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Brewers MIL

199453–62 (0.461)
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GM: Sal Bando

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 1994, or a custom range (defaults to every team-season since 1985, when our data starts).

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Front Office

PoorAverageGreat
Value
Payroll $M
$24M
Surplus $M
-3
Win %
0.461
TAB
-4.1
WAB
-2.6
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
19.0
Dead money %
32%
Depth Players
2.0
Dead WAR
-2.9

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

1994 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

LDave Nilsson60
RMike Matheny27
RBrian Harper25
RDave Valle⇄15
LB.J. Surhoff12
RRick Wrona5

1B

RJohn Jaha73
RKevin Seitzer35
LB.J. Surhoff8
LDave Nilsson5
LBill Spiers1
RRick Wrona1

2B

RJody Reed106
BJose Valentin18
BAlex Diaz2
RJeff Cirillo1

3B

RKevin Seitzer43
RJeff Cirillo37
LBill Spiers35
LB.J. Surhoff18
BJose Valentin1
BTurner Ward1

SS

BJose Valentin83
LBill Spiers35
BPat Listach16

LF

RGreg Vaughn81
BTurner Ward35
LTroy O'Leary13
RMatt Mieske6
RBrian Harper1

CF

BAlex Diaz59
BTurner Ward52
LDarryl Hamilton32
LDuane Singleton2
RGreg Vaughn1

RF

RMatt Mieske80
BTurner Ward25
BAlex Diaz20
LTroy O'Leary10
LB.J. Surhoff3
RBrian Harper3
LBill Spiers2

DH

LDave Nilsson42
RBrian Harper36
RGreg Vaughn14
RJohn Jaha9
RKevin Seitzer4
LDarryl Hamilton3
LBill Spiers2
LB.J. Surhoff1
RDave Valle⇄1
LTroy O'Leary1

Starters

RRicky Bones2.3 WAR
RBill Wegman1.8 WAR
RBob Scanlan1.6 WAR
RCal Eldred1.3 WAR
RJaime Navarro1.0 WAR
RMike Ignasiak0.5 WAR
LAngel Miranda-0.1 WAR
LTeddy Higuera-0.5 WAR

Bullpen

★ RMike Fetters17 sv
LGraeme Lloyd0 h
LJesse Orosco0 h
RDoug Henry0 h
RJose Mercedes0 h
RJeff Bronkey0 h
RMark Kiefer0 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 1993)

PlayerfWAR
Bob Scanlan1.6
Jody Reed1.5
Turner Ward1.4
Jeff Cirillo0.7
Dave Valle0.6
Rick Wrona0.4

Key subtractions (gone from 1993)

Player1993 fWAR
Robin Yount1.7
Mike Boddicker0.5
Joe Kmak0.3
Carlos Maldonado0.2
Josias Manzanillo0.0
Jim Austin-0.0

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 1994; everyone else is shown as a 1994 season snapshot.

