2018 Los Angeles Angels season
The 2018 Los Angeles Angels season was the 58th season of the Angels franchise and the 53rd in Anaheim. The Angels began the season on March 29 against the Oakland Athletics and ended the season on September 30 also against the A's. Manager Mike Scioscia retired at the end of the season. It was also two-way player Shohei Ohtani's first season with the club.
Offseason
On December 9, 2017, the Angels signed RHP/OF Shohei Ohtani from Japan to a minor league contract with a $2.315 million signing bonus. He made the major league roster.On December 13, 2017, the Angels traded minor leaguers Troy Montgomery and Wilkel Hernandez to the Detroit Tigers for 2B Ian Kinsler. Two days later, the Angels signed Zack Cozart to a three-year, $38 million contract. Cozart is expected to play third base.
On February 21, 2018, the Angels acquired Jabari Blash from the New York Yankees in exchange for a player to be named later or cash considerations.
Player stats
Batting
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; AVG = Batting average; SLG = Slugging average| Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | AVG | SLG |
| Andrelton Simmons | 146 | 554 | 68 | 162 | 26 | 5 | 11 | 75 | 10 | 35 | .292 | .417 |
| Justin Upton | 145 | 533 | 80 | 137 | 18 | 1 | 30 | 85 | 8 | 64 | .257 | .463 |
| Kole Calhoun | 137 | 491 | 71 | 102 | 18 | 2 | 19 | 57 | 6 | 53 | .208 | .369 |
| Mike Trout | 140 | 471 | 101 | 147 | 24 | 4 | 39 | 79 | 24 | 122 | .312 | .628 |
| Albert Pujols | 117 | 465 | 50 | 114 | 20 | 0 | 19 | 64 | 1 | 28 | .245 | .411 |
| Ian Kinsler | 91 | 355 | 49 | 85 | 20 | 0 | 13 | 32 | 9 | 30 | .239 | .406 |
| Shohei Ohtani | 104 | 326 | 59 | 93 | 21 | 2 | 22 | 61 | 10 | 37 | .285 | .564 |
| David Fletcher | 80 | 284 | 35 | 78 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 3 | 15 | .275 | .363 |
| Luis Valbuena | 96 | 266 | 23 | 53 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 33 | 3 | 19 | .199 | .335 |
| Martín Maldonado | 78 | 265 | 24 | 59 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 32 | 0 | 13 | .223 | .332 |
| Zack Cozart | 58 | 224 | 29 | 49 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 19 | .219 | .362 |
| Jefry Marte | 90 | 194 | 28 | 42 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 22 | 1 | 13 | .216 | .371 |
| Taylor Ward | 40 | 135 | 14 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 9 | .178 | .333 |
| José Briceño | 46 | 117 | 12 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 8 | .239 | .385 |
| José Miguel Fernández | 36 | 116 | 9 | 31 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 6 | .267 | .388 |
| Chris Young | 56 | 113 | 17 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 11 | .168 | .363 |
| Kaleb Cowart | 47 | 112 | 7 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 10 | .134 | .241 |
| Eric Young Jr. | 41 | 109 | 12 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | .202 | .303 |
| Francisco Arcia | 40 | 103 | 10 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 23 | 1 | 1 | .204 | .427 |
| René Rivera | 30 | 82 | 8 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 4 | .244 | .439 |
| Michael Hermosillo | 31 | 57 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .211 | .333 |
| Jabari Blash | 24 | 39 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | .103 | .128 |
| Joe Hudson | 8 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .250 |
| Nolan Fontana | 8 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .091 | .364 |
| Sherman Johnson | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 |
| Ryan Schimpf | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .200 | .800 |
| Juan Graterol | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 |
| Pitcher totals | 162 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .045 | .045 |
| Team totals | 162 | 5472 | 721 | 1323 | 249 | 23 | 214 | 690 | 89 | 514 | .242 | .413 |
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Pitching
Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts| Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
| Andrew Heaney | 9 | 10 | 4.15 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 180.0 | 171 | 91 | 83 | 45 | 180 |
| Jaime Barría | 10 | 9 | 3.41 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 129.1 | 117 | 50 | 49 | 47 | 98 |
| Tyler Skaggs | 8 | 10 | 4.02 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 125.1 | 127 | 60 | 56 | 40 | 129 |
| Félix Peña | 3 | 5 | 4.18 | 19 | 17 | 0 | 92.2 | 87 | 45 | 43 | 28 | 85 |
| Noé Ramirez | 7 | 5 | 4.54 | 69 | 1 | 1 | 83.1 | 75 | 43 | 42 | 30 | 95 |
| Garrett Richards | 5 | 4 | 3.66 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 76.1 | 64 | 43 | 31 | 34 | 87 |
| Nick Tropeano | 5 | 6 | 4.74 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 76.0 | 68 | 41 | 40 | 31 | 64 |
| Blake Parker | 2 | 1 | 3.26 | 67 | 0 | 14 | 66.1 | 63 | 24 | 24 | 19 | 70 |
| Cam Bedrosian | 5 | 4 | 3.80 | 71 | 0 | 1 | 64.0 | 63 | 30 | 27 | 26 | 57 |
| Jim Johnson | 5 | 3 | 3.84 | 62 | 1 | 2 | 63.1 | 64 | 38 | 27 | 22 | 45 |
| José Álvarez | 6 | 4 | 2.71 | 76 | 0 | 1 | 63.0 | 51 | 20 | 19 | 22 | 59 |
| Justin Anderson | 3 | 3 | 4.07 | 57 | 0 | 4 | 55.1 | 42 | 25 | 25 | 40 | 67 |
| Shohei Ohtani | 4 | 2 | 3.31 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 51.2 | 38 | 19 | 19 | 22 | 63 |
| Hansel Robles | 0 | 1 | 2.97 | 37 | 0 | 2 | 36.1 | 32 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 36 |
| Taylor Cole | 4 | 2 | 2.75 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 36.0 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 39 |
| Matt Shoemaker | 2 | 2 | 4.94 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 31.0 | 29 | 17 | 17 | 10 | 33 |
| Deck McGuire | 0 | 2 | 6.07 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 29.2 | 29 | 22 | 20 | 21 | 26 |
| Odrisamer Despaigne | 0 | 3 | 8.20 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 18.2 | 30 | 18 | 17 | 11 | 17 |
| Eduardo Paredes | 0 | 0 | 6.87 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 18.1 | 25 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 15 |
| Keynan Middleton | 0 | 0 | 2.04 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 17.2 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 16 |
| Ty Buttrey | 0 | 1 | 3.31 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 16.1 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 20 |
| Williams Jerez | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 15 |
| Akeel Morris | 0 | 0 | 5.79 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 |
| Luke Bard | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 11.2 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 13 |
| Blake Wood | 1 | 0 | 2.31 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 11.2 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| John Lamb | 0 | 1 | 7.20 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10.0 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 11 |
| Oliver Drake | 0 | 1 | 5.19 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8.2 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
| Junichi Tazawa | 0 | 0 | 2.25 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Miguel Almonte | 0 | 0 | 10.29 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 7 |
| J. C. Ramírez | 0 | 2 | 9.45 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6.2 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 4 |
| Parker Bridwell | 1 | 0 | 17.55 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6.2 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 3 |
| Francisco Arcia | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Ian Krol | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Jake Jewell | 0 | 1 | 9.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Osmer Morales | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team totals | 80 | 82 | 4.15 | 162 | 162 | 35 | 1437.1 | 1353 | 722 | 662 | 546 | 1386 |
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