Reaction product cross sections have been measured for reactions of 4He projectile with 54'5617e, 58Ni and 59C0 targets in the bombarding energy range 14-27 MeV. The cross-section-weighted average charge A Z and mass AA removed from the compound system were deduced and compared with results reported for heavy-ion induced reactions. Variation ofA A with E* N is independent of the initial angular momentum of compound nucleus in the A = 60 mass region in contrary to the rare-earth region. This would suggest a strong angular momentum removal from the compound nucleus by evaporation of particles for A ,~ 60 nuclei. The average evaporated charge AZ depends on both the CN excitation energy E~N and the compound nucleus N and Z numbers. The AA and AZ dependence on excitation energy and the projectile-target combination can be understood in terms of the statistical model calculations.