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Angels ANA

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GM: Bill Bavasi

Overview

WINDOW ↗ rising
cheap & winning · year 1 in this regime · payroll 0.99× league · TAB +9.2
+9.2TAB — talent above budget5th/28
+4.8WAB — realized wins (TAB + luck)6th/28
9.0depth — 2+ WAR regulars2nd/28
-4.9dead WAR — sub-replacement drag15th/28
19%dead money %7th/28
0.538win %8th/28
38.7roster fWAR6th/28
+5surplus $M (value vs cost)4th/28
$33Mpayroll $M17th/28

Roster

CFJim Edmonds 139GDave Gallagher 24GTony Phillips 8G
LFGarret Anderson 99GTony Phillips 47GRex Hudler 18G
RFTim Salmon 142GDave Gallagher 29GRex Hudler 1G
SSGary Disarcina 98GDamion Easley 25GSpike Owen 25G
2BDamion Easley 88GRex Hudler 52GJosé Lind 44G
3BTony Phillips 88GSpike Owen 29GEduardo Perez 23G
1BJ.T. Snow 143GMike Aldrete 36GCarlos Martinez 4G
STARTERSChuck Finley 4.4WARMark Langston 4.1WARJim Abbott 2.0WARShawn Boskie 1.3WARScott Sanderson 0.7WAR
CJorge Fabregas 73GGreg Myers 61GAndy Allanson 35G
DHChili Davis 119GGreg Myers 15GRex Hudler 3G
BULLPEN★ Lee Smith 37svTroy Percival 0hBob Patterson 0hJohn Habyan 0hMike James 0hMike Butcher 0hMitch Williams 0hMark Holzemer 0h
CJorge Fabregas 73 · Greg Myers 61 · Andy Allanson 35
1BJ.T. Snow 143 · Mike Aldrete 36 · Carlos Martinez 4
2BDamion Easley 88 · Rex Hudler 52 · José Lind 44
3BTony Phillips 88 · Spike Owen 29 · Eduardo Perez 23
SSGary Disarcina 98 · Damion Easley 25 · Spike Owen 25
LFGarret Anderson 99 · Tony Phillips 47 · Rex Hudler 18
CFJim Edmonds 139 · Dave Gallagher 24 · Tony Phillips 8
RFTim Salmon 142 · Dave Gallagher 29 · Rex Hudler 1
DHChili Davis 119 · Greg Myers 15 · Rex Hudler 3
SPChuck Finley 4.4 · Mark Langston 4.1 · Jim Abbott 2.0 · Shawn Boskie 1.3 · Scott Sanderson 0.7
BP★ Lee Smith 37 · Troy Percival 0 · Bob Patterson 0 · John Habyan 0 · Mike James 0 · Mike Butcher 0 · Mitch Williams 0 · Mark Holzemer 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.

1995 roster — value & surplus

PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Tim Salmon 26 arb 1435.8 0.9 +4.6
Jim Edmonds 25 pre-arb 1415.3 0.2 +4.9
Chuck Finley 32 FA-elig 324.4 4.9 -0.7
Mark Langston 34 FA-elig 314.1 5.0 -1.1
Tony Phillips 36 FA-elig 1393.7 4.4 -0.8
Chili Davis 35 FA-elig 1193.2 3.8 -0.8
Garret Anderson 23 pre-arb 1062.7 0.1 +2.5
Gary Disarcina 27 FA-elig 992.6 0.9 +1.5
Troy Percival 25 pre-arb 622.4 0.1 +2.2
Jim Abbott↔ CHW 27 FA-elig 132.0 1.2 +0.7
Shawn Boskie 28 arb 201.3 0.3 +0.9
Rex Hudler 34 FA-elig 841.2 0.3 +0.8
Lee Smith 37 FA-elig 521.0 2.6 -1.6
Bob Patterson 36 FA-elig 620.7 0.5 +0.2
Scott Sanderson 38 FA-elig 70.7 0.2 +0.4
J.T. Snow 27 arb 1430.6 0.2 +0.4
Greg Myers 29 FA-elig 850.6 0.9 -0.3
John Habyan↔ STL 31 FA-elig 280.5 0.3 +0.2
Dick Schofield↔ LAD 32 FA-elig 120.3 0.2 +0.1
Mike Harkey↔ OAK 28 FA-elig 120.2 0.2 +0.0
Mike James 27 pre-arb 460.1 0.1 +0.0
Jorge Fabregas 25 pre-arb 730.1 0.1 -0.0
Ken Edenfield 28 – 70.1 – –
Rich Monteleone 32 FA-elig 90.0 0.1 -0.1
Orlando Palmeiro 26 pre-arb 150.0 0.1 -0.1
Mike Bielecki 35 FA-elig 220.0 0.2 -0.1
Rene Gonzales 34 FA-elig 300.0 0.2 -0.2
Erik Bennett 26 – 10.0 – –
Kevin Flora↔ PHI 26 arb 2-0.0 0.0 -0.0
Mark Holzemer 25 pre-arb 12-0.1 0.1 -0.2
Mike Aldrete↔ OAK 34 FA-elig 18-0.1 0.1 -0.2
Mark Dalesandro 27 – 11-0.1 – –
Jose Lind↔ KCR 31 – 15-0.2 – –
Chris Turner 26 – 5-0.2 – –
Dave Gallagher↔ PHI 34 FA-elig 11-0.2 0.0 -0.2
Carlos Martinez 29 FA-elig 26-0.2 0.1 -0.4
Andy Allanson 33 FA-elig 35-0.2 0.1 -0.4
Rod Correia 27 – 14-0.2 – –
Russ Springer↔ PHI 26 arb 19-0.3 0.1 -0.3
Brian Anderson 23 pre-arb 18-0.3 0.1 -0.4
Mike Butcher 30 arb 40-0.3 0.2 -0.4
Damion Easley 25 arb 114-0.4 0.2 -0.6
Mitch Williams 30 – 20-0.5 – –
Eduardo Perez 25 pre-arb 29-0.7 0.1 -0.8
Spike Owen 34 FA-elig 82-0.8 3.5 -4.3

