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GM: Joe Garagiola

Overview

CONTEND → steady
expensive & winning · year 1 in this regime · payroll 1.27× league · TAB +10.7
+10.7TAB — talent above budget4th/30
+7.0WAB — realized wins (TAB + luck)8th/30
5.0depth — 2+ WAR regulars21st/30
-2.9dead WAR — sub-replacement drag4th/30
23%dead money %10th/30
0.568win %6th/30
47.8roster fWAR3rd/30
-3surplus $M (value vs cost)10th/30
$79Mpayroll $M8th/30

2001: World Series champions · 92–70. Ranks are vs the 30 teams that season.

Roster

CFSteve Finley 131GDanny Bautista 28GDavid Dellucci 18G
LFLuis Gonzalez 161GDavid Dellucci 8GRyan Christenson 5G
RFReggie Sanders 119GDavid Dellucci 35GDanny Bautista 33G
SSTony Womack 118GCraig Counsell 58GAlex Cintron 7G
2BJay Bell 80GJunior Spivey 66GCraig Counsell 55G
3BMatt Williams 102GJay Bell 40GCraig Counsell 38G
1BMark Grace 135GErubiel Durazo 38GGreg Colbrunn 14G
STARTERSRandy Johnson 9.9WARCurt Schilling 6.9WARAlbie Lopez 1.4WARMiguel Batista 1.0WARRobert Ellis 0.5WAR
CDamian Miller 121GMike DiFelice 60GRod Barajas 50G
DHErubiel Durazo 6GJay Bell 3G
BULLPEN★ Byung-Hyun Kim 19svGreg Swindell 10hTroy Brohawn 9hBret Prinz 6hMike Morgan 5hErik Sabel 4hRuss Springer 2hMike Mohler 0h
CDamian Miller 121 · Mike DiFelice 60 · Rod Barajas 50
1BMark Grace 135 · Erubiel Durazo 38 · Greg Colbrunn 14
2BJay Bell 80 · Junior Spivey 66 · Craig Counsell 55
3BMatt Williams 102 · Jay Bell 40 · Craig Counsell 38
SSTony Womack 118 · Craig Counsell 58 · Alex Cintron 7
LFLuis Gonzalez 161 · David Dellucci 8 · Ryan Christenson 5
CFSteve Finley 131 · Danny Bautista 28 · David Dellucci 18
RFReggie Sanders 119 · David Dellucci 35 · Danny Bautista 33
DHErubiel Durazo 6 · Jay Bell 3
SPRandy Johnson 9.9 · Curt Schilling 6.9 · Albie Lopez 1.4 · Miguel Batista 1.0 · Robert Ellis 0.5
BP★ Byung-Hyun Kim 19 · Greg Swindell 10 · Troy Brohawn 9 · Bret Prinz 6 · Mike Morgan 5 · Erik Sabel 4 · Russ Springer 2 · Mike Mohler 0

Each position lists its starter then backups by games (so platoons & bench show). Starters (mound) & bullpen (left, foul territory) are ranked by WAR; ★ marks the closer (most save chances). MLB Stats API.

2001 roster — value & surplus

PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Randy Johnson 37 FA-elig 359.9 13.3 +2.7
Luis Gonzalez 33 FA-elig 1628.9 4.8 +9.5
Curt Schilling 34 FA-elig 356.9 6.5 +4.6
Reggie Sanders 33 FA-elig 1263.0 1.5 +3.3
Mark Grace 37 FA-elig 1452.6 3.0 +1.2
Craig Counsell 30 – 1412.0 0.4 +2.7
Damian Miller 31 arb 1231.9 1.2 +1.8
Steve Finley 36 FA-elig 1401.5 5.4 -2.9
Matt Williams 35 FA-elig 1061.5 9.0 -6.6
Byung-Hyun Kim 22 pre-arb 781.4 0.8 +1.5
Albie Lopez↔ TBR 29 FA-elig 131.4 1.2 +1.1
Erubiel Durazo 27 pre-arb 921.3 0.3 +1.9
David Dellucci 27 arb 1151.2 0.3 +1.6
Danny Bautista 29 FA-elig 1001.2 0.7 +1.2
Miguel Batista 30 FA-elig 481.0 0.4 +1.3
Tony Womack 31 FA-elig 1251.0 4.0 -2.3
Jay Bell 35 FA-elig 1290.9 8.1 -6.7
Junior Spivey 26 – 720.6 – –
Mike Morgan 41 FA-elig 310.5 0.7 +0.1
Robert Ellis 30 – 190.5 – –
Greg Colbrunn 31 FA-elig 590.4 1.6 -0.9
Brian Anderson 29 FA-elig 330.3 4.1 -3.7
Nick Bierbrodt↔ TBR 23 pre-arb 60.2 0.1 +0.3
Alex Cintron 22 – 80.1 – –
Eric Knott 26 – 30.1 – –
Bobby Witt 37 FA-elig 140.1 0.5 -0.3
Bret Prinz 24 – 460.1 – –
Jack Cust 22 – 30.1 – –
Ryan Christenson↔ OAK 27 arb 190.1 0.2 -0.1
Midre Cummings 29 FA-elig 200.0 0.4 -0.4
Troy Brohawn 28 – 590.0 – –
Lyle Overbay 24 – 20.0 – –
Jason Conti 26 – 50.0 – –
Chad Moeller 26 – 25-0.0 – –
Ken Huckaby 30 – 1-0.0 – –
Juan Sosa 25 – 2-0.0 – –
Rob Ryan↔ OAK 28 – 1-0.0 – –
Mike Koplove 24 – 9-0.0 – –
Matt Mantei 27 FA-elig 8-0.0 3.6 -3.6
Greg Swindell 36 FA-elig 64-0.1 2.5 -2.7
Erik Sabel 26 – 42-0.1 – –
Geraldo Guzman 28 – 4-0.2 – –
Russ Springer 32 FA-elig 18-0.2 1.7 -2.1
Mike Mohler 32 – 13-0.2 – –
Mike DiFelice↔ TBR 32 arb 12-0.3 0.2 -0.6
Armando Reynoso 35 FA-elig 9-0.7 2.0 -3.1
Rod Barajas 25 pre-arb 51-0.9 0.2 -1.6