PlayerPeriodfWARTier Market $MPaid $MSurplus $M$ / WARTierContract
Ricky Bones 1994 +2.3 +27.1 0.3 +26.7 $0.2M 1.49× –
Bill Wegman 1994 +1.8 +21.1 2.4 +18.8 $1.3M 1.49× –
Jose Valentin 1994 +2.2 +16.0 0.1 +15.9 $0.1M 0.89× –
Bob Scanlan 1994 +1.6 +12.7 0.5 +12.2 $0.3M 0.98× –
Cal Eldred 1994 +1.3 +10.8 0.4 +10.5 $0.3M 1.02× –
Jody Reed 1994 +1.5 +9.8 0.8 +9.1 $0.5M 0.82× –
Turner Ward 1994 +1.4 +9.3 0.2 +9.1 $0.1M 0.83× –
Mike Fetters 1994 +0.9 +9.4 0.4 +9.0 $0.5M 1.34× –
Greg Vaughn 1994 +1.5 +9.9 3.0 +6.9 $2.0M 0.83× –
Matt Mieske 1994 +0.6 +4.0 0.1 +3.9 $0.2M 0.83× –
Kevin Seitzer 1994 +0.9 +4.1 0.7 +3.4 $0.8M 0.58× –
Jeff Cirillo 1994 +0.7 +3.1 0.1 +3.0 $0.2M 0.58× –
Graeme Lloyd 1994 +0.6 +2.9 0.2 +2.8 $0.3M 0.67× –
Jaime Navarro 1994 +1.0 +5.2 2.4 +2.8 $2.4M 0.67× –
Dave Valle↔ 1994 +0.6 +2.6 0.4 +2.2 $0.7M 0.52× –
Dave Nilsson 1994 +0.4 +1.9 0.2 +1.7 $0.4M 0.52× –
Darryl Hamilton 1994 +0.5 +3.3 1.8 +1.5 $3.6M 0.83× –
Alex Diaz 1994 +0.1 +0.6 0.1 +0.5 $1.3M 0.83× –
Bill Spiers 1994 +0.2 +1.0 0.5 +0.5 $2.1M 0.58× –
B.J. Surhoff 1994 +0.6 +2.8 2.5 +0.3 $4.1M 0.58× –
John Jaha 1994 +0.0 +0.1 0.2 -0.1 $7.6M 0.56× –
Jesse Orosco 1994 +0.1 +0.4 0.8 -0.3 $9.6M 0.67× –
Mike Matheny 1994 -0.1 -0.5 0.1 -0.6 – 0.52× –
Angel Miranda 1994 -0.1 -0.5 0.1 -0.7 – 1.02× –
Jeff Bronkey 1994 -0.1 -0.7 0.1 -0.9 – 0.67× –
Jose Mercedes 1994 -0.3 -1.4 0.1 -1.5 – 0.67× –
Tom Brunansky↔ 1994 -0.2 -1.3 0.3 -1.6 – 0.83× –
Brian Harper 1994 -0.2 -0.8 1.0 -1.8 – 0.69× –
Mark Kiefer 1994 -0.5 -2.9 0.1 -3.0 – 0.67× –
Doug Henry 1994 -0.7 -3.9 0.2 -4.1 – 0.67× –
Teddy Higuera 1994 -0.5 -4.2 3.5 -7.7 – 1.02× –
Pat Listach 1994 +0.1 +0.5 0.5 +0.0 $4.6M 0.61× –
Mike Ignasiak 1994 +0.5 +2.8 – – – 0.67× –
Rick Wrona 1994 +0.4 +1.7 – – – 0.52× –
Troy O'Leary 1994 -0.2 -1.1 – – – 0.83× –
Total—+18.9+145.824.1+118.5—

Trades

Every graded 1994 deal involving the Brewers — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 3 total.

1994 · MIL / NYM
MIL · Sal Bando +$9.6M
Javier Gonzalez, Fernando Viña
NYM · Joe McIlvaine −$9.6M
Doug Henry
MIL came out ahead by $9.6M
1994 · MIL / BOS
MIL · Sal Bando +$0.0M
Dave Valle
BOS · Lou Gorman +$0.0M
Tom Brunansky
Even trade
1994 · TEX / MIL
TEX · Sandy Johnson +$0.8M
Dave Pike
MIL · Sal Bando −$0.8M
Jeff Bronkey
TEX came out ahead by $0.8M

Current & Historical Payroll

1994 payroll
$23.9M

What the front office was committed to as of 1994, 1994–2000. 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 (11)

PlayerAgeSvc1994199519961997199819992000
Teddy Higuera369.000$3.5MFREE AGENT
B.J. Surhoff297.000$2.5M$425kFREE AGENT
Bill Wegman319.000$2.4M$2.4MFREE AGENT
Darryl Hamilton296.000$1.8M$2.1MFREE AGENT
Brian Harper3415.000$1.0MFREE AGENT
Jesse Orosco3715.000$775kFREE AGENT
Jody Reed317.000$750kFREE AGENT
Kevin Seitzer328.000$675k$939k$986kFREE AGENT
Dave Valle3310.000$417kFREE AGENT
Tom Brunansky3313.000$275kFREE AGENT
Rick Wrona306.000—FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (10)

PlayerAgeSvc1994199519961997199819992000
Greg Vaughn285.000$3.0MFREE AGENT
Jaime Navarro275.000$2.4MFREE AGENT
Bob Scanlan273.000$500kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Bill Spiers285.000$450kFREE AGENT
Mike Fetters295.000$400kFREE AGENT
Cal Eldred263.000$375kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ricky Bones253.000$350kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Doug Henry303.000$180kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Turner Ward294.000$160kARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Ignasiak283.000—ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (14)

PlayerAgeSvc1994199519961997199819992000
Pat Listach262.000$500kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
John Jaha282.000$226kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Dave Nilsson242.000$182kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Graeme Lloyd271.000$152kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jeff Bronkey281.000$114kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Matt Mieske261.000$113kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jose Valentin242.000$113kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Angel Miranda241.000$112kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Alex Diaz252.000$112kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Matheny230.000$109kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mark Kiefer251.000$109kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jeff Cirillo240.000$109kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jose Mercedes230.000$109kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Troy O'Leary241.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

How each 1994 acquisition stacked onto Brewers's playoff-odds curve. The side table is ranked by PPA.

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