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John Hart

Pioneered the long-term, cost-controlled contract extensions that turned the 1990s Cleveland Indians into a perennial AL power and two-time pennant winner, then ran the Rangers and Braves.

18 seasons with salary-era data across 3 stints. All figures are franchise-level outcomes during the tenure, not solely attributable to one executive.

Overview

Titles0
Pennants2
Playoffs6
Record1467–1379
Win %0.515
+0.9GM WAR — wins above a replacement GM (org-adjusted, shrunk; per season) ±3.654th/195 execs
7.0Depth — 2+ WAR regulars per season (the breadth that drives TAB, not stars)45th/195 execs
-5.3Dead WAR — WAR/yr bled by sub-replacement players (closer to 0 = better)110th/195 execs
35%Dead money — payroll on <0.5-WAR players (lower = better)101st/195 execs
$13MCheap-talent surplus — $/yr of value from cost-controlled (pre-arb/arb) players above their pay; the selection engine, and the stickiest GM skill we track104th/195 execs
$7MDrafted surplus — cheap-talent surplus from his own draftees (the develop-from-the-draft engine)81st/195 execs
$3MTraded-for surplus — cheap-talent surplus from cost-controlled players he acquired via trade83rd/195 execs
$2MInt'l surplus — cheap-talent surplus from his own international signees61st/195 execs
+44.2TAB — talent above budget — roster-construction alpha (talent your budget bought above expectation), tenure total23rd/195 execs
+31.7WAB — realized wins (TAB + the non-repeatable luck of converting talent to wins)27th/195 execs
2.50Acquisition Leverage — playoff pts per acquired WAR, graded once in the year each deal's wins arrive (the repeatable decision skill)65th/195 execs
-222Roster surplus $M159th/195 execs

Tenure breakdown

TeamRoleYearsSzns WAB WAB/yr TAB WAR surp HG Trade FA R5 AcqLev W-L% POPenWS Surp $M
▸ Braves POBO/GM 2014–2017 4 -29.5 -7.37 -32.1 -30.3 +72.2 +29.9 +2.3 +1.7 0.27 0.442 ––– -98
▸ Rangers GM 2002–2005 4 -16.6 -4.16 -11.4 -46.9 +40.8 -11.8 -18.4 +6.5 1.06 0.480 ––– -81
▸ Guardians GM 1992–2001 10 +77.8 +7.78 +87.6 -25.7 +105.5 -72.4 -34.1 +0.0 3.81 0.561 62– -43
Career total (1985+ data) 18 +31.7 +44.2 -102.9 +218.6 -54.3 -50.2 +8.2 2.50 0.515 62 – -222

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)+218.6
Trade-54.3
Free agency-50.2
Rule 5 / minor draft+8.2
Sourcing mix: 41% draft · 28% FA · 30% trade · 1% R5

Roster value distribution — career average — depth vs. stars

Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR, averaged across John Hart'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 — 377 players, by realized fWAR for the franchise (scroll for more)

