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Angels ANA

200299–63 (0.611)★ 2002 World Series Champions
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GM: Bill Stoneman

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 2002, 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
$62M
Surplus $M
+8
Win %
0.611
TAB
+11.9
WAB
+17.8
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
45.4
Dead money %
9%
Depth Players
10.0
Dead WAR
-1.9

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

2002 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

RBengie Molina121
LJorge Fabregas⇄35
RJosé Molina29
RSal Fasano2
RShawn Wooten2

1B

BScott Spiezio143
LBrad Fullmer29
RShawn Wooten16
RBenji Gil10
LDarin Erstad5
RJose Nieves3
RClay Bellinger2

2B

LAdam Kennedy139
RBenji Gil26
RJose Nieves18
BChone Figgins8
BScott Spiezio1

3B

RTroy Glaus156
BScott Spiezio20
RJose Nieves5
RShawn Wooten1

SS

RDavid Eckstein147
RBenji Gil14
RJose Nieves13
BAlfredo Amezaga5
RTroy Glaus2

LF

LGarret Anderson137
LOrlando Palmeiro33
RAlex Ochoa⇄8
BScott Spiezio8
BJeff DaVanon2

CF

LDarin Erstad143
RJulio Ramirez15
LGarret Anderson14
LOrlando Palmeiro11
BJeff DaVanon4
LAdam Kennedy1
RJose Nieves1

RF

RTim Salmon111
LOrlando Palmeiro47
RAlex Ochoa⇄29
RJulio Ramirez9
BJeff DaVanon4
BScott Spiezio2
RJose Nieves1

DH

LBrad Fullmer90
RTim Salmon21
RShawn Wooten18
LGarret Anderson10
LDarin Erstad4
RBenji Gil4
RDavid Eckstein3
LAdam Kennedy1
LOrlando Palmeiro1
BJeff DaVanon1

Starters

LJarrod Washburn4.2 WAR
RKevin Appier2.6 WAR
RJohn Lackey1.9 WAR
RRamon Ortiz1.5 WAR
RAaron Sele1.3 WAR
RMickey Callaway0.3 WAR
RScot Shields0.2 WAR
LScott Schoeneweis0.1 WAR

Bullpen

★ RTroy Percival40 sv
RBen Weber18 h
RBrendan Donnelly13 h
RAl Levine9 h
LDennis Cook7 h
RScot Shields3 h
RLou Pote1 h
LMark Lukasiewicz1 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 2001)

PlayerfWAR
Kevin Appier2.6
Brad Fullmer2.5
John Lackey1.9
Brendan Donnelly1.4
Aaron Sele1.3
Mickey Callaway0.3

Key subtractions (gone from 2001)

Player2001 fWAR
Ismael Valdez2.0
Pat Rapp1.2
Shigetoshi Hasegawa0.5
Mike Holtz0.2
Wally Joyner0.1
Steve Green0.1

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 2002; everyone else is shown as a 2002 season snapshot.

PlayerPeriodfWARTier Market $MPaid $MSurplus $M$ / WARTierContract
Jarrod Washburn 2002 +4.2 +74.2 0.3 +73.9 $0.1M 2.19× –
Garret Anderson 2002 +3.7 +53.5 5.0 +48.5 $1.3M 1.79× –
David Eckstein 2002 +4.5 +47.2 0.3 +46.9 $0.1M 1.32× –
Darin Erstad 2002 +3.6 +51.9 6.2 +45.7 $1.7M 1.79× –
Troy Glaus 2002 +3.7 +37.2 4.0 +33.2 $1.1M 1.25× –
Tim Salmon 2002 +3.3 +42.1 9.7 +32.5 $2.9M 1.60× –
Kevin Appier 2002 +2.6 +40.1 9.5 +30.6 $3.7M 1.96× –
Adam Kennedy 2002 +3.4 +29.6 0.4 +29.2 $0.1M 1.07× –
Brad Fullmer 2002 +2.5 +26.8 4.0 +22.8 $1.6M 1.33× –
Scott Spiezio 2002 +2.8 +24.1 2.3 +21.9 $0.8M 1.07× –
Troy Percival 2002 +1.6 +25.1 5.2 +19.8 $3.3M 1.95× –
Ramon Ortiz 2002 +1.5 +18.1 0.6 +17.5 $0.4M 1.49× –
Ben Weber 2002 +1.0 +10.7 0.2 +10.4 $0.2M 1.34× –
Orlando Palmeiro 2002 +1.2 +8.1 1.0 +7.1 $0.8M 0.83× –
Aaron Sele 2002 +1.3 +10.6 7.2 +3.4 $5.5M 1.02× –
Benji Gil 2002 +0.7 +3.1 0.4 +2.7 $0.6M 0.56× –
Mark Lukasiewicz 2002 +0.3 +1.5 0.2 +1.3 $0.7M 0.67× –
Shawn Wooten 2002 +0.2 +1.1 0.2 +0.9 $1.3M 0.69× –
Alex Ochoa↔ 2002 +0.2 +1.2 0.8 +0.3 $4.7M 0.83× –
Scott Schoeneweis 2002 +0.1 +0.5 0.3 +0.2 $3.4M 0.67× –
Bengie Molina 2002 +0.1 +0.5 0.3 +0.1 $3.1M 0.52× –
Jeff DaVanon 2002 +0.0 +0.3 0.2 +0.1 $5.2M 0.83× –
Donne Wall 2002 -0.0 -0.3 0.3 -0.6 – 0.67× –
Dennis Cook 2002 +0.0 +0.1 1.2 -1.1 $62.1M 0.67× –
Lou Pote 2002 -0.3 -1.7 0.3 -1.9 – 0.67× –
Jorge Fabregas↔ 2002 -0.5 -1.9 0.3 -2.2 – 0.52× –
Jose Nieves 2002 -0.5 -2.3 0.2 -2.5 – 0.56× –
Al Levine 2002 -0.4 -4.7 1.3 -6.1 – 1.34× –
Alfredo Amezaga 2002 +0.2 +0.9 – – – 0.61× –
Brendan Donnelly 2002 +1.4 +7.6 – – – 0.67× –
Chone Figgins 2002 -0.1 -0.6 – – – 0.56× –
Clay Bellinger 2002 -0.0 -0.1 – – – 0.56× –
Francisco Rodríguez 2002 +0.2 +1.1 – – – 0.67× –
John Lackey 2002 +1.9 +22.1 – – – 1.49× –
José Molina 2002 +0.1 +0.4 – – – 0.52× –
Julio Ramirez 2002 +0.1 +0.8 – – – 0.83× –
Matt Wise 2002 +0.1 +0.7 – – – 0.67× –
Mickey Callaway 2002 +0.3 +2.8 – – – 1.02× –
Sal Fasano 2002 +0.1 +0.3 – – – 0.52× –
Scot Shields 2002 +0.2 +1.0 – – – 0.67× –
Total—+45.3+533.761.9+434.6—

