1955 Los Angeles Angels
Record: 71-73
Finish: 3rd in CL South Division
Runs Scored: 651
Runs Allowed: 744
Exp W-L: 63-81
 
Ballpark: Wrigley Field
Attendance: 2,570,849
Manager: Scott

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 67-58, 3rd in the Pacific Coast League
AA: 59-66, 7th in the Pacific Coast League
A: 64-61, 4th in the Pacific Coast League
 
 
 
 
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Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
1B  Bernie Opitz 27 132 453 57 118 32 2 8 58 3 0 40 32 .260 .326 .393 .719 56.2 8.1 1.1
C  Kelvin Hinton 33 121 374 45 109 18 0 5 53 0 0 49 53 .291 .381 .380 .760 54.7 9.0 4.3
CF  James Fegan 30 109 367 62 96 18 3 9 37 31 14 38 77 .262 .333 .401 .734 50.3 7.3 2.3
SS  Vicente Loehr 33 103 269 26 55 6 2 2 16 9 1 32 53 .204 .301 .264 .565 25.5 0.7 5.8
LF *Freddy Botella 29 77 274 46 90 19 4 3 35 14 9 33 28 .328 .401 .460 .861 45.1 8.9 1.2
LF #Edward Constance 28 57 205 43 71 12 2 13 45 19 5 40 20 .346 .458 .615 1.073 55.3 13.5 1.1
2B  John Reyes 27 82 226 21 49 8 0 3 22 0 0 15 36 .217 .279 .292 .571 17.8 0.1 1.9
3B  Ian Dennard 19 67 216 26 55 7 1 5 20 4 2 22 53 .255 .322 .366 .688 25.7 3.2 2.4
LF *William Valazquez 27 59 226 23 83 16 2 4 34 4 3 10 24 .367 .399 .509 .908 39.5 9.0 1.1
1B *Kevin Pazos 30 58 194 30 50 8 3 6 40 8 2 19 33 .258 .329 .423 .751 26.8 3.9 0.1
SS  Bill Mangels 32 58 189 27 60 10 0 0 21 11 8 21 21 .317 .382 .370 .752 26.2 4.2 2.2
CF *Leroy McKenzie 29 55 177 33 48 12 1 2 26 11 3 26 16 .271 .364 .384 .748 27.2 4.7 1.0
3B *Bobby Miles 34 99 179 31 50 10 1 7 40 4 2 21 41 .279 .350 .464 .813 29.9 5.2 2.0
2B *Robert George 34 93 193 22 49 13 1 0 19 5 6 8 42 .254 .291 .332 .622 14.8 0.3 2.7
LF *Edward Wright 20 51 177 26 53 3 1 3 18 22 4 20 23 .299 .372 .379 .750 27.8 4.8 0.9
C  Robert Nicol 30 69 152 13 40 8 0 0 12 1 0 21 17 .263 .354 .316 .670 18.3 2.3 1.3
3B *Keith Vera 30 80 134 12 24 2 0 7 24 0 0 9 22 .179 .224 .351 .575 12.4 0.0 1.7
RF  Jose Villar 29 46 133 19 39 10 4 1 19 4 5 9 15 .293 .336 .451 .787 17.9 3.0 1.2
C  Ronald Albano 29 46 101 13 22 5 0 1 11 3 1 16 25 .218 .325 .297 .622 11.8 1.1 0.8
P  Michael Knepper 32 39 104 12 27 5 0 0 9 0 1 3 28 .260 .282 .308 .590 9.5 0.5 0.0
P  Steven Caesar 29 34 92 7 4 2 0 0 4 0 0 3 29 .043 .083 .065 .149 -4.4 0.0 0.0
RF  Ryan Bishop 35 41 91 16 30 9 1 2 13 2 1 9 14 .330 .382 .516 .899 16.4 3.4 0.7
CF  Jason McCoy 28 56 91 16 20 4 0 5 20 8 4 6 19 .220 .265 .429 .693 13.0 1.3 0.6
P  Leo Perez 29 24 60 5 6 4 0 0 4 0 0 2 24 .100 .143 .167 .310 0.0 0.0 0.0
P  William Sera 31 21 51 4 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 20 .098 .132 .137 .269 -0.6 0.0 0.0
P  Alexander Lenihan 29 17 42 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 10 .024 .089 .048 .137 -1.9 0.0 0.0
SS *Ray Card 35 18 32 2 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 10 .250 .273 .250 .523 1.7 0.0 0.5
RF *Tommy Blake 33 8 27 4 5 0 1 1 9 0 0 3 4 .185 .258 .370 .628 3.0 0.2 0.2
LF *Brian Stull 34 10 28 6 4 0 0 1 5 3 1 2 9 .143 .200 .250 .450 1.2 0.0 0.2
