Rosternomics
JM

John McHale

General manager for the Tigers, Braves, and Nationals (1958–1984).

0 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
Playoffs0
Record0–0
Win %
+0.0WAB — wins above budget
+0.0Talent above budget — roster-construction alpha (talent your budget bought above expectation)
Acquisition leverage — playoff pts each bought win added, given the roster it joined (did you buy where wins matter?)
+0.0WAR surplus (era-neutral, win-equiv)

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)+66.1
Trade-4.2
Free agency-7.1
Rule 5 / minor draft+0.0
Sourcing mix: 69% draft · 0% FA · 31% trade · 0% R5

Tenure breakdown

TeamRoleYearsSzns WAB WAB/yr TAB WAR surp HG Trade FA R5 AcqLev W-L% POPenWS Surp $M
Nationals GM 1979–1984 0 +0.0 +0.0 +0.0 +66.1 -4.2 -7.1 +0.0
Braves GM 1960–1966 0 +0.0 +0.0 +0.0 +0.0 +0.0 +0.0 +0.0
Tigers GM 1958–1959 0 +0.0 +0.0 +0.0 +0.0 +0.0 +0.0 +0.0
Career total (1985+ data) 0 +0.0 +0.0 +0.0 +66.1 -4.2 -7.1 +0.0 +0

Players acquired — 28 players, by realized fWAR for the franchise (scroll for more)

PlayerPosTeam How Year fWAR
Tim Wallach 3B WSN Draft 1979 +24.0
Larry Walker OF WSN Intl FA 1984 +20.9
Andrés Galarraga 1B WSN Intl FA 1979 +10.6
Hubie Brooks 3B/OF WSN Trade 1984 +9.7
Floyd Youmans P WSN Trade 1984 +6.3
Vance Law 2B/3B WSN Trade 1984 +6.0
Joe Hesketh P WSN Draft 1980 +5.0
Tim Burke P WSN Trade 1983 +4.5
Mike Fitzgerald C WSN Trade 1984 +3.7
Nelson Santovenia C WSN Draft 1982 +2.4
Brian Holman P WSN Draft 1983 +1.7
Jeff Reardon P WSN Trade 1981 +1.3
John Dopson P WSN Draft 1982 +0.9
Wallace Johnson 1B WSN Draft 1979 +0.9
Casey Candaele 2B/OF WSN Intl FA 1982 +0.7
Sergio Valdez P WSN Intl FA 1983 +0.6
Bert Roberge P WSN Trade 1984 +0.2
Rick Grapenthin P WSN Intl FA 1980 -0.0
Tim Barrett P WSN Intl FA 1983 -0.1
Roy Johnson OF WSN Draft 1980 -0.1
Bill Moore 1B/OF WSN Draft 1983 -0.1
Gary Lucas P WSN Trade 1983 -0.2
Rene Gonzales 2B/3B WSN Draft 1982 -0.3
Terry Francona 1B/OF WSN Draft 1980 -0.5
Luis Rivera SS WSN Intl FA 1981 -0.5
Herm Winningham OF WSN Trade 1984 -0.5
Jim Wohlford OF WSN Trade 1983 -0.5
Al Newman 2B/SS WSN Trade 1984 -1.0

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.