Rosternomics

Red Sox BOS

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GM: Dan Duquette (since 1995)

1996 roster — every player, value & surplus

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+0.2
WAB — wins above budget
-5.1
TAB — roster Talent above budget
85–77 (0.525)
record
-13M
surplus $M (value/$)
31.9
roster fWAR
$40.8M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Roger Clemens 33 FA-elig 34 6.8 5.5 +0.3
Mo Vaughn 28 arb 161 6.2 5.4 -0.2
Tim Naehring 29 FA-elig 116 3.4 1.2 +1.7
Aaron Sele 26 arb 29 3.3 0.4 +2.4
Jose Canseco 31 FA-elig 96 3.0 4.7 -2.2
John Valentin 29 arb 131 2.8 2.7 -0.3
Tom Gordon 28 FA-elig 34 2.8 3.0 -0.7
Mike Stanley 33 FA-elig 121 2.1 2.3 -0.5
Heathcliff Slocumb 30 arb 75 1.9 1.4 +0.2
Reggie Jefferson 27 arb 122 1.9 0.7 +0.9
Bill Haselman 30 FA-elig 77 1.0 0.3 +0.5
Tim Wakefield 29 arb 32 1.0 0.5 +0.4
Rudy Pemberton 26 13 0.7
Jeff Frye 29 arb 105 0.7 0.1 +0.5
Jamie Moyer↔ SEA 33 FA-elig 23 0.6 0.6 -0.0
Tony Rodriguez 25 27 0.4
Rich Garces 25 FA-elig 37 0.4 0.1 +0.2
Mike Greenwell 32 FA-elig 77 0.3 3.7 -3.5
Mark Brandenburg↔ TEX 25 pre-arb 29 0.2 0.1 +0.1
Mike Stanton↔ TEX 29 FA-elig 59 0.2 1.3 -1.1
Jeff Suppan 21 pre-arb 8 0.1 0.1 -0.0
Nomar Garciaparra 22 pre-arb 24 0.1 0.1 -0.1
Scott Hatteberg 26 10 0.0
Ken Grundt 26 1 0.0
Trot Nixon 22 2 -0.0
Nate Minchey 26 arb 2 -0.0 0.1 -0.1
Alex Delgado 25 pre-arb 26 -0.0 0.1 -0.1
Brent Knackert 26 8 -0.0
Greg Pirkl↔ SEA 25 2 -0.0
John Doherty 29 arb 3 -0.1 0.4 -0.5
Brad Pennington↔ ANA 27 arb 14 -0.1 0.1 -0.2
Phil Clark 28 3 -0.1
Jeff Manto↔ SEA 31 FA-elig 22 -0.1 0.1 -0.2
Darren Bragg↔ SEA 26 pre-arb 58 -0.1 0.1 -0.2
Jim Tatum↔ SDP 28 2 -0.1
Milt Cuyler 27 FA-elig 50 -0.1 0.2 -0.4
Kerry Lacy 23 pre-arb 11 -0.1 0.1 -0.2
Vaughn Eshelman 27 pre-arb 39 -0.2 0.1 -0.3
Reggie Harris 27 FA-elig 4 -0.2 0.1 -0.3
Stan Belinda 29 FA-elig 31 -0.2 1.3 -1.5
Mike Maddux 34 FA-elig 23 -0.3 0.6 -0.8
Joe Hudson 25 36 -0.3
Pat Mahomes↔ MIN 25 arb 11 -0.3 0.1 -0.3
Bill Selby 26 40 -0.3
Dwayne Hosey 29 pre-arb 28 -0.3 0.2 -0.5
Arquimedez Pozo 22 21 -0.4
Alex Cole 30 24 -0.4
Wil Cordero 24 arb 59 -0.4 1.9 -2.2
Kevin Mitchell↔ CIN 34 FA-elig 27 -0.5 0.5 -0.9
Eric Gunderson 30 28 -0.5
Jose Malave 25 41 -0.5
Esteban Beltre 28 arb 27 -0.6 0.2 -0.7
Lee Tinsley↔ PHI 27 arb 92 -0.6 0.2 -0.7
Troy O'Leary 26 arb 149 -1.3 0.2 -1.3

54 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 39 of them (72%). 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 BOS
Jason Varitek199721.2
Josh Beckett200520.1
Derek Lowe199718.0
Curt Schilling200315.2
Eduardo Rodríguez201414.3
Rick Porcello201413.1
Jarrod Saltalamacchia20108.8
Wilyer Abreu20227.5
Ones that got away
PlayerYear tradedWAR elsewhere
Jeff Bagwell199080.2
Brady Anderson198833.0
Hanley Ramírez200529.1
Jamie Moyer199628.0
Carlton Fisk198518.3
Carney Lansford198216.7
Carlos Martínez201316.0
Ernie Whitt198514.7