Born Aug 6, 1957 · San Diego, CA · age 69
General manager for the Nationals and Dodgers (1995–2001).
Across the full 4-season sample, the measured profile stands out most for future-foundation returns (90th percentile), and avoidance of dead payroll (85th percentile). The clearest contrast is traded-for surplus (24th percentile): players acquired by trade have created less surplus value than for most peers. Because the sample covers fewer than five seasons, those comparisons are descriptive rather than stable.
4 seasons with salary-era data across 2 stints. All figures are franchise-level outcomes during the tenure, not solely attributable to one executive.
0 pennants · 0 playoff appearances · 315–315 (0.500)
| Team | Role | Year | Pay $M |
Rel Pay |
Surp $M |
Surp WAR |
Dead % |
Cheap $M |
Draft $M |
Trd $M |
Int'l $M |
$ / WAR |
WAR | Depth | Dead WAR |
HG | Trade | Net/ Trd |
FA | R5 | RFA | PPA | CPA | WAB | TAB | W-L% | PO | Pen | WS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GM | 1995 66–78 | $13 | 40 | +11 | +11.7 | 32% | +12 | +2 | +9 | +1 | $0.4M | 25.7 | 7.0 | -5.7 | +5.1 | -4.9 | -0.44 | -12.3 | +0.0 | +0.68 | 0.98 | 0.13 | +3.4 | +5.6 | 0.458 | ||||
| GM | 1999 77–85 | $76 | 156 | -33 | -26.1 | 24% | -0 | +1 | -1 | -0 | $2.0M | 34.7 | 7.0 | -3.4 | +7.1 | -0.3 | -0.05 | +0.4 | +0.0 | +0.16 | 0.86 | 0.11 | -10.6 | -4.9 | 0.475 | ||||
| GM | 2000 86–76 | $88 | 162 | -31 | -22.1 | 20% | +0 | +1 | -8 | +7 | $2.0M | 40.2 | 7.0 | -3.6 | +1.0 | -2.2 | -0.74 | +5.2 | +0.0 | -0.51 | 4.31 | 0.29 | -2.1 | +0.1 | 0.531 | ||||
| GM | 2001 86–76 | $105 | 169 | -50 | -30.7 | 28% | +10 | +7 | -1 | +3 | $2.7M | 34.6 | 6.0 | -4.4 | +0.2 | +4.7 | +0.78 | -11.4 | +0.0 | +0.94 | 2.73 | 0.22 | -2.6 | -5.9 | 0.531 | ||||
| Career total (1985+ data) | $282 | 132 | -102 | -67.2 | 26% | +6 | +3 | +0 | +3 | $1.9M | 135.2 | 6.8 | -4.3 | +13.5 | -2.7 | -0.10 | -18.1 | +0.0 | +0.54 | 2.05 | 0.18 | -11.8 | -5.0 | 0.500 | – | – | – | ||
Acquired minus surrendered / signed minus walked.
