Dodgers — Front Office

Player	Age	Service	G	fWAR	Salary $M	Surplus $M
Adrian Beltré	25	FA-elig	156	9.7	5.0	+11.6
Jeff Weaver	27	arb	35	4.6	6.2	+1.7
Cesar Izturis	24	arb	159	3.6	0.4	+5.9
Eric Gagne	28	arb	70	3.4	5.0	+0.8
Milton Bradley	26	arb	141	3.3	1.7	+3.9
Odalis Perez	26	FA-elig	31	2.7	5.0	-0.4
Jayson Werth	25	pre-arb	89	2.4	0.3	+3.7
Shawn Green	31	FA-elig	157	2.2	16.7	-12.9
Wilson Alvarez	34	FA-elig	40	2.2	1.5	+2.2
José Hernández	34	–	95	2.0	–	–
Alex Cora	28	FA-elig	138	1.9	1.3	+1.9
Paul Lo Duca↔ MIA	32	FA-elig	91	1.7	2.6	+0.3
Giovanni Carrara	36	–	42	1.2	–	–
Steve Finley↔ ARI	39	FA-elig	58	1.1	2.5	-0.6
Jose Lima	31	–	38	0.9	–	–
Guillermo Mota↔ MIA	30	arb	52	0.8	1.0	+0.4
Dave Roberts↔ BOS	32	arb	68	0.7	0.6	+0.7
Kaz Ishii	30	pre-arb	31	0.7	3.0	-1.8
Olmedo Saenz	33	–	77	0.6	–	–
Juan Encarnacion↔ MIA	28	FA-elig	86	0.6	2.3	-1.3
Yhency Brazoban	23	–	31	0.5	–	–
Robin Ventura	36	FA-elig	102	0.5	1.2	-0.4
Darren Dreifort	32	FA-elig	60	0.4	12.4	-11.8
Masao Kida↔ SEA	35	–	3	0.1	–	–
Rodney Myers	35	–	1	0.0	–	–
Elmer Dessens↔ ARI	33	FA-elig	12	0.0	1.0	-0.9
Jose Flores	31	–	9	0.0	–	–
Duaner Sanchez	24	pre-arb	67	0.0	0.3	-0.3
Chin-Feng Chen	26	–	8	0.0	–	–
Mike Venafro	30	–	17	-0.0	–	–
Antonio Perez	24	–	13	-0.1	–	–
Tom Martin↔ ATL	34	FA-elig	47	-0.1	0.9	-1.0
Brad Penny↔ MIA	26	arb	3	-0.1	0.5	-0.6
Joe Thurston	24	pre-arb	17	-0.1	0.3	-0.5
Tom Wilson↔ NYM	33	–	9	-0.1	–	–
Brian Falkenborg	26	arb	6	-0.2	0.3	-0.6
Scott Stewart↔ CLE	28	arb	11	-0.2	0.3	-0.6
Edwin Jackson	20	–	8	-0.3	–	–
Hee-Seop Choi↔ MIA	25	pre-arb	31	-0.4	0.1	-0.7
David Ross	27	pre-arb	70	-0.4	0.3	-1.0
Hideo Nomo	35	FA-elig	18	-0.4	9.0	-9.8
Jason Grabowski	28	pre-arb	113	-0.5	0.3	-1.2
Brent Mayne↔ ARI	36	FA-elig	47	-0.7	0.5	-1.6

43 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 30 of them (70%). 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

2004 roster — every player, value & surplus

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

Trade ledger (realized WAR, all-time)