Rosternomics

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GM: Larry Himes (since 1987)

1988 roster — every player, value & surplus

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-3.1
WAB — wins above budget
-9.7
TAB — roster Talent above budget
71–90 (0.441)
record
-1M
surplus $M (value/$)
17.5
roster fWAR
$6.7M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Carlton Fisk 40 FA-elig 76 2.9 0.7 +0.2
Ozzie Guillen 24 arb 156 2.8 0.5 +0.3
Dave LaPoint↔ PIT 28 FA-elig 25 2.6 0.3 +0.5
Jerry Reuss 39 FA-elig 32 2.3 0.2 +0.5
Dan Pasqua 26 arb 129 2.1 0.2 +0.5
Dave Gallagher 27 pre-arb 101 2.0 0.1 +0.5
Melido Perez 22 pre-arb 32 1.5 0.1 +0.4
Jack McDowell 22 pre-arb 26 1.4 0.1 +0.4
Harold Baines 29 FA-elig 158 1.3 1.0 -0.6
Gary Redus↔ PIT 31 FA-elig 77 1.0 0.3 -0.0
Bobby Thigpen 24 pre-arb 68 0.9 0.1 +0.2
Steve Lyons 28 arb 146 0.8 0.2 +0.1
Bill Long 28 arb 47 0.6 0.1 +0.1
Daryl Boston 25 arb 105 0.5 0.1 +0.1
Ricky Horton↔ LAD 28 arb 52 0.5 0.4 -0.3
Donn Pall 26 pre-arb 17 0.4 0.1 +0.1
Ron Karkovice 24 46 0.3
Shawn Hillegas↔ LAD 23 pre-arb 6 0.3 0.0 +0.1
Mark Salas 27 arb 75 0.3 0.2 -0.1
Kelly Paris 30 FA-elig 14 0.3 0.1 +0.0
Fred Manrique 26 FA-elig 140 0.2 0.1 -0.0
Tom McCarthy 27 6 0.2
Ivan Calderon 26 arb 73 0.1 0.1 -0.1
Ken Patterson 23 9 0.1
Adam Peterson 22 2 0.1
John Pawlowski 24 pre-arb 6 0.0 0.1 -0.1
Jerry Hairston Sr. 36 FA-elig 2 -0.0 0.1 -0.1
Steve Rosenberg 23 pre-arb 33 -0.1 0.1 -0.1
Ravelo Manzanillo 24 2 -0.1
Jose Segura 25 pre-arb 4 -0.1 0.1 -0.1
Joel Davis 23 5 -0.2
Barry Jones↔ PIT 25 pre-arb 17 -0.3 0.0 -0.1
Carlos Martinez 22 17 -0.4
Russ Morman 26 pre-arb 40 -0.4 0.1 -0.2
Mike Diaz↔ PIT 28 arb 40 -0.4 0.1 -0.2
Donnie Hill 27 arb 83 -0.4 0.3 -0.4
Carl Willis 27 6 -0.5
Sap Randall 27 4 -0.5
Mike Woodard 28 18 -0.5
Greg Walker 28 FA-elig 99 -0.6 0.7 -0.9
Jeff Bittiger 26 pre-arb 25 -0.6 0.1 -0.3
John Davis 25 pre-arb 34 -0.8 0.1 -0.3
Lance Johnson 24 pre-arb 33 -0.9 0.1 -0.3
Kenny Williams 24 pre-arb 73 -1.1 0.1 -0.4

44 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 34 of them (77%). 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 CHW
Paul Konerko199824.5
Carlton Fisk198518.3
John Danks200617.4
José Valentín200017.3
Lance Johnson198817.3
Jon Garland199817.2
Gavin Floyd200615.3
Tim Raines199014.5
Ones that got away
PlayerYear tradedWAR elsewhere
Sammy Sosa199260.7
Fernando Tatís201627.7
Bobby Bonilla198620.6
Brian Downing197716.9
Chris Young200514.5
Nick Swisher200814.4
Chet Lemon198114.2
José DeLeón198811.7