Los Angeles Angels (PCL)
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Los Angeles Angels 1892–1957 (1892–1893, 1895, 1899–1957) Los Angeles, California |
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| League | Pacific Coast League (1903–1957) | ||
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| League titles | 1903, 1905, 1907, 1908, 1916, 1921, 1926, 1933, 1934, 1947, 1956 | ||
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The Los Angeles Angels were a Minor League Baseball team based in Los Angeles that played in the "near-major league" Pacific Coast League from 1903 through 1957.
The next year, Los Angeles became the host city to the first western Major League Baseball (MLB) team, the Los Angeles Dodgers, after the Brooklyn Dodgers moved to Los Angeles. This move brought MLB competition into PCL's region and it would eventually become a minor league affiliate of MLB.
The Angels were the Dodgers' PCL affiliate in 1957 and transferred north in 1958 to Spokane, Washington, to become the Spokane Indians, the Dodgers' top affiliate for fourteen years, through the 1971 season.
From 1903 through 1957, the Los Angeles Angels, a PCL team, were one of the mainstays of the Pacific Coast League, winning the PCL pennant 12 times. The Angels, along with the Portland Beavers, Oakland Oaks, Sacramento Solons, San Francisco Seals, and Seattle Indians were charter members of the Pacific Coast League which was founded in 1903.
From 1903 through 1925, the team played at 15,000-seat Washington Park (also known as Chutes Park), just south of downtown Los Angeles. Both the team and the park were founded by James Furlong "Jim" Morley (1869–1940), an entrepreneur involved in bowling, prize fighting, billiards, and gemstones as well as baseball.
During this time, the Angels (or Looloos or Seraphs as they were sometimes called), won pennants in 1903, 1905, 1907, 1908, 1916, 1918, and 1921. In 1918, the team finished second in regular season play, but won the postseason series against their cross-town rivals at the time, the Vernon Tigers. During the period 1915 to 1921, the Angels were owned by John F. "Johnny" Powers, Los Angeles socialite. The 1916 team was managed by Frank Chance, baseball Hall of Famer, noted as part of "Tinker to Evers to Chance"
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