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Angels ANA

200492–70 (0.568)Made Playoffs
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GM: Bill Stoneman

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 2004, 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
$100M
Surplus $M
-27
Win %
0.568
TAB
+3.7
WAB
+4.8
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
42.9
Dead money %
22%
Depth Players
10.0
Dead WAR
-4.0

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

2004 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

RBengie Molina89
RJosé Molina70
RJosh Paul37

1B

LDarin Erstad124
LCasey Kotchman34
RRobb Quinlan13
RShane Halter4
RJosé Molina2
RAndres Galarraga1
RAdam Riggs1

2B

LAdam Kennedy144
BChone Figgins20
BAlfredo Amezaga16
RShane Halter6
RAdam Riggs1

3B

BChone Figgins92
RShane Halter33
RRobb Quinlan32
BAlfredo Amezaga26
RTroy Glaus19
LDallas McPherson14

SS

RDavid Eckstein138
BAlfredo Amezaga32
BChone Figgins13
RShane Halter3

LF

RJose Guillen135
BJeff DaVanon24
LCurtis Pride15
RAdam Riggs8
RRobb Quinlan6
RJosh Paul4
RTim Salmon3
BChone Figgins1

CF

LGarret Anderson94
BChone Figgins54
BJeff DaVanon39
RRaúl Mondesi⇄7
LCurtis Pride2

RF

RVladimir Guerrero143
BJeff DaVanon29
LCurtis Pride7
RTim Salmon6
RJose Guillen4
RRobb Quinlan3
BChone Figgins2

DH

RTim Salmon39
RTroy Glaus39
LGarret Anderson18
BJeff DaVanon17
RVladimir Guerrero13
RJose Guillen10
RRobb Quinlan4
RAdam Riggs4
RShane Halter3
RBengie Molina2
RDavid Eckstein1
RAndres Galarraga1
RRaúl Mondesi⇄1
RJosh Paul1

Starters

RKelvim Escobar4.2 WAR
RJohn Lackey3.1 WAR
LJarrod Washburn1.8 WAR
RBartolo Colon1.3 WAR
RRamon Ortiz0.8 WAR
RAaron Sele0.6 WAR

Bullpen

★ RTroy Percival33 sv
RFrancisco Rodriguez27 h
RScot Shields17 h
RBrendan Donnelly5 h
RKevin Gregg3 h
RBen Weber2 h
RMatt Hensley0 h
RDerrick Turnbow0 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 2003)

PlayerfWAR
Vladimir Guerrero5.9
Kelvim Escobar4.2
Jose Guillen2.7
Bartolo Colon1.3
Dallas McPherson0.3
Matt Hensley0.1

Key subtractions (gone from 2003)

Player2003 fWAR
Scott Spiezio1.5
Brad Fullmer1.0
Scott Schoeneweis0.5
Wilson Delgado0.3
Greg Jones0.1
Rich Rodriguez0.1

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 2004; everyone else is shown as a 2004 season snapshot.

PlayerPeriodfWARTier Market $MPaid $MSurplus $M$ / WARTierContract
Vladimir Guerrero 2004 +5.9 +96.0 11.0 +85.0 $1.9M 2.05× –
Francisco Rodríguez 2004 +3.7 +85.1 0.4 +84.8 $0.1M 2.88× –
Kelvim Escobar 2004 +4.2 +73.3 5.8 +67.6 $1.4M 2.19× –
John Lackey 2004 +3.1 +48.8 0.4 +48.4 $0.1M 1.96× –
Chone Figgins 2004 +3.5 +35.3 0.3 +35.0 $0.1M 1.25× –
Jose Guillen 2004 +2.7 +35.1 2.2 +32.9 $0.8M 1.60× –
Scot Shields 2004 +2.1 +33.1 0.4 +32.7 $0.2M 1.95× –
Adam Kennedy 2004 +3.4 +28.8 2.5 +26.3 $0.7M 1.07× –
Jeff DaVanon 2004 +2.1 +20.9 0.4 +20.5 $0.2M 1.22× –
Jarrod Washburn 2004 +1.8 +21.8 5.5 +16.3 $3.0M 1.49× –
David Eckstein 2004 +1.9 +13.9 2.1 +11.7 $1.1M 0.89× –
Kevin Gregg 2004 +1.4 +7.3 0.3 +7.0 $0.2M 0.67× –
Darin Erstad 2004 +2.1 +13.5 7.8 +5.8 $3.7M 0.81× –
José Molina 2004 +1.1 +4.5 0.3 +4.2 $0.3M 0.52× –
Brendan Donnelly 2004 +0.7 +3.9 0.4 +3.6 $0.5M 0.67× –
Ramon Ortiz 2004 +0.8 +4.3 3.3 +1.0 $4.1M 0.67× –
Bartolo Colon 2004 +1.3 +10.9 11.0 -0.1 $8.2M 1.02× –
Josh Paul 2004 +0.1 +0.2 0.3 -0.1 $5.7M 0.52× –
Bengie Molina 2004 +0.4 +1.7 2.0 -0.3 $4.9M 0.52× –
Garret Anderson 2004 +0.8 +5.3 6.2 -0.9 $7.8M 0.83× –
Troy Glaus 2004 +1.5 +8.3 9.9 -1.6 $6.6M 0.69× –
Ben Weber 2004 -0.5 -2.5 0.9 -3.4 – 0.67× –
Shane Halter 2004 -0.6 -2.9 0.6 -3.4 – 0.58× –
Aaron Sele 2004 +0.6 +4.5 8.7 -4.2 $15.7M 1.02× –
Raul Mondesi↔ 2004 -0.8 -5.1 0.3 -5.4 – 0.83× –
Troy Percival 2004 +0.1 +0.6 7.8 -7.2 $134.6M 1.34× –
Tim Salmon 2004 -0.4 -2.1 9.9 -12.0 – 0.69× –
Adam Riggs 2004 -0.2 -1.6 – – – 0.83× –
Alfredo Amezaga 2004 -0.3 -1.4 – – – 0.61× –
Andres Galarraga 2004 +0.0 +0.1 – – – 0.56× –
Casey Kotchman 2004 -0.9 -4.1 – – – 0.56× –
Curtis Pride 2004 -0.3 -1.8 – – – 0.83× –
Dallas McPherson 2004 +0.3 +1.3 – – – 0.58× –
Derrick Turnbow 2004 -0.0 -0.2 – – – 0.67× –
Dusty Bergman 2004 +0.0 +0.2 – – – 0.67× –
Matt Hensley 2004 +0.1 +0.7 – – – 0.67× –
Robb Quinlan 2004 +1.1 +5.2 – – – 0.58× –
Scott Dunn 2004 +0.0 +0.2 – – – 0.67× –
Total—+42.8+543.1100.7+444.2—

