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Dan Duquette

Born May 26, 1958 · Dalton, MA · age 68

Assembled core pieces of Boston's eventual 2004 champion, then orchestrated the Baltimore Orioles' surprising return to contention in the 2010s after a long absence.

18 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
Playoffs6
Record1516–1333
Win %0.532
+65.9WAB — wins above budget11th/195 execs
+49.0Talent above budget — roster-construction alpha (talent your budget bought above expectation)16th/195 execs
1.38Acquisition leverage — playoff pts each bought win added, given the roster it joined (did you buy where wins matter?)54th/195 execs
-94.9WAR surplus (era-neutral, win-equiv)164th/195 execs
-295Roster surplus $M173rd/195 execs

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)+212.9
Trade-60.0
Free agency-133.3
Rule 5 / minor draft+6.9
Sourcing mix: 44% draft · 34% FA · 20% trade · 2% R5

Tenure breakdown

TeamRoleYearsSzns WAB WAB/yr TAB WAR surp HG Trade FA R5 AcqLev W-L% POPenWS Surp $M
Orioles GM 2012–2018 7 -9.0 -1.28 -31.2 -66.7 +62.1 -33.2 -58.9 +8.9 0.86 0.499 3 -225
Red Sox GM 1995–2002 8 +19.5 +2.44 +38.1 -75.9 +63.5 -31.9 -19.7 -1.8 1.76 0.544 3 -116
Nationals GM 1992–1994 3 +55.3 +18.44 +42.1 +47.8 +87.3 +5.1 -54.7 -0.2 1.11 0.582 +45
Career total (1985+ data) 18 +65.9 +49.0 -94.9 +212.9 -60.0 -133.3 +6.9 1.38 0.532 6 -295

Players acquired — 283 players, by realized fWAR for the franchise (scroll for more)

