Rosternomics

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GM: Bill Wood (since 1987)

1987 roster — every player, value & surplus

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-7.1
WAB — wins above budget
-5.1
TAB — roster Talent above budget
76–86 (0.469)
record
-2M
surplus $M (value/$)
30.2
roster fWAR
$11.8M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Nolan Ryan Jr. 40 FA-elig 34 6.0 1.2 +0.5
Mike Scott 32 FA-elig 36 5.3 0.7 +0.8
Bill Doran 29 arb 162 4.2 0.6 +0.6
Dave Smith 32 FA-elig 50 2.9 0.7 +0.1
Danny Darwin 31 FA-elig 35 2.9 0.7 +0.1
Kevin Bass 28 arb 157 2.7 0.6 +0.2
Billy Hatcher 26 arb 141 2.4 0.1 +0.6
Alan Ashby 35 FA-elig 125 2.3 0.6 +0.1
Larry Andersen 34 FA-elig 67 1.3 0.3 +0.1
Glenn Davis 26 arb 151 1.2 0.2 +0.1
Denny Walling 33 FA-elig 110 1.2 0.6 -0.2
Gerald Young 22 pre-arb 71 0.8 0.1 +0.2
Jim Deshaies 27 arb 26 0.8 0.1 +0.1
Jose Cruz 39 FA-elig 126 0.5 0.8 -0.6
Manny Hernandez 26 6 0.3
Davey Lopes 42 FA-elig 47 0.1 0.6 -0.5
Dickie Thon 29 FA-elig 32 0.1 0.7 -0.6
Jeff Heathcock 27 arb 19 0.1 0.1 -0.0
Jim Pankovits 31 arb 50 0.1 0.1 -0.1
Mark Bailey 25 35 0.1
Phil Garner↔ LAD 38 FA-elig 43 0.1 0.2 -0.2
Rob Mallicoat 22 4 0.0
Rocky Childress 25 32 0.0
Juan Agosto 29 FA-elig 27 0.0 0.1 -0.1
Craig Reynolds 34 FA-elig 135 -0.0 0.4 -0.4
Tye Waller 30 11 -0.0
Paul Householder 28 14 -0.0
Ty Gainey 26 18 -0.1
Terry Puhl 30 FA-elig 90 -0.1 0.9 -0.9
Ken Caminiti 24 pre-arb 63 -0.1 0.1 -0.1
Chuck Jackson 24 35 -0.1
Bob Knepper 33 FA-elig 33 -0.2 1.0 -1.0
Dale Berra 30 FA-elig 19 -0.2 0.1 -0.1
Troy Afenir 23 10 -0.2
Ron Mathis 28 8 -0.3
Dave Meads 23 45 -0.3
Julio Solano 27 11 -0.4
Aurelio Lopez 38 FA-elig 26 -0.4 0.1 -0.3
Charlie Kerfeld 23 pre-arb 21 -0.4 0.1 -0.2
Robbie Wine Jr. 24 14 -0.5
Bert Pena 27 21 -0.5
Buddy Biancalana↔ KCR 27 18 -0.6
Ronn Reynolds 28 arb 38 -0.9 0.1 -0.3

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 HOU
Jeff Bagwell199080.2
Yordan Álvarez201626.7
Mike Scott198221.9
Justin Verlander201719.7
Mike Hampton199319.2
Kevin Bass198217.5
Nolan Ryan198516.2
Moisés Alou199713.5
Ones that got away
PlayerYear tradedWAR elsewhere
Kenny Lofton199142.5
Curt Schilling199236.3
Ben Zobrist200633.1
Ken Caminiti199417.4
Freddy García199815.6
Jed Lowrie201313.0
Ramón Laureano20179.2
Patrick Sandoval20188.9