Key additions (new vs 1994)

PlayerfWAR
Tony Phillips3.7
Troy Percival2.4
Jim Abbott2.0
Shawn Boskie1.3
Lee Smith1.0
Scott Sanderson0.7

Key subtractions (gone from 1994)

Player1994 fWAR
Chad Curtis1.7
Phil Leftwich1.2
Mark Leiter0.7
John Dopson0.4
Bo Jackson0.3
John Farrell0.1

Current & Historical Payroll

1995 payroll
$32.9M

What the front office was committed to as of 1995, 1995–2001. 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 (24)

PlayerAgeSvc1995199619971998199920002001
Mark Langston3411.000$5.0M$5.0M$4.0MFREE AGENT
Chuck Finley329.000$4.9M$3.1M$4.0M$5.0M$5.8MFREE AGENT
Tony Phillips3613.000$4.4MFREE AGENT$1.6M
Chili Davis3514.000$3.8M$3.8MFREE AGENT
Spike Owen3412.000$3.5MFREE AGENT
Lee Smith3715.000$2.6M$1.7MFREE AGENT
Jim Abbott276.000$1.2M$2.2MFREE AGENT
Gary Disarcina276.000$925k$1.6M$2.7M$2.8M$3.1M$3.2MFREE AGENT
Greg Myers298.000$852kFREE AGENT
Bob Patterson3610.000$535kFREE AGENT
Rex Hudler3411.000$347k$400kFREE AGENT
John Habyan3110.000$285kFREE AGENT
Scott Sanderson3817.000$250k$200kFREE AGENT
Rene Gonzales3411.000$225kFREE AGENT
Dick Schofield3212.000$200k$250kFREE AGENT
Mike Bielecki3511.000$160kFREE AGENT
Mike Harkey287.000$150kFREE AGENT
Carlos Martinez297.000$150kFREE AGENT
Andy Allanson339.000$150kFREE AGENT
Rich Monteleone328.000$109k$135kFREE AGENT
Mike Aldrete349.000$99k$127kFREE AGENT
Dave Gallagher348.000$38kFREE AGENT
Jose Lind318.000—FREE AGENT
Mitch Williams309.000—FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (7)

PlayerAgeSvc1995199619971998199920002001
Tim Salmon263.000$950kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Shawn Boskie285.000$350kFREE AGENT
Damion Easley253.000$230kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
J.T. Snow273.000$225kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Butcher303.000$175kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Russ Springer263.000$81kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Kevin Flora264.000$8kARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (14)

PlayerAgeSvc1995199619971998199920002001
Jim Edmonds252.000$168kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brian Anderson232.000$135kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Eduardo Perez252.000$135kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Garret Anderson231.000$114kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mark Holzemer252.000$112kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jorge Fabregas251.000$112kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Troy Percival250.000$109kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike James270.000$109kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Orlando Palmeiro260.000$109kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Erik Bennett260.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Rod Correia27–—
Mark Dalesandro271.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ken Edenfield280.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Chris Turner262.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR. Bars = Angels 1995; 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.