# 1994 California Angels season

The 1994 California Angels season was the 34th season of the California Angels franchise in the American League, the 29th in Anaheim, and their 29th season playing their home games at Anaheim Stadium. The Angels finished fourth in the American League West with a record of 47 wins and 68 losses. The season was cut short by the 1994 player's strike.

## Offseason

* December 9, 1993: Spike Owen was traded by the New York Yankees with cash to the California Angels for Jose Musset (minors).
* January 28, 1994: Shawn Hillegas was signed as a free agent with the California Angels.
* January 31, 1994: Bo Jackson was signed as a free agent with the California Angels.
* March 28, 1994: Rex Hudler was signed as a free agent with the California Angels.

## Regular season

By Friday, August 12, the Angels had compiled a 47–68 record through 115 games. They had scored 543 runs (4.72 per game) and allowed 660 runs (5.74 per game).

### Season standings

vteAL West :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Texas Rangers | 52 | 62 | .456 | — | 31‍–‍32 | 21‍–‍30 |
| Oakland Athletics | 51 | 63 | .447 | 1 | 24‍–‍32 | 27‍–‍31 |
| Seattle Mariners | 49 | 63 | .438 | 2 | 22‍–‍22 | 27‍–‍41 |
| California Angels | 47 | 68 | .409 | 5½ | 23‍–‍40 | 24‍–‍28 |
vteDivision leaders :
| Team | W | L | Pct. |
| New York Yankees | 70 | 43 | .619 |
| Chicago White Sox | 67 | 46 | .593 |
| Texas Rangers | 52 | 62 | .456 |
vteWild Card team (Top team qualifies for postseason) :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB |
| Cleveland Indians | 66 | 47 | .584 | — |
| Baltimore Orioles | 63 | 49 | .562 | 2½ |
| Kansas City Royals | 64 | 51 | .557 | 3 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 55 | 60 | .478 | 12 |
| Boston Red Sox | 54 | 61 | .470 | 13 |
| Minnesota Twins | 53 | 60 | .469 | 13 |
| Detroit Tigers | 53 | 62 | .461 | 14 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 53 | 62 | .461 | 14 |
| Oakland Athletics | 51 | 63 | .447 | 15½ |
| Seattle Mariners | 49 | 63 | .438 | 16½ |
| California Angels | 47 | 68 | .409 | 20 |

### Record vs. opponents

1994 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BAL | BOS | CAL | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIL | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TEX | TOR |
| Baltimore | — | 4–2 | 8–4 | 2–4 | 4–6 | 3–4 | 4–1 | 7–3 | 4–5 | 4–6 | 7–5 | 4–6 | 3–3 | 7–2 |
| Boston | 2–4 | — | 7–5 | 2–4 | 3–7 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 5–5 | 1–8 | 3–7 | 9–3 | 6–6 | 1–5 | 7–3 |
| California | 4–8 | 5–7 | — | 5–5 | 0–5 | 3–4 | 6–4 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 4–8 | 3–6 | 2–7 | 6–4 | 3–4 |
| Chicago | 4–2 | 4–2 | 5–5 | — | 7–5 | 8–4 | 3–7 | 9–3 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 6–3 | 9–1 | 4–5 | 2–3 |
| Cleveland | 6–4 | 7–3 | 5–0 | 5–7 | — | 8–2 | 1–4 | 5–2 | 9–3 | 0–9 | 6–0 | 3–2 | 5–7 | 6–4 |
| Detroit | 4–3 | 2–4 | 4–3 | 4–8 | 2–8 | — | 4–8 | 6–4 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 5–4 | 6–3 | 5–7 | 5–4 |
| Kansas City | 1–4 | 2–4 | 4–6 | 7–3 | 4–1 | 8–4 | — | 5–7 | 6–4 | 4–2 | 7–3 | 6–4 | 4–3 | 6–6 |
| Milwaukee | 3–7 | 5–5 | 3–3 | 3–9 | 2–5 | 4–6 | 7–5 | — | 6–6 | 2–7 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 7–3 |
| Minnesota | 5–4 | 8–1 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 3–9 | 3–3 | 4–6 | 6–6 | — | 4–5 | 2–5 | 3–3 | 4–5 | 4–8 |
| New York | 6–4 | 7–3 | 8–4 | 2–4 | 9–0 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 7–2 | 5–4 | — | 7–5 | 8–4 | 3–2 | 3–4 |
| Oakland | 5–7 | 3–9 | 6–3 | 3–6 | 0–6 | 4–5 | 3–7 | 1–4 | 5–2 | 5–7 | — | 4–3 | 7–3 | 5–1 |
| Seattle | 4–6 | 6–6 | 7–2 | 1–9 | 2–3 | 3–6 | 4–6 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 4–8 | 3–4 | — | 9–1 | 1–5 |
| Texas | 3–3 | 5–1 | 4–6 | 5–4 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 3–4 | 3–3 | 5–4 | 2–3 | 3–7 | 1–9 | — | 4–8 |
| Toronto | 2–7 | 3–7 | 4–3 | 3–2 | 4–6 | 4–5 | 6–6 | 3–7 | 8–4 | 4–3 | 1–5 | 5–1 | 8–4 | — |

