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199067–95 (0.414)
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GM: Hardy Peterson

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 1990, 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
$20M
Surplus $M
-10
Win %
0.414
TAB
-15.3
WAB
-17.0
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
20.9
Dead money %
58%
Depth Players
4.0
Dead WAR
-7.4

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

1990 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

RBob Geren107
LMatt Nokes⇄65
RRick Cerone35
RJim Leyritz11
RBrian Dorsett9

1B

LDon Mattingly89
LKevin Maas57
RSteve Balboni28

2B

RSteve Sax154
BWayne Tolleson13
RRandy Velarde3
BJim Walewander2
RRick Cerone1

3B

RRandy Velarde74
RJim Leyritz69
RMike Blowers45
BWayne Tolleson3
BJim Walewander2

SS

RAlvaro Espinoza150
BWayne Tolleson45
RRandy Velarde15
BJim Walewander1

LF

LOscar Azocar47
LMel Hall36
LDeion Sanders29
RHensley Meulens23
LClaudell Washington⇄19
RDave Winfield⇄12
RRoberto Kelly11
RJim Leyritz10
RRandy Velarde5
LDon Mattingly1

CF

RRoberto Kelly151
LDeion Sanders15
RJesse Barfield4

RF

RJesse Barfield151
LMel Hall15
LClaudell Washington⇄13
LOscar Azocar12
RJim Leyritz4
LMatt Nokes⇄2

DH

LMatt Nokes⇄46
LMel Hall45
RSteve Balboni44
LKevin Maas17
LDon Mattingly9
RBrian Dorsett5
RRick Cerone5
RMike Blowers1

Starters

RTim Leary3.0 WAR
LChuck Cary2.1 WAR
LDave LaPoint1.9 WAR
RMike Witt⇄1.4 WAR
LGreg Cadaret0.8 WAR
RDave Eiland0.7 WAR
RPascual Perez0.6 WAR
RJeff Robinson0.3 WAR
RAndy Hawkins0.0 WAR
RClay Parker⇄-0.0 WAR
RMark Leiter-0.1 WAR
RJimmy Jones-0.2 WAR
LSteve Adkins-0.5 WAR

Bullpen

★ LDave Righetti36 sv
LLee Guetterman0 h
RJeff Robinson0 h
REric Plunk0 h
RAlan Mills0 h
RLance McCullers⇄0 h
RMark Leiter0 h
RJohn Habyan0 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 1989)

PlayerfWAR
Tim Leary3.0
Mike Witt1.4
Kevin Maas1.3
Rick Cerone0.9
Oscar Azocar0.6
Pascual Perez0.6

Key subtractions (gone from 1989)

Player1989 fWAR
Rickey Henderson3.1
Don Slaught2.2
Bob Brower1.1
Walt Terrell0.5
John Candelaria0.4
Tommy John0.2

Contract Value

WAR translated into tier-adjusted market value, then compared with what the player was paid by Yankees. Guaranteed contracts from the 2015-present contract-data period use the known contract period through 1990; everyone else is shown as a 1990 season snapshot.

PlayerPeriodfWARTier Market $MPaid $MSurplus $M$ / WARTierContract
Roberto Kelly 1990 +5.4 +88.5 0.3 +88.2 $0.0M 2.05× –
Jesse Barfield 1990 +4.6 +65.9 1.2 +64.7 $0.3M 1.79× –
Tim Leary 1990 +3.0 +46.3 0.8 +45.5 $0.3M 1.96× –
Chuck Cary 1990 +2.1 +24.6 0.2 +24.4 $0.1M 1.49× –
Dave LaPoint 1990 +1.9 +23.2 0.8 +22.3 $0.4M 1.49× –
Mike Witt↔ 1990 +1.4 +11.3 0.8 +10.5 $0.6M 1.02× –
Lee Guetterman 1990 +1.2 +6.4 0.5 +5.9 $0.4M 0.67× –
Kevin Maas 1990 +1.3 +5.8 0.1 +5.7 $0.1M 0.56× –
Dave Eiland 1990 +0.7 +5.7 0.1 +5.6 $0.1M 1.02× –
Randy Velarde 1990 +1.0 +4.7 0.1 +4.6 $0.1M 0.58× –
Oscar Azocar 1990 +0.6 +4.1 0.1 +4.0 $0.2M 0.83× –
Greg Cadaret 1990 +0.8 +4.1 0.3 +3.9 $0.3M 0.67× –
Steve Sax 1990 +1.1 +4.9 0.9 +3.9 $0.9M 0.56× –
Pascual Perez 1990 +0.6 +4.7 1.4 +3.3 $2.4M 1.02× –
Rick Cerone 1990 +0.9 +3.6 0.6 +3.0 $0.7M 0.52× –
Bob Geren 1990 +0.4 +1.6 0.2 +1.4 $0.5M 0.52× –
Alvaro Espinoza 1990 +0.2 +1.2 0.3 +0.9 $1.0M 0.61× –
Eric Plunk 1990 +0.2 +1.2 0.5 +0.7 $2.0M 0.67× –
Jeff Robinson 1990 +0.3 +1.5 0.9 +0.6 $3.3M 0.67× –
Matt Nokes↔ 1990 +0.2 +0.8 0.4 +0.4 $2.3M 0.52× –
Clay Parker↔ 1990 -0.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 – 0.67× –
Luis Polonia↔ 1990 -0.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.3 – 0.83× –
Lance McCullers Sr.↔ 1990 -0.0 -0.1 0.4 -0.4 – 0.67× –
Andy Hawkins 1990 +0.0 +0.1 1.1 -1.0 $106.2M 1.02× –
Jimmy Jones 1990 -0.2 -0.9 0.2 -1.1 – 0.67× –
Brian Dorsett 1990 -0.4 -1.8 0.1 -1.9 – 0.52× –
Jim Leyritz 1990 -0.5 -2.4 0.1 -2.5 – 0.58× –
Wayne Tolleson 1990 -0.5 -2.2 0.4 -2.6 – 0.61× –
Alan Mills 1990 -0.5 -2.9 0.1 -3.0 – 0.67× –
Dave Winfield↔ 1990 -0.4 -2.8 0.3 -3.1 – 0.83× –
Don Mattingly 1990 -0.2 -1.0 2.5 -3.5 – 0.56× –
Mike Blowers 1990 -0.7 -3.4 0.1 -3.5 – 0.58× –
Steve Balboni 1990 -0.5 -2.8 0.9 -3.7 – 0.69× –
Mel Hall 1990 -0.7 -4.1 1.1 -5.2 – 0.69× –
Claudell Washington↔ 1990 -0.8 -5.2 0.5 -5.7 – 0.83× –
Dave Righetti 1990 -0.4 -4.2 1.6 -5.7 – 1.34× –
Deion Sanders 1990 -0.8 -5.4 – – – 0.83× –
Hensley Meulens 1990 +0.1 +0.8 – – – 0.83× –
Jim Walewander 1990 -0.0 -0.2 – – – 0.56× –
John Habyan 1990 +0.1 +0.7 – – – 0.67× –
Mark Leiter 1990 -0.1 -0.3 – – – 0.67× –
Rich Monteleone 1990 +0.2 +0.9 – – – 0.67× –
Steve Adkins 1990 -0.5 -4.3 – – – 1.02× –
Total—+21.1+268.319.9+256.2—

