In the year it counted the most, Jarrod Washburn had his best season.

The southpaw first made the Majors in 1998, and he spent his first three years bouncing between the Minors and the parent club, staying for good in 2001.  Washburn won 11 Games in 2001, and in 2002, he posted a sweet record of 18 and 6 with a 3.15 ERA.  Washburn was arguably the ace that year, and he was fourth in Cy Young voting.

Washburn's regular season did not translate into the playoffs, as despite performing well in the first two series, he was shellacked in the World Series, dropping both decisions with an ERA over nine.  Nevertheless, the Angels won the World Series, and Washburn was largely why they got there.

Washburn slipped after, as his ERA went back up over four in 2003 and 2004, though he dropped it back to 3.20 in 2008.  That was his last season in SoCal, as he bolted for Seattle.

As an Angel, Washburn had a 75-57 Record with 699 Strikeouts.

Doug DeCinces had giant shoes to fill as he was the Orioles Third Baseman after Brooks Robinson.  He played well, but he was never going to be the Hall of Famer, and altercations with his star Pitcher, Jim Palmer, led to a trade to California in 1982.

DeCinces’s career took an upward turn with the Angels, as he belted a career-high 30 Home Runs in '82 and had his only .300 season.  He was an All-Star the following season, and from 1984 to 1986, he smacked at least 20 across the fences.  

His play slipped in 1987, and he was released, but he left the Angels with 130 Home Runs and a .463 Slugging Percentage.

Andrelton Simmons was a top defensive infielder when he was with the Atlanta Braves, and he brought that skill to Los Angeles when he was traded to the Angels after the 2015 Season.

Simmons had a good 2016 but rattled off three straight Gold Gloves (2016-18) and two Wilson Defensive Player Awards (2017 & 2018).  2017 was especially impressive, as Simmons led the American League in Defensive bWAR with 5.1.  He had a career-high 164 Hits that year and was eighth in MVP voting.  Simmons left L.A. for Minnesota as a Free Agent before the 2021 Season.

Simmons had 592 Hits and a Defensive bWAR of 12.1 as an Angel.

A Seventh Round Pick in 1988, Jim Edmonds ascended to the Majors five years later, but it was not until 1995, where he showed what he could do at baseball's highest level.  Playing most of his career at Centerfield, Edmonds '95 campaign was his first All-Star year, blasting 33 Home Runs with 107 RBIs while batting .290.

Edmonds continued to have good power numbers for the Angels, smacking at least 20 Home Runs with a .290 Batting Average over the next three seasons, and his defensive skills earned him Gold Gloves in 1997 and 1998.  Edmonds only played 55 Games in 1999 due to injury, and the Angels traded him to St. Louis, where he had the best run of his career.  He would later win a World Series Ring with the Cards in 2006.

With the Angels, Edmonds had 121 Home Runs, 768 Hits with a .290/.359/.498 Slash Line.