# 1989 California Angels season

The 1989 California Angels season was the 29th season of the California Angels franchise in the American League, the 24th in Anaheim, and their 24th season playing their home games at Anaheim Stadium. The Angels finished third in the American League West with a record of 91 wins and 71 losses.

## Offseason

* November 3, 1988: Mike Cook, Paul Sorrento, and Rob Wassenaar (minors) were traded by the Angels to the Minnesota Twins for Bert Blyleven and Kevin Trudeau (minors).
* January 11, 1989: Max Venable was signed as a free agent by the Angels.
* March 9, 1989: DeWayne Buice was traded by the California Angels to the Toronto Blue Jays for Cliff Young.

## Regular season

* September 9, 1989: Devon White became the first member of the Angels to steal three bases in one inning against the Boston Red Sox.

### Season standings

vteAL West :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Oakland Athletics | 99 | 63 | .611 | — | 54‍–‍27 | 45‍–‍36 |
| Kansas City Royals | 92 | 70 | .568 | 7 | 55‍–‍26 | 37‍–‍44 |
| California Angels | 91 | 71 | .562 | 8 | 52‍–‍29 | 39‍–‍42 |
| Texas Rangers | 83 | 79 | .512 | 16 | 45‍–‍36 | 38‍–‍43 |
| Minnesota Twins | 80 | 82 | .494 | 19 | 45‍–‍36 | 35‍–‍46 |
| Seattle Mariners | 73 | 89 | .451 | 26 | 40‍–‍41 | 33‍–‍48 |
| Chicago White Sox | 69 | 92 | .429 | 29½ | 35‍–‍45 | 34‍–‍47 |

### Record vs. opponents

1989 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BAL | BOS | CAL | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIL | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TEX | TOR |
| Baltimore | — | 6–7 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 10–3 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 4–8 | 8–5 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 9–3 | 7–6 |
| Boston | 7–6 | — | 4–8 | 7–5 | 8–5 | 11–2 | 4–8 | 6–7 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 5–8 |
| California | 6–6 | 8–4 | — | 8–5 | 5–7 | 11–1 | 4–9 | 7–5 | 11–2 | 6–6 | 5–8 | 7–6 | 6–7 | 7–5 |
| Chicago | 6–6 | 5–7 | 5–8 | — | 7–5 | 4–8 | 6–7 | 10–2 | 5–8 | 5–6 | 5–8 | 7–6 | 3–10 | 1–11 |
| Cleveland | 6–7 | 5–8 | 7–5 | 5–7 | — | 5–8 | 8–4 | 3–10 | 5–7 | 9–4 | 2–10 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 5–8 |
| Detroit | 3–10 | 2–11 | 1–11 | 8–4 | 8–5 | — | 6–6 | 6–7 | 5–7 | 6–7 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 2–11 |
| Kansas City | 6–6 | 8–4 | 9–4 | 7–6 | 4–8 | 6–6 | — | 8–4 | 7–6 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 9–4 | 8–5 | 7–5 |
| Milwaukee | 6–7 | 7–6 | 5–7 | 2–10 | 10–3 | 7–6 | 4–8 | — | 9–3 | 8–5 | 5–7 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 6–7 |
| Minnesota | 8–4 | 6–6 | 2–11 | 8–5 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 6–7 | 3–9 | — | 6–6 | 6–7 | 7–6 | 5–8 | 9–3 |
| New York | 5–8 | 6–7 | 6–6 | 6–5 | 4–9 | 7–6 | 6–6 | 5–8 | 6–6 | — | 3–9 | 8–4 | 5–7 | 7–6 |
| Oakland | 7–5 | 5–7 | 8–5 | 8–5 | 10–2 | 8–4 | 6–7 | 7–5 | 7–6 | 9–3 | — | 9–4 | 8–5 | 7–5 |
| Seattle | 6–6 | 7–5 | 6–7 | 6–7 | 6–6 | 8–4 | 4–9 | 5–7 | 6–7 | 4–8 | 4–9 | — | 6–7 | 5–7 |
| Texas | 3–9 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 10–3 | 5–7 | 8–4 | 5–8 | 7–5 | 8–5 | 7–5 | 5–8 | 7–6 | — | 5–7 |
| Toronto | 6–7 | 8–5 | 5–7 | 11–1 | 8–5 | 11–2 | 5–7 | 7–6 | 3–9 | 6–7 | 5–7 | 7–5 | 7–5 | — |

