Orioles — Front Office

Player	Age	Service	G	fWAR	Salary $M	Surplus $M
Mike Mussina	28	FA-elig	33	5.5	6.8	-1.2
Scott Erickson	29	FA-elig	34	4.7	3.3	+1.5
Roberto Alomar	29	FA-elig	112	3.6	6.4	-2.7
Brady Anderson	33	FA-elig	151	3.4	4.0	-0.6
Rafael Palmeiro	32	FA-elig	158	3.3	5.3	-2.0
B.J. Surhoff	32	FA-elig	147	3.0	1.6	+1.4
Jimmy Key	36	FA-elig	34	2.7	2.3	+0.4
Scott Kamieniecki	33	FA-elig	30	2.2	1.5	+0.7
Chris Hoiles	32	FA-elig	99	2.2	3.6	-1.4
Randy Myers	34	FA-elig	61	2.0	4.0	-1.9
Arthur Rhodes	27	FA-elig	54	1.9	1.6	+0.4
Jeffrey Hammonds	26	arb	118	1.8	0.5	+1.3
Armando Benitez	24	arb	71	1.7	0.3	+1.4
Cal Ripken Jr.	36	FA-elig	162	1.6	6.8	-5.2
Eric Davis	35	FA-elig	42	1.1	2.2	-1.1
Mike Bordick	31	FA-elig	153	1.1	2.3	-1.2
Lenny Webster	32	FA-elig	98	0.9	0.4	+0.5
Aaron Ledesma	26	pre-arb	43	0.8	0.1	+0.6
Jeff Reboulet	33	arb	99	0.7	0.2	+0.5
Rick Krivda	27	pre-arb	10	0.5	0.1	+0.3
David Dellucci	23	–	17	0.4	–	–
Tony Tarasco	26	arb	100	0.4	0.3	+0.1
Harold Baines↔ CHW	38	FA-elig	44	0.2	0.6	-0.4
Nerio Rodriguez	26	–	6	0.2	–	–
Jerome Walton	31	FA-elig	26	0.2	0.4	-0.2
Jesse Orosco	40	FA-elig	71	0.2	1.1	-0.9
Rocky Coppinger	23	pre-arb	5	0.1	0.2	-0.1
Brian Williams	28	–	13	0.1	–	–
Shawn Boskie	30	FA-elig	29	0.0	0.7	-0.6
Charlie Greene	26	–	5	-0.0	–	–
Danny Clyburn	23	–	2	-0.1	–	–
Mel Rosario	24	–	4	-0.2	–	–
Pete Incaviglia↔ NYY	33	FA-elig	48	-0.2	0.6	-0.8
Esteban Yan	22	–	3	-0.3	–	–
Terry Mathews	32	FA-elig	57	-0.3	0.7	-1.0
Tim Laker	27	–	7	-0.4	–	–
Geronimo Berroa↔ OAK	32	FA-elig	83	-0.4	1.8	-2.2
Alan Mills	30	FA-elig	39	-0.4	0.8	-1.3
Mike Johnson↔ WSN	21	pre-arb	14	-0.6	0.1	-0.7

39 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 31 of them (79%). Players without a salary show "–" — no single historical salary source is fully complete (especially 2020–2022).

WAR = FanGraphs (fWAR). Green = produced more value than paid (bargain); red = paid more than produced. Service: pre-arb (<3 yr) / arb (3–6) / FA-eligible (6+). Click headers to sort.

History: front-office performance & develop-vs-buy (1985–2024)

Trade ledger (realized WAR, all-time)

Best acquisitions

Player	Year	WAR for BAL
Brady Anderson	1988	33.0
Adam Jones	2008	29.6
Melvin Mora	2000	26.9
Chris Hoiles	1988	24.8
Scott Erickson	1995	16.4
J. J. Hardy	2010	14.3
Randy Milligan	1988	11.9
Mike Devereaux	1989	11.7

Ones that got away

Player	Year traded	WAR elsewhere
Dennis Martínez	1986	22.5
Jake Arrieta	2013	19.6
Bryn Smith	1977	16.4
Mickey Tettleton	1991	14.4
Eduardo Rodríguez	2014	14.3
Mike Yastrzemski	2019	11.3
Eddie Murray	1988	10.8
José Mesa	1992	9.1

Orioles BAL

1997 roster — every player, value & surplus

History: front-office performance & develop-vs-buy (1985–2024)

Trade ledger (realized WAR, all-time)