Trades

Every graded 1990 deal involving the Yankees — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 5 total.

1990 · NYY / ANA
NYY · Hardy Peterson +$13.6M
Mike Witt
ANA · Mike Port −$13.6M
Dave Winfield
NYY came out ahead by $13.6M
1990 · HOU / NYY
HOU · Bill Wood +$6.4M
Orlando Miller
NYY · Hardy Peterson −$6.4M
Dave Silvestri, Daven Bond
HOU came out ahead by $6.4M
1990 · ANA / NYY
ANA · Mike Port +$11.2M
Luis Polonia
NYY · Hardy Peterson −$11.2M
Claudell Washington, Rich Monteleone
ANA came out ahead by $11.2M
1990 · DET / NYY
DET · Bill Lajoie +$4.0M
Lance McCullers, Clay Parker
NYY · Hardy Peterson −$4.0M
Matt Nokes
DET came out ahead by $4.0M
1990 · NYY / SDP
NYY · Hardy Peterson +$4.0M
Mike Humphreys
SDP · Jack McKeon −$4.0M
Oscar Azócar
NYY came out ahead by $4.0M

Current & Historical Payroll

1990 payroll
$19.9M

What the front office was committed to as of 1990, 1990–1996. 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 (18)

PlayerAgeSvc1990199119921993199419951996
Don Mattingly298.000$2.5M$3.4M$3.6M$3.8M$4.0M$4.4MFREE AGENT
Dave Righetti3111.000$1.6MFREE AGENT
Pascual Perez3310.000$1.4M$2.1MFREE AGENT
Jesse Barfield309.000$1.2M$1.3M$2.2MFREE AGENT
Andy Hawkins308.000$1.1M$1.2MFREE AGENT
Mel Hall299.000$1.1M$1.1M$1.3MFREE AGENT
Steve Sax309.000$950k$1.7MFREE AGENT
Jeff Robinson296.000$925kFREE AGENT
Steve Balboni339.000$900kFREE AGENT
Dave LaPoint3010.000$850kFREE AGENT
Tim Leary319.000$825k$2.0M$1.5MFREE AGENT
Mike Witt299.000$800k$2.4MFREE AGENT$2.2M
Rick Cerone3615.000$600kFREE AGENT
Claudell Washington3516.000$495kFREE AGENT
Lee Guetterman316.000$465k$1.1M$1.2MFREE AGENT
Wayne Tolleson349.000$425kFREE AGENT
Dave Winfield3817.000$297kFREE AGENT
Alvaro Espinoza286.000$256k$650kFREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (13)

PlayerAgeSvc1990199119921993199419951996
Eric Plunk264.000$450kARB 3FREE AGENT
Matt Nokes265.000$440kFREE AGENT
Lance McCullers Sr.265.000$358kFREE AGENT
Roberto Kelly253.000$265kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Greg Cadaret283.000$265kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Chuck Cary305.000$200kFREE AGENT
Jimmy Jones264.000$190kARB 3FREE AGENT
Randy Velarde273.000$136kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brian Dorsett293.000$107kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Clay Parker273.000$26kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Luis Polonia263.000$18kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
John Habyan265.000—FREE AGENT
Rich Monteleone273.000—ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (12)

PlayerAgeSvc1990199119921993199419951996
Bob Geren282.000$180kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Blowers251.000$107kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Dave Eiland232.000$104kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Oscar Azocar250.000$100kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jim Leyritz260.000$100kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Kevin Maas250.000$100kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Alan Mills230.000$100kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Steve Adkins25–—
Mark Leiter270.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Hensley Meulens231.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Deion Sanders221.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jim Walewander28–—

Graphs

How each 1990 acquisition stacked onto Yankees's playoff-odds curve. The side table is ranked by PPA.

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Decision-maker records extend to 1933; resource-controlled WAR and payroll metrics cover 1985–2026. Data sources include FanGraphs, Baseball-Reference, the Chadwick Bureau register, the Lahman Database, prospect rankings from Baseball America, MLB Pipeline, and FanGraphs, and public payroll records. Transaction and trade data was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet. Executive birth/death data via Wikidata (CC0).
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