### All-Star game

The 1989 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 60th playing of the midsummer classic between the all-stars of the American League (AL) and National League (NL), the two leagues comprising Major League Baseball. The game was held on July 11, 1989, at Anaheim Stadium in Anaheim, California, the home of the California Angels of the American League. The game resulted in the American League defeating the National League 5–3. The game is remembered for Bo Jackson's monstrous lead-off home run to center field.

### Notable transactions

* June 5, 1989: Chad Curtis was drafted by the California Angels in the 45th round of the 1989 amateur draft. Player signed June 11, 1989.

### Roster
## Player stats

* = Indicates team leader

### 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 | Lance Parrish | 124 | 433 | 103 | .238 | 17 | 50 |
| 1B | Wally Joyner | 159 | 593 | 167 | .282 | 16 | 79 |
| 2B | Johnny Ray | 134 | 530 | 153 | .289 | 5 | 62 |
| 3B | Jack Howell | 144 | 474 | 108 | .228 | 20 | 52 |
| SS | Dick Schofield | 91 | 302 | 69 | .228 | 4 | 26 |
| LF | Chili Davis | 154 | 560 | 152 | .271 | 22 | 90 |
| CF | Devon White | 156 | 636 | 156 | .245 | 12 | 56 |
| RF | Claudell Washington | 110 | 418 | 114 | .273 | 13 | 42 |
| DH | Brian Downing | 142 | 544 | 154 | .283 | 14 | 59 |

#### 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 |
| Kent Anderson | 86 | 223 | 51 | .229 | 0 | 17 |
| Tony Armas | 60 | 202 | 52 | .257 | 11 | 30 |
| Dante Bichette | 48 | 138 | 29 | .210 | 3 | 15 |
| Bill Schroeder | 41 | 138 | 28 | .203 | 6 | 15 |
| Glenn Hoffman | 48 | 104 | 22 | .212 | 1 | 3 |
| Mark McLemore | 32 | 103 | 25 | .243 | 0 | 14 |
| Max Venable | 20 | 53 | 19 | .358 | 0 | 4 |
| John Orton | 16 | 39 | 7 | .179 | 0 | 4 |
| Bobby Rose | 14 | 38 | 8 | .211 | 1 | 3 |
| Jim Eppard | 12 | 12 | 3 | .250 | 0 | 2 |
| Ron Tingley | 4 | 3 | 1 | .333 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Brady | 2 | 2 | 1 | .500 | 0 | 1 |
| Gary Disarcina | 2 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 0 | 0 |

### Pitching
#### Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| Bert Blyleven | 33 | 241.0 | 17 | 5 | 2.73 | 131 |
| Mike Witt | 33 | 220.0 | 9 | 15 | 4.54 | 123 |
| Kirk McCaskill | 32 | 212.0 | 15 | 10 | 2.93 | 107 |
| Chuck Finley | 29 | 199.2 | 16 | 9 | 2.57 | 156 |
| Jim Abbott | 29 | 181.1 | 12 | 12 | 3.92 | 115 |

#### 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 |
| Dan Petry | 19 | 51.0 | 3 | 2 | 5.47 | 21 |
| Terry Lee Clark | 4 | 11.0 | 0 | 2 | 4.91 | 7 |

#### 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 | 51 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 3.44 | 78 |
| Greg Minton | 62 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 2.20 | 42 |
| Bob McClure | 48 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1.55 | 36 |
| Willie Fraser | 44 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3.24 | 46 |
| Rich Monteleone | 24 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3.18 | 27 |
| Sherman Corbett | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.38 | 3 |
| Mike Fetters | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.10 | 4 |
| Vance Lovelace | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |

## 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 | Bend Bucks | Northwest League | Don Long |
| Rookie | AZL Angels | Arizona League | Nate Oliver |