Rosternomics

Angels ANA

198875–87 (0.463)
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GM: Mike Port

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 1988, 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
$12M
Win %
0.463
TAB
-5.9
WAB
-7.2
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
28.6
Dead money %
48%
Depth Players
10.0
Dead WAR
-5.7

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

1988 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

RBob Boone121
RDarrell Miller53
BButch Wynegar26
RBrian Dorsett7
RBrian Downing4
RDoug Davis3

1B

LWally Joyner156
LBill Buckner19
RGeorge Hendrick12
LJim Eppard6

2B

BJohnny Ray104
BMark McLemore63
RJunior Noboa9
BChico Walker7
RGus Polidor3

3B

LJack Howell152
RGus Polidor22
RDomingo Ramos10
BMark McLemore5
RDoug Davis3
BChico Walker2
RJunior Noboa2
RJoe Redfield1

SS

RDick Schofield155
RGus Polidor25
RJunior Noboa3

LF

RTony Armas74
BJohnny Ray40
LThad Bosley25
RGeorge Hendrick20
RMike Brown18
LJim Eppard17
RDarrell Miller7
BChico Walker5
RDante Bichette3
LJack Howell1
RDomingo Ramos1

CF

BDevon White116
RTony Armas36
RDante Bichette17
BChico Walker12
BChili Davis3
RDarrell Miller2
LJack Howell1

RF

BChili Davis154
RTony Armas10
RDante Bichette5
RGeorge Hendrick4
LThad Bosley3
RMike Brown2

DH

RBrian Downing131
LJim Eppard7
BJohnny Ray6
LThad Bosley4
RTony Armas4
BChili Davis2
RGeorge Hendrick1

Starters

RMike Witt4.4 WAR
RKirk McCaskill2.6 WAR
LChuck Finley2.4 WAR
RTerry Clark1.1 WAR
RDan Petry0.3 WAR
RRay Krawczyk0.1 WAR
RJack Lazorko-0.1 WAR
RStew Cliburn-0.6 WAR
RWillie Fraser-0.7 WAR

Bullpen

RBryan Harvey17 sv
RGreg Minton0 h
RStew Cliburn0 h
LSherman Corbett0 h
RDe Wayne Buice0 h
RDonnie Moore0 h
RRay Krawczyk0 h
RJack Lazorko0 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 1987)

PlayerfWAR
Terry Clark1.1
Sherman Corbett0.3
Dan Petry0.3
Thad Bosley0.2
Ray Krawczyk0.1
Rich Monteleone0.1

Key subtractions (gone from 1987)

Player1987 fWAR
John Candelaria2.1
Don Sutton1.1
Doug DeCinces1.1
Gary Pettis0.9
Jerry Reuss0.4
Ruppert Jones0.3

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 1988; everyone else is shown as a 1988 season snapshot.