Key additions (new vs 2000)

PlayerfWAR
Reggie Sanders3.0
Mark Grace2.6
Albie Lopez1.4
Miguel Batista1.0
Junior Spivey0.6
Robert Ellis0.5

Key subtractions (gone from 2000)

Player2000 fWAR
Vicente Padilla1.1
Todd Stottlemyre1.1
Alex Cabrera0.5
Dan Plesac0.4
Travis Lee0.3
Omar Daal0.2

Current & Historical Payroll

2001 payroll
$78.7M

What the front office was committed to as of 2001, 2001–2007. Pre-2015 has no contract-terms data — forward italic $ are realized actuals (hindsight, not commitments known then). Control labels (ARB/FA) are point-in-time.

current $ guaranteed $ actual $ (hindsight) arbitration (proj) pre-arb (proj) free agent

Guaranteed / signed (23)

PlayerAgeSvc2001200220032004200520062007
Randy Johnson3713.000$13.3M$13.3M$15.0M$16.0MFREE AGENT$9.1M
Matt Williams3514.000$9.0M$9.5M$10.0MFREE AGENT
Jay Bell3515.000$8.1M$8.0MFREE AGENT
Curt Schilling3413.000$6.5M$10.0M$10.0MFREE AGENT
Steve Finley3612.000$5.4M$5.4M$4.2M$4.5MFREE AGENT
Luis Gonzalez3311.000$4.8M$4.3M$4.0M$8.2M$10.1M$10.7MFREE AGENT
Brian Anderson298.000$4.1M$5.4MFREE AGENT
Tony Womack318.000$4.0M$4.5M$3.6MFREE AGENT
Matt Mantei276.000$3.6M$4.3M$7.1M$7.0MFREE AGENT
Mark Grace3713.000$3.0M$3.0M$1.8MFREE AGENT
Greg Swindell3615.000$2.5M$2.8MFREE AGENT
Armando Reynoso3510.000$2.0M$4.1MFREE AGENT
Russ Springer329.000$1.7MFREE AGENT
Greg Colbrunn319.000$1.6M$1.8MFREE AGENT$2.8M
Reggie Sanders3310.000$1.5MFREE AGENT
Albie Lopez298.000$1.2MFREE AGENT
Mike Morgan4123.000$700k$750kFREE AGENT
Danny Bautista298.000$675k$2.0M$3.0M$4.0MFREE AGENT
Bobby Witt3715.000$500kFREE AGENT
Craig Counsell306.000$425k$1.5M$2.5MFREE AGENT$1.4M$1.8M
Midre Cummings298.000$425kFREE AGENT
Miguel Batista309.000$400k$2.1M$3.4MFREE AGENT$4.8M
Mike Mohler328.000—FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (4)

PlayerAgeSvc2001200220032004200520062007
Damian Miller314.000$1.2MARB 3FREE AGENT
David Dellucci274.000$325kARB 3FREE AGENT
Ryan Christenson273.000$195kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike DiFelice325.000$155kFREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (20)

PlayerAgeSvc2001200220032004200520062007
Byung-Hyun Kim222.000$762kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Erubiel Durazo272.000$260kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Rod Barajas252.000$208kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Nick Bierbrodt230.000$71kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Robert Ellis30–—
Juan Sosa25–—
Troy Brohawn28–—
Jason Conti261.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Junior Spivey260.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Chad Moeller261.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Erik Sabel26–—
Rob Ryan282.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Geraldo Guzman28–—
Ken Huckaby300.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Alex Cintron220.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jack Cust220.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Bret Prinz240.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Koplove240.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Eric Knott26–—
Lyle Overbay240.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR. Bars = Diamondbacks 2001; the black line = the league-average player at each slot that season. Staying above the line deep into the roster is the depth edge; dropping below it = holes & dead weight.

What each regime is worth — every settled team-season since 1985

RegimeSeasonsWin %Playoff %Pennant %WS %
WINDOW 28152.131.05.01.1
CONTEND 30056.964.719.710.3
FORCED-SPEND 25648.09.81.61.6
REBUILD 32143.31.20.30.3
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.