Tigers — Front Office

Player	Age	Service	G	fWAR	Salary $M	Surplus $M
Lou Whitaker	34	FA-elig	138	6.1	2.0	+1.6
Mickey Tettleton	30	FA-elig	154	5.6	1.6	+1.7
Tony Phillips	32	FA-elig	146	4.8	1.6	+1.3
Cecil Fielder	27	FA-elig	162	3.8	1.8	+0.5
Travis Fryman	22	pre-arb	149	3.4	0.1	+1.9
Bill Gullickson	32	FA-elig	35	3.4	1.8	+0.2
Milt Cuyler	22	pre-arb	154	3.3	0.1	+1.9
Walt Terrell	33	FA-elig	35	2.7	1.0	+0.6
Alan Trammell	33	FA-elig	101	2.5	2.2	-0.7
Frank Tanana	37	FA-elig	33	1.9	1.9	-0.8
Mike Henneman	29	arb	60	1.8	1.1	-0.0
Mark Leiter	28	pre-arb	38	1.3	0.1	+0.7
Skeeter Barnes	34	–	75	1.2	–	–
Rob Deer	30	FA-elig	134	1.0	2.0	-1.4
Scott Livingstone	25	–	44	0.8	–	–
Dave Bergman	38	FA-elig	86	0.6	0.6	-0.2
Dan Gakeler	27	pre-arb	31	0.5	0.1	+0.2
Andy Allanson	29	arb	60	0.4	0.1	+0.1
Lloyd Moseby	31	FA-elig	74	0.2	1.6	-1.5
Scott Aldred	23	–	11	0.1	–	–
Rusty Meacham	23	–	10	0.0	–	–
Jerry Don Gleaton	33	FA-elig	47	0.0	0.5	-0.5
Mike Munoz	25	–	6	0.0	–	–
Johnny Paredes	28	–	16	-0.0	–	–
Rich Rowland	27	–	4	-0.0	–	–
Mike Dalton	28	–	4	-0.1	–	–
John Cerutti	31	FA-elig	38	-0.1	0.8	-0.9
Jeff Kaiser	30	–	10	-0.2	–	–
John Kiely	26	–	7	-0.2	–	–
Dave Haas	25	–	11	-0.2	–	–
Tony Bernazard	34	FA-elig	6	-0.3	0.5	-0.7
Dan Petry↔ ATL	32	FA-elig	17	-0.3	0.3	-0.5
Luis de los Santos	24	–	16	-0.3	–	–
Kevin Ritz	26	–	11	-0.4	–	–
John Moses	33	–	13	-0.4	–	–
Paul Gibson	31	arb	68	-0.4	0.6	-0.8
Shawn Hare	24	–	9	-0.4	–	–
Steve Searcy↔ PHI	27	arb	16	-0.4	0.1	-0.3
John Shelby	33	FA-elig	53	-0.6	0.5	-0.9
Mark Salas	30	FA-elig	33	-0.8	0.5	-1.0
Pete Incaviglia	27	–	97	-1.1	–	–

41 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 25 of them (61%). 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 DET
Max Scherzer	2009	22.2
Carlos Guillén	2004	18.3
Ian Kinsler	2013	16.3
Jeremy Bonderman	2002	15.8
Damion Easley	1996	15.4
Austin Jackson	2009	14.8
Mickey Tettleton	1991	14.4
Chet Lemon	1981	14.2

Ones that got away

Player	Year traded	WAR elsewhere
John Smoltz	1987	81.6
Luis Gonzalez	1998	33.8
Chris Hoiles	1988	24.8
Howard Johnson	1984	22.8
Justin Verlander	2017	19.7
Rick Porcello	2014	13.1
Robbie Ray	2014	11.8
Matt Joyce	2008	10.7

Tigers DET

1991 roster — every player, value & surplus

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

Trade ledger (realized WAR, all-time)