Al Kaline

Al Kaline's career spanned 1953-1974, an amazing 22 years.

Thirteen of those years he played against the Angels, 1961-1974.

He hit them in Wrigley Field (LA), Chavez Ravine, and Anaheim Stadium.

How did this Hall of Famer fare against the Halos?

In 175 games: .274 BA, 30 HR, 94 RBI, .849 OPS.

Against Dean Chance (Angels/Twins): 105 AB, 16 SO, .284 BA 

So, yeah, he was good against the Angels.

Ralph Branca

Great guy, and always happy to sign a card for a fan.

1992 Action Packed #41

1993 Ted Williams #8

Dean Chance

I just read that Angels Great Dean Chance passed away yesterday.

He was drafted by the Senators in the 1960 A.L. Expansion Draft but was quickly traded to the new Angels for Joe Hicks.

He went on to have a great career with the Angels (1961-1966) and won the Cy Young award for them in 1964.

Al Rosen Versus The Angels

Al Rosen never played against the Angels.

Rosen played from 1947-1956  and the Angels did not come into existence until 1961.

Had Rosen played against the Halos however, I'm sure he would have dominated them.

Against the 7 teams he faced in his career, his lowest average was .274 (Detroit) and against each team he had at least 500 at-bats.

Mr Rosen signed this card sent to his home address in 2006.

Minnie Minoso Versus The Angels

Minnie Minoso passed away on March 1st at the age of 89.

He played his first game in 1949, his last game in 1980 (his "real" last game was in 1964).

He had a .298 career batting average.  Pretty good.

In fact, five times he batted over .300, three times was the AL leader in triples and stolen bases, and led the American League in hits, in 1960.

In 102 at bats against Angels pitching however, Minoso didn't fare too well hitting only .176 with 1 stolen base.

Curious to wonder why he didn't do well against the Halos.