Ángel Luis Mangual Guilbe (March 19, 1947 – February 16, 2021) was a Puerto Rican baseball outfielder who played seven seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). Nicknamed "Little Clemente", he played for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Oakland Athletics from 1969 to 1976. He batted and threw right-handed and was a three-time World Series champion.
Mangual was signed as an amateur free agent by the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1966 and played for four of their minor league affiliates until 1969, when the Pirates promoted him to the major leagues. After spending the 1970 season back in the minor leagues, Mangual was traded to the Athletics, where he spent the next six years and played during the team's championship seasons of 1972–1974. A decline in his performance resulted in him losing playing time, and he played his last major league game on June 20, 1976.
Mangual was born in Juana Díaz, Puerto Rico, on March 19, 1947. His family were baseball fans whose idol was Roberto Clemente. Mangual's younger brother, Pepe Mangual, and their cousin, Coco Laboy, would also become major league players. He was signed as an amateur free agent by the Pittsburgh Pirates before the 1966 season. Pancho Coimbre, the scout who recruited Mangual, had also convinced the Pirates to draft Clemente back in 1954.

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