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Dodgers LAD

199977–85 (0.475)
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GM: Kevin Malone

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 1999, 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
$76M
Surplus $M
-33
Win %
0.475
TAB
-4.9
WAB
-10.6
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
34.7
Dead money %
24%
Depth Players
7.0
Dead WAR
-3.4

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

1999 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

BTodd Hundley108
RAngel Pena43
RPaul Lo Duca34
LRick Wilkins1
RTrenidad Hubbard1

1B

REric Karros151
LDave Hansen20
LTodd Hollandsworth13
RTripp Cromer III1

2B

REric Young Sr.116
LCraig Counsell⇄50
BJose Vizcaino30
RTripp Cromer III9
LAlex Cora3
LChance Sanford2
RJuan Castro1
RTrenidad Hubbard1

3B

RAdrian Beltré152
LDave Hansen13
BJose Vizcaino9
RTripp Cromer III2

SS

RMark Grudzielanek119
BJose Vizcaino43
RTripp Cromer III9
LAlex Cora8
LCraig Counsell⇄2
RJuan Castro1

LF

RGary Sheffield145
RTrenidad Hubbard29
LTodd Hollandsworth27
RBrent Cookson2
BJose Vizcaino1
RTripp Cromer III1

CF

BDevon White128
LTodd Hollandsworth34
RTrenidad Hubbard19
RRaúl Mondesi1

RF

RRaúl Mondesi158
LTodd Hollandsworth9
RTrenidad Hubbard3
LDave Hansen2
RBrent Cookson1
RTripp Cromer III1

DH

RGary Sheffield3
LDave Hansen2
BDevon White1

Starters

RKevin Brown6.6 WAR
RDarren Dreifort3.0 WAR
RIsmael Valdez1.8 WAR
RChan Ho Park1.2 WAR
REric Gagne0.6 WAR
RMike Judd0.2 WAR
LJeff Williams0.1 WAR
RJamie Arnold-0.1 WAR
RRobinson Checo-0.3 WAR
LCarlos Perez-0.6 WAR

Bullpen

★ RJeff Shaw34 sv
RAlan Mills18 h
LPedro Borbon15 h
RMike Maddux⇄10 h
LOnan Masaoka5 h
RJamie Arnold2 h
RMatt Herges1 h
RDoug Bochtler0 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 1998)

PlayerfWAR
Kevin Brown6.6
Dave Hansen0.8
Eric Gagne0.6
Devon White0.5
Craig Counsell0.4
Mike Maddux0.4

Key subtractions (gone from 1998)

Player1998 fWAR
Ramon Martinez2.0
Brian Bohanon1.6
Matt Luke1.3
Charles Johnson1.1
Mike Piazza0.9
Hideo Nomo0.6

Contract Value

WAR translated into tier-adjusted market value, then compared with what the player was paid by Dodgers. Guaranteed contracts from the 2015-present contract-data period use the known contract period through 1999; everyone else is shown as a 1999 season snapshot.

