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GM: Whitey Herzog

Overview

REBUILD ↗ rising
cheap & losing · year 2 in this regime · payroll 0.68× league · TAB -8.7
-8.7TAB — talent above budget22nd/28
-7.6WAB — realized wins (TAB + luck)27th/28
3.0depth — 2+ WAR regulars22nd/28
-6.5dead WAR — sub-replacement drag26th/28
36%dead money %19th/28
0.409win %27th/28
14.8roster fWAR27th/28
-6surplus $M (value vs cost)15th/28
$22Mpayroll $M25th/28

Roster

CFChad Curtis 114GJim Edmonds 5G
LFJim Edmonds 59GBo Jackson 43GRex Hudler 18G
RFTim Salmon 99GJim Edmonds 19GBo Jackson 3G
SSGary Disarcina 110GSpike Owen 5GRod Correia 1G
2BHarold Reynolds 65GDamion Easley 40GRex Hudler 22G
3BSpike Owen 70GDamion Easley 47GMark Dalesandro 5G
1BJ.T. Snow 61GEduardo Perez 38GJim Edmonds 22G
STARTERSChuck Finley 3.4WARMark Langston 1.6WARBrian Anderson 1.3WARPhil Leftwich 1.2WARMark Leiter 0.7WAR
CChris Turner 57GGreg Myers 41GJorge Fabregas 41G
DHChili Davis 106GBo Jackson 8GRex Hudler 1G
BULLPEN★ Joe Grahe 13svBob Patterson 0hMike Butcher 0hCraig Lefferts 0hScott Lewis 0hJeff Schwarz 0hBill Sampen 0hAndrew Lorraine 0h
CChris Turner 57 · Greg Myers 41 · Jorge Fabregas 41
1BJ.T. Snow 61 · Eduardo Perez 38 · Jim Edmonds 22
2BHarold Reynolds 65 · Damion Easley 40 · Rex Hudler 22
3BSpike Owen 70 · Damion Easley 47 · Mark Dalesandro 5
SSGary Disarcina 110 · Spike Owen 5 · Rod Correia 1
LFJim Edmonds 59 · Bo Jackson 43 · Rex Hudler 18
CFChad Curtis 114 · Jim Edmonds 5
RFTim Salmon 99 · Jim Edmonds 19 · Bo Jackson 3
DHChili Davis 106 · Bo Jackson 8 · Rex Hudler 1
SPChuck Finley 3.4 · Mark Langston 1.6 · Brian Anderson 1.3 · Phil Leftwich 1.2 · Mark Leiter 0.7
BP★ Joe Grahe 13 · Bob Patterson 0 · Mike Butcher 0 · Craig Lefferts 0 · Scott Lewis 0 · Jeff Schwarz 0 · Bill Sampen 0 · Andrew Lorraine 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.

