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GM: Bob Quinn

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 1992, 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
$33M
Surplus $M
-5
Win %
0.556
TAB
+5.9
WAB
+6.7
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
41.4
Dead money %
9%
Depth Players
8.0
Dead WAR
-3.0

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

1992 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

RJoe Oliver141
RTroy Afenir15
RRick Wrona10
RDan Wilson9
LJeff Reed6
LScott Bradley⇄3

1B

LHal Morris109
BBill Doran25
LDave Martinez21
RDarnell Coles20
RTim Costo12
RJoe Oliver1
RRick Wrona1

2B

BBill Doran104
BBip Roberts42
RFreddie Benavides37
LJeff Branson33

3B

RChris Sabo93
BBip Roberts36
LWillie Greene25
RDarnell Coles23
LJeff Branson8
RGary Green1
RFreddie Benavides1

SS

RBarry Larkin140
RFreddie Benavides34
RGary Green6
LJeff Branson1

LF

BBip Roberts69
RGlenn Braggs56
RReggie Sanders53
RCesar Hernandez12
RJacob Brumfield7
RDarnell Coles3
LDave Martinez3
RGerónimo Berroa3

CF

LDave Martinez105
RReggie Sanders77
BBip Roberts16
RJacob Brumfield8
RCesar Hernandez6

RF

LPaul O'Neill143
RGlenn Braggs29
LDave Martinez6
RDarnell Coles2
RCesar Hernandez1
RJacob Brumfield1

DH

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Starters

RJose Rijo5.3 WAR
LGreg Swindell4.4 WAR
RTim Belcher2.9 WAR
LChris Hammond1.4 WAR
LTom Browning1.0 WAR
RTim Pugh0.6 WAR
RSteve Foster0.5 WAR
RBobby Ayala0.4 WAR
RKeith Brown-0.2 WAR
LTom Bolton⇄-0.8 WAR

Bullpen

★ LNorm Charlton26 sv
RRob Dibble0 h
RDwayne Henry0 h
LScott Ruskin0 h
RScott Bankhead0 h
RSteve Foster0 h
RMilt Hill0 h
RTony Menendez0 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 1991)

PlayerfWAR
Bip Roberts4.8
Greg Swindell4.4
Tim Belcher2.9
Dave Martinez0.9
Darnell Coles0.7
Tim Pugh0.6

Key subtractions (gone from 1991)

Player1991 fWAR
Eric Davis1.4
Randy Myers1.4
Carmelo Martinez0.6
Ted Power0.4
Scott Scudder0.3
Mo Sanford0.3

Contract Value

WAR translated into tier-adjusted market value, then compared with what the player was paid by Reds. Guaranteed contracts from the 2015-present contract-data period use the known contract period through 1992; everyone else is shown as a 1992 season snapshot.

PlayerPeriodfWARTier Market $MPaid $MSurplus $M$ / WARTierContract
Jose Rijo 1992 +5.3 +106.0 3.5 +102.5 $0.7M 2.50× –
Bip Roberts 1992 +4.8 +68.4 1.6 +66.8 $0.3M 1.79× –
Barry Larkin 1992 +5.3 +63.6 4.3 +59.2 $0.8M 1.51× –
Rob Dibble 1992 +2.5 +52.4 1.4 +50.9 $0.6M 2.57× –
Tim Belcher 1992 +2.9 +44.6 2.1 +42.5 $0.7M 1.96× –
Reggie Sanders 1992 +2.8 +35.3 0.1 +35.1 $0.0M 1.60× –
Paul O'Neill 1992 +1.8 +18.0 2.8 +15.1 $1.5M 1.22× –
Norm Charlton 1992 +1.5 +15.9 1.2 +14.7 $0.8M 1.34× –
Joe Oliver 1992 +2.1 +12.6 0.3 +12.3 $0.1M 0.76× –
Chris Hammond 1992 +1.4 +11.7 0.1 +11.6 $0.1M 1.02× –
Tom Browning 1992 +1.0 +8.1 3.2 +4.8 $3.3M 1.02× –
Dave Martinez 1992 +0.9 +5.9 1.3 +4.6 $1.5M 0.83× –
Hal Morris 1992 +1.1 +4.8 0.4 +4.4 $0.4M 0.56× –
Glenn Braggs 1992 +0.7 +4.4 1.0 +3.4 $1.5M 0.83× –
Dwayne Henry 1992 +0.6 +3.0 0.4 +2.7 $0.7M 0.67× –
Steve Foster 1992 +0.5 +2.6 0.1 +2.5 $0.2M 0.67× –
Chris Sabo 1992 +1.1 +5.2 2.8 +2.4 $2.5M 0.58× –
Scott Bankhead 1992 +0.6 +3.1 0.8 +2.3 $1.4M 0.67× –
Milt Hill 1992 +0.1 +0.8 0.1 +0.6 $0.8M 0.67× –
Bill Doran 1992 +0.7 +3.1 2.8 +0.2 $4.1M 0.56× –
Troy Afenir 1992 +0.1 +0.3 0.1 +0.2 $1.9M 0.52× –
Scott Bradley↔ 1992 +0.1 +0.3 0.6 -0.3 $8.3M 0.52× –
Scott Ruskin 1992 -0.0 -0.1 0.2 -0.3 – 0.67× –
Freddie Benavides 1992 -0.2 -1.0 0.1 -1.1 – 0.56× –
Jacob Brumfield 1992 -0.2 -1.3 0.1 -1.5 – 0.83× –
Jeff Reed 1992 -0.3 -1.1 0.8 -1.8 – 0.52× –
Billy Hatcher↔ 1992 -0.5 -3.3 0.6 -3.9 – 0.83× –
Tom Bolton↔ 1992 -0.8 -6.4 0.2 -6.7 – 1.02× –
Bobby Ayala 1992 +0.4 +3.6 – – – 1.02× –
Cesar Hernandez 1992 -0.1 -0.6 – – – 0.83× –
Dan Wilson 1992 +0.4 +1.6 – – – 0.52× –
Darnell Coles 1992 +0.7 +3.5 – – – 0.58× –
Gary Green 1992 -0.0 -0.1 – – – 0.61× –
Geronimo Berroa 1992 +0.0 +0.3 – – – 0.83× –
Greg Swindell 1992 +4.4 +76.8 – – – 2.19× –
Jeff Branson 1992 -0.2 -1.0 – – – 0.56× –
Keith Brown 1992 -0.2 -1.6 – – – 1.02× –
Rick Wrona 1992 -0.3 -1.2 – – – 0.52× –
Tim Costo 1992 -0.2 -0.8 – – – 0.56× –
Tim Pugh 1992 +0.6 +5.0 – – – 1.02× –
Tony Menendez 1992 +0.0 +0.1 – – – 0.67× –
Willie Greene 1992 +0.1 +0.4 – – – 0.58× –
Total—+41.5+542.933.0+423.2—