PlayerPosTeam How Year Szns fWAR WAR/yr Lev
Ronald Acuña OF ATL Intl FA 2014 9 +32.8 +3.6 –
Ian Kinsler 2B TEX Draft 2003 8 +29.3 +3.7 –
CC Sabathia P CLE Draft 1998 8 +28.0 +3.5 –
Omar Vizquel SS CLE Trade 1994 11 +27.6 +2.5 4.9
Austin Riley 3B ATL Draft 2015 8 +20.4 +2.5 –
Max Fried P ATL Trade 2014 8 +20.1 +2.5 –
Roberto Alomar 2B CLE Free agency 1998 3 +18.9 +6.3 35.9
Bartolo Colón P CLE Intl FA 1993 6 +16.9 +2.8 –
Víctor Martínez C/DH CLE Intl FA 1996 8 +16.8 +2.1 –
Dansby Swanson SS ATL Trade 2015 6 +16.1 +2.7 –
Kenny Lofton OF CLE Free agency 1997 10 +14.8 +1.5 1.4
Jake Westbrook P CLE Trade 2000 9 +13.5 +1.5 4.1
Dave Burba P CLE Trade 1998 5 +11.7 +2.3 11.9
Ender Inciarte OF ATL Trade 2015 4 +11.4 +2.9 0.4
Tyler Flowers C ATL Free agency 2015 5 +10.6 +2.1 –
Jhonny Peralta SS CLE Intl FA 1999 7 +10.1 +1.4 –
David Justice OF CLE Trade 1997 4 +9.1 +2.3 14.0
José Mesa P CLE Trade 1992 6 +9.1 +1.5 0.3
Gary Matthews OF TEX Free agency 2004 3 +8.5 +2.8 2.7
Dennis Martínez P CLE Free agency 1993 3 +8.4 +2.8 26.3
Roberto Hernández P CLE Intl FA 2000 6 +8.3 +1.4 –
Orel Hershiser P CLE Free agency 1995 3 +7.7 +2.6 8.9
A. J. Minter P ATL Draft 2015 6 +7.0 +1.2 –
Scott Feldman P TEX Draft 2003 7 +7.0 +1.0 –
Chuck Finley P CLE Free agency 1999 3 +6.4 +2.1 27.9
Alexi Ogando P TEX Rule 5 2005 5 +6.4 +1.3 –
Paul Shuey P CLE Draft 1992 9 +6.3 +0.7 –
Ellis Burks OF CLE Free agency 2000 3 +6.2 +2.1 14.3
Mike Foltynewicz P ATL Trade 2015 4 +6.1 +1.5 0.2
Milton Bradley OF CLE Trade 2001 3 +6.0 +2.0 0.7
Eric Plunk P CLE Free agency 1992 6 +5.9 +1.0 0.1
Nick Markakis OF ATL Free agency 2014 6 +5.8 +1.0 0.0
Travis Fryman 3B CLE Trade 1997 3 +5.8 +1.9 16.7
Jaret Wright P CLE Draft 1994 5 +4.9 +1.0 –
Frank Francisco P TEX Trade 2003 5 +4.8 +1.0 –
Alfonso Soriano 2B/OF TEX Trade 2004 2 +4.5 +2.3 2.6
Michael Soroka P ATL Draft 2015 3 +4.3 +1.4 –
Juan González OF CLE Free agency 2001 1 +4.3 +4.3 25.8
Matt Williams 3B CLE Trade 1996 1 +4.1 +4.1 13.2
Jack McDowell P CLE Free agency 1995 2 +4.0 +2.0 7.5
Jody Gerut OF CLE Trade 2001 3 +3.9 +1.3 –
Mike Jackson P CLE Free agency 1996 3 +3.9 +1.3 5.6
Paul Sorrento 1B CLE Trade 1992 4 +3.9 +1.0 0.6
John Thomson P TEX Free agency 2003 1 +3.9 +3.9 2.6
Mark Clark P CLE Trade 1993 3 +3.9 +1.3 0.3
Rod Barajas C TEX Free agency 2004 3 +3.8 +1.3 1.0
Chris Young P TEX Trade 2004 2 +3.8 +1.9 –
Paul Assenmacher P CLE Free agency 1995 4 +3.7 +0.9 3.0
Ian Anderson P ATL Draft 2016 3 +3.6 +1.2 –
Mark DeRosa 2B/3B TEX Free agency 2005 2 +3.6 +1.8 2.0
Danys Báez P CLE Intl FA 1999 3 +3.5 +1.2 –
