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Angels ANA

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GM: Mike Port

Overview

FORCED-SPEND ↘ cooling
expensive & losing · year 2 in this regime · payroll 1.29× league · TAB -10.9
-10.9TAB — talent above budget25th/26
-4.2WAB — realized wins (TAB + luck)18th/26
5.0depth — 2+ WAR regulars21st/26
-4.7dead WAR — sub-replacement drag12th/26
24%dead money %10th/26
0.500win %16th/26
26.5roster fWAR21st/26
-14surplus $M (value vs cost)24th/26
$29Mpayroll $M6th/26

Roster

CFShawn Abner 67GJunior Félix 63GDave Gallagher 61G
LFLuis Polonia 143GMax Venable 13GDave Gallagher 7G
RFDave Winfield 115GMax Venable 30GDave Gallagher 23G
SSDick Schofield 133GDonnie Hill 29GGary Disarcina 10G
2BLuis Sojo 107GDonnie Hill 39GJack Howell 12G
3BGary Gaetti 152GBobby Rose 4GGary Disarcina 2G
1BWally Joyner 141GLee Stevens 11GMike Marshall 6G
STARTERSJim Abbott 5.5WARMark Langston 3.0WARChuck Finley 2.9WARKirk McCaskill 1.3WARJoe Grahe 1.2WAR
CLance Parrish 111GRon Tingley 45GJohn Orton 28G
DHDave Winfield 34GLance Parrish 5GLuis Polonia 4G
BULLPEN★ Bryan Harvey 46svMark Eichhorn 0hScott Bailes 0hJeff Robinson 0hChris Beasley 0hMike Fetters 0hFloyd Bannister 0hCliff Young 0h
CLance Parrish 111 · Ron Tingley 45 · John Orton 28
1BWally Joyner 141 · Lee Stevens 11 · Mike Marshall 6
2BLuis Sojo 107 · Donnie Hill 39 · Jack Howell 12
3BGary Gaetti 152 · Bobby Rose 4 · Gary Disarcina 2
SSDick Schofield 133 · Donnie Hill 29 · Gary Disarcina 10
LFLuis Polonia 143 · Max Venable 13 · Dave Gallagher 7
CFShawn Abner 67 · Junior Félix 63 · Dave Gallagher 61
RFDave Winfield 115 · Max Venable 30 · Dave Gallagher 23
DHDave Winfield 34 · Lance Parrish 5 · Luis Polonia 4
SPJim Abbott 5.5 · Mark Langston 3.0 · Chuck Finley 2.9 · Kirk McCaskill 1.3 · Joe Grahe 1.2
BP★ Bryan Harvey 46 · Mark Eichhorn 0 · Scott Bailes 0 · Jeff Robinson 0 · Chris Beasley 0 · Mike Fetters 0 · Floyd Bannister 0 · Cliff Young 0

Each position lists its starter then backups by games (so platoons & bench show). Starters (mound) & bullpen (left, foul territory) are ranked by WAR; ★ marks the closer (most save chances). MLB Stats API.

1991 roster — value & surplus

PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Jim Abbott 23 pre-arb 345.5 0.4 +2.9
Wally Joyner 29 arb 1433.8 2.1 +0.1
Bryan Harvey 28 arb 673.0 1.0 +0.8
Mark Langston 30 FA-elig 343.0 3.5 -1.7
Chuck Finley 28 arb 342.9 2.5 -0.8
Mark Eichhorn 30 FA-elig 701.9 0.7 +0.5
Dave Gallagher 30 arb 901.7 0.4 +0.7
Luis Polonia 27 arb 1501.6 0.8 +0.1
Lance Parrish 35 FA-elig 1191.5 2.4 -1.5
Kirk McCaskill 30 FA-elig 301.3 2.1 -1.3
Joe Grahe 23 – 181.2 – –
Gary Gaetti 32 FA-elig 1520.9 2.7 -2.2
Dave Winfield 39 FA-elig 1500.8 3.3 -2.8
Donnie Hill 30 FA-elig 770.6 0.5 -0.2
Luis Sojo 26 pre-arb 1130.3 0.1 +0.1
Scott Lewis 25 pre-arb 160.3 0.1 +0.1
Ron Tingley 32 – 450.3 – –
Scott Bailes 29 arb 420.2 0.4 -0.3
Dick Schofield 28 FA-elig 1340.1 1.5 -1.4
Chris Beasley 29 – 220.1 – –
John Orton 25 pre-arb 290.0 0.1 -0.1
Kyle Abbott 23 – 50.0 – –
Bobby Rose 24 pre-arb 220.0 0.1 -0.1
Junior Felix 23 pre-arb 66-0.0 0.3 -0.3
Gary Disarcina 23 – 18-0.0 – –
Barry Lyons↔ LAD 31 arb 2-0.0 0.0 -0.1
Chris Cron 27 – 6-0.1 – –
Ruben Amaro Jr. 26 – 10-0.1 – –
Lee Stevens 23 – 18-0.1 – –
Jack Howell↔ SDP 29 FA-elig 32-0.1 0.2 -0.3
Jeff Robinson 30 FA-elig 39-0.1 1.0 -1.1
Mike Fetters 26 pre-arb 19-0.1 0.1 -0.2
Mark Davis 26 – 3-0.1 – –
Cliff Young 26 pre-arb 11-0.2 0.1 -0.2
Mike Marshall↔ BOS 31 FA-elig 2-0.2 0.1 -0.2
Fernando Valenzuela 30 FA-elig 2-0.2 0.3 -0.4
Floyd Bannister 36 FA-elig 16-0.3 0.2 -0.4
Kevin Flora 22 – 3-0.3 – –
Bob McClure↔ STL 39 FA-elig 13-0.3 0.2 -0.4
Max Venable 34 FA-elig 82-0.5 0.4 -0.7
Shawn Abner↔ SDP 25 arb 41-0.6 0.1 -0.4
Dave Parker↔ TOR 40 FA-elig 119-1.3 1.4 -2.2

