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GM: Bill Stoneman

Overview

CONTEND ↗ rising
expensive & winning · year 2 in this regime · payroll 1.19× league · TAB +4.6
+4.6TAB — talent above budget10th/30
+10.8WAB — realized wins (TAB + luck)4th/30
8.0depth — 2+ WAR regulars7th/30
-2.9dead WAR — sub-replacement drag4th/30
25%dead money %6th/30
0.586win %3rd/30
41.0roster fWAR8th/30
-9surplus $M (value vs cost)16th/30
$86Mpayroll $M8th/30

2005: made playoffs · 95–67. Ranks are vs the 30 teams that season.

Roster

CFSteve Finley 104GChone Figgins 50GJeff DaVanon 24G
LFGarret Anderson 106GJuan Rivera 33GJeff DaVanon 17G
RFVladimir Guerrero 120GJuan Rivera 38GJeff DaVanon 26G
SSOrlando Cabrera 140GMaicer Izturis 29GChone Figgins 4G
2BAdam Kennedy 127GChone Figgins 42GZach Sorensen 5G
3BDallas McPherson 60GChone Figgins 56GMaicer Izturis 45G
1BDarin Erstad 147GCasey Kotchman 20GRobb Quinlan 9G
STARTERSJohn Lackey 5.2WARBartolo Colon 4.1WARPaul Byrd 3.3WARJarrod Washburn 2.0WARErvin Santana 1.6WAR
CBengie Molina 105GJosé Molina 65GJosh Paul 29G
DHGarret Anderson 36GJeff DaVanon 29GJuan Rivera 27G
BULLPEN★ Francisco Rodríguez 45svScot Shields 32hBrendan Donnelly 16hJason Christiansen 10hJake Woods 2hEsteban Yan 1hKevin Gregg 1hJoel Peralta 0h
CBengie Molina 105 · José Molina 65 · Josh Paul 29
1BDarin Erstad 147 · Casey Kotchman 20 · Robb Quinlan 9
2BAdam Kennedy 127 · Chone Figgins 42 · Zach Sorensen 5
3BDallas McPherson 60 · Chone Figgins 56 · Maicer Izturis 45
SSOrlando Cabrera 140 · Maicer Izturis 29 · Chone Figgins 4
LFGarret Anderson 106 · Juan Rivera 33 · Jeff DaVanon 17
CFSteve Finley 104 · Chone Figgins 50 · Jeff DaVanon 24
RFVladimir Guerrero 120 · Juan Rivera 38 · Jeff DaVanon 26
DHGarret Anderson 36 · Jeff DaVanon 29 · Juan Rivera 27
SPJohn Lackey 5.2 · Bartolo Colon 4.1 · Paul Byrd 3.3 · Jarrod Washburn 2.0 · Ervin Santana 1.6
BP★ Francisco Rodríguez 45 · Scot Shields 32 · Brendan Donnelly 16 · Jason Christiansen 10 · Jake Woods 2 · Esteban Yan 1 · Kevin Gregg 1 · Joel Peralta 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.

