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200298–64 (0.605)Made Playoffs
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GM: Joe Garagiola

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 2002, or a custom range (defaults to every team-season since 1985, when our data starts).

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Front Office

PoorAverageGreat
Value
Payroll $M
$104M
Surplus $M
-22
Win %
0.605
TAB
+9.0
WAB
+10.3
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
48.7
Dead money %
46%
Depth Players
8.0
Dead WAR
-3.8

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

2002 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

RDamian Miller100
RRod Barajas69
RChad Moeller35

1B

LMark Grace98
LErubiel Durazo56
RGreg Colbrunn40
LLyle Overbay10
RJay Bell5
LChris Donnels1
RRod Barajas1

2B

RJunior Spivey143
BAlex Cintron18
LCraig Counsell13
RJay Bell2

3B

LCraig Counsell94
RMatt Williams56
LChris Donnels26
BAlex Cintron9
RJay Bell6
RGreg Colbrunn5
RDanny Klassen2

SS

LTony Womack149
LCraig Counsell22
BAlex Cintron8
RJay Bell2
RDanny Klassen1

LF

LLuis Gonzalez146
LDavid Dellucci20
BQuinton McCracken7
RMark Little⇄5
BFelix Jose1

CF

LSteve Finley144
BQuinton McCracken31
RDanny Bautista5
RMark Little⇄3
LDavid Dellucci2
RJose Guillen⇄2

RF

BQuinton McCracken68
LDavid Dellucci45
RDanny Bautista37
RMark Little⇄6
BFelix Jose4
LErubiel Durazo2
LTony Womack1

DH

LErubiel Durazo4
RGreg Colbrunn3
LDavid Dellucci1
RJose Guillen⇄1

Starters

RCurt Schilling9.3 WAR
LRandy Johnson7.9 WAR
RMiguel Batista3.2 WAR
LBrian Anderson1.4 WAR
RRick Helling1.4 WAR
RJohn Patterson0.2 WAR
RTodd Stottlemyre-0.0 WAR

Bullpen

★ RByung-Hyun Kim36 sv
LMike Myers17 h
RMike Fetters⇄15 h
RMike Koplove10 h
LEddie Oropesa7 h
LGreg Swindell2 h
RMatt Mantei2 h
RMike Morgan2 h

Each position shows its top 3 by games (top = starter) — click "+more" for the rest. The letter is bats/throws; ⇄ marks a player traded mid-season. Starters are ranked by WAR, bullpen by holds; ★ marks the closer (most save chances). MLB Stats API.

Key additions (new vs 2001)

PlayerfWAR
Quinton McCracken2.3
Rick Helling1.4
Mike Myers0.3
John Patterson0.2
Felix Jose0.1
Mike Fetters0.1

Key subtractions (gone from 2001)

Player2001 fWAR
Reggie Sanders3.0
Albie Lopez1.4
Robert Ellis0.5
Nick Bierbrodt0.2
Eric Knott0.1
Bobby Witt0.1

Contract Value

WAR translated into tier-adjusted market value, then compared with what the player was paid by Diamondbacks. Guaranteed contracts from the 2015-present contract-data period use the known contract period through 2002; everyone else is shown as a 2002 season snapshot.

