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GM: Bill Stoneman

Overview

FORCED-SPEND ↘ cooling
expensive & losing · year 1 in this regime · payroll 1.11× league · TAB -4.0
-4.0TAB — talent above budget22nd/30
-6.3WAB — realized wins (TAB + luck)22nd/30
7.0depth — 2+ WAR regulars12th/30
-4.7dead WAR — sub-replacement drag14th/30
48%dead money %27th/30
0.475win %19th/30
31.5roster fWAR17th/30
-31surplus $M (value vs cost)23rd/30
$76Mpayroll $M12th/30

Roster

CFDarin Erstad 66GEric Owens 48GChone Figgins 44G
LFGarret Anderson 144GEric Owens 10GAdam Riggs 8G
RFJeff DaVanon 91GTim Salmon 78GEric Owens 42G
SSDavid Eckstein 116GAlfredo Amezaga 24GWilson Delgado 20G
2BAdam Kennedy 140GBenji Gil 28GChone Figgins 14G
3BTroy Glaus 87GScott Spiezio 52GWilson Delgado 20G
1BScott Spiezio 114GRobb Quinlan 33GShawn Wooten 32G
STARTERSScot Shields 2.4WARJohn Lackey 1.8WARJarrod Washburn 1.6WARRamón Ortiz 0.7WARAaron Sele -0.1WAR
CBengie Molina 117GJosé Molina 53GShawn Wooten 19G
DHTim Salmon 67GBrad Fullmer 41GShawn Wooten 18G
BULLPEN★ Troy Percival 33svBrendan Donnelly 29hBen Weber 11hFrancisco Rodríguez 7hGreg Jones 2hGary Glover 1hDerrick Turnbow 0hKevin Gregg 0h
CBengie Molina 117 · José Molina 53 · Shawn Wooten 19
1BScott Spiezio 114 · Robb Quinlan 33 · Shawn Wooten 32
2BAdam Kennedy 140 · Benji Gil 28 · Chone Figgins 14
3BTroy Glaus 87 · Scott Spiezio 52 · Wilson Delgado 20
SSDavid Eckstein 116 · Alfredo Amezaga 24 · Wilson Delgado 20
LFGarret Anderson 144 · Eric Owens 10 · Adam Riggs 8
CFDarin Erstad 66 · Eric Owens 48 · Chone Figgins 44
RFJeff DaVanon 91 · Tim Salmon 78 · Eric Owens 42
DHTim Salmon 67 · Brad Fullmer 41 · Shawn Wooten 18
SPScot Shields 2.4 · John Lackey 1.8 · Jarrod Washburn 1.6 · Ramón Ortiz 0.7 · Aaron Sele -0.1
BP★ Troy Percival 33 · Brendan Donnelly 29 · Ben Weber 11 · Francisco Rodríguez 7 · Greg Jones 2 · Gary Glover 1 · Derrick Turnbow 0 · Kevin Gregg 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.

2003 roster — value & surplus

PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Garret Anderson 31 FA-elig 1595.1 5.3 +3.8
Jeff DaVanon 29 – 1234.0 – –
Adam Kennedy 27 arb 1432.9 2.3 +2.9
Brendan Donnelly 31 pre-arb 632.6 0.3 +4.3
Scot Shields 27 pre-arb 442.4 0.3 +4.0
Tim Salmon 34 FA-elig 1482.3 9.9 -5.8
Bengie Molina 28 arb 1192.1 1.4 +2.2
John Lackey 24 pre-arb 331.8 0.3 +2.9
Chone Figgins 25 – 711.7 – –
Jarrod Washburn 28 arb 321.6 3.9 -1.1
Darin Erstad 29 FA-elig 671.5 7.2 -4.6
Scott Spiezio 30 FA-elig 1581.5 4.2 -1.7
David Eckstein 28 pre-arb 1201.2 0.4 +1.6
Brad Fullmer 28 FA-elig 631.0 1.0 +0.8
Ramon Ortiz 30 arb 320.7 2.3 -1.0
Francisco Rodríguez 21 pre-arb 590.6 0.3 +0.7
Ben Weber 33 arb 620.6 0.4 +0.6
Scott Schoeneweis↔ CHW 29 arb 390.5 0.9 -0.1
Troy Glaus 26 arb 910.5 7.2 -6.4
Adam Riggs 30 – 240.4 – –
Kevin Gregg 25 – 50.4 – –
Derrick Turnbow 25 – 110.3 – –
Wilson Delgado↔ STL 30 FA-elig 190.3 0.1 +0.5
Troy Percival 33 FA-elig 520.2 7.8 -7.5
Greg Jones 26 – 180.1 – –
Rich Rodriguez 40 – 30.1 – –
Kevin Appier↔ KCR 35 FA-elig 190.0 9.5 -9.4
Gary Glover↔ CHW 26 arb 180.0 0.1 -0.1
Barry Wesson 26 – 100.0 – –
J.B. Miadich 27 – 10.0 – –
Gary Johnson 27 – 5-0.0 – –
Julio Ramirez 25 arb 6-0.1 0.3 -0.4
Aaron Sele 33 FA-elig 25-0.1 8.2 -8.3
Trent Durrington 27 – 12-0.1 – –
Tom Gregorio 26 – 12-0.1 – –
Mickey Callaway↔ TEX 28 arb 17-0.2 0.2 -0.5
Alfredo Amezaga 25 – 37-0.2 – –
Robb Quinlan 26 – 38-0.3 – –
Chris Bootcheck 24 – 4-0.4 – –
José Molina 28 arb 53-0.7 0.3 -1.5
Eric Owens 32 FA-elig 111-0.8 0.9 -2.3
Shawn Wooten 30 arb 98-0.9 0.3 -2.0
Benji Gil 30 FA-elig 62-1.0 0.7 -2.5

