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GM: Sandy Alderson

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
$34M
Surplus $M
-10
Win %
0.447
TAB
-8.8
WAB
-7.1
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
18.3
Dead money %
33%
Depth Players
6.0
Dead WAR
-5.2

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

1994 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

RTerry Steinbach93
RScott Hemond39
LEric Helfand6

1B

LTroy Neel45
RMark McGwire40
LMike Aldrete27
RGerónimo Berroa9
RScott Hemond7
RTerry Steinbach6
LJim Bowie6
RJeff Schaefer1
BBrent Gates1
RScott Brosius1
BStan Javier1

2B

BBrent Gates63
RScott Hemond25
RJunior Noboa⇄14
RFrancisco Matos12
RSteve Sax6
BMike Brumley4
RMike Bordick4
RFausto Cruz1

3B

RScott Brosius93
RCraig Paquette14
RScott Hemond12
BMike Brumley4
RFausto Cruz4
RJeff Schaefer3
BStan Javier1

SS

RMike Bordick112
RFausto Cruz10
RJeff Schaefer2
BMike Brumley1

LF

RRickey Henderson66
RGerónimo Berroa36
LMike Aldrete21
BStan Javier12
RErnie Young7
BMike Brumley3
RScott Brosius2
RScott Hemond1

CF

BStan Javier102
BEric Fox16
RRickey Henderson10
RErnie Young3
RScott Brosius2
BRuben Sierra1

RF

BRuben Sierra97
LMike Aldrete15
BEric Fox8
RGerónimo Berroa7
RScott Brosius4
RErnie Young1
RScott Hemond1
BStan Javier1

DH

RGerónimo Berroa44
LTroy Neel35
RRickey Henderson13
BRuben Sierra10
RTerry Steinbach6
RMark McGwire5
LMike Aldrete1

Starters

RRon Darling2.3 WAR
RSteve Ontiveros2.3 WAR
RBobby Witt0.9 WAR
RSteve Karsay0.7 WAR
RCarlos Reyes0.4 WAR
LMike Mohler-0.0 WAR
RBob Welch-0.2 WAR
RTodd Van Poppel-0.4 WAR
RMiguel Jimenez-0.6 WAR

Bullpen

★ RDennis Eckersley19 sv
RBilly Taylor0 h
RJohn Briscoe0 h
RMark Acre0 h
LVince Horsman0 h
LDave Leiper0 h
LEd Vosberg0 h
REdwin Nunez0 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
Geronimo Berroa2.3
Steve Ontiveros2.3
Stan Javier2.2
Billy Taylor0.7
Dave Leiper0.5
Carlos Reyes0.4

Key subtractions (gone from 1993)

Player1993 fWAR
Lance Blankenship1.3
Storm Davis0.4
Rick Honeycutt0.2
Kurt Abbott0.2
Kevin Seitzer0.2
Marcos Armas0.1

