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JB

Jim Beattie

Born Jul 4, 1954 · Hampton, VA · age 71

General manager for the Nationals and Orioles (1996–2005).

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

Titles0
Pennants0
Playoffs0
Record657–801
Win %0.451
-6.9WAB — wins above budget102nd/195 execs
+12.2Talent above budget — roster-construction alpha (talent your budget bought above expectation)46th/195 execs
0.71Acquisition leverage — playoff pts each bought win added, given the roster it joined (did you buy where wins matter?)119th/195 execs
+38.8WAR surplus (era-neutral, win-equiv)12th/195 execs
+26Roster surplus $M22nd/195 execs

How the roster was sourced

by valueby volume

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)+46.9
Trade-18.9
Free agency-42.1
Rule 5 / minor draft-0.1
Sourcing mix: 41% draft · 34% FA · 25% trade · 0% R5

Tenure breakdown

TeamRoleYearsSzns WAB WAB/yr TAB WAR surp HG Trade FA R5 AcqLev W-L% POPenWS Surp $M
▸ Orioles GM 2003–2005 3 -14.3 -4.78 +1.7 -15.3 +28.3 -10.6 +7.2 -0.2 0.89 0.459 ––– -29
▸ Nationals GM 1996–2001 6 +7.5 +1.24 +10.4 +54.1 +18.6 -8.3 -49.3 +0.1 0.57 0.447 ––– +54
Career total (1985+ data) 9 -6.9 +12.2 +38.8 +46.9 -18.9 -42.1 -0.1 0.71 0.451 –– – +26

Players acquired — 121 players, by realized fWAR for the franchise (scroll for more)