Jason Davis P CLE Draft 1999 6 +3.5 +0.6 –
Steve Karsay P CLE Trade 1997 4 +3.5 +0.9 0.6
Shelby Miller P ATL Trade 2014 1 +3.4 +3.4 0.1
David Dellucci OF TEX Free agency 2003 2 +3.4 +1.7 1.5
Ryan Drese P TEX Trade 2002 2 +3.4 +1.7 4.0
Kameron Loe P TEX Draft 2002 4 +3.2 +0.8 –
Ervin Santana P ATL Free agency 2014 1 +3.1 +3.1 3.2
Sean Newcomb P ATL Trade 2015 4 +2.8 +0.7 –
Bob Wickman P CLE Trade 2000 5 +2.7 +0.5 3.6
Taylor Teagarden C TEX Draft 2005 4 +2.6 +0.7 –
Aaron Harang P ATL Free agency 2014 1 +2.5 +2.5 2.6
Marty Cordova OF CLE Free agency 2000 1 +2.5 +2.5 14.0
Dwight Gooden P CLE Free agency 1997 2 +2.4 +1.2 10.7
Gerald Laird C TEX Trade 2002 3 +2.4 +0.8 –
Kurt Suzuki C ATL Free agency 2017 2 +2.1 +1.1 0.2
Tony Fernández SS CLE Free agency 1996 1 +2.1 +2.1 7.1
William Contreras C ATL Intl FA 2015 2 +2.0 +1.0 –
Jace Peterson 2B/3B ATL Trade 2014 2 +2.0 +1.0 0.0
Ryan Drese P CLE Draft 1998 2 +2.0 +1.0 –
Matt Lawton OF CLE Trade 2001 3 +2.0 +0.7 1.0
Jack Morris P CLE Free agency 1994 1 +2.0 +2.0 14.7
Marquis Grissom OF CLE Trade 1997 1 +2.0 +2.0 6.6
Kyle Wright P ATL Draft 2017 1 +1.9 +1.9 –
Eddie Murray 1B CLE Free agency 1993 1 +1.9 +1.9 9.2
Doug Brocail P TEX Free agency 2004 2 +1.9 +0.9 1.0
Ricardo Rincón P CLE Trade 2000 3 +1.9 +0.6 1.7
Ron Mahay P TEX Free agency 2002 4 +1.8 +0.4 0.7
Brian Shouse P TEX Free agency 2002 3 +1.8 +0.6 0.9
Steve Woodard P CLE Trade 2000 2 +1.8 +0.9 4.0
David Riske P CLE Draft 1996 5 +1.7 +0.3 –
Jason Grimsley P CLE Free agency 1993 2 +1.6 +0.8 0.4
Mark Whiten OF CLE Free agency 1998 4 +1.6 +0.4 0.7
Jaime García P ATL Trade 2017 1 +1.6 +1.6 0.2
Derek Lilliquist P CLE Trade 1992 2 +1.6 +0.8 0.3
Jim Johnson P ATL Free agency 2014 3 +1.5 +0.5 0.0
Huascar Ynoa P ATL Trade 2017 2 +1.5 +0.8 –
Jason Stanford P CLE Intl FA 1999 3 +1.5 +0.5 –
R. A. Dickey P ATL Free agency 2016 1 +1.4 +1.4 0.2
Ken Hill P CLE Trade 1995 1 +1.4 +1.4 5.0
Dave Burba P TEX Trade 2002 1 +1.4 +1.4 0.8
Charlie Culberson 3B/OF ATL Trade 2017 3 +1.3 +0.4 6.2
Jason Grilli P ATL Free agency 2015 1 +1.3 +1.3 0.0
Richie Sexson 1B CLE Draft 1993 2 +1.3 +0.6 –
Cameron Maybin OF ATL Trade 2015 1 +1.3 +1.3 0.0
Dan Winkler P ATL Rule 5 2014 3 +1.2 +0.4 –
Josh Bard C CLE Trade 2001 3 +1.2 +0.4 –
Bud Norris P ATL Trade 2016 1 +1.1 +1.1 0.1
Randy Milligan 1B CLE Trade 1993 1 +1.1 +1.1 0.7
Herbert Perry 3B TEX Trade 2002 1 +1.1 +1.1 0.9
Russell Branyan 1B/3B CLE Draft 1994 3 +1.0 +0.3 –
Billy Traber P CLE Trade 2001 1 +1.0 +1.0 –
Jamey Wright P TEX Free agency 2003 2 +1.0 +0.5 0.0
Jason Bere P CLE Trade 2000 2 +1.0 +0.5 5.1
Lane Adams OF ATL Free agency 2016 2 +0.9 +0.4 0.1
