Los Angeles Angels: top 3 home run hitters in franchise history
Los Angeles Angels: Top 3 Home Run Hitters in History
Tim Salmon
The face of the franchise for a long time was Tim Salmon. He was the constant and knew one team for the entirety of his playing days. He was with this team when they were the California Angels than the Anaheim Angels and finally the Los Angeles Angels. He was part of the 2002 team which won the World Series, hitting .346 in the seven-game series against the San Francisco Giants.
This is not the most popular player in team history ranking though, it is a top home run hitter list. Salmon does have the most home runs in franchise history at 299, though he does not appear on the top-10 single-season list once. He hit a career-high 34, twice, but injuries plagued his final three seasons where he hit only 11 while playing just 136 games during that span.
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Salmon hit 31 home runs and drove in 95 during his Rookie of the Year campaign of 1993. He was steady and consistent and the rock for the team though he was never an All-Star. Had Salmon remained healthy he would have hit well over 300 career home runs.
The Angels made the postseason just once in Salmon’s 14 years with the team. He hit four home runs in the playoffs including two in the World Series.