2005 roster — value & surplus

PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Vladimir Guerrero 30 FA-elig 1415.3 12.5 -2.5
John Lackey 26 arb 335.2 0.4 +9.4
Bartolo Colon 32 FA-elig 334.1 10.0 -2.3
Orlando Cabrera 30 FA-elig 1413.5 6.0 +0.6
Paul Byrd 34 FA-elig 313.3 5.0 +1.3
Adam Kennedy 29 FA-elig 1293.2 3.0 +3.0
Chone Figgins 27 arb 1582.7 0.4 +4.7
Scot Shields 29 arb 782.2 0.9 +3.3
Jarrod Washburn 30 FA-elig 292.0 6.5 -2.8
Bengie Molina 30 FA-elig 1191.7 3.0 +0.3
Darin Erstad 31 FA-elig 1531.7 8.2 -5.1
Ervin Santana 22 – 231.6 0.3 +2.7
Francisco Rodríguez 23 arb 661.5 0.4 +2.5
Kelvim Escobar 29 FA-elig 161.5 6.2 -3.4
Juan Rivera 26 arb 1061.1 0.4 +1.7
José Molina 30 FA-elig 750.9 0.7 +1.0
Dallas McPherson 24 – 610.6 – –
Brendan Donnelly 33 arb 660.4 0.4 +0.4
Casey Kotchman 22 – 470.4 – –
Chris Bootcheck 26 – 50.3 – –
Maicer Izturis 24 pre-arb 770.3 0.3 +0.2
Jeff DaVanon 31 FA-elig 1080.3 0.9 -0.4
Jason Christiansen↔ SFG 35 FA-elig 120.1 0.2 -0.0
Josh Paul 30 FA-elig 340.0 0.5 -0.4
Robb Quinlan 28 pre-arb 540.0 0.4 -0.3
Jeff Mathis 22 – 5-0.0 0.3 -0.3
Joel Peralta 29 – 28-0.0 0.3 -0.3
Kevin Gregg 27 pre-arb 33-0.0 0.4 -0.4
David Matranga 28 – 1-0.0 – –
Greg Jones 28 – 6-0.0 – –
Lou Merloni 34 FA-elig 5-0.1 0.5 -0.6
Zach Sorensen 28 – 12-0.1 – –
Bret Prinz 28 arb 3-0.1 0.3 -0.5
Curtis Pride 36 – 11-0.1 – –
Chris Prieto 32 – 2-0.1 – –
Esteban Yan 30 FA-elig 49-0.2 1.0 -1.3
Joe Saunders 24 – 2-0.2 – –
Garret Anderson 33 FA-elig 142-0.2 9.6 -10.1
Jake Woods 23 pre-arb 28-0.3 0.3 -0.9
Steve Finley 40 FA-elig 112-1.3 6.0 -8.4

Key additions (new vs 2004)

PlayerfWAR
Orlando Cabrera3.5
Paul Byrd3.3
Ervin Santana1.6
Juan Rivera1.1
Chris Bootcheck0.3
Maicer Izturis0.3

Key subtractions (gone from 2004)

Player2004 fWAR
Jose Guillen2.7
David Eckstein1.9
Troy Glaus1.5
Ramon Ortiz0.8
Aaron Sele0.6
Matt Hensley0.1

Current & Historical Payroll

2005 payroll
$85.5M

What the front office was committed to as of 2005, 2005–2011. 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)

PlayerAgeSvc2005200620072008200920102011
Vladimir Guerrero309.000$12.5M$13.5M$14.5M$15.5M$15.0MFREE AGENT
Bartolo Colon328.000$10.0M$14.0M$16.0MFREE AGENT
Garret Anderson3311.000$9.6M$10.6M$11.6M$12.6MFREE AGENT
Darin Erstad319.000$8.2M$8.8MFREE AGENT
Jarrod Washburn307.000$6.5MFREE AGENT
Kelvim Escobar298.000$6.2M$6.8M$9.0MFREE AGENT$10.0M
Orlando Cabrera308.000$6.0M$7.5M$8.5MFREE AGENT
Steve Finley4016.000$6.0MFREE AGENT
Paul Byrd3410.000$5.0MFREE AGENT
Bengie Molina307.000$3.0MFREE AGENT
Adam Kennedy296.000$3.0M$3.4MFREE AGENT
Esteban Yan309.000$1.0M$648kFREE AGENT
Jeff DaVanon316.000$925kFREE AGENT
José Molina306.000$725k$850k$783kFREE AGENT
Lou Merloni347.000$500kFREE AGENT
Josh Paul306.000$450kFREE AGENT
Jason Christiansen3510.000$185kFREE AGENT
Curtis Pride3612.000—FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (7)

PlayerAgeSvc2005200620072008200920102011
Scot Shields294.000$925kARB 3FREE AGENT
Francisco Rodríguez233.000$440kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
John Lackey263.000$440kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brendan Donnelly333.000$420kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Chone Figgins273.000$390kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Juan Rivera264.000$390kARB 3FREE AGENT
Bret Prinz284.000$342kARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (15)

PlayerAgeSvc2005200620072008200920102011
Robb Quinlan282.000$360kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Kevin Gregg272.000$360kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Maicer Izturis241.000$317kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Joel Peralta290.000$316kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ervin Santana220.000$316kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jeff Mathis220.000$316kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jake Woods230.000$316kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Zach Sorensen28–—
Chris Bootcheck262.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Chris Prieto32–—
Casey Kotchman221.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Dallas McPherson240.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
David Matranga28–—
Greg Jones28–—
Joe Saunders240.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR. Bars = Angels 2005; 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.