# 1987 California Angels season

The 1987 California Angels season was the 27th season of the California Angels franchise in the American League, the 22nd in Anaheim, and their 22nd season playing their home games at Anaheim Stadium. The Angels finished sixth in the American League west with a record of 75 wins and 87 losses.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAL West :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Minnesota Twins | 85 | 77 | .525 | — | 56‍–‍25 | 29‍–‍52 |
| Kansas City Royals | 83 | 79 | .512 | 2 | 46‍–‍35 | 37‍–‍44 |
| Oakland Athletics | 81 | 81 | .500 | 4 | 42‍–‍39 | 39‍–‍42 |
| Seattle Mariners | 78 | 84 | .481 | 7 | 40‍–‍41 | 38‍–‍43 |
| Chicago White Sox | 77 | 85 | .475 | 8 | 38‍–‍43 | 39‍–‍42 |
| Texas Rangers | 75 | 87 | .463 | 10 | 43‍–‍38 | 32‍–‍49 |
| California Angels | 75 | 87 | .463 | 10 | 38‍–‍43 | 37‍–‍44 |

### Record vs. opponents

1987 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BAL | BOS | CAL | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIL | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TEX | TOR |
| Baltimore | — | 1–12 | 9–3 | 8–4 | 7–6 | 4–9 | 9–3 | 2–11 | 5–7 | 3–10 | 7–5 | 4–8 | 7–5 | 1–12 |
| Boston | 12–1 | — | 4–8 | 3–9 | 7–6 | 2–11 | 6–6 | 6–7 | 7–5 | 7–6 | 4–8 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 6–7 |
| California | 3–9 | 8–4 | — | 8–5 | 7–5 | 3–9 | 5–8 | 7–5 | 8–5 | 3–9 | 6–7 | 7–6 | 5–8 | 5–7 |
| Chicago | 4–8 | 9–3 | 5–8 | — | 7–5 | 3–9 | 6–7 | 6–6 | 6–7 | 5–7 | 9–4 | 6–7 | 7–6 | 4–8 |
| Cleveland | 6–7 | 6–7 | 5–7 | 5–7 | — | 4–9 | 6–6 | 4–9 | 3–9 | 6–7 | 4–8 | 5–7 | 2–10 | 5–8 |
| Detroit | 9–4 | 11–2 | 9–3 | 9–3 | 9–4 | — | 5–7 | 6–7 | 8–4 | 5–8 | 5–7 | 7–5 | 8–4 | 7–6 |
| Kansas City | 3–9 | 6–6 | 8–5 | 7–6 | 6–6 | 7–5 | — | 4–8 | 8–5 | 5–7 | 5–8 | 9–4 | 7–6 | 8–4 |
| Milwaukee | 11–2 | 7–6 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 9–4 | 7–6 | 8–4 | — | 3–9 | 7–6 | 6–6 | 4–8 | 9–3 | 9–4 |
| Minnesota | 7–5 | 5–7 | 5–8 | 7–6 | 9–3 | 4–8 | 5–8 | 9–3 | — | 6–6 | 10–3 | 9–4 | 6–7 | 3–9 |
| New York | 10–3 | 6–7 | 9–3 | 7–5 | 7–6 | 8–5 | 7–5 | 6–7 | 6–6 | — | 5–7 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 6–7 |
| Oakland | 5–7 | 8–4 | 7–6 | 4–9 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 8–5 | 6–6 | 3–10 | 7–5 | — | 5–8 | 6–7 | 7–5 |
| Seattle | 8–4 | 5–7 | 6–7 | 7–6 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 4–9 | 8–4 | 4–9 | 5–7 | 8–5 | — | 9–4 | 2–10 |
| Texas | 5–7 | 5–7 | 8–5 | 6–7 | 10–2 | 4–8 | 6–7 | 3–9 | 7–6 | 7–5 | 7–6 | 4–9 | — | 3–9 |
| Toronto | 12–1 | 7–6 | 7–5 | 8–4 | 8–5 | 6–7 | 4–8 | 4–9 | 9–3 | 7–6 | 5–7 | 10–2 | 9–3 | — |