| Player | Pos | Team | How | Year | Szns | fWAR | WAR/yr | RFA | PPA | CPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Brown | P | Trade | 1999 | 5 | +22.8 | +4.6 | – | 5.0% | 0.71% | |
| Shawn Green | OF | Trade | 2000 | 5 | +18.7 | +3.7 | +0.00 | 13.7% | 0.91% | |
| Brian Schneider | C | Draft | 1995 | 7 | +7.0 | +1.0 | – | – | – | |
| Mark Grudzielanek | 2B/SS | Trade | 1999 | 4 | +6.8 | +1.7 | +0.17 | 3.4% | 0.43% | |
| Hung-Chih Kuo | P | Intl FA | 1999 | 5 | +6.6 | +1.3 | – | – | – | |
| David Segui | 1B | Trade | 1995 | 3 | +5.1 | +1.7 | – | 1.6% | 0.22% | |
| Terry Adams | P | Trade | 1999 | 2 | +4.8 | +2.4 | +0.32 | 3.5% | 0.24% | |
| Chad Kreuter | C | Free agency | 2000 | 3 | +4.5 | +1.5 | – | 10.9% | 0.74% | |
| Dave Roberts | OF | Trade | 2001 | 3 | +3.9 | +1.3 | -0.97 | 7.1% | 0.56% | |
| Henry Rodríguez | OF | Trade | 1995 | 2 | +3.7 | +1.8 | -1.10 | 2.3% | 0.29% | |
| Todd Hundley | C | Trade | 1999 | 3 | +2.9 | +1.0 | -0.20 | 0.3% | 0.03% | |
| Andy Ashby | P | Free agency | 2000 | 3 | +2.7 | +0.9 | – | 0.8% | 0.07% | |
| Jeff Shaw | P | Trade | 1999 | 3 | +2.3 | +0.8 | -4.58 | 1.1% | 0.13% | |
| Giovanni Carrara | P | Free agency | 2001 | 4 | +1.7 | +0.4 | – | 2.1% | 0.16% | |
| Omar Daal | P | Trade | 2001 | 2 | +1.6 | +0.8 | -1.06 | – | – | |
| Willy Aybar | 3B/DH | Intl FA | 2000 | 2 | +1.0 | +0.5 | – | – | – | |
| Jason Repko | OF | Draft | 1999 | 3 | +1.0 | +0.3 | – | – | – | |
| James Baldwin | P | Trade | 2001 | 1 | +0.8 | +0.8 | -1.40 | 2.1% | 0.17% | |
| Tony Tarasco | OF | Trade | 1995 | 1 | +0.6 | +0.6 | +1.08 | 0.7% | 0.09% | |
| Omar Daal | P | Trade | 1995 | 1 | +0.5 | +0.5 | – | 0.5% | 0.06% | |
| Greg Harris | P | Free agency | 1995 | 1 | +0.4 | +0.4 | – | 0.4% | 0.06% | |
| Bruce Aven | OF | Trade | 2000 | 2 | +0.4 | +0.2 | – | 1.0% | 0.07% | |
| Craig Counsell | 2B/3B/SS | Trade | 1999 | 1 | +0.4 | +0.4 | +0.59 | 0.4% | 0.05% | |
| Tim Bogar | SS | Free agency | 2001 | 1 | +0.3 | +0.3 | – | 0.9% | 0.07% | |
| Chris Donnels | 3B | Free agency | 2000 | 1 | +0.3 | +0.3 | – | 1.5% | 0.11% | |
| Tomás de la Rosa | SS | Intl FA | 1995 | 1 | +0.3 | +0.3 | – | – | – | |
| Kevin Elster | SS | Trade | 2000 | 1 | +0.3 | +0.3 | – | 1.5% | 0.10% | |
| Alberto Reyes | P | Trade | 2000 | 2 | +0.3 | +0.1 | – | 0.9% | 0.06% | |
| Edwin Jackson | P | Draft | 2001 | 2 | +0.2 | +0.1 | – | – | – | |
| J. D. Smart | P | Draft | 1995 | 1 | +0.2 | +0.2 | – | – | – | |
| Mike Maddux | P | Trade | 1999 | 1 | +0.2 | +0.2 | – | 0.4% | 0.04% | |
| Devon White | OF | Trade | 1999 | 1 | +0.2 | +0.2 | – | 0.5% | 0.06% | |
| McKay Christensen | OF | Trade | 2001 | 1 | +0.2 | +0.2 | -0.37 | 0.4% | 0.03% | |
| Gerónimo Berroa | DH/OF | Free agency | 2000 | 1 | +0.1 | +0.1 | – | 0.3% | 0.02% | |
| Jesse Orosco | P | Free agency | 2001 | 1 | +0.1 | +0.1 | – | 0.3% | 0.02% | |
| José DeLeón | P | Trade | 1995 | – | +0.1 | – | +0.00 | – | – | |
