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Clyde King

May 23, 1924 (Goldsboro, NC) – Nov 2, 2010 (Goldsboro, NC) · died at 86

General manager for the Yankees (1985–1986).

2 seasons with salary-era data across 1 stint. All figures are franchise-level outcomes during the tenure, not solely attributable to one executive.

Overview

Titles0
Pennants0
Playoffs0
Record187–136
Win %0.579
+3.0GM WAR — wins above a replacement GM (org-adjusted, shrunk; per season) ±7.124th/195 execs
10.0Depth — 2+ WAR regulars per season (the breadth that drives TAB, not stars)3rd/195 execs
-3.7Dead WAR — WAR/yr bled by sub-replacement players (closer to 0 = better)16th/195 execs
25%Dead money — payroll on <0.5-WAR players (lower = better)25th/195 execs
$2MCheap-talent surplus — $/yr of value from cost-controlled (pre-arb/arb) players above their pay; the selection engine, and the stickiest GM skill we track169th/195 execs
$2MDrafted surplus — cheap-talent surplus from his own draftees (the develop-from-the-draft engine)153rd/195 execs
$-0MTraded-for surplus — cheap-talent surplus from cost-controlled players he acquired via trade152nd/195 execs
$-0MInt'l surplus — cheap-talent surplus from his own international signees156th/195 execs
+17.6TAB — talent above budget — roster-construction alpha (talent your budget bought above expectation), tenure total41st/195 execs
+15.3WAB — realized wins (TAB + the non-repeatable luck of converting talent to wins)43rd/195 execs
6.54Acquisition Leverage — playoff pts per acquired WAR, graded once in the year each deal's wins arrive (the repeatable decision skill)2nd/195 execs
-6Roster surplus $M53rd/195 execs

Tenure breakdown

TeamRoleYearsSzns WAB WAB/yr TAB WAR surp HG Trade FA R5 AcqLev W-L% POPenWS Surp $M
▸ Yankees GM 1985–1986 2 +15.3 +7.65 +17.6 -20.2 +55.7 -20.8 -14.1 +0.0 6.54 0.579 ––– -6
Career total (1985+ data) 2 +15.3 +17.6 -20.2 +55.7 -20.8 -14.1 +0.0 6.54 0.579 –– – -6

Roster Construction

How the roster was sourced

by valueby volume

Share of acquired fWAR by channel vs. league average.

Build channels — net fWAR

Acquired minus surrendered / signed minus walked.

Home-grown (draft/intl)+55.7
Trade-20.8
Free agency-14.1
Rule 5 / minor draft+0.0
Sourcing mix: 79% draft · 2% FA · 20% trade · 0% R5

Roster value distribution — career average — depth vs. stars

Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR, averaged across Clyde King's seasons. Bars = his rosters; the black line = the league-average player at each slot. Staying above the line deep into the roster is the depth edge.

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

PlayerPosTeam How Year Szns fWAR WAR/yr Lev
Bernie Williams OF NYY Intl FA 1985 12 +43.9 +3.7 –
Tommy John P NYY Trade 1986 4 +7.5 +1.9 6.1
Jim Leyritz C NYY Intl FA 1985 5 +5.5 +1.1 –
Scott Kamieniecki P NYY Draft 1986 5 +4.9 +1.0 –
Rick Rhoden P NYY Trade 1986 2 +4.4 +2.2 4.1
Claudell Washington OF NYY Trade 1986 3 +3.9 +1.3 2.2
Bob Shirley P NYY Trade 1985 2 +2.6 +1.3 –
Kevin Maas 1B/DH NYY Draft 1986 4 +2.3 +0.6 –
Andy Stankiewicz 2B/SS NYY Draft 1986 1 +2.2 +2.2 –
Ed Whitson P NYY Trade 1985 1 +2.0 +2.0 –
Mike Easler DH/OF NYY Trade 1986 1 +1.6 +1.6 11.3
Phil Niekro P NYY Trade 1985 1 +1.0 +1.0 –
Don Baylor DH/OF NYY Trade 1985 1 +0.8 +0.8 –
Pat Clements P NYY Trade 1986 1 +0.7 +0.7 1.3
Tim Stoddard P NYY Trade 1986 1 +0.7 +0.7 1.4
Rod Scurry P NYY Free agency 1986 1 +0.6 +0.6 –
Joe Niekro P NYY Free agency 1986 2 +0.5 +0.2 –
Al Holland P NYY Free agency 1986 1 +0.4 +0.4 3.8
Omar Moreno OF NYY Trade 1985 1 +0.4 +0.4 1.0
Billy Sample OF NYY Trade 1985 1 +0.3 +0.3 –
Wayne Tolleson 2B/SS NYY Trade 1986 2 +0.3 +0.1 9.8
Lenn Sakata 2B NYY Free agency 1986 1 +0.2 +0.2 0.4
Leo Hernández 3B NYY Trade 1985 1 +0.1 +0.1 0.4
Darrin Chapin P NYY Draft 1986 – -0.0 – –
Dale Murray P NYY Trade 1985 1 +0.0 +0.0 0.1
Juan Bonilla 2B NYY Trade 1985 1 -0.1 -0.1 –
John Ramos C/DH NYY Draft 1986 – -0.1 – –
Gary Roenicke OF NYY Trade 1985 – -0.1 – –
Iván de Jesús SS NYY Free agency 1986 – -0.2 – –
Joel Skinner C NYY Trade 1986 2 -0.2 -0.1 0.9
Hal Morris 1B NYY Draft 1986 1 -0.3 -0.3 –
Alfonso Pulido P NYY Draft 1986 – -0.4 – –
Gary Ward OF NYY Free agency 1986 1 -0.4 -0.4 0.1
Steve Adkins P NYY Draft 1986 – -0.5 – –
Mike Fischlin 2B/SS NYY Trade 1985 – -0.6 – –
Joe Cowley P NYY Trade 1985 – -0.8 – –
Paul Zuvella 2B/SS NYY Trade 1986 – -1.1 – –
Hensley Meulens OF NYY Intl FA 1985 3 -1.7 -0.6 –

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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Data: FanGraphs (WAR), Baseball-Reference & the Chadwick Bureau register (rosters, IDs), the Lahman Database, Baseball America prospect rankings (via The Baseball Cube), and public payroll records. Transaction and trade data was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet. Executive birth/death data via Wikidata (CC0); bios are original. Emoji graphics by OpenMoji (CC BY-SA 4.0).
All figures are franchise-level outcomes credited to the decision-maker in the acquisition year — not solely attributable to one executive.