Let’s assemble the best possible Angels team by letter of the alphabet to begin a player’s last name. Today is D. 53 men whose last name started with “D” played major league baseball in an Angels uniform.
C – Tom Donohue
1B – Charlie Dees
2B – Denny Doyle
3B – Doug DeCinces
SS – Gary DiSarcina
OF – Brian Downing
OF – Jeff Davanon
OF – Vic Davalillo
DH – Chii Davis
I initially put Brian Downing as a catcher as he started there for a dew seasons here in the 1970s but there was no serviceable outfielder among the D list after Davanon and Davalillo and you cannot (if you have a brain) put Chili “No Glove” Davis in the field, so the 122 games behind the plate with a 41 OPS+ delivers Tom Donohue to the team.
SP – Reid Detmers
SP – Jason Dickson
SP – Ryne Duren
RP – Scott Downs
RP – Brendan Donnelly
One of the newest Angels, Detmers is the ace of the staff while an original 1961 Angel, Duren, rounds it out. The ERA+ of the pen (181 and 154 respectively) is imposing.