### Transactions

* April 1, 1994: Torey Lovullo was selected off waivers by the Seattle Mariners from the California Angels.

### Roster
## Player stats
### 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 | Chris Turner | 58 | 149 | 36 | .242 | 1 | 12 |
| 1B | J.T. Snow | 61 | 223 | 49 | .220 | 8 | 30 |
| 2B | Harold Reynolds | 74 | 207 | 48 | .232 | 0 | 11 |
| SS | Gary Disarcina | 112 | 389 | 101 | .260 | 3 | 33 |
| 3B | Spike Owen | 82 | 268 | 83 | .310 | 3 | 37 |
| LF | Jim Edmonds | 94 | 289 | 79 | .273 | 5 | 37 |
| CF | Chad Curtis | 114 | 453 | 116 | .256 | 11 | 50 |
| RF | Tim Salmon | 100 | 373 | 107 | .287 | 23 | 70 |
| DH | Chili Davis | 108 | 392 | 122 | .311 | 26 | 84 |

#### 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 |
| Damion Easley | 88 | 316 | 68 | .215 | 6 | 30 |
| Bo Jackson | 75 | 201 | 56 | .279 | 13 | 43 |
| Eduardo Pérez | 38 | 129 | 27 | .209 | 5 | 16 |
| Jorge Fábregas | 43 | 127 | 36 | .283 | 0 | 16 |
| Greg Myers | 45 | 126 | 31 | .246 | 2 | 8 |
| Rex Hudler | 56 | 124 | 37 | .298 | 8 | 20 |
| Dwight Smith | 45 | 122 | 32 | .262 | 5 | 18 |
| Mark Dalesandro | 19 | 25 | 5 | .200 | 1 | 2 |
| Rod Correia | 6 | 17 | 4 | .235 | 0 | 0 |
| Garret Anderson | 5 | 13 | 5 | .385 | 0 | 1 |

### 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 | 25 | 183.1 | 10 | 10 | 4.32 | 148 |
| Mark Langston | 18 | 119.1 | 7 | 8 | 4.68 | 109 |
| Phil Leftwich | 20 | 114.0 | 5 | 10 | 5.68 | 67 |
| Brian Anderson | 18 | 101.2 | 7 | 5 | 5.22 | 47 |
| John Farrell | 3 | 13.0 | 1 | 2 | 9.00 | 10 |

#### 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 |
| Mark Leiter | 40 | 95.1 | 4 | 7 | 4.72 | 71 |
| Joe Magrane | 20 | 74.0 | 2 | 6 | 7.30 | 33 |
| John Dopson | 21 | 58.2 | 1 | 4 | 6.14 | 33 |
| Russ Springer | 18 | 45.2 | 2 | 2 | 5.52 | 28 |
| Andrew Lorraine | 4 | 18.2 | 0 | 2 | 10.61 | 10 |

##### 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 |
| Joe Grahe | 40 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 6.65 | 26 |
| Bob Patterson | 47 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4.07 | 30 |
| Mike Butcher | 33 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6.67 | 19 |
| Craig Lefferts | 30 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4.67 | 27 |
| Scott Lewis | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.10 | 10 |
| Bill Sampen | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6.46 | 9 |
| Jeff Schwarz | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.05 | 4 |
| Ken Patterson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |

## 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 | Bill Lachemann |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Cedar Rapids, Boise