P #William Holley 32 6 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .000 .059 .000 .059 -1.1 0.0 0.0
P  Charles Ellerman 29 19 8 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .125 .222 .250 .472 0.4 0.0 0.0
P *Barton Fitz 39 28 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7 0.0 0.0
P *Francis Osgood 30 63 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 .500 .750 .500 1.250 1.1 0.3 0.0
P  Charles Beecher 27 24 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Evan Bare 25 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P #Abraham Costillo 29 19 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P #Frank Surrett 26 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.8 1917 4898 651 1274 245 29 88 619 166 72 487 814 .260 .330 .376 .706 620.6 94.9 37.3
  Rank among 10 CL teams 10 10 10 7 8 8 10 2 8 3 2 10 10 10 10 10  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Michael Knepper 32 22 15 .595 39 39 0 292.7 282 142 30 106 272 4.37 21.1
 Steven Caesar 29 11 20 .355 34 34 0 256.0 287 131 23 95 194 4.61 9.6
 Leo Perez 29 8 9 .471 24 23 0 165.3 205 109 12 51 95 5.93 3.6
 William Sera 31 7 7 .500 21 15 0 146.3 129 63 11 57 96 3.87 11.0
 Alexander Lenihan 29 6 9 .400 17 17 0 128.0 146 79 20 37 108 5.55 2.5
*Francis Osgood 30 7 5 .583 63 0 25 75.0 77 29 2 25 53 3.48 14.7
 Barton Fitz 39 4 0 1.000 28 3 5 46.7 46 21 8 17 32 4.05 4.9
 William Holley 32 3 2 .600 6 3 0 44.0 46 14 3 15 21 2.86 4.4
 Charles Ellerman 29 0 1 .000 19 0 1 33.0 41 23 4 18 22 6.27 0.1
 Frank Surrett 26 1 1 .500 23 0 1 32.0 22 4 2 3 28 1.13 5.9
 Charles Beecher 27 2 1 .667 24 0 2 29.0 30 14 2 8 12 4.34 2.9
 Abraham Costillo 29 0 3 .000 19 8 0 21.7 38 21 2 11 10 8.73 0.0
 Evan Bare 25 0 0 .000 5 0 0 9.7 8 7 2 3 9 6.52 0.0
*Lawrence Choice 30 0 0 .000 3 0 1 2.7 6 6 0 2 2 20.22 0.0
 Ray Card 35 0 0 .000 1 0 0 1.0 2 1 0 1 0 9.00 0.0
Team Totals 30.1 71 73 .493 326 142 35 1283.0 1365 664 121 449 954 4.66 80.8
Rank among 10 CL teams 6 6 3 5 8 5 9 9 4 1 9  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 27.8
K.Hinton 890.7 100 108 706 53 10 1 .987 24.3
R.Nicol 231.2 27 36 190 19 2 0 .991 29.0
R.Albano 215.7 26 27 141 9 3 0 .980 22.2
Team Total 1337.5 153 171 1037 81 15 1 .987 24.7
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 10.31
B.Opitz 721.3 75 94 874 60 8 74 .992 11.65
K.Pazos 367.3 32 35 385 31 5 35 .988 10.19
R.Nicol 83.8 12 12 102 6 2 7 .982 11.60
F.Botella 7.0 1 1 12 0 0 0 1.000 15.43
L.McKenzie 1.7 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 5.29
Team Total 1181.1 120 142 1374 97 15 116 .990 11.21
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 5.24
J.Reyes 573.3 69 77 125 242 13 48 .966 5.76
B.Opitz 280.7 32 32 67 88 5 21 .969 4.97
R.George 236.3 23 46 57 99 4 17 .975 5.94
B.Mangels 71.4 9 10 14 33 1 6 .979 5.92
V.Loehr 10.7 0 6 4 4 0 2 1.000 6.75
R.Bishop 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1172.7 133 171 267 466 23 94 .970 5.63
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 2.52
I.Dennard 515.0 66 67 25 128 8 6 .950 2.67
B.Miles 364.7 36 66 30 90 6 8 .952 2.96
K.Vera 295.3 28 60 16 85 6 5 .944 3.08
