Rosternomics

White Sox CHW

198585–77 (0.525)
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GM: Roland Hemond

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 1985, 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
$10M
Win %
0.525
TAB
-7.0
WAB
+3.3
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
27.0
Dead money %
34%
Depth Players
6.0
Dead WAR
-3.8

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

1985 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

RCarlton Fisk130
RMarc Hill37
RJoel Skinner21

1B

LGreg Walker151
RTom Paciorek39
LJoseph DeSa9
RLuis Salazar6
LMike Squires2

2B

BJulio Cruz87
BBryan Little68
RScott Fletcher38
RTim Hulett Sr.28

3B

RTim Hulett Sr.115
RScott Fletcher54
RLuis Salazar39
BBryan Little2
RMarc Hill1

SS

LOzzie Guillen150
RScott Fletcher44
BBryan Little1

LF

LRudy Law104
RRon Kittle57
RLuis Salazar26
RReid Nichols20
LMark Ryal12
BJerry Hairston Sr.5
BMark Gilbert2
LJoseph DeSa1
RTim Hulett Sr.1

CF

LDaryl Boston90
RLuis Salazar68
LRudy Law32
RReid Nichols25
BMark Gilbert5
BJohn Cangelosi4
LMark Ryal1

RF

LHarold Baines159
RReid Nichols7
LDaryl Boston4
RLuis Salazar1
BMark Gilbert1

DH

RRon Kittle51
LOscar Gamble43
RCarlton Fisk28
BJerry Hairston Sr.23
RTom Paciorek7
LGreg Walker6
LJoseph DeSa4
LHarold Baines1

Starters

RTom Seaver3.9 WAR
LBritt Burns3.8 WAR
LFloyd Bannister2.5 WAR
RJoel Davis1.0 WAR
RRichard Dotson0.8 WAR
RBruce Tanner0.2 WAR
LTim Lollar0.2 WAR
RDan Spillner0.2 WAR
RGene Nelson0.0 WAR
REd Correa-0.1 WAR
RBill Long-0.1 WAR

Bullpen

RBob James32 sv
LJuan Agosto0 h
RDan Spillner0 h
LJerry Don Gleaton0 h
RDave Wehrmeister0 h
RMike Stanton0 h
LBob Fallon0 h
RBruce Tanner0 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 1984)

PlayerfWAR
Tom Seaver3.9
Britt Burns3.8
Bob James3.6
Carlton Fisk3.4
Harold Baines2.5
Floyd Bannister2.5

Key subtractions (gone from 1984)

Player1984 fWAR

Contract Value

WAR translated into tier-adjusted market value, then compared with what the player was paid by White Sox. Guaranteed contracts from the 2015-present contract-data period use the known contract period through 1985; everyone else is shown as a 1985 season snapshot.

