Rosternomics

Royals KCR

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GM: Herk Robinson (since 1991)

1992 roster — every player, value & surplus

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-11.1
WAB — wins above budget
-12.7
TAB — roster Talent above budget
72–90 (0.444)
record
-19M
surplus $M (value/$)
22.7
roster fWAR
$32.7M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Kevin Appier 24 arb 30 4.8 0.4 +3.4
Mike Macfarlane 28 arb 129 2.2 0.7 +1.0
Mark Gubicza 29 FA-elig 18 2.1 3.0 -1.3
Keith Miller 29 arb 106 2.1 0.6 +1.1
Gregg Jefferies 24 arb 152 2.1 1.1 +0.5
Rusty Meacham 24 64 1.8
Hipolito Pichardo 22 31 1.5
Jeff Montgomery 30 arb 65 1.4 2.5 -1.4
Wally Joyner 30 FA-elig 149 1.4 4.2 -3.1
Rick Reed 26 19 1.1
Dennis Rasmussen↔ CHC 33 5 1.1
Tom Gordon 24 arb 40 1.0 0.8 -0.0
Kevin McReynolds 32 FA-elig 109 0.6 3.4 -3.0
Mike Magnante 27 pre-arb 44 0.5 0.1 +0.3
Juan Samuel↔ LAD 31 FA-elig 29 0.5 0.9 -0.5
Bill Sampen↔ WSN 29 pre-arb 8 0.5 0.0 +0.3
Jim Eisenreich 33 FA-elig 113 0.4 1.6 -1.3
Bob Melvin 30 FA-elig 32 0.4 0.9 -0.6
Mike Boddicker 34 FA-elig 29 0.4 3.1 -2.8
Rico Rossy 28 59 0.3
Luis Aquino 28 FA-elig 15 0.3 0.7 -0.4
Chris Haney↔ WSN 23 pre-arb 7 0.3 0.0 +0.2
Curtis Wilkerson 31 FA-elig 111 0.3 0.4 -0.2
George Brett 39 FA-elig 152 0.3 3.1 -2.9
Juan Berenguer↔ ATL 37 FA-elig 19 0.2 0.5 -0.3
Curt Young↔ NYY 32 FA-elig 10 0.2 0.2 -0.0
David Howard 25 pre-arb 74 0.0 0.2 -0.1
Kevin Koslofski 25 55 0.0
Harvey Pulliam 24 4 -0.0
Ed Pierce 23 2 -0.1
Jeff Conine 26 28 -0.1
Rich Sauveur 28 8 -0.1
Brent Mayne 24 pre-arb 82 -0.2 0.2 -0.3
Steve Shifflett 26 34 -0.2
Joel Johnston 25 pre-arb 5 -0.3 0.1 -0.4
Neal Heaton↔ MIL 32 FA-elig 31 -0.3 1.1 -1.3
Chris Gwynn 27 arb 34 -0.4 0.4 -0.7
Dennis Moeller 24 5 -0.5
Gary Thurman 27 arb 88 -0.6 0.3 -0.8
Mark Davis↔ ATL 31 FA-elig 13 -0.6 1.7 -2.2
Brian McRae 24 pre-arb 149 -0.7 0.3 -0.9
Terry Shumpert 25 pre-arb 36 -0.9 0.2 -0.9

42 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 30 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