2nd Oldest?

Did you know, having opened in 1966, Angel Stadium is the second oldest park in the American League after Fenway Park.  Here is the nine oldest ballparks in major league baseball. Tampa Bay Rays' Trop comes in at #8 showing how many stadiums have been built in the last quarter century.


Fenway Park            1912
Wrigley Field           1914
Dodger Stadium       1962
Angel Stadium         1966 (April)
McAfee Coliseum    1966 (September)
Kauffman Stadium   1973
Rogers Centre          1989
Tropicana Field        1990
US Cellular Field     1991

Erstad's new millennium hit parade

In 2000, Darin Erstad set the Angels single season batting average record, hitting .355. Behind him is Rod Carew's .339 average in 1983. Erstad's 240 hits that year is also a franchise mark, one that is distant from the rest. Garrett Anderson has flirted with 200 hits multiple times in his career, only surpassing it once in 2003 with 201 hits. Other than that, no one even comes close. Angels current center fielder Mike Trout might have a say during his next six years with the Halos. During that 2000 campaign, Erstad led the American League in hits, singles, at-bats, he was second in total bases and third in runs scored. With a major league-leading 100 hits in 61 games, he became the fastest to reach the 100-hit mark since 1934. He reached 200 hits faster than any player in 65 years. Erstad was just 26 years old at the end of the season. He became the first player in Major League history to record 100 RBIs as a lead-off hitter as he won the AL Silver Slugger Award. Erstad's .355 average was still second best to Nomar Garciaparra who hit .372 that season.