CUBS (0-0) @ ANGELS (0-0) RHP JAKE ARRIETA (22-6, 1.77 ERA in 2015) vs. RHP GARRETT RICHARDS (15-12, 3.65 ERA in 2015) ANGEL STADIUM 7:05 PM PDT TV FOX SPORTS WEST, ESPN2 RADIO KLAA AM 830 MONDAY, APRIL 4, 2016 GAME #1 (85-77 in 2015) ANAHEIM, CA HOME GAME #1 (49-32 in 2015) LEADING OFF: 2016 represents the Angels 56th season in the Majors and 51st campaign in Anaheim Halos are 30-25 overall, 18-15 at home and 12-10 on the road alltime on Opening Day Angels have won nine of last 12 Opening Day contests (losses in 2008 @ MIN, 2014 vs. SEA & 2015 @ SEA) Angels have played extra innings on Opening Day four times in franchise history: 2013 at CIN (W, 3-1), 1986 at SEA (L, 4-8), 1982 at OAK (L, 2-3) & 1966 at CWS (L, 2-3) Through 55 seasons, the Angels hold an all-time record of 4,403-4,377-3 A complete listing of the club s Opening Day results and lineups can be found on page 340 of the 2016 Angels Media Guide. THE MANAGER: Mike Scioscia s Angels were 0-4 in his first four Opening Days (2000-03) since then, the Angels are 9-3 (2004-15) in season openers Scioscia enters 2016 as the longest tenured manager in the Majors (17 th season) and the only active manager to collect over 1,000 victories with a single club His current.546 (1,416-1176) winning percentage and 1,416 wins are both tops in franchise history Scioscia ranks 24 th on the all-time win list (64 victories behind Earl Weaver for 23 rd ) He is one of nine former big league catchers currently managing in the American League. MAN ON THE MOUND: Garrett Richards will take the mound tonight for his first career Opening Day start The Angels had sent Jered Weaver to the mound on Opening Day each of the last six years (Club record streak) Weaver s seven career Opening Day starts (2008, 2010-15) are also the most in franchise history (Joe Saunders started in 2009). START WITH A BLAST: Mike Trout has homered in his first at-bat of the season each of the last two years (both off Felix Hernandez in the 1 st inning) He joined Brooks Robinson (1966-67), Kaz Matsui (2004-05) & Vlad Guerrero (2005-06) as only players with 1st inn. HR in back-to-back Opening Day games. INTERLEAGUE OPENER: Tonight marks the Angels second Opening Day Interleague game and just the fifth Interleague Opening Day game in Major League history In 2013, the Angels defeated the Reds 3-1 in 13 innings at Great American Ball Park in MLB s first ever Interleague Opening Day game. MLB INTERLEAGUE OPENERS April 1, 2013: Angels 3, Reds 1 (13 innings) Mar. 31, 2014: Phillies 14, Rangers 10 April 6, 2015: Red Sox 8, Phillies 0 April 3, 2016: Royals 4, Mets 3 HALO ANDRELTON: The Angels acquired INF Andrelton Simmons from Atlanta this offseason, in the first trade made by new General Manager Billy Eppler...Simmons is a two-time Gold Glove winner, the 2013 Platinum Glove winner and was named the 2015 Wilson Overall Defensive Player of the Year...He led the N.L. in Defensive Runs Saved in 2013 & 2015 and ranked second in 2014 Tonight, he will become the first Angels Opening Day shortstop other than Erick Aybar since Maicer Izturis on March 31, 2008 Aybar s seven Opening Day starts at shortstop were third most in franchise history (Jim Fregosi 9, Gary DiSarcina 8). HOT SPRINGS: The Angels concluded Spring Training with a 19-8-6 record In their last 23 games, the Halos went 16-2-5 and closed the Spring by going 9-0-2 in their final 11 games. OPENING DAY DEBUTS: INF Ji-Man Choi is looking to make his Major League debut with the Angels after being selected in the Rule 5 Draft in December There have been 15 players (nine position players & six pitchers) all-time to make their MLB debut with the Angels on Opening Day The last player to do so was Darren O Day in 2008 and the last position player was David Eckstein in 2001. MEMORABLE OPENING DAYS IN CLUB HISTORY: April 6, 1973 Nolan Ryan makes his first Opening Day start as an Angel, defeating Kansas City 3-2 in Anaheim with a CG and 12 strikeouts April 6, 1977 Frank Tanana hurls a complete game shutout in Angels 7-0 win at Seattle. April 8, 1986 Bobby Grich homers on the first pitch of the season at Seattle. April 1, 2013 In the first interleague Opening Day game in Major League history, the Angels topped the Cincinnati Reds 3-1 in 13 innings at Great American Ballpark. NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT: Tonight s game is being broadcast nationally on ESPN2 with Karl Ravech calling the action alongside Dallas Braden and Tim Kurkjian Additionally, Fox Sports West will air the game locally with Victor