Sam Freeman P ATL Free agency 2016 2 +0.9 +0.5 0.1
Luiz Gohara P ATL Trade 2017 2 +0.9 +0.4 –
Brandon Phillips 2B ATL Trade 2017 1 +0.9 +0.9 0.1
Brian Anderson P CLE Trade 1996 3 +0.8 +0.3 0.8
Juan Uribe 3B/SS ATL Trade 2015 1 +0.8 +0.8 0.0
Scott Scudder P CLE Trade 1992 1 +0.8 +0.8 0.3
David Segui 1B CLE Trade 2000 1 +0.8 +0.8 4.9
Chase d'Arnaud 3B/SS ATL Free agency 2015 2 +0.7 +0.3 0.1
Mike Bielecki P CLE Free agency 1992 1 +0.7 +0.7 0.5
Jacob Cruz OF CLE Trade 1998 2 +0.7 +0.3 3.0
Sam Horn DH CLE Free agency 1993 1 +0.7 +0.7 0.4
Rick Bauer P TEX Free agency 2005 1 +0.7 +0.7 0.3
Jack Armstrong P CLE Trade 1992 1 +0.7 +0.7 0.2
Ian Krol P ATL Trade 2015 1 +0.6 +0.6 0.1
Kyle Muller P ATL Draft 2016 1 +0.6 +0.6 –
Mallex Smith OF ATL Trade 2014 1 +0.6 +0.6 –
Matt Wisler P ATL Trade 2015 2 +0.6 +0.3 –
Jamie Brewington P CLE Free agency 1999 1 +0.6 +0.6 3.3
Jeff Treadway 2B CLE Free agency 1992 1 +0.6 +0.6 0.4
Esteban Germán 2B/3B TEX Free agency 2004 4 +0.6 +0.2 0.4
Brad Wilkerson OF TEX Trade 2005 1 +0.6 +0.6 0.1
Gavin Floyd P ATL Trade 2014 1 +0.6 +0.6 0.6
Chris Haney P CLE Free agency 1999 1 +0.5 +0.5 2.2
Joe Inglett 2B/OF CLE Draft 2000 1 +0.5 +0.5 –
Edward Mujica P CLE Intl FA 2001 2 +0.5 +0.2 –
Ted Power P CLE Free agency 1992 2 +0.5 +0.2 0.2
Rich Rodriguez P CLE Free agency 2001 1 +0.5 +0.5 2.5
Todd Greene C TEX Free agency 2002 2 +0.5 +0.3 0.1
Ricardo Rodríguez P TEX Trade 2003 1 +0.5 +0.5 0.7
Chaz Roe P ATL Trade 2016 1 +0.5 +0.5 0.1
Mark Carreon 1B/OF CLE Trade 1996 1 +0.5 +0.5 1.2
Jeff Kent 2B CLE Trade 1996 1 +0.5 +0.5 1.1
Pedro Astacio P TEX Trade 2005 1 +0.5 +0.5 1.5
Rob Bell P TEX Trade 2002 1 +0.5 +0.5 0.5
Adonis García 3B ATL Trade 2015 2 +0.4 +0.2 –
Jacob Webb P ATL Draft 2014 3 +0.4 +0.1 –
Fernando Cabrera P CLE Draft 1999 2 +0.4 +0.2 –
Álvaro Espinoza SS CLE Free agency 1992 3 +0.4 +0.1 0.4
Rene Gonzales 2B/3B CLE Free agency 1994 1 +0.4 +0.4 2.7
Steve Reed P CLE Trade 1998 4 +0.4 +0.1 0.8
Carlos Almánzar P TEX Free agency 2003 1 +0.4 +0.4 0.8
Lucas Harrell P ATL Trade 2016 1 +0.4 +0.4 0.1
James Russell P ATL Trade 2014 1 +0.4 +0.4 0.4
John Rocker P CLE Trade 2001 1 +0.4 +0.4 2.4
Jesse Biddle P ATL Trade 2016 1 +0.3 +0.3 –
Pedro Ciriaco 3B/SS ATL Free agency 2014 1 +0.3 +0.3 0.0
Brandon Snyder 1B/3B ATL Free agency 2015 1 +0.3 +0.3 0.0
Mark Langston P CLE Free agency 1999 1 +0.3 +0.3 1.6
Bob Ojeda P CLE Free agency 1992 1 +0.3 +0.3 0.2
Jim Poole P CLE Free agency 1995 3 +0.3 +0.1 0.9
Chan Ho Park P TEX Free agency 2002 2 +0.3 +0.2 0.5
Chad Curtis OF CLE Trade 1997 1 +0.3 +0.3 0.9
Justin Speier P CLE Trade 2000 1 +0.3 +0.3 4.0
