1979 California Angels Roster, Stats, and Awards

Record: 88–74 (.543), 1st place in American League West
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Regular Season Stats

Hitting Stats

Year Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS Avg OBP Slg OPS
1979 Bert Campaneris 85 250 27 56 4 4 0 15 19 32 12 4 .224 .282 .272 .554
1979 Bobby Clark 19 55 8 16 2 2 1 5 5 11 1 1 .291 .350 .455 .805
1979 Bobby Grich 153 546 78 157 30 5 30 101 59 84 1 0 .288 .358 .526 .884
1979 Brian Harper 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1979 Brian Downing 148 512 87 166 27 3 12 75 77 57 3 3 .324 .416 .459 .875
1979 Carney Lansford 157 666 114 188 30 5 19 79 39 115 20 8 .282 .323 .428 .751
1979 Dan Ford 142 572 100 165 26 5 21 101 40 86 8 5 .288 .331 .462 .793
1979 Dickie Thon 35 57 6 19 3 0 0 8 5 10 0 0 .333 .387 .386 .773
1979 Don Baylor 162 628 120 186 33 3 36 139 71 51 22 12 .296 .371 .530 .901
1979 Ike Hampton 4 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .400 .400 .400 .800
1979 Jim Anderson 96 243 33 58 13 1 3 23 17 31 3 2 .239 .288 .337 .625
1979 Joe Rudi 90 334 35 80 11 3 11 61 24 61 0 0 .240 .291 .389 .680
1979 John Harris 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1979 Larry Harlow 62 160 22 37 8 2 0 14 25 34 1 3 .231 .342 .306 .648
1979 Merv Rettenmund 35 77 7 20 2 0 1 10 11 14 1 0 .260 .356 .325 .680
1979 Orlando Ramirez 13 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 1 0 .000 .133 .000 .133
1979 Ralph Garr 6 24 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 .125 .125 .125 .250
1979 Rance Mulliniks 22 68 7 10 0 0 1 8 4 14 0 0 .147 .192 .191 .383
1979 Rick Miller 120 436 60 125 15 5 2 28 50 69 5 4 .287 .361 .358 .718
1979 Rod Carew 110 417 78 130 15 3 3 44 73 46 18 8 .312 .412 .384 .795
1979 Terry Humphrey 9 18 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 .056 .105 .056 .161
1979 Tom Donohue 38 108 13 24 3 1 3 14 3 29 2 0 .222 .257 .352 .608
1979 Willie Aikens 116 379 59 106 18 0 21 81 61 79 1 3 .280 .376 .493 .869
1979 Willie Davis 43 57 9 14 2 1 0 2 4 7 1 0 .246 .295 .316 .611
– – 162 5,629 866 1,563 242 43 164 808 589 843 100 53 .278 .347 .423 .770

Pitching Stats

Year Player G IP W L Sv BS Hld H R ER BB HBP SO GS QS CG ShO ERA WHIP
1979 Bob Ferris 2 6.0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 1.50 1.33
1979 Chris Knapp 20 98.0 5 5 0 0 0 109 73 60 35 2 36 18 0 3 0 5.51 1.47
1979 Dave Laroche 53 85.2 7 11 10 0 0 107 54 53 32 2 59 1 0 0 0 5.57 1.62
1979 Dave Schuler 1 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10.80 1.20
1979 Dave Frost 36 239.1 16 10 1 0 0 226 108 95 77 5 107 33 0 12 2 3.57 1.27
1979 Don Aase 37 185.1 9 10 2 0 0 200 104 99 77 1 96 28 0 7 1 4.81 1.49
1979 Dyar Miller 14 35.1 1 0 0 0 0 44 14 13 13 2 16 1 0 0 0 3.31 1.61
1979 Frank Tanana 18 90.1 7 5 0 0 0 93 44 39 25 2 46 17 0 2 1 3.89 1.31
1979 Jim Barr 36 197.0 10 12 0 0 0 217 100 92 55 3 69 25 0 5 0 4.20 1.38
1979 John Montague 14 17.2 2 0 6 0 0 16 12 10 9 0 6 0 0 0 0 5.09 1.42
1979 Mark Clear 52 109.0 11 5 14 0 0 87 48 44 68 3 98 0 0 0 0 3.63 1.42
1979 Mike Barlow 35 86.0 1 1 0 0 0 106 54 49 30 4 33 0 0 0 0 5.13 1.58
1979 Nolan Ryan 34 222.2 16 14 0 0 0 169 104 89 114 6 223 34 0 17 5 3.60 1.27
1979 Ralph Botting 12 29.2 2 0 0 0 0 46 30 29 15 1 22 1 0 0 0 8.80 2.06
1979 Steve Eddy 7 32.1 1 1 0 0 0 36 19 17 20 2 7 4 0 0 0 4.73 1.73
– – 162 1,436.0 88 74 33 0 0 1,463 768 692 573 33 820 162 0 46 9 4.34 1.42