Rojas and Mark Gubicza in the booth beginning their seventh season as the Angels broadcast team. LEFT FIELD TURNOVER: The 2016 season marks the fifth consecutive year that the Angels have a new Opening Day starting left fielder The last player to start consecutive Opening Days in left for the Halos was Vernon Wells in 2011-12. WHO S ON THIRD: Tonight, Yunel Escobar will become the Angels ninth different Opening Day starting third baseman since 2004 Escobar was acquired from the Washington Nationals on Dec. 10 in exchange for RHP Trevor Gott Escobar finished the Spring with an American League leading.450 (27/60) batting average and did not strike out in his 65 plate appearances. CEREMONIAL FIRST PITCH: Former Angels outfielder Garret Anderson will throw out the honorary first pitch tonight to his son Trey Anderson is a three-time All-Star, two-time Silver Slugger Award winner and a member of the 2002 World Series championship team He ranks in the franchise top-5 in several hitting categories, including hits (1 st ), home runs (2 nd ), RBI (1 st ), triples (4 th ), runs (1 st ), doubles (1 st ) and batting average (5 th ). CLIMBING THE LEADERBOARDS: This season Albert Pujols and Huston Street will continue their respective climbs up the all-time home run and saves lists: ALL-TIME SAVES LEADERS ALL-TIME HOME RUN LEADERS 16. Roberto Hernandez 326 10. Mark McGwire 583 17. Jose Mesa 321 11. Harmon Killebrew 573 18. Todd Jones 319 12. Rafael Palmeiro 569 19. Rick Aguilera 318 13. Reggie Jackson 563 20. HUSTON STREET 315 14. ALBERT PUJOLS 560 VS. CUBS: 2016 marks the fourth season that the Angels and Cubs have met in interleague play The teams have split their 10 all-time regular season meetings 5-5 Albert Pujols has hit 56 career home runs against the Cubs, marking his most against any opponent He ranks ninth on the all-time HR list vs. Chicago with eight Hall-of-Famers ahead of him. CONGRATS KURT!: Tonight marks the 2,500 th Major League game that Kurt Loe will cover from the Angels press box. THIS DATE IN ANGELS HISTORY April 4 (1997) Tim Salmon connects for an 11 th inning walk-off grand slam vs. Cleveland He becomes just the 9th major leaguer to hit a game-ending grand slam in extra innings when his team trailed; (1989) Claudell Washington homers in his first at-bat with the Angels vs. White Sox. 2016 ANGELS AT A GLANCE Current record... Home record... Road record... Current streak... Pre-ASB record... Post-ASB record... Current road trip... Last homestand... Last road trip... Last 5 games... Last 10 games... Number of Days In first place... In second place... In third place... In fourth place... In fifth place... When Angels Score first... Score second or shutout... Score 3 runs or fewer... Score 4 runs or more... Lead after 7 innings... Trail after 7 innings... Tied after 7 innings... Lead after 8 innings... Trail after 8 innings... Tied after 8 innings... Extra innings... Come-from-behind wins... Win/lose in final at-bat... Vs. LHS... Vs. RHS... Out-hit opponent... Out-hit by opponent... Opponent has equal hits... Collect 10-or-more hits... Allow 10-or-more hits... Collect a home run... Allow a home run... Commit an error... Monthly Record April... (11-11 in 15) May... (16-13 in 15) June... (14-13 in 15) July... (14-10 in 15) August... (10-19 in 15) Sept/Oct... (20-11 in 15) 2016 SERIES RECORD 0-0-0 PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS & BROADCAST LISTINGS DAY DATE OPPONENT OPPOSING PITCHER ANGELS PITCHER TIME (PDT) Tuesday April 5 Chicago Cubs LHP Jon Lester (11-12, 3.34 ERA in 15) LHP Andrew Heaney (6-4, 3.49 ERA in 15) 7:05 p.m. FSW Wednesday April 6 OFF DAY Radio flagships of the Angels are KLAA AM 830 & KWKW 1330 AM TV Broadcast Partners are FOX Sports West / FS Espanol
TODAY S STARTING PITCHER RHP GARRETT RICHARDS 2015 REGULAR SEASON: 15-12, 3.65 ERA Making first career Opening Day Start OPENING DAY STARTER: Tonight marks first career Opening Day start Jered Weaver had started on Opening Day for the Angels in each of the last six seasons. INTERLEAGUE: Leads the Majors with a 1.16 interleague ERA since 2012 (min. 50 IP) In 17 career games (10 starts) against National League opponents, is 4-1 with the 1.16 ERA (77.2 IP - 10 ER) and 73 strikeouts. Established an Angels record with 25 consecutive scoreless interleague innings pitched from April 21, 2014 - May 27, 2015. Since 2013, has gone 3-1 with a 0.93 ERA (58 IP 6 ER) in 14 interleague games (seven starts) Has not allowed an earned run in four of last six interleague starts, pitching