Astros — Front Office

Player	Age	Service	G	fWAR	Salary $M	Surplus $M
Craig Biggio	31	FA-elig	162	9.3	6.3	+3.2
Jeff Bagwell	29	FA-elig	162	8.0	8.0	+0.1
Bill Spiers	31	FA-elig	132	4.4	0.6	+3.9
Darryl Kile	28	FA-elig	34	4.1	1.7	+2.5
Mike Hampton	24	arb	34	3.1	1.4	+1.8
Derek Bell	28	FA-elig	129	2.9	3.2	-0.2
Shane Reynolds	29	arb	30	2.9	2.0	+1.0
Brad Ausmus	28	arb	130	2.7	1.1	+1.6
Tim Bogar	30	arb	97	2.3	0.3	+2.1
Luis Gonzalez	29	FA-elig	152	2.3	1.4	+1.0
Billy Wagner	25	pre-arb	62	2.2	0.2	+2.0
Chris Holt	25	pre-arb	33	1.5	0.1	+1.4
Mike Magnante	32	FA-elig	40	1.1	0.3	+0.8
Chuck Carr↔ MIL	29	FA-elig	63	0.9	0.2	+0.7
Russ Springer	28	arb	54	0.9	0.4	+0.5
Ramon Garcia	28	FA-elig	42	0.7	0.2	+0.6
Bobby Abreu	23	pre-arb	59	0.6	0.1	+0.4
Thomas Howard	32	FA-elig	107	0.4	0.8	-0.3
Tom Martin	27	pre-arb	55	0.4	0.1	+0.3
Jose Lima	24	arb	52	0.3	0.2	+0.1
Richard Hidalgo	22	pre-arb	19	0.3	0.1	+0.1
Randy Knorr	28	FA-elig	4	0.2	0.3	-0.1
Jose Cabrera	28	–	12	0.2	–	–
Tony Eusebio	30	FA-elig	60	0.1	0.7	-0.5
Russ Johnson	24	–	21	0.1	–	–
Tommy Greene	30	–	2	0.1	–	–
Sean Berry	31	FA-elig	96	0.0	2.2	-2.2
Manuel Barrios	22	–	2	0.0	–	–
Ray Montgomery	27	pre-arb	29	-0.0	0.2	-0.2
Oscar Henriquez	23	–	4	-0.0	–	–
Sid Fernandez	34	FA-elig	1	-0.0	0.4	-0.4
Luis Rivera	33	–	7	-0.1	–	–
Tony Peña Sr.↔ CHW	40	FA-elig	9	-0.1	0.1	-0.2
Blas Minor	31	–	11	-0.1	–	–
Ken Ramos	30	–	14	-0.2	–	–
J.R. Phillips	27	–	13	-0.3	–	–
Donne Wall	29	–	8	-0.3	–	–
Ricky Gutierrez	27	arb	102	-0.6	0.4	-1.0
James Mouton	28	arb	86	-0.7	0.4	-1.1
Pat Listach	29	arb	52	-1.1	0.8	-1.9
John Hudek	30	arb	40	-1.2	0.4	-1.7

41 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 31 of them (76%). 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 HOU
Jeff Bagwell	1990	80.2
Yordan Álvarez	2016	26.7
Mike Scott	1982	21.9
Justin Verlander	2017	19.7
Mike Hampton	1993	19.2
Kevin Bass	1982	17.5
Nolan Ryan	1985	16.2
Moisés Alou	1997	13.5

Ones that got away

Player	Year traded	WAR elsewhere
Kenny Lofton	1991	42.5
Curt Schilling	1992	36.3
Ben Zobrist	2006	33.1
Ken Caminiti	1994	17.4
Freddy García	1998	15.6
Jed Lowrie	2013	13.0
Ramón Laureano	2017	9.2
Patrick Sandoval	2018	8.9

Astros HOU

1997 roster — every player, value & surplus

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

Trade ledger (realized WAR, all-time)