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GM: Andy MacPhail (since 2001)

2002 roster — every player, value & surplus

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-16.4
WAB — wins above budget
-1.0
TAB — roster Talent above budget
67–95 (0.414)
record
-21M
surplus $M (value/$)
34.6
roster fWAR
$73.3M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Sammy Sosa 33 FA-elig 150 5.1 15.0 -6.3
Matt Clement 27 arb 32 4.2 2.5 +4.8
Mark Bellhorn 27 arb 146 3.9 0.2 +6.4
Kerry Wood 25 arb 33 3.7 3.7 +2.6
Jon Lieber 32 FA-elig 21 3.1 5.8 -0.5
Mark Prior 21 19 3.0
Fred McGriff 38 FA-elig 146 2.4 7.2 -3.1
Bill Mueller↔ SFG 31 FA-elig 103 2.3 3.2 +0.8
Joe Borowski 31 FA-elig 73 1.5 0.2 +2.3
Moises Alou 35 FA-elig 132 1.4 6.0 -3.7
Alex Gonzalez 29 FA-elig 142 1.0 4.2 -2.5
Alan Benes 30 7 1.0
Carlos Zambrano 21 32 0.8
Jason Bere 31 FA-elig 16 0.7 3.4 -2.2
Antonio Alfonseca 30 arb 66 0.7 3.5 -2.4
Darren Lewis 34 FA-elig 58 0.6 0.5 +0.5
Robert Machado↔ MIL 29 FA-elig 22 0.5 0.1 +0.7
Bobby Hill 24 59 0.4
Tom Gordon↔ HOU 34 FA-elig 19 0.4 1.6 -0.8
Angel Echevarria 31 50 0.4
Roosevelt Brown 26 arb 111 0.4 0.3 +0.4
Delino DeShields 33 FA-elig 67 0.4 1.2 -0.7
Jeff Fassero↔ STL 39 FA-elig 57 0.3 2.2 -1.7
Todd Hundley 33 FA-elig 92 0.3 6.5 -6.1
Chris Stynes 29 FA-elig 98 0.2 1.2 -0.9
Corey Patterson 22 pre-arb 153 0.2 0.2 +0.2
Kevin Orie 29 13 0.2
Mike Mahoney 29 16 0.1
Courtney Duncan 27 2 0.0
Donovan Osborne 33 FA-elig 11 0.0 0.5 -0.4
Juan Cruz 23 pre-arb 45 0.0 0.2 -0.2
Pat Mahomes 31 18 -0.0
Will Cunnane 28 16 -0.0
Scott Chiasson 24 4 -0.2
Mario Encarnacion 26 3 -0.2
Francis Beltran 22 11 -0.3
Hee-Seop Choi 23 24 -0.4
Augie Ojeda 27 pre-arb 30 -0.5 0.2 -1.0
Kyle Farnsworth 26 arb 45 -0.5 0.4 -1.2
Jesus Sanchez 27 arb 8 -0.5 1.4 -2.2
Chad Hermansen↔ PIT 24 arb 35 -0.5 0.1 -0.9
Joe Girardi 37 FA-elig 90 -0.5 1.5 -2.3
Ron Mahay 31 11 -0.5
Steve Smyth 24 8 -0.5

44 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 28 of them (64%). 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