to a 1.04 ERA (43.1 IP 5 ER) in that span. BRINGING THE HEAT: According to Fangraphs, leads the Majors with an average fastball velocity of 96.1 MPH since the start of the 2014 season (min. 200 IP). LOW AVERAGE: Since start of 2014, has held opponents to a.220 (305/1385) batting average against, which ranks second best in A.L. (min. 300 IP) behind only Felix Hernandez (.218). VS. CUBS: Has made two career appearances vs. Chicago (both in relief during 2013 season) Tossed one scoreless inning in each outing. AT ANGEL STADIUM: Owns a 21-10 career record with a 3.47 ERA (309 IP 119 ER) in 70 appearances (43 starts) at Angel Stadium Has won 14 of last 19 decisions overall at home In 17 home starts last season, was 10-4 with a 2.92 ERA (117 IP 38 ER) Since 2014, is 15-6 with a 3.05 ERA (192 IP 65 ER) Overall as a starter, is 21-8 with a 3.37 ERA (277.2 IP 104 ER) at the Big A Angels are 29-12 in his home starts since 2012. 2016 SPRING TRAINING: Pitched in four Cactus League games and went 0-0 with a 5.52 ERA (14.2 IP 9 ER) Recorded 11 strikeouts while walking three. 2015 RECAP: In 32 starts for the Angels, went 15-12 with a 3.65 ERA (207.1 IP 84 ER) Set new career-highs in wins, strikeouts (176), starts and innings pitched His 24 quality starts were tied for third most in the A.L. 2015 LEAGUE LEADER RANKINGS: Ranked sixth in the American League in wins, ninth in innings pitched, 10th in strikeouts and 10th with a 2.92 home ERA (117 IP - 38 ER). ANGELS vs. ARRIETA PLAYER AVG. AB H HR RBI SO Calhoun --- - - - - - Choi --- - - - - - Cron --- - - - - - Escobar.368 19 7 1 2 3 Gentry --- - - - - - Giavotella --- - - - - - Nava.333 9 3 1 1 3 Pennington.333 6 2 0 2 1 Perez --- - - - - - Pujols.000 4 0 0 0 1 Simmons.125 8 1 0 0 0 Soto --- - - - - - Trout 1.000 1 1 0 2 0 CUBS vs. RICHARDS PLAYER AVG. AB H HR RBI SO Bryant --- - - - - - Fowler.500 6 3 0 1 1 Heyward.000 3 0 0 0 1 La Stella.500 2 1 0 0 0 Montero.000 3 0 0 0 2 Rizzo --- - - - - - Ross 1.000 1 1 0 1 0 Russell --- - - - - - Schwarber --- - - - - - Soler --- - - - - - Szczur --- - - - - - Zobrist.545 11 6 1 2 1 RICHARDS BREAKDOWN AT A GLANCE CAREER W L IP ER SO ERA SV TOTALS 39 29 606 246 497 3.65 2 HOME 21 10 309 119 253 3.47 0 ROAD 18 19 297 127 244 3.85 2 MAR/APR 5 3 80.1 32 68 3.59 0 MAY 5 5 82.1 37 69 4.04 1 JUNE 10 4 112.2 39 92 3.12 0 JULY 6 6 112.2 38 89 3.04 0 AUGUST 6 6 116.1 59 94 4.56 1 SEP/OCT 7 5 101.2 41 85 3.63 0 STARTER 37 25 543 214 448 3.55 - RELIEVER 2 4 63 32 49 4.57 2 2015 W L IP ER SO ERA TOTALS 15 12 207.1 84 176 3.65 HOME 10 4 117 38 104 2.92 ROAD 5 8 90.1 46 72 4.58 APRIL 2 1 18 6 14 3.00 MAY 2 2 34 12 29 3.18 JUNE 4 2 34.1 16 25 4.19 JULY 2 3 36.1 12 23 2.97 AUGUST 2 2 38.1 22 39 5.17 SEP/OCT 3 2 46.1 16 46 3.11 2015 VS. LEFT AND RIGHT AVG H/AB HR Left.226 94/416 8 Right.247 87/352 12 2015 RUN SUPPORT IN STARTS Home: 55 R 17 GS 3.24 RPG Road: 44 R 15 GS 2.93 RPG Total: 99 R 32 GS 3.09 RPG 2015 RUNS ALLOWED BY INNING 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 15 16 12 17 8 11 8 5 1 TEAM RECORD IN RICHARDS STARTS Home: 12-4 Road: 6-10 Total: 18-14 CAREER SINGLE-GAME BESTS Strikeouts: 11, 3 times; last, September 9 vs. LAD IP: 9; August 4, 2014 @ LAD & July 18, 2015 vs. BOS Low-hit CG: 2 hits, July 18, 2015 Win Streak: 7; June 4 July 11, 2014 Last SHO: July 18, 2015 vs. BOS (2nd SHO of career) Last CG: July 18, 2015 vs. BOS (3 rd career CG) TOMORROW S STARTER vs. CUBS LHP ANDREW HEANEY Entering third Major League season and second with Angels Makes Opening Day roster for first time in career In 18 starts last season, went 6-4 with a 3.49 ERA (105.2 IP 41 ER) Pitched in five Spring Training games this year, and went 1-0 with a 2.25 ERA (20 IP 5 ER), 18 strikeouts and four walks Has never faced Cubs during regular season in career. RICHARDS 2016 CACTUS LEAGUE DAY-BY-DAY DATE OPP W-L IP H R ER HR BB SO 3/3 OAK - 2 2 2 2 0 1 0 3/8 @ARI - 2.2 4 3 3 0 1 4 3/18 COL - 5 6 3 3 0 0 3 3/29 CLE - 5 2 1 1 0 1 4 TOTALS 0-0 14.2 14 9 9 0 3 11 IN THE PEN #48 JOSE ALVAREZ (LHP) 2015:.219 vs. LH,.235 vs. RH AGE: 26 Entering fourth Major League season and third with Angels Makes Opening Day roster second straight year. Pitched in 64 games for Angels last year and went 4-3 with a 3.49 ERA (67 IP 26 ER) Set career highs in wins, games, innings pitched and strikeouts (59). Led Angels relievers and ranked tied for sixth in A.L. with 19 appearances of more than one inning pitched in 2015. Pitched in eight Spring Training games and went 0-1 with a 3.24 ERA (8.1 IP 3 ER) Six of eight games were scoreless Had