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2024 IN REVIEW



     QUALITY JACK:  Jack Kochanowicz registered quality starts
     in eight of his 11 games pitched...In his final nine starts after   ANGELS AT A GLANCE
     being recalled from Double-A on Aug. 10, he pitched to a 2.78   Final record .....................................63-99
     ERA (58.1 IP - 18 ER)...Kochanowicz is the fifth pitcher in Angels
     history  with  8+ quality starts  within  his  first  11  career MLB   Home record ...................................32-49
     games, joining  Tom Murphy (1968),  Frank Tanana (1973-74),   Road record ....................................31-50
     John Lackey (2002) and Jered Weaver (2006).  Day games .......................................19-29
     INNINGS EATERS: With 179.1 IP on the year,  Tyler Anderson   Night games ....................................44-70
                                              Before All-Star Break ......................41-55
     had the most innings by an Angels pitcher since Andrew Heaney
     (180.0 IP) in 2018...Anderson and Griffin Canning were the first   After All-Star Break .........................22-44
     pair of Angels teammates to both reach 162+ IP in a season since   NUMBER OF DAYS
     2015 (Garrett Richards & Hector Santiago).
                                              In First place ........................................... 5
     O’HAMMERED: Logan O’Hoppe ranked third in the Majors with   In Second place ....................................13
     20 home runs as a catcher this season, behind Seattle’s  Cal   In Third place ....................................... 11
     Raleigh (28 HR) and Oakland’s Shea Langeliers (27 HR)...He is   In Fourth place ..................................... 93
     the first Halos catcher with 20 HR in a season since Mike Napoli
     (20 HR) in 2008...The only Angels player with more than 20 HR in   In Fifth place ........................................64
     a season as a catcher is Lance Parrish (22 HR in 1990).  WHEN ANGELS
     YOUTH MOVEMENT: May 20 at Houston was the first time in   Score first  .......................................34-22
     Angels history that 4+ players age-25-or-younger hit a home   Score second or shut out ................29-77
     run in a game...They were the first team in MLB history with
     a HR from a 22-year-old (Nolan Schanuel), 23-year-old (Zach   1-run games ....................................22-26
     Neto), 24-year-old (Logan O’Hoppe) and 25-year-old (Jo Adell)   Score 3 runs or fewer ......................14-61
     in the same game.                        Score 4 runs or more ......................49-38
     BRINGING THE HEAT: On Sept. 3,  Ben Joyce pitched a 105.5   Lead after 7 innings ..........................47-9
                                              Trail after 7 innings ...........................9-82
     MPH fastball to strike out Tommy Edman to end the top of the
     9th inning...It was the fastest pitch thrown in the Majors in 2024   Tied after 7 innings .............................7-8
     and the fastest strikeout pitch in the pitch-tracking era (since   Lead after 8 innings ..........................54-6  2024 IN REVIEW
     2008)...Joyce eclipsed 100+ MPH with 44.0% (238 of 541) of his   Trail after 8 innings ...........................2-87
     pitches this season, which ranked second in the Majors behind   Tied after 8 innings .............................7-6
     Oakland’s Mason Miller (49.8%).          Extra innings .......................................4-8
     ROOKIE SCORELESS STREAKS: From June 14 – Aug. 3,  Ben   Come-from-behind wins ................35-29
     Joyce had a 22.2 IP scoreless streak (snapped on Aug. 8 at   Win/lose in final at-bat ...................13-15
     Yankee Stadium on a solo HR by Oswaldo Cabrera)…The streak   Walk-off games ...................................5-7
     finished as the sixth-longest by a rookie in Angels history and   Vs. LHSP ...........................................14-20
     was the longest since a 23.1 IP streak by Matt Shoemaker in   Vs. RHSP ..........................................49-79
     2014 (ELIAS).                            Out-hit opponent ............................39-22
     LEADING OFF:  Taylor Ward totaled five leadoff home runs,   Out-hit by opponent .......................16-71
     which  were the most for an Angels  player in a season  since   Opponent has equal hits ....................8-6
     Mike Trout (5) in 2012...All five of Ward’s leadoff homers came   Record 10+ hits ...............................29-14
     between Aug. 30 - Sept. 19...His four leadoff HR in September   Allow 10+ hits ...................................8-38
     tied for the second-most in a September all-time (Alfonso   Hit a home run ............................... 50-66
     Soriano hit seven for Cubs in 2007).     Allow a home run ............................33-86
     LET THE KIDS PLAY: A  total of 10 players made their Major   Commit an error .............................20-52
     League debuts with the Angels during the 2024 season:  Zac   MONTHLY RECORDS
     Kristofak,  Jack Kochanowicz,  Niko Kavadas,  Ryan Zeferjahn,
     Ryan Miller, Sam Aldegheri, Caden Dana, Bryce Teodosio, Eric   March/April ...............11-19 (15-14 in ’23)
     Wagaman and Gustavo Campero.             May ...........................10-17 (15-13 in ’23)
     CLUB RECORDS: Mike Trout had his 26th career multi-HR game   June ...........................15-11 (14-13 in ‘23)
     on April 1 at Miami, extending his franchise record (Tim Salmon   July ............................ 11-14 (12-11 in ’23)
     and  Vladimir Guerrero had 20 multi-HR games for LAA)...On   August .........................9-19   (8-19 in ‘23)
     April 16 at Tampa Bay, Trout drew his 971st career walk, which   September ..................7-19   (9-19 in ’23)
     surpassed Tim Salmon (970) for the most in Angels history.
                                                    2024 SERIES RECORD
     ROOKIE LEADER: Nolan Schanuel led Major League rookies in   14-35-3
     on-base percentage (.343), times on base (207) and walks (68).




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