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Wrigley Field was a ballpark in Los Angeles, California.It hosted minor league baseball teams in the region for more than 30 years. It was the home park for the Los Angeles Angels of the Pacific Coast League (PCL), as well as for the Los Angeles Angels of Major League Baseball (MLB) during its inaugural season in 1961.
Home Run Derby is a 1960 television show that was held at Wrigley Field in Los Angeles pitting the top sluggers of Major League Baseball against each other in nine-inning home run contests. The show was produced and hosted by actor/broadcaster Mark Scott and distributed by Ziv Television Programs.
Early in 1957, Philip Wrigley, who had inherited the team from his father, sold the Angels and Wrigley Field to Brooklyn Dodgers owner Walter O'Malley for the then-astronomical sum of $3,000,000 ($32,545,000 today) and ownership of the Fort Worth Panthers of the Texas League. O'Malley assured the PCL owners that he intended to operate the ...
Wrigley Field of Los Angeles, the Angels played there in 1961 * Colt Stadium, the Colt .45s (now the Astros) played there from 1962 to 1964 * Sick's Stadium, the Pilots played there in 1969 * Jarry Park, the Expos played there from 1969 to 1976 * Arlington Stadium, the Rangers played there from 1972 to 1993
First meeting: May 5, 1961 [1] Wrigley Field, Los Angeles, California Senators 6, Angels 2: Latest meeting: September 29, 2024 [1] Angel Stadium, Anaheim, California Rangers 8, Angels 0
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum: Los Angeles Dodgers (NL, 1958–1961) 1923 § Had the largest capacity of any MLB stadium to date. Still in use for football and other sports. Wrigley Field: Los Angeles Angels (AL, 1961) 1925 1961 Location of the original Wrigley Diamond and the original grandstands now occupied by both The Kedren Community ...
Fantastic storylines and sports stadiums seem to go together; perhaps it is the sense of spectacle. Here are the country's most-filmed stadiums in American movies.
The 1961 Los Angeles Angels season ended with the Angels finishing eighth in the American League with a record of 70–91, 38 + 1 ⁄ 2 games behind the World Champion New York Yankees. It was the Angels' first season in franchise history, and their only season at Wrigley Field in Los Angeles.