Current owner of the Angels, Arturo Moreno, made his money in advertising. He was President and CEO of Outdoor Systems, a billboard company that he created with a partner. Profits skyrocketed under his leadership and when he took made the company public, stock prices were also high. He and his partner sold the company in 1999 to Infinity Broadcasting for $8.7 billion in Infinity stock.
In 1961 the club started in Los Angeles and they named the team the Angels to reflect that. In 1966, the team moved to Anaheim and became the California Angels. When Disney bought the team in 1997, they began renovations on Anaheim Stadium with the City of Anaheim contributing $30 million dollars under the agreement that "Anaheim" appear in the team name. Hence the Anaheim Angels were born. In 2005, new owner Arte Moreno changed the name to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, in order to tap into the large media market in LA and also coincide with legal agreements with the City of Anaheim.
Anaheim is an area of California and this is where the Anaheim Angels are from. They are a professional baseball team who do ok in the general scheme of things.
The "Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim" currently play in Anaheim. Before that, they played in Los Angeles as a baseball expansion team starting in 1961.
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim was created in 1961.
Matt Hensley debuted on May 4, 2004, playing for the Anaheim Angels at Angels Stadium of Anaheim; he played his final game on October 3, 2004, playing for the Anaheim Angels at Angels Stadium of Anaheim.
Dusty Bergman debuted on June 9, 2004, playing for the Anaheim Angels at Angels Stadium of Anaheim; he played his final game on June 9, 2004, playing for the Anaheim Angels at Angels Stadium of Anaheim.
There are no Anaheim Angels (or Los Angel Angels of Anaheim or California Angels) who had their Uniform Number of 84 retired at all.
Anaheim Angels
The Anaheim baseball team's mascot is the Angel, thus their name, the Anaheim Angels.
They played in Los Angeles as the Los Angeles Angels for five years from 1961 through the 1965 season. They played in Anaheim as the California Angels from 1966 through 1996. They played as the Anaheim Angels beginning the 1997 season through the 2004 season. They officially became the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim on 3 January, 2005. They were the LA Angels for about 1 year. Then when they moved to Aneheim, they became the California Angels. Then, of course, the Anaheim Angels. And now, The Los Angeles Angels of Aneheim.
The cast of 2002 World Series - 2002 includes: Garret Anderson as Himself - Anaheim Angels Kevin Appier as Himself - Anaheim Angels Rich Aurilia as Himself (San Francisco Giants) Kae Bahar as Serka Dusty Baker as Himself (San Francisco Giants Manager) Bud Black as Himself - Anaheim Angels Pitching Coach Barry Bonds as Himself (San Francisco Giants) Mieke Buchan as Herself - SBS Australia Brendan Donnelly as Himself - Anaheim Angels Shawon Dunston as Himself (San Francisco Giants) David Eckstein as Himself - Anaheim Angels Darin Erstad as Himself - Anaheim Angels Scott Eyre as Himself (San Francisco Giants) Pedro Feliz as Himself (San Francisco Giants) Chone Figgins as Himself - Anaheim Angels Brad Fullmer as Himself - Anaheim Angels Aaron Fultz as Himself (San Francisco Giants) Benji Gil as Himself - Anaheim Angels Troy Glaus as Himself - Anaheim Angels Livan Hernandez as Himself (San Francisco Giants) John Lackey as Himself - Anaheim Angels Kenny Lofton as Himself (San Francisco Giants) Bengie Molina as Himself - Anaheim Angels Robb Nen as Himself (San Francisco Giants) Alex Ochoa as Himself - Anaheim Angels Russ Ortiz as Himself (San Francisco Giants) Ramon Ortiz as Himself - Anaheim Angels Orlando Palmeiro as Himself - Anaheim Angels Troy Percival as Himself - Anaheim Angels Kirk Rueter as Himself (San Francisco Giants) Tim Salmon as Himself - Anaheim Angels Reggie Sanders as Himself (San Francisco Giants) Benito Santiago as Himself (San Francisco Giants) Scott Schoeneweis as Himself - Anaheim Angels Mike Scioscia as Himself (Anaheim Angels Manager) Scot Shields as Himself - Anaheim Angels Tsuyoshi Shinjo as Himself (San Francisco Giants) Scott Spiezio as Himself - Anaheim Angels Jarrod Washburn as Himself - Anaheim Angels Jay Witasick as Himself (San Francisco Giants) Shawn Wooten as Himself - Anaheim Angels Tim Worrell as Himself (San Francisco Giants) Chad Zerbe as Himself (San Francisco Giants)
The Angels were previously known as the Los Angeles Angels from 1961-1964, they were then known as the California Angels from 1965-1996 and then they were known as the Anaheim Angels from 1997-2004 and then they changed their name to what it is today (as of 2009) which is the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.