Yankees — Front Office

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 1995, or a custom range (defaults to every team-season since 1985, when our data starts).

Front Office

PoorAverageGreat

Value

Payroll $M

$53M

Surplus $M

-19

Win %

0.549

TAB

-0.2

WAB

+1.0

Roster composition

Roster fWAR

35.2

Dead money %

38%

Depth Players

9.0

Dead WAR

-4.1

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

1995 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

RMike Stanley107

RJim Leyritz46

BJorge Posada1

1B

LDon Mattingly125

RJim Leyritz18

LWade Boggs9

LDion James6

RRuss Davis2

2B

RPat Kelly87

RRandy Velarde62

BTony Fernández4

RRobert Eenhoorn3

RKevin Elster⇄1

3B

LWade Boggs117

RRuss Davis34

RRandy Velarde19

RDave Silvestri⇄15

SS

BTony Fernández103

RRandy Velarde28

RDerek Jeter15

RRobert Eenhoorn2

LF

RGerald Williams70

LPaul O'Neill25

LDion James23

RRandy Velarde20

RRuben Rivera4

LDarryl Strawberry1

CF

BBernie Williams144

RGerald Williams2

RF

LPaul O'Neill107

BRuben Sierra⇄33

RGerald Williams26

LDarryl Strawberry10

LDion James6

RRandy Velarde1

DH

RDanny Tartabull⇄59

LDion James26

BRuben Sierra⇄23

LDarryl Strawberry14

RJim Leyritz10

RMike Stanley9

RDave Silvestri⇄2

LPaul O'Neill2

RRuss Davis2

Starters

RJack McDowell3.5 WAR

LAndy Pettitte3.2 WAR

LSterling Hitchcock2.0 WAR

RDavid Cone⇄1.5 WAR

RBob Wickman0.8 WAR

RScott Kamieniecki0.7 WAR

LJimmy Key0.6 WAR

RMelido Perez0.5 WAR

RMariano Rivera0.3 WAR

RDave Eiland0.1 WAR

RScott Bankhead-0.5 WAR

RBrian Boehringer-0.6 WAR

Bullpen

★ RJohn Wetteland31 sv

RBob Wickman0 h

LSteve Howe0 h

LBob MacDonald0 h

RJoe Ausanio0 h

RScott Bankhead0 h

RJosias Manzanillo⇄0 h

RBrian Boehringer0 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 1994)

Player	fWAR
Jack McDowell	3.5
Andy Pettitte	3.2
John Wetteland	1.7
David Cone	1.5
Darryl Strawberry	0.5
Tony Fernandez	0.5

Key subtractions (gone from 1994)

Player	1994 fWAR
Mike Gallego	2.0
Jim Abbott	1.3
Matt Nokes	0.5
Terry Mulholland	0.5
Donn Pall	0.3
Mark Hutton	0.1

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 1995; everyone else is shown as a 1995 season snapshot.

