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2019 SEASON REVIEW

TOP ROW (L-R): Trevor Cahill, Hansel Robles, Patrick Sandoval, Kevan Smith, Shohei Ohtani, Ty Buttrey, Noé Ramirez, Jaime Barria,
Miguel Del Pozo, Zack Cozart
SECOND ROW (L-R): Ryan Crotin, Ippei Mizuhara, Sean Johnson, Eric Munson, Griffin Canning, Justin Anderson, Keynan Middleton,
Brian Goodwin, Andrelton Simmons, Albert Pujols, Mike Trout, Justin Upton, Felix Pena, Luis Garcia, Matt Thaiss, Keith Tarter, Lee
Fiocchi, Angel Miranda, Will Lenzner,
THIRD ROW (L-R): Dr. Craig Milhouse, Dr. Brian Schulz, Bernard Li, Rick Smith, Adam Nevala, Eric Hatcher, Jesus Suarez, Max Stassi,
David Fletcher, Kole Calhoun, Luis Rengifo, Tommy La Stella, Dillon Peters, Cam Bedrosian, Bubba Harkins, Adam Hunt, Ruben
Montano, Jr., Yoichi Teraada, Adam Auer, Tom Taylor
FOURTH ROW (L-R): Mike Ashman, Manny Del Campo, Shawn Wooten, Jose Molina, Mike Gallego, Josh Paul, Brad Ausmus, Jeremy
Reed, Doug White, Jesús Feliciano, Paul Sorrento, Andrew Bailey, Matt Martin,
FIFTH ROW (L-R): Cristian Barron, Angel Pardo, Vince Willit, T.J. Jara, Geoff Bennett, Hector Vazquez, Shane Demmitt, Kris
Constanti, Matt Cabrera, Angel Urino, Drake Hoffman

ANGELS OVERALL The 2019 Angels completed their 59th MLB campaign (54th in Anaheim) with an 72-90 mark,
in fourth place in the A.L. West (-35.0)...Finished under .500 for a fourth consecutive season...First time with four
consecutive full losing seasons since 1971-77…Club was 19-27-6 in 52 series…Angels were 45-46 before the All-
Star break and 27-44 after...Halos were 38-43 at home, 34-47 on road...Angels were 17-18 vs. A.L. East, 13-18 vs.
A.L. Central, 30-45 vs. A.L. West and 12-8 against N.L. foes...Club went on a season-long six-game win streak April
5-10 and after the first month of the season, came as close to the top of the division on May 2nd when they were
within three games .
SEEING RED Angels reached the three million mark in home attendance (3,019,012) for the 17th consecutive
season, an active streak matched only by the New York Yankees (21 consecutive seasons).
REMEMBERING TYLER On the morning of July 1st, Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs
suddenly passed away in his Texas hotel room...The beloved husband, son and
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teammate was less than two weeks away from celebrating his 28th birthday...
Tyler was initially drafted by the Angels in the first round (40th pick) of the 2009
draft out of Santa Monica High School...He was traded by the Angels to the
Diamondbacks in 2010 before being reacquired by the Halos from Arizona in 2013...
Skaggs made his Major League debut with the D-backs on Aug. 22, 2012 and would
go on to amass a 28-38 record with a 4.41 ERA and 476 strikeouts in 96 starts...Tyler
leaves behind his wonderful wife, Carli...One of Skaggs’ favorite sayings, “We’re
nasty”, would become the team’s motto for the remainder of the season.
NASTY NO-NO On July 12 the Halos returned to Angel Stadium for the first time
since the passing of Tyler Skaggs...That evening, Angels pitchers Taylor Cole (2 IP) and Felix Peña (7 IP) would
pitch a combined no hitter vs. the Seattle Mariners...It marked the 11th official no-hitter in Angels history and
first since May 2, 2012 vs. Minnesota by Jered Weaver…Second official combined no-hitter in team history: Mark
Langston (7 IP) & Mike Witt (2 IP) April 11, 1990, also vs. Seattle and Jered Weaver (L; 6 IP) & Jose Arredondo (2 IP)
on June 28, 2008 at Dodgers (unofficial; LAA lost 1-0)…13th combined no-hitter in MLB history...eighth no-hitter
in Angel Stadium history (sixth by Angels)…Second no-hitter in MLB during the 2019 campaign (Oakland’s Mike
Fiers on May 7 vs. Reds).
HOMER HAPPY HALOS The Halos had six different players with at least 15 home runs: Calhoun, Goodwin, La Stella,
Ohtani, Pujols and Trout…Tied the franchise mark from the most players with at least 15 homers and first since
2009…The Club finished with 220 home runs, the second most in franchise history (236 HR in 2000).

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