A 2010 Draft Pick, Kole Calhoun first made the majors with the Los Angeles Angels in 2012, becoming a starter at baseball’s highest level in 2014 at Rightfield.  

In his first full season, Calhoun batted .272 with 17 Home Runs, and he followed that with back-to-back 161 Hit Years, which again had at least double-digit power numbers.  Winning a Gold Glove in 2015, Calhoun kept his power numbers respectable, though he never matched his .272 Batting Average in 2014.  In 2019, which would be his last year as an Angel (he signed with Arizona after), he smashed 33 Home Runs.

With the Angels, Calhoun had 884 Hits with 140 Home Runs. 

Don Baylor might be more recognized as a Coach and Manager, but this was one hell of a baseball player who had a lot of pop in his bat.

Baylor began his career with Baltimore in 1970, and after being traded to Oakland in 1975, he signed his first Free Agent deal a year later with the California Angels.  After tying his previous high 25 Home Runs in his first year in California, he broke it with 34 in 1978 and 36 in 1979.  That campaign was Baylor's best, seeing him lead the American League in Runs Scored (120), RBIs (139), and winning the American League MVP.  This would also be Baylor's lone All-Star year.

Baylor was injured for most of 1980 but was healthy the two years after, again going yard often and accumulating 141 Home Runs for the Halos before signing with the New York Yankees as a Free Agent after the 1982 Season.

Despite the MVP and strong power numbers, Baylor’s rank is negatively affected by his poor defense.  Had he been even average in the field, he would likely be ten to fifteen spots higher.  Baylor was nevertheless the Angels' first MVP, and in 1990, he was the third man inducted into the Angels Hall of Fame.

Signed as an Amateur Free Agent from the Dominican Republic in 2000, Ervin Santana had an inconsistent career with the Angels, always seeming to flirt with greatness or appear close to it.

Santana made the Angels’ regular rotation in 2005, throwing for a 12-8 record and an ERA of 4.65.  His sophomore campaign was better, increasing his Wins to 16 with a reduced ERA of 4.28, but 2007 was a mess where his ERA flirted with six, and he was demoted at one point to AAA.  The righthander came back in 2008, winning 16 Games with his first ERA season under 3.50 (3.49) with a career-high in Strikeouts (214).  He made his only All-Star Game as an Angel that year, and Cy Young voters placed him sixth overall.

His up-and-down existence continued, as over the next four years, he had two seasons with an ERA over five and two years when it went below four.  Santana did have a career highlight, throwing a no-hitter in 2011, and he also had a career-best in Wins (17) in 2010.

Santana was traded to Kansas City after the 2012 Season, leaving the Halos with a 96-80 Record and 1,167 Strikeouts.

Ranking Albert Pujols so low is so strange for us.  Spending the second half of his career with the Angels, we know that Pujols will be a first ballot Hall of Fame inductee, but after a decent start, Pujols devolved into the most overpaid player in baseball and one of the worst everyday players.

Pujols was a legend in St. Louis, winning three MVPs and leading them to a pair of World Series Championships.  He was so good that a legitimate question lingers as to who was the greatest Cardinal of all time, Pujols or Stan Musial.  When he was a free agent, the Angels aggressively pursued he First Baseman, offering a monster contract, taking the chance the player who was in his early 30s would not decline.  But decline he did.

Pujols kept up good power numbers, blasting 30 Home Runs in his first year (2012) and getting back up to 40 in 2015, which was his lone All-Star campaign in Los Angeles.  He had four years where he still had over three digits in RBIs, but he never had a .300 year in Batting Average, and quickly he couldn't muster a .300 in OBP either.  As his skills eroded, his defensive liabilities grew, as did his speed.  After multiple years where he had a bWAR in the negative, Los Angeles released him during the 2021 season, when Pujols would not agree to reduced playing time.  

As an Angel, he did have 1,180 Hits and 222 Home Runs, but nevertheless, a player who couldn't run, couldn't field, and had a sub-three OBP through the last half of his stint was a huge liability and had to reflect on this list.