The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim are a professional baseball team based in Anaheim, California. The Angels are a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League. The Angels have been based in Angel Stadium of Anaheim since 1966. The Angels are three-time and reigning Western Division champions.
An expansion franchise, the club was founded in Los Angeles in 1961 as the Los Angeles Angels, and played their home games at L...
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The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim are a professional baseball team based in Anaheim, California. The Angels are a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League. The Angels have been based in Angel Stadium of Anaheim since 1966. The Angels are three-time and reigning Western Division champions.
An expansion franchise, the club was founded in Los Angeles in 1961 as the Los Angeles Angels, and played their home games at Los Angeles' Wrigley Field (not to be confused with Chicago's stadium of the same name). The team then moved in 1962 to newly built Dodger Stadium, which the Angels referred to as Chavez Ravine, where they were tenants of the Los Angeles Dodgers through 1965.
The team has gone through several name changes in their history, first changing to the California Angels in midseason 1965 in recognition of their upcoming move to the newly constructed Anaheim Stadium in Anaheim the following year. When The Walt Disney Company took control of the team in...
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