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Angels ANA

199784–78 (0.519)
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GM: Bill Bavasi

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 1997, 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
$35M
Surplus $M
-2
Win %
0.519
TAB
-0.3
WAB
+3.6
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
32.5
Dead money %
38%
Depth Players
8.0
Dead WAR
-2.8

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

1997 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

RJim Leyritz⇄84
BChad Kreuter⇄80
RTodd Greene26
LJorge Fabregas⇄21
RAngelo Encarnacion11
RChris Turner8

1B

LDarin Erstad126
BDave Hollins14
LJack Howell12
LJim Edmonds11
BEddie Murray⇄3
RChris Turner2

2B

BLuis Alicea105
BTony Phillips⇄32
RCraig Grebeck26
RRobert Eenhoorn3
RRandy Velarde1

3B

BDave Hollins135
LJack Howell24
RCraig Grebeck15
BLuis Alicea12
BTony Phillips⇄7
RRobert Eenhoorn5
RGeorge Arias⇄3

SS

RGary Disarcina153
RCraig Grebeck20
RRobert Eenhoorn2

LF

LGarret Anderson130
BTony Phillips⇄23
RRickey Henderson⇄20
LOrlando Palmeiro4
RCraig Grebeck3

CF

LJim Edmonds115
LOrlando Palmeiro45
LGarret Anderson27
RRickey Henderson⇄6
LDarin Erstad1
BTony Phillips⇄1

RF

RTim Salmon153
BTony Phillips⇄23
LOrlando Palmeiro4
LGarret Anderson4
RChris Turner1

DH

BEddie Murray⇄43
LJack Howell21
BTony Phillips⇄19
LJim Edmonds8
LDarin Erstad7
RTodd Greene7
RRickey Henderson⇄6
LGarret Anderson4
RTim Salmon4
LOrlando Palmeiro2
BLuis Alicea1

Starters

LChuck Finley2.8 WAR
RJason Dickson1.7 WAR
LAllen Watson1.1 WAR
RKen Hill⇄0.8 WAR
RShigetoshi Hasegawa0.7 WAR
LDarrell May0.3 WAR
LMatt Perisho0.1 WAR
RDennis Springer0.0 WAR
LMark Langston-0.0 WAR
RMark Gubicza-0.1 WAR
RKevin Gross-0.2 WAR

Bullpen

★ RTroy Percival27 sv
LMike Holtz0 h
RPep Harris0 h
RMike James0 h
RRich DeLucia⇄0 h
LDarrell May0 h
LGreg Cadaret0 h
LChuck McElroy⇄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 1996)

PlayerfWAR
Dave Hollins2.6
Luis Alicea2.6
Jim Leyritz2.1
Allen Watson1.1
Tony Phillips1.0
Ken Hill0.8

Key subtractions (gone from 1996)

Player1996 fWAR
Rex Hudler2.6
Chili Davis2.4
Jason Grimsley0.9
Don Slaught0.8
Shawn Boskie0.7
Mark Eichhorn0.4

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 1997; everyone else is shown as a 1997 season snapshot.

