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GM: Jim Beattie (since 2003)

2003 roster — every player, value & surplus

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-7.1
WAB — wins above budget
-3.2
TAB — roster Talent above budget
71–91 (0.438)
record
-18M
surplus $M (value/$)
27.4
roster fWAR
$51.1M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Melvin Mora 31 arb 96 5.0 1.7 +7.1
Luis Matos 24 109 3.6
Sidney Ponson↔ SFG 26 arb 21 3.4 2.9 +3.2
Brian Roberts 25 112 2.9
Jason Johnson 29 FA-elig 32 2.1 2.9 +0.8
B.J. Ryan 27 arb 76 1.6 0.8 +2.1
Rodrigo Lopez 27 arb 26 1.3 0.3 +2.0
Omar Daal 31 FA-elig 19 1.3 3.0 -0.8
Jeff Conine↔ MIA 37 FA-elig 124 1.2 3.5 -1.4
Eric DuBose 27 17 1.1
Pat Hentgen 34 FA-elig 28 1.1 1.2 +0.7
Jay Gibbons 26 pre-arb 160 0.9 0.4 +1.2
Jerry Hairston Jr. 27 arb 58 0.8 1.6 -0.1
Larry Bigbie 25 83 0.7
Deivi Cruz 30 FA-elig 152 0.7 1.0 +0.3
Kerry Ligtenberg 32 FA-elig 68 0.6 1.2 -0.2
B.J. Surhoff 38 FA-elig 93 0.5 1.0 -0.1
Robert Machado 30 18 0.5
Rick Bauer 26 pre-arb 35 0.5 0.3 +0.5
Brook Fordyce 33 FA-elig 108 0.4 3.5 -2.8
Geronimo Gil 27 pre-arb 54 0.3 0.3 +0.2
Travis Driskill 31 20 0.2
Rick Helling↔ MIA 32 FA-elig 24 0.2 0.7 -0.4
Matt Riley 23 2 0.2
Jack Cust 24 27 0.2
John Parrish 25 14 0.2
Marty Cordova 33 FA-elig 9 0.1 3.1 -3.0
David Segui 36 FA-elig 67 -0.0 7.0 -7.0
Pedro Swann 32 8 -0.0
Kurt Ainsworth↔ SFG 24 pre-arb 3 -0.0 0.1 -0.1
Buddy Groom 37 FA-elig 60 -0.0 3.0 -3.1
Hector Carrasco 33 40 -0.1
Sean Douglass 24 3 -0.2
Tony Batista 29 FA-elig 161 -0.2 6.4 -6.7
Tim Raines Jr. 23 20 -0.3
Carlos Mendez 29 26 -0.4
Gary Matthews Jr.↔ SDP 28 arb 41 -0.4 0.3 -0.9
Jose Leon 26 pre-arb 21 -0.4 0.3 -1.0
Jose Morban 23 pre-arb 61 -0.4 0.3 -1.1
Jorge Julio 24 pre-arb 64 -0.4 0.3 -1.1
Willis Roberts 28 arb 26 -0.5 3.5 -4.3
Damian Moss↔ SFG 26 pre-arb 10 -0.7 0.5 -1.8

42 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 28 of them (67%). 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