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Red Sox BOS

199380–82 (0.494)
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GM: Lou Gorman

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 1993, 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
$38M
Surplus $M
-7
Win %
0.494
TAB
+0.6
WAB
-4.1
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
36.9
Dead money %
39%
Depth Players
9.0
Dead WAR
-5.1

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

1993 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

RTony Peña Sr.125
RBob Melvin76
RJohn Flaherty13
LSteve Lyons1

1B

LMo Vaughn131
RCarlos Quintana53
LScott Cooper2
RBob Melvin1
LErnest Riles1
LSteve Lyons1

2B

RScott Fletcher116
RLuis Rivera27
LErnest Riles20
RTim Naehring15
LSteve Lyons9
RJeff Richardson8
RBilly Hatcher2

3B

LScott Cooper154
LErnest Riles11
RTim Naehring9
RLuis Ortiz5
RLuis Rivera2
RJeff Richardson1
RScott Fletcher1
LSteve Lyons1

SS

RJohn Valentin144
RLuis Rivera27
RJeff Richardson5
RTim Naehring4
RScott Fletcher2
LScott Cooper1

LF

LMike Greenwell134
RBob Zupcic48
LGreg Blosser9
RIvan Calderon⇄9
RCarlos Quintana1

CF

RBilly Hatcher129
RBob Zupcic37
RJeff McNeely13
LSteve Lyons6
RIvan Calderon⇄2

RF

RBob Zupcic54
RCarlos Quintana50
RIvan Calderon⇄39
RRob Deer⇄37
RAndre Dawson20
LSteve Lyons4
RBilly Hatcher2

DH

RAndre Dawson97
LMo Vaughn19
RTim Naehring10
LMike Greenwell9
LErnest Riles8
LGreg Blosser1
RRob Deer⇄1
RScott Fletcher1

Starters

RRoger Clemens3.7 WAR
RDanny Darwin2.9 WAR
LFrank Viola2.7 WAR
RAaron Sele2.6 WAR
RJohn Dopson1.8 WAR
RPaul Quantrill1.2 WAR
LJoe Hesketh0.3 WAR
RNate Minchey0.3 WAR

Bullpen

★ RJeff Russell33 sv
RGreg Harris0 h
LTony Fossas0 h
RKen Ryan0 h
RScott Bankhead0 h
LScott Taylor0 h
RCory Bailey0 h
RJose Melendez0 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 1992)

PlayerfWAR
Scott Fletcher3.9
Aaron Sele2.6
Jeff Russell1.8
Jeff Richardson0.4
Nate Minchey0.3
Jeff McNeely0.2

Key subtractions (gone from 1992)

Player1992 fWAR
Tom Brunansky1.8
Wade Boggs1.5
Mike Gardiner1.0
Ellis Burks0.7
Tom Bolton0.5
Jeff Reardon0.4

Contract Value

WAR translated into tier-adjusted market value, then compared with what the player was paid by Red Sox. Guaranteed contracts from the 2015-present contract-data period use the known contract period through 1993; everyone else is shown as a 1993 season snapshot.

