This season is the 30th anniversary of the 1979 California Angels, a team motivated by three simple words: “Yes We Can!” Before it carried men to the White House, it inspired the Angels and ...

The year 1979, outside of baseball, ... A Look Back at the 1979 California Angels. Bill Martinez Jun 7, 2018. The year 1979, outside of baseball, had a myriad of history going on.

Fregosi managed the Philadelphia Phillies to the 1993 National League pennant and the 1979 California Angels to their first American League Western Division title.

As the California Angels, the team won three AL West titles from 1979-86, losing in the ALCS each year. In 2002, the Anaheim Angels won the organization’s only World Series title.

Frost would play the bulk of his career in Southern California. He pitched for the Halos between 1978-81, leading the team with 239 1/3 innings across 36 outings in 1979.