Cam Bonifay

Overview

Percentiles On That year GM career Year range

Team	Role	Year	Pay $M	Rel Pay	Surp $M	Surp WAR	Dead %	Cheap $M	Draft $M	Trd $M	Int'l $M	$ / WAR	WAR	Depth	Dead WAR	HG	Trade	Net/ Trd	FA	R5	RFA	PPA	CPA	WAB	TAB	W-L%	PO	Pen	WS
Pirates	GM	1993 75–87	$21	66	+3	+3.2	30%	+8	+6	-0	+2	$0.6M	28.1	7.0	-5.6	-0.0	+9.3	+3.11	-3.5	+0.0		0.59	0.10	-1.8	-1.3	0.463
Pirates	GM	1994 53–61	$22	69	-5	-4.0	29%	+1	-2	+3	+0	$1.1M	15.4	1.0	-4.5	+5.4	+0.1	+0.07	+1.9	-0.6		0.17	0.06	-1.4	-7.9	0.465
Pirates	GM	1995 58–86	$18	54	-1	-0.7	35%	+5	-0	+4	+2	$0.8M	17.8	3.0	-4.4	-2.8	+2.0		-2.2	+0.0		0.06	0.04	-7.9	-6.7	0.403
Pirates	GM	1996 73–89	$22	67	-3	-3.6	25%	+3	+1	+1	+0	$0.7M	21.6	5.0	-8.7	+26.0	+5.6	+1.13	+0.3	-0.6	+0.02	0.23	0.07	-3.8	-7.8	0.451
Pirates	GM	1997 79–83	$11	27	+13	+12.7	49%	+14	+3	+7	+2	$0.3M	20.8	7.0	-11.1	+3.2	+0.4	+0.18	+3.5	+0.2	+0.06	0.25	0.07	+13.5	+2.2	0.488
Pirates	GM	1998 69–93	$14	34	+11	+10.4	46%	+15	+8	+4	+3	$0.5M	23.0	5.0	-7.2	+0.1	+25.4	+8.45	+9.3	+2.9	+0.05	0.27	0.07	+0.6	+1.6	0.426
Pirates	GM	1999 78–83	$24	49	+14	+10.7	52%	+16	+5	+11	+0	$0.7M	28.9	7.0	-7.4	-5.1	-1.3	-0.26	-7.8	-0.0	+0.03	0.59	0.10	+5.7	+3.5	0.484
Pirates	GM	2000 69–93	$29	52	+8	+5.4	64%	+16	+9	+9	-2	$0.9M	23.8	5.0	-8.2	+12.1	+12.8	+2.56	-0.0	-0.1	+0.08	0.38	0.08	-4.7	-2.7	0.426
Pirates	GM	2001 62–100	$46	74	-21	-13.2	72%	+3	-4	-1	+7	$1.9M	15.7	4.0	-9.2	+15.0	-13.4	-2.67	+4.6	+0.0	+0.06	0.07	0.04	-16.2	-15.0	0.383
Career total (1985+ data)			$206	55	+18	+20.8	45%	+9	+3	+4	+2	$0.8M	195.1	4.9	-7.4	+53.9	+40.9	+1.41	+6.0	+1.8	+0.06	0.37	0.08	-15.9	-34.0	0.443	–	–	–

Roster Construction

Trades

Trades made — 19 deals credited to Cam Bonifay, best expected value first; surplus is realized value in $M