R.George 85.0 11 14 8 30 2 4 .950 4.02
R.Card 22.0 3 4 0 11 0 0 1.000 4.50
B.Stull 1.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
F.Botella 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1284.7 144 212 79 344 22 23 .951 2.96
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 4.61
V.Loehr 751.7 91 97 106 319 4 58 .991 5.09
B.Mangels 361.7 45 47 53 119 7 19 .961 4.28
R.George 146.0 14 27 35 54 3 10 .967 5.49
R.Card 63.0 6 13 7 24 5 2 .861 4.43
K.Vera 17.7 0 8 3 6 0 0 1.000 4.59
B.Miles 15.0 0 8 3 7 0 2 1.000 6.00
J.Reyes 10.0 1 2 0 3 0 0 1.000 2.70
J.McCoy 3.0 0 1 2 2 0 1 1.000 12.00
E.Wright 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 4.50
T.Blake 2.0 0 1 1 2 0 1 1.000 13.50
I.Dennard 1.0 0 1 0 1 1 0 .500 9.00
R.Albano 1.0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 18.00
R.Nicol 0.6 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 15.00
B.Stull 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1374.7 157 208 211 540 20 94 .974 4.92
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 1.99
W.Valazquez 384.3 43 44 60 5 0 2 1.000 1.52
F.Botella 371.7 43 44 51 2 0 1 1.000 1.28
E.Constance 241.0 28 28 36 0 2 0 .947 1.34
L.McKenzie 217.3 28 28 39 1 1 0 .976 1.66
B.Stull 44.1 6 7 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.84
R.Bishop 34.3 5 5 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.05
T.Blake 29.0 3 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.55
J.Fegan 25.0 3 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.72
J.Villar 9.3 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.94
J.McCoy 9.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
E.Wright 5.0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60
Team Total 1370.0 160 169 211 8 3 3 .986 1.44
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 2.70
J.Fegan 715.0 84 86 161 2 1 1 .994 2.05
E.Constance 245.7 28 28 63 0 2 0 .969 2.31
L.McKenzie 99.8 11 14 20 1 1 0 .955 1.89
J.McCoy 89.3 7 19 28 0 0 0 1.000 2.82
J.Villar 61.4 8 8 24 0 0 0 1.000 3.52
B.Stull 14.6 2 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.08
Team Total 1225.8 140 157 301 3 4 1 .987 2.23
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 2.10
E.Wright 398.7 46 47 63 5 2 2 .971 1.54
J.Villar 218.0 28 31 53 3 0 1 1.000 2.31
F.Botella 210.0 25 25 38 3 0 0 1.000 1.76
R.Bishop 162.9 25 29 43 1 0 0 1.000 2.43
J.McCoy 94.0 10 18 9 0 0 0 1.000 0.86
W.Valazquez 83.0 9 11 17 0 0 0 1.000 1.84
L.McKenzie 73.5 9 9 17 0 0 0 1.000 2.08
J.Fegan 39.0 4 8 13 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
T.Blake 30.7 4 4 6 0 1 0 .857 1.76
E.Constance 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1312.7 160 183 259 12 3 3 .989 1.86
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .960 1.95
M.Knepper 292.7 39 39 17 48 2 5 .970 2.00
S.Caesar 256.0 34 34 11 44 0 1 1.000 1.93
L.Perez 165.3 23 24 11 35 0 2 1.000 2.50
W.Sera 146.3 15 21 7 35 0 1 1.000 2.58
A.Lenihan 128.0 17 17 9 21 2 2 .938 2.11
F.Osgood 75.0 0 63 6 9 0 1 1.000 1.80
B.Fitz 46.7 3 28 5 14 0 2 1.000 3.66
W.Holley 44.0 3 6 3 5 0 0 1.000 1.64
C.Ellerman 33.0 0 19 2 2 2 0 .667 1.09
