Dodgers — Front Office

Player	Age	Service	G	fWAR	Salary $M	Surplus $M
Fernando Valenzuela	25	FA-elig	39	6.7	1.6	+0.4
Bob Welch	29	FA-elig	35	5.4	0.7	+0.9
Steve Sax	26	arb	157	4.5	0.6	+0.8
Orel Hershiser	27	arb	37	4.1	1.0	+0.2
Rick Honeycutt	32	FA-elig	32	3.2	0.8	+0.2
Mike Scioscia	27	FA-elig	122	2.0	0.8	-0.2
Alex Trevino	28	FA-elig	89	1.8	0.4	+0.1
Greg Brock	29	arb	115	1.0	0.3	-0.0
Bill Madlock	35	FA-elig	111	0.8	0.8	-0.6
Len Matuszek	31	arb	91	0.8	0.2	+0.0
Ralph Bryant	25	–	27	0.7	–	–
Brian Holton	26	pre-arb	12	0.7	0.1	+0.1
Franklin Stubbs	25	pre-arb	132	0.6	0.1	+0.1
Ken Landreaux	31	FA-elig	103	0.5	0.6	-0.5
Alejandro Pena	27	arb	24	0.4	0.3	-0.2
Pedro Guerrero	30	FA-elig	31	0.4	1.4	-1.3
Ken Howell	25	pre-arb	62	0.3	0.2	-0.1
Dennis Powell	22	pre-arb	27	0.2	0.1	+0.0
Bill Russell	37	FA-elig	105	0.2	0.5	-0.4
Carlos Diaz	28	–	19	0.1	–	–
Reggie Williams	25	pre-arb	128	0.1	0.1	-0.0
Mike Marshall	26	arb	103	0.1	0.7	-0.6
Larry See	26	–	13	0.0	–	–
Dave Anderson	25	arb	92	-0.0	0.2	-0.2
Jack Fimple	27	–	13	-0.0	–	–
Ed Amelung	27	–	8	-0.1	–	–
Jeff Hamilton	22	pre-arb	71	-0.1	0.1	-0.1
Terry Whitfield	33	–	19	-0.2	–	–
Jerry Reuss	37	FA-elig	19	-0.2	1.0	-1.1
Jose Gonzalez	21	pre-arb	57	-0.3	0.1	-0.2
Cesar Cedeno	35	FA-elig	37	-0.4	0.2	-0.3
Joe Beckwith	31	FA-elig	15	-0.4	0.2	-0.3
Balvino Galvez	22	–	10	-0.5	–	–
Tom Niedenfuer	26	arb	60	-0.6	0.5	-0.7
Ed Vande Berg	27	arb	60	-0.6	0.5	-0.6
Craig Shipley	23	–	12	-0.7	–	–
Mariano Duncan	23	pre-arb	109	-0.7	0.1	-0.4
Enos Cabell	36	FA-elig	107	-1.0	0.5	-0.8

38 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 30 of them (79%). Players without a salary show "–" — no single historical salary source is fully complete (especially 2020–2022).

WAR = FanGraphs (fWAR). Green = produced more value than paid (bargain); red = paid more than produced. Service: pre-arb (<3 yr) / arb (3–6) / FA-eligible (6+). Click headers to sort.

History: front-office performance & develop-vs-buy (1985–2024)

Trade ledger (realized WAR, all-time)

Best acquisitions

Player	Year	WAR for LAD
Andre Ethier	2005	24.4
Yasmani Grandal	2014	20.6
Chris Taylor	2016	16.9
Gary Sheffield	1998	14.7
Tim Belcher	1987	13.3
Pedro Guerrero	1974	13.1
Eddie Murray	1988	10.8
Hanley Ramírez	2012	8.7

Ones that got away

Player	Year traded	WAR elsewhere
Sid Fernandez	1983	27.5
Yordan Álvarez	2016	26.7
Carlos Santana	2008	21.6
Juan Guzmán	1987	21.1
Gary Sheffield	2002	12.1
Mike Devereaux	1989	11.7
Charlie Hough	1980	11.2
Sid Bream	1985	10.3

Dodgers LAD

1986 roster — every player, value & surplus

History: front-office performance & develop-vs-buy (1985–2024)

Trade ledger (realized WAR, all-time)