The Palm Springs Angels were a minor league baseball team of the Class A

California League The California League is a Minor League Baseball league that operates in California. Having been classified at various levels throughout its existence, it operated at Class A-Advanced from 1990 until its demotion to Single-A following Major Leag ...

from 1986 to 1993 and an affiliate of the

California Angels The Los Angeles Angels are an American professional baseball team based in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. The Angels compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) West division. Since 1966, the team ha ...

. Following the 1993 season the franchise relocated to

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to become the Lake Elsinore Storm.

History

Following the 1985 season, the Redwood Pioneers were relocated to Palm Springs. Redwood had been the California Angels California League affiliate. The Angels had used Palm Springs as a spring training location. Upon moving to the desert the team adopted the name of their parent club to become the Palm Springs Angels. Although average game attendance was below average of the league in the late 1980s, the P.S. Angels picked up on fans in the early 1990s, when stadium attendance records surpassed the 100,000 mark in 1992 and again in 1993. The last team owner, Ken Stickney in The Desert Sun interview stated the P.S. Angels' move was due to a lack of city council support to approve a new minor league ballpark, after the California Angels left for a new spring training facility in Tempe, Arizona. Former Palm Spring Angels players include

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, Troy Percival and Jim Edmonds.

Notable alumni

(1992) 3 x MLB All-Star * Floyd Bannister (1991) 2 x MLB All-Star *

(1986) 4 x MLB All-Star * Bob Boone (1987) 7 x Gold Glove; 4 x MLB All-Star *

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(1986) MLB All-Star; 1977 NL ERA Leader * Jim Edmonds (1990–1991) 8 x Gold Glove; 4 x MLB All-Star *

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(1987) *

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(1993) 2 x MLB All-Star *

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(1986) 2 x MLB All-Star * Roberto Hernandez (1989) 2 x MLB All-Star *

Kirk McCaskill Kirk Edward McCaskill (born April 9, 1961) is a Canadian-American former Major League Baseball pitcher and former professional ice hockey player. He played in Major League Baseball for the California Angels and Chicago White Sox between 1985 and ...

(1987) *

Mark McLemore Mark Tremell McLemore (born October 4, 1964) is an American former professional baseball second baseman and utility player in Major League Baseball (MLB). Early years McLemore grew up in Southeast San Diego, where he went to Samuel F. B. Morse ...

(1988, 1990) * Mike Marshall (1991) MLB All-Star *

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(1987-1988) MLB All-Star *

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(1988) MLB All-Star * Troy Percival (1992) 4 x MLB All-Star *

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(1992) *

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(1986) *

(1990) 1993 AL Rookie of the Year * Paul Sorrento (1986, 1988) * Lee Stevens (1987) * Mark Sweeney (1993) All-Time MLB Pinch Hit RBI leader * Fernando Valenzuela (1991) 6 x MLB All-Star; 1981 NL Rookie of the Year; 1981 NL Cy Young Award

References

External links

Baseball Reference
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