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Angels ANA

198692–70 (0.568)Made Playoffs
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GM: Mike Port

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 1986, or a custom range (defaults to every team-season since 1985, when our data starts).

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Front Office

PoorAverageGreat
Value
Payroll $M
$14M
Surplus $M
+2
Win %
0.568
TAB
+13.6
WAB
+7.4
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
50.3
Dead money %
17%
Depth Players
12.0
Dead WAR
-2.0

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

1986 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

RBob Boone144
LJerry Narron51
RDarrell Miller10

1B

LWally Joyner152
RBobby Grich11
RGeorge Hendrick7
LMark Ryal4

2B

LRob Wilfong90
RBobby Grich87
RRick Burleson6
RGus Polidor4
BMark McLemore2

3B

RDoug DeCinces132
LJack Howell39
RRick Burleson4
RBobby Grich2
RGus Polidor1

SS

RDick Schofield137
RRick Burleson37
RDoug DeCinces1
RGus Polidor1

LF

RBrian Downing138
LRuppert Jones28
BDevon White18
RDarrell Miller11
LJack Howell7

CF

BGary Pettis153
LRuppert Jones10
BDevon White7
RDarrell Miller3
RGeorge Hendrick2

RF

LRuppert Jones96
RGeorge Hendrick92
RDarrell Miller9
LMark Ryal6
BDevon White5
LReggie Jackson4
LJack Howell1

DH

LReggie Jackson111
RRick Burleson35
RBrian Downing9
RDoug DeCinces3
LJerry Narron2
RDarrell Miller1
RGeorge Hendrick1

Starters

RMike Witt6.7 WAR
RKirk McCaskill5.6 WAR
LJohn Candelaria3.0 WAR
RDon Sutton2.2 WAR
RRon Romanick0.5 WAR
RVern Ruhle0.5 WAR
RJim Slaton⇄0.4 WAR
RWillie Fraser0.1 WAR
RUrbano Lugo-0.0 WAR
RMike Cook-0.2 WAR
RRay Chadwick-0.2 WAR

Bullpen

★ RDonnie Moore21 sv
RDoug Corbett0 h
LTerry Forster0 h
LGary Lucas0 h
LChuck Finley0 h
RVern Ruhle0 h
RT.R. Bryden0 h
RKen Forsch0 h

Each position shows its top 3 by games (top = starter) — click "+more" for the rest. The letter is bats/throws; ⇄ marks a player traded mid-season. Starters are ranked by WAR, bullpen by holds; ★ marks the closer (most save chances). MLB Stats API.

Key additions (new vs 1985)

PlayerfWAR
Wally Joyner3.3
Gary Lucas1.5
Rick Burleson0.7
Chuck Finley0.5
Terry Forster0.5
Vern Ruhle0.5

Key subtractions (gone from 1985)

Player1985 fWAR
Juan Beniquez1.5
Stu Cliburn1.5
Mike Brown0.6
Craig Gerber0.6
Tommy John0.5
Daryl Sconiers0.4

Contract Value

WAR translated into tier-adjusted market value, then compared with what the player was paid by Angels. Guaranteed contracts from the 2015-present contract-data period use the known contract period through 1986; everyone else is shown as a 1986 season snapshot.

