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GM: Bill Bavasi

Overview

FORCED-SPEND ↘ cooling
expensive & losing · year 2 in this regime · payroll 1.08× league · TAB -12.2
-12.2TAB — talent above budget28th/30
-13.0WAB — realized wins (TAB + luck)29th/30
6.0depth — 2+ WAR regulars17th/30
-7.2dead WAR — sub-replacement drag21st/30
33%dead money %18th/30
0.432win %23rd/30
23.1roster fWAR25th/30
-23surplus $M (value vs cost)25th/30
$53Mpayroll $M12th/30

Roster

CFGarret Anderson 116GJim Edmonds 42GReggie Williams 3G
LFDarin Erstad 67GOrlando Palmeiro 60GGarret Anderson 32G
RFTim Salmon 89GOrlando Palmeiro 35GTodd Greene 25G
SSGary Disarcina 81GAndy Sheets 76GJeff Huson 22G
2BJeff Huson 41GTrent Durrington 41GAndy Sheets 7G
3BTroy Glaus 153GJeff Huson 9GTim Unroe 3G
1BDarin Erstad 78GMo Vaughn 72GChris Pritchett 15G
STARTERSChuck Finley 4.4WARKen Hill 1.1WARJarrod Washburn 1.0WARRamón Ortiz 0.6WARSteve Sparks 0.5WAR
CMatt Walbeck 97GBengie Molina 30GCharlie O'Brien 27G
DHMo Vaughn 67GTodd Greene 42GOrlando Palmeiro 10G
BULLPEN★ Troy Percival 31svMark Petkovsek 11hShigetoshi Hasegawa 6hMike Magnante 4hAl Levine 3hScott Schoeneweis 3hLou Pote 3hMike Holtz 1h
CMatt Walbeck 97 · Bengie Molina 30 · Charlie O'Brien 27
1BDarin Erstad 78 · Mo Vaughn 72 · Chris Pritchett 15
2BJeff Huson 41 · Trent Durrington 41 · Andy Sheets 7
3BTroy Glaus 153 · Jeff Huson 9 · Tim Unroe 3
SSGary Disarcina 81 · Andy Sheets 76 · Jeff Huson 22
LFDarin Erstad 67 · Orlando Palmeiro 60 · Garret Anderson 32
CFGarret Anderson 116 · Jim Edmonds 42 · Reggie Williams 3
RFTim Salmon 89 · Orlando Palmeiro 35 · Todd Greene 25
DHMo Vaughn 67 · Todd Greene 42 · Orlando Palmeiro 10
SPChuck Finley 4.4 · Ken Hill 1.1 · Jarrod Washburn 1.0 · Ramón Ortiz 0.6 · Steve Sparks 0.5
BP★ Troy Percival 31 · Mark Petkovsek 11 · Shigetoshi Hasegawa 6 · Mike Magnante 4 · Al Levine 3 · Scott Schoeneweis 3 · Lou Pote 3 · Mike Holtz 1

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.

1999 roster — value & surplus

PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Chuck Finley 36 FA-elig 334.4 5.8 -0.3
Randy Velarde↔ OAK 36 FA-elig 953.5 1.0 +3.5
Garret Anderson 27 arb 1572.4 2.2 +0.8
Troy Glaus 22 pre-arb 1542.4 0.2 +2.8
Tim Salmon 30 FA-elig 982.0 5.5 -2.9
Darin Erstad 25 arb 1422.0 0.8 +1.7
Omar Olivares↔ OAK 31 FA-elig 201.9 1.1 +1.3
Mo Vaughn 31 FA-elig 1391.9 7.2 -4.8
Mark Petkovsek 33 FA-elig 641.4 0.8 +0.9
Ken Hill 33 FA-elig 261.1 5.5 -4.1
Mike Magnante 34 FA-elig 531.0 0.8 +0.5
Jarrod Washburn 24 pre-arb 161.0 0.2 +1.0
Troy Percival 29 arb 600.6 2.0 -1.2
Ramon Ortiz 26 pre-arb 90.6 0.2 +0.6
Lou Pote 27 pre-arb 200.6 0.2 +0.5
Orlando Palmeiro 30 arb 1090.5 0.3 +0.4
Steve Sparks 34 arb 290.5 1.4 -0.7
Jim Edmonds 29 FA-elig 550.4 3.5 -3.1
Jeff Huson 34 FA-elig 970.4 0.5 -0.0
Matt Luke 28 arb 180.3 0.2 +0.1
Steve Decker 33 – 280.3 – –
Scott Schoeneweis 25 pre-arb 310.3 0.2 +0.2
Mike Fyhrie 29 arb 160.2 0.2 +0.0
Bengie Molina 24 pre-arb 310.1 0.2 -0.0
Brian Cooper 24 – 50.1 – –
Tim Belcher 37 FA-elig 240.1 4.7 -4.5
Jack McDowell 33 FA-elig 40.1 0.5 -0.4
Mike Colangelo 22 pre-arb 10.1 0.2 -0.1
Juan Alvarez 25 – 80.0 – –
Steve Mintz 30 – 3-0.0 – –
Reggie Williams 33 FA-elig 30-0.0 0.2 -0.3
Bret Hemphill 27 – 12-0.1 – –
Jeff DaVanon 25 – 7-0.1 – –
Tim Unroe 28 arb 27-0.1 0.2 -0.3
Al Levine 31 arb 50-0.1 0.2 -0.3
Mike Holtz 26 arb 28-0.1 0.3 -0.4
Dave Silvestri 31 – 3-0.3 – –
Gary Disarcina 31 FA-elig 81-0.4 3.1 -3.6
Matt Walbeck 29 FA-elig 107-0.4 0.8 -1.3
Shigetoshi Hasegawa 30 pre-arb 64-0.4 0.9 -1.4
Chris Pritchett 29 – 20-0.5 – –
Charlie O'Brien 39 FA-elig 27-0.7 0.7 -1.6
Todd Greene 28 arb 97-1.3 0.2 -1.8
Trent Durrington 23 pre-arb 43-1.3 0.2 -1.8
Andy Sheets 27 arb 87-1.5 0.3 -2.2

