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Angels ANA

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GM: Dan O'Brien

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 1992, 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
$30M
Surplus $M
-15
Win %
0.444
TAB
-15.8
WAB
-10.1
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
18.6
Dead money %
57%
Depth Players
4.0
Dead WAR
-8.6

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

1992 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

RMike Fitzgerald74
RRon Tingley69
RJohn Orton43
RLance Parrish⇄24
LGreg Myers⇄8

1B

LLee Stevens91
RGary Gaetti44
LAlvin Davis22
RRene Gonzales13
RHubie Brooks6
LVon Hayes4
RBobby Rose2
LKen Oberkfell2
RMike Fitzgerald2

2B

RLuis Sojo96
RRene Gonzales42
RBobby Rose28
LKen Oberkfell21
RMike Fitzgerald1

3B

RGary Gaetti67
RRene Gonzales53
RDamion Easley45
RLuis Sojo9
RHubie Brooks8
RMike Fitzgerald3

SS

RGary Disarcina157
RRene Gonzales8
RLuis Sojo5
RDamion Easley3
RDick Schofield⇄1

LF

LLuis Polonia99
RChad Curtis48
LRob Ducey⇄20
RJose Gonzalez11
LJohn Morris5
RMike Fitzgerald5

CF

BJunior Félix125
RChad Curtis35
BReggie Williams12
RJose Gonzalez5
LRob Ducey⇄3

RF

LVon Hayes85
RChad Curtis62
RTim Salmon21
LRob Ducey⇄10
LJohn Morris9
RJose Gonzalez8
RMike Fitzgerald6
BJunior Félix4

DH

RHubie Brooks68
LLuis Polonia46
RGary Gaetti17
BJunior Félix8
LAlvin Davis7
LKen Oberkfell4
LVon Hayes4
LJohn Morris3
LLee Stevens2
RMike Fitzgerald1

Starters

LMark Langston5.4 WAR
LJim Abbott4.4 WAR
RJulio Valera3.1 WAR
RBert Blyleven1.4 WAR
LChuck Finley1.3 WAR
RJoe Grahe0.8 WAR
RDon Robinson⇄0.4 WAR
LTim Fortugno0.3 WAR
RScott Lewis0.2 WAR
LHilly Hathaway-0.1 WAR

Bullpen

★ RBryan Harvey13 sv
RChuck Crim0 h
LSteve Frey0 h
RMark Eichhorn⇄0 h
LScott Bailes0 h
RScott Lewis0 h
RMike Butcher0 h
RDon Robinson⇄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 1991)

PlayerfWAR
Julio Valera3.1
Rene Gonzales2.3
Chad Curtis1.5
Bert Blyleven1.4
Damion Easley0.5
Don Robinson0.4

Key subtractions (gone from 1991)

Player1991 fWAR
Wally Joyner3.8
Dave Gallagher1.7
Kirk McCaskill1.3
Dave Winfield0.8
Donnie Hill0.6
Chris Beasley0.1

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 1992; everyone else is shown as a 1992 season snapshot.

PlayerPeriodfWARTier Market $MPaid $MSurplus $M$ / WARTierContract
Mark Langston 1992 +5.4 +107.7 3.5 +104.2 $0.7M 2.50× –
Jim Abbott 1992 +4.4 +77.5 1.9 +75.7 $0.4M 2.19× –
Julio Valera 1992 +3.1 +47.9 0.1 +47.7 $0.0M 1.96× –
Rene Gonzales 1992 +2.3 +15.6 0.3 +15.2 $0.1M 0.85× –
Bert Blyleven 1992 +1.4 +11.7 0.9 +10.8 $0.6M 1.02× –
Chad Curtis 1992 +1.5 +9.9 0.1 +9.8 $0.1M 0.83× –
Joe Grahe 1992 +0.8 +8.4 0.1 +8.3 $0.2M 1.34× –
Chuck Finley 1992 +1.3 +10.4 4.4 +6.0 $3.4M 1.02× –
Mark Eichhorn↔ 1992 +1.2 +6.4 1.2 +5.2 $1.0M 0.67× –
Gary Disarcina 1992 +1.1 +5.2 0.1 +5.1 $0.1M 0.61× –
Luis Sojo 1992 +1.1 +4.8 0.2 +4.6 $0.2M 0.56× –
Don Robinson↔ 1992 +0.4 +3.2 0.2 +3.0 $0.5M 1.02× –
Ron Tingley 1992 +0.7 +3.1 0.2 +2.9 $0.2M 0.52× –
John Orton 1992 +0.4 +1.6 0.1 +1.4 $0.3M 0.52× –
Scott Lewis 1992 +0.2 +1.3 0.1 +1.2 $0.5M 0.67× –
Bobby Rose 1992 +0.3 +1.2 0.1 +1.1 $0.5M 0.56× –
Bryan Harvey 1992 +0.4 +3.9 3.1 +0.8 $8.5M 1.34× –
Dick Schofield↔ 1992 +0.0 +0.2 0.0 +0.2 $0.2M 0.61× –
Lance Parrish↔ 1992 +0.2 +0.8 0.6 +0.2 $3.2M 0.52× –
Mike Fitzgerald 1992 +0.1 +0.5 0.3 +0.1 $3.0M 0.52× –
Junior Felix 1992 +0.1 +0.4 0.6 -0.3 $11.4M 0.83× –
Luis Polonia 1992 +0.2 +1.0 1.6 -0.6 $10.9M 0.83× –
Greg Myers↔ 1992 -0.1 -0.6 0.1 -0.7 – 0.52× –
Alvin Davis 1992 -0.1 -0.4 0.8 -1.2 – 0.56× –
John Morris 1992 -0.4 -2.8 0.2 -3.0 – 0.83× –
Lee Stevens 1992 -0.7 -3.0 0.1 -3.1 – 0.56× –
Rob Ducey↔ 1992 -0.6 -3.7 0.1 -3.8 – 0.83× –
Chuck Crim 1992 -0.7 -3.9 1.1 -5.0 – 0.67× –
Scott Bailes 1992 -0.8 -4.4 0.6 -5.0 – 0.67× –
Gary Gaetti 1992 -1.1 -4.9 2.7 -7.6 – 0.58× –
Von Hayes 1992 -0.8 -5.6 2.2 -7.8 – 0.83× –
Hubie Brooks 1992 -1.7 -9.6 2.3 -11.9 – 0.69× –
Damion Easley 1992 +0.5 +2.2 – – – 0.58× –
Hilly Hathaway 1992 -0.1 -0.6 – – – 1.02× –
Jose Gonzalez 1992 -0.3 -2.0 – – – 0.83× –
Ken Oberkfell 1992 -0.3 -1.4 – – – 0.56× –
Mike Butcher 1992 +0.1 +0.3 – – – 0.67× –
Reggie Williams 1992 -0.0 -0.1 – – – 0.83× –
Steve Frey 1992 -0.5 -2.4 – – – 0.67× –
Tim Fortugno 1992 +0.3 +1.5 – – – 0.67× –
Tim Salmon 1992 -0.4 -2.8 – – – 0.83× –
Total—+18.9+278.529.9+253.5—

