Rosternomics

Royals KCR

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GM: Allard Baird (since 2001)

2002 roster — every player, value & surplus

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-15.5
WAB — wins above budget
-15.8
TAB — roster Talent above budget
62–100 (0.383)
record
-21M
surplus $M (value/$)
14.2
roster fWAR
$46.7M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Carlos Beltrán 25 arb 162 5.4 3.5 +5.7
Mike Sweeney 28 FA-elig 126 4.5 8.0 -0.3
Paul Byrd 31 FA-elig 33 3.1 0.8 +4.4
Raul Ibanez 30 FA-elig 137 2.3 0.8 +3.2
Joe Randa 32 FA-elig 151 2.1 4.0 -0.4
Jeff Suppan 27 FA-elig 33 1.4 4.2 -1.8
Runelvys Hernandez 24 12 1.2
Jeremy Affeldt 23 pre-arb 34 0.9 0.2 +1.4
Michael Tucker 31 FA-elig 144 0.9 2.2 -0.7
Jason Grimsley 34 FA-elig 70 0.8 1.9 -0.5
Roberto Hernandez 37 FA-elig 53 0.6 6.0 -4.9
Chris George 22 6 0.6
A.J. Hinch 28 arb 72 0.5 0.3 +0.5
Miguel Asencio 21 pre-arb 31 0.4 0.2 +0.5
Darrell May 30 FA-elig 30 0.4 0.4 +0.3
Angel Berroa 24 20 0.2
Dusty Wathan 28 3 0.2
Mike MacDougal 25 6 0.1
Jeff Austin 25 pre-arb 10 0.1 0.2 +0.0
Blake Stein 28 arb 27 0.1 1.4 -1.2
Juan Brito 22 9 0.0
Dee Brown 24 16 0.0
Ryan Bukvich 24 26 0.0
Mac Suzuki 27 7 -0.0
Jeremy Hill 24 10 -0.0
Brent Mayne 34 FA-elig 101 -0.0 2.5 -2.6
Shawn Sedlacek 25 16 -0.0
Bryan Rekar 30 2 -0.1
Dan Reichert 25 arb 30 -0.1 0.3 -0.4
Scott Mullen 27 44 -0.1
Chan Perry 29 5 -0.1
Wes Obermueller 25 2 -0.1
Alexis Gomez 23 5 -0.1
Nate Field 26 5 -0.2
Chad Durbin 24 arb 2 -0.2 0.3 -0.6
Donzell McDonald II 27 10 -0.2
Kit Pellow 28 29 -0.2
Brad Voyles 25 22 -0.2
Brian Shouse 33 FA-elig 23 -0.2 0.2 -0.6
Carlos Febles 26 arb 119 -0.3 0.8 -1.3
Dave McCarty↔ TBR 32 FA-elig 13 -0.3 0.4 -1.0
Mark Quinn 28 arb 23 -0.4 0.4 -1.0
Mike Caruso 25 12 -0.4
Brandon Berger 27 pre-arb 51 -0.4 0.2 -0.9
Luis Ordaz 26 33 -0.4
Cory Bailey 31 FA-elig 37 -0.5 0.3 -1.2
Kris Wilson 25 pre-arb 12 -0.6 0.2 -1.3
Donnie Sadler↔ TEX 27 arb 35 -0.7 0.1 -1.4
Luis Alicea 36 FA-elig 94 -0.8 0.8 -2.2
Chuck Knoblauch 33 FA-elig 80 -0.8 2.0 -3.4
Aaron Guiel 29 70 -1.2
Neifi Perez 29 FA-elig 145 -2.9 4.1 -9.1

52 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 29 of them (56%). 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