Key additions (new vs 1990)

PlayerfWAR
Dave Gallagher1.7
Gary Gaetti0.9
Luis Sojo0.3
Chris Beasley0.1
Kyle Abbott0.0
Junior Felix-0.0

Key subtractions (gone from 1990)

Player1990 fWAR
Brian Downing2.1
Bert Blyleven1.7
Rick Schu0.9
Devon White0.8
Kent Anderson0.6
Willie Fraser0.5

Current & Historical Payroll

1991 payroll
$29.4M

What the front office was committed to as of 1991, 1991–1997. 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 (17)

PlayerAgeSvc1991199219931994199519961997
Mark Langston307.000$3.5M$3.5M$3.5M$3.5M$5.0M$5.0M$4.0M
Dave Winfield3918.000$3.3MFREE AGENT
Gary Gaetti3210.000$2.7M$2.7M$2.4MFREE AGENT
Lance Parrish3514.000$2.4M$1.8MFREE AGENT
Kirk McCaskill306.000$2.1MFREE AGENT
Dick Schofield288.000$1.5M$1.6MFREE AGENT$200k$250k
Dave Parker4018.000$1.4MFREE AGENT
Jeff Robinson307.000$1.0MFREE AGENT
Mark Eichhorn309.000$680k$1.2MFREE AGENT$170k
Donnie Hill308.000$500kFREE AGENT
Max Venable3412.000$425kFREE AGENT
Fernando Valenzuela3011.000$300kFREE AGENT
Floyd Bannister3614.000$250kFREE AGENT
Jack Howell296.000$232kFREE AGENT$300k$400k
Bob McClure3916.000$202kFREE AGENT
Mike Marshall3110.000$108kFREE AGENT
Ron Tingley329.000—$170k$262kFREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (8)

PlayerAgeSvc1991199219931994199519961997
Chuck Finley285.000$2.5MFREE AGENT
Wally Joyner295.000$2.1MFREE AGENT
Bryan Harvey284.000$1.0MARB 3FREE AGENT
Luis Polonia274.000$845kARB 3FREE AGENT
Scott Bailes295.000$425kFREE AGENT
Dave Gallagher304.000$358kARB 3FREE AGENT
Shawn Abner254.000$79kARB 3FREE AGENT
Barry Lyons315.000$40kFREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (17)

PlayerAgeSvc1991199219931994199519961997
Jim Abbott232.000$358kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Junior Felix232.000$310kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Fetters262.000$120kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
John Orton252.000$120kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Luis Sojo261.000$110kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Bobby Rose242.000$108kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Cliff Young261.000$105kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Scott Lewis251.000$105kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Kyle Abbott230.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ruben Amaro Jr.260.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Chris Beasley29–—
Chris Cron27–—
Mark Davis26–—
Gary Disarcina232.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Kevin Flora220.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Joe Grahe231.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Lee Stevens231.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR. Bars = Angels 1991; the black line = the league-average player at each slot that season. Staying above the line deep into the roster is the depth edge; dropping below it = holes & dead weight.

What each regime is worth — every settled team-season since 1985

RegimeSeasonsWin %Playoff %Pennant %WS %
WINDOW 28152.131.05.01.1
CONTEND 30056.964.719.710.3
FORCED-SPEND 25648.09.81.61.6
REBUILD 32143.31.20.30.3
Rosternomics — quantifying front-office skill, attribution-clean. Follow @rosternomics on X. Decision-makers on record back to 1933; resource-controlled metrics (WAR & payroll) cover 1985–2026.
Data: FanGraphs (WAR), Baseball-Reference & the Chadwick Bureau register (rosters, IDs), the Lahman Database, Baseball America prospect rankings (via The Baseball Cube), and public payroll records. Transaction and trade data was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet. Executive birth/death data via Wikidata (CC0); bios are original. Emoji graphics by OpenMoji (CC BY-SA 4.0).
All figures are franchise-level outcomes credited to the decision-maker in the acquisition year — not solely attributable to one executive.