GM: Ed Wade (since 2008)
| Player | Age | Service | G | fWAR | Salary $M | Surplus $M |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lance Berkman | 32 | FA-elig | 159 | 7.7 | 14.5 | +2.8 |
| Roy Oswalt | 30 | FA-elig | 32 | 3.8 | 13.0 | -4.4 |
| Carlos Lee | 32 | FA-elig | 115 | 3.2 | 12.5 | -5.3 |
| Hunter Pence | 25 | pre-arb | 157 | 2.9 | 0.4 | +6.2 |
| Ty Wigginton | 30 | FA-elig | 111 | 2.7 | 4.3 | +1.9 |
| Wandy Rodriguez | 29 | arb | 25 | 2.7 | 0.5 | +5.7 |
| Miguel Tejada | 34 | FA-elig | 158 | 2.5 | 14.8 | -9.3 |
| Kazuo Matsui | 32 | arb | 96 | 1.8 | 5.5 | -1.4 |
| Chris Sampson | 30 | pre-arb | 54 | 1.7 | 0.4 | +3.5 |
| Mark Loretta | 36 | FA-elig | 101 | 1.3 | 2.8 | +0.1 |
| Randy Wolf↔ SDP | 31 | FA-elig | 12 | 1.1 | 1.6 | +1.0 |
| Geoff Blum | 35 | FA-elig | 114 | 1.1 | 1.1 | +1.4 |
| Jose Valverde | 30 | arb | 74 | 1.1 | 4.7 | -2.3 |
| Brian Moehler | 36 | FA-elig | 31 | 1.1 | 0.5 | +1.9 |
| LaTroy Hawkins↔ NYY | 35 | FA-elig | 24 | 0.8 | 1.6 | +0.1 |
| Doug Brocail | 41 | FA-elig | 72 | 0.7 | 2.5 | -1.0 |
| Darin Erstad | 34 | FA-elig | 140 | 0.6 | 1.0 | +0.4 |
| Geoff Geary | 31 | arb | 55 | 0.6 | 1.1 | +0.1 |
| Reggie Abercrombie | 26 | – | 34 | 0.5 | – | – |
| Brandon Backe | 30 | FA-elig | 32 | 0.4 | 0.8 | +0.2 |
| Humberto Quintero | 28 | arb | 59 | 0.2 | 0.4 | +0.0 |
| Alberto Arias↔ COL | 24 | – | 3 | 0.1 | – | – |
| Fernando Nieve | 25 | – | 11 | 0.1 | – | – |
| Mark Saccomanno | 28 | – | 10 | 0.0 | – | – |
| Runelvys Hernandez | 30 | – | 4 | 0.0 | – | – |
| Michael Bourn | 25 | pre-arb | 138 | 0.0 | 0.4 | -0.3 |
| Jose Castillo↔ SFG | 27 | arb | 15 | -0.0 | 0.1 | -0.1 |
| Jack Cassel | 27 | – | 9 | -0.0 | – | – |
| Chad Paronto | 32 | – | 6 | -0.1 | – | – |
| J.R. House | 28 | – | 3 | -0.1 | – | – |
| José Cruz Jr. | 34 | FA-elig | 38 | -0.1 | 0.7 | -1.0 |
| Shawn Chacon | 30 | FA-elig | 15 | -0.1 | 1.0 | -1.4 |
| Edwin Maysonet | 26 | – | 7 | -0.2 | – | – |
| David Newhan | 34 | – | 64 | -0.2 | – | – |
| Brad Ausmus | 39 | FA-elig | 81 | -0.2 | 2.0 | -2.4 |
| Tomas Perez | 34 | – | 8 | -0.2 | – | – |
| Wesley Wright | 23 | pre-arb | 71 | -0.3 | 0.4 | -1.0 |
| Tim Byrdak | 34 | – | 59 | -0.5 | – | – |
| Dave Borkowski | 31 | FA-elig | 26 | -0.5 | 0.8 | -2.0 |
| Oscar Villarreal | 26 | arb | 35 | -1.0 | 1.1 | -3.3 |
| J.R. Towles | 24 | pre-arb | 54 | -1.2 | 0.4 | -3.1 |
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.
| 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 |
| 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 |