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The Angels and Rangers have each pitched a perfect game against each other, making them the only pair of MLB teams to have done so. Mike Witt pitched a perfect game for the Angels against the Rangers in 1984 at Arlington Stadium and Kenny Rogers for the Rangers against the Angels in 1994. Both teams have yet to face each other in the postseason ...
In the "Original 16" era (1901–1960), there were 8 teams in each league and teams in each league played each other 22 times a season. [1] With the second American League incarnation of the Washington Senators (now the Texas Rangers) and the Los Angeles Angels entering play as expansion teams in 1961, MLB increased the total number of games American League teams played to 162, which meant ...
On July 28, 1994, Kenny Rogers of the Texas Rangers pitched the 14th perfect game in Major League Baseball history, blanking the California Angels 4–0 at The Ballpark at Arlington. [1] Needing 98 pitches to complete his masterpiece, Rogers struck out eight batters. He also survived three-ball counts to seven Angel hitters.
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 ...
Jim Fregosi July 28, 1964 vs. New York Yankees; Jim Fregosi May 20, 1968 vs. Boston Red Sox; Dan Ford August 10, 1975 vs. Seattle Mariners; Dave Winfield June 24, 1991 at Kansas City Royals; Jeff DaVanon August 25, 2004 vs. Kansas City Royals; Chone Figgins September 16, 2006 at Texas Rangers; Mike Trout May 21, 2013 vs. Seattle Mariners
The Angels began the season following a disappointing 2010 campaign where they missed the postseason for the first time since 2006, after winning the American League West three times in a row from 2007 to 2009. During the 2011 season, the Angels celebrated the franchise's 50th anniversary (while the team was created on December 6, 1960, the ...
Smallest margin of victory in an Angels no-hitter (tie) [12] 7 September 30, 1984: Mike Witt ¶ 1 –0 0 @ Texas Rangers: Bob Boone: Bruce Froemming: John McNamara: Final game of season; First and only perfect game in Angels history and 11th in MLB history; Smallest margin of victory in an Angels no-hitter (tie) Latest calendar date of an ...
The Angels made MLB history in Game 7 as John Lackey became the first rookie pitcher to win a World Series Game 7 since 1909. Due to the Angels claiming the championship in Game 7, the Game 6 collapse entered baseball lore as part of the Curse of Coogan's Bluff superstition used to explain the Giants' championship drought after the 1954 World ...