Rosternomics

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GM: Harry Dalton (since 1978)

1991 roster — every player, value & surplus

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+1.2
WAB — wins above budget
-5.1
TAB — roster Talent above budget
83–79 (0.512)
record
-7M
surplus $M (value/$)
29.0
roster fWAR
$22.6M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Paul Molitor 34 FA-elig 158 5.2 3.2 -0.1
Willie Randolph 36 FA-elig 124 4.0 0.5 +1.9
Chris Bosio 28 arb 32 3.3 0.9 +1.1
Jaime Navarro 24 pre-arb 34 3.1 0.8 +1.0
Bill Wegman 28 FA-elig 28 2.9 0.4 +1.3
Greg Vaughn 25 pre-arb 145 2.4 0.2 +1.3
Bill Spiers 25 pre-arb 133 2.3 0.2 +1.1
Jim Gantner 38 FA-elig 140 1.6 1.0 -0.1
Darryl Hamilton 26 arb 122 1.5 0.2 +0.7
B.J. Surhoff 26 arb 143 1.4 1.1 -0.2
Teddy Higuera 32 7 1.1
Doug Henry 27 32 0.8
Darren Holmes 25 40 0.7
Robin Yount 35 FA-elig 130 0.6 3.2 -2.8
Rick Dempsey 41 FA-elig 61 0.6 0.1 +0.2
Greg Brock 34 FA-elig 31 0.5 0.9 -0.6
Don August 27 28 0.4
Candy Maldonado↔ TOR 30 FA-elig 34 0.2 0.3 -0.2
Dale Sveum 27 90 0.2
Chris George 24 2 0.2
Cal Eldred 23 3 0.1
Kevin Brown 25 15 0.1
George Canale 25 21 0.1
Tim McIntosh 26 7 0.0
Dan Plesac 29 arb 45 0.0 1.0 -1.0
Chuck Crim 29 arb 66 0.0 2.8 -2.8
Ron Robinson 29 1 -0.0
Mike Ignasiak 25 4 -0.1
Jim Hunter 27 8 -0.1
Jim Olander 28 12 -0.2
Franklin Stubbs 30 FA-elig 103 -0.2 1.9 -2.0
Julio Machado 25 pre-arb 54 -0.2 0.2 -0.3
Jim Austin 27 5 -0.4
Mark Knudson 30 FA-elig 12 -0.4 0.5 -0.7
Dante Bichette 27 arb 134 -0.4 0.2 -0.4
Ed Nunez 28 FA-elig 23 -0.5 2.3 -2.6
Mark Lee 26 arb 62 -0.7 0.1 -0.6
Gary Sheffield 22 arb 50 -1.3 0.4 -1.2

38 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 23 of them (61%). 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 MIL
Christian Yelich201828.6
Freddy Peralta201517.3
Jeromy Burnitz199617.1
William Contreras202216.4
José Valentín19929.9
Josh Hader20158.8
Chris Capuano20038.5
Rob Deer19857.9
Ones that got away
PlayerYear tradedWAR elsewhere
Michael Brantley200820.0
Kevin Bass198217.5
José Valentín200017.3
Drew Rasmussen20219.1
Danny Darwin19868.0
Brett Lawrie20107.7
Khris Davis20167.4
Fernando Viña19996.7