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GM: Sandy Alderson

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 1991, 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
$38M
Surplus $M
-20
Win %
0.519
TAB
-11.2
WAB
-4.5
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
29.3
Dead money %
23%
Depth Players
6.0
Dead WAR
-6.3

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

1991 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

RTerry Steinbach117
LJamie Quirk54
RScott Hemond8
RTroy Afenir4

1B

RMark McGwire152
RBrook Jacoby⇄26
RTerry Steinbach9
LJamie Quirk8
LRon Witmeyer8
LErnest Riles5
LDann Howitt1
RVance Law1

2B

RMike Gallego135
RLance Blankenship45
RScott Brosius18
LErnest Riles7
RScott Hemond7
RMike Bordick5
RFred Manrique2
RDave Henderson1

3B

LErnest Riles69
RVance Law67
RBrook Jacoby⇄30
RLance Blankenship14
RScott Brosius7
RCarney Lansford4
RScott Hemond2
LJamie Quirk1
RMike Bordick1

SS

RMike Bordick84
RMike Gallego55
BWalt Weiss40
LErnest Riles20
RFred Manrique7
RVance Law3
RScott Hemond1

LF

RRickey Henderson119
BWillie Wilson41
RLance Blankenship18
RBrad Komminsk7
LDoug Jennings6
LDann Howitt5
RScott Brosius5
RDave Henderson3
RVance Law3
LHarold Baines1

CF

RDave Henderson136
BWillie Wilson33
RBrad Komminsk8
LDann Howitt7

RF

RJosé Canseco131
BWillie Wilson19
LHarold Baines11
RLance Blankenship11
LDann Howitt10
RScott Brosius10
RBrad Komminsk8
RDave Henderson1

DH

LHarold Baines122
RJosé Canseco23
RRickey Henderson8
RDave Henderson4
RCarney Lansford1
RLance Blankenship1
RScott Brosius1
RTerry Steinbach1
BWillie Wilson1

Starters

RMike Moore3.4 WAR
RDave Stewart1.5 WAR
RRon Darling⇄0.8 WAR
RAndy Hawkins⇄0.7 WAR
RBob Welch0.6 WAR
REric Show0.1 WAR
RJoe Slusarski0.1 WAR
RTodd Van Poppel0.0 WAR
RKirk Dressendorfer-0.2 WAR
LCurt Young-0.7 WAR

Bullpen

★ RDennis Eckersley43 sv
LJoe Klink0 h
RSteve Chitren0 h
RGene Nelson0 h
LRick Honeycutt0 h
LCurt Young0 h
RKevin Campbell0 h
RBruce Walton0 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 1990)

PlayerfWAR
Willie Wilson0.9
Ron Darling0.8
Andy Hawkins0.7
Ernest Riles0.4
Eric Show0.1
Joe Slusarski0.1

Key subtractions (gone from 1990)

Player1990 fWAR
Willie Randolph1.8
Felix Jose1.7
Scott Sanderson1.4
Willie McGee0.6
Ron Hassey0.5
Darren Lewis0.4

Contract Value

WAR translated into tier-adjusted market value, then compared with what the player was paid by Athletics. Guaranteed contracts from the 2015-present contract-data period use the known contract period through 1991; everyone else is shown as a 1991 season snapshot.

