Astros — Front Office

Player	Age	Service	G	fWAR	Salary $M	Surplus $M
Jeff Bagwell	31	FA-elig	162	7.8	6.5	+3.3
Mike Hampton	26	FA-elig	34	6.2	4.1	+3.7
Shane Reynolds	31	FA-elig	35	6.1	4.5	+3.2
Carl Everett	28	FA-elig	123	5.9	2.5	+4.9
Craig Biggio	33	FA-elig	160	4.9	6.1	+0.1
Jose Lima	26	arb	36	4.2	2.2	+3.0
Billy Wagner	27	arb	66	3.6	2.2	+2.3
Scott Elarton	23	pre-arb	43	3.0	0.2	+3.6
Chris Holt	27	arb	32	2.6	0.3	+2.9
Bill Spiers	33	FA-elig	127	1.6	1.6	+0.5
Ken Caminiti	36	FA-elig	78	1.6	4.5	-2.5
Tony Eusebio	32	FA-elig	103	1.4	0.9	+0.8
Richard Hidalgo	24	pre-arb	108	1.3	0.3	+1.4
Jay Powell	27	arb	67	1.2	0.8	+0.7
Sean Bergman↔ ATL	29	FA-elig	19	1.1	1.4	-0.0
Russ Johnson	26	pre-arb	83	0.9	0.2	+0.9
Glen Barker	28	pre-arb	81	0.9	0.2	+0.9
Paul Bako	27	pre-arb	73	0.9	0.2	+0.8
Tim Bogar	32	FA-elig	106	0.6	0.7	+0.1
Stan Javier↔ SFG	35	FA-elig	20	0.6	0.3	+0.5
Jose Cabrera	27	pre-arb	26	0.4	0.2	+0.3
Brian Williams	30	FA-elig	50	0.3	0.4	+0.0
Jack Howell	37	FA-elig	37	0.3	0.6	-0.2
Lance Berkman	23	pre-arb	34	0.3	0.2	+0.2
Matt Mieske↔ SEA	31	FA-elig	54	0.2	0.3	-0.1
Joe Slusarski	32	–	3	0.0	–	–
Jeff McCurry	29	–	5	-0.1	–	–
Mitch Meluskey	25	pre-arb	10	-0.1	0.2	-0.3
Ryan Thompson	31	FA-elig	12	-0.1	0.3	-0.4
Ricky Gutierrez	29	FA-elig	85	-0.2	2.2	-2.4
Carlos Hernandez	23	pre-arb	16	-0.2	0.2	-0.4
Daryle Ward	24	pre-arb	64	-0.2	0.2	-0.4
Wade Miller	22	–	5	-0.3	–	–
Alex Diaz	30	FA-elig	30	-0.3	0.3	-0.7
Randy Knorr	30	–	13	-0.5	–	–
Trever Miller	26	arb	47	-0.5	0.2	-0.9
Doug Henry	35	FA-elig	35	-0.6	0.7	-1.5
Derek Bell	30	FA-elig	128	-0.9	4.5	-5.6

38 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 34 of them (89%). 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

1999 roster — every player, value & surplus

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

Trade ledger (realized WAR, all-time)