Reds — Front Office

Player	Age	Service	G	fWAR	Salary $M	Surplus $M
Eric Davis	25	arb	129	7.1	0.3	+1.7
Kal Daniels	23	pre-arb	108	4.4	0.1	+1.2
Bo Diaz	34	FA-elig	140	2.7	0.8	-0.1
Ron Robinson	25	arb	48	2.5	0.2	+0.5
Buddy Bell	35	FA-elig	143	2.2	0.9	-0.2
Rob Murphy	27	pre-arb	87	2.1	0.1	+0.5
Ted Power	32	FA-elig	35	2.0	0.5	+0.1
Tom Browning	27	arb	34	1.6	0.3	+0.2
Tracy Jones	26	pre-arb	117	1.5	0.1	+0.4
John Franco	26	arb	68	1.5	0.3	+0.1
Dave Concepcion	39	FA-elig	104	1.4	0.3	+0.1
Frank Williams	29	arb	85	1.1	0.3	+0.0
Nick Esasky	27	arb	100	1.1	0.3	+0.0
Guy Hoffman	30	FA-elig	36	1.0	0.1	+0.2
Barry Larkin	23	pre-arb	125	1.0	0.1	+0.2
Dennis Rasmussen↔ NYY	28	arb	7	0.9	0.0	+0.2
Paul O'Neill	24	pre-arb	84	0.8	0.1	+0.2
Dave Collins	34	FA-elig	57	0.8	0.1	+0.1
Bill Gullickson↔ NYY	28	FA-elig	27	0.7	0.7	-0.5
Bill Landrum	29	–	44	0.6	–	–
Jeff Treadway	24	–	23	0.5	–	–
Jerry Reuss↔ ANA	38	FA-elig	7	0.4	0.3	-0.2
Pat Perry↔ STL	28	pre-arb	12	0.3	0.0	+0.1
Tom Hume↔ PHI	34	FA-elig	11	0.2	0.0	+0.0
Terry McGriff	23	pre-arb	34	0.1	0.1	-0.0
Ron Oester	31	FA-elig	69	0.1	0.8	-0.7
Bill Scherrer	29	–	23	0.1	–	–
Jeff Montgomery	25	–	14	0.1	–	–
Leo Garcia	24	–	31	-0.1	–	–
Pat Pacillo	23	–	13	-0.1	–	–
Sal Butera↔ MIN	34	FA-elig	5	-0.1	0.0	-0.0
Max Venable	30	–	7	-0.1	–	–
Lloyd McClendon	28	–	45	-0.2	–	–
Mario Soto	30	FA-elig	6	-0.3	1.2	-1.3
Dave Parker	36	FA-elig	153	-0.6	1.1	-1.3
Kurt Stillwell	22	pre-arb	131	-0.7	0.1	-0.3
Terry Francona	28	FA-elig	102	-0.7	0.2	-0.4

37 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 29 of them (78%). 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

Player	Year	WAR for CIN
Brandon Phillips	2006	30.1
Aaron Harang	2003	19.3
Sean Casey	1998	15.9
Luis Castillo	2017	13.9
Ken Griffey	2000	10.6
Anthony DeSclafani	2014	8.2
Dmitri Young	1997	7.5
Norm Charlton	1986	7.3

Ones that got away

Player	Year traded	WAR elsewhere
Paul Konerko	1998	24.5
Mike Cameron	2000	19.8
Charlie Leibrandt	1983	16.8
Jeff Montgomery	1988	12.0
Dave Burba	1998	11.7
Luis Castillo	2022	8.7
John Franco	1989	8.7
Brad Keller	2017	7.9

Reds CIN

1987 roster — every player, value & surplus

History: front-office performance & develop-vs-buy (1985–2024)

Trade ledger (realized WAR, all-time)