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¹ Replaced Sacramento in the four-team California League.
² No relationship to the later Los Angeles Angels of 1961. Played at Washington Park (downtown Los Angeles
  at 8th and Hill) and Wrigley Field in Los Angeles.
³ Team had no club name.
⁴ The team played in both Vernon and Venice (located at what is now South Venice and Abbot Kinney Boulevards).
  The Tigers, owned by Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle from 1919-1925, was sold in 1925 and moved out of town to become
  the San Francisco Reds. In 1938, the team returned to the Los Angeles area and renamed Hollywood Stars (see above).
⁵ Team originally began as the Vernon Tigers (see above) and then San Francisco Reds. In Los Angeles, played at
  Wrigley Field and Gilmore Stadium. In 1957, the Stars moved and renamed Salt Lake City Bees.
⁶ Team moved to Los Angeles from Brooklyn in 1958. First played at Memorial Stadium in Los Angeles, then Chavez
  Ravine (later renamed Dodger Stadium in 1965).
⁷ Team moved from Los Angeles to Anaheim in 1965, renamed California Angels (later Anaheim Angels, later
  Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim). Played in Los Angeles at Wrigley Field and Chavez Ravine.
⁸ Reincarnated as the Santa Barbara Angels (1968-1971), Santa Clara Angels (1972-1975), and Salinas Angels (1976-1980).
⁹ Previously the Reno Silver Sox (1966-1981), Reno Padres (1982-1987), Reno Silver Sox (1988-1992), and the Riverside
   Pilots (1993-95).

Pacific Coast League Champions (Los Angeles Teams)
Since PCL Series were sporadic, where otherwise noted below,|
championships were determined by final regular season standings.

1903 - Los Angeles Angels
1905 - Los Angeles Angels*
1907 - Los Angeles Angels
1908 - Los Angeles Angels
1916 - Los Angeles Angels
1918 - Los Angeles Angels*
1919 - Vernon Tigers
1920 - Vernon Tigers
1921 - Los Angeles Angels
1926 - Los Angeles Angels
1929 - Hollywood Sheiks*
1930 - Hollywood Stars*
1933 - Los Angeles Angels
1934 - Los Angeles Angels
1947 - Los Angeles Angels*
1949 - Hollywood Stars*
1952 - Hollywood Stars
1953 - Hollywood Stars
1956 - Los Angeles Angels

* Champion determined by a championship series.
** Champion determined by playoffs.

Wrigley Field was located in South Los Angeles at the intersection of 42nd Place and Avalon Boulevard.
The ball park was named for chewing-gum magnate William K. Wrigley, Jr., who owned the Chicago Cubs
and the Los Angeles Angels of the Pacific Coast League. Wrigley purchased the Angels in 1921, for the huge
sum of $150,000. He then began construction on a stadium for the Angels in 1924. The park opened on
September 29, 1925. It was designed to resemble Wrigley Field in Chicago but with a decidedly Southern
California look. The last game at the park was on October 1, 1961, and it was demolished in 1966. The site
is now a public park and recreation center, a community mental health center and a senior citizens' center.

On July 2, 1893, at Athletic Park in Los Angeles, the first night professional baseball game on the Pacific Coast
was played. The game was an exhibition between the California League Los Angeles and Stockton teams.

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