Key additions (new vs 2002)

PlayerfWAR
Adam Riggs0.4
Kevin Gregg0.4
Derrick Turnbow0.3
Wilson Delgado0.3
Greg Jones0.1
Rich Rodriguez0.1

Key subtractions (gone from 2002)

Player2002 fWAR
Orlando Palmeiro1.2
Mark Lukasiewicz0.3
Alex Ochoa0.2
Matt Wise0.1
Sal Fasano0.1
Dennis Cook0.0

Current & Historical Payroll

2003 payroll
$76.4M

What the front office was committed to as of 2003, 2003–2009. 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 (12)

PlayerAgeSvc2003200420052006200720082009
Tim Salmon3411.000$9.9M$9.9MFREE AGENT$400k
Kevin Appier3514.000$9.5MFREE AGENT
Aaron Sele3310.000$8.2M$8.7MFREE AGENT
Troy Percival338.000$7.8M$7.8MFREE AGENT
Darin Erstad297.000$7.2M$7.8M$8.2M$8.8MFREE AGENT
Garret Anderson319.000$5.3M$6.2M$9.6M$10.6M$11.6M$12.6MFREE AGENT
Scott Spiezio307.000$4.2MFREE AGENT
Brad Fullmer286.000$1.0MFREE AGENT
Eric Owens328.000$925kFREE AGENT
Benji Gil3010.000$725kFREE AGENT
Wilson Delgado307.000$93kFREE AGENT
Rich Rodriguez4013.000—FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (15)

PlayerAgeSvc2003200420052006200720082009
Troy Glaus265.000$7.2MFREE AGENT
Jarrod Washburn285.000$3.9MFREE AGENT
Adam Kennedy274.000$2.3MARB 3FREE AGENT
Ramon Ortiz304.000$2.3MARB 3FREE AGENT
Bengie Molina285.000$1.4MFREE AGENT
Scott Schoeneweis294.000$942kARB 3FREE AGENT
Ben Weber333.000$375kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Shawn Wooten303.000$338kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
José Molina284.000$320kARB 3FREE AGENT
Julio Ramirez254.000$300kARB 3FREE AGENT
Mickey Callaway284.000$224kARB 3FREE AGENT
Gary Glover264.000$141kARB 3FREE AGENT
Trent Durrington274.000—ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jeff DaVanon294.000—ARB 3FREE AGENT
Derrick Turnbow253.000—ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (16)

PlayerAgeSvc2003200420052006200720082009
David Eckstein282.000$425kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brendan Donnelly311.000$325kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
John Lackey241.000$315kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Francisco Rodríguez211.000$312kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Scot Shields272.000$305kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Adam Riggs30–—
Kevin Gregg250.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
J.B. Miadich27–—
Alfredo Amezaga251.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Chris Bootcheck240.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Tom Gregorio26–—
Gary Johnson27–—
Chone Figgins251.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Barry Wesson26–—
Robb Quinlan260.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Greg Jones26–—

Graphs

Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR. Bars = Angels 2003; 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.