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GM: John Hart (since 1992)

1992 roster — every player, value & surplus

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+10.2
WAB — wins above budget
+9.9
TAB — roster Talent above budget
76–86 (0.469)
record
+14M
surplus $M (value/$)
28.9
roster fWAR
$8.7M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Charles Nagy 25 pre-arb 33 7.0 0.4 +5.1
Kenny Lofton 25 pre-arb 148 5.8 0.1 +4.4
Carlos Baerga 23 pre-arb 161 5.5 0.5 +3.8
Albert Belle 25 arb 153 2.0 0.2 +1.4
Paul Sorrento 26 arb 140 1.8 0.1 +1.2
Sandy Alomar Jr. 26 arb 89 1.3 0.5 +0.5
Mark Whiten 25 pre-arb 148 1.1 0.3 +0.6
Brook Jacoby 32 FA-elig 120 1.0 0.6 +0.2
Jose Mesa↔ BAL 26 arb 15 1.0 0.1 +0.7
Mark Lewis 22 pre-arb 122 0.8 0.1 +0.5
Derek Lilliquist 26 arb 71 0.8 0.2 +0.5
Scott Scudder 24 arb 23 0.8 0.2 +0.5
Glenallen Hill 27 arb 102 0.8 0.3 +0.3
Jack Armstrong 27 arb 35 0.7 0.3 +0.2
Reggie Jefferson 23 pre-arb 24 0.6 0.1 +0.3
Thomas Howard↔ SDP 27 pre-arb 117 0.5 0.2 +0.2
Ted Power 37 FA-elig 64 0.5 0.3 +0.1
Felix Fermin 28 arb 79 0.4 0.9 -0.6
Rod Nichols 27 arb 30 0.4 0.2 +0.1
Kevin Wickander 27 44 0.3
Eric Plunk 28 FA-elig 58 0.3 0.4 -0.1
Steve Olin 26 arb 72 0.3 0.3 -0.1
Jesse Levis 24 28 0.2
Eric Bell 28 FA-elig 7 0.0 0.2 -0.2
Alan Embree 22 pre-arb 4 -0.0 0.1 -0.1
Dennis Cook 29 arb 32 -0.0 0.4 -0.4
Mike Christopher 28 10 -0.1
José Hernández 22 3 -0.1
Dave Mlicki 24 4 -0.1
Dave Otto 27 arb 18 -0.1 0.3 -0.4
Wayne Kirby 28 pre-arb 21 -0.1 0.1 -0.2
Dave Rohde 28 pre-arb 5 -0.1 0.1 -0.2
Jeff Shaw 25 pre-arb 2 -0.2 0.1 -0.3
Carlos Martinez 26 69 -0.2
Junior Ortiz 32 FA-elig 86 -0.2 0.3 -0.4
Jim Thome 21 pre-arb 40 -0.3 0.1 -0.3
Jeff Mutis 25 pre-arb 3 -0.3 0.1 -0.4
Craig Worthington 27 9 -0.4
Tony Perezchica 26 arb 18 -0.4 0.1 -0.5
Denis Boucher 24 pre-arb 8 -0.5 0.1 -0.5
Alex Cole↔ PIT 26 pre-arb 41 -0.9 0.1 -0.7
Brad Arnsberg 28 FA-elig 8 -1.0 0.1 -0.9

42 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 35 of them (83%). 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 CLE
Kenny Lofton199142.5
Corey Kluber201034.6
Grady Sizemore200230.3
Carlos Carrasco200925.5
Travis Hafner200222.3
Carlos Santana200821.6
Michael Brantley200820.0
Shin-Soo Choo200619.2
Ones that got away
PlayerYear tradedWAR elsewhere
Jeff Kent199630.9
Brandon Phillips200630.1
Brian Giles199825.4
Von Hayes198222.3
Yandy Díaz201819.5
Rick Sutcliffe198417.2
Jeromy Burnitz199617.1
Sean Casey199815.9