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ANGELS HALL OF FAME

DON BAYLOR
Don Baylor, the first Angel to win the American League Most Valuable Player
Award in 1979, was inducted on May 26, 1990. He appeared with the Angels
from 1977-82. He was a member of the Angels first two A.L. West Division
Championships in 1979 and 1982. During his MVP season, Baylor compiled a .296
average with 36 home runs and a league-leading 139 RBI. He also led the league
in games played (162) and runs scored (120). His marks in games played, runs
scored, RBI and total bases set Club single-season records. In the 1982 American
League Championship Series, he hit .294 with a grand slam and series-high 10 RBI.
Baylor’s career spanned 19 Major League seasons during which he registered
a .260 average and 338 home runs. He was originally acquired by the Angels Nov.
16, 1976 as a free agent. With the Halos, he averaged 24 home runs and 87 RBI,
while batting .262 in six seasons.
Baylor was voted the winner
of the Owner’s Trophy twice
(1978 & 1979) and earned All-Star
recognition as an outfielder in 1979.
Upon his induction, Baylor ranked on Angels all-time list in the
following categories: third in home runs (141), fourth in at-bats
(3,105), runs (481), RBI (523) and total bases (1,390). In addition, he
also ranked fifth in extra base hits (288), hits (813), doubles (140,
tied with Carew) and stolen bases (89).

ROD CAREW
The 16th player in Major League history to collect 3,000 hits (Aug. 4, 1985 vs. Minnesota), Rod Carew was
inducted into the Angels Hall of Fame, Aug. 6, 1991 and the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY, July 21,
1991.
Carew appeared with the Angels from 1979-85 and was a key member
of the Club’s first two A.L. West Division titles in 1979 and 1982. His finest
season came in 1983, when he established a then Club record for batting
average at .339.
Carew’s career spanned 19 Major League seasons (1967-85), the first
12 with Minnesota. He won seven
batting titles (1969, 1972-75, 1977-
78) and the American League Most
Valuable Player Award in 1977 when
he hit .388 with a league leading 239
hits and 128 runs scored.
Carew was named “Rookie of the
Year” by the BBWAA in 1967 and
selected to the A.L. All-Star team 18
times (1967-84). He became the first
Angel to start in five Midsummer
Classics.
Originally acquired by the Angels
from Minnesota, Feb. 3, 1979, Carew ranked 38th on baseball’s all-time
ANGELS HOF
lists in average (.328), tied for 35th in games (2,469), 31st in at-bats (9,315),
13th in hits (3,053) and sixth in singles (2,404) at the time of his induction.
On the Angels all-time lists, he still ranks second in career average (.314).

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