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Royals KCR

199464–51 (0.557)
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GM: Herk Robinson

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 1994, or a custom range (defaults to every team-season since 1985, when our data starts).

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Front Office

PoorAverageGreat
Value
Payroll $M
$40M
Surplus $M
-14
Win %
0.557
TAB
-3.2
WAB
+3.7
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
24.1
Dead money %
26%
Depth Players
6.0
Dead WAR
-3.4

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

1994 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

RMike Macfarlane81
LBrent Mayne42

1B

LWally Joyner86
LBob Hamelin24
RGary Gaetti9
RHubie Brooks4

2B

RJosé Lind84
RTerry Shumpert38
BDavid Howard3

3B

RGary Gaetti85
BDavid Howard25
RTerry Shumpert24
RHubie Brooks22
RKeith Miller2

SS

RGreg Gagne106
BDavid Howard15
RTerry Shumpert1

LF

BVince Coleman99
RDave Henderson17
RKeith Miller4
BDavid Howard1

CF

BBrian McRae110
RDave Henderson6
LKevin Koslofski1

RF

BFelix Jose98
RDave Henderson17
LKevin Koslofski1
LTom Goodwin1

DH

LBob Hamelin67
RDave Henderson14
LWally Joyner11
RHubie Brooks8
RMike Macfarlane8
BVince Coleman4
BBrian McRae2
LBrent Mayne1

Starters

RKevin Appier4.0 WAR
RDavid Cone3.8 WAR
RMark Gubicza2.7 WAR
RTom Gordon2.2 WAR
LChris Haney0.5 WAR
RBob Milacki0.5 WAR
RJose DeJesus0.3 WAR
LMike Magnante0.2 WAR
LJeff Granger-0.1 WAR

Bullpen

★ RJeff Montgomery27 sv
LBilly Brewer0 h
RHipolito Pichardo0 h
RStan Belinda0 h
RRusty Meacham0 h
LMike Magnante0 h
RJose DeJesus0 h
LJeff Granger0 h

Each position shows its top 3 by games (top = starter) — click "+more" for the rest. The letter is bats/throws; ⇄ marks a player traded mid-season. Starters are ranked by WAR, bullpen by holds; ★ marks the closer (most save chances). MLB Stats API.

Key additions (new vs 1993)

PlayerfWAR
Bob Milacki0.5
Jose De Jesus0.3
Tom Goodwin-0.1
Dave Henderson-0.7
Vince Coleman-1.6

Key subtractions (gone from 1993)

Player1993 fWAR
Kevin McReynolds0.7
Chris Gwynn0.5
Craig Wilson0.4
Rico Rossy0.2
John Habyan0.1
Rick Reed0.0

Contract Value

WAR translated into tier-adjusted market value, then compared with what the player was paid by Royals. Guaranteed contracts from the 2015-present contract-data period use the known contract period through 1994; everyone else is shown as a 1994 season snapshot.

