1997 Anaheim Angels season

MLB yearly infobox
name = Anaheim Angels
season = 1997
misc =

current league = American League
y1 = 1961
division = West Division
y2 = 1969
Uniform logo =
ballpark = Edison International Field
y4 = 1966
city = Anaheim, California
y5 = 1966
owners = Gene Autry
managers = Terry Collins
television =KCAL-TV
(Jerry Reuss, Steve Physioc)
Fox Sports West
(Sparky Anderson, Steve Physioc)
radio = KTZN
(Mario Impemba, Bob Starr)|

The Anaheim Angels 1997 season involved the Angels finishing 2nd in the American League west with a record of 84 wins and 78 losses.

Offseason

*October 28, 1996: Chili Davis was traded by the Angels to the Kansas City Royals for Mike Bovee and Mark Gubicza. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/d/davisch01.shtml Chili Davis page at Baseball Reference] ]
* November 12, 1996: Todd Van Poppel was selected off waivers by the Anaheim Angels from the Detroit Tigers.
*November 26, 1996: J.T. Snow was traded by the Anaheim Angels to the San Francisco Giants for Allen Watson andFausto Macey (minors). [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/snowj.01.shtml J.T. Snow Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
*December 5, 1996: Jim Leyritz was traded by the New York Yankees to the Anaheim Angels for players to be named later. The Anaheim Angels sent Jeremy Blevins (minors) (December 9, 1996) and Ryan Kane (minors) (December 9, 1996) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/l/leyriji01.shtml Jim Leyritz Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
*December 6, 1996: Craig Grebeck was signed as a Free Agent with the Anaheim Angels. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/g/grebecr01.shtml]
* March 26, 1997: Todd Van Poppel was released by the Anaheim Angels.
*March 31, 1997: Jim Abbott was released by the Anaheim Angels. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/a/abbotji01.shtml Jim Abbott Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]

Regular Season

*June 17 - The first interleague game between the Anaheim Angels and the Los Angeles Dodgers took place at Dodger Stadium. The rivalry would be known as the Freeway Series. The Dodgers won the game by a score of 4-3. [http://www.thebaseballnexus.com/team_games/ANA/1997]

Notable transactions

*May 18, 1997: Tony Phillips was traded by the Chicago White Sox with Chad Kreuter to the Anaheim Angels for Chuck McElroy and Jorge Fabregas. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/p/phillto02.shtml Tony Phillips Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
*July 10, 1997: Greg Cadaret was signed as a Free Agent with the Anaheim Angels. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/cadargr01.shtml]
*July 29, 1997: Jim Leyritz was traded by the Anaheim Angels with a player to be named later to the Texas Rangers for Ken Hill. The Anaheim Angels sent Rob Sasser (October 31, 1997) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade.
* August 13, 1997: Rickey Henderson was traded by the San Diego Padres to the Anaheim Angels for a player to be named later, Ryan Hancock, and Stevenson Agosto (minors). The Anaheim Angels sent George Arias (August 19, 1997) to the San Diego Padres to complete the trade.

eason standings

Roster

Player stats

Batting

tarters by position

"Note: Pos = position; G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In"

Other pitchers

Relief pitchers

Farm system ["Baseball America 1998 Directory". Durham, N.C.: Baseball America]

* Class AAA: Vancouver Canadians (Pacific Coast League; Bruce Hines, manager)
* Class AA: Midland Angels (Texas League; Mitch Seoane, manager)
* Class A: Lake Elsinore Storm (California League; Don Long, manager)
* Class A: Cedar Rapids Kernels (Midwest League; Mario Mendoza, manager)
* Class SS-A: Boise Hawks (Northwest League; Tom Kotchman, manager)
* Rookie: Butte Copper Kings (Pioneer League; Bill Lachemann, manager)

References

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/ANA/1997.shtml 1997 Anaheim Angels team page at Baseball Reference]
* [http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1997&t=ANA 1997 Anaheim Angels team page at www.baseball-almanac.com]