Rosternomics

Royals KCR

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GM: John Schuerholz (since 1982)

1985 roster — every player, value & surplus

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+8.6
WAB — wins above budget
+3.2
TAB — roster Talent above budget
91–71 (0.562)
record · World Series champions
-0M
surplus $M (value/$)
37.9
roster fWAR
$10.2M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
George Brett 32 FA-elig 155 8.3 1.0 +1.2
Bret Saberhagen 21 pre-arb 32 6.2 0.1 +1.5
Danny Jackson 23 pre-arb 32 4.6 0.1 +1.1
Charlie Leibrandt 28 FA-elig 33 4.1 0.2 +0.8
Bud Black 28 arb 33 3.6 0.5 +0.5
Dan Quisenberry 32 FA-elig 84 2.7 1.0 -0.3
Mark Gubicza 22 pre-arb 29 2.2 0.1 +0.5
Willie Wilson 29 FA-elig 141 2.0 0.8 -0.3
Frank White 34 FA-elig 149 2.0 0.5 -0.0
Jim Sundberg 34 FA-elig 115 1.2 0.6 -0.3
Steve Balboni 28 arb 160 1.2 0.2 +0.1
Lonnie Smith↔ STL 29 FA-elig 120 1.1 0.6 -0.3
Joe Beckwith 30 FA-elig 49 0.9 0.4 -0.1
John Wathan 35 FA-elig 60 0.9 0.4 -0.2
Hal McRae 39 FA-elig 112 0.8 0.8 -0.6
Steve Farr 28 16 0.6
Mark Huismann 27 9 0.3
Jamie Quirk 30 19 0.3
Pat Sheridan 27 arb 78 0.1 0.2 -0.1
Tony Ferreira 22 2 0.1
Dennis Leonard 34 FA-elig 2 0.0 0.9 -0.9
Michael LaCoss 29 21 0.0
Jim Scranton 25 6 0.0
Omar Moreno↔ NYY 32 24 -0.1
Larry Gura↔ CHC 37 3 -0.2
Buddy Biancalana 25 81 -0.2
Dane Iorg 35 FA-elig 64 -0.3 0.2 -0.3
Mike Jones 25 arb 33 -0.3 0.1 -0.2
Jorge Orta 34 FA-elig 110 -0.4 0.5 -0.5
Darryl Motley 25 arb 123 -0.6 0.2 -0.3
Greg Pryor 35 FA-elig 63 -0.6 0.3 -0.5
Onix Concepcion 27 arb 131 -0.8 0.2 -0.4
Dave Leeper 25 15 -0.9
Lynn Jones 32 FA-elig 110 -0.9 0.2 -0.4

34 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 24 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
PlayerYearWAR for KCR
Charlie Leibrandt198316.8
Danny Tartabull198613.9
Joe Randa199812.8
Jeff Montgomery198812.0
Joakim Soria20069.8
José Offerman19958.1
Brad Keller20177.9
Chris Haney19926.9
Ones that got away
PlayerYear tradedWAR elsewhere
Mark Ellis200122.1
David Cone198721.2
Jorge De La Rosa200813.1
Sean Manaea201511.2
Rance Mulliniks198211.1
Bret Saberhagen199110.8
Charlie Leibrandt19899.9
Jon Lieber19939.8