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Scot Shields played his entire Major League career with the Anaheim/Los Angeles Angels, a job that spanned 491 Games, an incredible number for a Pitcher drafted in the 38th Round.
Shields made his first appearance in 2001, and he would find a role with the Majors in middle relief. A member of the 2002 World Series Championship Team, Shields had five straight seasons where he made at least 60 Games (2004-08), with the three middle exceeding 70.
Over his career, Shields accumulated 21 Saves and had 114 Games Finished.
Clyde Wright made his Major League debut with the California Angels in 1966, and his first four seasons saw him bounce back and forth from starting to relieving. It was not until 1970 where Wright had a breakout year, specifically as a Starter.
Wright’s 1970 Season saw him put forth a phenomenal record of 22-13 with a 2.83 ERA. He was an All-Star that year with a sixth-place finish in Cy Young voting. Wright was unable to secure any more Cy Young votes, but the southpaw had two more years where he had a sub 3.00 ERA and at least 16 Wins. After a troubling 1973 Season, he was traded to Milwaukee.
With the Angles, Wright had 87 Wins against 85 Losses.
Chili Davis signed with California after seven years in San Francisco, and his first foray into the American League showed similar power numbers to what he had shown before.
Beginning his Angels career in 1988, Davis had at least 20 Home Runs and 90 RBIs in his first two seasons, progressively moving from the Outfield to Designated Hitter as his skills with the glove eroded. He joined the Twins as a Free Agent in 1991, winning a World Series there, and he returned the Angels in 1993, this time primarily as a DH. Davis was an All-Star in 1994, and in all four of his Angels years in his second run, he belted at least 20 Home Runs and 80 RBIs in all of them. Overall, as an Angel, Davis smacked 156 Home Runs, 618 RBIs with a .279 Batting Average. Davis later won two more World Series Rings with the Yankees.
Despite Davis’ strong offense, his abysmal defense when he was an Angel, and lack there of when he was a Designated Hitter, prevents him from a much higher rank.
Bobby Knoop was your prototypical weak-hitting but defensively skilled infielder from the 1960s.
Playing at Second Base, Knoop first made the Angels roster in 1964, and along with Shortstop, Jim Fregosi, would become one of the top double-play combinations in the American League. Knoop won three straight Gold Gloves (1966-68) and led the AL Second Basemen in Total Zone Runs four times.
Knoop was not a heavy hitter, but he was an All-Star in 1966 when he led the AL in Triples (11) and had a career-high 17 Home Runs. He left California early in 1969 when he was traded to the White Sox.
He returned in 1979 as a Coach, holding that role until 1996, and would have a second run in that capacity from 2013 to 2018. Knoop was inducted into the franchise Hall of Fame in 2013.