Rosternomics
BB

Buzzie Bavasi

Dec 12, 1914 (Manhattan, NY) – May 1, 2008 (San Diego, CA) · died at 93

General manager for the Dodgers, Padres, Blue Jays, and Angels (1951–1984).

0 seasons with salary-era data across 4 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)+132.7
Trade+1.0
Free agency-51.0
Rule 5 / minor draft+6.2
Sourcing mix: 87% draft · 0% FA · 9% trade · 4% R5

Tenure breakdown

TeamRoleYearsSzns WAB WAB/yr TAB WAR surp HG Trade FA R5 AcqLev W-L% POPenWS Surp $M
Angels GM 1978–1984 0 +0.0 +0.0 +0.0 +110.0 +1.0 -51.0 +0.5
Blue Jays GM 1976–1977 0 +0.0 +0.0 +0.0 +22.1 +0.0 +0.0 +5.7
Padres GM 1968–1977 0 +0.0 +0.0 +0.0 +0.0 +0.0 +0.0 +0.0
Dodgers GM 1951–1968 0 +0.0 +0.0 +0.0 +0.7 +0.0 +0.0 +0.0
Career total (1985+ data) 0 +0.0 +0.0 +0.0 +132.7 +1.0 -51.0 +6.2 +0

Players acquired — 38 players, by realized fWAR for the franchise (scroll for more)

PlayerPosTeam How Year fWAR
Mike Witt P ANA Draft 1978 +22.5
Jesse Barfield OF TOR Draft 1977 +22.1
Wally Joyner 1B ANA Draft 1983 +18.7
Kirk McCaskill P ANA Draft 1982 +17.5
Dick Schofield SS ANA Draft 1981 +12.2
Devon White OF ANA Draft 1981 +11.8
Bob Boone C ANA Trade 1981 +8.8
Jack Howell 3B ANA Intl FA 1983 +8.7
Gary Pettis OF ANA Draft 1979 +8.2
Bryan Harvey P ANA Intl FA 1984 +7.7
Willie Upshaw 1B TOR Rule 5 1977 +5.7
Doug DeCinces 3B ANA Trade 1982 +4.6
Ron Romanick P ANA Draft 1981 +1.3
Rick Burleson SS ANA Trade 1980 +0.7
Craig Gerber SS ANA Draft 1981 +0.6
Mark McLemore 2B ANA Draft 1982 +0.6
Kent Anderson SS ANA Draft 1984 +0.5
Darrell Miller C/OF ANA Draft 1979 +0.5
Bill Russell SS LAD Draft 1966 +0.4
Sherman Corbett P ANA Draft 1984 +0.3
Jim Slaton P ANA Trade 1983 +0.3
Rob Wilfong 2B ANA Trade 1982 +0.3
Dante Bichette OF ANA Draft 1984 +0.2
Urbano Lugo P ANA Intl FA 1982 +0.2
Steve Yeager C LAD Draft 1967 +0.2
Brian Brady OF ANA Draft 1984 +0.1
Rod Carew 1B/2B ANA Trade 1979 +0.1
Pat Keedy 3B ANA Draft 1979 +0.1
Tony Mack P ANA Draft 1982 +0.1
Pete Coachman 3B ANA Draft 1984 -0.0
Dave Smith P ANA Rule 5 1981 -0.0
T. R. Bryden P ANA Intl FA 1981 -0.1
Ray Chadwick P ANA Draft 1983 -0.2
Luis Sánchez P ANA Trade 1981 -0.3
Doug Corbett P ANA Trade 1982 -0.4
Doug Davis C/3B ANA Draft 1984 -0.4
Ken Forsch P ANA Trade 1981 -0.4
Gus Polidor 3B/SS ANA Intl FA 1981 -1.1

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.