Rosternomics

Royals KCR

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GM: John Schuerholz (since 1982)

1988 roster — every player, value & surplus

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+0.5
WAB — wins above budget
+0.3
TAB — roster Talent above budget
84–77 (0.522)
record
-2M
surplus $M (value/$)
36.2
roster fWAR
$13.8M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Mark Gubicza 25 arb 35 6.2 0.6 +1.3
Bret Saberhagen 24 arb 35 5.5 1.1 +0.6
George Brett 35 FA-elig 157 5.3 2.3 -0.6
Kevin Seitzer 26 pre-arb 149 4.2 0.2 +1.1
Charlie Leibrandt 31 FA-elig 35 3.4 1.2 -0.2
Danny Tartabull 25 arb 146 3.4 0.3 +0.7
Kurt Stillwell 23 pre-arb 128 2.8 0.1 +0.7
Bo Jackson 25 pre-arb 124 1.8 0.4 +0.2
Steve Farr 31 arb 62 1.5 0.2 +0.2
Floyd Bannister 33 FA-elig 31 1.2 0.9 -0.5
Jamie Quirk 33 FA-elig 84 1.0 0.3 -0.0
Mike Macfarlane 24 pre-arb 70 0.8 0.1 +0.2
Ted Power↔ DET 33 FA-elig 22 0.5 0.5 -0.3
Pat Tabler↔ CLE 30 FA-elig 89 0.5 0.5 -0.4
Frank White 37 FA-elig 150 0.5 0.8 -0.7
Dan Quisenberry↔ STL 35 FA-elig 20 0.4 0.6 -0.5
Tom Gordon 20 5 0.4
Brad Wellman 28 FA-elig 71 0.3 0.1 -0.0
Jerry Don Gleaton 30 FA-elig 42 0.3 0.1 -0.0
Israel Sanchez 24 19 0.2
Larry Owen 33 FA-elig 37 0.2 0.1 -0.0
Bill Pecota 28 pre-arb 90 0.1 0.1 -0.0
Luis Aquino 24 7 0.1
Bud Black↔ CLE 31 FA-elig 17 0.1 0.3 -0.3
Rick Anderson 31 7 0.0
Mark Lee 23 4 0.0
Willie Wilson 32 FA-elig 147 -0.0 1.4 -1.4
Jose De Jesus 23 2 -0.1
Scotti Madison 28 arb 16 -0.1 0.1 -0.1
Jeff Montgomery 26 pre-arb 45 -0.1 0.1 -0.1
Thad Bosley↔ ANA 31 FA-elig 15 -0.1 0.1 -0.2
Ed Hearn 27 pre-arb 7 -0.2 0.1 -0.1
Rey Palacios 25 5 -0.2
Luis de los Santos 21 11 -0.2
Dave Owen 30 7 -0.2
Nick Capra 30 14 -0.3
Gene Garber 40 FA-elig 26 -0.3 0.5 -0.6
Bill Buckner↔ ANA 38 FA-elig 89 -0.7 0.3 -0.5
Steve Balboni↔ SEA 31 FA-elig 21 -0.7 0.1 -0.3
Gary Thurman 23 pre-arb 35 -0.7 0.1 -0.3
Jim Eisenreich 29 FA-elig 82 -0.8 0.1 -0.3

41 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 31 of them (76%). 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