1995 California Angels season


The 1995 California Angels season was the 35th season of the California Angels franchise in the American League, the 30th in Anaheim, and their 30th season playing their home games at Anaheim Stadium. The Angels finished in second place in the American League West with a record of 78 wins and 67 losses.
The 1995 Angels went through statistically the worst late-season collapse in Major League Baseball history. On August 16, they held a 10½-game lead over the Texas Rangers and an 11½-game lead over the Seattle Mariners, but suffered through a late season slump, including a nine-game losing streak from August 25 to September 3. They were still atop the division, leading Seattle by 6 games and Texas by 7½, when a second nine-game losing streak from September 13 to 23 dropped them out of first place. The Angels rebounded to win the last five scheduled games to tie Seattle for the division lead, forcing a one-game playoff to determine the division champion. Mariners ace Randy Johnson led his team to a 9–1 triumph over Angel hurler Mark Langston in the tiebreaker game, ending the Angels' season. It was the closest the Angels would come to reaching the postseason between 1986 and 2002.

Offseason

  • December 6, 1994: Rex Hudler was signed as a free agent with the California Angels.
  • December 14, 1994: Lee Smith was signed as a free agent with the California Angels.

Regular season

Notable transactions

Player stats

Batting

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
CJorge Fábregas7322756.247122
1BJ. T. Snow143544157.28924102
2BDamion Easley11435777.216435
3BTony Phillips139525137.2612761
SSGary DiSarcina99362111.307541
LFGarret Anderson106374120.3211669
CFJim Edmonds141558162.29033107
RFTim Salmon143537177.33034105
DHChili Davis119424135.3182086

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Greg Myers8527371.260938
Rex Hudler8422359.265627
Spike Owen8221850.229128
Andy Allanson358214.171310
Eduardo Pérez297112.16917
Carlos Martínez266111.18019
José Lind15437.16301
Mike Aldrete18246.25003
Rod Correia14215.23803
Orlando Palmeiro15207.35001
Dick Schofield12205.25002
Rene Gonzales30186.33313
Dave Gallagher11163.18800
Mark Dalesandro11101.10000
Chris Turner5101.10001
Kevin Flora210.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
PlayerGIPWLERASO
Chuck Finley32203.015124.21195
Mark Langston31200.11574.63142
Shawn Boskie20111.2775.6451
Brian Anderson1899.2685.8745
Jim Abbott1384.2544.1541
Scott Sanderson739.1134.1223

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
PlayerGIPWLERASO
Mike Bielecki2275.1465.9745
Mike Harkey1261.1434.5528
Russ Springer1951.2126.1038
Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
PlayerGWLSVERASO
Lee Smith5205373.4743
Troy Percival623231.9594
Bob Patterson625203.0441
Mike James463013.8836
Mike Butcher406104.7329
John Habyan281204.1325
Mitch Williams201206.759
Mark Holzemer120105.405
Rich Monteleone91002.005
Ken Edenfield70004.266
Erik Bennett10000.000

Award winners

1995 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
  • Gary DiSarcina, shortstop, reserve
  • Jim Edmonds, outfield, reserve
  • Chuck Finley, pitcher, reserve
  • Lee Smith, pitcher, reserve

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Boise