American League West · 2015
Los Angeles Angels
- Team WAR
- 26.0 14.8 bat / 11.3 pitch
- Win %
- .525 pyth .490
- Run diff
- -14 4.08 / 4.17 per g
- wRC+
- 99
- ERA
- 3.94 FIP 4.04
- Home runs
- 172
The Los Angeles Angels went 85-77 in 2015, a .525 winning percentage — 11th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 661 runs and allowed 675, a run differential of -14. The offence ranked 20th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.94 staff ERA was 13th of 30. Their 99 team wRC+ was 1% below league average — 16th of 30 in MLB. Mike Trout led the position players at 8.5 WAR, and Garrett Richards the rotation at a 3.65 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,292 team hits
Batting
28 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Mike Trout | CF | 159 | 682 | 172 | 41 | 90 | 11 | .299 | .402 | .590 | .421 | 180 | 8.5 |
| David Freese | 3B | 121 | 470 | 109 | 14 | 56 | 1 | .257 | .323 | .420 | .329 | 113 | 2.2 |
| Albert Pujols | 1B | 157 | 661 | 147 | 40 | 95 | 5 | .244 | .307 | .480 | .337 | 119 | 1.7 |
| Kole Calhoun | RF | 159 | 686 | 161 | 26 | 83 | 4 | .256 | .308 | .422 | .320 | 107 | 1.7 |
| Johnny Giavotella | 2B | 128 | 502 | 123 | 4 | 49 | 2 | .272 | .318 | .375 | .306 | 97 | 1.5 |
| Erick Aybar | SS | 156 | 638 | 161 | 3 | 44 | 15 | .270 | .301 | .338 | .283 | 79 | 1.3 |
| Carlos Pérez | C | 83 | 283 | 65 | 4 | 21 | 2 | .250 | .299 | .346 | .287 | 83 | 0.9 |
| Chris Iannetta | C | 91 | 317 | 51 | 10 | 34 | 0 | .188 | .293 | .335 | .285 | 81 | 0.9 |
| C.J. Cron | 1B | 112 | 404 | 99 | 16 | 51 | 3 | .262 | .300 | .439 | .321 | 107 | 0.5 |
| Jett Bandy | C | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .500 | 2.000 | 1.043 | 637 | 0.1 |
| Alfredo Marte | LF | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .500 | .333 | .401 | 166 | 0.1 |
| Matt Shoemaker | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .356 | 133 | 0.0 |
| C.J. Wilson | P | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .294 | 87 | 0.0 |
| Cory Rasmus | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -128 | -0.0 |
| Héctor Santiago | P | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .176 | 1 | -0.0 |
| Jered Weaver | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -128 | -0.0 |
| Kaleb Cowart | 3B | 23 | 52 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .174 | .255 | .283 | .247 | 53 | -0.1 |
| Andrew Heaney | P | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -128 | -0.1 |
| Daniel Robertson | LF | 29 | 80 | 21 | 0 | 7 | 0 | .280 | .299 | .307 | .263 | 65 | -0.1 |
| Shane Victorino | RF | 67 | 204 | 41 | 1 | 7 | 7 | .230 | .308 | .292 | .274 | 73 | -0.2 |
| Kyle Kubitza | 3B | 17 | 39 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .194 | .256 | .194 | .213 | 28 | -0.2 |
| Ryan Jackson | 2B | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .100 | .000 | .071 | -76 | -0.2 |
| Grant Green | 2B | 18 | 44 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .190 | .227 | .262 | .209 | 25 | -0.3 |
| Efren Navarro | LF | 33 | 88 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .253 | .295 | .301 | .264 | 65 | -0.3 |
| Collin Cowgill | LF | 37 | 74 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .188 | .233 | .290 | .233 | 43 | -0.3 |
| Marc Krauss | 1B | 24 | 81 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 0 | .141 | .173 | .256 | .190 | 12 | -0.8 |
| Taylor Featherston | 2B | 76 | 169 | 25 | 2 | 9 | 4 | .162 | .212 | .247 | .208 | 24 | -0.8 |
| Matt Joyce | LF | 91 | 284 | 43 | 5 | 21 | 0 | .174 | .272 | .291 | .259 | 62 | -1.0 |
Pitching
22 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Garrett Richards | 32 | 32 | 207.1 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 176 | 3.65 | 3.86 | 1.24 | 7.6 | 2.4 |
| Andrew Heaney | 18 | 18 | 105.2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 78 | 3.49 | 3.73 | 1.20 | 6.6 | 1.4 |
| C.J. Wilson | 21 | 21 | 132.0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 110 | 3.89 | 4.02 | 1.24 | 7.5 | 1.3 |
| Nick Tropeano | 8 | 7 | 37.2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 3.82 | 2.60 | 1.33 | 9.1 | 1.0 |
| Joe Smith | 70 | 0 | 65.1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 57 | 3.58 | 3.15 | 1.27 | 7.9 | 1.0 |
| Fernando Salas | 72 | 0 | 63.2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 74 | 4.24 | 3.15 | 1.15 | 10.5 | 0.9 |
| Cesár Ramos | 65 | 0 | 52.1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 2.75 | 3.02 | 1.34 | 7.4 | 0.9 |
| Mike Morin | 47 | 0 | 35.1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 41 | 6.37 | 2.85 | 1.27 | 10.4 | 0.6 |
| Jose Alvarez | 64 | 0 | 67.0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 59 | 3.49 | 3.60 | 1.21 | 7.9 | 0.6 |
| Huston Street | 62 | 0 | 62.1 | 3 | 3 | 40 | 57 | 3.18 | 3.73 | 1.16 | 8.2 | 0.5 |
| Matt Shoemaker | 25 | 24 | 135.1 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 116 | 4.46 | 4.59 | 1.26 | 7.7 | 0.4 |
| Trevor Gott | 48 | 0 | 47.2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 3.02 | 3.74 | 1.24 | 5.1 | 0.4 |
| Héctor Santiago | 33 | 32 | 180.2 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 162 | 3.59 | 4.77 | 1.26 | 8.1 | 0.2 |
| Cam Bedrosian | 34 | 0 | 33.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 5.40 | 4.15 | 1.77 | 9.2 | 0.1 |
| Jered Weaver | 26 | 26 | 159.0 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 90 | 4.64 | 4.81 | 1.23 | 5.1 | 0.1 |
| Cory Rasmus | 16 | 1 | 20.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 5.23 | 4.15 | 1.26 | 11.8 | 0.1 |
| Edgar Ibarra | 2 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2.25 | 3.88 | 1.75 | 6.8 | 0.0 |
| Jo-Jo Reyes | 1 | 0 | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.13 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Wesley Wright | 11 | 0 | 7.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3.68 | 4.77 | 1.23 | 6.1 | -0.0 |
| Adam Wilk | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4.50 | 10.63 | 1.50 | 9.0 | -0.1 |
| Drew Rucinski | 4 | 1 | 7.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7.71 | 6.85 | 2.29 | 5.1 | -0.2 |
| Vinnie Pestano | 19 | 0 | 11.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 5.40 | 6.56 | 1.97 | 10.0 | -0.3 |
Record versus run differential
Los Angeles Angels are 85-77, a .525 win rate, while their -14 run differential implies .490. That is about 6 wins ahead of it, usually a mix of bullpen sequencing and one-run luck.