Carl Everett OF TEX Trade 2003 1 +0.3 +0.3 1.0
Ugueth Urbina P TEX Trade 2003 1 +0.3 +0.3 0.2
Rex Brothers P ATL Free agency 2017 1 +0.2 +0.2 0.0
Casey Kelly P ATL Trade 2015 1 +0.2 +0.2 0.0
Ian Thomas P ATL Draft 2014 1 +0.2 +0.2 –
Jeromy Burnitz OF CLE Trade 1994 2 +0.2 +0.1 0.8
Cameron Cairncross P CLE Trade 2000 1 +0.2 +0.2 –
Billy Ripken 2B CLE Free agency 1995 1 +0.2 +0.2 0.7
Mike Bacsik P TEX Free agency 2003 1 +0.2 +0.2 0.3
Brandon Boggs OF TEX Draft 2004 1 +0.2 +0.2 –
Aaron Fultz P TEX Free agency 2002 1 +0.2 +0.2 0.2
Richard Hidalgo OF TEX Free agency 2004 1 +0.2 +0.2 0.7
Michael Kirkman P TEX Draft 2005 4 +0.2 +0.1 –
C. J. Nitkowski P TEX Free agency 2002 2 +0.2 +0.1 0.1
Rubén Rivera OF TEX Free agency 2002 1 +0.2 +0.2 0.1
Ismael Valdez P TEX Free agency 2002 2 +0.2 +0.1 1.0
Eric Young 2B TEX Free agency 2004 1 +0.2 +0.2 0.2
Gordon Beckham 2B ATL Trade 2016 1 +0.2 +0.2 0.0
Dario Álvarez P ATL Trade 2016 1 +0.2 +0.2 0.0
Hunter Cervenka P ATL Trade 2016 1 +0.2 +0.2 0.0
Terry Clark P CLE Trade 1997 1 +0.2 +0.2 0.6
Jeff Juden P CLE Trade 1997 1 +0.2 +0.2 0.7
Kent Mercker P CLE Trade 1996 1 +0.2 +0.2 0.4
John Gant P ATL Trade 2015 1 +0.1 +0.1 –
Luke Jackson P ATL Trade 2016 6 +0.1 +0.0 0.0
Brandon McCarthy P ATL Trade 2017 1 +0.1 +0.1 0.5
Andrew McKirahan P ATL Trade 2015 1 +0.1 +0.1 –
Danny Santana OF ATL Trade 2017 1 +0.1 +0.1 0.4
Jeremy Walker P ATL Draft 2016 1 +0.1 +0.1 –
Bryse Wilson P ATL Draft 2016 2 +0.1 +0.1 –
Mike Bacsik P CLE Draft 1996 1 +0.1 +0.1 –
Pat Borders C CLE Free agency 1996 1 +0.1 +0.1 2.0
Casey Candaele 2B/OF CLE Free agency 1995 2 +0.1 +0.1 0.0
Sean DePaula P CLE Draft 1996 1 +0.1 +0.1 –
Dave Elder P CLE Trade 2001 1 +0.1 +0.1 –
Karim García OF CLE Free agency 2000 2 +0.1 +0.1 0.8
Danny Graves P CLE Draft 1994 1 +0.1 +0.1 –
Chris Nichting P CLE Free agency 1998 1 +0.1 +0.1 0.7
Dave Roberts OF CLE Trade 1998 2 +0.1 +0.1 –
Brian Tallet P CLE Draft 2000 2 +0.1 +0.1 –
Matt Turner P CLE Trade 1994 1 +0.1 +0.1 0.4
Mark Watson P CLE Trade 1998 1 +0.1 +0.1 –
Wes Littleton P TEX Draft 2003 2 +0.1 +0.1 –
Kevin Richardson C TEX Intl FA 2002 1 +0.1 +0.1 –
Anthony Recker C ATL Trade 2016 1 +0.1 +0.1 0.0
Eury Pérez OF ATL Trade 2015 1 +0.1 +0.1 0.0
Matt Adams 1B ATL Trade 2017 1 +0.1 +0.1 0.1
Akeel Morris P ATL Trade 2017 1 +0.1 +0.1 0.0
Thomas Howard OF CLE Trade 1992 1 +0.1 +0.1 0.2
Bip Roberts 2B/OF CLE Trade 1997 1 +0.1 +0.1 0.3
Jeff Russell P CLE Trade 1994 1 +0.1 +0.1 0.8
David Weathers P CLE Trade 1997 1 +0.1 +0.1 0.2
Nigel Wilson DH/OF CLE Trade 1996 1 +0.1 +0.1 0.2
Tim Worrell P CLE Trade 1998 1 +0.1 +0.1 0.3
