Rosternomics

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GM: Bill Bergesch (since 1985)

1986 roster — every player, value & surplus

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+3.7
WAB — wins above budget
-1.8
TAB — roster Talent above budget
86–76 (0.531)
record
-1M
surplus $M (value/$)
32.8
roster fWAR
$11.5M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Eric Davis 24 pre-arb 132 4.7 0.1 +1.3
Buddy Bell 34 FA-elig 155 3.4 0.9 +0.1
Tom Browning 26 pre-arb 46 3.1 0.2 +0.7
John Denny 33 FA-elig 27 2.9 1.1 -0.2
Bill Gullickson 27 FA-elig 37 2.7 0.5 +0.2
Bo Diaz 33 FA-elig 134 2.6 0.8 -0.0
Kal Daniels 22 pre-arb 74 2.0 0.1 +0.5
Chris Welsh 31 arb 24 1.7 0.1 +0.4
Ron Robinson 24 pre-arb 70 1.6 0.1 +0.4
Eddie Milner 31 FA-elig 145 1.5 0.3 +0.1
Ron Oester 30 FA-elig 153 1.5 0.7 -0.2
John Franco 25 pre-arb 74 1.3 0.2 +0.2
Ted Power 31 arb 56 1.1 0.5 -0.2
Barry Larkin 22 pre-arb 41 1.1 0.1 +0.3
Tracy Jones 25 pre-arb 46 1.0 0.1 +0.2
Nick Esasky 26 arb 102 0.9 0.3 +0.0
Rob Murphy 26 pre-arb 34 0.8 0.1 +0.2
Dave Parker 35 FA-elig 162 0.7 1.1 -0.9
Sal Butera 33 FA-elig 56 0.5 0.1 +0.1
Dave Concepcion 38 FA-elig 90 0.5 0.9 -0.8
Mario Soto 29 FA-elig 20 0.2 1.1 -1.1
Bill Landrum 28 pre-arb 10 0.2 0.1 +0.0
Mike Smith 25 2 0.1
Paul O'Neill 23 3 -0.0
Tony Perez 44 FA-elig 77 -0.1 0.3 -0.3
Max Venable 29 FA-elig 108 -0.1 0.2 -0.3
Joe Price 29 FA-elig 25 -0.1 0.4 -0.5
Tom Runnells 31 12 -0.1
Dave Vangorder 29 arb 9 -0.2 0.1 -0.2
Carl Willis 25 pre-arb 29 -0.3 0.1 -0.2
Wade Rowdon 25 38 -0.4
Scott Terry 26 30 -0.4
Kurt Stillwell 21 pre-arb 104 -0.7 0.1 -0.3
Pete Rose 45 FA-elig 72 -0.8 1.0 -1.2

34 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 29 of them (85%). 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 CIN
Brandon Phillips200630.1
Aaron Harang200319.3
Sean Casey199815.9
Luis Castillo201713.9
Ken Griffey200010.6
Anthony DeSclafani20148.2
Dmitri Young19977.5
Norm Charlton19867.3
Ones that got away
PlayerYear tradedWAR elsewhere
Paul Konerko199824.5
Mike Cameron200019.8
Charlie Leibrandt198316.8
Jeff Montgomery198812.0
Dave Burba199811.7
Luis Castillo20228.7
John Franco19898.7
Brad Keller20177.9