PlayerPeriodfWARTier Market $MPaid $MSurplus $M$ / WARTierContract
Mike Witt 1988 +4.4 +76.3 1.4 +74.9 $0.3M 2.19×
Kirk McCaskill 1988 +2.6 +40.9 0.3 +40.7 $0.1M 1.96×
Bryan Harvey 1988 +2.3 +36.3 0.1 +36.2 $0.0M 1.95×
Chuck Finley 1988 +2.4 +28.1 0.1 +28.0 $0.0M 1.49×
Wally Joyner 1988 +3.1 +26.1 0.3 +25.8 $0.1M 1.07×
Bob Boone 1988 +3.2 +25.8 0.9 +24.9 $0.3M 1.00×
Devon White 1988 +2.4 +23.3 0.2 +23.2 $0.1M 1.22×
Brian Downing 1988 +2.5 +19.9 0.9 +19.0 $0.4M 1.01×
Dick Schofield 1988 +2.4 +17.1 0.6 +16.5 $0.2M 0.89×
Johnny Ray 1988 +2.5 +16.1 0.7 +15.4 $0.3M 0.82×
Greg Minton 1988 +1.2 +12.3 0.5 +11.8 $0.4M 1.34×
Terry Clark 1988 +1.1 +8.8 0.1 +8.8 $0.1M 1.02×
Jack Howell 1988 +1.3 +5.9 0.2 +5.7 $0.2M 0.58×
Mark McLemore 1988 +0.8 +3.4 0.1 +3.2 $0.2M 0.56×
Sherman Corbett 1988 +0.3 +1.7 0.1 +1.6 $0.2M 0.67×
Tony Armas 1988 +0.2 +1.6 0.1 +1.5 $0.4M 0.83×
Butch Wynegar 1988 +0.5 +2.1 0.7 +1.3 $1.5M 0.52×
Dan Petry 1988 +0.3 +2.1 0.8 +1.3 $3.0M 1.02×
Thad Bosley 1988 +0.2 +1.5 0.3 +1.2 $1.3M 0.83×
DeWayne Buice 1988 +0.2 +0.9 0.1 +0.8 $0.9M 0.67×
Jim Eppard 1988 +0.1 +0.4 0.1 +0.3 $1.1M 0.83×
Darrell Miller 1988 +0.1 +0.2 0.1 +0.1 $2.0M 0.52×
Donnie Moore 1988 +0.2 +1.1 1.0 +0.1 $4.8M 0.67×
Chili Davis 1988 +0.1 +0.4 0.8 -0.4 $13.7M 0.83×
Jack Lazorko 1988 -0.1 -0.6 0.1 -0.7 0.67×
Bill Buckner 1988 -0.3 -1.2 0.1 -1.3 0.56×
George Hendrick 1988 -0.1 -0.5 1.0 -1.5 0.83×
Frank DiMichele 1988 -0.3 -1.6 0.1 -1.7 0.67×
Stu Cliburn 1988 -0.6 -3.0 0.1 -3.0 0.67×
Chico Walker 1988 -0.7 -5.0 0.1 -5.0 0.83×
Gus Polidor 1988 -1.1 -5.4 0.1 -5.5 0.61×
Willie Fraser 1988 -0.7 -5.5 0.1 -5.6 1.02×
Brian Dorsett 1988 -0.1 -0.5 0.52×
Dante Bichette 1988 -0.3 -1.9 0.83×
Domingo Ramos 1988 -0.2 -0.9 0.58×
Doug Davis 1988 -0.4 -2.0 0.58×
Joe Redfield 1988 -0.0 -0.2 0.58×
Junior Noboa 1988 -0.2 -0.7 0.56×
Mike Brown 1988 -0.3 -1.9 0.83×
Mike Cook 1988 +0.0 +0.2 0.67×
Ray Krawczyk 1988 +0.1 +0.7 0.67×
Rich Monteleone 1988 +0.1 +0.5 0.67×
Urbano Lugo 1988 -0.1 -0.4 0.67×
Vance Lovelace 1988 -0.3 -1.4 0.67×
Total+28.8+321.012.2+317.6

Trades

Every graded 1988 deal involving the Angels — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 6 total.

Current & Historical Payroll

1988 payroll
$12.0M

What the front office was committed to as of 1988, 1988–1994. 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 (15)

PlayerAgeSvc1988198919901991199219931994
Mike Witt277.000$1.4M$1.4M$800kFREE AGENT
Donnie Moore3413.000$1.0MFREE AGENT
George Hendrick3817.000$989kFREE AGENT
Brian Downing3715.000$900k$1.2M$1.2MFREE AGENT
Bob Boone4016.000$883kFREE AGENT
Chili Davis287.000$850k$1.5M$1.4MFREE AGENT$2.4M$2.9M
Dan Petry299.000$785k$785kFREE AGENT
Butch Wynegar3212.000$733kFREE AGENT
Johnny Ray317.000$732k$850k$1.1MFREE AGENT
Greg Minton3613.000$500k$830k$850kFREE AGENT
Thad Bosley3111.000$280kFREE AGENT
Tony Armas3412.000$100k$525kFREE AGENT
Chico Walker308.000$88kFREE AGENT
Bill Buckner3819.000$70kFREE AGENT
Domingo Ramos3010.000FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (10)

PlayerAgeSvc1988198919901991199219931994
Dick Schofield255.000$552kFREE AGENT
Kirk McCaskill273.000$262kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jack Howell263.000$200kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Devon White253.000$185kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Darrell Miller304.000$108kARB 3FREE AGENT
Gus Polidor263.000$97kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jack Lazorko324.000$97kARB 3FREE AGENT
Stu Cliburn314.000$70kARB 3FREE AGENT
Ray Krawczyk284.000ARB 3FREE AGENT
Junior Noboa234.000ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (19)

PlayerAgeSvc1988198919901991199219931994
Wally Joyner262.000$340kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
DeWayne Buice301.000$150kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Willie Fraser242.000$125kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mark McLemore232.000$122kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Chuck Finley252.000$111kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Bryan Harvey251.000$62kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Terry Clark270.000$62kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jim Eppard281.000$62kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Frank DiMichele230.000$62kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Sherman Corbett250.000$62kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Dante Bichette240.000Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Brown28
Mike Cook24
Doug Davis25
Brian Dorsett271.000Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Vance Lovelace24
Urbano Lugo25
Rich Monteleone251.000Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Joe Redfield27

Graphs

How each 1988 acquisition stacked onto Angels's playoff-odds curve. The side table is ranked by PPA.