Los Angeles Angels

Los Angeles Angels
2024 Los Angeles Angels season
Established in 1961 Based in Anaheim since 1966
Team logo Cap insignia
Major league affiliations
American League (1961–present) West Division (1969–present)
Current uniform
Retired numbers	11 26 29 30 50 42
Colors
Red, navy blue, silver[1][2]
Name
Los Angeles Angels (2016–present) Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (2005–2015) Anaheim Angels (1997–2004) California Angels (1965–1996) Los Angeles Angels (1961–1965)
Other nicknames
The Halos
Ballpark
Angel Stadium (1966–present)[a] Chavez Ravine Stadium (1962–1965)[b] Wrigley Field (1961)
Major league titles
World Series titles (1)	2002
AL Pennants (1)	2002
AL West Division titles (9)	1979 1982 1986 2004 2005 2007 2008 2009 2014
Wild card berths (1)	2002
Front office
Principal owner(s)	Arte Moreno
President	John Carpino
General manager	Perry Minasian
Manager	Ron Washington

The Los Angeles Angels are an American professional baseball team based in the Greater Los Angeles area. The Angels compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) West division. Since 1966, the team has played its home games at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California.

The franchise was founded in Los Angeles in 1961 by Gene Autry as one of MLB's first two expansion teams and the first to originate in California. Deriving its name from an earlier Los Angeles Angels franchise that played in the Pacific Coast League (PCL), the team was based in Los Angeles until moving to Anaheim in 1966. Due to the move, the franchise was known as the California Angels from 1965 to 1996 and the Anaheim Angels from 1997 to 2004. "Los Angeles" was added back to the name in 2005, but because of a lease agreement with Anaheim that required the city to also be in the name, the franchise was known as the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim until 2015. The current Los Angeles Angels name came into use the following season.

Throughout their first four decades of existence, the Angels were a middling franchise, but did win three division titles and notably hosted the careers of Nolan Ryan, Rod Carew, and Reggie Jackson. Under manager Mike Scioscia, they would eventually achieve their first Wild Card spot in 2002, and used this momentum to win the 2002 World Series, their only championship appearance to date. They, along with the Washington Nationals, are the two MLB franchises to win their sole appearance in the World Series. Over the next seven years under Scioscia's management, the Angels would then win five division titles, spearheaded by their lone Hall of Fame representative Vladimir Guerrero. They also saw an increase in fan attendance, consistently placing the franchise among the top draws in MLB. This notoriety has grown into international attention since 2012 with the emergence of superstars Mike Trout and Shohei Ohtani, who cumulatively have won five AL Most Valuable Player awards with the team; despite this, they have only made the playoffs once since 2009.

Through 2023, the Angels have a win–loss record of 4,958–5,016–3 (.497).^[3]

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