#4 Vladimir Guerrero, RF, DH (2004-2009)

Vladimir is undoubtedly the Angels’ best free agent signing of all-time, inking a contract with the Halos on Jan. 14, 2004. He immediately led the Angels to their first divisional title in 18 years, becoming the team’s second ever MVP after literally carrying them to the title during the final week of the season to win the September AL Player of the Month Award. In all, the four-time Angel All-Star led the Halos to 5 divisional titles during his 6 years in Anaheim. Vlad won Silver Slugger Awards from ’04-’07, and is one of only two Angels (together with Garret) to have 4 100+ RBI seasons. His finest moment as an Angel came when he stroked the game-winning hit to sweep the Red Sox in Game 3 of the ’09 ALDS. His 23 career singles in LDS play rank 10^th all-time. He led the league 13 assists (RF) in ‘04. In 2008, he joined Lou Gehrig as the only two players in ML history to hit .300+ with 25+ HR for 11 consecutive seasons. In 2009, Sports Illustrated named him as the right fielder on their All-Decade team.

After the 2009 season, the Angels allowed their star player to leave as a Free Agent to the Rangers. Injuries were taking their toll, and it appeared that the free-swinging slugger was washed up; so naturally, Guerrero played a key role in helping the 2010 Rangers make it to their first ever World Series.

During his 6 seasons with the Angels, Guerrero put up some eye-popping numbers. The Angels’ Co-Player of the 2000’s is the Angels’ career leader with:

- a .319 BA

- a .546 SLG%

- a .927 OPS

- a .662 offensive win %

- 112 intentional walks

- 12 postseason walks

Vladi also ranks among the Angels’ career Top Ten with:

- a 24.7 WAR (7^th)

- a .381 OB% (3^rd)

- 544 runs (8^th)

- 1,034 hits (8^th)

- 1,767 total bases (7^th)

- 194 doubles (6^th)

- 173 home runs (5^th)

- 616 RBI (6^th)

- 377 extra base hits (6^th)

- 1,375 times on base (10^th)

- 37 HBP (9^th)

- 18.7 AB/HR (4^th)

- 29 postseason games (T3^rd)

- 126 postseason PA (4^th)

- 13 postseason runs (T4^th)

- 32 postseason hits (3^rd)

- 4 postseason doubles (T7^th)

- 2 postseason HR (T8^th)

- 14 postseason RBI (4^th)

- 2 postseason SB (T6^th)

- 42 postseason TB (4^th)

- a .286 postseason BA (10^th)

- a .365 postseason OB% (7^th)

Guerrero owns the top five single season marks for intentional walks including 28 IBB in 2007. He also set Angels’ seasonal records with a league-leading 124 runs (’04) and a 5.9 WPA (’07). He put up other Top Ten seasonal totals in:

- WAR (once – ‘04)

- Batting average (twice – ’04, ‘06)

- SLG % (3x – ’04, ’05, ‘06)

- OPS (3x – ’04, ’05, ‘07)

- Hits (twice – ’04, ‘06)

- Total bases (twice – ’04, ‘06)

- Doubles (once – ‘07)

- Home runs (once – ‘04)

- RBI (3x – ’04, ’06, ‘07)

- XBH (twice – ’04, ‘07)

- TOB (twice – ’04, ‘07)

- Intentional walks (’04, ’05, ’06, ’07, ’08)

- Offensive win % (twice – ’04, ‘05)

- AB/HR (once – ‘04).

* League leader years highlighted