Rosternomics

Red Sox BOS

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GM: Dan Duquette (since 1995)

1997 roster — every player, value & surplus

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-4.9
WAB — wins above budget
+6.3
TAB — roster Talent above budget
78–84 (0.481)
record
-1M
surplus $M (value/$)
41.5
roster fWAR
$42.3M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Nomar Garciaparra 23 pre-arb 153 6.4 0.1 +6.4
Tom Gordon 29 FA-elig 42 4.4 2.9 +1.6
John Valentin 30 arb 143 4.3 3.8 +0.7
Mo Vaughn 29 FA-elig 141 4.0 6.3 -2.3
Darren Bragg 27 arb 153 3.1 0.2 +2.9
Tim Naehring 30 FA-elig 70 2.1 2.7 -0.5
Wil Cordero 25 arb 140 2.0 3.0 -1.0
Tim Wakefield 30 arb 35 1.8 2.5 -0.7
Troy O'Leary 27 arb 146 1.7 1.1 +0.6
Jeff Frye 30 arb 127 1.7 0.9 +0.8
Butch Henry 28 arb 36 1.6 0.4 +1.2
Jeff Suppan 22 23 1.4
Mike Stanley↔ NYY 34 FA-elig 97 1.3 1.6 -0.3
Jim Corsi 35 FA-elig 52 1.2 0.5 +0.8
Reggie Jefferson 28 FA-elig 136 1.1 1.9 -0.7
Scott Hatteberg 27 pre-arb 114 1.1 0.1 +1.0
Chris Hammond 31 FA-elig 29 0.9 0.7 +0.3
Aaron Sele 27 arb 33 0.8 1.1 -0.3
Shane Mack 33 FA-elig 60 0.7 1.9 -1.2
Robinson Checo 25 pre-arb 5 0.6 0.9 -0.3
John Wasdin 24 pre-arb 53 0.5 0.2 +0.3
Mark Brandenburg 26 pre-arb 31 0.4 0.2 +0.2
Derek Lowe↔ SEA 24 8 0.4
Vaughn Eshelman 28 pre-arb 21 0.4 0.2 +0.2
Joe Hudson 26 pre-arb 26 0.2 0.1 +0.0
Ron Mahay 26 pre-arb 28 0.1 0.1 -0.0
Curtis Pride↔ DET 28 arb 2 0.1 0.0 +0.1
Mike Benjamin 31 49 0.1
Brian Rose 21 1 0.1
Jason Varitek 25 1 0.0
Ken Grundt 27 2 0.0
Jose Malave 26 pre-arb 4 -0.0 0.1 -0.2
Michael Coleman 21 8 -0.0
Steve Avery 27 FA-elig 24 -0.1 4.8 -4.9
Arquimedez Pozo 23 4 -0.1
Walt McKeel 25 5 -0.1
Bret Saberhagen 33 FA-elig 6 -0.1 0.5 -0.6
Rich Garces 26 FA-elig 12 -0.1 0.2 -0.3
Bill Haselman 31 FA-elig 67 -0.2 0.7 -0.8
Toby Borland↔ NYM 28 arb 3 -0.2 0.0 -0.3
Rudy Pemberton 27 pre-arb 27 -0.2 0.2 -0.4
Heathcliff Slocumb↔ SEA 31 FA-elig 49 -0.2 1.5 -1.7
Ricky Trlicek↔ NYM 28 arb 18 -0.3 0.1 -0.4
Pat Mahomes 26 arb 10 -0.3 0.4 -0.7
Jesus Tavarez 26 arb 42 -0.6 0.2 -0.8
Kerry Lacy 24 33 -0.6

46 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 36 of them (78%). 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