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Angels ANA

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GM: Bill Stoneman

Overview

WINDOW ↗ rising
cheap & winning · year 1 in this regime · payroll 0.54× league · TAB +5.0
+5.0TAB — talent above budget11th/30
+1.0WAB — realized wins (TAB + luck)14th/30
9.0depth — 2+ WAR regulars4th/30
-4.0dead WAR — sub-replacement drag10th/30
16%dead money %6th/30
0.463win %20th/30
31.8roster fWAR19th/30
+20surplus $M (value vs cost)5th/30
$34Mpayroll $M26th/30

Roster

CFDarin Erstad 146GJeff DaVanon 13GGarret Anderson 12G
LFGarret Anderson 144GOrlando Palmeiro 26GScott Spiezio 10G
RFTim Salmon 125GOrlando Palmeiro 28GJeff DaVanon 17G
SSDavid Eckstein 126GBenji Gil 44GJose Nieves 10G
2BAdam Kennedy 131GBenji Gil 21GDavid Eckstein 14G
3BTroy Glaus 159GScott Spiezio 10GJose Nieves 2G
1BScott Spiezio 105GWally Joyner 39GShawn Wooten 21G
STARTERSJarrod Washburn 2.7WARRamón Ortiz 2.2WARScott Schoeneweis 2.1WARIsmael Valdez 2.0WARPat Rapp 1.2WAR
CBengie Molina 94GJorge Fabregas 53GShawn Wooten 25G
DHShawn Wooten 25GOrlando Palmeiro 25GGlenallen Hill 16G
BULLPEN★ Troy Percival 39svAl Levine 17hMike Holtz 14hShigetoshi Hasegawa 11hBen Weber 3hLou Pote 0hMark Lukasiewicz 0hJ.B. Miadich 0h
CBengie Molina 94 · Jorge Fabregas 53 · Shawn Wooten 25
1BScott Spiezio 105 · Wally Joyner 39 · Shawn Wooten 21
2BAdam Kennedy 131 · Benji Gil 21 · David Eckstein 14
3BTroy Glaus 159 · Scott Spiezio 10 · Jose Nieves 2
SSDavid Eckstein 126 · Benji Gil 44 · Jose Nieves 10
LFGarret Anderson 144 · Orlando Palmeiro 26 · Scott Spiezio 10
CFDarin Erstad 146 · Jeff DaVanon 13 · Garret Anderson 12
RFTim Salmon 125 · Orlando Palmeiro 28 · Jeff DaVanon 17
DHShawn Wooten 25 · Orlando Palmeiro 25 · Glenallen Hill 16
SPJarrod Washburn 2.7 · Ramón Ortiz 2.2 · Scott Schoeneweis 2.1 · Ismael Valdez 2.0 · Pat Rapp 1.2
BP★ Troy Percival 39 · Al Levine 17 · Mike Holtz 14 · Shigetoshi Hasegawa 11 · Ben Weber 3 · Lou Pote 0 · Mark Lukasiewicz 0 · J.B. Miadich 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.

