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GM: Lou Gorman

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 1994, 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
-14
Win %
0.470
TAB
-9.6
WAB
-5.7
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
18.9
Dead money %
68%
Depth Players
5.0
Dead WAR
-6.2

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

1994 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

BDamon Berryhill67
RRich Rowland39

1B

LMo Vaughn106
RTim Naehring8
RTom Brunansky⇄5
RGreg Litton3
RDave Valle⇄2
RStan Royer⇄2
RRich Rowland1

2B

RScott Fletcher53
RTim Naehring49
BCarlos Rodriguez20
RGreg Litton4

3B

LScott Cooper104
RTim Naehring11
BCarlos Rodriguez4
RGreg Litton3
RStan Royer⇄2
RLuis Ortiz1

SS

RJohn Valentin83
BCarlos Rodriguez32
RTim Naehring8

LF

LMike Greenwell84
BLee Tinsley27
RTom Brunansky⇄11
LAndy Tomberlin5
LGreg Blosser1

CF

BOtis Nixon103
BLee Tinsley26

RF

RWes Chamberlain⇄52
RTom Brunansky⇄29
BLee Tinsley11
LAndy Tomberlin6
LGreg Blosser2

DH

RAndre Dawson73
RWes Chamberlain⇄9
RTim Naehring7
RLuis Ortiz6
LMike Greenwell5
BDamon Berryhill4
RTom Brunansky⇄3
REric Wedge2
RRich Rowland2
LGreg Blosser1
LAndy Tomberlin1
LMo Vaughn1
RJohn Valentin1

Starters

RRoger Clemens4.2 WAR
RAaron Sele2.4 WAR
LJoe Hesketh2.3 WAR
RDanny Darwin0.8 WAR
RNate Minchey0.4 WAR
RGar Finnvold0.3 WAR
LFrank Viola0.3 WAR
LChris Nabholz⇄0.1 WAR
RTim Van Egmond-0.0 WAR
RSergio Valdez-0.3 WAR
RRicky Trlicek-0.5 WAR

Bullpen

★ RKen Ryan13 sv
LTony Fossas0 h
LChris Howard0 h
RGreg Harris⇄0 h
RJeff Russell⇄0 h
RScott Bankhead0 h
RTodd Frohwirth0 h
RPaul Quantrill⇄0 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 1993)

PlayerfWAR
Otis Nixon0.4
Rich Rowland0.4
Lee Tinsley0.4
Tom Brunansky0.3
Gar Finnvold0.3
Chris Howard0.2

Key subtractions (gone from 1993)

Player1993 fWAR
John Dopson1.8
Jeff Richardson0.4
Jeff McNeely0.2
Rob Deer0.1
Ivan Calderon0.0
Jim Byrd0.0

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 1994; everyone else is shown as a 1994 season snapshot.

