Rosternomics

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GM: Bill Wood (since 1988)

1993 roster — every player, value & surplus

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+3.8
WAB — wins above budget
+13.6
TAB — roster Talent above budget
85–77 (0.525)
record
+9M
surplus $M (value/$)
47.2
roster fWAR
$30.1M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Jeff Bagwell 25 pre-arb 142 5.5 0.7 +3.9
Luis Gonzalez 25 arb 154 5.4 0.4 +4.1
Craig Biggio 27 arb 155 4.7 3.0 +0.8
Mark Portugal 30 FA-elig 33 3.9 2.1 +1.1
Doug Drabek 30 FA-elig 34 3.8 4.2 -1.1
Pete Harnisch 26 arb 33 3.0 1.8 +0.6
Andujar Cedeno 23 arb 149 2.9 0.2 +2.2
Steve Finley 28 arb 142 2.7 2.9 -0.7
Darryl Kile 24 pre-arb 32 2.3 0.2 +1.6
Eric Anthony 25 arb 145 2.1 0.3 +1.4
Greg Swindell 28 FA-elig 31 2.1 3.8 -2.1
Xavier Hernandez 27 arb 72 2.0 0.9 +0.8
Scott Servais 26 pre-arb 85 1.3 0.2 +0.9
Ken Caminiti 30 FA-elig 143 1.3 3.1 -2.1
Chris James↔ TEX 30 FA-elig 65 1.1 0.4 +0.5
Kevin Bass 34 FA-elig 111 1.0 0.7 +0.1
Eddie Taubensee 24 pre-arb 94 0.9 0.2 +0.6
Doug Jones 36 FA-elig 71 0.8 2.5 -1.8
Chris Donnels 27 pre-arb 88 0.3 0.1 +0.1
Shane Reynolds 25 pre-arb 5 0.2 0.1 +0.1
Rick Parker 30 arb 45 0.2 0.1 +0.0
Brian Williams 24 pre-arb 42 0.2 0.1 -0.0
Casey Candaele 32 FA-elig 75 0.1 0.8 -0.7
Mark Grant↔ COL 29 6 0.1
Eric Bell 29 FA-elig 10 0.1 0.1 -0.1
Jim Lindeman 31 9 0.0
Scooter Tucker 26 9 0.0
Jack Daugherty↔ CIN 32 4 0.0
Juan Agosto 35 6 -0.0
Jose Uribe 34 FA-elig 45 -0.0 0.4 -0.4
Karl Rhodes↔ CHC 24 arb 5 -0.0 0.0 -0.1
Jeff Juden 22 pre-arb 2 -0.1 0.1 -0.2
Todd Jones 25 pre-arb 27 -0.1 0.1 -0.2
Tom Edens 32 FA-elig 38 -0.2 0.3 -0.5
Al Osuna 27 44 -0.2
Mike Brumley 30 8 -0.2

36 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 29 of them (81%). 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