PlayerPeriodfWARTier Market $MPaid $MSurplus $M$ / WARTierContract
Kevin Brown 1999 +6.6 +132.2 10.7 +121.5 $1.6M 2.50× –
Darren Dreifort 1999 +3.0 +47.0 1.9 +45.1 $0.6M 1.96× –
Gary Sheffield 1999 +3.6 +51.6 10.0 +41.7 $2.8M 1.79× –
Eric Karros 1999 +4.8 +46.5 5.5 +41.0 $1.1M 1.20× –
Mark Grudzielanek 1999 +3.8 +40.2 1.9 +38.3 $0.5M 1.32× –
Adrian Beltré 1999 +3.4 +30.4 0.2 +30.2 $0.1M 1.12× –
Ismael Valdez 1999 +1.8 +21.7 4.3 +17.4 $2.3M 1.49× –
Raul Mondesi 1999 +2.0 +19.8 9.0 +10.8 $4.4M 1.22× –
Jeff Shaw 1999 +1.1 +11.6 3.4 +8.2 $3.1M 1.34× –
Chan Ho Park 1999 +1.2 +9.8 2.3 +7.5 $1.9M 1.02× –
Eric Young Sr. 1999 +1.8 +11.6 4.5 +7.1 $2.5M 0.82× –
Todd Hollandsworth 1999 +0.9 +6.1 0.8 +5.2 $0.9M 0.83× –
Dave Hansen 1999 +0.8 +3.7 0.5 +3.2 $0.5M 0.56× –
Craig Counsell↔ 1999 +0.4 +1.8 0.1 +1.7 $0.3M 0.56× –
Mike Judd 1999 +0.2 +1.6 0.2 +1.4 $1.0M 1.02× –
Mike Maddux↔ 1999 +0.4 +2.0 0.6 +1.4 $1.5M 0.67× –
Devon White 1999 +0.5 +3.4 2.5 +0.9 $4.9M 0.83× –
Dave Mlicki↔ 1999 +0.1 +0.6 0.1 +0.5 $1.2M 0.67× –
Jacob Brumfield↔ 1999 -0.0 -0.0 0.1 -0.1 – 0.83× –
Paul Lo Duca 1999 +0.0 +0.0 0.2 -0.2 $19.5M 0.52× –
Trenidad Hubbard 1999 +0.0 +0.1 0.3 -0.2 $16.8M 0.83× –
Antonio Osuna 1999 +0.1 +0.5 1.1 -0.5 $11.2M 0.67× –
Tripp Cromer III 1999 -0.1 -0.3 0.3 -0.6 – 0.56× –
Pedro Borbon Jr. 1999 -0.1 -0.4 0.4 -0.8 – 0.67× –
Rick Wilkins 1999 -0.1 -0.4 0.4 -0.8 – 0.52× –
Matt Herges 1999 -0.1 -0.8 0.2 -1.0 – 0.67× –
Onan Masaoka 1999 -0.2 -1.2 0.2 -1.4 – 0.67× –
Jose Vizcaino 1999 +0.2 +0.9 3.0 -2.1 $16.7M 0.61× –
Robinson Checo 1999 -0.3 -1.8 0.3 -2.1 – 0.67× –
Alex Cora 1999 -0.5 -2.3 0.2 -2.5 – 0.61× –
Mel Rojas↔ 1999 -0.2 -1.2 1.8 -2.9 – 0.67× –
Todd Hundley 1999 +0.3 +1.1 5.3 -4.3 $20.7M 0.52× –
Carlos Perez 1999 -0.6 -4.7 2.3 -7.0 – 1.02× –
Alan Mills 1999 -0.7 -7.1 1.2 -8.4 – 1.34× –
Angel Pena 1999 +0.3 +1.1 – – – 0.52× –
Brent Cookson 1999 -0.1 -0.4 – – – 0.83× –
Chance Sanford 1999 -0.0 -0.2 – – – 0.56× –
Doug Bochtler 1999 -0.2 -1.1 – – – 0.67× –
Eric Gagne 1999 +0.6 +4.9 – – – 1.02× –
Jamie Arnold 1999 -0.1 -0.7 – – – 0.67× –
Jeff Kubenka 1999 -0.0 -0.0 – – – 0.67× –
Jeff Williams 1999 +0.1 +1.0 – – – 1.02× –
Juan Castro 1999 -0.0 -0.1 – – – 0.56× –
Total—+34.7+428.575.8+348.2—

Trades

Every graded 1999 deal involving the Dodgers — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 8 total.