| Fernando Seguignol | 1B/OF | Trade | 1995 | 2 | +0.1 | +0.1 | +0.67 | – | – | |
| Luis Aquino | P | Trade | 1995 | 1 | +0.1 | +0.1 | – | 0.1% | 0.01% | |
| Bryan Corey | P | Free agency | 2001 | 1 | +0.0 | +0.0 | – | 0.0% | 0.00% | |
| Mike Fetters | P | Free agency | 1999 | – | -0.0 | – | – | – | – | |
| Joel Guzmán | 3B | Intl FA | 2001 | – | -0.0 | – | – | – | – | |
| Koyie Hill | C | Draft | 2000 | 1 | +0.0 | +0.0 | – | – | – | |
| Brian Johnson | C | Free agency | 2000 | – | -0.0 | – | – | – | – | |
| Jeff Reboulet | 2B/SS | Free agency | 2001 | 1 | -0.0 | -0.0 | – | 0.7% | 0.05% | |
| Chance Sanford | 2B/3B | Free agency | 1999 | – | -0.0 | – | – | – | – | |
| Joe Thurston | 2B/3B | Draft | 1999 | 1 | -0.0 | -0.0 | – | – | – | |
| Kirk Bullinger | P | Trade | 1995 | – | -0.0 | – | +1.66 | – | – | |
| Dave Leiper | P | Trade | 1995 | 2 | -0.0 | -0.0 | -0.75 | 0.1% | 0.02% | |
| Barry Manuel | P | Free agency | 1995 | – | -0.0 | – | – | – | – | |
| Jeff Shaw | P | Free agency | 1995 | 2 | +0.0 | +0.0 | – | 2.8% | 0.68% | |
| Kevin Beirne | P | Free agency | 2001 | – | -0.1 | – | – | – | – | |
| Chin-Feng Chen | OF | Intl FA | 1999 | 2 | -0.1 | -0.1 | – | – | – | |
| Brent Cookson | OF | Free agency | 1999 | – | -0.1 | – | – | – | – | |
| Shawn Gilbert | 2B/OF | Free agency | 1999 | – | -0.1 | – | – | – | – | |
| Dennis Springer | P | Free agency | 2001 | – | -0.1 | – | – | – | – | |
| Rick Wilkins | C | Free agency | 1999 | – | -0.1 | – | – | – | – | |
| Raúl Chávez | C | Trade | 1995 | 1 | -0.1 | -0.1 | +0.72 | – | – | |
| Jeff Branson | 2B/3B/SS | Free agency | 1999 | – | -0.2 | – | – | – | – | |
| Phil Hiatt | 3B/OF | Free agency | 2000 | – | -0.2 | – | – | – | – | |
| Bryan Eversgerd | P | Trade | 1995 | – | -0.2 | – | +1.66 | – | – | |
| Tom Foley | 2B/SS | Free agency | 1995 | 4 | -0.2 | -0.0 | – | 1.1% | 0.11% | |
| Dave Silvestri | 3B | Trade | 1995 | 1 | -0.2 | -0.2 | +0.67 | 0.5% | 0.07% | |
| Robinson Checo | P | Trade | 1999 | – | -0.3 | – | +0.17 | – | – | |
| DaRond Stovall | OF | Trade | 1995 | – | -0.3 | – | +1.66 | – | – | |
| Gregg Olson | P | Free agency | 2000 | – | -0.4 | – | – | – | – | |
| Franquelis Osoria | P | Intl FA | 1999 | – | -0.4 | – | – | – | – | |
| F. P. Santangelo | OF | Free agency | 2000 | – | -0.4 | – | – | – | – | |
| Andy Stankiewicz | 2B/SS | Free agency | 1995 | 1 | -0.4 | -0.4 | – | 0.4% | 0.05% | |
| Willie Fraser | P | Free agency | 1995 | – | -0.7 | – | – | – | – | |
| Henry Mateo | 2B | Draft | 1995 | 2 | -1.0 | -0.5 | – | – | – | |
| Michael Barrett | C | Draft | 1995 | 3 | -1.4 | -0.5 | – | – | – |
Trade-side columns: RFA is playoff-readiness percentage points added to the future roster foundation. It grades the franchise's entire side of a trade, so the same score repeats for every player acquired in that package. PPA/CPA remain player-level arrival-year probability points.
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.