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Dodgers owner Walter O'Malley purchased the Pacific Coast League 's Los Angeles Angels in early 1957 from Chicago Cubs owner Phil Wrigley. Under the rules of the time, he also acquired the rights to a major league team in Los Angeles, which he used to move the Dodgers there a year later.
The Angels tied a club record with their .986 fielding percentage and led the Majors in turning 174 double plays. Shortstop Erick Aybar arrived as one of the game's premier shortstops alongside Chone Figgins, who played superbly at third base.
As an expansion franchise, the club continued in Los Angeles and played their home games at Los Angeles' Wrigley Field (not to be confused with Chicago's ballpark of the same name), which had formerly been the home of the PCL Angels.
- Member of the Baseball Hall of Fame
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View the Angels' Timeline from 1961 - Present.
Dec 1, 2021 · Owner Arte Moreno changed the name to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in 2005, and the club dropped the of Anaheim moniker prior to the 2016 season. So they are now simply the Los Angeles Angels, just as they were at their inception.
- Rhett Bollinger
The Angels franchise of today was established in MLB in 1961 after former owner Gene Autry bought the rights to continue the franchise name from Walter O'Malley, the former Los Angeles Dodgers owner who had acquired the franchise from Phil Wrigley, the owner of the Chicago Cubs at the time.
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Disney World sold the team in 2005 to advertising executive Arturo Moreno, who became the first Hispanic owner of a Major League baseball team. A four-year dispute ensued as to what to call the team. They were originally called the Los Angeles Angels. Then they became the California Angels.