Trades

Every graded 2004 deal involving the Angels — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 2 total.

2004 · ANA / WSN
ANA · Bill Stoneman +$59.2M
Maicer Izturis, Juan Rivera
WSN · Omar Minaya −$59.2M
José Guillén
ANA came out ahead by $59.2M
2004 · ANA / CIN
ANA · Bill Stoneman +$11.2M
Dustin Moseley
CIN · Dan O'Brien −$11.2M
Ramón Ortiz
ANA came out ahead by $11.2M

Current & Historical Payroll

2004 payroll
$100.5M

What the front office was committed to as of 2004, 2004–2010. 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 (16)

PlayerAgeSvc2004200520062007200820092010
Bartolo Colon317.000$11.0M$10.0M$14.0M$16.0MFREE AGENT
Vladimir Guerrero298.000$11.0M$12.5M$13.5M$14.5M$15.5M$15.0MFREE AGENT
Tim Salmon3512.000$9.9MFREE AGENT$400k
Troy Glaus276.000$9.9MFREE AGENT
Aaron Sele3411.000$8.7MFREE AGENT
Troy Percival349.000$7.8MFREE AGENT
Darin Erstad308.000$7.8M$8.2M$8.8MFREE AGENT
Garret Anderson3210.000$6.2M$9.6M$10.6M$11.6M$12.6MFREE AGENT
Kelvim Escobar287.000$5.8M$6.2M$6.8M$9.0MFREE AGENT$10.0M
Jarrod Washburn296.000$5.5M$6.5MFREE AGENT
Jose Guillen287.000$2.2MFREE AGENT
Bengie Molina296.000$2.0M$3.0MFREE AGENT
Shane Halter347.000$575kFREE AGENT
Raul Mondesi3311.000$271kFREE AGENT
Andres Galarraga4319.000—FREE AGENT
Curtis Pride3511.000—FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (9)

PlayerAgeSvc2004200520062007200820092010
Ramon Ortiz315.000$3.3MFREE AGENT
Adam Kennedy285.000$2.5MFREE AGENT
David Eckstein293.000$2.1MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ben Weber344.000$900kARB 3FREE AGENT
Jeff DaVanon305.000$375kFREE AGENT
Scot Shields283.000$375kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
José Molina295.000$335kFREE AGENT
Josh Paul295.000$335kFREE AGENT
Derrick Turnbow264.000—ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (13)

PlayerAgeSvc2004200520062007200820092010
Francisco Rodríguez222.000$375kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
John Lackey252.000$375kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brendan Donnelly322.000$375kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Chone Figgins262.000$320kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Kevin Gregg261.000$302kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Adam Riggs31–—
Alfredo Amezaga262.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Robb Quinlan271.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Casey Kotchman210.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Dallas McPherson230.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Dusty Bergman26–—
Matt Hensley25–—
Scott Dunn26–—

Graphs

How each 2004 acquisition stacked onto Angels's playoff-odds curve. The side table is ranked by PPA.

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Decision-maker records extend to 1933; resource-controlled WAR and payroll metrics cover 1985–2026. Data sources include FanGraphs, Baseball-Reference, the Chadwick Bureau register, the Lahman Database, prospect rankings from Baseball America, MLB Pipeline, and FanGraphs, 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).
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