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Terry Ryan

Born Oct 26, 1953 · Janesville, WI · age 72

Long-time Minnesota Twins GM who kept the small-market club competitive through strong drafting and player development across multiple division-winning teams.

20 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
Playoffs4
Record1491–1679
Win %0.470
-14.3WAB — wins above budget128th/195 execs
-44.4Talent above budget — roster-construction alpha (talent your budget bought above expectation)179th/195 execs
0.96Acquisition leverage — playoff pts each bought win added, given the roster it joined (did you buy where wins matter?)91st/195 execs
-11.3WAR surplus (era-neutral, win-equiv)64th/195 execs
-53Roster surplus $M107th/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)+319.8
Trade+62.2
Free agency-21.1
Rule 5 / minor draft-0.3
Sourcing mix: 63% draft · 12% FA · 25% trade · 0% R5

Tenure breakdown

TeamRoleYearsSzns WAB WAB/yr TAB WAR surp HG Trade FA R5 AcqLev W-L% POPenWS Surp $M
▸ Twins GM 2012–2016 5 -54.2 -10.84 -35.2 -39.0 +74.0 -2.9 +29.4 +0.2 0.46 0.425 ––– -110
▸ Twins GM 1993–2007 15 +39.9 +2.66 -9.3 +27.6 +245.8 +65.1 -50.5 -0.5 1.12 0.486 4–– +57
Career total (1985+ data) 20 -14.3 -44.4 -11.3 +319.8 +62.2 -21.1 -0.3 0.96 0.470 4– – -53

Players acquired — 247 players, by realized fWAR for the franchise (scroll for more)

