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Kevin Malone

Born Aug 6, 1957 · San Diego, CA · age 68

General manager for the Nationals and Dodgers (1995–2001).

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

Overview

Titles0
Pennants0
Playoffs0
Record315–315
Win %0.500
-0.9GM WAR — wins above a replacement GM (org-adjusted, shrunk; per season) ±6.197th/195 execs
6.8Depth — 2+ WAR regulars per season (the breadth that drives TAB, not stars)69th/195 execs
-4.3Dead WAR — WAR/yr bled by sub-replacement players (closer to 0 = better)43rd/195 execs
26%Dead money — payroll on <0.5-WAR players (lower = better)30th/195 execs
$6MCheap-talent surplus — $/yr of value from cost-controlled (pre-arb/arb) players above their pay; the selection engine, and the stickiest GM skill we track132nd/195 execs
$3MDrafted surplus — cheap-talent surplus from his own draftees (the develop-from-the-draft engine)136th/195 execs
$0MTraded-for surplus — cheap-talent surplus from cost-controlled players he acquired via trade149th/195 execs
$3MInt'l surplus — cheap-talent surplus from his own international signees43rd/195 execs
-5.2TAB — talent above budget — roster-construction alpha (talent your budget bought above expectation), tenure total94th/195 execs
-12.1WAB — realized wins (TAB + the non-repeatable luck of converting talent to wins)121st/195 execs
2.05Acquisition Leverage — playoff pts per acquired WAR, graded once in the year each deal's wins arrive (the repeatable decision skill)79th/195 execs
-102Roster surplus $M131st/195 execs

Tenure breakdown

TeamRoleYearsSzns WAB WAB/yr TAB WAR surp HG Trade FA R5 AcqLev W-L% POPenWS Surp $M
▸ Dodgers GM 1999–2001 3 -15.8 -5.25 -11.1 -78.9 +8.4 +2.2 -5.8 +0.0 2.21 0.512 ––– -114
▸ Nationals GM 1995–1995 1 +3.7 +3.70 +5.9 +11.7 +5.1 -4.9 -12.3 +0.0 0.98 0.458 ––– +11
Career total (1985+ data) 4 -12.1 -5.2 -67.2 +13.5 -2.7 -18.1 +0.0 2.05 0.500 –– – -102

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)+13.5
Trade-2.7
Free agency-18.1
Rule 5 / minor draft+0.0
Sourcing mix: 40% draft · 21% FA · 40% trade · 0% R5

Roster value distribution — career average — depth vs. stars

Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR, averaged across Kevin Malone'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 — 71 players, by realized fWAR for the franchise (scroll for more)

