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Performer Gene Autry was the first owner of the Angels franchise. The Los Angeles Angels are a professional baseball team based in Anaheim, California. The team has had four principal owners, and ten General Managers, since its inception in 1961.
William Hambly Stoneman III (born April 7, 1944) is an American former professional baseball player and executive who, during his eight-year (1967–1974) pitching career in Major League Baseball, threw two no-hitters; then, as general manager of the Anaheim Angels (1999–2007), presided over the franchise's first-ever World Series championship in 2002.
The team was formerly called the California Angels, the Anaheim Angels, and the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, before settling with the Los Angeles Angels. Bill Rigney became the first manager of the then Los Angeles Angels in 1961, serving for just over eight seasons before being fired by Angels owner Gene Autry during the 1969 season.
Angels owner Arte Moreno, left, introduces Albert Pujols at a news conference Dec. 10, 2011, at Angel Stadium. (Alex Gallardo / Associated Press)
Los Angeles Angels (2020–present) Perry Minasian (born April 1980) is an American professional baseball executive. He is the general manager of the Los Angeles Angels of Major League Baseball .
But he does have a familiarity with the Angels front office and ownership, having served as a longtime coach for and won a World Series with them — the Angels’ only World Series championship ...
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.
Hunter, 48, joined the Angels' front office earlier this month as a special assistant to the general manager, a position he held with the Twins for about six years. ... ANAHEIM, Calif. — Torii ...