Player	Period	fWAR	Tier Market $M	Paid $M	Surplus $M	$ / WAR	Tier	Contract
Bernie Williams	1995	+6.4	+104.3	0.4	+103.9	$0.1M	2.05×	–
Andy Pettitte	1995	+3.2	+50.1	0.1	+50.0	$0.0M	1.96×	–
Jack McDowell	1995	+3.5	+54.4	5.4	+49.0	$1.6M	1.96×	–
Paul O'Neill	1995	+3.1	+39.2	2.9	+36.4	$0.9M	1.60×	–
Wade Boggs	1995	+4.0	+40.0	4.7	+35.3	$1.2M	1.25×	–
Randy Velarde	1995	+3.1	+26.9	0.5	+26.4	$0.2M	1.07×	–
Sterling Hitchcock	1995	+2.0	+24.1	0.1	+23.9	$0.1M	1.49×	–
Mike Stanley	1995	+3.1	+24.7	0.9	+23.8	$0.3M	1.00×	–
John Wetteland	1995	+1.7	+25.9	3.4	+22.5	$2.0M	1.95×	–
Gerald Williams	1995	+2.2	+20.9	0.1	+20.8	$0.1M	1.22×	–
David Cone↔	1995	+1.5	+18.3	3.5	+14.8	$2.3M	1.49×	–
Scott Kamieniecki	1995	+0.7	+5.5	1.1	+4.4	$1.6M	1.02×	–
Bob Wickman	1995	+0.8	+4.3	0.2	+4.1	$0.3M	0.67×	–
Mariano Rivera	1995	+0.3	+2.6	0.1	+2.5	$0.3M	1.02×	–
Darryl Strawberry	1995	+0.5	+2.9	0.7	+2.2	$1.3M	0.69×	–
Russ Davis	1995	+0.4	+2.0	0.1	+1.9	$0.3M	0.58×	–
Pat Kelly	1995	+0.4	+2.0	1.1	+0.9	$2.4M	0.56×	–
Tony Fernandez	1995	+0.5	+2.4	1.6	+0.8	$3.3M	0.61×	–
Dave Pavlas	1995	+0.2	+0.8	0.1	+0.7	$0.7M	0.67×	–
Melido Perez	1995	+0.5	+4.1	3.5	+0.7	$6.8M	1.02×	–
Jim Leyritz	1995	+0.4	+1.8	1.4	+0.5	$3.0M	0.52×	–
Josias Manzanillo↔	1995	+0.0	+0.2	0.1	+0.1	$2.3M	0.67×	–
Bob MacDonald	1995	+0.0	+0.2	0.3	-0.1	$8.3M	0.67×	–
Jimmy Key	1995	+0.6	+4.6	4.9	-0.3	$8.6M	1.02×	–
Dave Silvestri↔	1995	-0.1	-0.4	0.0	-0.4	–	0.69×	–
Rick Honeycutt↔	1995	-0.2	-0.8	0.0	-0.8	–	0.67×	–
Kevin Elster↔	1995	-0.3	-1.2	0.1	-1.3	–	0.56×	–
Luis Polonia↔	1995	-0.1	-0.9	1.1	-1.9	–	0.83×	–
Derek Jeter	1995	-0.4	-2.1	0.0	-2.1	–	0.61×	–
Joe Ausanio	1995	-0.4	-2.0	0.1	-2.1	–	0.67×	–
Dion James	1995	-0.5	-2.6	0.3	-2.9	–	0.69×	–
Scott Bankhead	1995	-0.5	-2.5	0.5	-3.0	–	0.67×	–
Steve Howe	1995	-0.1	-0.7	2.3	-3.0	–	0.67×	–
Ruben Sierra↔	1995	-0.1	-0.6	2.8	-3.4	–	0.83×	–
Brian Boehringer	1995	-0.6	-3.4	0.1	-3.5	–	0.67×	–
Don Mattingly	1995	-0.1	-0.4	4.4	-4.8	–	0.56×	–
Danny Tartabull↔	1995	-0.5	-2.7	3.8	-6.4	–	0.69×	–
Dave Eiland	1995	+0.1	+0.6	–	–	–	0.67×	–
Jeff Patterson	1995	-0.1	-0.3	–	–	–	0.67×	–
Robert Eenhoorn	1995	-0.2	-1.0	–	–	–	0.56×	–
Ruben Rivera	1995	-0.0	-0.2	–	–	–	0.83×	–
Total	—	+35.0	+441.0	52.7	+389.6	—

Trades

Every graded 1995 deal involving the Yankees — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 8 total.

1995 · NYY / TOR

NYY · Gene Michael +$104.8M

David Cone

TOR · Gord Ash −$104.8M

Marty Janzen, Jason Jarvis, Mike Gordon

NYY came out ahead by $104.8M

1995 · NYY / ATL

NYY · Gene Michael +$8.0M

Troy Hughes

ATL · John Schuerholz −$8.0M

Luis Polonia

NYY came out ahead by $8.0M

1995 · CHW / NYY

CHW · Ron Schueler +$4.0M

Blaise Kozeniewski

NYY · Gene Michael −$4.0M

Tim Raines

CHW came out ahead by $4.0M

1995 · NYY / WSN

NYY · Gene Michael +$2.4M

Tyrone Horne

WSN · Kevin Malone −$2.4M

Dave Silvestri

NYY came out ahead by $2.4M

1995 · NYY / SEA

NYY · Gene Michael +$20.0M

Tino Martinez, Jim Mecir, Jeff Nelson

SEA · Woody Woodward −$20.0M

Russ Davis, Sterling Hitchcock

NYY came out ahead by $20.0M

1995 · NYY / WSN

NYY · Gene Michael +$0.0M

John Wetteland

WSN · Kevin Malone +$0.0M

Fernando Seguignol

Even trade

1995 · COL / NYY

COL · Bob Gebhard +$35.2M

Mike DeJean

NYY · Gene Michael −$35.2M

Joe Girardi

COL came out ahead by $35.2M

1995 · OAK / NYY

OAK · Sandy Alderson +$44.8M

Danny Tartabull

NYY · Gene Michael −$44.8M

Rubén Sierra, Jason Beverlin

OAK came out ahead by $44.8M

Current & Historical Payroll

1995 payroll

$52.6M

What the front office was committed to as of 1995, 1995–2001. 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 (21)

