Brewers — Front Office

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 1986, or a custom range (defaults to every team-season since 1985, when our data starts).

Front Office

PoorAverageGreat

Value

Payroll $M

$9M

Surplus $M

-1

Win %

0.478

TAB

-7.2

WAB

-1.3

Roster composition

Roster fWAR

23.9

Dead money %

33%

Depth Players

6.0

Dead WAR

-6.5

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

1986 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

RCharlie Moore72

RRick Cerone68

RBill Schroeder35

1B

LCecil Cooper90

LBilly Jo Robidoux43

RBill Schroeder19

RRob Deer4

RGorman Thomas⇄3

LJim Adduci3

RRobin Yount3

2B

LJim Gantner135

BJuan Castillo17

BDale Sveum13

RRandy Ready⇄7

RCharlie Moore1

3B

RPaul Molitor91

BDale Sveum65

LJim Gantner3

BJuan Castillo2

SS

LErnest Riles142

BDale Sveum13

REdgar Diaz5

BJuan Castillo4

RSteve Kiefer2

LJim Gantner1

LF

RGlenn Braggs51

LBen Oglivie50

LRick Manning40

BMike Felder30

BPaul Householder12

RRandy Ready⇄11

RPaul Molitor4

RRob Deer1

CF

RRobin Yount131

LRick Manning29

BMike Felder7

BPaul Householder5

RGlenn Braggs3

RCharlie Moore1

RF

RRob Deer131

LRick Manning18

BPaul Householder8

BMike Felder6

RGlenn Braggs5

RCharlie Moore3

LBen Oglivie2

DH

LCecil Cooper43

LBen Oglivie41

RGorman Thomas⇄41

RBill Schroeder10

LBilly Jo Robidoux10

RPaul Molitor10

BPaul Householder3

RRobin Yount3

RGlenn Braggs2

RCharlie Moore1

BMike Felder1

RRandy Ready⇄1

Starters

LTeddy Higuera5.1 WAR

RTim Leary2.5 WAR

LJuan Nieves2.5 WAR

RDanny Darwin⇄1.9 WAR

RBill Wegman0.8 WAR

RMike Birkbeck0.4 WAR

RPete Vuckovich0.3 WAR

RJaime Cocanower-0.1 WAR

RChris Bosio-0.3 WAR

RMark Knudson⇄-0.4 WAR

RBob Gibson-0.5 WAR

Bullpen

★ RMark Clear16 sv

LDan Plesac0 h

RBryan Clutterbuck0 h

LJohn Henry Johnson0 h

RJaime Cocanower0 h

LRay Searage⇄0 h

LBob McClure⇄0 h

RBob Gibson0 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 1985)

Player	fWAR
Dan Plesac	2.5
Juan Nieves	2.5
Mark Clear	1.6
Rob Deer	1.5
Rick Cerone	1.4
John Henry Johnson	1.2

Key subtractions (gone from 1985)

Player	1985 fWAR
Moose Haas	2.1
Ted Simmons	1.0
Ray Burris	0.8
Chuck Porter	0.2
Rick Waits	0.2
Pete Ladd	0.1

Contract Value

WAR translated into tier-adjusted market value, then compared with what the player was paid by Brewers. Guaranteed contracts from the 2015-present contract-data period use the known contract period through 1986; everyone else is shown as a 1986 season snapshot.

