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GM: Andy MacPhail (since 2001)

2001 roster — every player, value & surplus

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+4.4
WAB — wins above budget
+7.0
TAB — roster Talent above budget
88–74 (0.543)
record
-1M
surplus $M (value/$)
42.8
roster fWAR
$70.3M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Sammy Sosa 32 FA-elig 160 9.9 12.5 +3.4
Jon Lieber 31 FA-elig 35 4.4 5.1 +2.1
Kerry Wood 24 arb 29 4.0 1.9 +4.5
Kevin Tapani 37 FA-elig 29 3.1 6.5 -1.4
Jason Bere 30 FA-elig 32 3.1 2.2 +2.8
Julian Tavarez 28 FA-elig 34 2.1 2.3 +1.1
Kyle Farnsworth 25 pre-arb 76 2.0 0.2 +2.9
Ricky Gutierrez 31 FA-elig 147 1.8 3.4 -0.5
Jeff Fassero 38 FA-elig 82 1.7 2.4 +0.3
Bill Mueller 30 arb 70 1.7 2.8 -0.0
Rondell White 29 FA-elig 95 1.7 4.0 -1.3
Tom Gordon 33 FA-elig 47 1.5 2.0 +0.4
Matt Stairs 33 FA-elig 128 1.4 3.2 -1.0
Eric Young Sr. 34 FA-elig 149 1.3 4.5 -2.4
Fred McGriff↔ TBR 37 FA-elig 49 1.2 2.2 -0.3
Michael Tucker↔ CIN 30 FA-elig 63 1.0 0.8 +0.9
Juan Cruz 22 11 0.8
Todd Van Poppel 29 FA-elig 59 0.8 0.8 +0.4
Joe Girardi 36 FA-elig 78 0.8 2.0 -0.7
Delino DeShields↔ BAL 32 FA-elig 68 0.6 2.3 -1.4
Roosevelt Brown 25 pre-arb 39 0.4 0.2 +0.3
Gary Matthews Jr.↔ PIT 26 pre-arb 106 0.3 0.2 +0.3
Courtney Duncan 26 pre-arb 36 0.3 0.2 +0.2
David Weathers↔ MIL 31 FA-elig 28 0.2 0.4 -0.1
Miguel Cairo↔ STL 27 66 0.2
Chad Meyers 25 18 0.1
Todd Dunwoody 26 33 0.0
Mike Fyhrie↔ OAK 31 arb 15 -0.0 0.2 -0.2
Jason Smith 23 2 -0.0
Will Ohman 23 11 -0.0
Robert Machado 28 52 -0.1
Scott Chiasson 23 6 -0.1
Ron Coomer 34 FA-elig 111 -0.1 1.1 -1.3
Joe Borowski 30 1 -0.1
Corey Patterson 21 59 -0.2
Ron Mahay 30 17 -0.2
Manny Aybar 29 arb 17 -0.2 0.7 -1.0
Julio Zuleta 26 pre-arb 49 -0.3 0.2 -0.6
Felix Heredia 26 arb 48 -0.3 1.1 -1.6
Carlos Zambrano 20 6 -0.3
Augie Ojeda 26 pre-arb 78 -0.4 0.2 -0.9
Damon Buford 31 FA-elig 35 -0.5 1.1 -1.8
Todd Hundley 32 FA-elig 79 -0.6 3.5 -4.5

43 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 31 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 CHC
Sammy Sosa199260.7
Ryne Sandberg198248.2
Anthony Rizzo201231.1
Aramis Ramírez200325.0
Kyle Hendricks201224.4
Derrek Lee200321.4
Jake Arrieta201319.6
Rick Sutcliffe198417.2
Ones that got away
PlayerYear tradedWAR elsewhere
Rafael Palmeiro198842.3
Dontrelle Willis200220.7
Dennis Eckersley198719.3
Ricky Nolasco200517.5
Jon Garland199817.2
Chris Archer201116.9
Gleyber Torres201615.9
Josh Donaldson200813.8