Astros — Front Office

Player	Age	Service	G	fWAR	Salary $M	Surplus $M
Moises Alou	31	FA-elig	159	6.8	5.0	+2.3
Jeff Bagwell	30	FA-elig	147	6.7	7.9	-0.7
Craig Biggio	32	FA-elig	160	6.5	6.1	+0.9
Derek Bell	29	FA-elig	156	5.7	4.2	+1.9
Shane Reynolds	30	FA-elig	35	4.7	3.3	+1.7
Carl Everett	27	arb	133	3.6	1.1	+2.8
Mike Hampton	25	arb	32	3.2	2.2	+1.2
Randy Johnson↔ SEA	34	FA-elig	11	3.1	1.9	+1.4
Sean Berry	32	FA-elig	102	2.7	1.0	+1.9
Jose Lima	25	arb	33	2.6	0.2	+2.6
Brad Ausmus	29	arb	128	2.2	1.6	+0.8
Richard Hidalgo	23	pre-arb	74	2.0	0.2	+2.0
Billy Wagner	26	arb	58	1.8	0.3	+1.7
Sean Bergman	28	arb	31	1.1	0.5	+0.7
Bill Spiers	32	FA-elig	123	0.9	1.6	-0.6
Jay Powell↔ MIA	26	arb	29	0.9	0.1	+0.8
John Halama	26	pre-arb	6	0.7	0.2	+0.6
Scott Elarton	22	pre-arb	28	0.5	0.2	+0.4
Pete Schourek↔ BOS	29	FA-elig	15	0.4	1.0	-0.5
Mike Magnante	33	FA-elig	48	0.4	0.6	-0.2
Russ Johnson	25	–	8	0.2	–	–
Tony Eusebio	31	FA-elig	66	0.1	0.7	-0.6
C.J. Nitkowski	25	arb	43	0.1	0.2	-0.0
Trever Miller	25	pre-arb	37	0.1	0.2	-0.0
Ray Montgomery	28	pre-arb	6	0.1	0.2	-0.0
Jack Howell	36	FA-elig	24	0.1	0.5	-0.4
Daryle Ward	23	–	4	0.0	–	–
Jose Cabrera	26	pre-arb	3	0.0	0.2	-0.1
Mitch Meluskey	24	pre-arb	8	0.0	0.2	-0.1
Mike Grzanich	25	–	1	-0.0	–	–
Reggie Harris	29	–	6	-0.1	–	–
Pete Incaviglia↔ DET	34	FA-elig	13	-0.3	0.2	-0.5
Ricky Gutierrez	28	arb	141	-0.4	0.8	-1.3
Doug Henry	34	FA-elig	59	-0.4	0.7	-1.2
J.R. Phillips	28	arb	36	-0.4	0.2	-0.7
Bob Scanlan	31	–	26	-0.5	–	–
Tim Bogar	31	arb	79	-0.8	0.7	-1.6
Dave Clark	35	FA-elig	93	-0.9	0.7	-1.7

38 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 33 of them (87%). 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

1998 roster — every player, value & surplus

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

Trade ledger (realized WAR, all-time)