PlayerPeriodfWARTier Market $MPaid $MSurplus $M$ / WARTierContract
Bob James 1985 +3.6 +83.1 0.3 +82.9 $0.1M 2.88×
Tom Seaver 1985 +3.9 +68.8 1.1 +67.7 $0.3M 2.19×
Britt Burns 1985 +3.8 +66.6 0.7 +65.8 $0.2M 2.19×
Harold Baines 1985 +2.5 +32.1 0.7 +31.5 $0.3M 1.60×
Floyd Bannister 1985 +2.5 +29.7 0.8 +28.8 $0.3M 1.49×
Carlton Fisk 1985 +3.4 +27.4 0.7 +26.7 $0.2M 1.00×
Ozzie Guillen 1985 +1.6 +11.4 0.1 +11.3 $0.0M 0.89×
Richard Dotson 1985 +0.8 +6.6 0.9 +5.7 $1.1M 1.02×
Rudy Law 1985 +0.8 +5.4 0.6 +4.9 $0.7M 0.83×
Greg Walker 1985 +1.0 +4.5 0.2 +4.3 $0.2M 0.56×
Juan Agosto 1985 +0.7 +3.9 0.1 +3.8 $0.2M 0.67×
Scott Fletcher 1985 +0.8 +3.9 0.2 +3.7 $0.2M 0.58×
Reid Nichols 1985 +0.2 +1.6 0.2 +1.4 $0.8M 0.83×
Tim Lollar 1985 +0.2 +1.4 0.2 +1.2 $1.4M 1.02×
Jerry Hairston Sr. 1985 +0.2 +0.9 0.1 +0.8 $0.9M 0.69×
Dan Spillner 1985 +0.2 +1.0 0.4 +0.6 $2.1M 0.67×
Ron Kittle 1985 +0.1 +0.8 0.3 +0.5 $2.5M 0.83×
Julio Cruz 1985 -0.0 -0.1 1.2 -1.3 0.56×
Marc Hill 1985 -0.6 -2.7 0.2 -2.9 0.52×
Tom Paciorek 1985 -0.7 -3.7 0.2 -3.8 0.69×
Luis Salazar 1985 -0.9 -5.7 0.3 -6.1 0.83×
Gene Nelson 1985 +0.0 +0.2 0.1 +0.0 $3.8M 0.67×
Al Jones 1985 +0.1 +0.3 0.67×
Bill Long 1985 -0.1 -0.7 1.02×
Bob Fallon 1985 -0.4 -2.2 0.67×
Bruce Tanner 1985 +0.2 +1.0 0.67×
Bryan Little 1985 +0.9 +4.0 0.56×
Daryl Boston 1985 -0.2 -1.5 0.83×
Dave Wehrmeister 1985 +0.5 +2.7 0.67×
Ed Correa 1985 -0.1 -0.3 0.67×
Jerry Don Gleaton 1985 +0.2 +1.0 0.67×
Joel Davis 1985 +1.0 +8.5 1.02×
Joel Skinner 1985 +0.6 +2.6 0.52×
John Cangelosi 1985 -0.1 -0.9 0.83×
Joseph DeSa 1985 -0.0 -0.1 0.56×
Mark Gilbert 1985 -0.1 -0.8 0.83×
Mark Ryal 1985 -0.3 -1.8 0.83×
Mike Squires 1985 +0.0 +0.0 0.56×
Mike Stanton 1985 -0.1 -0.3 0.67×
Oscar Gamble 1985 -0.2 -1.2 0.69×
Steve Fireovid 1985 +0.1 +0.4 0.67×
Tim Hulett Sr. 1985 +0.7 +3.4 0.58×
Total+26.8+351.29.6+327.5

Trades

Every graded 1985 deal involving the White Sox — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 7 total.

Current & Historical Payroll

1985 payroll
$9.6M

What the front office was committed to as of 1985, 1985–1991. 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 (13)

PlayerAgeSvc1985198619871988198919901991
Julio Cruz308.000$1.2M$600kFREE AGENT
Tom Seaver4018.000$1.1M$647kFREE AGENT
Richard Dotson266.000$900k$975k$1.1MFREE AGENT$41k
Floyd Bannister308.000$811k$930k$930kFREE AGENT
Britt Burns267.000$728kFREE AGENT
Carlton Fisk3716.000$685k$875k$900k$700k$1.2M$1.8M$1.2M
Rudy Law287.000$565kFREE AGENT
Dan Spillner3311.000$390kFREE AGENT
Bob James267.000$265k$555k$470kFREE AGENT
Marc Hill3312.000$200k$200kFREE AGENT
Tom Paciorek3815.000$167kFREE AGENT
Jerry Hairston Sr.3312.000$150k$157k$150k$122kFREE AGENT
Jerry Don Gleaton276.000FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (10)

PlayerAgeSvc1985198619871988198919901991
Harold Baines265.000$675kFREE AGENT
Luis Salazar295.000$325kFREE AGENT
Ron Kittle273.000$300kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Tim Lollar295.000$238kFREE AGENT
Greg Walker253.000$195kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Reid Nichols265.000$184kFREE AGENT
Scott Fletcher264.000$165kARB 3FREE AGENT
Juan Agosto274.000$148kARB 3FREE AGENT
Gene Nelson244.000$110kARB 3FREE AGENT
Steve Fireovid284.000ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (19)

PlayerAgeSvc1985198619871988198919901991
Ozzie Guillen210.000$60kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Daryl Boston221.000Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
John Cangelosi220.000Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ed Correa190.000Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Joel Davis200.000Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Joseph DeSa25
Bob Fallon25
Oscar Gamble35
Mark Gilbert28
Tim Hulett Sr.252.000ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Al Jones26
Bryan Little25
Bill Long250.000Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mark Ryal24
Joel Skinner242.000ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Squires33
Mike Stanton32
Bruce Tanner23
Dave Wehrmeister32

Graphs

How each 1985 acquisition stacked onto White Sox's playoff-odds curve. The side table is ranked by PPA.