Yankees — Front Office

Player	Age	Service	G	fWAR	Salary $M	Surplus $M
Paul O'Neill	31	FA-elig	103	4.3	3.9	+1.2
Wade Boggs	36	FA-elig	97	4.2	3.2	+1.6
Jimmy Key	33	FA-elig	25	4.0	5.3	-0.8
Mike Stanley	31	FA-elig	82	3.5	0.6	+3.5
Bernie Williams	25	arb	108	3.3	0.2	+3.6
Melido Perez	28	FA-elig	22	2.6	3.5	-0.4
Don Mattingly	33	FA-elig	97	2.0	4.0	-1.7
Mike Gallego	33	FA-elig	89	2.0	1.6	+0.7
Jim Leyritz	30	arb	75	1.7	0.7	+1.2
Bob Wickman	25	pre-arb	53	1.6	0.2	+1.7
Jim Abbott	26	arb	24	1.3	2.8	-1.3
Scott Kamieniecki	30	arb	22	1.1	0.2	+1.0
Pat Kelly	26	arb	93	1.0	0.8	+0.4
Steve Howe	36	FA-elig	40	1.0	2.1	-0.9
Randy Velarde	31	FA-elig	77	0.9	1.1	-0.1
Sterling Hitchcock	23	pre-arb	23	0.8	0.1	+0.8
Danny Tartabull	31	FA-elig	104	0.7	4.5	-3.7
Luis Polonia	30	FA-elig	95	0.6	1.5	-0.8
Matt Nokes	30	FA-elig	28	0.5	2.5	-1.9
Terry Mulholland	31	FA-elig	24	0.5	3.4	-2.7
Donn Pall↔ CHC	32	FA-elig	26	0.3	0.5	-0.1
Gerald Williams	27	pre-arb	57	0.2	0.1	+0.1
Robert Eenhoorn	26	–	3	0.1	–	–
Mark Hutton	24	–	2	0.1	–	–
Joe Ausanio	28	–	13	0.0	–	–
Greg Harris↔ BOS	38	FA-elig	3	-0.1	0.1	-0.3
Xavier Hernandez	28	arb	31	-0.1	1.5	-1.7
Bob Ojeda	36	–	2	-0.2	–	–
Dave Silvestri	26	pre-arb	12	-0.2	0.1	-0.3
Bob Melvin↔ CHW	32	–	9	-0.2	–	–
Russ Davis	24	pre-arb	4	-0.2	0.1	-0.3
Paul Gibson	34	FA-elig	30	-0.2	0.2	-0.5
Jeff Reardon	38	FA-elig	11	-0.2	0.2	-0.5
Rob Murphy↔ STL	34	FA-elig	3	-0.3	0.0	-0.3
Kevin Elster	29	FA-elig	7	-0.5	0.2	-0.8
Daryl Boston	31	FA-elig	52	-0.6	0.4	-1.1

36 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 31 of them (86%). 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

Player	Year	WAR for NYY
Rickey Henderson	1984	26.6
David Cone	1995	16.6
Tino Martinez	1995	16.0
Gleyber Torres	2016	15.9
Willie Randolph	1975	14.7
Nick Swisher	2008	14.4
Giancarlo Stanton	2017	11.1
Randy Velarde	1987	10.1

Ones that got away

Player	Year traded	WAR elsewhere
Rickey Henderson	1989	26.8
Doug Drabek	1986	21.4
Fred McGriff	1982	19.7
Greg Gagne	1982	15.6
Austin Jackson	2009	14.8
Jake Westbrook	2000	13.5
Eric Milton	1998	13.4
Nick Johnson	2003	10.5

Yankees NYY

1994 roster — every player, value & surplus

History: front-office performance & develop-vs-buy (1985–2024)

Trade ledger (realized WAR, all-time)