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

PlayerPeriodfWARTier Market $MPaid $MSurplus $M$ / WARTierContract
Rickey Henderson 1994 +2.8 +36.0 4.8 +31.2 $1.7M 1.60× –
Ron Darling 1994 +2.3 +27.2 2.2 +24.9 $1.0M 1.49× –
Stan Javier 1994 +2.2 +21.8 0.7 +21.2 $0.3M 1.22× –
Geronimo Berroa 1994 +2.3 +19.0 0.1 +18.8 $0.1M 1.01× –
Terry Steinbach 1994 +2.7 +21.6 2.8 +18.8 $1.0M 1.00× –
Steve Ontiveros 1994 +2.3 +17.6 0.2 +17.4 $0.1M 0.98× –
Dennis Eckersley 1994 +0.9 +10.0 3.8 +6.2 $4.0M 1.34× –
Steve Karsay 1994 +0.7 +5.8 0.1 +5.7 $0.2M 1.02× –
Troy Neel 1994 +1.2 +5.5 0.2 +5.3 $0.2M 0.56× –
Bobby Witt 1994 +0.9 +7.0 3.2 +3.8 $3.8M 1.02× –
Billy Taylor 1994 +0.7 +3.7 0.1 +3.6 $0.2M 0.67× –
Scott Brosius 1994 +0.7 +3.3 0.2 +3.2 $0.2M 0.58× –
Mike Bordick 1994 +0.8 +4.0 1.1 +3.0 $1.3M 0.61× –
Dave Leiper 1994 +0.5 +2.5 0.1 +2.4 $0.2M 0.67× –
Mark McGwire 1994 +1.2 +5.3 3.0 +2.3 $2.5M 0.56× –
Carlos Reyes 1994 +0.4 +2.0 0.1 +1.9 $0.3M 0.67× –
Brent Gates 1994 +0.3 +1.5 0.2 +1.3 $0.6M 0.56× –
Ed Vosberg 1994 +0.1 +0.4 0.1 +0.3 $1.4M 0.67× –
Ed Nunez 1994 +0.0 +0.0 0.4 -0.4 $74.7M 0.67× –
Eric Helfand 1994 -0.1 -0.3 0.1 -0.4 – 0.52× –
Mike Aldrete 1994 -0.0 -0.0 0.4 -0.4 – 0.56× –
Steve Sax 1994 -0.1 -0.3 0.1 -0.4 – 0.56× –
Mike Mohler 1994 -0.0 -0.4 0.1 -0.5 – 1.02× –
Scott Hemond 1994 -0.1 -0.2 0.2 -0.5 – 0.52× –
Junior Noboa↔ 1994 -0.2 -1.0 0.1 -1.1 – 0.56× –
Mark Acre 1994 -0.2 -1.1 0.1 -1.3 – 0.67× –
Craig Paquette 1994 -0.3 -1.3 0.1 -1.4 – 0.58× –
Dave Righetti↔ 1994 -0.4 -1.9 0.0 -2.0 – 0.67× –
John Briscoe 1994 -0.4 -2.0 0.1 -2.2 – 0.67× –
Todd Van Poppel 1994 -0.4 -3.5 0.4 -3.9 – 1.02× –
Bob Welch 1994 -0.2 -0.9 3.5 -4.3 – 0.67× –
Ruben Sierra 1994 -0.5 -3.2 4.7 -7.9 – 0.83× –
Eric Fox 1994 +0.1 +0.6 – – – 0.83× –
Ernie Young 1994 -0.1 -0.9 – – – 0.83× –
Fausto Cruz 1994 -0.5 -2.4 – – – 0.61× –
Francisco Matos 1994 -0.3 -1.4 – – – 0.56× –
Jeff Schaefer 1994 -0.2 -1.0 – – – 0.58× –
Jim Bowie 1994 -0.1 -0.7 – – – 0.56× –
Miguel Jimenez 1994 -0.6 -5.3 – – – 1.02× –
Mike Brumley 1994 -0.4 -1.9 – – – 0.56× –
Roger Smithberg 1994 -0.0 -0.2 – – – 0.67× –
Steve Phoenix 1994 +0.1 +0.4 – – – 0.67× –
Vince Horsman 1994 +0.3 +1.4 – – – 0.67× –
Total—+18.4+166.733.3+144.6—

Trades

Every graded 1994 deal involving the Athletics — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M.

No graded trades on record for the Athletics in 1994.

Current & Historical Payroll

1994 payroll
$33.5M

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 (18)

PlayerAgeSvc1994199519961997199819992000
Rickey Henderson3515.000$4.8M$3.8MFREE AGENT$1.1M
Ruben Sierra288.000$4.7M$3.4MFREE AGENT
Dennis Eckersley3919.000$3.8M$2.9MFREE AGENT
Bob Welch3716.000$3.5MFREE AGENT
Bobby Witt308.000$3.2MFREE AGENT
Mark McGwire308.000$3.0M$6.9M$7.0M$4.8MFREE AGENT
Terry Steinbach328.000$2.8M$4.2M$4.2MFREE AGENT
Ron Darling3311.000$2.2M$3.0MFREE AGENT
Stan Javier3010.000$650k$722kFREE AGENT
Mike Aldrete338.000$430k$331kFREE AGENT
Ed Nunez3112.000$430kFREE AGENT
Steve Ontiveros339.000$175k$965kFREE AGENT
Ed Vosberg328.000$115kFREE AGENT
Dave Leiper3210.000$109k$101kFREE AGENT
Steve Sax3413.000$109kFREE AGENT
Junior Noboa2910.000$107kFREE AGENT
Dave Righetti3515.000$38kFREE AGENT
Mike Brumley317.000—FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (8)

PlayerAgeSvc1994199519961997199819992000
Mike Bordick284.000$1.1MARB 3FREE AGENT
Todd Van Poppel223.000$397kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Scott Hemond285.000$210kFREE AGENT
Scott Brosius273.000$165kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Geronimo Berroa295.000$140kFREE AGENT
John Briscoe263.000$114kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Vince Horsman273.000—ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jeff Schaefer345.000—FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (17)

PlayerAgeSvc1994199519961997199819992000
Troy Neel282.000$225kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brent Gates241.000$190kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Craig Paquette251.000$140kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Billy Taylor320.000$132kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Steve Karsay221.000$119kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Mohler251.000$115kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Eric Helfand251.000$110kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mark Acre250.000$109kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Carlos Reyes250.000$109kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jim Bowie29–—
Fausto Cruz22–—
Eric Fox302.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Miguel Jimenez24–—
Francisco Matos24–—
Steve Phoenix26–—
Roger Smithberg28–—
Ernie Young240.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

How each 1994 acquisition stacked onto Athletics'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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