The Los Angeles Angels are an American professional baseball team based in Anaheim, California, within the Greater Los Angeles area. They compete in Major League Baseball as a member club of the American League West Division and have played at Angel Stadium since 1966. The franchise was founded in Los Angeles in 1961 by Gene Autry as one of MLB's first two expansion teams and the first to originate in California, taking its name from an earlier Pacific Coast League club. It moved to Anaheim in 1966 and has been called the California Angels, the Anaheim Angels and the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim at various times before the current name took effect from the 2016 season.
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The Los Angeles Angels are an American professional baseball team based in Anaheim, California, within the Greater Los Angeles area.
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The franchise was founded in Los Angeles in 1961 by Gene Autry
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He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the Anaheim Angels
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for the Anaheim Angels / Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Toronto Blue Jays, San Francisco Giants, and Texas Rangers
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