Player	Period	fWAR	Tier Market $M	Paid $M	Surplus $M	$ / WAR	Tier	Contract
Teddy Higuera	1986	+5.1	+102.5	0.2	+102.3	$0.0M	2.50×	–
Dan Plesac	1986	+2.5	+51.5	0.1	+51.4	$0.0M	2.57×	–
Tim Leary	1986	+2.5	+39.2	0.1	+39.1	$0.0M	1.96×	–
Juan Nieves	1986	+2.5	+29.5	0.1	+29.4	$0.0M	1.49×	–
Mark Clear	1986	+1.6	+25.5	0.7	+24.8	$0.4M	1.95×	–
Robin Yount	1986	+2.4	+23.3	0.9	+22.3	$0.4M	1.22×	–
Danny Darwin↔	1986	+1.9	+22.5	0.4	+22.1	$0.2M	1.49×	–
Paul Molitor	1986	+2.1	+14.5	1.2	+13.3	$0.5M	0.85×	–
Rob Deer	1986	+1.5	+9.8	0.1	+9.7	$0.1M	0.83×	–
Bill Wegman	1986	+0.8	+6.9	0.1	+6.8	$0.1M	1.02×	–
John Henry Johnson	1986	+1.2	+6.5	0.1	+6.4	$0.0M	0.67×	–
Jim Gantner	1986	+1.4	+6.0	0.9	+5.2	$0.7M	0.56×	–
Rick Cerone	1986	+1.4	+5.9	0.7	+5.2	$0.5M	0.52×	–
Charlie Moore	1986	+1.2	+5.1	0.4	+4.6	$0.3M	0.52×	–
Mike Birkbeck	1986	+0.4	+3.2	0.1	+3.1	$0.2M	1.02×	–
Ben Oglivie	1986	+0.4	+2.7	0.8	+2.0	$1.9M	0.83×	–
Ernest Riles	1986	+0.4	+2.2	0.2	+2.0	$0.4M	0.61×	–
Rick Manning	1986	+0.3	+2.2	0.5	+1.7	$1.5M	0.83×	–
Bryan Clutterbuck	1986	+0.0	+0.2	0.1	+0.2	$1.4M	0.67×	–
Bill Schroeder	1986	-0.1	-0.3	0.2	-0.5	–	0.52×	–
Bob McClure↔	1986	-0.1	-0.5	0.1	-0.6	–	0.67×	–
Cecil Cooper	1986	-0.2	-0.7	0.6	-1.3	–	0.56×	–
Chris Bosio	1986	-0.3	-1.4	0.1	-1.5	–	0.67×	–
Gorman Thomas↔	1986	-0.4	-2.0	0.3	-2.3	–	0.69×	–
Dale Sveum	1986	-0.7	-3.1	0.1	-3.1	–	0.58×	–
Ray Searage↔	1986	-0.6	-3.0	0.0	-3.1	–	0.67×	–
Glenn Braggs	1986	-1.2	-7.8	0.1	-7.9	–	0.83×	–
Billy Jo Robidoux	1986	-0.3	-1.2	–	–	–	0.56×	–
Bob Gibson	1986	-0.5	-2.5	–	–	–	0.67×	–
Edgar Diaz	1986	-0.3	-1.6	–	–	–	0.61×	–
Jaime Cocanower	1986	-0.1	-0.5	–	–	–	0.67×	–
Jim Adduci	1986	-0.1	-0.7	–	–	–	0.56×	–
Juan Castillo	1986	-0.5	-2.4	–	–	–	0.56×	–
Mark Knudson↔	1986	-0.4	-1.9	–	–	–	0.67×	–
Mike Felder	1986	+0.3	+1.7	–	–	–	0.83×	–
Paul Householder	1986	-0.7	-4.4	–	–	–	0.83×	–
Pete Vuckovich	1986	+0.3	+2.2	–	–	–	1.02×	–
Randy Ready↔	1986	-0.1	-0.8	–	–	–	0.83×	–
Steve Kiefer	1986	-0.1	-0.6	–	–	–	0.61×	–
Total	—	+23.5	+327.7	9.2	+331.3	—

Trades

Every graded 1986 deal involving the Brewers — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 9 total.

1986 · SFG / MIL

SFG · Al Rosen +$0.8M

Rob Dewolf

MIL · Harry Dalton −$0.8M

Steve Stanicek

SFG came out ahead by $0.8M

1986 · MIL / WSN

MIL · Harry Dalton +$20.0M

Kent Bachman

WSN · Murray Cook −$20.0M

Bob McClure

MIL came out ahead by $20.0M

1986 · SDP / MIL

SDP · Jack McKeon +$60.8M

Randy Ready

MIL · Harry Dalton −$60.8M

Tim Pyznarski

SDP came out ahead by $60.8M

1986 · MIL / CHW

MIL · Harry Dalton +$4.0M

Al Jones, Tom Hartley

CHW · Ken Harrelson −$4.0M

Ray Searage

MIL came out ahead by $4.0M

1986 · MIL / CHC

MIL · Harry Dalton +$2.4M

Rick Rembielak, Larry Whitford

CHC · Dallas Green −$2.4M

Mike Martin

MIL came out ahead by $2.4M

1986 · MIL / ATL

MIL · Harry Dalton +$29.6M

Rick Cerone, Dave Clay, Flavio Alfaro

ATL · Bobby Cox −$29.6M

Ted Simmons

MIL came out ahead by $29.6M

1986 · HOU / MIL

HOU · Dick Wagner +$52.8M

Danny Darwin

MIL · Harry Dalton −$52.8M

Don August, Mark Knudson

HOU came out ahead by $52.8M

1986 · OAK / MIL

OAK · Sandy Alderson +$3.2M

Moose Haas

MIL · Harry Dalton −$3.2M

Steve Kiefer, Mike Fulmer, Pete Kendrick, Charlie O'Brien

OAK came out ahead by $3.2M

1986 · LAD / MIL

LAD · Al Campanis +$73.6M

Tim Leary, Tim Crews

MIL · Harry Dalton −$73.6M

Greg Brock

LAD came out ahead by $73.6M

Current & Historical Payroll

1986 payroll

$8.7M

What the front office was committed to as of 1986, 1986–1992. 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 (15)