PlayerPosTeam How Year fWAR
Vladimir Guerrero OF WSN Intl FA 1993 +33.8
Kevin Youkilis 1B/3B BOS Draft 2001 +28.7
Manny Ramirez OF BOS Free agency 2000 +26.6
Tim Wakefield P BOS Free agency 1995 +26.3
Javier Vázquez P WSN Draft 1994 +26.1
Jon Lester P BOS Draft 2002 +23.5
Jason Varitek C BOS Trade 1997 +21.2
Derek Lowe P BOS Trade 1997 +18.0
José Vidro 2B WSN Draft 1992 +16.4
Cedric Mullins OF BAL Draft 2015 +14.0
Johnny Damon OF BOS Free agency 2001 +13.9
Orlando Cabrera SS WSN Intl FA 1993 +10.2
Tom Gordon P BOS Free agency 1995 +10.1
Kevin Gausman P BAL Draft 2012 +9.5
Anthony Santander OF BAL Rule 5 2016 +9.4
Wei-Yin Chen P BAL Intl FA 2012 +9.3
Dean Kremer P BAL Trade 2018 +7.7
Austin Hays OF BAL Draft 2016 +7.2
John Means P BAL Draft 2014 +7.1
Trey Mancini 1B/DH/OF BAL Draft 2013 +6.8
Ryan Mountcastle 1B BAL Draft 2015 +6.0
Bret Saberhagen P BOS Free agency 1996 +5.8
Darren Bragg OF BOS Trade 1996 +5.7
José Canseco DH/OF BOS Free agency 1995 +5.5
Carl Everett OF BOS Trade 1999 +5.3
Sean Berry 3B WSN Trade 1992 +5.3
Brian Daubach 1B BOS Free agency 1998 +4.9
Ubaldo Jiménez P BAL Free agency 2014 +4.8
Steve Pearce 1B/OF BAL Free agency 2014 +4.6
José Offerman 2B/SS BOS Free agency 1998 +4.6
John Burkett P BOS Free agency 2001 +4.4
Mike Stanley C BOS Free agency 1995 +4.4
Erik Hanson P BOS Free agency 1995 +4.1
Reggie Jefferson DH BOS Free agency 1995 +4.0
Brad Brach P BAL Trade 2013 +3.9
Nelson Cruz DH/OF BAL Free agency 2014 +3.9
Frank Castillo P BOS Free agency 2000 +3.9
Butch Henry P WSN Trade 1993 +3.7
Miguel González P BAL Trade 2012 +3.6
Keegan Akin P BAL Draft 2016 +3.2
Casey Fossum P BOS Draft 1999 +3.2
Darren O'Day P BAL Free agency 2015 +3.1
Hideo Nomo P BOS Free agency 2000 +3.0
Darren Lewis OF BOS Free agency 1997 +2.9
Mike Thurman P WSN Draft 1994 +2.9
Manny Delcarmen P BOS Draft 2000 +2.6
Zane Smith P BOS Free agency 1995 +2.4
Nate McLouth OF BAL Free agency 2012 +2.2
Mike Benjamin 3B/SS BOS Free agency 1997 +2.2
Rich Garcés P BOS Free agency 1995 +2.1
Shea Hillenbrand 1B/3B BOS Draft 1996 +2.1
Paul Fry P BAL Trade 2017 +2.0
Welington Castillo C BAL Free agency 2016 +1.9
Jeff Frye 2B BOS Free agency 1996 +1.9
Heathcliff Slocumb P BOS Trade 1996 +1.9
Joey Rickard OF BAL Rule 5 2015 +1.8
Rheal Cormier P BOS Trade 1995 +1.7
Jeff Fassero P BOS Free agency 1999 +1.7
Richard Bleier P BAL Trade 2017 +1.6
Alex Cobb P BAL Free agency 2018 +1.6
Rheal Cormier P BOS Free agency 1999 +1.6
Pat Rapp P BOS Free agency 1999 +1.6
Hyun Soo Kim OF BAL Draft 2016 +1.5
Tanner Scott P BAL Draft 2014 +1.5
Damon Buford OF BOS Trade 1997 +1.5
Tim Scott P WSN Trade 1993 +1.5
David Cone P BOS Free agency 2001 +1.4
Bud Norris P BAL Trade 2013 +1.3
Doug Mirabelli C BOS Trade 2001 +1.3
Hanley Ramírez SS BOS Intl FA 2000 +1.3
Ugueth Urbina P BOS Trade 2001 +1.3