### Notable transactions

* December 19, 1986: Ron Romanick was traded by the California Angels with a player to be named later to the New York Yankees for a player to be named later and Butch Wynegar.
* January 8, 1987: Doug DeCinces was signed as a free agent with the California Angels.
* January 22, 1987: Jim Eppard was purchased by the California Angels from the Oakland Athletics.
* May 1, 1987: Bob Boone was signed as a free agent with the California Angels.
* May 19, 1987: Doug Corbett was signed as a free agent with the California Angels.
* June 1, 1987: Greg Minton was signed as a free agent with the California Angels.
* June 19, 1987: Doug Corbett was released by the California Angels.
* June 22, 1987: Alan Mills was sent by the California Angels to the New York Yankees to complete an earlier deal made on December 19, 1986.
* July 28, 1987: Bill Buckner signed as a free agent with the California Angels.
* September 15, 1987: John Candelaria was traded by the California Angels to the New York Mets for Jeff Richardson and Shane Young (minors).

#### Draft picks

* June 2, 1987: John Orton was drafted by the California Angels in the 1st round (25th pick) of the 1987 amateur draft.
* June 2, 1987: Rubén Amaro, Jr. was drafted by the California Angels in the 11th round of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed June 16, 1987.

### Roster
## 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 | Bob Boone | 128 | 389 | 94 | .242 | 3 | 33 |
| 1B | Wally Joyner | 149 | 564 | 161 | .285 | 34 | 117 |
| 2B | Mark McLemore | 138 | 433 | 102 | .236 | 3 | 41 |
| 3B | Doug DeCinces | 133 | 453 | 106 | .234 | 16 | 63 |
| SS | Dick Schofield | 134 | 479 | 120 | .251 | 9 | 46 |
| LF | Jack Howell | 138 | 449 | 110 | .245 | 23 | 64 |
| CF | Gary Pettis | 133 | 394 | 82 | .208 | 1 | 17 |
| RF | Devon White | 159 | 639 | 168 | .263 | 24 | 87 |
| DH | Brian Downing | 155 | 567 | 154 | .272 | 29 | 77 |

#### 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 |
| Ruppert Jones | 85 | 192 | 47 | .245 | 8 | 28 |
| Bill Buckner | 57 | 183 | 56 | .306 | 3 | 32 |
| George Hendrick | 65 | 162 | 39 | .241 | 5 | 25 |
| Gus Polidor | 63 | 137 | 36 | .263 | 2 | 15 |
| Johnny Ray | 30 | 127 | 44 | .346 | 0 | 15 |
| Darrell Miller | 53 | 108 | 26 | .241 | 4 | 16 |
| Mark Ryal | 58 | 100 | 20 | .200 | 5 | 18 |
| Butch Wynegar | 31 | 92 | 19 | .207 | 0 | 5 |
| Tony Armas | 28 | 81 | 16 | .198 | 3 | 9 |
| Jack Fimple | 13 | 10 | 2 | .200 | 0 | 1 |
| Jim Eppard | 8 | 9 | 3 | .333 | 0 | 0 |
| Tack Wilson | 7 | 2 | 1 | .500 | 0 | 0 |

### 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 |
| Mike Witt | 36 | 297.0 | 16 | 14 | 4.01 | 192 |
| Don Sutton | 35 | 191.2 | 11 | 11 | 4.70 | 99 |
| John Candelaria | 20 | 116.2 | 8 | 6 | 4.71 | 74 |
| Jerry Reuss | 17 | 82.1 | 4 | 5 | 5.25 | 37 |
| Kirk McCaskill | 14 | 74.2 | 4 | 6 | 5.67 | 56 |

#### 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 |
| Willie Fraser | 36 | 176.2 | 10 | 10 | 3.92 | 106 |
| Jack Lazorko | 26 | 117.2 | 5 | 6 | 4.59 | 55 |
| Urbano Lugo | 7 | 28.0 | 0 | 2 | 9.32 | 24 |

##### 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 |
| DeWayne Buice | 57 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 3.39 | 109 |
| Greg Minton | 41 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 3.08 | 35 |
| Gary Lucas | 48 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3.63 | 44 |
| Chuck Finley | 35 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 4.67 | 63 |
| Mike Cook | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5.50 | 27 |
| Donnie Moore | 14 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2.70 | 17 |
| Bryan Harvey | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 |
| Miguel García | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.20 | 0 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Edmonton Trappers | Pacific Coast League | Tom Kotchman |
| AA | Midland Angels | Texas League | Mako Oliveras |
| A | Palm Springs Angels | California League | Bill Lachemann |
| A | Quad Cities Angels | Midwest League | Eddie Rodríguez |
| A-Short Season | Salem Angels | Northwest League | Chris Smith |