⭐ Division Winner

1979 California Angels

88-74 • 0.543 Win% • 1st in AL W

📊 Season Record

88 Wins
74 Losses
0.543 Win %
1st Rank
866 R 768 RA
Diff +98

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⚡ Quick Stats

866 Runs Scored
768 Runs Allowed
+98 Run Diff
2,523K Attendance

📈 vs. 1979 AL Average

Batting Avg .281 4% above the 1979 league average (.269)
OBP .350 5% above the 1979 league average (.333)
SLG .370 6% above the 1979 league average (.348)
Team ERA 4.34 3% worse than the 1979 league average (4.22)
Runs Scored 866 15% above the 1979 league average (752 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumAngel Stadium of Anaheim
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 2,523,575
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Avg per Game 31,155

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Dickie Thon 0.339 2 Brian Downing 0.326 3 Rod Carew 0.318 4 Bobby Clark 0.296 5 Don Baylor 0.296

Home Runs

1 Don Baylor 36 2 Bobby Grich 30 3 Willie Aikens 21 4 Dan Ford 21 5 Carney Lansford 19

RBI

1 Don Baylor 139 2 Dan Ford 101 3 Bobby Grich 101 4 Willie Aikens 81 5 Carney Lansford 79
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Carney Lansford 157 654 114 188 0 0 19 79 39 115 20 0.287
Don Baylor 162 628 120 186 0 0 36 139 71 51 22 0.296
Dan Ford 142 569 100 165 0 0 21 101 40 86 8 0.290
Bobby Grich 153 534 78 157 0 0 30 101 59 84 1 0.294
Brian Downing 148 509 87 166 0 0 12 75 77 57 3 0.326
Rick Miller 120 427 60 125 0 0 2 28 50 69 5 0.293
Rod Carew 110 409 78 130 0 0 3 44 73 46 18 0.318
Willie Aikens 116 379 59 106 0 0 21 81 61 79 1 0.280
Joe Rudi 90 330 35 80 0 0 11 61 24 61 0 0.242
Bert Campaneris 85 239 27 56 0 0 0 15 19 32 12 0.234
Jim Anderson 96 234 33 58 0 0 3 23 17 31 3 0.248
Larry Harlow 62 159 22 37 0 0 0 14 25 34 1 0.233
Tom Donohue 38 107 13 24 0 0 3 14 3 29 2 0.224
Merv Rettenmund 35 76 7 20 0 0 1 10 11 14 1 0.263
Rance Mulliniks 22 68 7 10 0 0 1 8 4 14 0 0.147
Willie Davis 43 56 9 14 0 0 0 2 4 7 1 0.250
Dickie Thon 35 56 6 19 0 0 0 8 5 10 0 0.339
Bobby Clark 19 54 8 16 0 0 1 5 5 11 1 0.296
Ralph Garr 6 24 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.125
Terry Humphrey 9 17 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.059
Orlando Ramirez 13 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 1 0.000
Ike Hampton 4 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.400
Brian Harper 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
John Harris 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Don Aase 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mike Barlow 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jim Barr 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ralph Botting 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mark Clear 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Steve Eddy 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bob Ferris 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dave Frost 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Chris Knapp 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dave LaRoche 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dyar Miller 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
John Montague 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Nolan Ryan 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dave Schuler 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Frank Tanana 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Dyar Miller 3.31 2 Dave Frost 3.57 3 Nolan Ryan 3.60 4 Mark Clear 3.63 5 Frank Tanana 3.89

Wins

1 Dave Frost 16 2 Nolan Ryan 16 3 Mark Clear 11 4 Jim Barr 10 5 Don Aase 9

Strikeouts

1 Nolan Ryan 223 2 Dave Frost 107 3 Mark Clear 98 4 Don Aase 96 5 Jim Barr 69
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Dave Frost 16 10 3.57 36 33 1 239.1 77 107
Nolan Ryan 16 14 3.60 34 34 0 222.2 114 223
Jim Barr 10 12 4.20 36 25 0 197.0 55 69
Don Aase 9 10 4.81 37 28 2 185.1 77 96
Mark Clear 11 5 3.63 52 0 14 109.0 68 98
Chris Knapp 5 5 5.51 20 18 0 98.0 35 36
Frank Tanana 7 5 3.89 18 17 0 90.1 25 46
Mike Barlow 1 1 5.13 35 0 0 86.0 30 33
Dave LaRoche 7 11 5.57 53 1 10 85.2 32 59
Dyar Miller 1 0 3.31 14 1 0 35.1 13 16
Steve Eddy 1 1 4.73 7 4 0 32.1 20 7
Ralph Botting 2 0 8.80 12 1 0 29.2 15 22
John Montague 2 0 5.09 14 0 6 17.2 9 6
Bob Ferris 0 0 1.50 2 0 0 6.0 3 2
Dave Schuler 0 0 10.80 1 0 0 1.2 0 0

🏆 Postseason Results

AL Championship
Lost to BAL 3-1

👥 Roster (39)

Don Aase Willie Aikens Jim Anderson Mike Barlow Jim Barr Don Baylor Ralph Botting Bert Campaneris Rod Carew Bobby Clark Mark Clear Willie Davis +27 more

39 players

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