Dodgers — Front Office

Player	Age	Service	G	fWAR	Salary $M	Surplus $M
Brett Butler	34	FA-elig	161	4.7	2.8	-0.0
Darryl Strawberry	29	FA-elig	139	4.2	3.8	-1.3
Mike Morgan	31	FA-elig	34	4.0	0.7	+1.8
Tim Belcher	29	arb	33	3.9	0.9	+1.4
Orel Hershiser	32	FA-elig	21	3.0	3.2	-1.4
Ramon Martinez	23	arb	33	2.8	0.5	+1.2
Mike Scioscia	32	FA-elig	119	2.5	2.2	-0.7
Bob Ojeda	33	FA-elig	31	2.3	1.6	-0.3
Juan Samuel	30	FA-elig	153	2.2	1.6	-0.3
Eddie Murray	35	FA-elig	153	1.8	2.6	-1.6
Gary Carter	37	FA-elig	101	1.4	0.5	+0.3
Lenny Harris	26	arb	145	1.4	0.3	+0.5
Mike Sharperson	29	arb	105	1.3	0.3	+0.5
Kevin Gross	30	FA-elig	48	1.2	2.2	-1.5
Kal Daniels	27	arb	137	1.1	2.0	-1.3
Jay Howell	35	FA-elig	44	1.1	1.1	-0.4
Jim Gott	31	FA-elig	55	0.8	1.7	-1.2
John Candelaria	37	FA-elig	59	0.7	0.8	-0.4
Tim Crews	30	arb	60	0.5	0.7	-0.4
Mitch Webster↔ CLE	32	FA-elig	58	0.3	0.4	-0.2
Dennis Cook	28	arb	20	0.2	0.2	-0.1
Dave Hansen	22	–	53	0.2	–	–
Steve Wilson↔ CHC	26	arb	11	0.1	0.1	-0.0
Chris Gwynn	26	arb	94	0.1	0.3	-0.2
John Wetteland	24	–	6	0.1	–	–
Roger McDowell↔ PHI	30	FA-elig	33	0.0	0.9	-0.9
Carlos Hernandez	24	pre-arb	15	0.0	0.1	-0.1
Tom Goodwin	22	–	16	-0.0	–	–
Mike Christopher	27	–	3	-0.0	–	–
Butch Davis	33	–	1	-0.0	–	–
Greg Smith	24	pre-arb	5	-0.1	0.1	-0.2
Alfredo Griffin	33	FA-elig	109	-0.1	0.9	-1.0
Jose Offerman	22	pre-arb	52	-0.2	0.1	-0.2
Barry Lyons↔ ANA	31	arb	9	-0.2	0.2	-0.3
Eric Karros	23	–	14	-0.2	–	–
Jeff Hamilton	27	arb	41	-0.2	0.4	-0.6
Stan Javier	27	FA-elig	121	-0.6	0.7	-1.0
Jose Gonzalez↔ CLE	26	FA-elig	42	-0.6	0.1	-0.5
Mike Hartley↔ PHI	29	pre-arb	40	-0.8	0.1	-0.6

39 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 33 of them (85%). 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

1991 roster — every player, value & surplus

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

Trade ledger (realized WAR, all-time)