PlayerPeriodfWARTier Market $MPaid $MSurplus $M$ / WARTierContract
John Valentin 1993 +5.2 +62.1 0.2 +61.9 $0.0M 1.51× –
Roger Clemens 1993 +3.7 +65.1 4.7 +60.5 $1.3M 2.19× –
Mike Greenwell 1993 +3.9 +55.6 3.4 +52.2 $0.9M 1.79× –
Danny Darwin 1993 +2.9 +45.1 2.8 +42.4 $1.0M 1.96× –
Aaron Sele 1993 +2.6 +40.3 0.1 +40.2 $0.0M 1.96× –
Scott Fletcher 1993 +3.9 +37.9 0.8 +37.1 $0.2M 1.20× –
Frank Viola 1993 +2.7 +41.6 4.8 +36.8 $1.8M 1.96× –
Mo Vaughn 1993 +3.4 +29.1 0.3 +28.8 $0.1M 1.07× –
Jeff Russell 1993 +1.8 +28.3 2.2 +26.1 $1.2M 1.95× –
Scott Cooper 1993 +2.9 +25.5 0.2 +25.3 $0.1M 1.12× –
John Dopson 1993 +1.8 +21.3 0.8 +20.5 $0.4M 1.49× –
Greg Harris 1993 +1.2 +12.7 1.5 +11.2 $1.3M 1.34× –
Billy Hatcher 1993 +1.4 +9.5 1.0 +8.5 $0.7M 0.83× –
Paul Quantrill 1993 +1.2 +6.6 0.1 +6.5 $0.1M 0.67× –
Ken Ryan 1993 +0.7 +3.8 0.1 +3.7 $0.2M 0.67× –
Tony Fossas 1993 +0.5 +2.4 0.5 +1.9 $1.1M 0.67× –
Tim Naehring 1993 +0.4 +1.8 0.2 +1.6 $0.5M 0.56× –
Jeff Richardson 1993 +0.4 +1.6 0.1 +1.5 $0.3M 0.56× –
Bob Zupcic 1993 +0.2 +1.1 0.2 +0.9 $1.3M 0.83× –
Jose Melendez 1993 +0.2 +0.8 0.2 +0.6 $1.6M 0.67× –
Ivan Calderon↔ 1993 +0.0 +0.2 0.1 +0.1 $2.9M 0.83× –
Rob Deer↔ 1993 +0.1 +0.7 0.6 +0.1 $5.9M 0.83× –
Joe Hesketh 1993 +0.3 +1.7 1.8 -0.1 $5.7M 0.67× –
John Flaherty 1993 -0.1 -0.3 0.1 -0.4 – 0.52× –
Scott Bankhead 1993 +0.1 +0.8 1.1 -0.4 $7.7M 0.67× –
Luis Ortiz 1993 -0.2 -0.9 0.1 -1.0 – 0.58× –
Ernest Riles 1993 -0.3 -1.5 0.4 -1.9 – 0.56× –
Luis Rivera 1993 -0.4 -1.7 1.1 -2.8 – 0.56× –
Bob Melvin 1993 -0.8 -3.3 0.7 -4.0 – 0.52× –
Carlos Quintana 1993 -1.1 -5.1 0.3 -5.4 – 0.56× –
Tony Peña Sr. 1993 -1.1 -4.6 2.2 -6.8 – 0.52× –
Andre Dawson 1993 -0.4 -2.3 4.9 -7.1 – 0.69× –
Cory Bailey 1993 +0.1 +0.5 – – – 0.67× –
Greg Blosser 1993 -0.3 -2.3 – – – 0.83× –
Jeff McNeely 1993 +0.2 +1.6 – – – 0.83× –
Jim Byrd 1993 +0.0 +0.0 – – – 0.65× –
Nate Minchey 1993 +0.3 +2.5 – – – 1.02× –
Scott Taylor 1993 -0.2 -1.3 – – – 0.67× –
Steve Lyons 1993 -0.1 -0.5 – – – 0.56× –
Total—+37.1+476.437.6+438.5—

Trades

Every graded 1993 deal involving the Red Sox — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 1 total.

1993 · BOS / PIT
BOS · Lou Gorman +$0.8M
Jeff Richardson
PIT · Ted Simmons −$0.8M
Daryl Irvine
BOS came out ahead by $0.8M

Current & Historical Payroll

1993 payroll
$37.7M

What the front office was committed to as of 1993, 1993–1999. 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 (19)

PlayerAgeSvc1993199419951996199719981999
Andre Dawson3817.000$4.9M$4.4MFREE AGENT
Frank Viola3311.000$4.8M$4.3MFREE AGENT
Roger Clemens309.000$4.7M$5.2M$5.7M$5.5MFREE AGENT
Mike Greenwell298.000$3.4M$3.3M$3.6M$3.7MFREE AGENT
Danny Darwin3715.000$2.8M$2.6MFREE AGENT
Tony Peña Sr.3613.000$2.2MFREE AGENT
Jeff Russell3110.000$2.2M$2.1MFREE AGENT
Joe Hesketh349.000$1.8M$1.8MFREE AGENT
Greg Harris3712.000$1.5M$1.6MFREE AGENT
Scott Bankhead297.000$1.1M$1.4MFREE AGENT
Luis Rivera297.000$1.1MFREE AGENT
Billy Hatcher329.000$1.0M$329kFREE AGENT
Scott Fletcher3412.000$825k$500kFREE AGENT
John Dopson298.000$750kFREE AGENT
Bob Melvin318.000$725kFREE AGENT
Rob Deer329.000$614kFREE AGENT
Ernest Riles328.000$400kFREE AGENT
Ivan Calderon319.000$97kFREE AGENT
Steve Lyons338.000—FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (6)

PlayerAgeSvc1993199419951996199719981999
Tony Fossas355.000$475kFREE AGENT
Carlos Quintana275.000$340kFREE AGENT
Scott Cooper253.000$240kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jose Melendez273.000$235kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Tim Naehring263.000$200kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jeff Richardson274.000$115kARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (14)

PlayerAgeSvc1993199419951996199719981999
Mo Vaughn252.000$290kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Bob Zupcic262.000$222kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
John Valentin261.000$170kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Paul Quantrill241.000$150kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
John Flaherty251.000$125kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ken Ryan241.000$118kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Luis Ortiz230.000$109kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Aaron Sele230.000$109kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Cory Bailey220.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Greg Blosser220.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jim Byrd24–—
Jeff McNeely23–—
Nate Minchey230.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Scott Taylor25–—

Graphs

How each 1993 acquisition stacked onto Red Sox's playoff-odds curve. The side table is ranked by PPA.

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