1999 · LAD / TOR
LAD · Kevin Malone +$164.8M
Shawn Green, Jorge Nunez
TOR · Gord Ash −$164.8M
Pedro Borbón, Raúl Mondesí
LAD came out ahead by $164.8M
1999 · LAD / MIA
LAD · Kevin Malone +$0.8M
Craig Counsell
MIA · Dave Dombrowski −$0.8M
Ryan Moskau
LAD came out ahead by $0.8M
1999 · DET / LAD
DET · Randy Smith +$6.4M
Dave Mlicki, Mel Rojas
LAD · Kevin Malone −$6.4M
Robinson Checo, Apostol Garcia, Richard Roberts
DET came out ahead by $6.4M
1999 · LAD / PIT
LAD · Kevin Malone +$0.8M
Jason Ryan
PIT · Cam Bonifay −$0.8M
Tim Laker
LAD came out ahead by $0.8M
1999 · LAD / CHW
LAD · Kevin Malone +$0.0M
Joe Sutton
CHW · Ron Schueler +$0.0M
Darren Hall
Even trade
1999 · ARI / LAD
ARI · Joe Garagiola +$0.0M
Blake Mayo
LAD · Kevin Malone +$0.0M
Neil Weber
Even trade
1999 · LAD / NYY
LAD · Kevin Malone +$0.0M
Dan Naulty
NYY · Brian Cashman +$0.0M
Nick Leach
Even trade
1999 · LAD / CHC
LAD · Kevin Malone +$37.6M
Terry Adams, Chad Ricketts, Brian Stephenson
CHC · Ed Lynch −$37.6M
Ismael Valdez, Eric Young
LAD came out ahead by $37.6M

Current & Historical Payroll

1999 payroll
$75.9M

What the front office was committed to as of 1999, 1999–2005. 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)

PlayerAgeSvc1999200020012002200320042005
Kevin Brown3413.000$10.7M$15.7M$15.7M$15.7M$15.7MFREE AGENT
Gary Sheffield3011.000$10.0M$9.9M$9.9MFREE AGENT
Raul Mondesi286.000$9.0MFREE AGENT
Eric Karros318.000$5.5M$5.4M$7.5M$6.9MFREE AGENT
Todd Hundley309.000$5.3M$6.1MFREE AGENT$6.5M
Eric Young Sr.327.000$4.5MFREE AGENT
Jeff Shaw329.000$3.4M$5.4M$6.4MFREE AGENT
Jose Vizcaino3110.000$3.0M$2.3MFREE AGENT
Devon White3614.000$2.5M$4.0MFREE AGENT
Mel Rojas329.000$1.8MFREE AGENT
Alan Mills329.000$1.2M$1.3MFREE AGENT
Mike Maddux3713.000$564kFREE AGENT
Dave Hansen309.000$450k$475k$625k$675kFREE AGENT
Rick Wilkins328.000$410kFREE AGENT
Pedro Borbon Jr.317.000$375kFREE AGENT
Tripp Cromer III316.000$346kFREE AGENT
Dave Mlicki317.000$136kFREE AGENT
Jacob Brumfield347.000$87kFREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (12)

PlayerAgeSvc1999200020012002200320042005
Ismael Valdez255.000$4.3MFREE AGENT
Carlos Perez284.000$2.3MARB 3FREE AGENT
Chan Ho Park265.000$2.3MFREE AGENT
Darren Dreifort275.000$1.9MFREE AGENT
Mark Grudzielanek294.000$1.9MARB 3FREE AGENT
Antonio Osuna264.000$1.1MARB 3FREE AGENT
Todd Hollandsworth264.000$850kARB 3FREE AGENT
Trenidad Hubbard355.000$300kFREE AGENT
Craig Counsell284.000$141kARB 3FREE AGENT
Doug Bochtler284.000—ARB 3FREE AGENT
Juan Castro274.000—ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brent Cookson294.000—ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (13)

PlayerAgeSvc1999200020012002200320042005
Robinson Checo272.000$300kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Adrian Beltré201.000$220kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Alex Cora231.000$210kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Judd242.000$205kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Matt Herges290.000$200kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Paul Lo Duca271.000$200kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Onan Masaoka210.000$200kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Chance Sanford27–—
Jeff Kubenka24–—
Angel Pena241.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jamie Arnold25–—
Eric Gagne230.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jeff Williams27–—

Graphs

How each 1999 acquisition stacked onto Dodgers's playoff-odds curve. The side table is ranked by PPA.

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