Did you know Los Angeles also had a Wrigley Field? 

Home Run Derby filmed at Wrigley Los Angeles in 1960. 26 episodes in all, featuring MLB greats...Mantle, Mays, Aaron, E. Mathews, D. Snider, F. Robinson, E. Banks, Killebrew & Kaline to name a few....

I did know about this field. Interesting tidbit the original HomeRun derby was filmed there between the 1959-1960 seasons. You could watch Mantle vs Mays vs Aaron, great fun.

Can actually take this a step further. There was a Wrigley Field even farther west. For a while, the Cubs did their Spring Training on Catalina Island, off the coast of LA. They had a Wrigley there (with appropriate dimensions to the then-current dimensions of Chicago) and the clubhouse for the old park is now part of the Country Club on the island.

Loved Wrigley Field growing up. Went to dozens of Angels games with my dad during the great Steve Bilko years, 1955-1957.

I was at that very site about in 2010 when a park employee informed me of its existence. As a lifelong Angels fan I was in total awe at that moment.

2 blocks away from my grandfather's house...was 5 years old and could hear the crowds from his house

My dad took me to that field in 61, I was 12. Angels vs Tigers. I was sitting behind an iron beam, I had to lean from side to side to follow the ball. But I didn’t think anything of it. lol. I treasured that day…

When the Dodgers moved to LA they played at the LA Coliseum. Then in 1962 the Dodgers and Angels both played at Dodger Stadium.

I saw one game at Wrigley Field. The Tigers beat the Angels 5 - 2. We sat in the upper deck in right field and couldn't believe how much easier it was to see the game than at the Coliseum. Many people say it was a major league park on every level except seat count. It had about 12,000 fewer seats than the second-smallest MLB ballpark at the time.

I actually did know about this field, as it was mentioned in an episode of Dragnet which was/is one of my favorite TV shows.

Wrigley Field still technically exists, it was "mostly dismantled" and made into a little league field and soccer field and the little league field is still called "Wrigley Little League Field.

Long before the Dodgers came west, the St Louis Browns were all set to move to Los Angeles and use Wrigley Field in Los Angeles. The owners were going to vote to approve of the move during the winter meetings...on December 8, 1941. They obviously changed their minds believing that was not the right time to move to the west coast.

I remember going there with my father, as a child.

I got to go to a couple of games when the L.A. Angels of the PCL played there back in the mid 50's with my dad and uncle. I was around 5 or 6 years old. I think we saw the Angels play the Sacramento Bees and the Oakland Oaks. I also was able to see 2 games for the L.A. Angels as an American League expansion team in 1961. I saw them play against the Twins (which were also a new team after moving to Minneapolis from Washington DC as the old Senators) and the New York Yankees with my little league team. I remember the Homerun Derby TV series from Wrigley Field in the winter of 1960. I also have the 3 DVD set of the series. Wrigley Field was torn down in the late 60's and a parks and recreation facility was built there.

One point that wasn’t mentioned is that LA Wrigley Field hosted the classic series Home Run Derby.

Cool video. I never heard of this before.

The Los Angeles Angels played there in their first year, 1961, before moving to Dodger Stadium in 1962. I use fact that in a trivia question. What American League team played one season at Wrigley Field? Nobody has ever got it.

No I did not know of this Wrigley Field clone. Thank for sharing this.

I knew this stadium existed because my dad mentioned it to me a few years back. I just didn't know what it looked it. I really dodger stadium was closer to downtown. It would have been awesome having a stadium like this one so close to everything

The is no reason to say West Coast Wrigley Field! This was the FIRST Wrigley Field! When Wrigley Field, the Chicago Wrigley was called Cubs Park. Then changed the name to Wrigley Field. The first MLB Night Game at Wrigley Field was played on April 27, 1961. Roger Maris hit two HR’s during his record break season at Wrigley Field!

They made a movie called 'Armored Car Robbery' (1950) right there if you get a chance to see it, it's great with Willam Talman from Perry Mason show.

When the expansion Angels played their home games at Wrigley in 1961, there were 248 home runs hit there, a major league record that lasted until 271 were hit at Coors Field in 1996. While the distances down the foul lines and to center field were respectable, it was only about 345 feet to the power alleys in left center and right center because the fences veered slightly toward the infield rather than center. Almost twice as many home runs were hit at Wrigley in 1961 as any other American League ballpark.

Attended my first pro baseball game at LA Wrigley Field. I was about 7 or 8 years old. The old PCL LA Angels vs the San Francisco Seals. (I also attended a game at Seals Stadium in SF).

¡Vamos Los Angeles!

Yes, I knew because Chris Singleton reminds me every time I play the Cubs on MLB The Show.

Was featured in several "film noir" movies back in the 40s and 50s.

I saw Roger Maris hit his 50th homerun in August 1961. I was 10 yrs old and remember we parked our car on a guys front yard for a couple of bucks.

They could have kept pieces of it such as the clock tower when it was demolished.

That old school Angels graphic is awesome.

I’m a cubs fan I didn’t know about this

"And there used to be a ballpark right here!" Frank Sinatra

Home or Home Run Derby

Where in LA was Wrigley Field located?

In MLB 24 Rosd to the Show I’m in the cubs and the announcers say this every other game lol. It’s a nice fun fact

Used to watch classic home run derby on espn in the 80s. That was filmed there

The Los Angeles Angels 🔴😇⚾️

Yes, I knew. Thanks for asking.

Had No Idea

Was this also called Gilmore Field?

Where several old baseball movie w filmed.

Knew Bout wrigley field.

It was talked about . With the people who attended it , but they all passed away or are +70 years old. Like music . Many will be forgotten and just a few remembered