PlayerPosTeam How Year fWAR
Joe Mauer C/1B MIN Draft 2001 +53.5
Johan Santana P MIN Trade 1999 +32.0
Byron Buxton OF MIN Draft 2012 +28.9
Corey Koskie 3B MIN Draft 1994 +23.2
Torii Hunter OF MIN Draft 1993 +22.6
Justin Morneau 1B MIN Draft 1999 +19.0
Scott Baker P MIN Draft 2003 +15.8
Denard Span OF MIN Draft 2002 +15.0
Joe Nathan P MIN Trade 2003 +14.1
Eric Milton P MIN Trade 1998 +13.4
Francisco Liriano P MIN Trade 2003 +12.5
Michael Cuddyer OF MIN Draft 1997 +11.8
Jacque Jones OF MIN Draft 1996 +11.2
José Berríos P MIN Draft 2012 +10.9
Jason Bartlett SS MIN Trade 2002 +8.2
A. J. Pierzynski C MIN Draft 1994 +7.8
Phil Hughes P MIN Free agency 2013 +7.8
Joe Mays P MIN Trade 1997 +7.7
Glen Perkins P MIN Draft 2004 +7.6
Taylor Rogers P MIN Draft 2012 +7.5
Ervin Santana P MIN Free agency 2014 +7.2
Kyle Lohse P MIN Trade 1999 +7.0
Doug Mientkiewicz 1B MIN Draft 1995 +6.8
Kevin Slowey P MIN Draft 2005 +6.7
Trevor Plouffe 3B MIN Draft 2004 +6.6
Carlos Silva P MIN Trade 2003 +6.6
Luis Arráez 1B/2B MIN Intl FA 2013 +6.5
Juan Rincón P MIN Intl FA 1996 +6.4
Bob Tewksbury P MIN Free agency 1996 +5.9
Mitch Garver C/DH MIN Draft 2013 +5.9
Lew Ford OF MIN Trade 2000 +5.8
Brian Duensing P MIN Draft 2005 +5.2
Tyler Duffey P MIN Draft 2012 +5.1
Trevor May P MIN Trade 2012 +4.9
Cristian Guzmán SS MIN Trade 1998 +4.8
Frankie Rodriguez P MIN Trade 1995 +4.4
Caleb Thielbar P MIN Trade 2013 +4.4
Mike Pelfrey P MIN Free agency 2012 +4.2
Griffin Jax P MIN Draft 2016 +3.9
Nick Blackburn P MIN Draft 2001 +3.8
Rick Aguilera P MIN Free agency 1995 +3.6
Ben Revere OF MIN Draft 2007 +3.4
Jason Castro C MIN Free agency 2016 +3.4
Casey Fien P MIN Free agency 2012 +3.4
Terry Steinbach C MIN Free agency 1996 +3.3
Robbie Grossman OF MIN Free agency 2016 +3.0
Boof Bonser P MIN Trade 2003 +2.8
J. C. Romero P MIN Draft 1997 +2.8
Ron Coomer 1B/3B MIN Trade 1995 +2.6
Bobby Kielty OF MIN Intl FA 1999 +2.6
Kenny Rogers P MIN Free agency 2003 +2.5
Jason Tyner OF MIN Free agency 2004 +2.5
Travis Miller P MIN Draft 1994 +2.4
Paul Molitor 3B/DH MIN Free agency 1995 +2.4
Luis Castillo 2B MIN Trade 2005 +2.2
David Ortiz DH MIN Trade 1996 +2.2
Mark Redman P MIN Draft 1995 +2.1
Ricky Nolasco P MIN Free agency 2013 +2.0
Jesse Crain P MIN Draft 2002 +1.9
Alexi Casilla 2B MIN Trade 2005 +1.8
Anthony Swarzak P MIN Draft 2004 +1.8
Matt Garza P MIN Draft 2005 +1.7
Pat Neshek P MIN Draft 2002 +1.7
Tommy Milone P MIN Trade 2014 +1.7
Tom Prince C MIN Free agency 2000 +1.6
Danny Santana OF MIN Intl FA 2007 +1.6
Alex Cole OF MIN Free agency 1994 +1.5
Jason Kubel DH/OF MIN Draft 2000 +1.5
Danny Valencia 3B MIN Draft 2006 +1.5
Shannon Stewart OF MIN Trade 2003 +1.4
Greg Swindell P MIN Free agency 1996 +1.4
Cody Stashak P MIN Draft 2015 +1.4
Kevin Correia P MIN Free agency 2012 +1.3
Nick Gordon OF MIN Draft 2014 +1.3
Adalberto Mejía P MIN Trade 2016 +1.3
Roberto Kelly OF MIN Free agency 1996 +1.2
Greg Myers C MIN Free agency 1995 +1.2
Mike Redmond C MIN Free agency 2004 +1.2
Dennys Reyes P MIN Free agency 2006 +1.2
Jovani Morán P MIN Draft 2015 +1.2
Juan Castro SS MIN Free agency 2004 +1.0
Jerald Clark OF MIN Free agency 1995 +1.0
Bob Wells P MIN Free agency 1999 +1.0
Augie Ojeda 2B/3B/SS MIN Free agency 2003 +0.9