F.Surrett 32.0 0 23 2 2 1 0 .800 1.13
C.Beecher 29.0 0 24 1 4 0 1 1.000 1.55
A.Costillo 21.7 8 19 2 3 0 0 1.000 2.08
E.Bare 9.7 0 5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
L.Choice 2.7 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.37
R.Card 1.0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1283.0 142 326 77 224 7 15 .977 2.11
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Hinton .285
On-Base Pct Hinton .373
Slugging Pct Opitz .393
OPS Hinton .744
XR Opitz 56.2
Games Opitz 132
At-Bats Opitz 453
Runs Fegan 62
Hits Opitz 118
Total Bases Opitz 178
Singles Hinton 86
Doubles Opitz 32
Triples Botella, Villar 4
Homeruns Constance 13
RBIs Opitz 58
Stolen Bases Fegan 31
Caught Stealing Fegan 14
Walks Hinton 49
Strikeouts Fegan 77
ERA Sera 3.87
Wins Knepper 22
Losses Caesar 20
Winning Pct Knepper .595
Saves Osgood 25
Games Pitched Osgood 63
Games Started Knepper 39
Complete Games Caesar 18
Shutouts Caesar, Knepper 2
Innings Pitched Knepper 292.7
Hits Allowed Caesar 287
Homeruns Allowed Knepper 30
Strikeouts Knepper 272
Walks Allowed Knepper 106
Walks per 9IP Perez 2.8
Hits per 9IP Sera 7.9
Strikeouts per 9IP Knepper 8.4
WHiP Sera 1.27
OAVG Sera .238
OOBP Sera .312
OSLG Sera .368
OOPS Sera .680
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Edward Constance $ 9,000,000
Michael Knepper $ 7,780,000
William Holley $ 6,512,123
Keith Luera $ 3,200,000
Steven Caesar $ 3,200,000
Ryan Bishop $ 2,500,123
Leo Perez $ 2,500,000
Francis Osgood $ 2,123,456
Titus Pohl $ 2,050,000
Bernie Opitz $ 2,000,000
Freddy Botella $ 2,000,000
Kelvin Hinton $ 1,900,000
Vicente Loehr $ 1,600,000
Keith Vera $ 1,430,000
James Fegan $ 1,400,000
Robert Nicol $ 1,150,000
Barton Fitz $ 960,000
Charles Ellerman $ 910,000
Bobby Miles $ 840,000
Robert George $ 625,000
Charles Beecher $ 548,571
Jason McCoy $ 520,000
William Sera $ 390,000
Tom Town $ 320,000
Evan Bare $ 300,000
Ian Dennard $ 300,000
Jeremy Dubin $ 300,000
William Valazquez $ 300,000
Edward Wright $ 300,000
John Reyes $ 300,000
Frank Surrett $ 300,000
Ronald Albano $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/18 Traded Joseph Sommers
Toby Paschke
William Milligan
Shawn Petree
$5,000,000
Houston Kevin Pazos
Bill Mangels
Amadeo Vazquez
Theo Pettry
Round Draft Pick.
2/19 Signed     Jose Villar
2/25 Signed     Freddy Botella
3/14 Signed     Michael Washington
3/14 Signed     William Valazquez
3/14 Signed     Tommy Blake
3/14 Signed     John Mcauliffe
3/15 Signed     Bobby Miles
4/28 Traded Marc Gibbs Hollywood Brain Emmer
4/28 Traded Brain Emmer Hollywood Vincent Pereyra
Round Draft Pick.
6/23 Traded Kevin Pazos
Leroy Mckenzie
Oklahoma Robert Nicol
Lawrence Choice
6/23 Traded Alexander Lenihan Dallas Edward Wright
William Sera
6/23 Traded Lawrence Cuddy
Bill Mangels
Ray Card
Jose Villar
Long Beach Ronald Whitson
Brian Stull
Frank Surrett
$6,800,000
7/7 Traded Brian Stull
$6,000,000
New Orleans William Holley
Ryan Bishop
7/8 Waived Abraham Costillo San Francisco  
7/14 Released Theo Pettry    
8/11 Released Tommy Blake    
8/26 Waived Lawrence Choice Oklahoma