Rosternomics

Royals KCR

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GM: Allard Baird (since 2001)

2003 roster — every player, value & surplus

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+6.2
WAB — wins above budget
-7.1
TAB — roster Talent above budget
83–79 (0.512)
record
-12M
surplus $M (value/$)
22.2
roster fWAR
$46.2M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Carlos Beltrán 26 arb 141 6.9 6.0 +6.3
Darrell May 31 FA-elig 35 2.8 0.5 +4.5
Angel Berroa 25 pre-arb 158 2.7 0.3 +4.5
Jeremy Affeldt 24 pre-arb 36 2.6 0.3 +4.3
Joe Randa 33 FA-elig 131 2.4 4.5 -0.2
Raul Ibanez 31 FA-elig 157 2.0 3.0 +0.6
Mike Sweeney 29 FA-elig 108 1.6 11.0 -8.1
Aaron Guiel 30 99 1.4
Jose Lima 30 14 1.1
Runelvys Hernandez 25 pre-arb 16 1.0 0.3 +1.4
Kyle Snyder 25 15 1.0
Rondell White↔ SDP 31 FA-elig 22 0.7 0.9 +0.3
Miguel Asencio 22 pre-arb 8 0.6 0.3 +0.8
Jimmy Gobble 21 9 0.6
Mike MacDougal 26 pre-arb 68 0.6 0.3 +0.8
Brian Anderson↔ CLE 31 FA-elig 7 0.6 0.3 +0.7
Jamey Wright 28 4 0.6
Curt Leskanic↔ MIL 35 FA-elig 27 0.5 1.9 -0.9
Jason Grimsley 35 FA-elig 76 0.5 2.0 -1.1
Mike DiFelice 34 FA-elig 62 0.4 0.6 +0.2
Brent Mayne 35 FA-elig 113 0.4 2.8 -2.0
Graeme Lloyd↔ NYM 36 FA-elig 16 0.1 0.2 +0.0
D.J. Carrasco 26 pre-arb 50 0.1 0.3 -0.1
Kris Wilson 26 arb 29 0.1 0.3 -0.1
Paul Abbott 35 10 0.1
Desi Relaford 29 FA-elig 141 0.0 0.9 -0.8
Jeremy Hill 25 1 0.0
Mendy López 29 arb 52 -0.0 0.3 -0.3
Kevin Appier↔ ANA 35 FA-elig 4 -0.0 2.0 -2.0
Gookie Dawkins 24 3 -0.0
Julius Matos 28 28 -0.0
David DeJesus 23 12 -0.1
Tom Prince↔ MIN 38 FA-elig 8 -0.1 0.1 -0.2
Nate Field 27 19 -0.1
Rontrez Johnson 26 pre-arb 8 -0.1 0.3 -0.5
Ryan Bukvich 25 pre-arb 9 -0.1 0.3 -0.5
Rick DeHart 33 4 -0.1
Al Levine↔ TBR 35 18 -0.1
Morgan Burkhart 31 6 -0.1
Jason Gilfillan 26 13 -0.2
Brad Voyles 26 11 -0.2
Les Walrond 26 7 -0.2
Scott Mullen↔ LAD 28 2 -0.2
Brandon Berger 28 pre-arb 13 -0.3 0.3 -0.8
Sean Lowe 32 28 -0.3
Jarrod Patterson 29 13 -0.4
Brent Abernathy↔ TBR 25 pre-arb 10 -0.6 0.2 -1.3
Chris George 23 pre-arb 18 -0.7 0.3 -1.5
Albie Lopez 31 FA-elig 15 -0.7 1.5 -2.8
Michael Tucker 32 FA-elig 104 -0.9 2.8 -4.3
Ken Harvey 25 pre-arb 135 -1.1 0.3 -2.2
Carlos Febles 27 arb 74 -1.3 0.8 -3.1
Dee Brown 25 arb 50 -1.4 0.3 -2.7

53 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 33 of them (62%). 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