free agent with the California Angels.
* April 18, 1995: Mike Bielecki was signed as a free agent with the California Angels.
* April 26, 1995: Ricky Jordan was signed as a free agent with the California Angels.
* June 1, 1995: Darin Erstad was drafted by the California Angels in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1995 amateur draft. Player signed July 26, 1995.
* July 9, 1995: Mark Sweeney was traded by the California Angels to the St. Louis Cardinals for John Habyan.
* July 27, 1995: Jim Abbott was traded by the Chicago White Sox with Tim Fortugno to the California Angels for McKay Christensen, John Snyder, Andrew Lorraine, and Bill Simas.
* August 24, 1995: Mike Aldrete was traded by the Oakland Athletics to the California Angels for Demond Smith (minors).

### Roster
## Player stats

* = Indicates team leader

### Batting

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 | 73 | 227 | 56 | .247 | 1 | 22 |
| 1B | J. T. Snow | 143 | 544 | 157 | .289 | 24 | 102 |
| 2B | Damion Easley | 114 | 357 | 77 | .216 | 4 | 35 |
| 3B | Tony Phillips | 139 | 525 | 137 | .261 | 27 | 61 |
| SS | Gary DiSarcina | 99 | 362 | 111 | .307 | 5 | 41 |
| LF | Garret Anderson | 106 | 374 | 120 | .321 | 16 | 69 |
| CF | Jim Edmonds | 141 | 558 | 162 | .290 | 33 | 107 |
| RF | Tim Salmon | 143 | 537 | 177 | .330 | 34 | 105 |
| DH | Chili Davis | 119 | 424 | 135 | .318 | 20 | 86 |

#### 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 |
| Greg Myers | 85 | 273 | 71 | .260 | 9 | 38 |
| Rex Hudler | 84 | 223 | 59 | .265 | 6 | 27 |
| Spike Owen | 82 | 218 | 50 | .229 | 1 | 28 |
| Andy Allanson | 35 | 82 | 14 | .171 | 3 | 10 |
| Eduardo Pérez | 29 | 71 | 12 | .169 | 1 | 7 |
| Carlos Martínez | 26 | 61 | 11 | .180 | 1 | 9 |
| José Lind | 15 | 43 | 7 | .163 | 0 | 1 |
| Mike Aldrete | 18 | 24 | 6 | .250 | 0 | 3 |
| Rod Correia | 14 | 21 | 5 | .238 | 0 | 3 |
| Orlando Palmeiro | 15 | 20 | 7 | .350 | 0 | 1 |
| Dick Schofield | 12 | 20 | 5 | .250 | 0 | 2 |
| Rene Gonzales | 30 | 18 | 6 | .333 | 1 | 3 |
| Dave Gallagher | 11 | 16 | 3 | .188 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Dalesandro | 11 | 10 | 1 | .100 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Turner | 5 | 10 | 1 | .100 | 0 | 1 |
| Kevin Flora | 2 | 1 | 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 |
| Chuck Finley | 32 | 203.0 | 15 | 12 | 4.21 | 195 |
| Mark Langston | 31 | 200.1 | 15 | 7 | 4.63 | 142 |
| Shawn Boskie | 20 | 111.2 | 7 | 7 | 5.64 | 51 |
| Brian Anderson | 18 | 99.2 | 6 | 8 | 5.87 | 45 |
| Jim Abbott | 13 | 84.2 | 5 | 4 | 4.15 | 41 |
| Scott Sanderson | 7 | 39.1 | 1 | 3 | 4.12 | 23 |

#### 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 |
| Mike Bielecki | 22 | 75.1 | 4 | 6 | 5.97 | 45 |
| Mike Harkey | 12 | 61.1 | 4 | 3 | 4.55 | 28 |
| Russ Springer | 19 | 51.2 | 1 | 2 | 6.10 | 38 |

##### 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 |
| Lee Smith | 52 | 0 | 5 | 37 | 3.47 | 43 |
| Troy Percival | 62 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1.95 | 94 |
| Bob Patterson | 62 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3.04 | 41 |
| Mike James | 46 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3.88 | 36 |
| Mike Butcher | 40 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4.73 | 29 |
| John Habyan | 28 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4.13 | 25 |
| Mitch Williams | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6.75 | 9 |
| Mark Holzemer | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.40 | 5 |
| Rich Monteleone | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 | 5 |
| Ken Edenfield | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.26 | 6 |
| Erik Bennett | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |

## Award winners

* Jim Abbott, Hutch Award
1995 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
* Gary DiSarcina, shortstop, reserve
* Jim Edmonds, outfield, reserve
* Chuck Finley, pitcher, reserve
* Lee Smith, pitcher, reserve

## Farm system

| 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: Boise