eight strikeouts and one walk. Last Outing: 4/1 at LAD (1 IP, 1 H, 2 SO) Holds: - Saves/Opps: - #68 CAM BEDROSIAN (RHP) 2015:.391 vs. LH,.256 vs. RH AGE: 24 Begins third Major League season with Angels Makes Opening Day roster for first time in career. Appeared in 23 games across four stints with Angels last season and recorded 34 strikeouts in 33.1 innings pitched. In 11 Spring Training games, went 1-1 with one save and a 4.09 ERA (11 IP 5 ER) Did not allow a run nine eight of last nine games Recorded 17 strikeouts. Last Outing: 4/1 at LAD (0.1 IP) Holds: - Saves/Opps: - #64 MIKE MORIN (RHP) 2015:.269 vs. LH,.262 vs. RH AGE: 24 Enters third Major League season with Angels...Makes Opening Day roster for second straight year. Made 47 appearances for Angels last season and went 4-2 with 41 strikeouts in 35.1 innings pitched Missed 34 games on disabled list with left oblique strain. Was not charged with a run in 14 of his final 18 appearances and recorded first career Major League save on Sept. 27 vs. Seattle. Pitched in nine Spring Training games, going 2-0 with nine scoreless innings pitched Allowed just two hits and one walk with eight strikeouts. Last Outing: 4/1 at LAD (1 IP, 1 SO) Holds: - Saves/Opps: - #46 CORY RASMUS (RHP) 2015:.214 vs. LH,.182 vs. RH AGE: 28 Entering fourth Major League season Makes an Opening Day roster for first time in career. Pitched in 16 games (one start) for Angels in 2015 after missing first 79 games of the year on disabled list recovering from left abdominal surgery. Six of seven home outings were scoreless last season. Pitched to a 2.25 ERA (12 IP 3 ER) across 10 Spring Training games, with 15 strikeouts and four walks. Last Outing: 3/31 at LAD (1 IP, 1 SO) Holds: - Saves/Opps: - #59 FERNANDO SALAS (RHP) 2015:.271 vs. LH,.232 vs. RH AGE: 30 Entering seventh Major League season and third with Angels Makes an Opening Day roster for fifth time in career. Set a new career-high with 72 appearances last season and pitched to a 5-2 record with 74 strikeouts in 63.2 innings pitched. Stranded 38 of 48 inherited runners and his 79.2% stranded rate ranked ninth in American League. Did not allow a run in nine of 10 Spring Training appearances, pitching to a 2.00 ERA (9 IP 2 ER) with four strikeouts and four walks. Last Outing: 4/2 vs. LAD (1 IP, 1 H, 1 SO) Holds: - Saves/Opps: - #38 JOE SMITH (RHP) 2015:.288 vs. LH,.233 vs. RH AGE: 32 Entering 10th Major League season and third with Angels Makes an Opening Day active roster for ninth time in career (Opened 2011 on DL with Cleveland). Went 5-5 with a 3.58 ERA (65.1 IP 26 ER) and five saves in 70 games last season. Led American League (and ranked third in Majors) with 32 holds. Has pitched in at least 70 games in each of last five seasons. In eight Spring games, had a 4.50 ERA (8 IP 4 ER) and did not allow a run in six of eight outings. Last Outing: 4/1 at LAD (1 IP, 1 BB, 1 SO) Holds: - Saves/Opps: - #16 HUSTON STREET (RHP) 2015:.252 vs. LH,.200 vs. RH AGE: 32 Entering 12 th Major League season and third with Angels (second full year with LAA) Makes Opening Day active roster for 11 th time in career (Opened 2010 on DL with Colorado). Went 3-3 with 40 saves and a 3.18 ERA (62.1 IP 22 ER) in 62 games last season. Ranks 20 th on all-time saves list with 315 career saves Is three saves shy of Rick Aguilera (318 saves) for 19 th place on the all-time list. Recorded 300 th career save on July 22, 2015 vs. Minnesota. Appeared in seven Spring Training games, going 1-0 with a 1.35 ERA (6.2 IP 1 ER). Last Outing: 4/1 at LAD (0.2 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 1 BB) Holds: - Saves/Opps: -
2016 ANGELS PITCHING (STARTERS & RELIEVERS) W-L ERA SV/OPP IP H R ER HR BB SO AVG INHERITED / SCORED STARTERS 0-0 --- - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- (0/0) - RELIEVERS 0-0 --- 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- (0/0) 0/0 BATTER S BOX #56 KOLE CALHOUN (OF) 2015:.220 vs. LH,.272 vs. RH AGE: 28 Makes third Opening Day Roster and third Opening Day start in right field Is the first Angel right fielder to make three consecutive Opening Day starts since Vladimir Guerrero (2004-08) In 2014, became the club s first home grown Opening Day right fielder since Tim Salmon in 2003. Finished the spring batting.303 (27/66) with four doubles, a home run and seven RBI. Hit.256 (161/630) with 23 doubles, two triples, 26 home runs and 83 RBI in 2015 Became the eighth Halo outfielder to win a Rawlings Gold Glove Award and first since Torii Hunter in 2009. #51 JI-MAN CHOI (INF) 2015 (MINORS):.428 vs. LH,.254 vs. RH AGE: 24 Makes first Opening Day roster First appearance will mark Major League debut Will be the first South Korean native to play for the Angels. Went 13-for-64 (.203) with two doubles, a home run and nine RBI in Spring Training Also drew 11 walks, tied for second most by an American Leaguer this spring. Selected by the Angels in the Rule 5 draft from Baltimore in the offseason Saw limited action in 2015 with Seattle s Triple-A Tacoma and AZL Mariners due to injury. #24 C.J. CRON (INF) 2015:.260 vs. LH,.263 vs. RH AGE: 26 Entering third big league season after making his second Opening Day roster. Hit.293 (22/75) with seven doubles, a home run and 11 RBI in 26 spring games. Registered a.262 (99/378) clip with 17 doubles, a triple, 16 home runs and 51 RBI last season His 27 home runs rank 7 th most by an Angel in the their first two seasons. #6 YUNEL ESCOBAR (INF) 2015:.314 vs. LH,.314 vs. RH AGE: 33 Enters first season with the Angels and 10 th overall in the Majors Will be the seventh different Opening Day third baseman for the Angels in the last eight years. Led the American League this spring with a.450 average (27/60) and was tied with teammate Mie Trout for the highest A.L. OBP (.492) Also scored 11 runs and logged six doubles. In 2015 with Washington, hit a career high.314 (168/535) with 25 doubles, a triple, nine home runs and 56 RBI...The.314 average ranked sixth in the National League. #3 CRAIG GENTRY (OF) 2015:.143 vs. LH,.091 vs. RH AGE: 32 Begins first season with the Angels Has spent all eight big league seasons in the A.L. West. Went 16-for-51 (.314) three doubles, a triple and five RBI during spring play. Spent time in 2015 with Oakland (26 G) and Triple-A Nashville (101 G). #12 JOHNNY GIAVOTELLA (INF) 2015:.250 vs. LH,.279 vs. RH AGE: 28 Appearing on second Opening Day roster and making second Opening Day start for the Halos. Logged eight extra base hits this spring: four doubles, three triples and a home run The three triples were tied for second by an American Leaguer. Last year, in first season with the Angels, hit.272 (123/453) with 51 runs scored 25 doubles, five triples, four home runs and 49 RBI Halos were 68-61 in games he appeared. #25 DANIEL NAVA (OF) 2015:.242 vs. LH,.179 vs. RH AGE: 33 Hit.419 (18/43) with four doubles, a triple, two home runs and 10 RBI in 19 games this spring Reached base safely in 17 of 19 spring outings. Spent the 2015 campaign with Boston, Triple-A Pawtucket and Tampa Bay Owns a career.265 (368/1388) average in parts of five big league seasons. #7 CLIFF PENNINGTON (INF) 2015:.140 vs. LH,.228 vs. RH AGE: 31 Starting ninth big league season and first with the Halos Posted a.404 (23/57) clip this spring. In 13 career games vs. the Cubs, is batting.379 (11/29) with three doubles, a triple and three RBI. Hit.210 (44/210) with six doubles, three home runs and 21 RBI in 2015. During career, has appeared defensively at shortstop (569 G), second base (128 G), third base (37 G) and left field (8 G). #58 CARLOS PEREZ (C) 2015:.183 vs. LH,.275 vs. RH AGE: 25 Enters sophomore season and was named to first Opening Day roster Went 16-for-43 (.372) with three doubles, a home run and eight RBI. Played in 86 games last year with the Angels, batting.250 (65/260) with 13 doubles, four home runs and 21 RBI Threw out 37.9% of would-be base stealers, good for third in the A.L. (min. 70 G). #5 ALBERT PUJOLS (INF) 2015:.224 vs. LH,.251 vs. RH AGE: 36 Enters 16 th Major League season and fifth with Angels. A career.333 (18/52) hitter on Opening Day with five doubles, four home runs and 14 RBI Owns a career.304 (196/645) average against the Cubs along with 56 home runs and 143 RBI The 56 home runs rank 9 th all-time against the Cubs, trailing only: Willie Mays (92 HR), Hank Aaron (87), Mike Schmidt (78 HR), Mel Ott (77), Stan Musial (67), Eddie Mathews (64), Duke Snider (60) and Gil Hodges (58). In 2015, logged 40 home runs, pushing career total to 560, good for 14 th all time The 40 homers were tied for fifth in the A.L. and ranked second on the Club (Trout, 41 HR) Marked seventh time in career hitting 40 home runs and were his highest total since 2010 (42 HR). Currently sits three home runs behind Reggie Jackson on the all-time home run list. Hit.278 (15/54) with six home runs and 15 RBI in 19 spring contests The six home runs were tied for second most by an American Leaguer this spring while his 15 RBI were tied for seventh. #2 ANDRELTON SIMMONS (INF) 2015:.224 vs. LH,.276 vs. RH AGE: 26 Joins