Key additions (new vs 1998)

PlayerfWAR
Mo Vaughn1.9
Mark Petkovsek1.4
Mike Magnante1.0
Ramon Ortiz0.6
Lou Pote0.6
Jeff Huson0.4

Key subtractions (gone from 1998)

Player1998 fWAR
Allen Watson0.9
Jason Dickson0.7
Jeff Juden0.3
Mike James0.3
Gregg Jefferies0.2
Pep Harris0.1

Current & Historical Payroll

1999 payroll
$52.6M

What the front office was committed to as of 1999, 1999–2005. 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)

PlayerAgeSvc1999200020012002200320042005
Mo Vaughn318.000$7.2M$11.2MFREE AGENT
Chuck Finley3613.000$5.8MFREE AGENT
Tim Salmon307.000$5.5M$6.0M$6.5M$9.7M$9.9M$9.9MFREE AGENT
Ken Hill3311.000$5.5M$5.0MFREE AGENT
Tim Belcher3712.000$4.7M$4.6MFREE AGENT
Jim Edmonds296.000$3.5MFREE AGENT
Gary Disarcina3110.000$3.1M$3.2MFREE AGENT
Omar Olivares319.000$1.1MFREE AGENT
Randy Velarde3612.000$974kFREE AGENT
Mark Petkovsek338.000$850k$1.5MFREE AGENT
Matt Walbeck296.000$825k$925kFREE AGENT
Mike Magnante348.000$775kFREE AGENT
Charlie O'Brien3914.000$700kFREE AGENT
Jeff Huson3411.000$500kFREE AGENT
Jack McDowell3312.000$500kFREE AGENT
Reggie Williams337.000$210kFREE AGENT
Steve Decker339.000—FREE AGENT
Dave Silvestri317.000—FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (14)

PlayerAgeSvc1999200020012002200320042005
Garret Anderson275.000$2.2MFREE AGENT
Troy Percival294.000$2.0MARB 3FREE AGENT
Steve Sparks344.000$1.4MARB 3FREE AGENT
Darin Erstad253.000$800kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Holtz263.000$290kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Orlando Palmeiro304.000$276kARB 3FREE AGENT
Andy Sheets273.000$275kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Matt Luke283.000$250kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Fyhrie293.000$245kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Todd Greene283.000$225kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Al Levine313.000$208kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Tim Unroe284.000$200kARB 3FREE AGENT
Steve Mintz304.000—ARB 3FREE AGENT
Chris Pritchett293.000—ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (13)

PlayerAgeSvc1999200020012002200320042005
Shigetoshi Hasegawa302.000$900kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jarrod Washburn241.000$218kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Troy Glaus221.000$208kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Bengie Molina241.000$200kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ramon Ortiz260.000$200kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Lou Pote270.000$200kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Scott Schoeneweis250.000$200kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Colangelo220.000$200kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Trent Durrington230.000$200kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brian Cooper24–—
Bret Hemphill27–—
Juan Alvarez25–—
Jeff DaVanon250.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR. Bars = Angels 1999; 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.