PlayerPeriodfWARTier Market $MPaid $MSurplus $M$ / WARTierContract
Mike Witt 1986 +6.7 +135.0 0.9 +134.1 $0.1M 2.50× –
Kirk McCaskill 1986 +5.6 +111.6 0.1 +111.4 $0.0M 2.50× –
Gary Pettis 1986 +4.1 +58.9 0.3 +58.6 $0.1M 1.79× –
Brian Downing 1986 +3.9 +56.6 0.8 +55.8 $0.2M 1.79× –
John Candelaria 1986 +3.0 +46.8 0.8 +46.0 $0.3M 1.96× –
Dick Schofield 1986 +3.7 +38.7 0.2 +38.5 $0.1M 1.32× –
Wally Joyner 1986 +3.3 +28.1 0.1 +28.0 $0.0M 1.07× –
Don Sutton 1986 +2.2 +26.4 0.9 +25.5 $0.4M 1.49× –
Doug DeCinces 1986 +2.7 +24.1 1.2 +22.9 $0.4M 1.12× –
Ruppert Jones 1986 +2.3 +21.9 0.6 +21.4 $0.2M 1.22× –
Bobby Grich 1986 +2.1 +13.8 0.5 +13.3 $0.2M 0.82× –
Gary Lucas 1986 +1.5 +12.0 0.5 +11.5 $0.3M 0.98× –
Bob Boone 1986 +2.0 +12.2 0.9 +11.4 $0.4M 0.76× –
Reggie Jackson 1986 +1.5 +8.3 1.1 +7.2 $0.7M 0.69× –
George Hendrick 1986 +1.1 +7.2 0.9 +6.2 $0.9M 0.83× –
Jack Howell 1986 +1.3 +6.1 0.1 +6.0 $0.1M 0.58× –
Terry Forster 1986 +0.5 +5.5 0.2 +5.3 $0.3M 1.34× –
Donnie Moore 1986 +0.5 +4.9 1.0 +3.9 $2.2M 1.34× –
Ron Romanick 1986 +0.5 +4.3 0.4 +3.9 $0.8M 1.02× –
Jim Slaton↔ 1986 +0.4 +3.4 0.2 +3.2 $0.4M 1.02× –
Devon White 1986 +0.5 +3.2 0.1 +3.1 $0.1M 0.83× –
Chuck Finley 1986 +0.5 +2.9 0.1 +2.8 $0.1M 0.67× –
Rick Burleson 1986 +0.7 +3.5 0.9 +2.7 $1.2M 0.61× –
Vern Ruhle 1986 +0.5 +2.7 0.1 +2.6 $0.1M 0.67× –
Rob Wilfong 1986 +0.4 +1.6 0.4 +1.2 $1.1M 0.56× –
Jerry Narron 1986 +0.3 +1.1 0.1 +1.0 $0.5M 0.52× –
Doug Corbett 1986 -0.1 -1.3 0.4 -1.7 – 1.34× –
Ken Forsch 1986 -0.4 -2.2 0.1 -2.3 – 0.67× –
Darrell Miller 1986 -0.7 -4.5 – – – 0.83× –
Gus Polidor 1986 +0.1 +0.5 – – – 0.56× –
Mark McLemore 1986 +0.1 +0.4 – – – 0.56× –
Mark Ryal 1986 +0.1 +1.0 – – – 0.83× –
Mike Cook 1986 -0.2 -1.0 – – – 0.67× –
Ray Chadwick 1986 -0.2 -2.0 – – – 1.02× –
T.R. Bryden 1986 -0.1 -0.7 – – – 0.67× –
Todd Fischer 1986 -0.2 -1.2 – – – 0.67× –
Urbano Lugo 1986 -0.0 -0.0 – – – 1.02× –
Willie Fraser 1986 +0.1 +1.1 – – – 1.02× –
Total—+50.3+630.913.9+623.5—

Trades

Every graded 1986 deal involving the Angels — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 2 total.

1986 · NYY / ANA
NYY · Clyde King +$15.2M
Ron Romanick, Alan Mills
ANA · Mike Port −$15.2M
Butch Wynegar
NYY came out ahead by $15.2M
1986 · PIT / ANA
PIT · Syd Thrift +$0.0M
Kevin Davis
ANA · Mike Port +$0.0M
Chris Green
Even trade

Current & Historical Payroll

1986 payroll
$13.7M

What the front office was committed to as of 1986, 1986–1992. Pre-2015 has no contract-terms data — forward italic $ are realized actuals (hindsight, not commitments known then). Control labels (ARB/FA) are point-in-time.

current $ guaranteed $ actual $ (hindsight) arbitration (proj) pre-arb (proj) free agent

Guaranteed / signed (19)

PlayerAgeSvc1986198719881989199019911992
Doug DeCinces3513.000$1.2M$1.0MFREE AGENT
Reggie Jackson4019.000$1.1MFREE AGENT
Donnie Moore3211.000$1.0M$1.0M$1.0MFREE AGENT
George Hendrick3615.000$939k$989k$989kFREE AGENT
Don Sutton4120.000$890k$890kFREE AGENT
Rick Burleson3512.000$857kFREE AGENT
Bob Boone3814.000$853k$883k$883kFREE AGENT
Brian Downing3513.000$808k$900k$900k$1.2M$1.2MFREE AGENT
John Candelaria3211.000$800k$696kFREE AGENT
Ruppert Jones3110.000$560k$450kFREE AGENT
Bobby Grich3716.000$500kFREE AGENT
Gary Lucas316.000$500k$662kFREE AGENT
Rob Wilfong329.000$417kFREE AGENT
Doug Corbett336.000$410kFREE AGENT
Terry Forster3415.000$170kFREE AGENT
Jim Slaton3615.000$156kFREE AGENT
Jerry Narron307.000$142kFREE AGENT
Ken Forsch3916.000$100kFREE AGENT
Vern Ruhle3512.000$60kFREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (3)

PlayerAgeSvc1986198719881989199019911992
Mike Witt255.000$933kFREE AGENT
Gary Pettis284.000$300kARB 3FREE AGENT
Dick Schofield233.000$210kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (16)

PlayerAgeSvc1986198719881989199019911992
Ron Romanick252.000$425kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Kirk McCaskill251.000$142kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jack Howell241.000$82kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Wally Joyner240.000$65kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Chuck Finley230.000$60kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Devon White231.000$60kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
T.R. Bryden27–—
Ray Chadwick23–—
Mike Cook22–—
Todd Fischer25–—
Willie Fraser220.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Urbano Lugo23–—
Mark McLemore210.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Darrell Miller282.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Gus Polidor241.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mark Ryal25–—

Graphs

How each 1986 acquisition stacked onto Angels's playoff-odds curve. The side table is ranked by PPA.

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