the Angels after spending the previous four seasons with Atlanta Acquired by the Halos in November along with catcher Jose Briceno in exchange for infielder Erick Aybar, LHPP Sean Newcomb and RHP Chris Ellis. Hit.367 (22/60) with nine runs scored and four RBI this spring. In 2015, led all N.L. players in Defensive Runs Saved (25 DRS) for the third consecutive season Won Wilson s Defensive Player of the Year honors and finished second in the N.L. Gold Glove voting for shortstops. SUNDAY: 1/2, SO SUNDAY: 0/1, 1 R, BB SUNDAY: 1/2, 1 R, 2B, GDP SUNDAY: 1/2, 2B SUNDAY: 1/2 SUNDAY: 0/3, 2 SO SUNDAY: 1/1, 1 RBI ALL-TIME HR LIST 11. Harmon Killebrew 573 12. Rafael Palmeiro 569 13. Reggie Jackson 563 14. Albert Pujols 560
#18 GEOVANY SOTO (C) 2015:.246 vs. LH,.208 vs. RH AGE: 33 12-year Major League vet was originally drafted by Cubs in the 11 th round in 2001 Went on to win the 2008 N.L. Rookie of the Year Award with the Cubs in 2008 Was fourth Cub to win the award Spent first eight big league seasons as a Cub. Hit.308 (12/39) with three home runs and eight RBI in 20 games this spring. Batted.219 (41/187) with nine home runs and 21 RBI last season with the White Sox. SUNDAY: 1/2, 1 R #27 MIKE TROUT (OF) 2015:.310 vs. LH,.295 vs. RH AGE: 24 Begins sixth Major League season (fifth full) with the Angels Enters the year with a career.304 (744/2448) average with 143 doubles, 32 triples, 139 home runs, 397 RBI and 113 stolen bases. Is 4-for-14 (.286) with two home runs and three RBI on Opening Day Has homered in his first AB each of the last two seasons, both coming vs. Felix Hernandez Ninth Angel with two or more Opening Day homers Tim Salmon is the only Angel in franchise history to homer in three Opening Day games. In 20 spring games, batted.412 (21/51) with five doubles, a triple, four home runs and 18 RBI The.412 average ranked second by an American Leaguer, trailing only teammate Yunel Escobar (.450) Also ranked in the Top 2 in the A.L. this spring in slugging (.784, 1 st ), RBI (18, T2nd), on-base percentage (.492 T1st) and runs scored (15, 2 nd ). Hit.299 (172/575) with 32 doubles, six triples, 41 home runs, 104 runs scored and 90 RBI in 2015 Finished second in the A.L. MVP (Josh Donaldson) Has finished in the Top 2 of the A.L. MVP voting each of the last four seasons, joining Yogi Berra as the only players to accomplish the feat. UPCOMING MILESTONES Albert Pujols 3 home runs shy of 563 for career (ties Reggie Jackson for of 13 th all-time) 1 RBI shy of 1699 for career (ties Jim Thome for 24 th all-time) 1 double shy of 584 (ties David Ortiz for 18 th all-time) 2 doubles shy of 585 (ties Rafael Palmeiro for 17 th all-time) 4 RBI shy of 1702 (ties Reggie Jackson for 23 rd all-time) Mike Trout 3 stolen bases shy of 116 for career (ties Chad Curtis for 10 th in franchise history) Huston Street 3 saves shy of 318 (ties Rick Aguilera for 19 th all-time) Jered Weaver 1 win shy of 139 (passes Nolan Ryan for 2 nd most in franchise history) 5 strikeouts shy of 1500 (would become 3 rd player in franchise history to reach the mark) 2016 DISABLING INJURY LIST PLAYER INJURY DISABLED GAMES MISSED ELIGIBLE TO RETURN C.J. Wilson Left shoulder inflammation 4/3 (retro to 3/25) 0 April 10 BOLD INDICATES CURRENTLY ON DISABLED LIST ANGELS REPLAY CHALLENGES Angels totals: 0 plays challenged 0 calls overturned Opponents: 0 plays reviewed 0 calls overturned Umpires: 0 plays reviewed 0 calls overturned MULTIPLE HIT GAMES 2 3 4 Hits Hits Hits Calhoun Choi Cron Escobar Gentry Giavotella Nava Pennington Perez Pujols Simmons Soto Trout
ANGELS VS. OPPONENT CAREER vs. CUBS Calhoun - - - - - Choi - - - - - Cron - - - - - Escobar 107 29 0 13.271 Gentry 3 1 0 0.333 Giavotella - - - - - Nava 7 2 0 3.286 Pennington 29 9 0 3.379 Perez - - - - - Pujols 645 196 56 143.304 Simmons 71 17 2 8.239 Soto 6 3 0 2.500 Trout 15 5 0 1.333 2016 vs. CUBS Calhoun Choi Cron Escobar Gentry Giavotella Nava Pennington Perez Pujols Simmons Soto Trout 2015 vs. CUBS Calhoun - - - - - Choi - - - - - Cron - - - - - Escobar 16 5 0 1.313 Gentry - - - - - Giavotella - - - - - Nava - - - - - Pennington - - - - - Perez - - - - - Pujols - - - - - Simmons 20 7 0 1.350 Soto 2 1 0 1.500 Trout - - - - - ANGELS AT STADIUM CAREER at ANGEL STADIUM Calhoun 645 173 28 82.268 Choi - - - - - Cron 320 85 16 46.266 Escobar 65 23 2 6.354 Gentry 79 18 0 0.228 Giavotella 231 63 3 24.273 Nava 21 7 0 1.333 Pennington 140 33 2 7.236 Perez 139 39 4 14.281 Pujols 1105 305 55 174.276 Simmons - - - - - Soto 24 8 1 3.333 Trout 1174 347 69 175.296 BULLPEN