Let’s assemble the best possible Angels team by letter of the alphabet to begin a player’s last name. Today is N. A mere 21 men whose last name started with “N” played major league baseball in an Angels uniform, but we were able to make a team of them nonetheless.
C – Mike Napoli
1B – Efren Navarro
2B – Jose Nieves
3B – Chris Nelson
SS – Junior Noboa
OF – Daniel Nava
OF – Morris Nettles
OF – Kirk Nieuwenhuis
DH – Phil Nevin
Napoli’s OPS+ of 119 is the only batter here with an OPS+ over 80. Efren Navarro is the owner of the 80. Everyone else here wouldn’t make many of these lists. Phil Nevin would not even bat Phil Nevin as a DH but he won the OPS+ coin flip over Jerry Narron 70 to 69.
SP – Fred Newman
SP – Ricky Nolasco
SP – Packy Naughton
RP – Julio Navarro
RP – Bud Norris
Another Navarro was respectable out of the bullpen in the early 1960s. That is pretty much the highlight of this staff.
