Rosternomics
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Bing Devine

Mar 1, 1916 (St. Louis, MO) – Jan 27, 2007 · died at 90

General manager for the Cardinals and Mets (1958–1978).

0 seasons with salary-era data across 2 stints. All figures are franchise-level outcomes during the tenure, not solely attributable to one executive.

Titles0
Pennants0
Playoffs0
Record0–0
Win %
+0.0WAB — wins above budget
+0.0Talent above budget — roster-construction alpha (talent your budget bought above expectation)
Acquisition leverage — playoff pts each bought win added, given the roster it joined (did you buy where wins matter?)
+0.0WAR surplus (era-neutral, win-equiv)

How the roster was sourced

Share of gross-positive acquired fWAR by channel (vs. league average).

Build channels — net fWAR

Acquired minus surrendered / signed minus walked.

Home-grown (draft/intl)+14.8
Trade-5.7
Free agency+0.0
Rule 5 / minor draft+0.0
Sourcing mix: 100% draft · 0% FA · 0% trade · 0% R5

Tenure breakdown

TeamRoleYearsSzns WAB WAB/yr TAB WAR surp HG Trade FA R5 AcqLev W-L% POPenWS Surp $M
Mets GM 1967–1967 0 +0.0 +0.0 +0.0 +0.0 +0.0 +0.0 +0.0
Cardinals GM 1958–1978 0 +0.0 +0.0 +0.0 +14.8 -5.7 +0.0 +0.0
Career total (1985+ data) 0 +0.0 +0.0 +0.0 +14.8 -5.7 +0.0 +0.0 +0

Players acquired — 2 players, by realized fWAR for the franchise (scroll for more)

PlayerPosTeam How Year fWAR
Tom Herr 2B STL Intl FA 1974 +7.5
Bob Forsch P STL Draft 1968 +7.3

WAB = wins above what the team's payroll predicted (resource-controlled). WAR surplus = era-neutral value (WAR minus payroll in win-equivalents). Roster surplus $M = dollar value of WAR over cost. Build channels (realized fWAR): HG = home-grown via amateur draft / international signing; Trade = acquired minus surrendered (incl. purchases/waivers); FA = signed minus walked; R5 = Rule-5 / minor-league-draft pickups. Credit follows the acquisition year — home-grown to the regime at the player's draft/signing (not whoever was in the chair when he peaked), trade/FA/R5 to the GM who made the move. Players acquired as prospects before debuting (e.g. Smoltz, Bagwell; Rule-5 picks like Uggla) are counted as trade/R5, not home-grown. All are franchise-level outcomes during the stint, not solely attributable to one executive.