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Larry Beinfest

Born 1964 · age 61

Architect of the Florida Marlins' 2003 World Series upset of the Yankees, built around a young, homegrown core.

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

Titles1
Pennants1
Playoffs1
Record489–483
Win %0.503
+45.2WAB — wins above budget21st/195 execs
+50.0Talent above budget — roster-construction alpha (talent your budget bought above expectation)14th/195 execs
1.12Acquisition leverage — playoff pts each bought win added, given the roster it joined (did you buy where wins matter?)76th/195 execs
+69.2WAR surplus (era-neutral, win-equiv)5th/195 execs
+132Roster surplus $M10th/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)+50.1
Trade-46.4
Free agency-59.9
Rule 5 / minor draft-0.5
Sourcing mix: 35% draft · 18% FA · 47% trade · 0% R5

Tenure breakdown

TeamRoleYearsSzns WAB WAB/yr TAB WAR surp HG Trade FA R5 AcqLev W-L% POPenWS Surp $M
▸ Marlins GM 2003–2007 5 +38.3 +7.65 +48.9 +66.3 +49.8 +8.4 -59.1 -0.5 1.14 0.501 111 +127
▸ Nationals GM 2002–2002 1 +7.0 +6.96 +1.1 +2.8 +0.3 -54.8 -0.8 +0.0 0.92 0.512 ––– +5
Career total (1985+ data) 6 +45.2 +50.0 +69.2 +50.1 -46.4 -59.9 -0.5 1.12 0.503 11 1 +132

Players acquired — 105 players, by realized fWAR for the franchise (scroll for more)