VS. OPPONENT CAREER vs. CUBS PITCHER W-L-S ERA G IP ER Alvarez --- - - - - Bedrosian --- - - - - Morin --- - - - - Rasmus --- - - - - Salas 1-1-0 3.63 17 17.1 7 Smith 1-0-0 2.45 7 7.1 2 Street 1-0-7 8.03 14 12.1 11 2016 vs. CUBS PITCHER W-L-S ERA G IP ER Alvarez Bedrosian Morin Rasmus Salas Smith Street THE LAST TIME NO-HITTER by ANGELS Jered Weaver, May 2, 2012 vs. Minnesota (9-0 score, 10 th no-hitter in Angels history) NO-HITTER vs. ANGELS Eric Milton, September 11, 1999 at Minnesota (7-0 score) ONE-HITTER by ANGELS Richards (6.2 IP), Salas (0.1 IP), Smith (1 IP), Street (1 IP); May 10, 2015 ONE-HITTER vs. ANGELS Justin Verlander (9 IP); August 26, 2015 at Detroit (0-5 L) 10-OR-MORE STRIKEOUT GAME by ANGELS STARTER Nick Tropeano (11), September 29, 2015 vs. Oakland 10-OR-MORE STRIKEOUT GAME by OPPONENT STARTER Carlos Rodon (11), Aug. 11, 2015 at Chicago (A.L.) CONSECUTIVE 10-or-MORE STRIKEOUT GAMES Jered Weaver, June 19, 2010 at Cubs (11 K s) and June 25, 2010 vs. Colorado (11 K s) SHUTOUT by ANGELS Hector Santiago (6 IP), Cory Rasmus (1 IP), Mike Morin (0.2 IP), Cesar Ramos (1.1 IP); September 6, 2015 vs. Texas (12 th Angels shutout in 2015) SHUTOUT vs. ANGELS Justin Verlander (9 IP); August 26, 2015 at Detroit (11 th shutout of 2015) CONSECUTIVE SHUTOUTS by ANGELS C.J. Wilson (8 IP), Joe Smith (1 IP), July 17, 2015 vs. Boston & Garrett Richards (9 IP), July 18, 2015 vs. Boston CONSECUTIVE SHUTOUTS vs. ANGELS Matt Moore (6.1 IP), Jake McGee (0.2 IP), Joel Peralta (1 IP), Fernando Rodney (1 IP), July 28, 2012 vs. Tampa Bay & Jeremy Hellickson (6 IP), Kyle Farnsworth (1 IP), Joel Peralta (1 IP), Fernando Rodney (1 IP), July 29, 2012 vs. Tampa Bay CONSECUTIVE SHUTOUTS, INDIVIDUAL, by ANGELS John Lackey, July 7, 2006 at Oakland (3-0 score) & July 14, 2006 vs. Tampa Bay (3-0 score) CONSECUTIVE COMPLETE GAMES by ANGELS Jerome Williams (9 IP), 4-0 score, May 1, 2012 vs. Minnesota; Jered Weaver (9 IP), 9-0 score, May 2, 2012 vs. Minnesota CONSECUTIVE COMPLETE GAMES vs. ANGELS Brandon Morrow (9 IP), 5-0 score, May 3, 2012 vs. Toronto; Henderson Alvarez (9 IP), 4-0 score, May 4, 2012 vs. Toronto CONSECUTIVE COMPLETE GAME VICTORIES by ANGELS Jerome Williams (9 IP), 4-0 score, May 1, 2012 vs. Minnesota; Jered Weaver (9 IP), 9-0 score, May 2, 2012 vs. Minnesota CONSECUTIVE COMPLETE GAME DEFEATS vs. ANGELS Brandon Morrow (9 IP), 5-0 loss, May 3, 2012 vs. Toronto; Henderson Alvarez (9 IP), 4-0 loss, May 4, 2012 vs. Toronto 1-0 GAME, VICTORY Jered Weaver (6.1 IP), Trevor Gott (1.2 IP), Joe Smith (1 IP), August 19, 2015 vs. Chicago A.L. (3 nd 1-0 win of 2015) 1-0 GAME, DEFEAT Anthony Swarzak (8 IP), Matt Capps (1 IP), Alex Burnett (1 IP), May 28, 2011 at Minnesota LAST ANGELS POSITION PLAYER TO PITCH Chili Davis, June 17, 1993 vs. Texas (2 IP, 1 HB) TRIPLE PLAY by ANGELS July 5, 1997 vs. Seattle TRIPLE PLAY vs. ANGELS July 7, 2004 at Chicago White Sox BATTING INSIDE-THE-PARK HOME RUN by ANGELS Peter Bourjos, April 11, 2012 at Minnesota (5 th inning off Carl Pavano) INSIDE-THE-PARK HOME RUN vs. ANGELS Scott Podsednik, Sept. 12, 2009 vs. Chicago White Sox (3rd inning off Ervin Santana) PINCH-HIT HOME RUN by ANGELS Jett Bandy, September 20, 2015 at Minnesota (9 th inning off Glen Perkins) PINCH-HIT HOME RUN vs. ANGELS Mark Trumbo September 27, 2015 vs. Seattle (8 th inning off Fernando Salas) GRAND SLAM by ANGELS Albert Pujols June 19, 2015 at Oakland (7 th inning off Edward Mujica) (2 nd Angels grand slam of 2015) GRAND SLAM vs. ANGELS Yan Gomes August 29, 2015 at Cleveland (8 th inning off Joe Smith) WALK-OFF HR by ANGELS David Freese, September 26, 2015 vs. Seattle (10 th inning, solo HR off Danny Farquhar) WALK-OFF HR vs. ANGELS Andre Ethier, August 2, 2015 at Los Angeles (N.L.) (10 th inning, two-run home run off Drew Rucinski) PINCH-HIT GRAND SLAM by ANGELS Alberto Callaspo, May 26, 2012 at Seattle (6 th inning off Felix Hernandez) PINCH-HIT GRAND SLAM vs. ANGELS Ben Broussard, April 21, 2007 vs. Seattle (8 th inning off Scot Shields) TWO-HOME RUN GAME by ANGELS Mike Trout, September 17, 2015 at Minnesota TWO-HOME RUN GAME vs. ANGELS Josh Hamilton, October 3, 2015 at Texas MULTIPLE ANGELS W/TWO-HR-OR-MORE IN ONE GAME Mike Trout (2) & C.J. Cron (2), July 10, 2015 at Seattle THREE-HOME RUN GAME by ANGELS Torii Hunter, June 13, 2009, vs. San Diego (previous: Garret Anderson, June 4, 2003 at Montreal in Puerto Rico) THREE-HOME RUN GAME vs. ANGELS Andruw Jones, July 8, 2009 vs. Texas (previous: Brad Wilkerson, July 3, 2007 at Texas) BACK-TO-BACK HOME RUNS by ANGELS Erick Aybar & Kole Calhoun, October 3, 2015 at Texas (9 th inning) (fifth back-to-back HRs by Angels in 2015) BACK-TO-BACK HOME RUNS vs. ANGELS Marwin Gonzalez & Chris Carter, September 22, 2015 at Houston (third back-to-back HRs vs. Angels in 2015) BACK-TO-BACK-TO-BACK HOME RUNS by ANGELS Mike Trout, Albert Pujols, Raul Ibanez, April 13, 2014 vs. New York Mets (1 st inning) BACK-TO-BACK-TO-BACK HOME RUNS vs. ANGELS Adrian Beltre, Mike Napoli, Nelson Cruz, September 27, 2011 vs. Texas (5th inning) THREE HOME RUNS, ONE INNING, by ANGELS Matt Joyce, Carlos Perez & Albert Pujols, May 30, 2015 vs. Detroit (2 nd inning) THREE HOME RUNS, ONE INNING, vs. ANGELS Mike Napoli, Yorvit Torrealba & Adrian Beltre, July 21, 2012 vs. Texas (2 nd inning) FIVE-HIT GAME by ANGELS Erick Aybar, July 3, 2015 at Texas (5-for-5) FIVE-HIT GAME vs. ANGELS Billy Butler, May 13, 2013 vs. Kansas City (5-for-5) FIVE-RBI GAME or more by ANGELS Mike Trout, September 17, 2015 at Minnesota (6 th Angels 5+ RBI game of 2015) FIVE-RBI GAME or more vs. ANGELS Josh Donaldson, August 22, 2015 vs. Toronto (6 RBI) THREE STEALS, INDIVIDUAL, by ANGELS Mike Trout, August 6, 2012 at Oakland THREE STEALS, INDIVIDUAL, vs. ANGELS Leonys Martin & Elvis Andrus, August 7, 2013 vs. Texas (3 SBs) BATTING FOR THE CYCLE by ANGELS Mike Trout, May 21, 2013 vs. Seattle (6th Angel player/7th time in club history) BATTING FOR THE CYCLE vs. ANGELS Felix Pie, Aug. 14, 2009 at Baltimore STRAIGHT STEAL OF HOME by ANGELS Collin Cowgill, September 21, 2013 vs. Seattle STRAIGHT STEAL OF HOME vs. ANGELS B.J. Upton, Sept. 17, 2007 vs. Tampa Bay TWO HITS SAME INNING, INDIVIDUAL, by ANGELS Erick Aybar, David Freese; July 3, 2015 at Texas (2 nd inning) WALK-OFF WIN, by ANGELS David Murphy; September 28, 2015 vs. Oakland, (9 th inning, RBI single) (11 th walkoff of 2015)
ANGELS 2016 DAY-BY-DAY RESULTS Pitchers in CAPS represent complete game Bold = home game * Denotes home sellout GM. DATE OPP W-L SCORE WINNER LOSER REC POS. GB ATTD TOTAL 1 4/4 CHC 2 4/5 CHC - 4/6 OFF DAY 3 4/7 TEX 4 4/8 TEX 5 4/9 TEX 6 4/10 TEX 7 4/11 @OAK 8 4/12 @OAK 9 4/13 @OAK - 4/14 OFF DAY 10 4/15 @MIN 11 4/16 @MIN 12 4/17 @MIN 13 4/18 @CWS 14 4/19 @CWS 15 4/20 @CWS 16 4/21 @CWS 17 4/22 SEA 18 4/23 SEA 19 4/24 SEA 20 4/25 KC 21 4/26 KC 22 4/27 KC - 4/28 OFF DAY 23 4/29 @TEX 24 4/30 @TEX APRIL TOTALS W-L AVG HR RUNS PER GAME ERA STARTERS RELIEVERS 25 5/1 @TEX 26 5/2 @MIL 27 5/3 @MIL 28 5/4 @MIL - 5/5 OFF DAY 29 5/6 TB 30 5/7 TB 31 5/8 TB - 5/9 OFF DAY 32 5/10 STL 33 5/11 STL 34 5/12 STL 35 5/13 @SEA 36 5/14 @SEA 37 5/15 @SEA 38 5/16 @LAD 39 5/17 @LAD 40 5/18 LAD 41 5/19 LAD 42 5/20 BAL 43 5/21 BAL 44 5/22 BAL 45 5/23 @TEX 46 5/24 @TEX 47 5/25 @TEX - 5/26 OFF DAY 48 5/27 HOU 49 5/28 HOU 50 5/29 HOU 51 5/30 DET 52 5/31 DET MAY TOTALS W-L AVG HR RUNS PER GAME ERA STARTERS RELIEVERS 53 6/1 DET - 6/2 OFF DAY 54 6/3 @PIT 55 6/4 @PIT 56 6/5 @PIT 57 6/6 @NYY 58 6/7 @NYY 59 6/8 @NYY 60 6/9 @NYY 61 6/10 CLE 62 6/11 CLE 63 6/12 CLE 64 6/13 MIN 65 6/14 MIN 66 6/15 MIN - 6/16 OFF DAY 67 6/17 @OAK 68 6/18 @OAK 69 6/19 @OAK 70 6/20 @HOU 71 6/21 @HOU 72 6/22 @HOU 73 6/23 OAK 74 6/24 OAK 75 6/25 OAK 76 6/26 OAK 77 6/27 HOU 78 6/28 HOU 79 6/29 HOU - 6/30 OFF DAY JUNE TOTALS W-L AVG HR RUNS PER GAME ERA STARTERS RELIEVERS 2016 TRANSACTIONS April 3: Placed LHP C.J. Wilson on 15-day disabled list (retro to 3/25). 2016 Starters by Position / Batting Order & Team Record BY POSITION C: 1B: 2B: 3B: SS: LF: CF: RF: DH: 1 st : 2 nd : 3 rd : 4 th : 5 th : 6 th : 7 th : 8 th : 9 th : BATTING ORDER 2016 ANGELS MISCELLANEOUS TEAM BATTING Most Hits... Most Runs... Most Home Runs... Most Home Runs in an Inning... Most Stolen Bases... Most LOB... TEAM PITCHING Fewest Hits Allowed... Most Hits Allowed... Most Runs Allowed... Most Home Runs Allowed... Most Walks Issued... Most Strikeouts... TEAM MISCELLANEOUS Longest Winning Streak... Longest Losing Streak... Most Games Over.500... Most Games Under.500... Largest Lead in the A.L. West... Largest Deficit in the A.L. West... Largest Comeback Win... Largest Lead Blown in a Loss... Highest Temperature... Lowest Temperature... Walkoff Hit... Walkoff RBI (non-hit)... CONNECTING WITH THE HALOS In an effort to provide more efficient access to game information throughout this season, follow the Angels Communications staff on Twitter for game notes and announcements. Angels: @Angels Tim Mead: @TMeadAngels Eric Kay: @EKayAngels Adam Chodzko: @AChodzkoAngels Matt Birch: @MBirchAngels Angels PR: @LAAngelsPR For access to game documents online, please visit angelspressbox.com