# 1991 California Angels season

The 1991 California Angels season was the 31st season of the California Angels franchise in the American League, the 26th in Anaheim, and their 26th season playing their home games at Anaheim Stadium. The Angels finished seventh in the American League West with a record of 81 wins and 81 losses.

## Offseason

* December 2, 1990: Devon White was traded by the California Angels with Willie Fraser and Marcus Moore to the Toronto Blue Jays for a player to be named later, Junior Felix, and Luis Sojo. The Toronto Blue Jays sent Ken Rivers (minors) (December 4, 1990) to the California Angels to complete the trade.
* December 13, 1990: Max Venable was signed as a free agent with the California Angels.
* March 14, 1991: Dante Bichette was traded by the California Angels to the Milwaukee Brewers for Dave Parker.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAL West :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Minnesota Twins | 95 | 67 | .586 | — | 51‍–‍30 | 44‍–‍37 |
| Chicago White Sox | 87 | 75 | .537 | 8 | 46‍–‍35 | 41‍–‍40 |
| Texas Rangers | 85 | 77 | .525 | 10 | 46‍–‍35 | 39‍–‍42 |
| Oakland Athletics | 84 | 78 | .519 | 11 | 47‍–‍34 | 37‍–‍44 |
| Seattle Mariners | 83 | 79 | .512 | 12 | 45‍–‍36 | 38‍–‍43 |
| Kansas City Royals | 82 | 80 | .506 | 13 | 40‍–‍41 | 42‍–‍39 |
| California Angels | 81 | 81 | .500 | 14 | 40‍–‍41 | 41‍–‍40 |

### Record vs. opponents

1991 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BAL | BOS | CAL | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIL | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TEX | TOR |
| Baltimore | — | 8–5 | 6–6 | 4–8 | 7–6 | 5–8 | 4–8 | 3–10 | 4–8 | 5–8 | 3–9 | 4–8 | 9–3 | 5–8 |
| Boston | 5–8 | — | 4–8 | 7–5 | 9–4 | 5–8 | 7–5 | 7–6 | 3–9 | 6–7 | 8–4 | 9–3 | 5–7 | 9–4 |
| California | 6–6 | 8–4 | — | 8–5 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 9–4 | 6–6 | 8–5 | 6–6 | 1–12 | 6–7 | 5–8 | 6–6 |
| Chicago | 8–4 | 5–7 | 5–8 | — | 6–6 | 4–8 | 7–6 | 7–5 | 8–5 | 8–4 | 7–6 | 7–6 | 8–5 | 7–5 |
| Cleveland | 6–7 | 4–9 | 5–7 | 6–6 | — | 7–6 | 4–8 | 5–8 | 2–10 | 6–7 | 5–7 | 2–10 | 4–8 | 1–12 |
| Detroit | 8–5 | 8–5 | 7–5 | 8–4 | 6–7 | — | 8–4 | 4–9 | 4–8 | 8–5 | 4–8 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 5–8 |
| Kansas City | 8–4 | 5–7 | 4–9 | 6–7 | 8–4 | 4–8 | — | 9–3 | 6–7 | 7–5 | 6–7 | 7–6 | 7–6 | 5–7 |
| Milwaukee | 10–3 | 6–7 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 8–5 | 9–4 | 3–9 | — | 6–6 | 6–7 | 8–4 | 3–9 | 7–5 | 6–7 |
| Minnesota | 8–4 | 9–3 | 5–8 | 5–8 | 10–2 | 8–4 | 7–6 | 6–6 | — | 10–2 | 8–5 | 9–4 | 6–7 | 4–8 |
| New York | 8–5 | 7–6 | 6–6 | 4–8 | 7–6 | 5–8 | 5–7 | 7–6 | 2–10 | — | 6–6 | 3–9 | 5–7 | 6–7 |
| Oakland | 9–3 | 4–8 | 12–1 | 6–7 | 7–5 | 8–4 | 7–6 | 4–8 | 5–8 | 6–6 | — | 6–7 | 4–9 | 6–6 |
| Seattle | 8–4 | 3–9 | 7–6 | 6–7 | 10–2 | 4–8 | 6–7 | 9–3 | 4–9 | 9–3 | 7–6 | — | 5–8 | 5–7 |
| Texas | 3–9 | 7–5 | 8–5 | 5–8 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 6–7 | 5–7 | 7–6 | 7–5 | 9–4 | 8–5 | — | 6–6 |
| Toronto | 8–5 | 4–9 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 12–1 | 8–5 | 7–5 | 7–6 | 8–4 | 7–6 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 6–6 | — |

### Transactions

* April 1, 1991: Rick Schu was released by the California Angels.
* June 3, 1991: Mark Sweeney was drafted by the California Angels in the 9th round of the 1991 amateur draft. Player signed June 5, 1991.
* July 30, 1991: Shawn Abner was traded by the San Diego Padres to the California Angels for Jack Howell.
* September 7, 1991: Dave Parker was released by the California Angels.