Fielding Stats

Year Player Pos G PO A E TC DP SB CS CSPct FPct RF
1979 Bob Ferris P 2 0 2 0 2 0 1.000 1.00
1979 Chris Knapp P 20 8 14 1 23 1 .957 1.10
1979 Dave Laroche P 53 4 17 0 21 0 1.000 0.40
1979 Dave Schuler P 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1979 Dave Frost P 36 8 34 2 44 2 .955 1.17
1979 Don Aase P 37 8 17 2 27 3 .926 0.68
1979 Dyar Miller P 14 2 2 0 4 0 1.000 0.29
1979 Frank Tanana P 18 3 12 1 16 1 .937 0.83
1979 Jim Barr P 36 6 41 0 47 5 1.000 1.31
1979 John Montague P 14 1 0 1 2 0 .500 0.07
1979 Mark Clear P 52 4 10 2 16 0 .875 0.27
1979 Mike Barlow P 35 4 11 0 15 2 1.000 0.43
1979 Nolan Ryan P 34 8 29 4 41 1 .902 1.09
1979 Ralph Botting P 12 1 4 0 5 0 1.000 0.42
1979 Steve Eddy P 7 5 7 2 14 0 .857 1.71
1979 Brian Downing C 129 669 35 11 715 5 101 34 25.2% .985 5.46
1979 Jim Anderson C 3 6 0 0 6 0 4 0 0.0% 1.000 2.00
1979 Terry Humphrey C 9 55 3 1 59 1 9 3 25.0% .983 6.44
1979 Tom Donohue C 38 136 16 3 155 4 24 14 36.8% .981 4.00
1979 Don Baylor 1B 1 5 0 0 5 1 1.000 5.00
1979 Ike Hampton 1B 2 10 2 0 12 0 1.000 6.00
1979 Joe Rudi 1B 5 33 2 0 35 3 1.000 7.00
1979 John Harris 1B 1 6 0 0 6 0 1.000 6.00
1979 Rod Carew 1B 103 804 55 10 869 101 .988 8.34
1979 Willie Aikens 1B 55 462 31 2 495 49 .996 8.96
1979 Bobby Grich 2B 153 340 438 13 791 111 .984 5.08
1979 Dickie Thon 2B 24 34 38 6 78 12 .923 3.00
1979 Jim Anderson 2B 6 5 8 0 13 2 1.000 2.17
1979 Carney Lansford 3B 157 135 263 7 405 29 .983 2.54
1979 Dickie Thon 3B 1 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.00
1979 Jim Anderson 3B 10 4 8 0 12 0 1.000 1.20
1979 Bert Campaneris SS 82 136 220 16 372 69 .957 4.34
1979 Dickie Thon SS 8 3 8 2 13 1 .846 1.37
1979 Jim Anderson SS 82 126 189 17 332 42 .949 3.84
1979 Orlando Ramirez SS 10 7 20 5 32 3 .844 2.70
1979 Rance Mulliniks SS 22 46 43 4 93 13 .957 4.05
1979 Bobby Clark LF 15 33 3 0 36 0 1.000 2.40
1979 Don Baylor LF 78 161 3 3 167 0 .982 2.10
1979 Joe Rudi LF 69 142 4 1 147 2 .993 2.12
1979 Larry Harlow LF 12 13 0 0 13 0 1.000 1.08
1979 Merv Rettenmund LF 4 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 0.50
1979 Willie Davis LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1979 Bobby Clark CF 3 7 0 1 8 0 .875 2.33
1979 Dan Ford CF 29 73 1 3 77 0 .961 2.55
1979 Larry Harlow CF 33 77 1 2 80 0 .975 2.36
1979 Rick Miller CF 117 346 3 4 353 1 .989 2.98
1979 Bobby Clark RF 2 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 1.00
1979 Dan Ford RF 124 260 9 5 274 2 .982 2.17
1979 Don Baylor RF 20 40 1 2 43 0 .953 2.05
1979 Joe Rudi RF 12 31 1 1 33 0 .970 2.67
1979 Larry Harlow RF 15 25 2 1 28 1 .964 1.80
1979 Merv Rettenmund RF 5 4 0 0 4 0 1.000 0.80
1979 Willie Davis RF 6 7 0 0 7 0 1.000 1.17
– – 162 4,308 1,607 135 6,050 467 138 51 27.0% .978 36.51

Post-Season Stats

Hitting Stats

Year Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS Avg OBP Slg OPS
1979 Bert Campaneris 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1979 Bobby Clark 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1979 Bobby Grich 4 13 0 2 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 .154 .200 .231 .431
1979 Brian Downing 4 15 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 .200 .235 .200 .435
1979 Carney Lansford 4 17 2 5 0 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 .294 .333 .294 .627
1979 Chris Knapp 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1979 Dan Ford 4 17 2 5 1 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 .294 .294 .706 1.000
1979 Dave Laroche 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1979 Dave Frost 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1979 Dickie Thon 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1979 Don Baylor 4 16 2 3 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 .187 .235 .375 .610
1979 Don Aase 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1979 Frank Tanana 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1979 Jim Anderson 4 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .091 .091 .091 .182
1979 John Montague 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1979 Larry Harlow 3 8 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 .125 .222 .250 .472
1979 Mark Clear 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1979 Merv Rettenmund 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 .000 .500 .000 .500
1979 Mike Barlow 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1979 Nolan Ryan 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1979 Rick Miller 4 16 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
1979 Rod Carew 4 17 4 7 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .412 .412 .588 1.000
1979 Willie Davis 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 1.500
– – 4 137 15 32 7 0 3 14 7 13 2 1 .234 .267 .350 .617