Dillon Tate P BAL Trade 2018 +1.2
Paxton Crawford P BOS Draft 1995 +1.2
Alan Embree P BOS Trade 2002 +1.2
Dwayne Hosey OF BOS Trade 1995 +1.2
Ramón Martínez P BOS Free agency 1999 +1.2
Hipólito Pichardo P BOS Free agency 2000 +1.2
Rey Sánchez 2B/SS BOS Free agency 2002 +1.1
Pedro Álvarez 3B BAL Free agency 2016 +1.0
Ryan McKenna OF BAL Draft 2015 +1.0
Stan Belinda P BOS Free agency 1995 +1.0
Luis Ayala P BAL Free agency 2012 +0.9
Craig Gentry OF BAL Free agency 2017 +0.9
Wade Miley P BAL Trade 2016 +0.9
Asher Wojciechowski P BAL Free agency 2017 +0.9
Chris Hammond P BOS Free agency 1996 +0.9
Mike Macfarlane C BOS Free agency 1995 +0.9
Tomo Ohka P BOS Draft 1999 +0.9
Todd Walker 2B BOS Trade 2002 +0.9
John Wasdin P BOS Trade 1997 +0.9
Yovani Gallardo P BAL Free agency 2016 +0.8
Ryan Webb P BAL Free agency 2013 +0.7
Shane Mack OF BOS Free agency 1996 +0.7
Juan Peña P BOS Draft 1995 +0.7
Pete Schourek P BOS Free agency 2000 +0.7
Andrew Cashner P BAL Free agency 2018 +0.6
Rickey Henderson OF BOS Free agency 2002 +0.6
Mark Portugal P BOS Free agency 1998 +0.6
Juan Bell 2B/SS WSN Free agency 1994 +0.6
Evan Phillips P BAL Trade 2018 +0.5
Rudy Pemberton OF BOS Trade 1996 +0.5
Denis Boucher P WSN Trade 1993 +0.5
DJ Stewart OF BAL Draft 2015 +0.4
Delmon Young OF BAL Free agency 2014 +0.4
Mark Brandenburg P BOS Trade 1996 +0.4
Kason Gabbard P BOS Draft 2000 +0.4
Sun-Woo Kim P BOS Intl FA 1997 +0.4
Wilson Betemit 3B BAL Free agency 2012 +0.3
Donnie Hart P BAL Draft 2013 +0.3
Yefry Ramírez P BAL Trade 2017 +0.3
Billy Ashley OF BOS Free agency 1998 +0.3
Rod Beck P BOS Trade 1999 +0.3
Jin Ho Cho P BOS Intl FA 1998 +0.3
Willie McGee OF BOS Free agency 1995 +0.3
Dariel Álvarez OF BAL Intl FA 2013 +0.2
Alec Asher P BAL Trade 2017 +0.2
Mike Baumann P BAL Draft 2017 +0.2
Miguel Castro P BAL Trade 2017 +0.2
Chris Dickerson OF BAL Free agency 2013 +0.2
Chaz Roe P BAL Free agency 2014 +0.2
Steve Avery P BOS Free agency 1997 +0.2
Bryce Florie P BOS Trade 1999 +0.2
Creighton Gubanich C BOS Trade 1999 +0.2
Tim Harikkala P BOS Free agency 1998 +0.2
Jimmy Jones P WSN Free agency 1993 +0.2
Troy Mattes P WSN Draft 1993 +0.2
Brian Duensing P BAL Free agency 2016 +0.1
Lew Ford OF BAL Free agency 2012 +0.1
Hunter Harvey P BAL Draft 2013 +0.1
Jair Jurrjens P BAL Free agency 2013 +0.1
Zac Lowther P BAL Draft 2017 +0.1
Josh Lucas P BAL Free agency 2018 +0.1
Rey Navarro 2B BAL Trade 2015 +0.1
Dusty Brown C BOS Draft 2000 +0.1
Morgan Burkhart 1B/DH BOS Draft 2000 +0.1
Juan Díaz 1B/DH BOS Trade 2002 +0.1
Josh Hancock P BOS Draft 1998 +0.1
Adam Hyzdu OF BOS Free agency 1996 +0.1
Steve Lomasney C BOS Draft 1995 +0.1
Ramiro Mendoza P BOS Free agency 2002 +0.1
Brandon Moss 1B/OF BOS Draft 2002 +0.1
Darren Oliver P BOS Trade 2001 +0.1
Curtis Pride OF BOS Free agency 1997 +0.1
