Astros — Front Office

Player	Age	Service	G	fWAR	Salary $M	Surplus $M
Roy Oswalt	24	pre-arb	35	6.1	0.3	+10.1
Lance Berkman	26	arb	158	6.1	0.5	+9.9
Jeff Bagwell	34	FA-elig	158	4.8	11.0	-2.7
Wade Miller	25	arb	26	3.3	0.3	+5.4
Octavio Dotel	28	arb	83	2.8	0.4	+4.3
Craig Biggio	36	FA-elig	145	1.9	8.8	-5.5
Billy Wagner	30	FA-elig	70	1.6	8.0	-5.2
Orlando Merced	35	FA-elig	123	1.6	1.1	+1.7
Jose Vizcaino	34	FA-elig	125	1.6	1.7	+1.1
Geoff Blum	29	arb	130	1.5	0.3	+2.3
Carlos Hernández	22	pre-arb	25	1.4	0.2	+2.2
Pete Munro	27	–	19	1.2	–	–
Brad Ausmus	33	FA-elig	130	1.0	5.0	-3.2
Brian L. Hunter	31	FA-elig	98	1.0	1.0	+0.7
Dave Mlicki	34	FA-elig	22	0.6	6.2	-5.1
Julio Lugo	26	pre-arb	88	0.6	0.3	+0.8
Tim Redding	24	–	18	0.6	–	–
Mark Loretta↔ MIL	30	FA-elig	21	0.5	1.0	-0.2
Morgan Ensberg	26	pre-arb	49	0.4	0.2	+0.5
Jason Lane	25	–	44	0.3	–	–
Richard Hidalgo	27	arb	114	0.3	5.5	-4.9
Tom Gordon↔ CHC	34	FA-elig	15	0.3	1.2	-0.8
Kirk Saarloos	23	–	17	0.2	–	–
Brandon Puffer	26	–	55	0.2	–	–
Brad Lidge	25	–	6	0.2	–	–
Scott Linebrink	25	pre-arb	22	0.2	0.2	+0.0
Keith Ginter↔ MIL	26	–	7	0.1	–	–
T.J. Mathews	32	FA-elig	12	0.1	1.0	-0.8
Ricky Stone	27	pre-arb	78	0.1	0.2	-0.1
Raul Chavez	29	–	2	0.1	–	–
Shane Reynolds	34	FA-elig	13	-0.0	7.7	-7.7
Jim Mann	27	–	17	-0.0	–	–
Hipolito Pichardo	32	FA-elig	1	-0.1	0.5	-0.6
Nelson Cruz	29	arb	43	-0.1	0.4	-0.6
Adam Everett	25	pre-arb	40	-0.2	0.4	-0.7
Pedro Borbon Jr.↔ TOR	34	FA-elig	56	-0.2	1.3	-1.7
Alan Zinter	34	–	39	-0.4	–	–
Jeriome Robertson	25	–	11	-0.4	–	–
Daryle Ward	27	arb	136	-0.4	0.4	-1.1
Barry Wesson	25	–	15	-0.4	–	–
Gregg Zaun	31	FA-elig	76	-0.9	1.1	-2.6

41 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 29 of them (71%). 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

2002 roster — every player, value & surplus

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

Trade ledger (realized WAR, all-time)