• The Angels are named for the old Pacific Coast League team, the Los Angeles Angels. When Gene Autry founded the Angels in 1961, he paid Dodgers owner Walter O’Malley $350,000 for the rights ...

The Angels have not represented a city since 2005, when owner Arte Moreno decided his team would no longer be the Anaheim Angels. He adopted the Los Angeles name to better persuade advertisers of ...

The Angels’ playoff odds started at 16.9 percent, per FanGraphs, peaked at 21.1 percent on April 8, but had plummeted to 2.1 percent by the start of May. On July 11, those hopes officially hit 0 ...