PlayerPeriodfWARTier Market $MPaid $MSurplus $M$ / WARTierContract
Tim Salmon 1997 +4.6 +65.4 3.5 +61.9 $0.8M 1.79× –
Jim Edmonds 1997 +4.0 +56.9 2.0 +54.9 $0.5M 1.79× –
Chuck Finley 1997 +2.8 +44.5 4.0 +40.5 $1.4M 1.96× –
Garret Anderson 1997 +2.8 +35.6 0.6 +35.0 $0.2M 1.60× –
Darin Erstad 1997 +2.8 +23.9 0.2 +23.7 $0.1M 1.07× –
Luis Alicea 1997 +2.6 +22.1 0.7 +21.5 $0.3M 1.07× –
Dave Hollins 1997 +2.6 +23.4 2.0 +21.3 $0.8M 1.12× –
Jason Dickson 1997 +1.7 +19.8 0.2 +19.6 $0.1M 1.49× –
Mike James 1997 +1.3 +13.5 0.3 +13.1 $0.3M 1.34× –
Jim Leyritz↔ 1997 +2.1 +12.7 1.3 +11.4 $0.6M 0.76× –
Troy Percival 1997 +1.1 +11.8 0.7 +11.1 $0.6M 1.34× –
Allen Watson 1997 +1.1 +8.8 1.3 +7.5 $1.2M 1.02× –
Ken Hill↔ 1997 +0.8 +6.3 1.9 +4.4 $2.4M 1.02× –
Shigetoshi Hasegawa 1997 +0.7 +3.8 0.6 +3.2 $0.8M 0.67× –
Todd Greene 1997 +0.8 +3.2 0.2 +3.0 $0.2M 0.52× –
Tony Phillips↔ 1997 +1.0 +4.4 1.6 +2.7 $1.7M 0.56× –
Pep Harris 1997 +0.5 +2.7 0.2 +2.6 $0.3M 0.67× –
Chuck McElroy↔ 1997 +0.4 +2.1 0.2 +1.9 $0.4M 0.67× –
Chad Kreuter↔ 1997 +0.5 +2.1 0.5 +1.6 $1.0M 0.52× –
Darrell May 1997 +0.3 +1.4 0.1 +1.2 $0.6M 0.67× –
Mike Holtz 1997 +0.2 +0.9 0.2 +0.8 $0.9M 0.67× –
Chris Turner 1997 +0.2 +0.6 0.2 +0.5 $1.0M 0.52× –
Jack Howell 1997 +0.2 +0.8 0.4 +0.4 $2.2M 0.58× –
Rich DeLucia↔ 1997 +0.1 +0.7 0.6 +0.1 $4.3M 0.67× –
Angelo Encarnacion 1997 -0.0 -0.0 0.2 -0.2 – 0.52× –
Craig Grebeck 1997 +0.0 +0.1 0.4 -0.3 $31.9M 0.56× –
Randy Velarde 1997 +0.0 +0.0 0.8 -0.8 – 0.56× –
Jorge Fabregas↔ 1997 -0.4 -1.7 0.0 -1.8 – 0.52× –
Rickey Henderson↔ 1997 -0.2 -1.3 0.8 -2.1 – 0.83× –
Mark Gubicza 1997 -0.1 -1.0 1.6 -2.6 – 1.02× –
Gary Disarcina 1997 -0.1 -0.5 2.7 -3.2 – 0.61× –
Mark Langston 1997 -0.0 -0.1 4.0 -4.1 – 1.02× –
Eddie Murray↔ 1997 -0.9 -4.9 0.6 -5.5 – 0.69× –
Orlando Palmeiro 1997 -0.8 -5.4 0.2 -5.6 – 0.83× –
Dennis Springer 1997 +0.0 +0.2 0.2 -0.0 $9.3M 1.02× –
Anthony Chavez 1997 +0.1 +0.4 – – – 0.67× –
George Arias↔ 1997 -0.0 -0.0 – – – 0.58× –
Greg Cadaret 1997 +0.0 +0.1 – – – 0.67× –
Kevin Gross 1997 -0.2 -1.1 – – – 0.67× –
Matt Perisho 1997 +0.1 +0.7 – – – 1.02× –
Mike Bovee 1997 -0.0 -0.0 – – – 0.67× –
Robert Eenhoorn 1997 +0.1 +0.7 – – – 0.58× –
Shad Williams 1997 -0.0 -0.0 – – – 0.67× –
Total—+32.8+353.635.0+317.7—

Trades

Every graded 1997 deal involving the Angels — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 7 total.