2001 roster — value & surplus

PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Troy Glaus 24 arb 1615.3 1.2 +7.2
Jarrod Washburn 26 arb 302.7 0.3 +4.2
Garret Anderson 29 FA-elig 1612.7 4.5 -0.2
Darin Erstad 27 arb 1572.5 3.5 +0.6
Troy Percival 31 FA-elig 572.2 3.4 +0.2
David Eckstein 26 pre-arb 1532.2 0.2 +3.4
Ramon Ortiz 28 pre-arb 322.2 0.2 +3.3
Scott Schoeneweis 27 pre-arb 322.1 0.3 +3.1
Scott Spiezio 28 arb 1392.1 1.1 +2.2
Ismael Valdez 27 FA-elig 272.0 2.5 +0.7
Adam Kennedy 25 pre-arb 1371.3 0.3 +1.9
Pat Rapp 33 FA-elig 311.2 2.0 -0.1
Benji Gil 28 FA-elig 1041.2 0.3 +1.5
Tim Salmon 32 FA-elig 1371.1 6.5 -4.7
Shawn Wooten 28 pre-arb 791.1 0.2 +1.6
Bengie Molina 26 arb 960.9 0.3 +1.1
Shigetoshi Hasegawa 32 arb 460.5 1.5 -0.6
José Molina 26 – 150.5 – –
Al Levine 33 arb 640.5 0.7 +0.0
Ben Weber 31 pre-arb 560.3 0.2 +0.3
Mike Holtz 28 arb 630.2 0.7 -0.3
Lou Pote 29 pre-arb 440.2 0.2 +0.1
Jose Nieves 26 arb 290.2 0.2 +0.1
Matt Wise 25 pre-arb 110.2 0.2 +0.1
Wally Joyner 39 FA-elig 530.1 0.2 -0.0
Steve Green 23 – 10.1 – –
Scot Shields 25 – 80.0 – –
Brian Cooper 26 – 70.0 – –
Jamie Burke 29 – 9-0.0 – –
J.B. Miadich 25 – 11-0.1 – –
Toby Borland 32 – 2-0.1 – –
Mark Lukasiewicz 28 – 24-0.2 – –
Jorge Fabregas 31 FA-elig 53-0.2 0.5 -0.9
Larry Barnes 26 – 16-0.5 – –
Jeff DaVanon 27 – 40-0.5 – –
Jose Fernandez 26 – 13-0.6 – –
Orlando Palmeiro 32 FA-elig 104-0.7 0.9 -2.0
Glenallen Hill 36 FA-elig 16-1.0 1.5 -3.1

Key additions (new vs 2000)

PlayerfWAR
David Eckstein2.2
Ismael Valdez2.0
Pat Rapp1.2
José Molina0.5
Jose Nieves0.2
Wally Joyner0.1

Key subtractions (gone from 2000)

Player2000 fWAR
Mo Vaughn1.9
Mike Fyhrie0.8
Ron Gant0.6
Gary Disarcina0.6
Mark Petkovsek0.5
Kent Bottenfield0.4

Current & Historical Payroll

2001 payroll
$33.8M

What the front office was committed to as of 2001, 2001–2007. 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 (11)

PlayerAgeSvc2001200220032004200520062007
Tim Salmon329.000$6.5M$9.7M$9.9M$9.9MFREE AGENT$400k
Garret Anderson297.000$4.5M$5.0M$5.3M$6.2M$9.6M$10.6M$11.6M
Troy Percival316.000$3.4M$5.2M$7.8M$7.8MFREE AGENT
Ismael Valdez277.000$2.5MFREE AGENT
Pat Rapp339.000$2.0MFREE AGENT
Glenallen Hill3612.000$1.5MFREE AGENT
Orlando Palmeiro326.000$900k$1.0MFREE AGENT
Jorge Fabregas317.000$500k$269kFREE AGENT
Benji Gil288.000$350k$400k$725kFREE AGENT
Wally Joyner3915.000$200kFREE AGENT
Toby Borland327.000—FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (9)

PlayerAgeSvc2001200220032004200520062007
Darin Erstad275.000$3.5MFREE AGENT
Shigetoshi Hasegawa324.000$1.5MARB 3FREE AGENT
Troy Glaus243.000$1.2MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Scott Spiezio285.000$1.1MFREE AGENT
Al Levine335.000$715kFREE AGENT
Mike Holtz285.000$705kFREE AGENT
Bengie Molina263.000$350kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jarrod Washburn263.000$270kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jose Nieves263.000$232kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (18)

PlayerAgeSvc2001200220032004200520062007
Adam Kennedy252.000$280kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Scott Schoeneweis272.000$275kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ramon Ortiz282.000$250kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Lou Pote292.000$215kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Matt Wise251.000$208kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ben Weber311.000$204kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Shawn Wooten281.000$200kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
David Eckstein260.000$200kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brian Cooper26–—
José Molina262.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jose Fernandez26–—
Jeff DaVanon272.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Scot Shields250.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Larry Barnes26–—
Steve Green23–—
Mark Lukasiewicz280.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
J.B. Miadich25–—
Jamie Burke290.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR. Bars = Angels 2001; 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.