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TOP ROW (L-R): Robert Stephenson, José Fermin, Brock Burke, Ryan Zeferjahn, Kenley Jansen, Jorge Soler, Kyle Hendricks,
José Soriano, Victor Mederos
THIRD ROW (L-R): Bryce Teodosio, Luis García, Nolan Schanuel, Logan O’Hoppe, Mike Trout, Jo Adell, Tyler Anderson,
Reid Detmers, Niko Kavadas, Andrew Chafin
SECOND ROW (L-R): Oswald Peraza, Carson Fulmer, Yusei Kikuchi, Travis d’Arnaud, Taylor Ward, Zach Neto, Chris Taylor,
Christian Moore, Luis Rengifo, Yoán Moncada, Chase Silseth
FRONT ROW (L-R): Manny Del Campo, Jason Brown, Steve Karsay, Jayson Nix, Bo Porter, Eric Young Sr., Barry Enright,
Ray Montgomery, Ryan Goins, Johnny Washington, Sal Fasano, Jerry Narron, Tim Laker, Tim Buss, Mike Ashman, Ali Modami
ANGELS OVERALL: The 2025 Angels completed their 65th MLB campaign with a 72-90 (.444) mark, in fifth place
in the A.L. West (-18.0)...Club was 20-29-3 in 52 series...Halos were 39-42 at home and 33-48 on the road...Angels
were 23-29 vs. A.L. West, 13-18 vs. A.L. Central, 14-17 vs. A.L. East, and 22-26 in Interleague play...Club went on
a season-high eight-game win streak from May 16-23 and the longest losing streak was eight games from Sept.
11-19...Finished under .500 for a 10th consecutive season...The 72 wins on the year were nine more than the 63
wins in 2024, marking the Angels largest year-to-year win improvement since 2014 (98 wins after having 78 in
2013).
TEAM MVP: Jo Adell was selected by his teammates as the Angels Most Valuable Player...The Angels MVP is
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awarded by vote of the players to the Angel who most truly exemplifies the qualities of inspirational leadership,
sportsmanship and professional ability...Adell had a team-leading 37 home runs this season which ranked fourth
in the American League, while his 98 RBI tied for eighth...He was the A.L. Player of the Week for Sept. 1-7 and
matched a franchise record with 11 home runs in June.
NICK ADENHART AWARD: The Nick Adenhart Award, annually voted on by Angels players, goes to the top pitching
performer for the season...2025 recipient was José Soriano, who led the Angels pitching staff with 10 wins and
compiled 152 strikeouts across his 169.0 IP...Soriano led the Majors with a 65.5% ground ball rate, which was the
highest rate for any MLB pitcher since Houston’s Framber Valdez had a 67.3% rate in 2022...He also induced an
MLB leading 30 double plays this season, which were the most for any Angels pitcher since Scott Schoeneweis
(30) in 2000.
THE MANAGERS: Ron Washington began his 10th season as a Major League manager in 2025 and his second
with the Angels...The Angels had a 36-38 entering play on June 20 when Ray Montgomery took over as acting
manager...On June 27, the Angels announced that Washington would remain on medical leave for the remainder
of the season and named Montgomery as the Interim Manager...The Angels finished the year with a 36-52 record
under Montgomery.
400 HOME RUN CLUB: On Sept. 20 at Colorado, Mike Trout became the 59th player all-time to reach 400 career
home runs...He is the third player to record his 400th HR in an Angels uniform, joining Hall of Famers Dave
Winfield (Aug. 14, 1991 at Minnesota) and Vladimir Guerrero (Aug. 10, 2009 vs. Tampa Bay)...He was the 20th
player to hit each of his first 400 HR with one team and joined Ken Griffey Jr. (April 10, 2000) as the only players
to hit #400 against the Rockies...He was the third player to reach 400 with exactly 200 HR at home and 200 HR on
the road, joining Fred McGriff and Jason Giambi (ELIAS)...Trout’s 400th career home run traveled an estimated
distance of 485 ft., which was third-longest of his career in the Statcast Era (since 2015).
RAISING THE BAR: For a second consecutive season, Zach Neto set a new single-season Angels record for home
runs as a shortstop...His 25 HR in 2025 topped his previous Club record of 23 homers as a shortstop in 2024.
HR DUO: Jo Adell and Taylor Ward became the third set of Angels teammates to both reach 36+ home runs in a
season...They joined Mike Trout and Albert Pujols in 2015 and Troy Glaus and Mo Vaughn in 2000.
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