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1998 · PIT / CLE

PIT · Cam Bonifay +$401.6M

Brian Giles

CLE · John Hart −$401.6M

Ricardo Rincón

PIT came out ahead by $401.6M

1997 · PIT / SDP

PIT · Cam Bonifay +$5.6M

Hal Garrett, Mark Smith

SDP · Kevin Towers −$5.6M

Trey Beamon, Angelo Encarnación

PIT came out ahead by $5.6M

1999 · PIT / MIA

PIT · Cam Bonifay +$0.8M

Bruce Aven

MIA · Dave Dombrowski −$0.8M

Brant Brown

PIT came out ahead by $0.8M

1998 · CHC / PIT

CHC · Ed Lynch +$213.6M

Jon Lieber

PIT · Cam Bonifay −$213.6M

Brant Brown

CHC came out ahead by $213.6M

1999 · TBR / PIT

TBR · Chuck Lamar +$0.8M

José Guillén, Jeff Sparks

PIT · Cam Bonifay −$0.8M

Joe Oliver, Humberto Cota

TBR came out ahead by $0.8M

2000 · PIT / NYY

PIT · Cam Bonifay +$4.8M

Chris Spurling

NYY · Brian Cashman −$4.8M

Luis Sojo

PIT came out ahead by $4.8M

1998 · PIT / KCR

PIT · Cam Bonifay +$1.6M

Manuel Bernal

KCR · Herk Robinson −$1.6M

Jermaine Allensworth

PIT came out ahead by $1.6M

2000 · PIT / CLE

PIT · Cam Bonifay +$17.6M

Alex Ramírez, Enrique Wilson

CLE · John Hart −$17.6M

Wil Cordero

PIT came out ahead by $17.6M

2000 · PIT / STL

PIT · Cam Bonifay +$16.8M

Jack Wilson

STL · Walt Jocketty −$16.8M

Jason Christiansen

PIT came out ahead by $16.8M

1999 · PIT / ARI

PIT · Cam Bonifay +$22.4M

Paul Weichard, Jason Boyd

ARI · Joe Garagiola −$22.4M

Tony Womack

PIT came out ahead by $22.4M

1997 · NYM / PIT

NYM · Joe McIlvaine +$0.0M

Wes Chamberlain, Ramon Espinosa

PIT · Cam Bonifay +$0.0M

John Carter, Erick Ojeda

Even trade

2000 · PIT / SDP

PIT · Cam Bonifay +$0.0M

Dan Serafini

SDP · Kevin Towers +$0.0M

Andy Bausher

Even trade

1999 · ARI / PIT

ARI · Joe Garagiola +$0.0M

Brad Clontz

PIT · Cam Bonifay +$0.0M

Roberto Manzueta

Even trade

1999 · ATL / PIT

ATL · John Schuerholz +$0.0M

Freddy García

PIT · Cam Bonifay +$0.0M

Greg Dukeman

Even trade

2000 · WSN / PIT

WSN · Jim Beattie +$1.6M

Jarrod Patterson

PIT · Cam Bonifay −$1.6M

Matt Skrmetta

WSN came out ahead by $1.6M

1999 · LAD / PIT

LAD · Kevin Malone +$0.8M

Jason Ryan

PIT · Cam Bonifay −$0.8M

Tim Laker

LAD came out ahead by $0.8M

2000 · PIT / SDP

PIT · Cam Bonifay +$32.0M

John Vander Wal, Geraldo Padua, Jim Sak

SDP · Kevin Towers −$32.0M

Al Martin

PIT came out ahead by $32.0M

1997 · LAD / PIT

LAD · Fred Claire +$2.4M

Hal Garrett

PIT · Cam Bonifay −$2.4M

Eddie Williams

LAD came out ahead by $2.4M

1998 · TEX / PIT

TEX · Douglas Melvin +$11.2M

Esteban Loaiza

PIT · Cam Bonifay −$11.2M

Warren Morris, Todd Van Poppel

TEX came out ahead by $11.2M

Players acquired — 130 players, by realized fWAR for the franchise (scroll for more)