1997 · ANA / TEX
ANA · Bill Bavasi +$2.4M
Mike Bell
TEX · Douglas Melvin −$2.4M
Matt Perisho
ANA came out ahead by $2.4M
1997 · TEX / ANA
TEX · Douglas Melvin +$44.0M
Jim Leyritz, Rob Sasser
ANA · Bill Bavasi −$44.0M
Ken Hill
TEX came out ahead by $44.0M
1997 · DET / ANA
DET · Randy Smith +$8.0M
Nick Skuse
ANA · Bill Bavasi −$8.0M
Phil Nevin, Matt Walbeck
DET came out ahead by $8.0M
1997 · SDP / ANA
SDP · Kevin Towers +$0.8M
Aaron Guiel
ANA · Bill Bavasi −$0.8M
Angelo Encarnación
SDP came out ahead by $0.8M
1997 · SFG / ANA
SFG · Brian Sabean +$4.0M
Travis Thurmond
ANA · Bill Bavasi −$4.0M
Rich DeLucia
SFG came out ahead by $4.0M
1997 · CHW / ANA
CHW · Ron Schueler +$10.4M
Chuck McElroy, Jorge Fábregas
ANA · Bill Bavasi −$10.4M
Tony Phillips, Chad Kreuter
CHW came out ahead by $10.4M
1997 · SDP / ANA
SDP · Kevin Towers +$11.2M
Ryan Hancock, Stevenson Agosto, George Arias
ANA · Bill Bavasi −$11.2M
Rickey Henderson
SDP came out ahead by $11.2M

Current & Historical Payroll

1997 payroll
$34.8M

What the front office was committed to as of 1997, 1997–2003. 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 (19)

PlayerAgeSvc1997199819992000200120022003
Chuck Finley3411.000$4.0M$5.0M$5.8MFREE AGENT
Mark Langston3613.000$4.0MFREE AGENT
Gary Disarcina298.000$2.7M$2.8M$3.1M$3.2MFREE AGENT
Dave Hollins317.000$2.0M$1.9MFREE AGENT
Ken Hill319.000$1.9M$5.0M$5.5M$5.0MFREE AGENT
Tony Phillips3815.000$1.6MFREE AGENT
Mark Gubicza3413.000$1.6MFREE AGENT
Jim Leyritz337.000$1.3MFREE AGENT
Rickey Henderson3818.000$812kFREE AGENT
Randy Velarde3410.000$800k$850k$974kFREE AGENT
Luis Alicea319.000$650kFREE AGENT
Eddie Murray4120.000$627kFREE AGENT
Rich DeLucia327.000$573k$400kFREE AGENT
Chad Kreuter329.000$509k$688kFREE AGENT
Jack Howell3512.000$400kFREE AGENT
Craig Grebeck327.000$400kFREE AGENT
Chuck McElroy298.000$171kFREE AGENT
Greg Cadaret3510.000—$257kFREE AGENT
Kevin Gross3614.000—FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (7)

PlayerAgeSvc1997199819992000200120022003
Tim Salmon285.000$3.5MFREE AGENT
Jim Edmonds274.000$2.0MARB 3FREE AGENT
Allen Watson264.000$1.3MARB 3FREE AGENT
Garret Anderson253.000$600kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Chris Turner284.000$155kARB 3FREE AGENT
Jorge Fabregas273.000$48kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Robert Eenhoorn293.000—ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (17)

PlayerAgeSvc1997199819992000200120022003
Troy Percival272.000$650kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Shigetoshi Hasegawa280.000$575kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike James292.000$330kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Dennis Springer322.000$195kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Darin Erstad231.000$175kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Angelo Encarnacion282.000$175kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jason Dickson241.000$162kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Orlando Palmeiro282.000$160kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Holtz241.000$160kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Pep Harris241.000$158kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Todd Greene261.000$153kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Darrell May252.000$150kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
George Arias251.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Bovee23–—
Anthony Chavez26–—
Matt Perisho220.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Shad Williams26–—

Graphs

How each 1997 acquisition stacked onto Angels's playoff-odds curve. The side table is ranked by PPA.

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