Fact #12 - It's all Frank in '77

1977 was the season of finishing for Angels' pitcher Frank Tanana. Just a normal 240+ inning marathon for Tanana, but a remarkable streak of 14 consecutive complete games including five shutouts is a remarkable feat that may never be touched again in this franchise. He was given the nickname "Frank Tanana Daiquiri" by famous broadcaster Christ Berman of ESPN. Tanana finished with 20 CG's and 7 SO on the year. His final stat line was 15-9 with a 1.54 ERA. Amazingly this was only good enough for 9th in the Cy Young race. Tanana was always known as a southpaw work-horse with reliable junk. In the previous two seasons, Tanana went complete games in a 13 inning game agains't Catfish Hunter and the Yankees, and then a 15 inning adventure against the White Sox. Both games resulted in no-decisions. 

The Angels would finish a dismal 74-88, however it would be only the first year for both Don Baylor and Bobby Grich on the Angels' roster.