The Baseball Scholar

Los Angeles Angels Best Single Seasons

Dave Franks
2–3 minutes

This is a list of the Los Angeles Angels best single seasons. I decided to select two players for each infield position, six outfielders (regardless of specific position), and one designated hitter for each AL team. Hitters had to play at least 51% of games at their position. For pitching, we selected seven starting pitchers, three non-closers, and two closers. Starting pitchers had to start at least 20 games during the selected season. Relief pitchers were deemed non-closers if they saved less than 10 games. Closers are pitchers that save more than 10 games.


  • Catcher – Brian Downing, 1979

    • Brian Downing
    wRC+ wOBA WAR G PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    144 .399 5.6 148 596 87 166 27 3 12 75 3 77 57 .326 .418 .462 .880

  • First Base – Don Mincher, 1967

    • Don Mincher
    wRC+ wOBA WAR G PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    154 .380 4.4 147 563 81 133 23 3 25 76 0 69 69 .273 .367 .487 .854

  • Second Base – Bobby Grich, 1979

    • Bobby Grich
    wRC+ wOBA WAR G PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    141 .390 5.9 153 609 78 157 30 5 30 101 1 59 84 .294 .365 .537 .903

  • Third Base – Troy Glaus, 2000

    • Troy Glaus
    wRC+ wOBA WAR G PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    150 .424 7.8 159 678 120 160 37 1 47 102 14 112 163 .284 .404 .604 1.008

  • Shortstop – Jim Fregosi, 1964

    • Jim Fregosi
    wRC+ wOBA WAR G PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    136 .368 7.9 147 591 86 140 22 9 18 72 8 72 87 .277 .369 .463 .833

  • Outfield – Mike Trout, 2016

    • Mike Trout
    wRC+ wOBA WAR G PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    170 .418 10.5 159 681 123 173 32 5 29 100 30 116 137 .315 .441 .550 .991

  • Outfield – Tim Salmon, 1995

    • Tim Salmon
    wRC+ wOBA WAR G PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    163 .441 6.6 143 638 111 177 34 3 34 105 5 91 111 .330 .429 .594 1.024

  • Outfield – Darin Erstad, 2000

    • Darin Erstad
    wRC+ wOBA WAR G PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    140 .408 8.3 157 747 121 240 39 6 25 100 28 64 82 .355 .409 .541 .951

  • Designated Hitter – Frank Robinson, 1973

    • Frank Robinson
    wRC+ wOBA WAR G PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    146 .382 4.2 147 630 85 142 29 0 30 97 1 82 93 .266 .372 .489 .891

  • Starting Pitcher – Dean Chance, 1964

    • Dean Chance
    ERA- WAR G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO SO/9 WHIP
    48 9.3 46 35 20 9 1.65 278.1 15 11 4 56 51 86 207 6.7 1.006

  • Starting Pitcher – Frank Tanana, 1977

    • Frank Tanana
    ERA- WAR G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO SO/9 WHIP
    65 8.3 31 31 15 9 2.54 241.1 20 7 0 72 68 61 205 7.6 1.086

  • Starting Pitcher – Jered Weaver, 2011

    • Jered Weaver
    ERA- WAR G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO SO/9 WHIP
    61 7.0 33 33 18 8 2.41 235.2 4 2 0 65 63 56 198 7.6 1.010

  • Starting Pitcher – Mark Langston, 1993

    • Mark Langston
    ERA- WAR G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO SO/9 WHIP
    74 8.7 35 35 16 11 3.20 256.1 7 0 0 100 91 85 196 6.9 1.190

  • Starting Pitcher – Chuck Finley, 1990

    • Chuck Finley
    ERA- WAR G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO SO/9 WHIP
    63 7.6 32 32 18 9 2.40 236 7 2 0 77 63 81 177 6.8 1.233

  • Relief Pitcher – Cam Bedrosian, 2016

    • Cam Bedrosian
    ERA- WAR G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO SO/9 WHIP
    27 1.3 45 0 2 0 1.12 40.1 0 0 1 7 5 14 51 11.4 1.091

  • Relief Pitcher – Troy Percival, 1995

    • Troy Percival
    ERA- WAR G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO SO/9 WHIP
    41 3.2 62 0 3 2 1.95 74 0 0 3 19 16 26 94 11.4 0.851

  • Closer – Bryan Harvey, 1991

    • Bryan Harvey
    ERA- WAR G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO SO/9 WHIP
    39 3.4 67 0 2 4 1.60 78.2 0 0 46 20 14 17 101 11.6 0.864

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