PlayerPeriodfWARTier Market $MPaid $MSurplus $M$ / WARTierContract
Kevin Appier 1994 +4.0 +69.6 3.8 +65.8 $1.0M 2.19× –
David Cone 1994 +3.8 +66.1 5.0 +61.1 $1.3M 2.19× –
Mark Gubicza 1994 +2.7 +41.6 0.6 +41.0 $0.2M 1.96× –
Tom Gordon 1994 +2.2 +26.1 2.6 +23.5 $1.2M 1.49× –
Bob Hamelin 1994 +2.4 +19.5 0.1 +19.4 $0.0M 1.01× –
Gary Gaetti 1994 +2.1 +14.4 0.1 +14.3 $0.1M 0.85× –
Jeff Montgomery 1994 +1.0 +10.4 3.2 +7.3 $3.2M 1.34× –
Wally Joyner 1994 +1.6 +10.2 4.6 +5.6 $2.9M 0.81× –
Chris Haney 1994 +0.5 +4.4 0.2 +4.2 $0.4M 1.02× –
Felix Jose 1994 +0.9 +5.9 1.9 +4.0 $2.2M 0.83× –
Mike Macfarlane 1994 +1.5 +6.1 2.6 +3.5 $1.8M 0.52× –
Brian McRae 1994 +0.7 +4.9 1.9 +3.0 $2.6M 0.83× –
Greg Gagne 1994 +1.2 +5.9 3.0 +2.9 $2.5M 0.61× –
Hipolito Pichardo 1994 +0.6 +3.2 0.3 +2.9 $0.5M 0.67× –
David Howard 1994 +0.6 +2.9 0.2 +2.7 $0.4M 0.58× –
Mike Magnante 1994 +0.2 +1.2 0.2 +1.0 $0.8M 0.67× –
Billy Brewer 1994 +0.2 +1.0 0.2 +0.8 $0.9M 0.67× –
Brent Mayne 1994 +0.1 +0.4 0.5 -0.1 $4.7M 0.52× –
Terry Shumpert 1994 -0.0 -0.0 0.2 -0.2 – 0.56× –
Tom Goodwin 1994 -0.1 -0.4 0.1 -0.5 – 0.83× –
Kevin Koslofski 1994 -0.1 -0.6 0.1 -0.8 – 0.83× –
Keith Miller 1994 -0.1 -0.9 0.7 -1.6 – 0.83× –
Stan Belinda 1994 -0.0 -0.2 1.6 -1.8 – 0.67× –
Jose Lind 1994 +0.1 +0.4 2.4 -2.0 $28.1M 0.56× –
Hubie Brooks 1994 -0.6 -3.6 0.3 -4.0 – 0.69× –
Dave Henderson 1994 -0.7 -4.8 0.8 -5.6 – 0.83× –
Vince Coleman 1994 -1.6 -10.6 3.3 -13.9 – 0.83× –
Bob Milacki 1994 +0.5 +3.8 – – – 1.02× –
Jeff Granger 1994 -0.1 -0.9 – – – 1.02× –
Jose De Jesus 1994 +0.3 +2.4 – – – 1.02× –
Rusty Meacham 1994 +0.4 +2.3 – – – 0.67× –
Total—+24.3+280.740.5+232.5—

Trades

Every graded 1994 deal involving the Royals — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 1 total.

1994 · NYM / KCR
NYM · Joe McIlvaine +$16.0M
Kevin McReynolds
KCR · Herk Robinson −$16.0M
Vince Coleman
NYM came out ahead by $16.0M

Current & Historical Payroll

1994 payroll
$40.5M

What the front office was committed to as of 1994, 1994–2000. Pre-2015 has no contract-terms data — forward italic $ are realized actuals (hindsight, not commitments known then). Control labels (ARB/FA) are point-in-time.

current $ guaranteed $ actual $ (hindsight) arbitration (proj) pre-arb (proj) free agent

Guaranteed / signed (16)

PlayerAgeSvc1994199519961997199819992000
David Cone318.000$5.0MFREE AGENT
Wally Joyner328.000$4.6M$4.8MFREE AGENT
Vince Coleman329.000$3.3M$163kFREE AGENT
Jeff Montgomery327.000$3.2M$4.2M$2.1M$2.3M$2.8M$2.5MFREE AGENT
Greg Gagne3211.000$3.0M$4.4MFREE AGENT
Tom Gordon266.000$2.6M$3.3MFREE AGENT
Mike Macfarlane307.000$2.6MFREE AGENT$850k$888k$698k
Jose Lind307.000$2.4MFREE AGENT
Felix Jose296.000$1.9MFREE AGENT
Dave Henderson3513.000$750kFREE AGENT
Keith Miller317.000$700kFREE AGENT
Mark Gubicza3110.000$610k$750k$1.6MFREE AGENT
Hubie Brooks3714.000$350kFREE AGENT
Gary Gaetti3513.000$109k$1.1MFREE AGENT
Jose De Jesus296.000—FREE AGENT
Bob Milacki296.000—FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (10)

PlayerAgeSvc1994199519961997199819992000
Kevin Appier265.000$3.8MFREE AGENT
Brian McRae264.000$1.9MARB 3FREE AGENT
Stan Belinda275.000$1.6MFREE AGENT
Brent Mayne264.000$500kARB 3FREE AGENT
David Howard273.000$220kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Terry Shumpert274.000$205kARB 3FREE AGENT
Chris Haney253.000$193kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Magnante293.000$180kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Tom Goodwin253.000$144kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Rusty Meacham263.000—ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (5)

PlayerAgeSvc1994199519961997199819992000
Hipolito Pichardo242.000$295kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Billy Brewer261.000$165kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Kevin Koslofski272.000$130kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Bob Hamelin261.000$110kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jeff Granger221.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

How each 1994 acquisition stacked onto Royals's playoff-odds curve. The side table is ranked by PPA.

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