Alan Benes P TEX Trade 2003 1 +0.1 +0.1 0.1
Einar Díaz C TEX Trade 2003 1 +0.1 +0.1 0.1
Jay Powell P TEX Trade 2002 2 +0.1 +0.0 0.1
Rich Rodriguez P TEX Trade 2002 1 +0.1 +0.1 0.0
Jed Bradley P ATL Trade 2016 1 +0.0 +0.0 –
Jake Brigham P ATL Trade 2015 – -0.0 – –
Tucker Davidson P ATL Draft 2016 2 -0.0 -0.0 –
Michael Kohn P ATL Free agency 2014 – -0.0 – –
Adam McCreery P ATL Trade 2016 1 +0.0 +0.0 –
Alexi Ogando P ATL Free agency 2016 – -0.0 – –
Dustin Peterson OF ATL Trade 2014 – -0.0 – –
Michael Reed OF ATL Free agency 2017 – -0.0 – –
Robert Whalen P ATL Trade 2015 1 +0.0 +0.0 –
Madison Younginer P ATL Trade 2016 1 +0.0 +0.0 –
Kyle Denney P CLE Draft 1999 – -0.0 – –
Dave Hollins 3B CLE Free agency 2000 – -0.0 – –
Juan Lara P CLE Intl FA 1999 1 +0.0 +0.0 –
Greg LaRocca 3B CLE Free agency 2001 1 +0.0 +0.0 0.0
Torey Lovullo 2B CLE Free agency 1994 – -0.0 – –
Willie Martínez P CLE Intl FA 1995 1 +0.0 +0.0 –
Lance Parrish C CLE Free agency 1993 1 +0.0 +0.0 0.0
Geronimo Pena 2B CLE Free agency 1996 – -0.0 – –
Tony Peña C CLE Free agency 1994 2 +0.0 +0.0 3.2
Ryan Thompson OF CLE Trade 1996 – -0.0 – –
Cliff Young P CLE Free agency 1993 1 +0.0 +0.0 0.0
Joaquín Arias 3B TEX Trade 2004 2 +0.0 +0.0 –
Mickey Callaway P TEX Free agency 2003 2 +0.0 +0.0 0.5
Jason Hart OF TEX Trade 2002 1 +0.0 +0.0 –
Eric Hurley P TEX Draft 2004 1 +0.0 +0.0 –
Adam Hyzdu OF TEX Free agency 2005 – -0.0 – –
Travis Metcalf 3B TEX Draft 2004 1 -0.0 -0.0 –
Dan Miceli P TEX Free agency 2002 1 +0.0 +0.0 0.0
Tony Mounce P TEX Trade 2003 – -0.0 – –
Donnie Sadler 2B/OF TEX Free agency 2002 – -0.0 – –
Rudy Seánez P TEX Free agency 2002 1 +0.0 +0.0 0.0
John Wasdin P TEX Free agency 2003 1 -0.0 -0.0 2.2
Jason Frasor P ATL Trade 2015 1 +0.0 +0.0 0.0
Drew Stubbs OF ATL Trade 2016 1 +0.0 +0.0 0.0
Pedro Beato P ATL Trade 2014 1 +0.0 +0.0 0.0
Trenidad Hubbard OF CLE Trade 1997 1 +0.0 +0.0 0.1
Andrew Lorraine P CLE Trade 2000 1 +0.0 +0.0 0.0
Junior Ortiz C CLE Trade 1993 1 -0.0 -0.0 0.1
Ricky Ledée OF CLE Trade 2000 1 +0.0 +0.0 0.1
Doug Glanville OF TEX Trade 2003 1 +0.0 +0.0 0.0
Esteban Yan P TEX Trade 2003 1 +0.0 +0.0 0.0
Héctor Ortiz C TEX Trade 2002 1 +0.0 +0.0 0.0
Jason Standridge P TEX Trade 2005 1 +0.0 +0.0 0.1
Kolby Allard P ATL Draft 2015 1 -0.1 -0.1 –
Jhoulys Chacín P ATL Free agency 2016 1 -0.1 -0.1 0.1
David Freitas C ATL Trade 2017 – -0.1 – –
Jonny Gomes DH/OF ATL Free agency 2015 – -0.1 – –
Juan Jaime P ATL Trade 2014 1 -0.1 -0.1 –
Micah Johnson 2B ATL Trade 2017 – -0.1 – –
Blake Lalli C/1B ATL Free agency 2016 – -0.1 – –
Matt Tuiasosopo OF ATL Free agency 2015 – -0.1 – –
Patrick Weigel P ATL Draft 2015 – -0.1 – –