PlayerPosTeam How Year fWAR
Giancarlo Stanton DH/OF MIA Draft 2007 +33.6
Hanley Ramírez SS MIA Trade 2005 +29.1
Ricky Nolasco P MIA Trade 2005 +17.5
Aníbal Sánchez P MIA Trade 2005 +9.9
Steve Cishek P MIA Draft 2007 +5.5
Gaby Sánchez 1B MIA Draft 2005 +4.6
Iván Rodríguez C MIA Free agency 2003 +4.5
Alfredo Amézaga OF MIA Free agency 2005 +4.1
Jorge Cantú 1B/3B MIA Free agency 2007 +3.5
Mark Redman P MIA Trade 2003 +3.4
Carlos Delgado 1B MIA Free agency 2005 +3.3
Chris Volstad P MIA Draft 2005 +3.2
John Baker C MIA Trade 2005 +2.4
Todd Jones P MIA Free agency 2004 +2.4
Matt Lindstrom P MIA Trade 2006 +2.3
Saúl Rivera P WSN Trade 2002 +2.1
Brian Moehler P MIA Free agency 2004 +2.0
Miguel Olivo C MIA Free agency 2006 +2.0
Burke Badenhop P MIA Trade 2007 +1.9
Kevin Gregg P MIA Trade 2006 +1.9
Chris Coghlan OF MIA Draft 2006 +1.8
Jason Vargas P MIA Draft 2004 +1.7
Armando Benítez P MIA Free agency 2004 +1.6
Justin Miller P MIA Free agency 2007 +1.6
Logan Morrison 1B/OF MIA Draft 2005 +1.6
Damion Easley 2B MIA Free agency 2003 +1.5
Jeff Conine 1B/OF MIA Trade 2003 +1.4
Lee Gardner P MIA Free agency 2006 +1.3
Paul Lo Duca C MIA Trade 2004 +1.3
Brett Carroll OF MIA Draft 2004 +1.1
Tommy Phelps P MIA Trade 2003 +1.1
Joe Nelson P MIA Free agency 2007 +0.9
Joe Borowski P MIA Free agency 2006 +0.7
Wes Helms 1B/3B MIA Free agency 2006 +0.6
Sean West P MIA Draft 2005 +0.6
Jason Bergmann P WSN Draft 2002 +0.6
Joe Vitiello 1B/DH WSN Free agency 2002 +0.6
Chris Hatcher P MIA Draft 2006 +0.5
Jim Mecir P MIA Free agency 2005 +0.4
Alex Sanabia P MIA Draft 2006 +0.4
Doug Waechter P MIA Free agency 2007 +0.4
Matt Herges P MIA Free agency 2006 +0.3
Cristhian Martínez P MIA Rule 5 2006 +0.2
Troy O'Leary OF WSN Free agency 2002 +0.2
Aaron Boone 3B MIA Free agency 2006 +0.1
Chad Fox P MIA Free agency 2003 +0.1
Osvaldo Martínez SS MIA Draft 2006 +0.1
Chris Seddon P MIA Trade 2007 +0.1
Darrell Rasner P WSN Draft 2002 +0.1
Jay Buente P MIA Draft 2006 -0.0
Frank Castillo P MIA Free agency 2004 +0.0
Scott Cousins OF MIA Draft 2006 -0.0
Nate Field P MIA Free agency 2006 +0.0
Chris Leroux P MIA Draft 2005 +0.0
Jai Miller OF MIA Draft 2003 -0.0
Henry Owens P MIA Trade 2006 -0.0
Matt Perisho P MIA Free agency 2003 -0.0
Bryan Petersen OF MIA Draft 2007 +0.0
Travis Smith P MIA Free agency 2004 +0.0
Larry Sutton 1B/OF MIA Free agency 2004 -0.0
Ismael Valdez P MIA Free agency 2005 +0.0
Sun-Woo Kim P WSN Trade 2002 +0.0
Jim Crowell P MIA Free agency 2004 -0.1
Jesús Delgado P MIA Trade 2005 -0.1
Lenny Harris 3B MIA Free agency 2003 -0.1
Yusmeiro Petit P MIA Trade 2005 -0.1
Sandy Rosario P MIA Intl FA 2004 -0.1
Brett Sinkbeil P MIA Draft 2006 -0.1
Graham Taylor P MIA Draft 2006 -0.1
Ed Vosberg P WSN Free agency 2002 -0.1
Juan Alvarez P MIA Free agency 2003 -0.2
Chad Bentz P MIA Free agency 2004 -0.2
Arquimedes Caminero P MIA Intl FA 2005 -0.2
Alejandro De Aza OF MIA Rule 5 2004 -0.2
John Gall OF MIA Free agency 2006 -0.2
Jhan Mariñez P MIA Intl FA 2006 -0.2
Wes Obermueller P MIA Free agency 2006 -0.2
John Riedling P MIA Free agency 2005 -0.2
Lou Collier SS WSN Trade 2002 -0.2
Matt Herges P WSN Trade 2002 -0.2
Brad Davis C MIA Draft 2004 -0.3
Frankie De La Cruz P MIA Trade 2007 -0.3
Matt Dominguez 3B MIA Draft 2007 -0.3
Ben Howard P MIA Trade 2004 -0.3
Logan Kensing P MIA Draft 2003 -0.3
Josías Manzanillo P MIA Free agency 2004 -0.3
Henry Rodríguez OF WSN Free agency 2002 -0.3
Matthew Cepicky OF MIA Free agency 2005 -0.4
Valerio De Los Santos P MIA Free agency 2005 -0.4
Renyel Pinto P MIA Trade 2005 -0.4
Ryan Tucker P MIA Draft 2005 -0.4
Gerald Williams OF MIA Free agency 2003 -0.4
Mike O'Connor P WSN Draft 2002 -0.4
Wil Cordero SS/OF MIA Free agency 2004 -0.5
Todd Hollandsworth OF MIA Free agency 2003 -0.5
Adalberto Méndez P MIA Rule 5 2007 -0.5
Aaron Small P MIA Free agency 2003 -0.5
Taylor Tankersley P MIA Draft 2004 -0.6
Daniel Barone P MIA Draft 2004 -0.8
Mike Mordecai 2B/3B MIA Free agency 2003 -0.9
Reggie Abercrombie OF MIA Trade 2005 -1.0
Claudio Vargas P WSN Trade 2002 -1.0
Mike Rabelo C MIA Trade 2007 -1.3
José Macias 3B/OF WSN Trade 2002 -1.3
Brett Hayes C MIA Draft 2005 -1.4

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.