Trades

Every graded 1992 deal involving the Angels — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 5 total.

1992 · TOR / ANA
TOR · Pat Gillick +$4.8M
Mark Eichhorn
ANA · Dan O'Brien −$4.8M
Rob Ducey, Greg Myers
TOR came out ahead by $4.8M
1992 · OAK / ANA
OAK · Sandy Alderson +$6.4M
Dan Grunhard
ANA · Dan O'Brien −$6.4M
Rod Correia
OAK came out ahead by $6.4M
1992 · ANA / NYM
ANA · Dan O'Brien +$31.2M
Julio Valera
NYM · Al Harazin −$31.2M
Dick Schofield, Julian Vasquez
ANA came out ahead by $31.2M
1992 · TOR / ANA
TOR · Pat Gillick +$18.4M
Luis Sojo
ANA · Dan O'Brien −$18.4M
Kelly Gruber
TOR came out ahead by $18.4M
1992 · NYY / ANA
NYY · Gene Michael +$33.6M
Jim Abbott
ANA · Dan O'Brien −$33.6M
J. T. Snow, Jerry Nielsen, Russ Springer
NYY came out ahead by $33.6M

Current & Historical Payroll

1992 payroll
$30.3M

What the front office was committed to as of 1992, 1992–1998. 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 (18)

PlayerAgeSvc1992199319941995199619971998
Chuck Finley296.000$4.4M$5.4M$3.9M$4.9M$3.1M$4.0M$5.0M
Mark Langston318.000$3.5M$3.5M$3.5M$5.0M$5.0M$4.0MFREE AGENT
Gary Gaetti3311.000$2.7M$2.4MFREE AGENT
Hubie Brooks3512.000$2.3MFREE AGENT
Von Hayes3311.000$2.2MFREE AGENT
Mark Eichhorn3110.000$1.2MFREE AGENT$170k
Bert Blyleven4122.000$900kFREE AGENT
Alvin Davis318.000$800kFREE AGENT
Lance Parrish3615.000$624kFREE AGENT
Scott Bailes306.000$600kFREE AGENT
Mike Fitzgerald319.000$350kFREE AGENT
Rene Gonzales318.000$325k$750kFREE AGENT$225k
Don Robinson3514.000$208kFREE AGENT
John Morris316.000$200kFREE AGENT
Ron Tingley3310.000$170k$262kFREE AGENT
Dick Schofield299.000$11kFREE AGENT$200k$250k
Jose Gonzalez277.000—FREE AGENT
Ken Oberkfell3615.000—FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (11)

PlayerAgeSvc1992199319941995199619971998
Bryan Harvey295.000$3.1MFREE AGENT
Jim Abbott243.000$1.9MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Luis Polonia285.000$1.6MFREE AGENT
Chuck Crim305.000$1.1MFREE AGENT
Junior Felix243.000$640kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Greg Myers265.000$140kFREE AGENT
Gary Disarcina243.000$135kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
John Orton263.000$130kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Bobby Rose253.000$125kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Rob Ducey275.000$115kFREE AGENT
Steve Frey283.000—ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (12)

PlayerAgeSvc1992199319941995199619971998
Luis Sojo272.000$190kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Lee Stevens242.000$130kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Joe Grahe242.000$125kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Scott Lewis262.000$120kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Julio Valera232.000$112kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Chad Curtis230.000$109kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Butcher270.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Damion Easley220.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Tim Fortugno300.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Hilly Hathaway22–—
Tim Salmon230.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Reggie Williams260.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

How each 1992 acquisition stacked onto Angels's playoff-odds curve. The side table is ranked by PPA.

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