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The
Los Angeles Angels
are a
Major League Baseball
team. They are based in
Anaheim, California
. They are a member of the
West Division
of Major League Baseball's
American League
. The "Angels" name is from the city that they came from:
Los Angeles
.
"Los Angeles"
is
Spanish
for "The Angels". They were previously known as the
California Angels
, the
Anaheim Angels,
and the
Los Angles Angels of Anaheim
. They have won one
World Series
championship, which they won in 2002.
The Angels began playing in 1961. They were named for a former
minor league baseball
team called the Los Angeles Angels. The minor league Angels moved to another city when the
Los Angeles Dodgers
moved to Los Angeles in 1958.
The Angels' home stadium is called
Angel Stadium of Anaheim
. It has been their home ballpark since 1966. From 1962 to 1965, they played in
Chavez Ravine Stadium
. During their first season (1961), they played in
Wrigley Field
in Los Angeles. That Wrigley Field was built by the same people that owned the much more famous
Wrigley Field
in
Chicago
.