1994 roster — value & surplus

PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Chuck Finley 31 FA-elig 253.4 3.9 +0.1
Chili Davis 34 FA-elig 1083.0 2.9 +0.6
Tim Salmon 25 pre-arb 1002.1 0.6 +1.8
Spike Owen 33 FA-elig 821.8 1.2 +0.9
Chad Curtis 25 – 1141.7 – –
Mark Langston 33 FA-elig 181.6 3.5 -1.7
Brian Anderson 22 pre-arb 181.3 0.1 +1.3
Phil Leftwich 25 pre-arb 201.2 0.1 +1.3
Gary Disarcina 26 arb 1121.0 0.4 +0.8
Rex Hudler 33 FA-elig 561.0 0.4 +0.7
Jim Edmonds 24 pre-arb 941.0 0.1 +1.0
Mark Leiter 31 arb 400.7 0.6 +0.2
Greg Myers 28 FA-elig 450.4 0.7 -0.2
John Dopson 30 FA-elig 210.4 0.4 +0.0
Bo Jackson 31 FA-elig 750.3 1.0 -0.7
Bob Patterson 35 FA-elig 470.1 0.7 -0.5
Garret Anderson 22 pre-arb 50.1 0.1 +0.0
Russ Springer 25 pre-arb 180.1 0.1 -0.0
John Farrell 31 – 30.1 – –
Ken Patterson 29 – 10.0 – –
Jeff Schwarz↔ CHW 30 pre-arb 40.0 0.0 -0.0
Joe Grahe 26 arb 40-0.0 0.9 -0.9
Mike Butcher 29 pre-arb 33-0.1 0.2 -0.2
Craig Lefferts 36 FA-elig 30-0.1 0.4 -0.5
Bill Sampen 31 arb 10-0.1 0.2 -0.3
Rod Correia 26 – 6-0.1 – –
Scott Lewis 28 arb 20-0.2 0.2 -0.3
Dwight Smith↔ BAL 30 arb 45-0.2 0.5 -0.7
Chris Turner 25 pre-arb 58-0.2 0.1 -0.4
Eduardo Perez 24 pre-arb 38-0.3 0.1 -0.5
Mark Dalesandro 26 – 19-0.3 – –
Andrew Lorraine 21 – 4-0.4 – –
Jorge Fabregas 24 pre-arb 43-0.5 0.1 -0.7
Damion Easley 24 pre-arb 88-0.7 0.2 -1.0
J.T. Snow 26 pre-arb 61-1.0 0.2 -1.3
Harold Reynolds 33 FA-elig 74-1.1 0.2 -1.5
Joe Magrane 29 FA-elig 20-1.1 1.5 -2.8

Key additions (new vs 1993)

PlayerfWAR
Spike Owen1.8
Rex Hudler1.0
Mark Leiter0.7
John Dopson0.4
Bo Jackson0.3
Bob Patterson0.1

Key subtractions (gone from 1993)

Player1993 fWAR
Scott Sanderson2.0
Stan Javier1.0
Torey Lovullo0.5
Rene Gonzales0.5
Gene Nelson0.4
Steve Frey0.3

Current & Historical Payroll

1994 payroll
$21.8M

What the front office was committed to as of 1994, 1994–2000. 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 (14)

PlayerAgeSvc1994199519961997199819992000
Chuck Finley318.000$3.9M$4.9M$3.1M$4.0M$5.0M$5.8MFREE AGENT
Mark Langston3310.000$3.5M$5.0M$5.0M$4.0MFREE AGENT
Chili Davis3413.000$2.9M$3.8M$3.8MFREE AGENT
Joe Magrane297.000$1.5MFREE AGENT
Spike Owen3311.000$1.2M$3.5MFREE AGENT
Bo Jackson318.000$1.0MFREE AGENT
Greg Myers287.000$700k$852kFREE AGENT
Bob Patterson359.000$650k$535kFREE AGENT
Rex Hudler3310.000$411k$347k$400kFREE AGENT
John Dopson309.000$400kFREE AGENT
Craig Lefferts3611.000$400kFREE AGENT
Harold Reynolds3311.000$230kFREE AGENT
John Farrell317.000—FREE AGENT
Ken Patterson296.000—FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (6)

PlayerAgeSvc1994199519961997199819992000
Joe Grahe264.000$925kARB 3FREE AGENT
Mark Leiter314.000$600kARB 3FREE AGENT
Dwight Smith305.000$466kFREE AGENT
Gary Disarcina265.000$400kFREE AGENT
Bill Sampen314.000$225kARB 3FREE AGENT
Scott Lewis284.000$155kARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (17)

PlayerAgeSvc1994199519961997199819992000
Tim Salmon252.000$600kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
J.T. Snow262.000$200kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Damion Easley242.000$170kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Butcher292.000$160kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Eduardo Perez241.000$135kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Chris Turner251.000$125kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Russ Springer252.000$125kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brian Anderson221.000$120kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jim Edmonds241.000$118kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jorge Fabregas240.000$109kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Garret Anderson220.000$109kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Phil Leftwich251.000$109kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jeff Schwarz301.000$46kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Rod Correia26–—
Chad Curtis252.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mark Dalesandro260.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Andrew Lorraine210.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR. Bars = Angels 1994; 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.