Charlie Zink P BOS Intl FA 2002 +0.1
Rick Cerone C WSN Free agency 1992 +0.1
Randy Ready 2B/3B/OF WSN Free agency 1993 +0.1
Jayson Aquino P BAL Trade 2016 +0.0
Quintin Berry OF BAL Free agency 2014 -0.0
César Cabral P BAL Free agency 2014 -0.0
Stefan Crichton P BAL Draft 2013 -0.0
Preston Guilmet P BAL Trade 2014 -0.0
Bill Hall 3B/SS BAL Free agency 2012 -0.0
Drew Jackson OF BAL Trade 2018 -0.0
Nick Johnson 1B BAL Free agency 2012 +0.0
Branden Kline P BAL Draft 2012 -0.0
Steve Lombardozzi 2B/OF BAL Trade 2014 -0.0
Chris Parmelee 1B/OF BAL Free agency 2015 -0.0
Stu Pomeranz P BAL Trade 2012 -0.0
Ramón Ramírez P BAL Free agency 2014 +0.0
Chris Snyder C BAL Trade 2013 -0.0
Konner Wade P BAL Trade 2017 -0.0
Shane Andrews 3B BOS Free agency 2002 +0.0
Willie Banks P BOS Free agency 2001 +0.0
Brian Bark P BOS Trade 1995 +0.0
Kevin Brown C BOS Free agency 2002 -0.0
Kirk Bullinger P BOS Free agency 1998 -0.0
Dennis Eckersley P BOS Free agency 1997 -0.0
Ken Grundt P BOS Trade 1996 +0.0
Chris Haney P BOS Free agency 2002 +0.0
Dustin Hermanson P BOS Trade 2001 +0.0
Keith Johns 2B/DH BOS Trade 1998 +0.0
Brent Knackert P BOS Free agency 1995 -0.0
Allen McDill P BOS Free agency 2000 +0.0
Dan Smith P BOS Free agency 2000 -0.0
Kevin Tolar P BOS Free agency 2002 -0.0
Carlos Valdez P BOS Free agency 1998 -0.0
Geoff Blum 3B WSN Draft 1994 -0.0
Steve Falteisek P WSN Draft 1992 -0.0
Randy Milligan 1B WSN Trade 1993 +0.0
Charlie Montoyo 2B WSN Trade 1993 -0.0
Jeremy Powell P WSN Draft 1994 -0.0
J. J. Thobe P WSN Trade 1994 -0.0
Mike Belfiore P BAL Trade 2012 -0.1
Julio Borbon OF BAL Free agency 2015 -0.1
Jason García P BAL Trade 2014 -0.1
Dan Johnson 1B BAL Free agency 2013 -0.1
Corban Joseph 2B BAL Free agency 2015 -0.1
Yamaico Navarro 3B/SS BAL Trade 2012 -0.1
Logan Ondrusek P BAL Free agency 2016 -0.1
Jace Peterson 2B/3B BAL Free agency 2018 -0.1
Danny Valencia 3B BAL Free agency 2018 -0.1
Engelb Vielma 2B/SS BAL Trade 2018 -0.1
Christian Walker 1B BAL Draft 2012 -0.1
Israel Alcántara 1B/OF BOS Trade 2000 -0.1
Carlos Baerga 2B BOS Free agency 2001 -0.1
Carlos Castillo P BOS Free agency 2000 -0.1
Phil Clark 1B/OF BOS Free agency 1996 -0.1
Milt Cuyler OF BOS Free agency 1995 -0.1
Chad Fonville 2B/SS/OF BOS Free agency 1999 -0.1
Wayne Gomes P BOS Free agency 2002 -0.1
Bob Howry P BOS Trade 2002 -0.1
Sang-Hoon Lee P BOS Draft 2000 -0.1
Mark Lemke 2B BOS Free agency 1998 -0.1
Joe Nelson P BOS Free agency 2002 -0.1
Steve Ontiveros P BOS Free agency 2000 -0.1
Freddy Sanchez 2B BOS Draft 2000 -0.1
Steve Woodard P BOS Free agency 2002 -0.1
Trace Coquillette 2B/3B WSN Draft 1993 -0.1
Todd Haney 2B WSN Trade 1992 -0.1
Yovanny Lara P WSN Intl FA 1992 -0.1
Everett Stull P WSN Draft 1992 -0.1
Bruce Walton P WSN Free agency 1992 -0.1
Tim Beckham SS BAL Trade 2017 -0.2