Trades

Every graded 1992 deal involving the Reds — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 7 total.

1992 · NYY / CIN
NYY · Gene Michael +$172.0M
Paul O'Neill, Joe DeBerry
CIN · Bob Quinn −$172.0M
Roberto Kelly
NYY came out ahead by $172.0M
1992 · CIN / BOS
CIN · Bob Quinn +$18.4M
Tom Bolton
BOS · Lou Gorman −$18.4M
Billy Hatcher
CIN came out ahead by $18.4M
1992 · NYM / CIN
NYM · Al Harazin +$0.0M
Scott Bradley
CIN · Bob Quinn +$0.0M
Joe McCann
Even trade
1992 · PHI / CIN
PHI · Lee Thomas +$1.6M
Nick Capra
CIN · Bob Quinn −$1.6M
Chris Bushing
PHI came out ahead by $1.6M
1992 · BAL / CIN
BAL · Roland Hemond +$0.0M
Jason Satre, Reggie Leslie
CIN · Bob Quinn +$0.0M
Rod Lofton
Even trade
1992 · SDP / CIN
SDP · Joe McIlvaine +$0.0M
Lenny Wentz
CIN · Bob Quinn +$0.0M
Scott Coolbaugh
Even trade
1992 · CIN / SEA
CIN · Bob Quinn +$55.2M
Kevin Mitchell
SEA · Woody Woodward −$55.2M
Norm Charlton
CIN came out ahead by $55.2M

Current & Historical Payroll

1992 payroll
$33.2M

What the front office was committed to as of 1992, 1992–1998. 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 (16)

PlayerAgeSvc1992199319941995199619971998
Barry Larkin286.000$4.3M$5.8M$4.4M$5.9M$5.7M$5.3M$5.3M
Jose Rijo278.000$3.5M$4.1M$4.0M$5.8MFREE AGENT
Tom Browning328.000$3.2M$2.2M$3.8MFREE AGENT
Bill Doran3410.000$2.8MFREE AGENT
Paul O'Neill297.000$2.8MFREE AGENT
Bip Roberts286.000$1.6M$3.9MFREE AGENT
Dave Martinez276.000$1.3MFREE AGENT
Glenn Braggs296.000$1.0MFREE AGENT
Scott Bankhead286.000$800kFREE AGENT
Jeff Reed298.000$750kFREE AGENT
Scott Bradley328.000$598kFREE AGENT
Billy Hatcher318.000$583kFREE AGENT
Dwayne Henry308.000$380k$410kFREE AGENT
Darnell Coles309.000—FREE AGENT
Gary Green306.000—FREE AGENT
Greg Swindell276.000—FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (11)

PlayerAgeSvc1992199319941995199619971998
Chris Sabo304.000$2.8MARB 3FREE AGENT
Tim Belcher305.000$2.1MFREE AGENT
Rob Dibble284.000$1.4MARB 3FREE AGENT
Norm Charlton294.000$1.2MARB 3FREE AGENT
Hal Morris274.000$430kARB 3FREE AGENT
Joe Oliver263.000$260kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Tom Bolton305.000$227kFREE AGENT
Troy Afenir285.000$130kFREE AGENT
Geronimo Berroa273.000—ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Keith Brown284.000—ARB 3FREE AGENT
Rick Wrona284.000—ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (15)

PlayerAgeSvc1992199319941995199619971998
Scott Ruskin292.000$235kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Chris Hammond262.000$140kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Freddie Benavides261.000$120kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Milt Hill261.000$117kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Steve Foster251.000$114kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jacob Brumfield270.000$109kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Reggie Sanders241.000$109kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Bobby Ayala220.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jeff Branson250.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Tim Costo230.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Willie Greene200.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Cesar Hernandez250.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Tony Menendez27–—
Tim Pugh250.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Dan Wilson230.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

How each 1992 acquisition stacked onto Reds's playoff-odds curve. The side table is ranked by PPA.

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Decision-maker records extend to 1933; resource-controlled WAR and payroll metrics cover 1985–2026. Data sources include FanGraphs, Baseball-Reference, the Chadwick Bureau register, the Lahman Database, prospect rankings from Baseball America, MLB Pipeline, and FanGraphs, 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).
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