Yohan Pino P MIN Intl FA 2004 +0.9
Todd Walker 2B MIN Draft 1994 +0.9
Chris Parmelee 1B/OF MIN Draft 2006 +0.8
Luis Rodríguez 2B/3B/SS MIN Intl FA 1997 +0.8
Oswaldo Arcia OF MIN Intl FA 2007 +0.7
José Mijares P MIN Intl FA 2002 +0.7
Trevor Hildenberger P MIN Draft 2014 +0.7
Héctor Carrasco P MIN Free agency 2001 +0.6
Luis Rivas 2B MIN Intl FA 1995 +0.6
Brandon Kintzler P MIN Free agency 2015 +0.6
Luke Hughes 1B/2B MIN Intl FA 2002 +0.5
Doug Bernier SS MIN Free agency 2013 +0.5
Henry Blanco C MIN Free agency 2003 +0.4
Kevin Campbell P MIN Free agency 1993 +0.4
Matt LeCroy C/DH MIN Draft 1997 +0.4
Buddy Boshers P MIN Free agency 2015 +0.4
Lewis Thorpe P MIN Intl FA 2012 +0.4
Cole De Vries P MIN Intl FA 2006 +0.3
Adam Everett SS MIN Free agency 2007 +0.3
Matt Guerrier P MIN Trade 2003 +0.3
Mike Jackson P MIN Free agency 2002 +0.3
Terry Mulholland P MIN Free agency 2004 +0.3
José Offerman 2B/SS MIN Free agency 2004 +0.3
Tommy Watkins 3B MIN Draft 1998 +0.3
Glenn Williams 3B MIN Trade 2005 +0.3
Blaine Boyer P MIN Free agency 2015 +0.3
J. T. Chargois P MIN Draft 2012 +0.3
Ben Rortvedt C MIN Draft 2016 +0.3
Brent Gates 2B/3B MIN Free agency 1997 +0.2
Greg Harris P MIN Free agency 1995 +0.2
Marcus Jensen C MIN Free agency 2000 +0.2
José Morales C MIN Draft 2001 +0.2
Josmil Pinto C/DH MIN Intl FA 2006 +0.2
Zach Granite OF MIN Draft 2013 +0.2
Sean Poppen P MIN Draft 2016 +0.2
Shane Robinson OF MIN Free agency 2014 +0.2
Kohl Stewart P MIN Draft 2013 +0.2
Grant Balfour P MIN Intl FA 1997 +0.1
Shane Bowers P MIN Draft 1993 +0.1
Brian Buscher 3B MIN Rule 5 2006 +0.1
Howie Clark OF MIN Free agency 2007 +0.1
Jack Cressend P MIN Trade 1999 +0.1
Aaron Fultz P MIN Free agency 2004 +0.1
Todd Sears 1B MIN Trade 2000 +0.1
Matt Tolbert 2B/3B MIN Draft 2004 +0.1
Andrew Albers P MIN Trade 2013 +0.1
Travis Blankenhorn DH/OF MIN Draft 2015 +0.1
John Curtiss P MIN Draft 2014 +0.1
Eric Fryer C MIN Free agency 2012 +0.1
Brusdar Graterol P MIN Intl FA 2014 +0.1
Logan Schafer OF MIN Free agency 2016 +0.1
Brent Abernathy 2B MIN Free agency 2005 -0.0
Danny Ardoin C MIN Trade 2000 -0.0
John Barnes OF MIN Trade 1998 +0.0
James Beresford 1B/3B MIN Intl FA 2005 -0.0
Alex Burnett P MIN Draft 2005 -0.0
Brian Dinkelman 2B/OF MIN Draft 2006 +0.0
J. D. Durbin P MIN Draft 2000 +0.0
Mike Duvall P MIN Free agency 2001 -0.0
Mike Fetters P MIN Free agency 2003 +0.0
Dave Gassner P MIN Trade 2003 +0.0
Liam Hendriks P MIN Intl FA 2007 -0.0
Matt Macri 3B MIN Trade 2007 +0.0
Jeff Manship P MIN Draft 2006 +0.0
Matt Merullo C MIN Free agency 1994 -0.0
Danny Mota P MIN Trade 1998 -0.0
Alex Prieto 2B MIN Trade 2003 -0.0
Michael Restovich OF MIN Draft 1997 -0.0
Joe Roa P MIN Free agency 2003 +0.0
Justin Haley P MIN Trade 2016 -0.0
Alex Kirilloff 1B/OF MIN Draft 2016 +0.0
Byung Ho Park 1B/DH MIN Draft 2016 +0.0
Andrew Vasquez P MIN Draft 2015 +0.0
LaMonte Wade 1B/OF MIN Draft 2015 -0.0
Aaron Whitefield OF MIN Intl FA 2015 -0.0
Tony Batista 3B MIN Free agency 2005 -0.1
Joe Beimel P MIN Free agency 2004 -0.1
Travis Bowyer P MIN Draft 1999 -0.1
Midre Cummings OF MIN Free agency 1999 -0.1
Cleatus Davidson 2B/SS MIN Draft 1994 -0.1
Rob Delaney P MIN Intl FA 2006 -0.1
