Who is your all-time Angels Mount Rushmore?

[Chuck]

I'll go first...

Mike Trout. Nolan Ryan. Tim Salmon. Vladimir Guerrero. 

[halodground]

Can’t argue much with Chuck’s choices. Hoping Ohtani sticks around long enough and is productive enough that he gets chiseled in too.

[disarcina]

30 minutes ago, Chuckster70 said:

I'll go first...

Mike Trout. Nolan Ryan. Tim Salmon. Vladimir Guerrero. 

Good choices - can't argue with them - but, obviously, "Mt. Rushmore/Halo-land" can't be too crowded so we need to find room for: JIM FREGOSI (the first face of the franchise), DEAN CHANCE  (the first Cy Young Award winner and first 20 game winner) and the number ONE guy to be chiseled in stone -- The Cowboy, MR. GENE AUTRY.

[Angelsfan1984]

Trout, vlad, Nolan Ryan, percival

[Angel Oracle]

My finalists:

Autry, Fregosi, Ryan, Grich, Salmon, Anderson, Vlad Sr., Weaver, Trout, Ohtani

[Lou]

Since Ryan refused to go into the HOF as an Angel, he doesn't get a spot on our mountain.

[Revad]

5 minutes ago, Lou said:

Since Ryan refused to go into the HOF as an Angel, he doesn't get a spot on our mountain.

He was a hell of an Angel.

[Lou]

32 minutes ago, Revad said:

He was a hell of an Angel.

He's a Ranger.

[Vladdy Issues]

Rex Hudler, Jeff Mathis, Mark Gubicza and Jose Mota 

[Stradling]

Trout, Nolan, Salmon, Scioscia 

[halodground]

14 minutes ago, Stradling said:

Trout, Nolan, Salmon, Scioscia 

I like this quartet quite a bit but I think I’d replace Nolan Ryan with Scioscia and keep Vlad.

[halodground]

Scioscia definitely should be up there though.

[halodground]

Would the anti-Angels Rushmore be Pujols-Mo Vaughn-Josh Hamilton-Vernon Wells? I’m probably missing more hated Angels, but that’s an impressive group, especially considering 3 of them were within such a short period.

[Erstad Grit]

Chuck Finley HAS to be there. 

[HaloBronco]

If we can’t go Nolan because he went into the hall as a Ranger and if it has to be only players (not Autry or Scioscia).

It’s hard to only choose 4 but I’ll go with, Trout, Salmon, Vlad and Grich

Really hard, I feel like we’re leaving some really deserving Halos off this list.

[Rico]

Figgins, Figgins, Figgins, and Polonia. 

I liked the speedsters. 

[Rico]

Once saw Polonia run from home to second on a pass ball ball-four.

[Revad]

4 hours ago, Angel Oracle said:

My finalists:

Autry, Fregosi, Ryan, Grich, Salmon, Anderson, Vlad Sr., Weaver, Trout, Ohtani

Holy smokes, Weaver!  He belongs on there.  AO, that’s a nice group- let’s just expand our Mt. Rushmore to 10.

Salmon has to be one of the 4.  Trout of course.  Now it gets tricky. Vlad makes me smile every time I think of him.  Ohtani definitely if he re-signs and probably even if he doesn’t.  The Cowboy should be there for sure.  Ryan even though some associate him with the Astros.  Weaver- great pitcher and a very cool guy as far as I can tell.  Anderson is underrated for sure.

I had tossed out Fergosi, who was an excellent Angel player and then managed the team https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Fregosi#:~:text=James Louis Fregosi (April 4%2C 1942 – February,New York Mets%2C Texas Rangers%2C and Pittsburgh Pirates.

Having been the Angels’ most productive and popular player for that franchise's first eleven years of play, Fregosi quickly became its first star. He led the American League (AL) in defensive double plays twice, winning the 1967 Gold Glove Award, and, upon leaving the team, ranked ninth in AL history, with 818 double plays. Fregosi holds the franchise record with 70 career triples; several of his other team records, including career games (1,429), hits (1,408), doubles (219), runs (691), and runs batted in (546), were broken by Brian Downing over the course of the 1986 through 1989 seasons.

Fregosi returned to the team as manager, guiding it to its first-ever postseason appearance in 1979, and later managed the Philadelphia Phillies to the 1993 National League pennant.

[tdawg87]

Trout, Vlad, GA, Salmon

[Stradling]

No one has Ohtani in their top 4, that’s weird. 

[Chuck]

4 hours ago, Rico said:

Figgins, Figgins, Figgins, and Polonia. 

I liked the speedsters. 

If you like speedsters yours should have been Rivers, Pettis, White & Figgins. 

[T.G.]

Salmon, Anderson, Trout, Weaver

Salmon and Trout played their whole careers as Angels. Weaver played all but one year of his career as an Angel and GA all but 2 in his long career.

Edited February 2, 2023 by T.G.

[T.G.]

And I could swap out Finley for Weaver

[oldguy]

I'm not so sure we've had four players contribute more than Brian Downing.  

[Revad]

I overlooked Finley and Downing, who deserve consideration.