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Roland Hemond

Oct 26, 1929 (Central Falls, RI) – Dec 12, 2021 · died at 92

General manager for the White Sox and Orioles (1974–1995).

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

Titles0
Pennants0
Playoffs0
Record677–711
Win %0.488
-8.3WAB — wins above budget108th/195 execs
+16.0Talent above budget — roster-construction alpha (talent your budget bought above expectation)44th/195 execs
1.08Acquisition leverage — playoff pts each bought win added, given the roster it joined (did you buy where wins matter?)78th/195 execs
-9.6WAR surplus (era-neutral, win-equiv)60th/195 execs
+3Roster surplus $M40th/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)+129.7
Trade+56.1
Free agency-62.1
Rule 5 / minor draft+1.6
Sourcing mix: 34% draft · 26% FA · 40% trade · 1% R5

Tenure breakdown

TeamRoleYearsSzns WAB WAB/yr TAB WAR surp HG Trade FA R5 AcqLev W-L% POPenWS Surp $M
▸ Orioles GM 1988–1995 8 -11.5 -1.44 +23.0 +3.1 +92.6 +57.9 -54.1 -2.5 1.19 0.483 ––– +6
▸ White Sox GM 1974–1985 1 +3.3 +3.27 -7.0 -12.7 +37.0 -1.8 -8.0 +4.0 0.22 0.525 ––– -3
Career total (1985+ data) 9 -8.3 +16.0 -9.6 +129.7 +56.1 -62.1 +1.6 1.08 0.488 –– – +3

Players acquired — 158 players, by realized fWAR for the franchise (scroll for more)

