Tag Archives: Tim Salmon

December 10, 2023

The Loyal Angels

True Grich notes that Shohei Ohtani leaving Anaheim makes him appreciate the loyalty of Tim Salmon, Jered Weaver, and Mike Trout to the team.

Salmon, Weaver and Trout’s loyalty isn’t lost on me.  I don’t think it’s lost on most fans.  There’s something special about players who come up through the organization and stay with the organization throughout most, if not all of their career.

Ohtani leaving, makes me appreciate Trout’s loyalty more than ever. 

TrueGrich.Blogspot.com
September 5, 2020

Edge of a Record

Mike Trout hit career home run 299 Friday night, tying Tim Salmon for the Angels team home run record. The Angels are one of seven franchises with a player career home run record below 300. At the bottom sits the Padres at 163 (Nate Colbert). The Diamondbacks, Mets, Rays, Marlins, and Expos/Nationals make up the rest of the list. I suspect Fernando Tatis, Jr. might get the Padres out of the cellar.

At the top of the list are the Braves with 733 (Henry Aaron), the Yankees with 659 (Babe Ruth) and the Giants with 646 (Willie Mays).

Fourth on the list sits the Senators/Twins, where Harmon Killebrew hit 559 home runs. He is a bit of an underappreciated slugger. Like Aaron, he was consistently great (he led the AL in home runs six times) but never hit at least 50 in a season. He is immortalized, however, as the profile on the MLB logo looks like him.

July 8, 2011