Astros — Front Office

Player	Age	Service	G	fWAR	Salary $M	Surplus $M
Lance Berkman	25	pre-arb	156	6.8	0.3	+10.7
Jeff Bagwell	33	FA-elig	161	5.2	6.5	+1.9
Roy Oswalt	23	–	28	4.3	–	–
Moises Alou	34	FA-elig	136	3.6	5.2	+0.5
Octavio Dotel	27	pre-arb	61	3.2	0.3	+4.9
Craig Biggio	35	FA-elig	155	2.8	7.8	-3.2
Wade Miller	24	pre-arb	32	2.8	0.2	+4.3
Richard Hidalgo	26	arb	146	2.7	3.5	+0.9
Vinny Castilla↔ TBR	33	FA-elig	122	2.3	6.1	-2.4
Shane Reynolds	33	FA-elig	28	2.2	7.2	-3.7
Billy Wagner	29	FA-elig	64	2.0	5.0	-1.8
Julio Lugo	25	pre-arb	140	1.0	0.2	+1.4
Brad Ausmus	32	FA-elig	128	0.9	4.2	-2.8
Pedro Astacio↔ COL	32	FA-elig	4	0.8	1.1	+0.2
Carlos Hernández	21	–	3	0.5	–	–
Nelson Cruz	28	arb	66	0.4	0.3	+0.4
Tony Eusebio	34	FA-elig	59	0.4	1.3	-0.7
Ron Villone↔ COL	31	FA-elig	31	0.2	1.6	-1.3
Tim Redding	23	–	13	0.2	–	–
Scott Servais	34	–	11	0.1	–	–
Mendy López↔ PIT	27	–	10	0.1	–	–
Orlando Merced	34	FA-elig	94	0.1	0.3	-0.1
Scott Linebrink	24	pre-arb	9	0.1	0.2	-0.0
Jay Powell↔ COL	29	FA-elig	35	0.1	0.8	-0.7
Ricky Stone	26	–	6	0.0	–	–
Jim Mann	26	–	4	0.0	–	–
Bill Spiers	35	FA-elig	4	-0.0	1.7	-1.7
Keith Ginter	25	–	1	-0.0	–	–
Adam Everett	24	–	9	-0.1	–	–
Joe Slusarski↔ ATL	34	FA-elig	8	-0.1	0.2	-0.3
Brian Powell	27	–	1	-0.1	–	–
Tony McKnight↔ PIT	24	–	3	-0.1	–	–
Wilfredo Rodriguez	22	–	2	-0.1	–	–
Mike Williams↔ PIT	32	FA-elig	25	-0.1	0.5	-0.7
Daryle Ward	26	arb	95	-0.2	0.3	-0.6
Charlie Hayes	36	FA-elig	31	-0.2	0.5	-0.8
Jose Vizcaino	33	FA-elig	107	-0.2	1.5	-1.9
Glen Barker	30	pre-arb	70	-0.3	0.3	-0.7
Jose Lima↔ DET	28	FA-elig	14	-0.3	2.7	-3.2
Wayne Franklin	27	pre-arb	11	-0.3	0.2	-0.7
Chris Truby	27	pre-arb	48	-0.3	0.2	-0.8
Kent Bottenfield	32	FA-elig	13	-0.6	2.0	-2.9
Dave Mlicki↔ DET	33	FA-elig	19	-0.6	3.0	-3.9
Mike Jackson	36	FA-elig	67	-0.7	0.8	-1.8
Scott Elarton↔ COL	25	arb	20	-0.7	0.3	-1.5

45 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 33 of them (73%). 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

2001 roster — every player, value & surplus

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

Trade ledger (realized WAR, all-time)