Player	Age	Svc	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992
Paul Molitor	29	8.000	$1.2M	$1.3M	$1.4M	$2.1M	$2.6M	$3.2M	$3.5M
Robin Yount	30	12.000	$950k	$1.1M	$1.1M	$1.1M	$3.2M	$3.2M	$3.2M
Jim Gantner	33	10.000	$888k	$375k	$938k	$900k	$700k	$1.0M	$1.1M
Ben Oglivie	37	15.000	$767k	FREE AGENT
Rick Cerone	32	11.000	$675k	FREE AGENT
Mark Clear	30	7.000	$672k	$685k	$535k	FREE AGENT
Cecil Cooper	36	15.000	$607k	$493k	FREE AGENT
Rick Manning	31	11.000	$495k	$560k	FREE AGENT
Danny Darwin	30	8.000	$422k	FREE AGENT
Charlie Moore	33	13.000	$402k	FREE AGENT
Gorman Thomas	35	13.000	$261k	FREE AGENT
Bob McClure	34	11.000	$97k	FREE AGENT
John Henry Johnson	29	8.000	$60k	FREE AGENT
Paul Householder	27	6.000	—	FREE AGENT
Pete Vuckovich	33	11.000	—	FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (5)

Player	Age	Svc	1986	1987	1988	1989
Bill Schroeder	27	3.000	$155k	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Tim Leary	27	5.000	$90k	FREE AGENT
Ray Searage	31	5.000	$45k	FREE AGENT
Jim Adduci	26	3.000	—	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Randy Ready	26	3.000	—	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (19)

Player	Age	Svc	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992
Teddy Higuera	28	1.000	$195k	Pre-Arb	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Ernest Riles	25	1.000	$175k	Pre-Arb	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Rob Deer	25	2.000	$95k	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Bill Wegman	23	1.000	$70k	Pre-Arb	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Juan Nieves	21	0.000	$70k	Pre-Arb	Pre-Arb	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Bryan Clutterbuck	26	0.000	$60k	Pre-Arb	Pre-Arb	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Mike Birkbeck	25	0.000	$60k	Pre-Arb	Pre-Arb	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Chris Bosio	23	0.000	$60k	Pre-Arb	Pre-Arb	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Glenn Braggs	23	0.000	$60k	Pre-Arb	Pre-Arb	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Dan Plesac	24	0.000	$60k	Pre-Arb	Pre-Arb	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Dale Sveum	22	0.000	$60k	Pre-Arb	Pre-Arb	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Juan Castillo	24	0.000	—	Pre-Arb	Pre-Arb	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Jaime Cocanower	29	–	—
Edgar Diaz	22	0.000	—	Pre-Arb	Pre-Arb	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Mike Felder	24	1.000	—	Pre-Arb	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Bob Gibson	29	–	—
Steve Kiefer	25	2.000	—	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Mark Knudson	25	1.000	—	Pre-Arb	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Billy Jo Robidoux	22	–	—

Graphs

Regime	Seasons	Win %	Playoff %	Pennant %	WS %
WINDOW	289	52.2	30.1	4.8	1.0
CONTEND	309	56.8	63.1	19.1	10.0
FORCED-SPEND	262	48.0	9.2	1.5	1.5
REBUILD	328	43.3	1.2	0.3	0.3

How each 1986 acquisition stacked onto Brewers's playoff-odds curve. The side table is ranked by PPA.

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Brewers MIL

Overview

Front Office

Offense

Pitching & Defense

Roster

1986 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

1B

2B

3B

SS

LF

CF

RF

DH

Starters

Bullpen

Key additions (new vs 1985)

Key subtractions (gone from 1985)

Contract Value

Trades

Current & Historical Payroll

Guaranteed / signed (15)

Arbitration-eligible (5)

Pre-arbitration (19)

Graphs

What each regime is worth — every settled team-season since 1985

Brewers MIL

Overview

Front Office

Offense All positionsC1B2B3BSSOF (LF/CF/RF)LFCFRFINF (1B/2B/3B/SS)Middle infield (2B/SS)C/DH

Pitching & Defense ALL SP RP

Roster

1986 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

1B

2B

3B

SS

LF

CF

RF

DH

Starters

Bullpen

Key additions (new vs 1985)

Key subtractions (gone from 1985)

Contract Value

Trades

Current & Historical Payroll

Guaranteed / signed (15)

Arbitration-eligible (5)

Pre-arbitration (19)

Graphs

What each regime is worth — every settled team-season since 1985

Offense

Pitching & Defense