1988 California Angels season

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1988 California Angels
Major league affiliations
American League (Since 1961) West Division (Since 1969)
Location
Anaheim Stadium (Since 1966) Anaheim, California (Since 1966)
1988 Information
Owner(s)	Gene Autry
Manager(s)	Cookie Rojas and Moose Stubing
Local television	KTLA (Joe Torre, Bob Starr)
Local radio	KMPC (Ken Brett, Al Conin) XPRS (Ruben Valentin, Ulpiano Cos Villa)

The California Angels 1988 season involved the Angels finishing 4th in the American League west with a record of 75 wins and 87 losses.

Contents 1 Offseason 2 Regular Season 2.1 Opening Day Starters 2.2 Season Standings 2.3 Notable Transactions 3 References

[edit] Offseason

• December 1, 1987: Chili Davis signed as a Free Agent with the California Angels. ^[1]

[edit] Regular Season

[edit] Opening Day Starters

• Bob Boone
• Chili Davis
• Brian Downing
• Jack Howell
• Wally Joyner
• Kirk McCaskill
• Mark McLemore
• Johnny Ray
• Dick Schofield
• Devon White ^[2]

[edit] Season Standings

AL West	W	L	Pct.	GB
Oakland Athletics	104	58	.642	--
Minnesota Twins	91	71	.562	13
Kansas City Royals	84	77	.522	19½
California Angels	75	87	.463	29
Chicago White Sox	71	90	.441	32½
Texas Rangers	70	91	.435	33½
Seattle Mariners	68	93	.422	35½

[edit] Notable Transactions

• May 9, 1988: Bill Buckner was released by the California Angels. ^[3]
• June 1, 1988: Jim Abbott was drafted by the California Angels in the 1st round (8th pick) of the 1988 amateur draft. Player signed August 3, 1988. ^[4]

[edit] References

• 1988 California Angels team page at Baseball Reference
• 1988 California Angels team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

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