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American League West · 2018

Los Angeles Angels

Team WAR
25.9
18.6 bat / 7.3 pitch
Win %
.494
pyth .499
Run diff
-1
4.45 / 4.46 per g
wRC+
99
ERA
4.13
FIP 4.39
Home runs
219

The Los Angeles Angels went 80-82 in 2018, a .494 winning percentage — 18th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 721 runs and allowed 722, a run differential of -1. The offence ranked 15th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.13 staff ERA was 17th of 30. Their 99 team wRC+ was 1% below league average — 19th of 30 in MLB. Mike Trout led the position players at 9.1 WAR, and Andrew Heaney the rotation at a 4.15 ERA.

Where the offence comes from

Roster contribution by share of the team total.

1,379 team hits
Andrelton Simmons162Andrelton Simmons — 162 hits (11.7%)Mike Trout147Mike Trout — 147 hits (10.7%)Justin Upton137Justin Upton — 137 hits (9.9%)Ian Kinsler117Ian Kinsler — 117 hits (8.5%)Albert Pujols114Albert Pujols — 114 hits (8.3%)Kole Calhoun102Kole Calhoun — 102 hits (7.4%)Shohei Ohtani93Shohei Ohtani — 93 hits (6.7%)Martín Maldonado84Martín Maldonado — 84 hits (6.1%)David Fletcher78David Fletcher — 78 hits (5.7%)Luis Valbuena53Luis Valbuena — 53 hits (3.8%)Zack Cozart49Zack Cozart — 49 hits (3.6%)Jefry Marte42Jefry Marte — 42 hits (3.0%)Fernández31José Miguel Fernández — 31 hits (2.2%)José Briceño28José Briceño — 28 hits (2.0%)Taylor Ward24Taylor Ward — 24 hits (1.7%)Jr.22Eric Young Jr. — 22 hits (1.6%)Arcia21Francisco Arcia — 21 hits (1.5%)20René Rivera — 20 hits (1.5%)19Chris Young — 19 hits (1.4%)15Kaleb Cowart — 15 hits (1.1%)Hermosillo12Michael Hermosillo — 12 hits (0.9%)Jabari Blash — 4 hits (0.3%)Joe Hudson — 2 hits (0.1%)Ryan Schimpf — 1 hits (0.1%)Nolan Fontana — 1 hits (0.1%)Andrew Heaney — 1 hits (0.1%)
Each rectangle is a player, sized by his share of the team's hits; darker means a larger share. Top 30 contributors. Select a different statistic above, or click a player for his page.

Batting

29 players, ranked by dbWAR.

Mike TroutCF140608147397924.312.460.628.4521949.1
Andrelton SimmonsSS146600162117510.292.337.417.3291093.4
Justin UptonLF14561313730858.257.344.463.3511243.0
Shohei OhtaniDH10436793226110.285.361.564.3941542.5
Ian Kinsler2B128534117144816.240.301.380.301891.3
Martín MaldonadoC113404849440.225.276.351.277720.8
David Fletcher2B79307781253.275.316.363.300880.8
Zack Cozart3B58253495180.219.296.362.293830.5
José BriceñoC42128285100.239.299.385.302890.5
René RiveraC2991204110.233.275.419.301890.3
Francisco ArciaC36106216231.204.226.427.279730.2
Ryan Schimpf3B371120.200.429.800.4932230.1
José Miguel Fernández1B36123312111.267.309.388.307930.1
Nolan FontanaSS6121110.091.167.364.22938-0.0
Joe HudsonC5122010.167.167.250.1804-0.1
Michael HermosilloRF276212110.211.274.333.27269-0.1
Andrew HeaneyP381000.125.125.125.110-45-0.1
Jaime BarriaP250000.000.000.000.000-121-0.1
Chris YoungRF45128196132.168.252.363.27268-0.1
Félix PeñaP360000.000.000.000.000-121-0.1
Taylor Ward3B40147246152.178.245.333.25758-0.1
Sherman Johnson2B7110000.000.091.000.065-76-0.2
Albert Pujols1B11749811419641.245.289.411.30289-0.2
Kole CalhounRF13755210219576.208.283.369.28679-0.2
Eric Young Jr.CF3811722185.202.248.303.24550-0.3
Jefry Marte1B80209427221.216.273.371.28477-0.3
Jabari BlashRF16454012.103.200.128.165-6-0.5
Kaleb Cowart3B41124151101.134.210.241.20824-0.6
Luis Valbuena3B92288539333.199.253.335.25557-0.7

Pitching

32 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.

Andrew Heaney3030180.091001804.153.991.209.02.1
Tyler Skaggs2424125.181001294.023.631.339.32.0
Jose Alvarez76063.0641592.713.051.168.41.1
Félix Peña191792.2350854.184.051.248.31.0
Shohei Ohtani101051.2420633.313.571.1611.00.9
Garrett Richards161676.1540873.664.131.2810.30.8
Jaime Barria2626129.11090983.414.581.276.80.7
Matt Shoemaker7731.0220334.943.351.269.60.6
Ty Buttrey16016.1014203.311.631.2211.00.5
Taylor Cole18236.0420392.753.330.899.80.5
Justin Anderson57055.1334674.073.831.4810.90.5
Cam Bedrosian71064.0541573.804.111.398.00.3
Keynan Middleton16017.2006162.043.781.308.20.2
Blake Parker67066.12114703.264.401.249.50.2
Noé Ramirez69183.1751954.544.521.2610.30.1
Ian Krol102.000020.002.661.009.00.0
Hansel Robles53056.0232593.704.591.399.50.0
Osmer Morales100.100000.003.163.000.00.0
Blake Wood13011.2100102.314.621.297.7-0.0
Miguel Almonte807.0000710.294.731.719.0-0.0
Jake Jewell302.001019.006.661.504.5-0.0
Jim Johnson62163.1532453.844.681.366.4-0.0
Williams Jerez17015.0000156.005.361.679.0-0.1
Francisco Arcia203.000009.0011.831.670.0-0.2
John Lamb3310.0010117.207.361.909.9-0.3
Akeel Morris9014.000075.796.661.864.5-0.3
Eduardo Paredes14018.1000156.876.381.757.4-0.4
Luke Bard8011.2000135.407.451.2910.0-0.4
Nick Tropeano141476.0560644.745.521.307.6-0.4
JC Ramírez226.202049.4510.962.105.4-0.4
Parker Bridwell516.2100317.5512.912.404.0-0.6
Deck McGuire21438.0020336.166.951.687.8-1.0
Record versus run differential

Los Angeles Angels are 80-82, a .494 win rate, while their -1 run differential implies .499. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.