PlayerPeriodfWARTier Market $MPaid $MSurplus $M$ / WARTierContract
Curt Schilling 2002 +9.3 +186.8 10.0 +176.8 $1.1M 2.50× –
Randy Johnson 2002 +7.9 +158.5 13.3 +145.1 $1.7M 2.50× –
Luis Gonzalez 2002 +5.2 +85.5 4.3 +81.2 $0.8M 2.05× –
Steve Finley 2002 +4.2 +59.9 5.4 +54.5 $1.3M 1.79× –
Byung-Hyun Kim 2002 +2.5 +51.7 0.8 +50.9 $0.3M 2.57× –
Miguel Batista 2002 +3.2 +50.1 2.1 +47.9 $0.7M 1.96× –
Junior Spivey 2002 +4.3 +41.9 0.2 +41.6 $0.0M 1.20× –
Quinton McCracken 2002 +2.3 +22.0 0.5 +21.5 $0.2M 1.22× –
Craig Counsell 2002 +1.9 +13.2 1.5 +11.6 $0.8M 0.85× –
Erubiel Durazo 2002 +1.7 +10.9 0.4 +10.5 $0.2M 0.81× –
Rick Helling 2002 +1.4 +11.1 3.0 +8.1 $2.2M 1.02× –
Damian Miller 2002 +1.6 +9.6 2.6 +6.9 $1.7M 0.76× –
Brian Anderson 2002 +1.4 +11.7 5.4 +6.3 $3.7M 1.02× –
Greg Colbrunn 2002 +1.4 +6.0 1.8 +4.2 $1.3M 0.56× –
Chad Moeller 2002 +0.8 +3.5 0.2 +3.3 $0.3M 0.52× –
Mike Myers 2002 +0.3 +2.7 1.5 +1.2 $6.0M 1.34× –
Mark Little↔ 2002 +0.1 +0.5 0.0 +0.5 $0.6M 0.83× –
Danny Bautista 2002 +0.3 +1.7 2.0 -0.3 $7.8M 0.83× –
Danny Klassen 2002 -0.0 -0.1 0.2 -0.3 – 0.58× –
Bret Prinz 2002 -0.0 -0.2 0.2 -0.4 – 0.67× –
Mike Fetters↔ 2002 +0.1 +0.6 1.2 -0.5 $9.6M 0.67× –
Chris Donnels 2002 -0.1 -0.4 0.3 -0.8 – 0.58× –
Rod Barajas 2002 -0.2 -0.7 0.2 -0.9 – 0.52× –
Tony Womack 2002 +0.7 +3.6 4.5 -0.9 $6.2M 0.61× –
David Dellucci 2002 -0.3 -2.3 0.8 -3.1 – 0.83× –
Mike Morgan 2002 -0.4 -2.3 0.8 -3.1 – 0.67× –
Eddie Oropesa 2002 -0.6 -3.2 0.3 -3.5 – 0.67× –
Matt Mantei 2002 +0.1 +0.7 4.3 -3.6 $31.1M 0.67× –
Armando Reynoso 2002 +0.0 +0.1 4.1 -4.0 $217.6M 0.67× –
Greg Swindell 2002 -0.3 -1.5 2.8 -4.3 – 0.67× –
Mark Grace 2002 -0.3 -1.4 3.0 -4.4 – 0.56× –
Jose Guillen↔ 2002 -1.1 -7.4 0.3 -7.7 – 0.83× –
Matt Williams 2002 +0.4 +1.6 9.5 -7.9 $27.0M 0.58× –
Todd Stottlemyre 2002 -0.0 -0.1 8.0 -8.1 – 1.02× –
Jay Bell 2002 -0.1 -0.3 8.0 -8.3 – 0.58× –
Alex Cintron 2002 +0.0 +0.1 – – – 0.56× –
Duaner Sanchez↔ 2002 -0.1 -0.7 – – – 0.67× –
Felix Jose 2002 +0.1 +1.0 – – – 0.83× –
John Patterson 2002 +0.2 +1.6 – – – 1.02× –
Jose Parra 2002 +0.0 +0.1 – – – 0.67× –
Lyle Overbay 2002 -0.2 -0.8 – – – 0.56× –
Mike Koplove 2002 +1.0 +5.3 – – – 0.67× –
Total—+48.7+720.6103.5+610.0—

Trades

Every graded 2002 deal involving the Diamondbacks — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 5 total.

