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2025 IN REVIEW 2026

ROTATION REGULARS: Kyle Hendricks (31 GS), Yusei Kikuchi
(33 GS) and José Soriano (31 GS) became the first trio of ANGELS AT A GLANCE
Angels pitchers to make 31+ pitching starts in a season
since 2011 (Dan Haren, Ervin Santana and Jered Weaver)... Final record .....................................72-90
Hendricks, Kikuchi and Soriano also all pitched 162+ innings, Home record ...................................39-42
which was the first time the Angels had three qualified Road record ................................... 33-48
starting pitchers in a season since 2014 (Garrett Richards, Day games .......................................16-29
Jered Weaver and C.J. Wilson). Night games ....................................56-61
CLUTCH COMEBACKS: The Angels had a Major League leading Before All-Star Break ......................47-49
(and franchise record) 28 wins when trailing or tied after After All-Star Break .........................25-41
seven innings...The 28 such wins were the most for any team NUMBER OF DAYS
since the 2004 Dodgers and the most by an American League
team since the 1984 Blue Jays...Halos also led MLB with 17 In First place ........................................... 6
wins when trailing or tied after eight innings, which was the In Second place ....................................15
second-highest total in Club history (18 wins in 1997)...The In Third place .......................................34
nine walk-off wins for LAA were sixth-most in the Majors and In Fourth place ..................................... 91
the Angels highest total since having 11 walk-offs in 2015. In Fifth place ........................................40
THE CLOSER: Kenley Jansen converted 29 of 30 save chances WHEN ANGELS
on the year, including each of his final 14 save opportunities...
He finished the year with 476 career saves, which are two Score first .......................................42-31
away from matching Lee Smith (478 SV) for third-most all- Score second or shut out ................30-59
time...In his last 36 outings, he had a 1.02 ERA (35.1 IP - 4 ER)... 1-run games ....................................28-21
He did not allow a hit in his final 10 appearances (10 IP), which Score 3 runs or fewer ......................12-64
was his longest career streak. Score 4 runs or more ......................60-26
ALL-STAR YUSEI: Yusei Kikuchi was selected to the 2025 Lead after 7 innings ......................... 44-4
American League All-Star team as the Angels representative... Trail after 7 innings ........................... 7-76
It was his second career All-Star selection (also, 2021 with Tied after 7 innings ......................... 21-10
Seattle)...His 115 strikeouts before the All-Star Break were Lead after 8 innings ..........................55-1
the most for an Angels pitcher since Shohei Ohtani had 132 Trail after 8 innings ...........................3-80 2025 IN REVIEW
first half SO in 2023 and were the most by an Angels left- Tied after 8 innings ...........................14-9
hander since Chuck Finley (135 SO) in 1998.
Extra innings .......................................9-5
HOMEGROWN HALOS: On June 23 vs. Boston, the Angels Come-from-behind wins ............... 40-43
set a franchise record using eight of their first-round Draft Win/lose in final at-bat ...................26-14
picks in one game (Zach Neto, Nolan Schanuel, Mike Trout, Walk-off games ...................................9-5
Taylor Ward, Jo Adell, Christian Moore, Reid Detmers and Vs. LHS ............................................. 11-17
Sam Bachman)...Per ELIAS, it was the first time any team
used eight of their own first-round draft picks (including Vs. RHS ............................................ 61-73
compensation rounds) in a game since the Brewers on July 3, Out-hit opponent ............................43-15
1991 (also vs. Boston). Out-hit by opponent .......................23-70
TAYLOR’S VERSION: Taylor Ward hit a career-high 36 HR this Opponent has equal hits ....................6-5
year, which tied for fifth in the American League...His career- Record 10+ hits ...............................24-12
high 103 RBI on the season were sixth in the A.L and the most Allow 10+ hits ................................ 18-46
in a season for an Angels player since Mike Trout had 104 Hit a home run ................................61-64
RBI in 2019...Ward became the fourth left fielder in Angels Allow a home run ............................49-72
history to have a 100 RBI season, joining Darin Erstad, Garret Commit an error .............................30-47
Anderson and Jose Guillen (min. 70% of games in LF). MONTHLY RECORDS
HOMERIN’ HALOS: The Angels hit 226 HR on the season,
which was fourth-most in the Majors...It was also third-most March/April ............... 12-17 (11-19 in ’24)
in a season in Club history (236 HR in 2000 & 231 HR in 2023). May ...........................14-14 (10-17 in ’24)
ZACH ATTACKS: With 26 home runs and 26 stolen bases on June ...........................15-11 (15-11 in ‘24)
July ............................ 12-14 (11-14 in ’24)
the season, Zach Neto became the fourth player in Angels August ....................... 11-16 (9-19 in ‘24)
history to have multiple seasons with 20+ HR and 20+ SB,
joining Don Baylor, Mike Trout and Shohei Ohtani. September ..................8-18 (7-19 in ’24)
LET THE KIDS PLAY: A total of nine players made their Major 2025 SERIES RECORD
League debuts with the Angels during the 2025 season: Ryan 20-29-3
Johnson, Garrett McDaniels, Michael Darrell-Hicks, José
Fermin, Matthew Lugo, Christian Moore, Chad Stevens,
Mitch Farris and Denzer Guzman.

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