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GM: Ron Schueler (since 1991)

1993 roster — every player, value & surplus

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+8.4
WAB — wins above budget
+8.4
TAB — roster Talent above budget
94–68 (0.580)
record · made playoffs
-3M
surplus $M (value/$)
46.0
roster fWAR
$42.0M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Frank Thomas 25 arb 153 6.3 1.1 +4.0
Robin Ventura 25 arb 157 5.5 1.8 +2.7
Jack McDowell 27 FA-elig 34 5.2 4.0 +0.2
Lance Johnson 29 FA-elig 147 4.7 2.3 +1.6
Alex Fernandez 23 arb 34 4.1 0.9 +2.5
Tim Raines Sr. 33 FA-elig 115 3.3 3.5 -0.8
Ron Karkovice 29 FA-elig 128 3.0 1.6 +0.9
Wilson Alvarez 23 arb 31 2.7 0.2 +2.0
Ellis Burks 28 FA-elig 146 2.7 2.0 +0.2
Jason Bere 22 pre-arb 24 2.1 0.1 +1.6
Roberto Hernandez 28 pre-arb 70 1.9 0.2 +1.3
Ozzie Guillen 29 FA-elig 134 1.5 2.0 -0.8
Kirk McCaskill 32 FA-elig 30 1.1 2.5 -1.6
Scott Radinsky 25 arb 73 0.9 1.1 -0.3
Bo Jackson 30 FA-elig 85 0.8 2.4 -1.8
Joey Cora 28 FA-elig 153 0.7 0.5 +0.1
Michael LaValliere↔ PIT 32 FA-elig 37 0.6 2.3 -1.8
Craig Grebeck 28 arb 72 0.6 0.6 -0.1
Tim Belcher↔ CIN 31 FA-elig 12 0.6 1.4 -0.9
Donn Pall↔ PHI 31 arb 39 0.5 0.4 +0.0
Mike Huff 29 arb 43 0.4 0.2 +0.1
Rodney Bolton 24 pre-arb 9 0.3 0.1 +0.2
Warren Newson 28 pre-arb 26 0.3 0.2 +0.1
Dave Stieb 35 FA-elig 4 0.2 0.3 -0.1
Jeff Schwarz 29 pre-arb 41 0.2 0.1 +0.1
Dan Pasqua 31 FA-elig 78 0.2 1.8 -1.6
Terry Leach 39 FA-elig 14 0.2 0.3 -0.1
Norberto Martin 26 pre-arb 8 0.2 0.1 +0.0
Brian Drahman 26 – 5 0.1 – –
Doug Lindsey↔ PHI 25 – 2 -0.0 – –
Chris Howard 27 – 3 -0.0 – –
Chuck Cary 33 FA-elig 16 -0.0 0.2 -0.3
Drew Denson 27 – 4 -0.0 – –
Jose DeLeon↔ PHI 32 FA-elig 11 -0.1 0.1 -0.2
Barry Jones 30 – 6 -0.1 – –
Rick Wrona 29 – 4 -0.2 – –
Bobby Thigpen↔ PHI 29 FA-elig 25 -0.2 2.0 -2.2
Scott Ruffcorn 23 – 3 -0.3 – –
Steve Sax 33 FA-elig 57 -0.3 2.0 -2.2
Ivan Calderon↔ BOS 31 FA-elig 9 -0.4 0.0 -0.3
Matt Merullo 27 arb 8 -0.5 0.1 -0.5
Carlton Fisk 45 – 25 -0.7 – –
George Bell 33 FA-elig 102 -2.0 3.6 -5.3

43 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 35 of them (81%). 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
Rosternomics — quantifying front-office skill, attribution-clean. Follow @rosternomics on X. Decision-makers on record back to 1933; resource-controlled metrics (WAR & payroll) cover 1985–2026.
Data: FanGraphs (WAR), Baseball-Reference & the Chadwick Bureau register (rosters, IDs), the Lahman Database, Baseball America prospect rankings (via The Baseball Cube), and public payroll records. Transaction and trade data was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet. Executive birth/death data via Wikidata (CC0); bios are original. Emoji graphics by OpenMoji (CC BY-SA 4.0).
All figures are franchise-level outcomes credited to the decision-maker in the acquisition year — not solely attributable to one executive.