PlayerPosTeam How Year Szns fWAR WAR/yr Lev
Kevin Brown P LAD Trade 1999 5 +22.8 +4.6 5.1
Shawn Green OF LAD Trade 2000 5 +18.7 +3.7 13.6
Brian Schneider C WSN Draft 1995 7 +7.0 +1.0 –
Mark Grudzielanek 2B/SS LAD Trade 1999 4 +6.8 +1.7 3.4
Hung-Chih Kuo P LAD Intl FA 1999 5 +6.6 +1.3 –
David Segui 1B WSN Trade 1995 3 +5.1 +1.7 1.6
Terry Adams P LAD Trade 1999 2 +4.8 +2.4 3.5
Chad Kreuter C LAD Free agency 2000 3 +4.5 +1.5 10.9
Dave Roberts OF LAD Trade 2001 3 +3.9 +1.3 7.3
Henry Rodríguez OF WSN Trade 1995 2 +3.7 +1.8 2.3
Todd Hundley C LAD Trade 1999 3 +2.9 +1.0 0.3
Andy Ashby P LAD Free agency 2000 3 +2.7 +0.9 0.8
Jeff Shaw P LAD Trade 1999 3 +2.3 +0.8 1.1
Giovanni Carrara P LAD Free agency 2001 4 +1.7 +0.4 2.0
Omar Daal P LAD Trade 2001 2 +1.6 +0.8 –
Willy Aybar 3B/DH LAD Intl FA 2000 2 +1.0 +0.5 –
Jason Repko OF LAD Draft 1999 3 +1.0 +0.3 –
James Baldwin P LAD Trade 2001 1 +0.8 +0.8 2.1
Tony Tarasco OF WSN Trade 1995 1 +0.6 +0.6 0.7
Omar Daal P WSN Trade 1995 1 +0.5 +0.5 0.5
Greg Harris P WSN Free agency 1995 1 +0.4 +0.4 0.4
Bruce Aven OF LAD Trade 2000 2 +0.4 +0.2 1.0
Craig Counsell 2B/3B/SS LAD Trade 1999 1 +0.4 +0.4 0.4
Tim Bogar SS LAD Free agency 2001 1 +0.3 +0.3 0.9
Chris Donnels 3B LAD Free agency 2000 1 +0.3 +0.3 1.6
Tomás de la Rosa SS WSN Intl FA 1995 1 +0.3 +0.3 –
Kevin Elster SS LAD Trade 2000 1 +0.3 +0.3 1.5
Alberto Reyes P LAD Trade 2000 2 +0.3 +0.1 0.9
Edwin Jackson P LAD Draft 2001 2 +0.2 +0.1 –
J. D. Smart P WSN Draft 1995 1 +0.2 +0.2 –
Mike Maddux P LAD Trade 1999 1 +0.2 +0.2 0.4
Devon White OF LAD Trade 1999 1 +0.2 +0.2 0.5
McKay Christensen OF LAD Trade 2001 1 +0.2 +0.2 0.4
Gerónimo Berroa DH/OF LAD Free agency 2000 1 +0.1 +0.1 0.3
Jesse Orosco P LAD Free agency 2001 1 +0.1 +0.1 0.3
José DeLeón P WSN Trade 1995 – +0.1 – –
Fernando Seguignol 1B/OF WSN Trade 1995 2 +0.1 +0.1 –
Luis Aquino P WSN Trade 1995 1 +0.1 +0.1 0.1
Bryan Corey P LAD Free agency 2001 1 +0.0 +0.0 0.0
Mike Fetters P LAD Free agency 1999 – -0.0 – –
Joel Guzmán 3B LAD Intl FA 2001 – -0.0 – –
Koyie Hill C LAD Draft 2000 1 +0.0 +0.0 –
Brian Johnson C LAD Free agency 2000 – -0.0 – –
Jeff Reboulet 2B/SS LAD Free agency 2001 1 -0.0 -0.0 0.7
Chance Sanford 2B/3B LAD Free agency 1999 – -0.0 – –
Joe Thurston 2B/3B LAD Draft 1999 1 -0.0 -0.0 –
Kirk Bullinger P WSN Trade 1995 – -0.0 – –
Dave Leiper P WSN Trade 1995 2 -0.0 -0.0 0.1
Barry Manuel P WSN Free agency 1995 – -0.0 – –
Jeff Shaw P WSN Free agency 1995 2 +0.0 +0.0 2.8
Kevin Beirne P LAD Free agency 2001 – -0.1 – –
Chin-Feng Chen OF LAD Intl FA 1999 2 -0.1 -0.1 –
Brent Cookson OF LAD Free agency 1999 – -0.1 – –
Shawn Gilbert 2B/OF LAD Free agency 1999 – -0.1 – –
Dennis Springer P LAD Free agency 2001 – -0.1 – –
Rick Wilkins C LAD Free agency 1999 – -0.1 – –
Raúl Chávez C WSN Trade 1995 1 -0.1 -0.1 –
Jeff Branson 2B/3B/SS LAD Free agency 1999 – -0.2 – –
Phil Hiatt 3B/OF LAD Free agency 2000 – -0.2 – –
Bryan Eversgerd P WSN Trade 1995 – -0.2 – –
Tom Foley 2B/SS WSN Free agency 1995 4 -0.2 -0.0 1.1
Dave Silvestri 3B WSN Trade 1995 1 -0.2 -0.2 0.5
Robinson Checo P LAD Trade 1999 – -0.3 – –
DaRond Stovall OF WSN Trade 1995 – -0.3 – –
Gregg Olson P LAD Free agency 2000 – -0.4 – –
Franquelis Osoria P LAD Intl FA 1999 – -0.4 – –
F. P. Santangelo OF LAD Free agency 2000 – -0.4 – –
Andy Stankiewicz 2B/SS WSN Free agency 1995 1 -0.4 -0.4 0.4
Willie Fraser P WSN Free agency 1995 – -0.7 – –
Henry Mateo 2B WSN Draft 1995 2 -1.0 -0.5 –
Michael Barrett C WSN Draft 1995 3 -1.4 -0.5 –

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.