PlayerPeriodfWARTier Market $MPaid $MSurplus $M$ / WARTierContract
Roger Clemens 1994 +4.2 +73.0 5.2 +67.8 $1.2M 2.19× –
John Valentin 1994 +4.1 +42.7 0.4 +42.4 $0.1M 1.32× –
Aaron Sele 1994 +2.4 +28.8 0.2 +28.6 $0.1M 1.49× –
Joe Hesketh 1994 +2.3 +27.8 1.8 +26.1 $0.7M 1.49× –
Mo Vaughn 1994 +2.6 +22.1 0.7 +21.4 $0.3M 1.07× –
Scott Cooper 1994 +2.0 +13.3 0.5 +12.8 $0.3M 0.85× –
Ken Ryan 1994 +1.1 +12.3 0.2 +12.1 $0.2M 1.34× –
Tim Naehring 1994 +1.7 +11.0 0.3 +10.7 $0.2M 0.82× –
Danny Darwin 1994 +0.8 +6.3 2.6 +3.6 $3.4M 1.02× –
Nate Minchey 1994 +0.4 +3.0 0.1 +2.9 $0.3M 1.02× –
Lee Tinsley 1994 +0.4 +2.8 0.1 +2.6 $0.3M 0.83× –
Scott Fletcher 1994 +0.5 +2.4 0.5 +1.9 $0.9M 0.56× –
Rich Rowland 1994 +0.4 +1.8 0.1 +1.6 $0.3M 0.52× –
Tom Brunansky↔ 1994 +0.3 +2.1 0.8 +1.2 $2.7M 0.83× –
Carlos Rodriguez 1994 +0.1 +0.6 0.1 +0.5 $0.8M 0.61× –
Steve Farr↔ 1994 +0.0 +0.3 0.3 -0.1 $6.7M 0.67× –
Paul Quantrill↔ 1994 -0.0 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 – 0.67× –
Tim Van Egmond 1994 -0.0 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 – 1.02× –
Scott Bankhead 1994 +0.2 +1.2 1.4 -0.3 $6.7M 0.67× –
Damon Berryhill 1994 +0.0 +0.1 0.5 -0.4 $33.5M 0.52× –
Otis Nixon 1994 +0.4 +2.9 3.2 -0.4 $7.6M 0.83× –
Tony Fossas 1994 -0.0 -0.1 0.5 -0.6 – 0.67× –
Greg Blosser 1994 -0.1 -0.6 0.1 -0.7 – 0.83× –
Stan Royer↔ 1994 -0.2 -0.7 0.0 -0.7 – 0.56× –
Jeff Russell↔ 1994 +0.1 +0.5 2.1 -1.6 $22.6M 0.67× –
Sergio Valdez 1994 -0.3 -1.5 0.2 -1.7 – 0.67× –
Greg Harris↔ 1994 -0.1 -0.3 1.6 -1.9 – 0.67× –
Frank Viola 1994 +0.3 +2.3 4.3 -2.0 $15.3M 1.02× –
Mike Greenwell 1994 +0.2 +1.3 3.3 -2.1 $17.6M 0.83× –
Ricky Trlicek 1994 -0.5 -2.5 0.2 -2.6 – 0.67× –
Wes Chamberlain↔ 1994 -0.4 -2.4 0.2 -2.6 – 0.83× –
Dave Valle↔ 1994 -0.6 -2.8 0.8 -3.6 – 0.56× –
Billy Hatcher↔ 1994 -1.1 -7.5 0.3 -7.9 – 0.83× –
Andre Dawson 1994 -0.7 -3.9 4.4 -8.3 – 0.69× –
Chris Nabholz↔ 1994 +0.1 +0.6 0.5 +0.0 $7.9M 1.02× –
Andy Tomberlin 1994 +0.0 +0.0 – – – 0.83× –
Bob Zupcic↔ 1994 -0.5 -3.0 – – – 0.83× –
Chris Howard 1994 +0.2 +0.8 – – – 0.67× –
Cory Bailey 1994 -0.2 -0.8 – – – 0.67× –
Eric Wedge 1994 -0.1 -0.8 – – – 0.69× –
Gar Finnvold 1994 +0.3 +2.5 – – – 1.02× –
Greg Litton 1994 -0.8 -3.6 – – – 0.56× –
Jose Melendez 1994 -0.2 -1.1 – – – 0.67× –
Luis Ortiz 1994 -0.3 -1.6 – – – 0.69× –
Todd Frohwirth 1994 -0.2 -1.1 – – – 0.67× –
Total—+18.8+228.037.7+198.3—

Trades

Every graded 1994 deal involving the Red Sox — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 9 total.