All channels Hitters & pitchersHitters onlyPitchers only

Player	Pos	Team	How	Year	Szns	fWAR	WAR/yr	RFA	PPA	CPA
Brian Giles	OF	PIT	Trade	1998	5	+25.4	+5.1	+0.10	3.5%	0.62%
Zach Duke	P	PIT	Draft	2001	5	+12.6	+2.5	–	–	–
Francisco Córdova	P	PIT	Intl FA	1996	5	+11.2	+2.2	–	–	–
Jack Wilson	SS	PIT	Trade	2000	8	+11.0	+1.4	+0.11	–	–
Jon Lieber	P	PIT	Trade	1993	5	+9.8	+2.0	–	–	–
Denny Neagle	P	PIT	Trade	1993	4	+9.1	+2.3	–	0.1%	0.01%
Todd Ritchie	P	PIT	Free agency	1998	3	+8.8	+2.9	–	1.8%	0.27%
Kris Benson	P	PIT	Draft	1996	5	+8.5	+1.7	–	–	–
Jason Schmidt	P	PIT	Trade	1996	6	+8.0	+1.3	+0.11	0.1%	0.02%
Kip Wells	P	PIT	Trade	2001	5	+7.5	+1.5	+0.14	0.1%	0.07%
Ian Snell	P	PIT	Draft	2000	5	+6.7	+1.3	–	–	–
Craig Wilson	1B/OF	PIT	Trade	1996	6	+6.5	+1.1	+0.06	–	–
Nate McLouth	OF	PIT	Draft	2000	4	+5.6	+1.4	–	–	–
Rob Mackowiak	OF	PIT	Draft	1996	5	+5.5	+1.1	–	–	–
José Silva	P	PIT	Trade	1996	4	+4.8	+1.2	+0.06	0.1%	0.02%
Joe Randa	3B	PIT	Trade	1996	1	+3.7	+3.7	+0.04	0.9%	0.25%
John Vander Wal	OF	PIT	Trade	2000	2	+3.5	+1.7	+0.00	1.2%	0.27%
Jimmy Anderson	P	PIT	Draft	1994	3	+3.4	+1.1	–	–	–
Ronny Paulino	C	PIT	Intl FA	1997	4	+3.2	+0.8	–	–	–
Salomón Torres	P	PIT	Free agency	2001	6	+3.2	+0.5	–	0.0%	0.00%
Scott Sauerbeck	P	PIT	Rule 5	1998	4	+2.9	+0.7	–	–	–
Danny Darwin	P	PIT	Trade	1996	1	+2.8	+2.8	–	0.7%	0.19%
Dámaso Marte	P	PIT	Trade	2001	4	+2.7	+0.7	+0.01	0.0%	0.01%
Dan Plesac	P	PIT	Free agency	1994	2	+2.6	+1.3	–	0.1%	0.04%
Turner Ward	OF	PIT	Free agency	1997	2	+2.6	+1.3	–	0.4%	0.09%
Mike Williams	P	PIT	Free agency	1997	5	+2.6	+0.5	–	0.4%	0.11%
Lonnie Smith	OF	PIT	Trade	1993	1	+2.3	+2.3	–	1.3%	0.23%
Chris Duffy	OF	PIT	Draft	2001	2	+2.2	+1.1	–	–	–
Aramis Ramírez	3B	PIT	Intl FA	1994	3	+1.9	+0.6	–	–	–
Tike Redman	OF	PIT	Draft	1996	3	+1.8	+0.6	–	–	–
John Grabow	P	PIT	Draft	1997	6	+1.7	+0.3	–	–	–
Ricardo Rincón	P	PIT	Draft	1997	2	+1.7	+0.9	–	–	–
Chris Peters	P	PIT	Draft	1993	3	+1.5	+0.5	–	–	–
Warren Morris	2B	PIT	Trade	1998	1	+1.4	+1.4	-0.01	–	–
Mike Benjamin	3B/SS	PIT	Free agency	1998	2	+1.2	+0.6	–	0.9%	0.12%
Adam Hyzdu	OF	PIT	Trade	2000	3	+1.2	+0.4	–	–	–
Josías Manzanillo	P	PIT	Free agency	2000	2	+1.2	+0.6	–	0.0%	0.00%
Ryan Vogelsong	P	PIT	Trade	2001	5	+1.2	+0.2	+0.18	0.2%	0.03%
Mark Parent	C	PIT	Trade	1995	1	+1.2	+1.2	–	0.1%	0.05%
John Ericks	P	PIT	Trade	1995	1	+1.0	+1.0	–	–	–
Steve Parris	P	PIT	Trade	1995	2	+1.0	+0.5	–	–	–
Dale Sveum	3B/SS	PIT	Free agency	1994	3	+0.9	+0.3	–	0.1%	0.03%
Shawon Dunston	SS	PIT	Trade	1997	1	+0.9	+0.9	–	0.2%	0.06%
Tom Foley	2B/SS	PIT	Trade	1994	1	+0.8	+0.8	–	0.2%	0.08%
