Astros — Front Office

Player	Age	Service	G	fWAR	Salary $M	Surplus $M
Lance Berkman	27	arb	153	6.0	3.5	+7.2
Richard Hidalgo	28	FA-elig	141	6.0	8.5	+2.2
Morgan Ensberg	27	arb	127	4.6	0.3	+7.8
Jeff Bagwell	35	FA-elig	160	3.7	13.0	-6.4
Wade Miller	26	arb	36	3.3	0.5	+5.4
Jeff Kent	35	FA-elig	130	3.3	7.5	-1.6
Tim Redding	25	pre-arb	33	3.0	0.3	+5.0
Roy Oswalt	25	pre-arb	21	2.7	0.5	+4.3
Billy Wagner	31	FA-elig	78	2.3	8.0	-3.8
Adam Everett	26	–	128	2.1	–	–
Craig Biggio	37	FA-elig	153	2.0	9.8	-6.2
Octavio Dotel	29	arb	76	1.6	1.6	+1.2
Brad Lidge	26	pre-arb	78	1.4	0.3	+2.2
Ron Villone	33	–	19	1.3	–	–
Jeriome Robertson	26	pre-arb	33	1.0	0.3	+1.4
Kirk Saarloos	24	–	36	0.6	–	–
Geoff Blum	30	arb	123	0.5	1.5	-0.6
Jared Fernandez	31	–	12	0.4	–	–
Jason Lane	26	–	18	0.3	–	–
Dan Miceli↔ CLE	32	FA-elig	23	0.2	0.1	+0.3
Rodrigo Rosario	25	–	2	0.2	–	–
Brad Ausmus	34	FA-elig	143	0.2	5.5	-5.2
Mike Gallo	26	–	32	0.1	–	–
Raul Chavez	30	FA-elig	19	0.1	0.3	-0.2
Tripp Cromer III	35	–	3	0.0	–	–
David Matranga	26	–	6	0.0	–	–
Scott Linebrink↔ SDP	26	–	9	0.0	–	–
Colin Porter	27	–	24	0.0	–	–
Rick White↔ CHW	34	FA-elig	15	0.0	0.2	-0.2
Kirk Bullinger	33	–	7	-0.1	–	–
Mitch Meluskey	29	–	12	-0.1	–	–
Nate Bland	28	–	22	-0.1	–	–
Brian L. Hunter	32	FA-elig	56	-0.1	1.2	-1.4
Bruce Chen↔ BOS	26	arb	11	-0.2	0.4	-0.7
Eric Bruntlett	25	–	31	-0.2	–	–
Gregg Zaun↔ COL	32	FA-elig	59	-0.2	1.0	-1.3
Jonathan Johnson	28	–	4	-0.2	–	–
Brian Moehler	31	FA-elig	3	-0.3	0.5	-1.0
Brandon Puffer	27	–	13	-0.3	–	–
Jose Vizcaino	35	FA-elig	91	-0.4	2.0	-2.6
Pete Munro	28	arb	40	-0.4	0.3	-1.0
Julio Lugo↔ TBR	27	arb	22	-0.5	0.2	-1.1
Ricky Stone	28	pre-arb	65	-0.5	0.3	-1.2
Orlando Merced	36	FA-elig	123	-0.9	1.7	-3.3

44 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 27 of them (61%). 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

2003 roster — every player, value & surplus

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

Trade ledger (realized WAR, all-time)