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Angels ANA

198775–87 (0.463)
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GM: Mike Port

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 1987, 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
$13M
Surplus $M
-3
Win %
0.463
TAB
-3.6
WAB
-9.2
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
32.8
Dead money %
41%
Depth Players
7.0
Dead WAR
-2.5

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

1987 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

RBob Boone127
RDarrell Miller33
BButch Wynegar28
RJack Fimple13
RBrian Downing6

1B

LWally Joyner149
LBill Buckner⇄38
RGeorge Hendrick9
RDoug DeCinces⇄4
LMark Ryal4

2B

BMark McLemore132
BJohnny Ray⇄30
LJack Howell13
RGus Polidor3
RDick Schofield2

3B

LJack Howell48
RGus Polidor11
RDarrell Miller1

SS

RDick Schofield131
RGus Polidor46
BMark McLemore6
RDoug DeCinces⇄1

LF

LJack Howell78
LRuppert Jones52
RGeorge Hendrick37
RBrian Downing34
RDarrell Miller14
BDevon White6
LMark Ryal6
RTack Wilson4
RTony Armas2

CF

BGary Pettis131
BDevon White64
LRuppert Jones3

RF

BDevon White120
RTony Armas26
LRuppert Jones21
LJack Howell15
LMark Ryal15
RGeorge Hendrick11
RDarrell Miller4
LJim Eppard1

DH

RBrian Downing115
LBill Buckner⇄19
LMark Ryal5
RDick Schofield1
BJohnny Ray⇄1
LRuppert Jones1

Starters

RMike Witt4.0 WAR
LJohn Candelaria⇄2.1 WAR
RWillie Fraser1.6 WAR
RDon Sutton1.1 WAR
LChuck Finley0.7 WAR
LJerry Reuss⇄0.4 WAR
RKirk McCaskill0.3 WAR
RJack Lazorko0.0 WAR
RMike Cook-0.2 WAR
RUrbano Lugo-0.3 WAR

Bullpen

★ RDe Wayne Buice17 sv
LGary Lucas0 h
RGreg Minton⇄0 h
LChuck Finley0 h
RMike Cook0 h
RDonnie Moore0 h
RBryan Harvey0 h
LMiguel Garcia⇄0 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 1986)

PlayerfWAR
DeWayne Buice2.1
Greg Minton0.9
Johnny Ray0.5
Bill Buckner0.4
Jerry Reuss0.4
Bryan Harvey0.1

Key subtractions (gone from 1986)

Player1986 fWAR
Bobby Grich2.1
Reggie Jackson1.5
Rick Burleson0.7
Ron Romanick0.5
Terry Forster0.5
Vern Ruhle0.5

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 1987; everyone else is shown as a 1987 season snapshot.

PlayerPeriodfWARTier Market $MPaid $MSurplus $M$ / WARTierContract
Mike Witt 1987 +4.0 +70.3 1.1 +69.2 $0.3M 2.19× –
Devon White 1987 +4.6 +65.7 0.1 +65.6 $0.0M 1.79× –
Brian Downing 1987 +3.9 +46.4 0.9 +45.5 $0.2M 1.49× –
Wally Joyner 1987 +4.0 +38.2 0.2 +38.0 $0.0M 1.20× –
DeWayne Buice 1987 +2.1 +32.4 0.1 +32.4 $0.0M 1.95× –
John Candelaria↔ 1987 +2.1 +24.6 0.7 +23.9 $0.3M 1.49× –
Jack Howell 1987 +2.4 +23.8 0.1 +23.7 $0.0M 1.22× –
Willie Fraser 1987 +1.6 +19.5 0.1 +19.4 $0.0M 1.49× –
Greg Minton↔ 1987 +0.9 +10.0 0.5 +9.4 $0.6M 1.34× –
Don Sutton 1987 +1.1 +9.2 0.9 +8.3 $0.8M 1.02× –
Dick Schofield 1987 +1.3 +6.2 0.5 +5.7 $0.4M 0.61× –
Gary Pettis 1987 +0.9 +6.1 0.4 +5.7 $0.4M 0.83× –
Bob Boone 1987 +1.3 +5.5 0.9 +4.6 $0.7M 0.52× –
Doug DeCinces↔ 1987 +1.1 +5.0 1.0 +4.0 $0.9M 0.56× –
Chuck Finley 1987 +0.7 +3.8 0.1 +3.7 $0.1M 0.67× –
Jerry Reuss↔ 1987 +0.4 +3.4 0.7 +2.7 $1.8M 1.02× –
Donnie Moore 1987 +0.3 +3.4 1.0 +2.4 $3.2M 1.34× –
Kirk McCaskill 1987 +0.3 +2.6 0.2 +2.4 $0.7M 1.02× –
Johnny Ray↔ 1987 +0.5 +2.3 0.2 +2.2 $0.3M 0.56× –
Bill Buckner↔ 1987 +0.4 +1.9 0.2 +1.7 $0.4M 0.56× –
Ruppert Jones 1987 +0.3 +2.2 0.5 +1.7 $1.4M 0.83× –
Darrell Miller 1987 +0.4 +1.6 0.1 +1.5 $0.2M 0.52× –
Gary Lucas 1987 +0.3 +1.6 0.7 +0.9 $2.2M 0.67× –
Jack Fimple 1987 -0.0 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 – 0.52× –
Butch Wynegar 1987 +0.0 +0.1 0.7 -0.6 $27.0M 0.52× –
Gus Polidor 1987 -0.2 -1.2 0.1 -1.3 – 0.61× –
Tony Armas 1987 -0.5 -3.2 0.1 -3.2 – 0.83× –
George Hendrick 1987 -0.4 -2.6 1.0 -3.6 – 0.83× –
Bryan Harvey 1987 +0.1 +0.3 – – – 0.67× –
Jack Lazorko 1987 +0.0 +0.3 – – – 0.67× –
Jim Eppard 1987 -0.0 -0.2 – – – 0.83× –
Mark McLemore 1987 -0.3 -1.3 – – – 0.56× –
Mark Ryal 1987 -0.4 -2.7 – – – 0.83× –
Miguel Garcia↔ 1987 -0.0 -0.2 – – – 0.67× –
Mike Cook 1987 -0.2 -1.0 – – – 0.67× –
Tack Wilson 1987 -0.0 -0.3 – – – 0.83× –
Urbano Lugo 1987 -0.3 -2.7 – – – 1.02× –
Total—+32.7+370.913.2+365.7—

