Rosternomics

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GM: Dave Dombrowski (since 2003)

2005 roster — every player, value & surplus

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-9.7
WAB — wins above budget
-2.5
TAB — roster Talent above budget
71–91 (0.438)
record
-12M
surplus $M (value/$)
30.5
roster fWAR
$65.0M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Placido Polanco↔ PHI 29 FA-elig 86 3.5 3.1 +3.6
Brandon Inge 28 arb 160 3.2 1.4 +4.7
Ivan Rodriguez 33 FA-elig 129 3.2 8.0 -2.0
Jeremy Bonderman 22 pre-arb 29 3.1 0.4 +5.4
Jason Johnson 31 FA-elig 33 2.7 4.0 +1.1
Chris Shelton 25 107 2.5
Mike Maroth 27 arb 35 2.1 0.4 +3.6
Carlos Guillén 29 FA-elig 87 2.0 4.0 -0.3
Rondell White 33 FA-elig 97 1.7 3.2 -0.1
Nook Logan 25 pre-arb 129 1.6 0.3 +2.6
Dmitri Young 31 FA-elig 126 1.5 8.0 -5.3
Craig Monroe 28 arb 157 1.4 0.4 +2.3
Nate Robertson 27 arb 32 1.3 0.4 +2.2
Magglio Ordonez 31 FA-elig 82 1.2 7.2 -4.9
Kyle Farnsworth↔ ATL 29 FA-elig 46 1.2 1.3 +1.1
Curtis Granderson 24 47 1.1
Fernando Rodney 28 arb 39 0.4 0.3 +0.4
Sean Douglass 26 18 0.3
Carlos Pena 27 arb 79 0.3 2.6 -2.1
Jamie Walker 33 FA-elig 66 0.3 0.9 -0.4
Jason Grilli 28 3 0.2
Vic Darensbourg 34 22 0.1
Ugueth Urbina↔ PHI 31 FA-elig 25 0.1 1.2 -1.0
Justin Verlander 22 2 0.1
John McDonald↔ TOR 30 FA-elig 31 0.1 0.2 +0.0
Omar Infante 23 arb 121 0.0 0.4 -0.3
Craig Dingman 31 34 0.0
Andrew Good 25 2 0.0
Jason Karnuth 29 3 0.0
Mark Woodyard 26 3 0.0
Kevin Hooper 28 6 -0.1
Matt Ginter 27 arb 14 -0.1 0.3 -0.6
Jason Smith 27 arb 27 -0.1 0.3 -0.6
Vance Wilson 32 FA-elig 61 -0.1 0.8 -1.0
Wilfredo Ledezma 24 pre-arb 10 -0.2 0.3 -0.7
Chris Spurling 28 56 -0.2
Alexis Gomez 26 9 -0.3
Roman Colon↔ ATL 25 pre-arb 12 -0.3 0.1 -0.8
Doug Creek 36 20 -0.4
Tony Giarratano 22 15 -0.4
Franklyn German 25 arb 58 -0.4 0.3 -1.1
Ramon Martinez↔ PHI 32 FA-elig 19 -0.5 0.4 -1.2
Bobby Higginson 34 FA-elig 10 -0.6 8.8 -9.9
Troy Percival 35 FA-elig 26 -0.6 6.0 -7.1
Marcus Thames 28 38 -0.6

45 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 29 of them (64%). 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