Rosternomics

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GM: Randy Smith (since 1996)

2001 roster — every player, value & surplus

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-13.6
WAB — wins above budget
-14.1
TAB — roster Talent above budget
66–96 (0.407)
record
-20M
surplus $M (value/$)
17.9
roster fWAR
$51.8M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Jeff Weaver 24 pre-arb 33 3.9 0.4 +5.9
Bobby Higginson 30 FA-elig 147 3.2 5.3 -0.2
Steve Sparks 36 FA-elig 36 3.1 0.7 +4.4
Shane Halter 31 arb 136 2.9 0.4 +4.2
Robert Fick 27 arb 124 2.2 0.3 +3.3
Jose Macias 29 pre-arb 137 2.0 0.2 +3.0
Tony Clark 29 FA-elig 126 1.7 4.5 -1.7
Damion Easley 31 FA-elig 154 1.5 5.1 -2.7
Matt Anderson 24 arb 62 1.4 0.4 +1.9
Chris Holt 29 arb 30 0.8 1.9 -0.5
Danny Patterson 30 arb 60 0.8 1.1 +0.1
Randall Simon 26 81 0.5
Chris Wakeland 26 10 0.4
Javier Cardona 25 pre-arb 46 0.4 0.2 +0.4
Wendell Magee 28 arb 90 0.3 0.3 +0.2
Dean Palmer 32 FA-elig 57 0.3 7.5 -7.1
Brian Moehler 29 arb 1 0.2 2.4 -2.0
Adam Pettyjohn 24 16 0.2
Mike Rivera 24 4 0.2
Matt Miller 26 13 0.1
Todd Jones↔ MIN 33 FA-elig 45 0.1 2.6 -2.5
Mark Redman↔ MIN 27 pre-arb 2 0.0 0.0 -0.0
Jermaine Clark 24 pre-arb 3 -0.0 0.2 -0.2
Kevin Tolar 30 9 -0.0
Willie Blair 35 9 -0.0
Matt Perisho 26 arb 30 -0.1 0.3 -0.4
Dave Borkowski 24 15 -0.1
Jarrod Patterson 27 13 -0.1
Luis Pineda 26 16 -0.2
Jose Lima↔ HOU 28 FA-elig 18 -0.2 3.5 -3.8
Victor Santos 24 33 -0.2
Adam Bernero 24 5 -0.3
Brandon Inge 24 pre-arb 79 -0.4 0.2 -0.8
Roger Cedeno 26 FA-elig 131 -0.4 2.7 -3.3
Billy McMillon↔ OAK 29 arb 20 -0.5 0.1 -0.9
Juan Encarnacion 25 arb 120 -0.6 4.4 -5.4
Deivi Cruz 28 arb 110 -0.6 3.5 -4.5
Ryan Jackson 29 arb 79 -0.6 0.2 -1.3
C.J. Nitkowski↔ NYM 28 FA-elig 56 -0.7 1.1 -2.2
Nate Cornejo 21 10 -0.7
Heath Murray 28 40 -0.8
Eric Munson 23 17 -0.8
Dave Mlicki↔ HOU 33 FA-elig 15 -0.9 2.3 -3.8

43 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 28 of them (65%). 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 DET
Max Scherzer200922.2
Carlos Guillén200418.3
Ian Kinsler201316.3
Jeremy Bonderman200215.8
Damion Easley199615.4
Austin Jackson200914.8
Mickey Tettleton199114.4
Chet Lemon198114.2
Ones that got away
PlayerYear tradedWAR elsewhere
John Smoltz198781.6
Luis Gonzalez199833.8
Chris Hoiles198824.8
Howard Johnson198422.8
Justin Verlander201719.7
Rick Porcello201413.1
Robbie Ray201411.8
Matt Joyce200810.7