GM: Dan Evans
2004: made playoffs · 93–69. Ranks are vs the 30 teams that season.
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.
| 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 | -12.8 |
| 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 | 24 | – | 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 |
| Player | fWAR |
|---|---|
| Jeff Weaver | 4.6 |
| Milton Bradley | 3.3 |
| Jayson Werth | 2.4 |
| José Hernández | 2.0 |
| Giovanni Carrara | 1.2 |
| Steve Finley | 1.1 |
| Player | 2003 fWAR |
|---|---|
| Kevin Brown | 6.0 |
| Brian Jordan | 1.6 |
| Paul Quantrill | 1.5 |
| Andy Ashby | 0.6 |
| Jolbert Cabrera | 0.6 |
| Fred McGriff | 0.4 |
What the front office was committed to as of 2004, 2004–2010. 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.
| Player | Age | Svc | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shawn Green | 31 | 11.000 | $16.7M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Darren Dreifort | 32 | 10.000 | $12.4M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Hideo Nomo | 35 | 9.000 | $9.0M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Adrian Beltré | 25 | 6.000 | $5.0M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Odalis Perez | 26 | 6.000 | $5.0M | $4.5M | $5.6M | FREE AGENT | |||
| Paul Lo Duca | 32 | 6.000 | $2.6M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Steve Finley | 39 | 15.000 | $2.5M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Juan Encarnacion | 28 | 7.000 | $2.3M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Wilson Alvarez | 34 | 15.000 | $1.5M | $2.0M | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Alex Cora | 28 | 6.000 | $1.3M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Robin Ventura | 36 | 15.000 | $1.2M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Elmer Dessens | 33 | 8.000 | $960k | $1.3M | $1.2M | FREE AGENT | |||
| Tom Martin | 34 | 7.000 | $866k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Brent Mayne | 36 | 14.000 | $453k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Giovanni Carrara | 36 | 9.000 | — | $500k | FREE AGENT | ||||
| José Hernández | 34 | 13.000 | — | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Jose Lima | 31 | 10.000 | — | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Rodney Myers | 35 | 8.000 | — | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Olmedo Saenz | 33 | 10.000 | — | $650k | $1.0M | $1.0M | FREE AGENT |
| Player | Age | Svc | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Weaver | 27 | 5.000 | $6.2M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Eric Gagne | 28 | 5.000 | $5.0M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Milton Bradley | 26 | 4.000 | $1.7M | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Guillermo Mota | 30 | 5.000 | $983k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Dave Roberts | 32 | 5.000 | $587k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Brad Penny | 26 | 4.000 | $466k | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Cesar Izturis | 24 | 3.000 | $358k | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Brian Falkenborg | 26 | 5.000 | $302k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Scott Stewart | 28 | 3.000 | $275k | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Tom Wilson | 33 | 3.000 | — | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Masao Kida | 35 | 5.000 | — | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Mike Venafro | 30 | 5.000 | — | FREE AGENT |
| Player | Age | Svc | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kaz Ishii | 30 | 2.000 | $3.0M | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| David Ross | 27 | 2.000 | $310k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Duaner Sanchez | 24 | 2.000 | $305k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Jayson Werth | 25 | 2.000 | $303k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Joe Thurston | 24 | 2.000 | $301k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Jason Grabowski | 28 | 2.000 | $301k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Hee-Seop Choi | 25 | 2.000 | $76k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Jose Flores | 31 | – | — | ||||||
| Chin-Feng Chen | 26 | – | — | ||||||
| Antonio Perez | 24 | 1.000 | — | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Edwin Jackson | 20 | 1.000 | — | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Yhency Brazoban | 24 | 0.000 | — | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR. Bars = Dodgers 2004; 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.
| Regime | Seasons | Win % | Playoff % | Pennant % | WS % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WINDOW | 289 | 52.2 | 30.1 | 4.8 | 1.0 |
| CONTEND | 311 | 56.8 | 63.0 | 19.3 | 10.3 |
| FORCED-SPEND | 260 | 47.9 | 8.8 | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| REBUILD | 328 | 43.3 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
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