Alexi Casilla 2B BAL Free agency 2014 -0.2
Jhan Mariñez P BAL Free agency 2017 -0.2
Ryan Meisinger P BAL Draft 2015 -0.2
Luis Ortiz P BAL Trade 2018 -0.2
Rubén Tejada SS BAL Free agency 2017 -0.2
David Washington DH/OF BAL Trade 2017 -0.2
Alex Wells P BAL Intl FA 2015 -0.2
Matt Wotherspoon P BAL Trade 2017 -0.2
Todd Erdos P BOS Free agency 2001 -0.2
Reggie Harris P BOS Free agency 1996 -0.2
Damian Jackson 2B/SS BOS Free agency 2002 -0.2
Anastacio Martínez P BOS Intl FA 1998 -0.2
Keith Mitchell OF BOS Free agency 1998 -0.2
Bry Nelson 2B/OF BOS Trade 2002 -0.2
Jon Nunnally OF BOS Trade 1999 -0.2
Brian Shouse P BOS Free agency 1997 -0.2
David West P BOS Trade 1998 -0.2
Tim Young P BOS Free agency 1999 -0.2
José Fernández 3B/DH WSN Intl FA 1993 -0.2
Brad Fullmer 1B/DH WSN Draft 1993 -0.2
Rod Henderson P WSN Draft 1992 -0.2
Matt Maysey P WSN Trade 1992 -0.2
Curt Schmidt P WSN Draft 1992 -0.2
Luis Exposito C BAL Trade 2012 -0.3
Johnny Giavotella 2B BAL Free agency 2017 -0.3
Sean Gilmartin P BAL Free agency 2018 -0.3
Jason Pridie OF BAL Free agency 2012 -0.3
Richard Rodríguez P BAL Trade 2015 -0.3
Henry Urrutia DH/OF BAL Intl FA 2012 -0.3
Gary Gaetti 3B BOS Free agency 2000 -0.3
Kip Gross P BOS Free agency 1999 -0.3
Mike Maddux P BOS Free agency 1995 -0.3
Pat Mahomes P BOS Trade 1996 -0.3
Ángel Santos 2B BOS Draft 1997 -0.3
Kelly Shoppach C BOS Draft 2001 -0.3
Chris Smith P BOS Draft 2002 -0.3
Jeff Gardner 2B WSN Free agency 1994 -0.3
Everth Cabrera SS BAL Free agency 2015 -0.4
Evan Meek P BAL Free agency 2014 -0.4
Colby Rasmus OF BAL Free agency 2018 -0.4
Josh Rogers P BAL Trade 2018 -0.4
Alex Cole OF BOS Free agency 1996 -0.4
James Lofton SS BOS Trade 2001 -0.4
Andy Sheets SS BOS Free agency 2000 -0.4
Frank Bolick 1B/3B WSN Trade 1992 -0.4
Scott Forster P WSN Draft 1994 -0.4
Oreste Marrero 1B WSN Trade 1993 -0.4
Curtis Pride OF WSN Trade 1993 -0.4
Cody Carroll P BAL Trade 2018 -0.5
Paul Janish SS BAL Free agency 2014 -0.5
Vidal Nuño P BAL Trade 2017 -0.5
Ronny Paulino C BAL Free agency 2012 -0.5
Jimmy Yacabonis P BAL Draft 2013 -0.5
Bruce Zimmermann P BAL Trade 2018 -0.5
Bill Landrum P WSN Free agency 1992 -0.5
Esteban Beltré SS BOS Free agency 1996 -0.6
Jesús Tavárez OF BOS Trade 1996 -0.6
Pedro Araújo P BAL Rule 5 2017 -0.7
David Hess P BAL Draft 2014 -0.7
Craig Grebeck 2B/SS BOS Free agency 2001 -0.7
Kerry Lacy P BOS Trade 1996 -0.7
Derek Lilliquist P BOS Free agency 1995 -0.7
Chance Sisco C BAL Draft 2013 -0.8
Rick DeHart P WSN Intl FA 1992 -0.8
Wilton Veras 3B BOS Intl FA 1995 -0.9
Austin Wynns C BAL Draft 2013 -1.0
Richie Martin SS BAL Rule 5 2018 -1.1
Mark Trumbo 1B/DH/OF BAL Free agency 2017 -1.8
Stevie Wilkerson 2B/OF BAL Draft 2014 -2.2
Chris Davis 1B BAL Free agency 2016 -3.4

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.