Trades

Every graded 1987 deal involving the Angels — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 5 total.

1987 · PIT / ANA
PIT · Syd Thrift +$16.8M
Bill Merrifield, Miguel García
ANA · Mike Port −$16.8M
Johnny Ray
PIT came out ahead by $16.8M
1987 · ATL / ANA
ATL · Bobby Cox +$0.8M
Stan Cliburn
ANA · Mike Port −$0.8M
Joe Redfield
ATL came out ahead by $0.8M
1987 · CHC / ANA
CHC · Dallas Green +$4.8M
Todd Fischer
ANA · Mike Port −$4.8M
Chico Walker
CHC came out ahead by $4.8M
1987 · DET / ANA
DET · Bill Lajoie +$55.2M
Gary Pettis
ANA · Mike Port −$55.2M
Dan Petry
DET came out ahead by $55.2M
1987 · ANA / NYM
ANA · Mike Port +$8.8M
Shane Young, Jeff Richardson
NYM · Frank Cashen −$8.8M
John Candelaria
ANA came out ahead by $8.8M

Current & Historical Payroll

1987 payroll
$12.9M

What the front office was committed to as of 1987, 1987–1993. 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 (16)

PlayerAgeSvc1987198819891990199119921993
Mike Witt266.000$1.1M$1.4M$1.4M$800kFREE AGENT
Doug DeCinces3614.000$1.0MFREE AGENT
Donnie Moore3312.000$1.0M$1.0MFREE AGENT
George Hendrick3716.000$989k$989kFREE AGENT
Brian Downing3614.000$900k$900k$1.2M$1.2MFREE AGENT
Don Sutton4221.000$890kFREE AGENT
Bob Boone3915.000$883k$883kFREE AGENT
Jerry Reuss3818.000$748kFREE AGENT
Butch Wynegar3111.000$733k$733kFREE AGENT
John Candelaria3312.000$696kFREE AGENT
Gary Lucas327.000$662kFREE AGENT
Greg Minton3512.000$549k$500k$830k$850kFREE AGENT
Ruppert Jones3211.000$450kFREE AGENT
Bill Buckner3718.000$158k$330kFREE AGENT
Johnny Ray306.000$158k$732k$850k$1.1MFREE AGENT
Tony Armas3311.000$62k$100k$525kFREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (5)

PlayerAgeSvc1987198819891990199119921993
Dick Schofield244.000$475kARB 3FREE AGENT
Gary Pettis295.000$400kFREE AGENT
Darrell Miller293.000$91kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jack Fimple284.000$75kARB 3FREE AGENT
Jack Lazorko313.000—ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (16)

PlayerAgeSvc1987198819891990199119921993
Kirk McCaskill262.000$232kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Wally Joyner251.000$180kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jack Howell252.000$95kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Chuck Finley241.000$78kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Devon White242.000$70kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Gus Polidor252.000$67kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Willie Fraser231.000$62kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
DeWayne Buice290.000$62kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Cook23–—
Jim Eppard270.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Miguel Garcia20–—
Bryan Harvey240.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Urbano Lugo24–—
Mark McLemore221.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mark Ryal26–—
Tack Wilson31–—

Graphs

How each 1987 acquisition stacked onto Angels's playoff-odds curve. The side table is ranked by PPA.

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