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GM: Pat Gillick (since 1996)

1998 roster — every player, value & surplus

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-10.4
WAB — wins above budget
-0.2
TAB — roster Talent above budget
79–83 (0.488)
record
-29M
surplus $M (value/$)
41.1
roster fWAR
$74.1M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Rafael Palmeiro 33 FA-elig 162 6.9 6.5 +0.9
Scott Erickson 30 FA-elig 36 5.3 3.7 +2.0
Mike Mussina 29 FA-elig 29 5.1 6.8 -1.3
Roberto Alomar 30 FA-elig 147 3.8 6.3 -2.3
Mike Bordick 32 FA-elig 151 3.5 3.6 +0.2
Eric Davis 36 FA-elig 131 3.2 2.5 +1.0
Jimmy Key 37 FA-elig 25 1.7 5.4 -3.6
Cal Ripken Jr. 37 FA-elig 161 1.6 6.4 -4.6
Chris Hoiles 33 FA-elig 97 1.6 3.6 -1.9
Juan Guzman↔ TOR 31 FA-elig 11 1.3 1.7 -0.2
Sidney Ponson 21 pre-arb 31 1.3 0.2 +1.3
B.J. Surhoff 33 FA-elig 162 1.2 1.7 -0.4
Lenny Webster 33 FA-elig 108 1.1 0.7 +0.4
Arthur Rhodes 28 FA-elig 45 1.1 2.9 -1.7
Jeffrey Hammonds↔ CIN 27 arb 63 0.9 0.9 +0.1
Harold Baines 39 FA-elig 104 0.9 1.3 -0.3
Jeff Reboulet 34 FA-elig 79 0.7 0.5 +0.3
Brady Anderson 34 FA-elig 133 0.7 5.4 -4.7
Doug Johns 30 arb 31 0.5 0.2 +0.3
Armando Benitez 25 arb 71 0.4 1.1 -0.7
Nerio Rodriguez↔ TOR 27 pre-arb 6 0.4 0.1 +0.3
Jesse Orosco 41 FA-elig 69 0.4 1.1 -0.7
Doug Drabek 35 FA-elig 23 0.3 1.7 -1.4
Pete Smith↔ SDP 32 FA-elig 27 0.1 0.7 -0.5
Calvin Pickering 21 9 0.1
Jesus Tavarez 27 8 0.1
Scott Kamieniecki 34 FA-elig 12 0.1 2.9 -2.8
Lyle Mouton 29 18 0.1
Ryan Minor 24 9 0.0
Willie Greene↔ CIN 26 FA-elig 24 0.0 0.3 -0.3
Radhames Dykhoff 23 1 0.0
Norm Charlton↔ ATL 35 FA-elig 36 -0.0 0.5 -0.5
Chris Fussell 22 3 -0.0
Joel Bennett 28 2 -0.0
Gene Kingsale 21 11 -0.0
Willis Otáñez 25 pre-arb 3 -0.1 0.2 -0.2
Rocky Coppinger 24 6 -0.1
Danny Clyburn 24 pre-arb 11 -0.1 0.2 -0.3
Charlie Greene 27 13 -0.1
P.J. Forbes 30 9 -0.2
Jerry Hairston Jr. 22 pre-arb 6 -0.2 0.2 -0.3
Richie Lewis 32 2 -0.2
Alan Mills 31 FA-elig 72 -0.2 1.0 -1.2
Bobby Munoz 30 9 -0.3
Ozzie Guillen↔ ATL 34 FA-elig 12 -0.3 0.1 -0.4
Rich Becker↔ NYM 26 arb 79 -0.3 1.0 -1.3
Joe Carter↔ SFG 38 FA-elig 85 -0.5 2.1 -2.6
Terry Mathews 33 FA-elig 17 -0.5 0.9 -1.4

48 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 35 of them (73%). 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
PlayerYearWAR for BAL
Brady Anderson198833.0
Adam Jones200829.6
Melvin Mora200026.9
Chris Hoiles198824.8
Scott Erickson199516.4
J. J. Hardy201014.3
Randy Milligan198811.9
Mike Devereaux198911.7
Ones that got away
PlayerYear tradedWAR elsewhere
Dennis Martínez198622.5
Jake Arrieta201319.6
Bryn Smith197716.4
Mickey Tettleton199114.4
Eduardo Rodríguez201414.3
Mike Yastrzemski201911.3
Eddie Murray198810.8
José Mesa19929.1