Sean Casey 1B CLE Draft 1995 – -0.1 – –
Dave Maurer P CLE Free agency 2001 – -0.1 – –
Alan Newman P CLE Free agency 2000 – -0.1 – –
Joe Roa P CLE Trade 1994 – -0.1 – –
Dave Stevens P CLE Free agency 1999 – -0.1 – –
Chris Turner C CLE Free agency 1999 – -0.1 – –
Paul Wagner P CLE Free agency 1999 – -0.1 – –
Matt Young P CLE Free agency 1993 – -0.1 – –
Manny Alexander 2B/SS TEX Free agency 2004 – -0.1 – –
Danny Ardoin C TEX Free agency 2002 – -0.1 – –
Armando Galarraga P TEX Trade 2005 – -0.1 – –
Jeff Nelson P TEX Free agency 2004 – -0.1 – –
Josh Rupe P TEX Trade 2003 2 -0.1 -0.0 –
Michael Tejera P TEX Free agency 2004 – -0.1 – –
Andrés Torres OF TEX Free agency 2004 – -0.1 – –
Todd Van Poppel P TEX Trade 2002 2 -0.1 -0.1 0.1
David Carpenter P ATL Free agency 2015 – -0.2 – –
Brandon Cunniff P ATL Trade 2015 – -0.2 – –
Joel De La Cruz P ATL Trade 2016 – -0.2 – –
Dana Eveland P ATL Free agency 2015 – -0.2 – –
Alex Jackson C ATL Trade 2016 1 -0.2 -0.2 –
Sugar Ray Marimón P ATL Trade 2015 – -0.2 – –
Chad Sobotka P ATL Draft 2014 2 -0.2 -0.1 –
Bruce Aven OF CLE Draft 1994 – -0.2 – –
Tom Martin P CLE Trade 1997 1 -0.2 -0.2 1.1
Bob Milacki P CLE Free agency 1993 – -0.2 – –
Alvin Morman P CLE Trade 1997 1 -0.2 -0.2 1.8
Jason Phillips P CLE Free agency 2001 – -0.2 – –
Jason Rakers P CLE Draft 1995 – -0.2 – –
Russ Swan P CLE Free agency 1994 – -0.2 – –
Ed Taubensee C CLE Trade 2000 – -0.2 – –
Bobby Witt P CLE Free agency 2000 – -0.2 – –
Sandy Alomar C TEX Free agency 2004 – -0.2 – –
Jason Conti OF TEX Free agency 2003 – -0.2 – –
Ryan Ludwick OF TEX Trade 2002 – -0.2 – –
Drew Meyer 2B TEX Draft 2002 – -0.2 – –
Ryan Snare P TEX Trade 2003 – -0.2 – –
Justin Thompson P TEX Free agency 2002 – -0.2 – –
Steve Woodard P TEX Free agency 2002 – -0.2 – –
Dennis Cook P CLE Trade 1993 1 -0.2 -0.2 0.0
Manny Banuelos P ATL Trade 2015 – -0.3 – –
Reid Brignac SS ATL Free agency 2015 – -0.3 – –
Roberto Hernández P ATL Free agency 2016 – -0.3 – –
Eric O'Flaherty P ATL Free agency 2016 4 -0.3 -0.1 1.8
Héctor Olivera 3B ATL Trade 2015 – -0.3 – –
José Ramírez P ATL Trade 2015 1 -0.3 -0.3 0.0
Rich DeLucia P CLE Free agency 1999 – -0.3 – –
Todd Dunwoody OF CLE Free agency 2001 – -0.3 – –
Alex Herrera P CLE Intl FA 1997 1 -0.3 -0.3 –
Tim Laker C CLE Free agency 2000 1 -0.3 -0.3 0.1
John McDonald SS CLE Draft 1996 4 -0.3 -0.1 –
Matt Merullo C CLE Trade 1994 – -0.3 – –
Heath Murray P CLE Free agency 2001 – -0.3 – –
Chan Perry 1B/OF CLE Draft 1994 – -0.3 – –
Scott Radinsky P CLE Free agency 2001 – -0.3 – –
Kevin Seitzer 3B CLE Trade 1996 1 -0.3 -0.3 2.5