PlayerPosTeam How Year fWAR
Nick Markakis OF BAL Draft 2003 +23.0
Miguel Tejada SS BAL Free agency 2003 +17.5
Brad Wilkerson OF WSN Draft 1998 +12.5
Dustin Hermanson P WSN Trade 1997 +10.4
Tomo Ohka P WSN Trade 2001 +7.1
Ramón Hernández C BAL Free agency 2005 +6.1
Javy López C BAL Free agency 2004 +6.1
Tony Armas P WSN Trade 1997 +5.3
Carl Pavano P WSN Trade 1997 +4.6
Shawn Hill P WSN Draft 2000 +2.8
Brad Bergesen P BAL Draft 2004 +2.5
Miguel Batista P WSN Trade 1997 +2.5
Steve Kline P WSN Trade 1997 +2.3
Scott Stewart P WSN Trade 2001 +2.2
Anthony Telford P WSN Free agency 1996 +2.2
Rheal Cormier P WSN Trade 1996 +2.1
Zach Day P WSN Trade 2001 +2.0
Roger Bernadina OF WSN Intl FA 2001 +1.8
Terrmel Sledge OF WSN Trade 2000 +1.8
Scott Strickland P WSN Draft 1997 +1.8
Masato Yoshii P WSN Free agency 2001 +1.8
Nolan Reimold OF BAL Draft 2005 +1.6
Jamey Carroll 2B/3B WSN Draft 1996 +1.4
Doug Strange 2B/3B WSN Free agency 1997 +1.4
T. J. Tucker P WSN Draft 1997 +1.4
Omar Daal P BAL Free agency 2003 +1.3
Dave Borkowski P BAL Free agency 2003 +1.1
Sal Fasano C BAL Free agency 2004 +0.9
Garrett Olson P BAL Draft 2005 +0.9
Orlando Merced 1B/OF WSN Free agency 1999 +0.9
Trey Moore P WSN Trade 1996 +0.9
David Newhan OF BAL Free agency 2004 +0.7
Chris Ray P BAL Draft 2003 +0.7
Felipe Lira P WSN Free agency 2000 +0.7
Mike Maddux P WSN Free agency 1998 +0.7
Jeff Fiorentino OF BAL Draft 2004 +0.6
Kerry Ligtenberg P BAL Free agency 2003 +0.6
Jim Bullinger P WSN Free agency 1997 +0.5
Graeme Lloyd P WSN Free agency 1999 +0.5
Todd Williams P BAL Free agency 2004 +0.4
Chris Widger C WSN Trade 1996 +0.4
Robert Machado C BAL Free agency 2003 +0.3
Darwin Cubillán P WSN Trade 2001 +0.3
Chris Schroder P WSN Draft 2001 +0.3
David Hernandez P BAL Draft 2005 +0.2
Derrick May OF WSN Free agency 1998 +0.2
Talmadge Nunnari 1B WSN Draft 1997 +0.2
Jack Cust DH/OF BAL Trade 2003 +0.1
Brandon Snyder 1B/3B BAL Draft 2005 +0.1
Fernando Tatís 3B BAL Free agency 2005 +0.1
Scott Downs P WSN Trade 2000 +0.1
Terry Jones OF WSN Trade 1997 +0.1
Hensley Meulens OF WSN Free agency 1997 +0.1
Guillermo Mota P WSN Rule 5 1996 +0.1
James Mouton OF WSN Free agency 1999 +0.1
Bob Scanlan P WSN Free agency 2000 +0.1
Lee Smith P WSN Free agency 1997 +0.1
Tim Young P WSN Draft 1996 +0.1
Bernie Castro 2B BAL Trade 2005 -0.0
Midre Cummings OF BAL Free agency 2005 -0.0
Chris Gomez SS BAL Free agency 2004 +0.0
Pedro Swann OF BAL Free agency 2003 -0.0
Walter Young 1B BAL Trade 2003 +0.0
Bobby Ayala P WSN Trade 1999 -0.0
Tony Barron OF WSN Trade 1996 -0.0
Roy Corcoran P WSN Intl FA 2001 -0.0
Darron Cox C WSN Trade 1999 +0.0
Rob Lukachyk PH/PR WSN Trade 1996 -0.0
Robert Machado C WSN Free agency 1999 -0.0
Sandy Martínez C WSN Free agency 2000 -0.0
Brad Rigby P WSN Trade 2000 -0.0
Julio Santana P WSN Free agency 2000 +0.0
Dan Smith P WSN Trade 1998 -0.0
Mark Smith OF WSN Free agency 2000 -0.0
Brandon Watson OF WSN Draft 1999 +0.0
Tim Byrdak P BAL Free agency 2004 -0.1
Héctor Carrasco P BAL Free agency 2003 -0.1
Pedro Florimón SS BAL Intl FA 2004 -0.1
Chad Mottola OF BAL Free agency 2003 -0.1
Matt Blank P WSN Draft 1997 -0.1
Bryan Hebson P WSN Draft 1997 -0.1
Mike Hinckley P WSN Draft 2001 -0.1
Ted Lilly P WSN Trade 1998 -0.1
Joe Orsulak OF WSN Trade 1997 -0.1
Rick Schu 3B WSN Free agency 1996 -0.1
Chris Stowers OF WSN Draft 1996 -0.1
Jim Hoey P BAL Draft 2003 -0.2
Steve Reed P BAL Free agency 2005 -0.2
Shawn Boskie P WSN Free agency 1998 -0.2
Anthony Ferrari P WSN Draft 2000 -0.2
Bobby Muñoz P WSN Free agency 2000 -0.2
Charlie O'Brien C WSN Free agency 2000 -0.2
Alejandro Freire 1B/DH BAL Trade 2005 -0.3
Julio Mañón P BAL Free agency 2005 -0.3
Yohanny Valera C WSN Trade 2000 -0.3
Jason Grimsley P BAL Trade 2004 -0.4
Bob McCrory P BAL Draft 2003 -0.4
Carlos Méndez 1B/DH BAL Trade 2003 -0.4
José Morban 2B/SS/DH BAL Trade 2003 -0.4
Keith Osik C BAL Free agency 2004 -0.4
Randy Knorr C WSN Free agency 2000 -0.4
Val Pascucci 1B/OF WSN Draft 1999 -0.4
Chris Peters P WSN Free agency 2001 -0.4
Shayne Bennett P WSN Trade 1996 -0.5
Matthew Cepicky OF WSN Draft 1999 -0.5
Josh Labandeira 2B/SS WSN Draft 2001 -0.5
Radhames Liz P BAL Intl FA 2003 -0.6
Chad Bentz P WSN Draft 2001 -0.6
Andy Tracy 1B/3B WSN Draft 1996 -0.6
Steve Kline P BAL Free agency 2004 -0.7
Mike Mordecai 2B/3B WSN Free agency 1998 -0.7
Lenny Webster C WSN Free agency 2000 -0.7
Milton Bradley OF WSN Draft 1996 -0.8
Scott Livingstone 3B WSN Free agency 1998 -0.9
Ryan McGuire 1B/OF WSN Trade 1996 -0.9
Mike Johnson P WSN Trade 1997 -1.0
Ryan Minor 3B WSN Trade 2000 -1.2
Sammy Sosa OF BAL Trade 2005 -1.4
Ron Calloway OF WSN Trade 1999 -1.4
Wilton Guerrero 2B/OF WSN Trade 1998 -1.5
Peter Bergeron OF WSN Trade 1998 -4.0

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.

Rosternomics — quantifying front-office skill, attribution-clean. Follow @rosternomics on X. Decision-makers on record back to 1933; resource-controlled metrics (WAR & payroll) cover 1985–2026.
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.