### Roster
## Player stats
### Batting
#### Starters by position

Note: 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 | Lance Parrish | 119 | 402 | 87 | .216 | 19 | 51 |
| 1B | Wally Joyner | 143 | 551 | 166 | .301 | 21 | 96 |
| 2B | Luis Sojo | 113 | 364 | 94 | .258 | 3 | 20 |
| 3B | Gary Gaetti | 152 | 586 | 144 | .246 | 18 | 66 |
| SS | Dick Schofield | 134 | 427 | 96 | .225 | 0 | 31 |
| LF | Luis Polonia | 150 | 604 | 179 | .296 | 2 | 50 |
| CF | Junior Félix | 66 | 230 | 65 | .283 | 2 | 26 |
| RF | Dave Winfield | 150 | 568 | 149 | .262 | 28 | 86 |
| DH | Dave Parker | 119 | 466 | 108 | .232 | 11 | 56 |

#### 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 |
| Dave Gallagher | 90 | 270 | 79 | .293 | 1 | 30 |
| Donnie Hill | 77 | 209 | 50 | .239 | 1 | 20 |
| Max Venable | 82 | 187 | 46 | .246 | 3 | 21 |
| Ron Tingley | 45 | 115 | 23 | .200 | 1 | 13 |
| Shawn Abner | 41 | 101 | 23 | .228 | 2 | 9 |
| Jack Howell | 32 | 81 | 17 | .210 | 2 | 7 |
| John Orton | 29 | 69 | 14 | .203 | 0 | 3 |
| Bobby Rose | 22 | 65 | 18 | .277 | 1 | 8 |
| Lee Stevens | 18 | 58 | 17 | .293 | 0 | 9 |
| Gary DiSarcina | 18 | 57 | 12 | .211 | 0 | 3 |
| Rubén Amaro Jr. | 10 | 23 | 5 | .217 | 0 | 2 |
| Chris Cron | 6 | 15 | 2 | .133 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Flora | 3 | 8 | 1 | .125 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Marshall | 2 | 7 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Barry Lyons | 2 | 5 | 1 | .200 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Davis | 3 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 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 |
| Mark Langston | 34 | 246.1 | 19 | 8 | 3.00 | 183 |
| Jim Abbott | 34 | 243.0 | 18 | 11 | 2.89 | 158 |
| Chuck Finley | 34 | 227.1 | 18 | 9 | 3.80 | 171 |
| Kirk McCaskill | 30 | 177.2 | 10 | 19 | 4.26 | 71 |
| Fernando Valenzuela | 2 | 6.2 | 0 | 2 | 12.15 | 5 |

#### 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 |
| Joe Grahe | 18 | 73.0 | 3 | 7 | 4.81 | 40 |
| Scott Lewis | 16 | 60.1 | 3 | 5 | 6.27 | 37 |
| Mike Fetters | 19 | 44.2 | 2 | 5 | 4.84 | 24 |
| Kyle Abbott | 5 | 19.2 | 1 | 2 | 4.58 | 12 |

##### 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 |
| Bryan Harvey | 67 | 2 | 4 | 46 | 1.60 | 101 |
| Mark Eichhorn | 70 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1.98 | 49 |
| Scott Bailes | 42 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4.18 | 41 |
| Jeff Robinson | 39 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5.37 | 57 |
| Chris Beasley | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.38 | 14 |
| Floyd Bannister | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.96 | 16 |
| Bob McClure | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.31 | 5 |
| Cliff Young | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.26 | 6 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Edmonton Trappers | Pacific Coast League | Mako Oliveras |
| AA | Midland Angels | Texas League | Don Long |
| A | Palm Springs Angels | California League | Nate Oliver |
| A | Quad Cities Angels | Midwest League | Mitch Seoane |
| A-Short Season | Boise Hawks | Northwest League | Tom Kotchman |
| Rookie | AZL Angels | Arizona League | Bill Lachemann |
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