Bronson Arroyo	P	PIT	Draft	1995	2	+0.7	+0.3	–	–	–
David Williams	P	PIT	Draft	1998	3	+0.7	+0.2	–	–	–
Shane Youman	P	PIT	Draft	2001	2	+0.7	+0.3	–	–	–
Todd Van Poppel	P	PIT	Trade	1998	1	+0.7	+0.7	-0.01	0.2%	0.05%
Rich Loiselle	P	PIT	Trade	1996	3	+0.6	+0.2	+0.01	–	–
Mark Dewey	P	PIT	Trade	1993	2	+0.6	+0.3	–	0.2%	0.04%
Mark Smith	OF	PIT	Trade	1997	1	+0.6	+0.6	+0.12	0.3%	0.09%
Elmer Dessens	P	PIT	Intl FA	1993	3	+0.5	+0.2	–	–	–
Gary Matthews	OF	PIT	Trade	2001	1	+0.5	+0.5	–	0.0%	0.02%
Mike Lincoln	P	PIT	Free agency	2001	2	+0.4	+0.2	–	0.0%	0.01%
Ed Sprague	3B	PIT	Free agency	1998	1	+0.4	+0.4	–	0.3%	0.04%
Lance Parrish	C	PIT	Trade	1994	1	+0.4	+0.4	–	0.1%	0.04%
Luis Sojo	2B	PIT	Trade	2000	1	+0.4	+0.4	–	0.2%	0.04%
Greg Hansell	P	PIT	Free agency	1999	1	+0.3	+0.3	–	0.2%	0.03%
Manny Martínez	OF	PIT	Free agency	1996	1	+0.3	+0.3	–	0.1%	0.02%
Charlie Hayes	3B	PIT	Trade	1996	1	+0.3	+0.3	–	0.1%	0.02%
Andy Barkett	1B/OF	PIT	Draft	2001	1	+0.2	+0.2	–	–	–
Mike Garcia	P	PIT	Trade	1999	2	+0.2	+0.1	–	–	–
Jim Gott	P	PIT	Free agency	1995	3	+0.2	+0.1	–	2.7%	0.23%
Humberto Cota	C	PIT	Trade	1999	5	+0.1	+0.0	+0.01	–	–
Jerry Goff	C	PIT	Free agency	1993	1	+0.1	+0.1	–	0.3%	0.05%
Pete Schourek	P	PIT	Free agency	1998	1	+0.1	+0.1	–	0.1%	0.01%
Mike Maddux	P	PIT	Trade	1995	1	+0.1	+0.1	–	0.0%	0.01%
Omar Olivares	P	PIT	Trade	2001	1	+0.1	+0.1	–	0.0%	0.00%
Alejandro Peña	P	PIT	Trade	1994	1	+0.1	+0.1	–	0.0%	0.01%
Dan Serafini	P	PIT	Trade	2000	1	+0.1	+0.1	+0.04	0.0%	0.01%
Tony Alvarez	OF	PIT	Intl FA	1995	1	+0.0	+0.0	–	–	–
Jeff Ballard	P	PIT	Free agency	1993	1	+0.0	+0.0	–	0.3%	0.06%
Steve Bieser	OF	PIT	Free agency	1997	1	+0.0	+0.0	–	0.0%	0.00%
Jacob Brumfield	OF	PIT	Trade	1994	1	+0.0	+0.0	–	0.0%	0.00%
Jim Dougherty	P	PIT	Free agency	1998	–	-0.0	–	–	–	–
Kevin Elster	SS	PIT	Free agency	1996	1	+0.0	+0.0	–	0.0%	0.00%
Luis Figueroa	2B/SS	PIT	Intl FA	1997	–	-0.0	–	–	–	–
Yamid Haad	C	PIT	Intl FA	1994	–	-0.0	–	–	–	–
Tim Laker	C	PIT	Trade	1999	1	-0.0	-0.0	–	0.0%	0.01%
José Parra	P	PIT	Free agency	2000	1	+0.0	+0.0	–	0.0%	0.00%
Armando Ríos	OF	PIT	Trade	2001	1	+0.0	+0.0	+0.18	0.0%	0.00%
Matt Skrmetta	P	PIT	Trade	2000	–	-0.0	–	-0.02	–	–
Brian Smith	P	PIT	Rule 5	1999	–	-0.0	–	–	–	–
Steve Sparks	P	PIT	Draft	1998	–	-0.0	–	–	–	–
Billy Taylor	P	PIT	Free agency	2001	–	-0.0	–	–	–	–
Don Wengert	P	PIT	Free agency	2001	1	+0.0	+0.0	–	0.0%	0.00%
Brad Clontz	P	PIT	Free agency	1999	1	-0.1	-0.1	–	0.0%	0.00%
Iván Cruz	1B	PIT	Free agency	1998	1	-0.1	-0.1	–	0.1%	0.01%
Yurendell de Caster	DH	PIT	Rule 5	2000	–	-0.1	–	–	–	–
