1990 California Angels season
The 1990 California Angels season was the 30th season of the California Angels franchise in the American League, the 25th in Anaheim, and their 25th season playing their home games at Anaheim Stadium. The Angels finished fourth in the American League West with a record of 80 wins and 82 losses.
Offseason
- October 6, 1989: Jim Eppard was released by the California Angels.
- December 19, 1989: Mark Eichhorn was signed as a free agent with the California Angels.
- January 9, 1990: Scott Bailes was traded by the Cleveland Indians to the California Angels for Colin Charland and Jeff Manto.
- February 3, 1990: Greg Minton was released by the California Angels.
- February 5, 1990: Rick Schu was signed as a free agent with the California Angels.
- February 21, 1990: Greg Minton was signed as a free agent with the California Angels.
Regular season
Transactions
- April 29, 1990: Luis Polonia was traded by the New York Yankees to the California Angels for Claudell Washington and Rich Monteleone.
- May 11, 1990 – The California Angels sent Mike Witt to the New York Yankees in exchange for Dave Winfield
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 | 133 | 470 | 126 | .268 | 24 | 70 | |
| 1B | 83 | 310 | 83 | .268 | 8 | 41 | |
| 2B | 105 | 404 | 112 | .277 | 5 | 43 | |
| 3B | 105 | 316 | 72 | .228 | 8 | 33 | |
| SS | 99 | 310 | 79 | .255 | 1 | 18 | |
| LF | 109 | 381 | 128 | .336 | 2 | 32 | |
| CF | 125 | 443 | 96 | .217 | 11 | 44 | |
| RF | 112 | 414 | 114 | .275 | 19 | 72 | |
| DH | 96 | 330 | 90 | .273 | 14 | 51 |
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 |
| Chili Davis | 113 | 412 | 109 | .265 | 12 | 58 |
| Donnie Hill | 102 | 352 | 93 | .264 | 3 | 32 |
| Dante Bichette | 109 | 349 | 89 | .255 | 15 | 53 |
| Lee Stevens | 67 | 248 | 53 | .214 | 7 | 32 |
| Max Venable | 93 | 189 | 49 | .259 | 4 | 21 |
| Rick Schu | 61 | 157 | 42 | .268 | 6 | 14 |
| Kent Anderson | 49 | 143 | 44 | .308 | 1 | 5 |
| John Orton | 31 | 84 | 16 | .190 | 1 | 6 |
| Bill Schroeder | 18 | 58 | 13 | .224 | 4 | 9 |
| Gary Disarcina | 18 | 57 | 8 | .140 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark McLemore | 20 | 48 | 7 | .146 | 0 | 2 |
| Pete Coachman | 16 | 45 | 14 | .311 | 0 | 5 |
| Claudell Washington | 12 | 34 | 6 | .176 | 1 | 3 |
| Bobby Rose | 7 | 13 | 5 | .385 | 1 | 2 |
| Ron Tingley | 5 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
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 |
| Chuck Finley | 32 | 236.0 | 18 | 9 | 2.40 | 177 |
| Mark Langston | 33 | 223.0 | 10 | 17 | 4.40 | 195 |
| Jim Abbott | 33 | 211.2 | 10 | 14 | 4.51 | 105 |
| Kirk McCaskill | 29 | 174.1 | 12 | 11 | 3.25 | 78 |
| Bert Blyleven | 23 | 134.0 | 8 | 7 | 5.24 | 69 |
| Joe Grahe | 8 | 43.1 | 3 | 4 | 4.98 | 25 |
| Scott Lewis | 2 | 16.1 | 1 | 1 | 2.20 | 9 |
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 | 54 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 3.22 | 82 |
| Mark Eichhorn | 60 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 3.08 | 69 |
| Willie Fraser | 45 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3.08 | 32 |
| Scott Bailes | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6.37 | 16 |
| Mike Fetters | 26 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4.12 | 35 |
| 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.52 | 19 | |
| Greg Minton | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.35 | 4 |
| Bob McClure | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6.43 | 6 |
| Mike Witt | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1.77 | 14 |
| Mark Clear | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.87 | 6 |
| Sherman Corbett | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 2 |
| Donnie Hill | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Jeff Richardson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |