Rosternomics
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Bob Howsam

General manager for the Reds and Cardinals (1967–1984).

0 seasons with salary-era data across 3 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)+25.2
Trade+5.4
Free agency-0.2
Rule 5 / minor draft+0.0
Sourcing mix: 85% draft · 0% FA · 15% trade · 0% R5

Tenure breakdown

TeamRoleYearsSzns WAB WAB/yr TAB WAR surp HG Trade FA R5 AcqLev W-L% POPenWS Surp $M
Reds GM 1984–1984 0 +0.0 +0.0 +0.0 +2.4 +5.7 -0.2 +0.0
Reds GM 1967–1978 0 +0.0 +0.0 +0.0 +22.8 -0.3 +0.0 +0.0
Cardinals GM 1967–1967 0 +0.0 +0.0 +0.0 +0.0 +0.0 +0.0 +0.0
Career total (1985+ data) 0 +0.0 +0.0 +0.0 +25.2 +5.4 -0.2 +0.0 +0

Players acquired — 18 players, by realized fWAR for the franchise (scroll for more)

PlayerPosTeam How Year fWAR
Ron Oester 2B CIN Draft 1974 +5.7
Nick Esasky 1B/3B CIN Draft 1978 +5.4
Eddie Milner OF CIN Draft 1976 +3.9
Mario Soto P CIN Intl FA 1973 +3.1
Andy McGaffigan P CIN Trade 1984 +2.4
Jeff Treadway 2B CIN Intl FA 1984 +2.3
Dave Concepción SS CIN Intl FA 1967 +2.2
Jay Tibbs P CIN Trade 1984 +2.2
Gary Redus OF CIN Draft 1978 +2.0
Frank Pastore P CIN Draft 1975 +0.9
John Stuper P CIN Trade 1984 +0.4
Chris Jones OF CIN Draft 1984 +0.2
Joe Price P CIN Draft 1977 +0.0
Pete Rose 1B/OF CIN Trade 1984 +0.0
Tom Hume P CIN Draft 1972 -0.1
Pat Pacillo P CIN Draft 1984 -0.1
Dave Van Gorder C CIN Draft 1978 -0.3
Carl Willis P CIN Trade 1984 -0.5

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.