Mike Dyer	P	PIT	Free agency	1994	1	-0.1	-0.1	–	0.0%	0.00%
J. R. House	C	PIT	Draft	1999	1	-0.1	-0.1	–	–	–
Mendy López	SS	PIT	Free agency	2001	1	-0.1	-0.1	–	0.0%	0.01%
Clint Sodowsky	P	PIT	Trade	1996	–	-0.1	–	–	–	–
Jeff Tabaka	P	PIT	Free agency	1994	–	-0.1	–	–	–	–
Andy Tomberlin	DH/OF	PIT	Trade	1993	–	-0.1	–	–	–	–
Rajai Davis	OF	PIT	Draft	2001	–	-0.2	–	–	–	–
Mike Johnston	P	PIT	Draft	1998	–	-0.2	–	–	–	–
Brian O'Connor	P	PIT	Draft	1995	–	-0.2	–	–	–	–
Chris Tremie	C	PIT	Free agency	1998	–	-0.2	–	–	–	–
Dave Wainhouse	P	PIT	Free agency	1996	–	-0.2	–	–	–	–
Jeff Wallace	P	PIT	Trade	1996	2	-0.2	-0.1	+0.04	–	–
Glenn Wilson	OF	PIT	Free agency	1993	2	-0.2	-0.1	–	0.5%	0.03%
Joe Beimel	P	PIT	Draft	1998	2	-0.3	-0.1	–	–	–
Jason Boyd	P	PIT	Trade	1999	1	-0.3	-0.3	+0.02	–	–
Sean Burnett	P	PIT	Draft	2000	2	-0.3	-0.1	–	–	–
Javier Martínez	P	PIT	Trade	1997	–	-0.3	–	–	–	–
Mackey Sasser	C	PIT	Free agency	1994	–	-0.3	–	–	–	–
Gary Varsho	OF	PIT	Free agency	1994	1	-0.3	-0.3	–	4.0%	0.91%
Ravelo Manzanillo	P	PIT	Free agency	1994	–	-0.4	–	–	–	–
Ramón Martínez	P	PIT	Free agency	2001	–	-0.5	–	–	–	–
Freddy García	3B/OF	PIT	Rule 5	1994	1	-0.6	-0.6	–	–	–
Abraham Núñez	2B/3B/SS	PIT	Trade	1996	3	-0.6	-0.2	+0.06	–	–
Joe Oliver	C	PIT	Trade	1999	–	-0.6	–	+0.01	–	–
John Van Benschoten	P	PIT	Draft	2001	1	-0.6	-0.6	–	–	–
J. J. Davis	OF	PIT	Draft	1997	–	-0.7	–	–	–	–
Brendan Donnelly	P	PIT	Free agency	1999	–	-0.7	–	–	–	–
Derek Bell	OF	PIT	Free agency	2000	–	-0.9	–	–	–	–
Emil Brown	OF	PIT	Rule 5	1996	1	-0.9	-0.9	–	–	–
Dan Miceli	P	PIT	Trade	1993	2	-0.9	-0.4	–	–	–
Alex Hernández	1B/OF	PIT	Draft	1995	–	-1.0	–	–	–	–
Steve Pegues	OF	PIT	Free agency	1994	1	-1.0	-1.0	–	–	–
Carlos Rivera	1B	PIT	Draft	1996	–	-1.0	–	–	–	–
Brant Brown	OF	PIT	Trade	1998	–	-1.5	–	+0.06	–	–
Pat Meares	SS	PIT	Free agency	1999	1	-1.7	-1.7	–	0.1%	0.02%
Doug Strange	2B/3B	PIT	Free agency	1997	–	-1.8	–	–	–	–
Jermaine Allensworth	OF	PIT	Draft	1993	1	-2.0	-2.0	–	–	–
Mike Kingery	OF	PIT	Free agency	1995	–	-2.1	–	–	–	–
Chad Hermansen	OF	PIT	Draft	1995	1	-2.3	-2.3	–	–	–
José Castillo	2B/3B	PIT	Intl FA	1997	1	-2.7	-2.7	–	–	–
Ryan Doumit	C	PIT	Draft	1999	2	-5.0	-2.5	–	–	–

Trade-side columns: RFA is playoff-readiness percentage points added to the future roster foundation. It grades the franchise's entire side of a trade, so the same score repeats for every player acquired in that package. PPA/CPA remain player-level arrival-year probability points.

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.

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