GM: Kevin Towers
1998: won pennant · 98–64. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Brown | 33 | FA-elig | 36 | 10.0 | 4.9 | +5.9 |
| Greg Vaughn | 32 | FA-elig | 158 | 5.8 | 5.3 | +1.0 |
| Trevor Hoffman | 30 | arb | 66 | 3.1 | 2.9 | +0.4 |
| Andy Ashby | 30 | FA-elig | 33 | 3.0 | 4.1 | -0.9 |
| Quilvio Veras | 27 | arb | 138 | 3.0 | 1.1 | +2.1 |
| Ken Caminiti | 35 | FA-elig | 131 | 2.6 | 3.5 | -0.7 |
| Joey Hamilton | 27 | arb | 35 | 2.4 | 3.2 | -0.6 |
| Wally Joyner | 36 | FA-elig | 131 | 2.1 | 3.8 | -1.5 |
| Chris Gomez | 27 | arb | 145 | 1.6 | 1.1 | +0.6 |
| Sterling Hitchcock | 27 | FA-elig | 39 | 1.4 | 2.2 | -0.7 |
| Tony Gwynn | 38 | FA-elig | 127 | 1.2 | 4.0 | -2.7 |
| Dan Miceli | 27 | arb | 67 | 1.2 | 0.8 | +0.5 |
| Carlos Hernandez | 31 | FA-elig | 129 | 0.7 | 0.7 | +0.1 |
| Greg Myers | 32 | FA-elig | 69 | 0.7 | 0.8 | -0.0 |
| Jim Leyritz↔ BOS | 34 | FA-elig | 62 | 0.6 | 1.1 | -0.5 |
| Ruben Rivera | 24 | arb | 95 | 0.6 | 0.2 | +0.4 |
| Stan Spencer | 28 | pre-arb | 6 | 0.5 | 0.2 | +0.4 |
| Ed Giovanola | 29 | arb | 92 | 0.5 | 0.2 | +0.3 |
| Donne Wall | 30 | arb | 46 | 0.4 | 0.2 | +0.2 |
| Pete Smith↔ BAL | 32 | FA-elig | 11 | 0.3 | 0.3 | +0.1 |
| Matt Clement | 23 | – | 4 | 0.3 | – | – |
| John Vander Wal↔ COL | 32 | FA-elig | 20 | 0.2 | 0.1 | +0.1 |
| Andy Sheets | 26 | pre-arb | 88 | 0.1 | 0.2 | -0.1 |
| Scott Sanders↔ DET | 29 | arb | 23 | 0.1 | 1.5 | -1.4 |
| Carlos Reyes↔ BOS | 29 | arb | 22 | 0.1 | 0.2 | -0.1 |
| George Arias | 26 | pre-arb | 20 | 0.0 | 0.2 | -0.2 |
| Marc Kroon↔ CIN | 25 | arb | 2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | -0.0 |
| Mark Langston | 37 | FA-elig | 23 | 0.0 | 0.5 | -0.5 |
| Ben Davis | 21 | – | 1 | -0.0 | – | – |
| Will Cunnane | 24 | – | 3 | -0.1 | – | – |
| Jim Bruske↔ LAD | 33 | arb | 4 | -0.1 | 0.0 | -0.1 |
| Mark Sweeney | 28 | arb | 122 | -0.1 | 0.2 | -0.4 |
| Ben Van Ryn↔ CHC | 26 | pre-arb | 6 | -0.1 | 0.0 | -0.2 |
| Don Wengert↔ CHC | 28 | arb | 10 | -0.2 | 0.1 | -0.2 |
| Mandy Romero↔ BOS | 30 | – | 6 | -0.2 | – | – |
| Randy Myers↔ TOR | 35 | FA-elig | 21 | -0.2 | 1.5 | -1.7 |
| Steve Finley | 33 | FA-elig | 159 | -0.2 | 3.4 | -3.7 |
| Eddie Williams | 33 | – | 17 | -0.3 | – | – |
| Roberto Ramirez | 26 | – | 21 | -0.4 | – | – |
| Brian Boehringer | 29 | arb | 56 | -0.6 | 0.2 | -0.8 |
| James Mouton | 29 | arb | 55 | -0.7 | 0.4 | -1.2 |
| Archi Cianfrocco | 31 | FA-elig | 40 | -0.9 | 0.5 | -1.4 |
| Player | fWAR |
|---|---|
| Kevin Brown | 10.0 |
| Dan Miceli | 1.2 |
| Greg Myers | 0.7 |
| Jim Leyritz | 0.6 |
| Stan Spencer | 0.5 |
| Ed Giovanola | 0.5 |
| Player | 1997 fWAR |
|---|---|
| Rickey Henderson | 2.0 |
| John Flaherty | 1.1 |
| Sean Bergman | 0.6 |
| Chris Jones | 0.5 |
| Derrek Lee | 0.3 |
| Todd Erdos | 0.1 |
What the front office was committed to as of 1998, 1998–2004. 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 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Vaughn | 32 | 9.000 | $5.3M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Kevin Brown | 33 | 12.000 | $4.9M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Andy Ashby | 30 | 7.000 | $4.1M | $5.0M | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Tony Gwynn | 38 | 16.000 | $4.0M | $4.4M | $6.3M | $2.0M | FREE AGENT | ||
| Wally Joyner | 36 | 12.000 | $3.8M | $2.8M | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Ken Caminiti | 35 | 11.000 | $3.5M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Steve Finley | 33 | 9.000 | $3.4M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Sterling Hitchcock | 27 | 6.000 | $2.2M | $3.5M | $6.1M | $4.6M | FREE AGENT | ||
| Randy Myers | 35 | 13.000 | $1.5M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Jim Leyritz | 34 | 8.000 | $1.1M | $1.2M | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Greg Myers | 32 | 11.000 | $750k | $506k | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Carlos Hernandez | 31 | 8.000 | $700k | FREE AGENT | $1.4M | ||||
| Mark Langston | 37 | 14.000 | $500k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Archi Cianfrocco | 31 | 6.000 | $475k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Pete Smith | 32 | 11.000 | $282k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| John Vander Wal | 32 | 7.000 | $103k | $1.1M | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Eddie Williams | 33 | 12.000 | — | FREE AGENT |
| Player | Age | Svc | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joey Hamilton | 27 | 4.000 | $3.2M | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Trevor Hoffman | 30 | 5.000 | $2.9M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Scott Sanders | 29 | 5.000 | $1.5M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Chris Gomez | 27 | 5.000 | $1.1M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Quilvio Veras | 27 | 3.000 | $1.1M | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Dan Miceli | 27 | 5.000 | $750k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| James Mouton | 29 | 4.000 | $435k | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Mark Sweeney | 28 | 3.000 | $235k | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Brian Boehringer | 29 | 3.000 | $230k | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Donne Wall | 30 | 3.000 | $215k | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Ruben Rivera | 24 | 3.000 | $182k | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Ed Giovanola | 29 | 3.000 | $181k | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Carlos Reyes | 29 | 4.000 | $177k | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Don Wengert | 28 | 3.000 | $73k | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Marc Kroon | 25 | 3.000 | $59k | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Jim Bruske | 33 | 3.000 | $19k | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Player | Age | Svc | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Arias | 26 | 2.000 | $181k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Andy Sheets | 26 | 2.000 | $181k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Stan Spencer | 28 | 0.000 | $170k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Ben Van Ryn | 26 | 2.000 | $41k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Will Cunnane | 24 | 1.000 | — | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Mandy Romero | 30 | – | — | ||||||
| Roberto Ramirez | 26 | 0.000 | — | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Matt Clement | 23 | 0.000 | — | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Ben Davis | 21 | 0.000 | — | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR. Bars = Padres 1998; 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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