1994 · BOS / CLE
BOS · Lou Gorman +$5.6M
Chris Nabholz, Steve Farr
CLE · John Hart −$5.6M
Jeff Russell
BOS came out ahead by $5.6M
1994 · BOS / SEA
BOS · Lou Gorman +$12.0M
Lee Tinsley
SEA · Woody Woodward −$12.0M
Tim Smith
BOS came out ahead by $12.0M
1994 · PHI / BOS
PHI · Lee Thomas +$9.6M
Paul Quantrill, Billy Hatcher
BOS · Lou Gorman −$9.6M
Wes Chamberlain, Mike Sullivan
PHI came out ahead by $9.6M
1994 · BOS / DET
BOS · Lou Gorman +$4.0M
Rich Rowland
DET · Jerry Walker −$4.0M
John Flaherty
BOS came out ahead by $4.0M
1994 · BOS / WSN
BOS · Lou Gorman +$0.0M
Glenn Murray
WSN · Dan Duquette +$0.0M
Derek Vinyard
Even trade
1994 · MIL / BOS
MIL · Sal Bando +$0.0M
Dave Valle
BOS · Lou Gorman +$0.0M
Tom Brunansky
Even trade
1994 · COL / BOS
COL · Bob Gebhard +$0.8M
Brian Conroy
BOS · Lou Gorman −$0.8M
Keith Shepherd
COL came out ahead by $0.8M
1994 · BOS / STL
BOS · Lou Gorman +$8.8M
Luis Alicea
STL · Dal Maxvill −$8.8M
Jeff McNeely, Nate Minchey
BOS came out ahead by $8.8M
1994 · BOS / TEX
BOS · Lou Gorman +$28.0M
José Canseco
TEX · Sandy Johnson −$28.0M
Otis Nixon, Luis Ortiz
BOS came out ahead by $28.0M

Current & Historical Payroll

1994 payroll
$37.9M

What the front office was committed to as of 1994, 1994–2000. 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)

PlayerAgeSvc1994199519961997199819992000
Roger Clemens3110.000$5.2M$5.7M$5.5MFREE AGENT
Andre Dawson3918.000$4.4MFREE AGENT
Frank Viola3412.000$4.3MFREE AGENT
Mike Greenwell309.000$3.3M$3.6M$3.7MFREE AGENT
Otis Nixon3511.000$3.2MFREE AGENT
Danny Darwin3816.000$2.6MFREE AGENT
Jeff Russell3211.000$2.1MFREE AGENT
Joe Hesketh3510.000$1.8MFREE AGENT
Greg Harris3813.000$1.6MFREE AGENT
Scott Bankhead308.000$1.4MFREE AGENT
Tom Brunansky3313.000$825kFREE AGENT
Dave Valle3310.000$783kFREE AGENT
Damon Berryhill307.000$500kFREE AGENT
Scott Fletcher3513.000$500kFREE AGENT
Tony Fossas366.000$475kFREE AGENT
Steve Farr3710.000$330kFREE AGENT
Billy Hatcher3310.000$329kFREE AGENT
Sergio Valdez298.000$170kFREE AGENT
Todd Frohwirth317.000—FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (12)

PlayerAgeSvc1994199519961997199819992000
Mo Vaughn263.000$675kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Chris Nabholz274.000$543kARB 3FREE AGENT
Scott Cooper264.000$500kARB 3FREE AGENT
Tim Naehring274.000$300kARB 3FREE AGENT
Wes Chamberlain284.000$238kARB 3FREE AGENT
Rich Rowland304.000$142kARB 3FREE AGENT
Carlos Rodriguez263.000$109kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Stan Royer263.000$12kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Greg Litton295.000—FREE AGENT
Jose Melendez284.000—ARB 3FREE AGENT
Eric Wedge263.000—ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Bob Zupcic273.000—ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (14)

PlayerAgeSvc1994199519961997199819992000
John Valentin272.000$370kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Aaron Sele241.000$190kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ken Ryan252.000$180kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ricky Trlicek252.000$165kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Nate Minchey241.000$122kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Lee Tinsley251.000$119kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Paul Quantrill252.000$114kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Greg Blosser231.000$109kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Tim Van Egmond250.000$109kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Cory Bailey231.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Gar Finnvold26–—
Chris Howard28–—
Luis Ortiz241.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Andy Tomberlin271.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

How each 1994 acquisition stacked onto Red Sox's playoff-odds curve. The side table is ranked by PPA.

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