Rosternomics

Royals KCR

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GM: Herk Robinson (since 1991)

1996 roster — every player, value & surplus

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WAB — wins above budget
-0.3
TAB — roster Talent above budget
75–86 (0.466)
record
+2M
surplus $M (value/$)
27.7
roster fWAR
$20.1M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Kevin Appier 28 FA-elig 32 6.3 5.1 +0.3
Chris Haney 27 arb 35 3.9 0.6 +2.7
Tim Belcher 34 FA-elig 35 3.8 1.4 +1.8
José Rosado 21 pre-arb 16 2.8 0.1 +2.3
Mike Macfarlane 32 FA-elig 112 2.4 0.8 +1.2
Doug Linton 31 21 2.2
Jose Offerman 27 FA-elig 151 2.1 1.1 +0.7
Keith Lockhart 31 pre-arb 138 1.3 0.2 +0.9
Michael Tucker 25 pre-arb 108 1.0 0.2 +0.7
Hipolito Pichardo 26 arb 57 0.9 0.6 +0.1
Joe Randa 26 pre-arb 110 0.9 0.1 +0.6
Mark Gubicza 33 FA-elig 19 0.7 1.6 -1.0
Jon Nunnally 24 pre-arb 35 0.7 0.2 +0.4
Bob Hamelin 28 arb 89 0.7 0.4 +0.2
Mike Sweeney 22 pre-arb 50 0.5 0.1 +0.3
Jason Jacome 25 pre-arb 49 0.3 0.1 +0.1
Mike Magnante 31 arb 38 0.3 0.2 +0.0
Jaime Bluma 24 pre-arb 17 0.3 0.1 +0.1
Julio Valera 27 FA-elig 31 0.2 0.2 -0.0
David Howard 29 arb 143 0.2 0.6 -0.5
Ken Robinson 26 5 0.1
Bob Scanlan↔ DET 29 9 0.1
Craig Paquette 27 arb 118 0.0 0.1 -0.1
Pat Lennon 28 arb 14 0.0 0.1 -0.1
Sal Fasano 24 pre-arb 51 0.0 0.1 -0.1
Rick Huisman 27 pre-arb 22 0.0 0.1 -0.1
Brian Bevil 24 3 0.0
Terry Clark↔ HOU 35 FA-elig 12 0.0 0.1 -0.1
Henry Mercedes 26 4 -0.0
Bip Roberts 32 FA-elig 90 -0.1 2.5 -2.6
Rod Myers 23 22 -0.1
Jeff Granger 24 15 -0.2
Tim Pugh↔ CIN 29 arb 19 -0.2 0.1 -0.3
Jeff Montgomery 34 FA-elig 48 -0.3 2.1 -2.4
Joe Vitiello 26 pre-arb 85 -0.3 0.1 -0.4
Kevin Young 27 arb 55 -0.4 0.1 -0.5
Chris Stynes 23 36 -0.5
Tom Goodwin 27 arb 143 -0.5 0.3 -0.8
Les Norman 27 pre-arb 54 -0.7 0.1 -0.7
Johnny Damon 22 pre-arb 145 -0.8 0.2 -0.8

40 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 32 of them (80%). 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