However, the Angels had a few shining spots in that era, which included Nolan Ryan (who threw four no-hitters with the team). The 1970s brought a number of miserable seasons, which included seven straight losing seasons from 1971 to 1977. They would contend in parts of the 1960s, finishing 3rd twice in the decade but never finishing closer than ten games out of a pennant.
The inaugural season for the team resulted in seventy wins to 91 losses, which stands as the best winning percentage for an expansion MLB team. Gene Autry was the first owner of the franchise, having bought the rights in 1960. They were the third California MLB team to play in the state but the first non-relocated team to play there. The Angels were created in 1960 as part of a boom in baseball coming to the state of California.
They moved to the city of Anaheim in 1966 while changing the name of the team to refer to the entire state of California while playing in Anaheim Stadium, where they play today (which is now called Angel Stadium). They play in the Western Division of Major League Baseball's (MLB) American League.Įstablished in 1961, the Angels played their first four seasons in the city of Los Angeles, California under two stadiums: Wrigley Field, the venue used for the Pacific Coast League team that the Angels named themselves after, and Dodger Stadium, which the Angels referred to as "Chavez Ravine". They are a professional baseball franchise based in Anaheim, California. This is a list of seasons completed by the Los Angeles Angels, also known as the California Angels from 1965 to 1996, the Anaheim Angels from 1997 to 2004, and the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim from 2005 to 2015. Angel Stadium, home field of the Angels since the 1966 season.
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