BASEBALL DAILY REPORT : ANGELS : Wathan's Record Better Than Even

By HELENE ELLIOTT

July 13, 1992 12 AM PT

Besides being on the last game before a welcome three-day break, the Angels’ 5-4 victory over the Tigers on Sunday had some significance for interim Manager John Wathan because it raised the managing record for his career above .500, to 303-302.

Wathan was 287-270 in 3 1/2 seasons with the Royals and is 16-32 since replacing injured Buck Rodgers.

The Angels begin the second half of the season with a 15-game home stand.

“We’ve played much better at home this season than on the road, so hopefully this gives us an opportunity to feel better about ourselves before we go back on the road,” said Wathan.

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Helene Elliott

Helene Elliott was with the Los Angeles Times’ Sports department from 1989 to 2024, first as a staff writer and then, starting in 2006, as a columnist. She became the first female journalist to be honored with a plaque in the Hall of Fame of a major professional sport as the 2005 winner of the Hockey Hall of Fame’s Elmer Ferguson Award, awarded to writers “who have brought honor to journalism and to hockey.” A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., and graduate of Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, she has covered 18 Olympics.

BASEBALL DAILY REPORT : ANGELS : Wathan’s Record Better Than Even

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