Ron Villone P CLE Trade 1997 – -0.3 – –
Adrian Brown OF TEX Free agency 2005 – -0.3 – –
Ben Kozlowski P TEX Trade 2002 – -0.3 – –
Kevin Mahar OF TEX Intl FA 2004 – -0.3 – –
Doug Mathis P TEX Draft 2005 1 -0.3 -0.3 –
Marshall McDougall 3B TEX Rule 5 2002 – -0.3 – –
Sam Narron P TEX Draft 2002 – -0.3 – –
Mario Ramos P TEX Trade 2002 – -0.3 – –
Víctor Santos P TEX Free agency 2002 – -0.3 – –
David Aardsma P ATL Free agency 2015 – -0.4 – –
Ryan Kelly P ATL Trade 2015 – -0.4 – –
Jason Motte P ATL Free agency 2017 – -0.4 – –
Eric Stults P ATL Free agency 2015 – -0.4 – –
Donnie Veal P ATL Free agency 2014 – -0.4 – –
Chris Withrow P ATL Trade 2015 – -0.4 – –
Paul Abbott P CLE Free agency 1993 – -0.4 – –
Rubén Amaro OF CLE Trade 1993 1 -0.4 -0.4 1.0
Brady Anderson OF CLE Free agency 2001 – -0.4 – –
Roy Smith P CLE Trade 2001 – -0.4 – –
Earl Snyder 1B CLE Trade 2001 – -0.4 – –
Zach Sorensen 2B CLE Draft 1998 – -0.4 – –
Enrique Wilson 2B/3B/SS CLE Trade 1994 3 -0.4 -0.1 –
Craig Worthington 3B CLE Free agency 1992 – -0.4 – –
Nick Bierbrodt P TEX Free agency 2004 – -0.4 – –
Brad Fullmer 1B/DH TEX Free agency 2003 – -0.4 – –
Matt Riley P TEX Trade 2005 – -0.4 – –
Josh Collmenter P ATL Trade 2016 1 -0.4 -0.4 0.0
Travis Demeritte OF ATL Trade 2016 – -0.5 – –
Rio Ruiz 3B ATL Trade 2015 1 -0.5 -0.5 –
Wil Cordero SS/OF CLE Free agency 1999 1 -0.5 -0.5 1.2
Scott Leius 3B CLE Free agency 1996 – -0.5 – –
Kevin Mitchell OF CLE Free agency 1996 – -0.5 – –
Robert Ellis P TEX Free agency 2002 – -0.5 – –
Cristian Pache OF ATL Intl FA 2015 – -0.6 – –
Touki Toussaint P ATL Trade 2015 1 -0.6 -0.6 –
Jeff Branson 2B/3B/SS CLE Trade 1997 1 -0.6 -0.6 0.7
Jolbert Cabrera OF CLE Trade 1998 – -0.6 – –
Tim Drew P CLE Draft 1997 – -0.7 – –
Dave Winfield OF CLE Free agency 1995 – -0.8 – –
Ryan Christenson OF TEX Free agency 2003 – -0.8 – –
Germán Durán 2B/3B TEX Draft 2005 – -0.8 – –
Adrián González 1B TEX Trade 2003 – -0.8 – –
Aaron Blair P ATL Trade 2015 – -0.9 – –
Emilio Bonifácio 2B/OF ATL Free agency 2015 1 -0.9 -0.9 0.1
A. J. Pierzynski C ATL Free agency 2015 1 -0.9 -0.9 0.0
B. J. Upton OF ATL Trade 2014 1 -0.9 -0.9 0.0
Matt Kemp OF ATL Trade 2016 1 -1.0 -1.0 0.0
Brad Arnsberg P CLE Free agency 1992 – -1.0 – –
Chad Allen OF TEX Free agency 2003 – -1.0 – –
Bill Selby 2B/3B CLE Free agency 1999 – -1.1 – –
Tyrell Jenkins P ATL Trade 2014 – -1.2 – –
Brian Jordan OF TEX Free agency 2004 – -1.2 – –
Ricky Gutiérrez SS CLE Free agency 2001 – -1.8 – –

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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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.