PlayerPosTeam How Year fWAR
Mike Mussina P BAL Draft 1990 +46.7
Rafael Palmeiro 1B BAL Free agency 1993 +24.9
Chris Hoiles C BAL Trade 1988 +24.8
Brady Anderson OF BAL Trade 1988 +22.5
Carlton Fisk C CHW Trade 1985 +18.3
Scott Erickson P BAL Trade 1995 +16.4
B. J. Surhoff C/OF BAL Free agency 1995 +13.8
Ron Karkovice C CHW Draft 1982 +13.7
Ben McDonald P BAL Draft 1989 +13.3
Sidney Ponson P BAL Intl FA 1993 +12.8
Roberto Alomar 2B BAL Free agency 1995 +12.5
Ozzie Guillén SS CHW Trade 1984 +12.5
Mike Devereaux OF BAL Trade 1989 +12.4
Randy Milligan 1B BAL Trade 1988 +11.9
Harold Baines DH/OF CHW Draft 1977 +11.3
Gregg Olson P BAL Draft 1988 +9.0
Mickey Tettleton C BAL Free agency 1988 +9.0
Harold Baines DH/OF BAL Trade 1993 +6.6
Jamie Moyer P BAL Free agency 1992 +6.3
Arthur Rhodes P BAL Draft 1988 +6.1
Tim Hulett 2B/3B BAL Free agency 1988 +5.6
Richard Dotson P CHW Trade 1977 +5.3
Kevin Brown P BAL Free agency 1995 +4.5
Todd Frohwirth P BAL Free agency 1990 +4.0
Greg Walker 1B CHW Rule 5 1979 +4.0
Tom Seaver P CHW Trade 1985 +3.9
Britt Burns P CHW Draft 1978 +3.8
Rick Sutcliffe P BAL Free agency 1991 +3.5
Mark McLemore 2B BAL Free agency 1991 +3.4
Randy Myers P BAL Free agency 1995 +3.4
David Wells P BAL Trade 1995 +3.4
Bill Long P CHW Trade 1984 +3.2
Daryl Boston OF CHW Draft 1981 +2.8
Bob James P CHW Trade 1984 +2.8
Armando Benítez P BAL Intl FA 1990 +2.4
Sam Horn DH BAL Free agency 1990 +2.3
Jesse Orosco P BAL Free agency 1995 +2.3
Phil Bradley OF BAL Trade 1988 +2.1
Joel Davis P CHW Draft 1983 +2.0
Jeffrey Hammonds OF BAL Draft 1992 +1.9
Rick Krivda P BAL Draft 1991 +1.9
Chito Martínez OF BAL Trade 1991 +1.9
Tim Hulett 2B/3B CHW Draft 1980 +1.9
Ron Kittle DH/OF CHW Trade 1985 +1.7
Bobby Thigpen P CHW Draft 1985 +1.7
Mark Eichhorn P BAL Free agency 1993 +1.6
Scott Fletcher 2B/SS CHW Trade 1983 +1.6
Fernando Valenzuela P BAL Free agency 1993 +1.4
Gene Nelson P CHW Trade 1984 +1.4
Harold Reynolds 2B BAL Free agency 1992 +1.3
Bobby Bonilla 3B/OF BAL Trade 1995 +1.0
John Mitchell P BAL Trade 1989 +0.9
Bryan Little 2B/SS CHW Trade 1984 +0.9
Dave Schmidt P CHW Trade 1985 +0.9
Rocky Coppinger P BAL Draft 1993 +0.8
Storm Davis P BAL Trade 1991 +0.8
Dwight Evans OF BAL Free agency 1990 +0.8
Bob Melvin C BAL Trade 1989 +0.8
Lee Smith P BAL Free agency 1994 +0.8
Mark Smith OF BAL Draft 1991 +0.8
Rudy Law OF CHW Trade 1982 +0.8
Ken Williams OF CHW Draft 1982 +0.8
Juan Agosto P CHW Trade 1985 +0.7
Gregg Zaun C BAL Draft 1989 +0.6
Curtis Goodwin OF BAL Draft 1991 +0.5
Jimmy Haynes P BAL Draft 1991 +0.5
Mark Huismann P BAL Free agency 1989 +0.5
Doug Jones P BAL Free agency 1995 +0.5
Wayne Edwards P CHW Draft 1985 +0.5
Dave Wehrmeister P CHW Trade 1985 +0.5
David Dellucci OF BAL Draft 1995 +0.4
Mark Parent C BAL Free agency 1992 +0.4
Roy Smith P BAL Free agency 1991 +0.4
John Cangelosi OF CHW Draft 1982 +0.4
Glenn Davis 1B BAL Trade 1991 +0.3
Sid Fernandez P BAL Free agency 1993 +0.3
Curt Schilling P BAL Trade 1988 +0.3
Donn Pall P CHW Draft 1985 +0.3
Jeff Huson 2B/SS BAL Free agency 1994 +0.2
Donell Nixon OF BAL Free agency 1990 +0.2
Joe Price P BAL Free agency 1990 +0.2
Ernie Whitt C BAL Free agency 1991 +0.2
Jerry Don Gleaton P CHW Trade 1984 +0.2
Dan Spillner P CHW Trade 1984 +0.2
Bruce Tanner P CHW Draft 1983 +0.2
Joe Borowski P BAL Trade 1991 +0.1
Howie Clark OF BAL Draft 1992 +0.1
Stacy Jones P BAL Draft 1988 +0.1
Dorn Taylor P BAL Trade 1990 +0.1
Steve Fireovid P CHW Trade 1985 +0.1
Al Jones P CHW Draft 1981 +0.1
Danny Boone P BAL Trade 1990 +0.0
Damon Buford OF BAL Draft 1990 +0.0
Mike Cook P BAL Free agency 1993 +0.0
Francisco de la Rosa P BAL Trade 1991 +0.0
Radhames Dykhoff P BAL Intl FA 1993 +0.0
Chris Fussell P BAL Draft 1994 -0.0
Scott Klingenbeck P BAL Draft 1992 +0.0
Francisco Meléndez 1B BAL Trade 1989 -0.0
Tommy Shields 2B/3B BAL Trade 1991 +0.0
Shane Turner 3B/OF BAL Trade 1989 -0.0
Joe DeSa 1B/DH CHW Trade 1985 -0.0
Brian Giles 2B/SS CHW Free agency 1985 -0.0
Norberto Martin 2B CHW Intl FA 1984 +0.0
John Pawlowski P CHW Draft 1985 +0.0
Jay Aldrich P BAL Free agency 1989 -0.1
Tom Bolton P BAL Free agency 1994 -0.1
Carlos Casimiro DH BAL Intl FA 1994 -0.1
Tommy Davis C BAL Draft 1994 -0.1
Jim Dedrick P BAL Draft 1990 -0.1
Mark Lee P BAL Free agency 1994 -0.1
Roger McDowell P BAL Free agency 1995 -0.1
John O'Donoghue P BAL Intl FA 1990 -0.1
Mike Oquist P BAL Draft 1989 -0.1
Brian Sackinsky P BAL Draft 1992 -0.1
Garrett Stephenson P BAL Draft 1992 -0.1
Ed Correa P CHW Intl FA 1982 -0.1
Julio Cruz 2B CHW Trade 1983 -0.1
Mark Gilbert OF CHW Trade 1985 -0.1
Jack Hardy P CHW Draft 1981 -0.1
Danny Clyburn OF BAL Trade 1995 -0.2
Ivanon Coffie 3B BAL Intl FA 1995 -0.2
Butch Davis OF BAL Free agency 1988 -0.2
Jesse Garcia 2B/SS BAL Draft 1993 -0.2
Kevin Hickey P BAL Trade 1989 -0.2
Mark Leonard OF BAL Trade 1993 -0.2
Dickie Noles P BAL Free agency 1988 -0.2
Chris Sabo 3B BAL Free agency 1994 -0.2
Oscar Gamble DH/OF CHW Trade 1977 -0.2
Tito Landrum OF BAL Free agency 1988 -0.3
Richie Lewis P BAL Trade 1991 -0.3
Calvin Pickering 1B/DH BAL Draft 1995 -0.3
Rick Schu 3B BAL Trade 1988 -0.3
Dave Cochrane OF CHW Trade 1985 -0.3
Tom Drees P CHW Draft 1985 -0.3
Adam Peterson P CHW Draft 1984 -0.3
Mark Ryal OF CHW Trade 1985 -0.3
César Devarez C BAL Intl FA 1988 -0.4
Paul Kilgus P BAL Trade 1990 -0.4
Kevin McGehee P BAL Trade 1993 -0.4
Sherman Obando DH/OF BAL Rule 5 1992 -0.4
Wade Rowdon 3B BAL Trade 1988 -0.4
Lonnie Smith OF BAL Free agency 1994 -0.4
Bob Fallon P CHW Draft 1979 -0.4
Russ Morman 1B CHW Draft 1983 -0.4
Paul Carey 1B/DH BAL Trade 1991 -0.5
Keith Shepherd P BAL Free agency 1995 -0.5
Mike Smith P BAL Rule 5 1988 -0.5
Marc Hill C CHW Trade 1985 -0.6
Jeff McKnight 1B/2B BAL Free agency 1989 -0.7
Brad Pennington P BAL Draft 1989 -0.8
Gene Kingsale OF BAL Intl FA 1993 -0.9
Joel McKeon P CHW Draft 1982 -0.9
Luis Salazar 3B CHW Trade 1984 -0.9
Jeff Stone OF BAL Trade 1988 -1.1
Kevin Bass OF BAL Free agency 1995 -1.5
Juan Bell 2B/SS BAL Trade 1988 -1.6
Manny Alexander 2B/SS BAL Intl FA 1988 -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.

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.