Pitching Stats

Year Player G IP W L Sv BS Hld H R ER BB HBP SO GS QS CG ShO ERA WHIP
1979 Chris Knapp 1 2.1 0 1 0 0 0 5 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 7.71 2.57
1979 Dave Laroche 1 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 6.75 2.25
1979 Dave Frost 2 4.1 0 1 0 0 0 8 10 9 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 18.69 3.00
1979 Don Aase 2 5.0 1 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 2 0 6 0 0 0 0 1.80 1.20
1979 Frank Tanana 1 5.0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 2 2 1 3 1 0 0 0 3.60 1.60
1979 John Montague 2 4.0 0 1 0 0 0 4 4 4 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 9.00 1.50
1979 Mark Clear 1 5.2 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 3 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 4.76 1.06
1979 Mike Barlow 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00
1979 Nolan Ryan 1 7.0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 1 3 0 8 1 0 0 0 1.29 1.00
– – 6 35.2 1 3 0 0 0 37 26 23 18 1 24 4 0 0 0 5.80 1.54

Fielding Stats

Year Player Pos G PO A E TC DP SB CS CSPct FPct RF
1979 Chris Knapp P 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1979 Dave Laroche P 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1979 Dave Frost P 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1979 Don Aase P 2 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 0.50
1979 Frank Tanana P 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1979 John Montague P 2 0 2 0 2 0 1.000 1.00
1979 Mark Clear P 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1979 Mike Barlow P 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1979 Nolan Ryan P 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1979 Brian Downing C 4 27 0 0 27 1 0 0 0.0% 1.000 6.75
1979 Rod Carew 1B 4 34 1 0 35 6 1.000 8.75
1979 Bobby Grich 2B 4 4 12 1 17 4 .941 4.00
1979 Carney Lansford 3B 4 4 8 0 12 3 1.000 3.00
1979 Bert Campaneris SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1979 Dickie Thon SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1979 Jim Anderson SS 4 4 10 0 14 2 1.000 3.50
1979 Bobby Clark LF 1 4 0 0 4 0 1.000 4.00
1979 Don Baylor LF 1 4 0 0 4 0 1.000 4.00
1979 Larry Harlow LF 2 6 0 0 6 0 1.000 3.00
1979 Rick Miller CF 4 14 2 0 16 2 1.000 4.00
1979 Dan Ford RF 4 6 0 1 7 0 .857 1.50
– – 4 107 36 2 145 18 0 0 .986 35.75

Awards

Player Award Stats
Don Baylor Most Valuable Player (CF) .296–36–139, 22 SB
Nolan Ryan All-Star (P) 16–14, 223 SO, 3.60 ERA
Mark Clear All-Star (P) 11–5, 14 Sv, 98 SO, 3.63 ERA
Rod Carew All-Star (1B) .312–3–44, 18 SB
Bobby Grich All-Star (2B) .288–30–101, 1 SB
Don Baylor All-Star (LF) .296–36–139, 22 SB
Brian Downing All-Star (CF) .324–12–75, 3 SB

Frequently asked questions about the 1979 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

Who had the most hits on the 1979 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim?

Carney Lansford led the 1979 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim with 188 hits in 157 games.

Who had the highest batting average on the 1979 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim?

Brian Downing led the 1979 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim with a .324 batting average in 148 games.

Who had the most home runs on the 1979 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim?

Don Baylor led the 1979 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim with 36 home runs in 162 games.

Who had the highest on-base percentage (OBP) on the 1979 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim?

Brian Downing led the 1979 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim with a .416 on-base percentage (OBP) in 148 games.

Who had the highest slugging percentage on the 1979 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim?

Don Baylor led the 1979 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim with a .530 slugging percentage in 162 games.

Who had the most stolen bases on the 1979 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim?

Don Baylor led the 1979 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim with 22 stolen bases in 162 games.

Who had the lowest earned run average (ERA) on the 1979 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim?

Dave Frost had a 3.57 earned-run average (ERA) in 36 games, the lowest on the 1979 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.

Who had the lowest WHIP (Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched) on the 1979 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim?

Dave Frost had a 1.27 WHIP in 36 games, the lowest on the 1979 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.

Who struck out the most batters on the 1979 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim?

Nolan Ryan led the 1979 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim with 223 strikeouts in 34 games.

Who had the most wins on the 1979 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim?

Nolan Ryan led the 1979 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim with 16 wins in 34 games.

Who had the most saves on the 1979 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim?

Mark Clear led the 1979 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim with 14 saves in 52 games.