PlayerPeriodfWARTier Market $MPaid $MSurplus $M$ / WARTierContract
Jose Canseco 1991 +5.3 +86.4 3.5 +82.9 $0.7M 2.05× –
Dave Henderson 1991 +4.9 +69.9 2.5 +67.4 $0.5M 1.79× –
Mike Moore 1991 +3.4 +52.7 1.6 +51.1 $0.5M 1.96× –
Rickey Henderson 1991 +3.8 +54.1 3.2 +50.9 $0.9M 1.79× –
Mike Gallego 1991 +3.4 +29.6 0.6 +29.0 $0.2M 1.07× –
Harold Baines 1991 +2.5 +27.0 1.4 +25.6 $0.5M 1.33× –
Dennis Eckersley 1991 +1.7 +27.2 3.0 +24.2 $1.7M 1.95× –
Dave Stewart 1991 +1.5 +11.9 3.2 +8.8 $2.2M 1.02× –
Terry Steinbach 1991 +1.6 +9.7 1.1 +8.6 $0.7M 0.76× –
Ron Darling↔ 1991 +0.8 +6.8 0.7 +6.0 $0.9M 1.02× –
Lance Blankenship 1991 +1.2 +5.3 0.1 +5.2 $0.1M 0.56× –
Willie Wilson 1991 +0.9 +6.0 1.0 +5.0 $1.1M 0.83× –
Andy Hawkins↔ 1991 +0.7 +5.5 1.2 +4.2 $1.8M 1.02× –
Mark McGwire 1991 +1.4 +6.4 2.9 +3.5 $2.0M 0.56× –
Bob Welch 1991 +0.6 +5.2 3.5 +1.7 $5.4M 1.02× –
Jamie Quirk 1991 +0.4 +1.8 0.5 +1.3 $1.2M 0.52× –
Joe Klink 1991 +0.3 +1.4 0.1 +1.3 $0.5M 0.67× –
Ernest Riles 1991 +0.4 +1.9 0.8 +1.1 $2.0M 0.58× –
Walt Weiss 1991 +0.2 +0.9 0.8 +0.1 $4.3M 0.61× –
Eric Show 1991 +0.1 +0.7 0.8 -0.1 $6.2M 0.67× –
Vance Law 1991 -0.0 -0.0 0.5 -0.5 – 0.58× –
Rick Honeycutt 1991 -0.0 -0.2 1.4 -1.6 – 0.67× –
Todd Burns 1991 -0.3 -1.5 0.3 -1.9 – 0.67× –
Carney Lansford 1991 -0.3 -1.4 1.3 -2.6 – 0.58× –
Steve Chitren 1991 -0.5 -2.8 0.1 -2.9 – 0.67× –
Brook Jacoby↔ 1991 -0.5 -2.5 0.5 -3.0 – 0.58× –
Curt Young 1991 -0.7 -3.5 0.8 -4.3 – 0.67× –
Gene Nelson 1991 -1.6 -8.4 1.1 -9.5 – 0.67× –
Brad Komminsk 1991 -0.2 -1.6 – – – 0.83× –
Bruce Walton 1991 -0.2 -1.1 – – – 0.67× –
Dana Allison 1991 +0.1 +0.4 – – – 0.67× –
Dann Howitt 1991 -0.1 -0.8 – – – 0.83× –
Doug Jennings 1991 -0.2 -1.4 – – – 0.83× –
Fred Manrique 1991 -0.0 -0.2 – – – 0.61× –
Joe Slusarski 1991 +0.1 +0.8 – – – 1.02× –
John Briscoe 1991 -0.2 -1.3 – – – 0.67× –
Johnny Guzman 1991 +0.1 +0.4 – – – 0.67× –
Kevin Campbell 1991 -0.5 -2.4 – – – 0.67× –
Kirk Dressendorfer 1991 -0.2 -1.5 – – – 1.02× –
Mike Bordick 1991 +0.2 +0.8 – – – 0.61× –
Reggie Harris 1991 -0.0 -0.1 – – – 0.67× –
Ron Witmeyer 1991 -0.4 -1.7 – – – 0.56× –
Scott Brosius 1991 -0.0 -0.1 – – – 0.56× –
Scott Hemond 1991 -0.1 -0.4 – – – 0.52× –
Todd Van Poppel 1991 +0.0 +0.3 – – – 1.02× –
Troy Afenir 1991 -0.2 -0.7 – – – 0.52× –
Total—+29.4+379.538.5+351.5—

Trades

Every graded 1991 deal involving the Athletics — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 5 total.