Trades

Every graded 2002 deal involving the Angels — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 2 total.

2002 · ANA / TOR
ANA · Bill Stoneman +$18.4M
Brad Fullmer
TOR · JP Ricciardi −$18.4M
Brian Cooper
ANA came out ahead by $18.4M
2002 · MIL / ANA
MIL · Dean Taylor +$1.6M
Jorge Fábregas, Johnny Raburn, Pedro Liriano
ANA · Bill Stoneman −$1.6M
Sal Fasano, Alex Ochoa
MIL came out ahead by $1.6M

Current & Historical Payroll

2002 payroll
$62.1M

What the front office was committed to as of 2002, 2002–2008. 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 (15)

PlayerAgeSvc2002200320042005200620072008
Tim Salmon3310.000$9.7M$9.9M$9.9MFREE AGENT$400k
Kevin Appier3413.000$9.5M$9.5MFREE AGENT
Aaron Sele329.000$7.2M$8.2M$8.7MFREE AGENT
Darin Erstad286.000$6.2M$7.2M$7.8M$8.2M$8.8MFREE AGENT
Troy Percival327.000$5.2M$7.8M$7.8MFREE AGENT
Garret Anderson308.000$5.0M$5.3M$6.2M$9.6M$10.6M$11.6M$12.6M
Scott Spiezio296.000$2.3M$4.2MFREE AGENT
Al Levine346.000$1.3MFREE AGENT
Dennis Cook3914.000$1.2MFREE AGENT
Orlando Palmeiro337.000$1.0MFREE AGENT
Alex Ochoa307.000$834kFREE AGENT
Benji Gil299.000$400k$725kFREE AGENT
Donne Wall347.000$300kFREE AGENT
Jorge Fabregas328.000$269kFREE AGENT
Sal Fasano306.000—FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (14)

PlayerAgeSvc2002200320042005200620072008
Troy Glaus254.000$4.0MARB 3FREE AGENT
Brad Fullmer275.000$4.0MFREE AGENT
Ramon Ortiz293.000$575kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Adam Kennedy263.000$375kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jarrod Washburn274.000$350kARB 3FREE AGENT
Bengie Molina274.000$350kARB 3FREE AGENT
Scott Schoeneweis283.000$325kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Lou Pote303.000$255kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jose Nieves274.000$240kARB 3FREE AGENT
Jeff DaVanon283.000$208kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
José Molina273.000—ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Clay Bellinger333.000—ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Julio Ramirez243.000—ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mickey Callaway273.000—ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (11)

PlayerAgeSvc2002200320042005200620072008
David Eckstein271.000$280kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Shawn Wooten292.000$250kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ben Weber322.000$240kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mark Lukasiewicz291.000$208kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Scot Shields261.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Matt Wise262.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brendan Donnelly300.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Alfredo Amezaga240.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
John Lackey230.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Francisco Rodríguez200.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Chone Figgins240.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

How each 2002 acquisition stacked onto Angels's playoff-odds curve. The side table is ranked by PPA.

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