The 1987 California Angels season involved the Angels finishing 6th in the

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west with a record of 75 wins and 87 losses.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

*December 19, 1986: Ron Romanick was traded by the California Angels with a player to be named later to the New York Yankees for a player to be named later and Butch Wynegar. *January 8, 1987:

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was signed as a free agent with the California Angels. *January 22, 1987:

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was purchased by the California Angels from the Oakland Athletics. *May 1, 1987:

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was signed as a free agent with the California Angels. *May 19, 1987:

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was signed as a free agent with the California Angels.Doug Corbett Statistics
Baseball-Reference.com *June 1, 1987:

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was signed as a free agent with the California Angels. *June 19, 1987: Doug Corbett was released by the California Angels. *June 22, 1987: Alan Mills was sent by the California Angels to the New York Yankees to complete an earlier deal made on December 19, 1986. *July 28, 1987:

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signed as a free agent with the California Angels. *September 15, 1987:

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was traded by the California Angels to the New York Mets for Jeff Richardson and Shane Young (minors).

Draft picks

*June 2, 1987: John Orton was drafted by the California Angels in the 1st round (25th pick) of the 1987 amateur draft. *June 2, 1987: Rubén Amaro, Jr. was drafted by the California Angels in the 11th round of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed June 16, 1987.

Roster

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

''Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in''

Other batters

''Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in''

Starting pitchers

''Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts''

Other pitchers

''Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts''

= Relief pitchers

= ''Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts''

Farm system

Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., ''The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball''. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

References

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