Armando Gabino P MIN Rule 5 2004 -0.1
Seth Greisinger P MIN Free agency 2003 -0.1
Brendan Harris SS MIN Trade 2007 -0.1
Vince Horsman P MIN Free agency 1995 -0.1
Riccardo Ingram DH/OF MIN Free agency 1995 -0.1
Matt Kinney P MIN Trade 1998 -0.1
Bobby Korecky P MIN Trade 2003 -0.1
Warren Morris 2B MIN Free agency 2002 -0.1
Micheal Nakamura P MIN Intl FA 1997 -0.1
Tom Quinlan 3B MIN Free agency 1995 -0.1
Gary Rath P MIN Free agency 1998 -0.1
Benj Sampson P MIN Draft 1993 -0.1
Erik Schullstrom P MIN Trade 1993 -0.1
Jon Shave 3B/SS MIN Free agency 1996 -0.1
Anthony Slama P MIN Draft 2006 -0.1
Javier Valentín C MIN Draft 1993 -0.1
Edwar Colina P MIN Intl FA 2015 -0.1
J. R. Graham P MIN Rule 5 2014 -0.1
Darin Mastroianni OF MIN Free agency 2015 -0.1
Lester Oliveros P MIN Free agency 2012 -0.1
Drew Rucinski P MIN Free agency 2016 -0.1
Aaron Slegers P MIN Draft 2013 -0.1
Clete Thomas OF MIN Free agency 2012 -0.1
Joe Benson OF MIN Draft 2006 -0.2
Brian Buchanan OF MIN Trade 1998 -0.2
Carmen Cali P MIN Free agency 2006 -0.2
Tony Fiore P MIN Free agency 1999 -0.2
David Lamb 2B/SS MIN Free agency 2001 -0.2
Quinton McCracken OF MIN Free agency 2001 -0.2
Darnell McDonald OF MIN Trade 2007 -0.2
Jason Miller P MIN Draft 2000 -0.2
Dan Perkins P MIN Draft 1993 -0.2
Sidney Ponson P MIN Free agency 2007 -0.2
Rubén Sierra OF MIN Free agency 2006 -0.2
Mike Smith P MIN Free agency 2005 -0.2
Stephen Gonsalves P MIN Draft 2013 -0.2
Alex Meyer P MIN Trade 2012 -0.2
Vance Worley P MIN Trade 2012 -0.2
Travis Baptist P MIN Rule 5 1996 -0.3
Jay Canizaro 2B MIN Free agency 2000 -0.3
Kevin Frederick P MIN Draft 1998 -0.3
Keith Garagozzo P MIN Rule 5 1993 -0.3
Jason Pridie OF MIN Trade 2007 -0.3
Josh Rabe DH/OF MIN Draft 2000 -0.3
Kyle Waldrop P MIN Draft 2004 -0.3
Pedro Hernández P MIN Trade 2012 -0.3
R. A. Dickey P MIN Free agency 2007 -0.4
Willie Eyre P MIN Draft 1999 -0.4
Chris Gomez SS MIN Free agency 2003 -0.4
Mike Lincoln P MIN Draft 1996 -0.4
James Baldwin P MIN Free agency 2003 -0.5
Julio De Paula P MIN Intl FA 1999 -0.5
Chris Heintz C MIN Trade 2005 -0.5
Adam Johnson P MIN Draft 2000 -0.5
Jason Maxwell 2B/3B MIN Free agency 1999 -0.5
Brett Merriman P MIN Trade 1993 -0.5
Tyler Robertson P MIN Draft 2006 -0.5
Mike Ryan OF MIN Draft 1996 -0.5
Delmon Young OF MIN Trade 2007 -0.5
J. R. Murphy C MIN Trade 2015 -0.5
Rob Bowen C MIN Draft 1999 -0.6
Otis Nixon OF MIN Free agency 1997 -0.6
Mo Sanford P MIN Free agency 1994 -0.6
Erik Bennett P MIN Free agency 1995 -0.7
Kevin Maas 1B/DH MIN Free agency 1994 -0.7
Chad Moeller C MIN Draft 1996 -0.7
Rob Radlosky P MIN Draft 1993 -0.7
Jason Ryan P MIN Trade 1999 -0.7
Rene Tosoni OF MIN Draft 2005 -0.7
Alan Busenitz P MIN Trade 2016 -0.7
Juan Centeno C MIN Free agency 2015 -0.7
Chris Colabello 1B/OF MIN Draft 2013 -0.7
Brad Thomas P MIN Trade 2001 -0.8
Chad Allen OF MIN Draft 1996 -0.9
Terry Tiffee 3B MIN Draft 1999 -1.0
Kurt Suzuki C MIN Free agency 2013 -1.3
Dave Stevens P MIN Trade 1993 -1.7
Chris Latham OF MIN Trade 1995 -1.8
Matt Walbeck C MIN Trade 1993 -1.8
Drew Butera C MIN Trade 2007 -2.0
Alex Ochoa OF MIN Trade 1997 -2.1
Rondell White OF MIN Free agency 2005 -2.1

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.