1991 · OAK / CLE
OAK · Sandy Alderson +$13.6M
Troy Neel
CLE · Hank Peters −$13.6M
Larry Arndt
OAK came out ahead by $13.6M
1991 · LAD / OAK
LAD · Fred Claire +$5.6M
Dave Veres
OAK · Sandy Alderson −$5.6M
Kevin Campbell
LAD came out ahead by $5.6M
1991 · CLE / OAK
CLE · Hank Peters +$11.2M
Lee Tinsley, Apolinar Garcia
OAK · Sandy Alderson −$11.2M
Brook Jacoby
CLE came out ahead by $11.2M
1991 · OAK / MIL
OAK · Sandy Alderson +$0.0M
Gus Polidor
MIL · Harry Dalton +$0.0M
Trent Weaver
Even trade
1991 · WSN / OAK
WSN · Dave Dombrowski +$5.6M
Matt Grott, Russ Cormier
OAK · Sandy Alderson −$5.6M
Ron Darling
WSN came out ahead by $5.6M

Current & Historical Payroll

1991 payroll
$38.3M

What the front office was committed to as of 1991, 1991–1997. 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 (23)

PlayerAgeSvc1991199219931994199519961997
Jose Canseco266.000$3.5M$3.5MFREE AGENT$4.2M
Bob Welch3413.000$3.5M$3.5M$3.5M$3.5MFREE AGENT
Rickey Henderson3212.000$3.2M$3.2M$2.4M$4.8M$3.8MFREE AGENT
Dave Stewart3413.000$3.2M$3.2MFREE AGENT$1.0M
Dennis Eckersley3616.000$3.0M$3.1M$3.8M$3.8M$2.9MFREE AGENT
Dave Henderson3210.000$2.5M$2.6M$2.2MFREE AGENT
Mike Moore319.000$1.6M$3.5MFREE AGENT
Harold Baines3211.000$1.4M$1.6MFREE AGENT
Rick Honeycutt3714.000$1.4M$1.4M$725kFREE AGENT$188k
Carney Lansford3413.000$1.3M$1.1MFREE AGENT
Andy Hawkins319.000$1.2MFREE AGENT
Gene Nelson3010.000$1.1M$1.2MFREE AGENT
Willie Wilson3515.000$1.0M$1.1MFREE AGENT
Eric Show3510.000$800kFREE AGENT
Ernest Riles306.000$792kFREE AGENT
Curt Young318.000$775kFREE AGENT$325k
Ron Darling308.000$738k$2.2M$2.2M$2.2M$3.0MFREE AGENT
Mike Gallego306.000$565kFREE AGENT$300k
Brook Jacoby3110.000$528kFREE AGENT
Jamie Quirk3616.000$500k$525kFREE AGENT
Vance Law3411.000$500kFREE AGENT
Brad Komminsk308.000—FREE AGENT
Fred Manrique2910.000—FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (8)

PlayerAgeSvc1991199219931994199519961997
Mark McGwire275.000$2.9MFREE AGENT
Terry Steinbach295.000$1.1MFREE AGENT
Walt Weiss274.000$780kARB 3FREE AGENT
Todd Burns273.000$325kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Joe Klink294.000$140kARB 3FREE AGENT
Lance Blankenship273.000$125kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Troy Afenir274.000—ARB 3FREE AGENT
Doug Jennings263.000—ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (15)

PlayerAgeSvc1991199219931994199519961997
Steve Chitren241.000$105kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Dana Allison24–—
Mike Bordick251.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
John Briscoe230.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Scott Brosius240.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Kevin Campbell260.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Kirk Dressendorfer22–—
Johnny Guzman200.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Reggie Harris221.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Scott Hemond252.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Dann Howitt272.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Joe Slusarski240.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Todd Van Poppel190.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Bruce Walton280.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ron Witmeyer24–—

Graphs

How each 1991 acquisition stacked onto Athletics's playoff-odds curve. The side table is ranked by PPA.

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