2002 · ARI / NYM
ARI · Joe Garagiola +$0.0M
Mark Little
NYM · Steve Phillips +$0.0M
P.J. Bevis
Even trade
2002 · ARI / CHC
ARI · Joe Garagiola +$3.2M
Dave Noyce, Gary Johnson
CHC · Andy MacPhail −$3.2M
Damian Miller
ARI came out ahead by $3.2M
2002 · PIT / ARI
PIT · Dave Littlefield +$4.0M
Duaner Sánchez
ARI · Joe Garagiola −$4.0M
Mike Fetters
PIT came out ahead by $4.0M
2002 · COL / ARI
COL · Daniel O'Dowd +$2.4M
Jack Cust, JD Closser
ARI · Joe Garagiola −$2.4M
Mike Myers
COL came out ahead by $2.4M
2002 · ARI / OAK / CIN / TOR
ARI · Joe Garagiola +$22.4M
Elmer Dessens
OAK · Billy Beane +$1.6M
Erubiel Durazo
CIN · Jim Bowden −$5.6M
Felipe López
TOR · JP Ricciardi −$18.4M
Jason Arnold#97
ARI came out ahead by $22.4M 4-team

Current & Historical Payroll

2002 payroll
$103.8M

What the front office was committed to as of 2002, 2002–2008. 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 (25)

PlayerAgeSvc2002200320042005200620072008
Randy Johnson3814.000$13.3M$15.0M$16.0MFREE AGENT$9.1M$15.1M
Curt Schilling3514.000$10.0M$10.0MFREE AGENT
Matt Williams3615.000$9.5M$10.0MFREE AGENT
Todd Stottlemyre3714.000$8.0MFREE AGENT
Jay Bell3616.000$8.0MFREE AGENT
Brian Anderson309.000$5.4MFREE AGENT
Steve Finley3713.000$5.4M$4.2M$4.5MFREE AGENT
Tony Womack329.000$4.5M$3.6MFREE AGENT
Luis Gonzalez3412.000$4.3M$4.0M$8.2M$10.1M$10.7MFREE AGENT
Matt Mantei287.000$4.3M$7.1M$7.0MFREE AGENT
Armando Reynoso3611.000$4.1MFREE AGENT
Mark Grace3814.000$3.0M$1.8MFREE AGENT
Rick Helling318.000$3.0MFREE AGENT
Greg Swindell3716.000$2.8MFREE AGENT
Miguel Batista3110.000$2.1M$3.4MFREE AGENT$4.8M
Danny Bautista309.000$2.0M$3.0M$4.0MFREE AGENT
Greg Colbrunn3210.000$1.8MFREE AGENT$2.8M
Mike Myers337.000$1.5M$1.8MFREE AGENT
Craig Counsell317.000$1.5M$2.5MFREE AGENT$1.4M$1.8M
Mike Fetters3713.000$1.2MFREE AGENT
Mike Morgan4224.000$750kFREE AGENT
Quinton McCracken317.000$500k$1.8M$1.3M$750kFREE AGENT
Chris Donnels3611.000$350kFREE AGENT
Felix Jose3714.000—FREE AGENT
Jose Parra297.000—FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (8)

PlayerAgeSvc2002200320042005200620072008
Damian Miller325.000$2.6MFREE AGENT
David Dellucci285.000$775kFREE AGENT
Byung-Hyun Kim233.000$762kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Erubiel Durazo283.000$375kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jose Guillen265.000$318kFREE AGENT
Danny Klassen264.000$228kARB 3FREE AGENT
Rod Barajas263.000$215kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mark Little294.000$47kARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (9)

PlayerAgeSvc2002200320042005200620072008
Eddie Oropesa301.000$350kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Bret Prinz251.000$235kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Junior Spivey271.000$215kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Chad Moeller272.000$215kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
John Patterson240.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Alex Cintron231.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Duaner Sanchez220.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Koplove251.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Lyle Overbay251.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

How each 2002 acquisition stacked onto Diamondbacks's playoff-odds curve. The side table is ranked by PPA.

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Decision-maker records extend to 1933; resource-controlled WAR and payroll metrics cover 1985–2026. Data sources include FanGraphs, Baseball-Reference, the Chadwick Bureau register, the Lahman Database, prospect rankings from Baseball America, MLB Pipeline, and FanGraphs, 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).
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