Player	Age	Svc	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001
Jack McDowell	29	8.000	$5.4M	FREE AGENT
Jimmy Key	34	11.000	$4.9M	$1.8M	FREE AGENT
Wade Boggs	37	13.000	$4.7M	$2.0M	$2.0M	FREE AGENT
Don Mattingly	34	13.000	$4.4M	FREE AGENT
Danny Tartabull	32	11.000	$3.8M	FREE AGENT
David Cone	32	9.000	$3.5M	$4.7M	$6.7M	$6.7M	$9.5M	$12.0M	FREE AGENT
Melido Perez	29	8.000	$3.5M	FREE AGENT
John Wetteland	28	6.000	$3.4M	$4.0M	FREE AGENT
Paul O'Neill	32	10.000	$2.9M	$5.3M	$5.5M	$5.5M	$6.2M	$6.5M	$7.2M
Ruben Sierra	29	9.000	$2.8M	$4.2M	FREE AGENT
Steve Howe	37	15.000	$2.3M	$500k	FREE AGENT
Tony Fernandez	33	12.000	$1.6M	FREE AGENT
Luis Polonia	31	8.000	$1.1M	FREE AGENT				$752k
Mike Stanley	32	9.000	$912k	FREE AGENT	$1.6M
Darryl Strawberry	33	12.000	$675k	$300k	$750k	$875k	FREE AGENT
Randy Velarde	32	8.000	$500k	FREE AGENT					$2.6M
Scott Bankhead	31	9.000	$500k	FREE AGENT
Dion James	32	12.000	$350k	FREE AGENT
Kevin Elster	30	9.000	$83k	FREE AGENT
Rick Honeycutt	41	18.000	$12k	FREE AGENT
Dave Eiland	28	7.000	—	FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (11)

Player	Age	Svc	1995	1996	1997	1998
Jim Leyritz	31	5.000	$1.4M	FREE AGENT
Scott Kamieniecki	31	4.000	$1.1M	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Pat Kelly	27	4.000	$1.1M	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Bernie Williams	26	4.000	$400k	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Bob MacDonald	30	5.000	$260k	FREE AGENT
Bob Wickman	26	3.000	$220k	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Sterling Hitchcock	24	3.000	$125k	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Gerald Williams	28	3.000	$125k	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Dave Pavlas	32	5.000	$109k	FREE AGENT
Josias Manzanillo	27	4.000	$84k	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Dave Silvestri	27	3.000	$35k	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (9)

Player	Age	Svc	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001
Joe Ausanio	29	1.000	$110k	Pre-Arb	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Brian Boehringer	26	0.000	$109k	Pre-Arb	Pre-Arb	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Russ Davis	25	1.000	$109k	Pre-Arb	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Mariano Rivera	25	0.000	$109k	Pre-Arb	Pre-Arb	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Andy Pettitte	23	0.000	$109k	Pre-Arb	Pre-Arb	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Derek Jeter	21	0.000	$25k	Pre-Arb	Pre-Arb	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Robert Eenhoorn	27	1.000	—	Pre-Arb	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT
Jeff Patterson	26	–	—
Ruben Rivera	21	0.000	—	Pre-Arb	Pre-Arb	ARB 1	ARB 2	ARB 3	FREE AGENT

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 1995 acquisition stacked onto Yankees's playoff-odds curve. The side table is ranked by PPA.

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Overview

Front Office

Offense

Pitching & Defense

Roster

1995 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

1B

2B

3B

SS

LF

CF

RF

DH

Starters

Bullpen

Key additions (new vs 1994)

Key subtractions (gone from 1994)

Contract Value

Trades

Current & Historical Payroll

Guaranteed / signed (21)

Arbitration-eligible (11)

Pre-arbitration (9)

Graphs

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

Yankees NYY

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

1995 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

1B

2B

3B

SS

LF

CF

RF

DH

Starters

Bullpen

Key additions (new vs 1994)

Key subtractions (gone from 1994)

Contract Value

Trades

Current & Historical Payroll

Guaranteed / signed (21)

Arbitration-eligible (11)

Pre-arbitration (9)

Graphs

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

Offense

Pitching & Defense