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Athletics OAK

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GM: Billy Beane

Overview

WINDOW ↗ rising
cheap & winning · year 3 in this regime · payroll 0.57× league · TAB +24.6
+24.6TAB — talent above budget2nd/30
+27.4WAB — realized wins (TAB + luck)2nd/30
9.0depth — 2+ WAR regulars4th/30
-4.8dead WAR — sub-replacement drag15th/30
36%dead money %20th/30
0.630win %2nd/30
51.9roster fWAR2nd/30
+43surplus $M (value vs cost)1st/30
$35Mpayroll $M23rd/30

2001: made playoffs · 102–60. Ranks are vs the 30 teams that season.

Roster

CFJohnny Damon 86GTerrence Long 74GF.P. Santangelo 5G
LFJohnny Damon 67GTerrence Long 62GRon Gant 62G
RFJermaine Dye 153GJeremy Giambi 37GAdam Piatt 32G
SSMiguel Tejada 162GMark Bellhorn 5GFrank Menechino 3G
2BFrank Menechino 136GF.P. Santangelo 20GMark Bellhorn 12G
3BEric Chavez 149GOlmedo Saenz 14GMark Bellhorn 9G
1BJason Giambi 136GOlmedo Saenz 28GJeremy Giambi 10G
STARTERSMark Mulder 5.7WARTim Hudson 5.0WARBarry Zito 4.8WARCory Lidle 2.6WARErik Hiljus 1.5WAR
CRamon Hernandez 135GGreg Myers 36GTom Wilson 9G
DHJeremy Giambi 55GOlmedo Saenz 47GJason Giambi 17G
BULLPEN★ Jason Isringhausen 34svJeff Tam 24hMike Magnante 18hJim Mecir 17hMark Guthrie 12hMike Fyhrie 5hChad Bradford 4hLuis Vizcaino 3h
CRamon Hernandez 135 · Greg Myers 36 · Tom Wilson 9
1BJason Giambi 136 · Olmedo Saenz 28 · Jeremy Giambi 10
2BFrank Menechino 136 · F.P. Santangelo 20 · Mark Bellhorn 12
3BEric Chavez 149 · Olmedo Saenz 14 · Mark Bellhorn 9
SSMiguel Tejada 162 · Mark Bellhorn 5 · Frank Menechino 3
LFJohnny Damon 67 · Terrence Long 62 · Ron Gant 62
CFJohnny Damon 86 · Terrence Long 74 · F.P. Santangelo 5
RFJermaine Dye 153 · Jeremy Giambi 37 · Adam Piatt 32
DHJeremy Giambi 55 · Olmedo Saenz 47 · Jason Giambi 17
SPMark Mulder 5.7 · Tim Hudson 5.0 · Barry Zito 4.8 · Cory Lidle 2.6 · Erik Hiljus 1.5
BP★ Jason Isringhausen 34 · Jeff Tam 24 · Mike Magnante 18 · Jim Mecir 17 · Mark Guthrie 12 · Mike Fyhrie 5 · Chad Bradford 4 · Luis Vizcaino 3

Each position lists its starter then backups by games (so platoons & bench show). Starters (mound) & bullpen (left, foul territory) are ranked by WAR; ★ marks the closer (most save chances). MLB Stats API.

2001 roster — value & surplus

PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Jason Giambi 30 FA-elig 1549.2 4.1 +10.8
Mark Mulder 23 pre-arb 345.7 0.2 +8.9
Eric Chavez 23 arb 1515.5 0.6 +8.3
Tim Hudson 25 pre-arb 365.0 0.5 +7.5
Barry Zito 23 pre-arb 354.8 0.2 +7.4
Miguel Tejada 27 arb 1623.7 2.0 +4.0
Frank Menechino 30 pre-arb 1393.2 0.2 +5.0
Ramon Hernandez 25 pre-arb 1362.7 0.2 +4.1
Cory Lidle 29 – 292.6 – –
Terrence Long 25 pre-arb 1621.9 0.2 +2.8
Johnny Damon 27 FA-elig 1551.9 7.1 -4.1
Jason Isringhausen 28 FA-elig 651.8 3.3 -0.4
Jermaine Dye↔ KCR 27 arb 611.8 1.5 +1.4
Erik Hiljus 28 – 161.5 – –
Jim Mecir 31 FA-elig 541.2 1.1 +0.9
Jeremy Giambi 26 arb 1241.0 0.3 +1.4
Jeff Tam 30 arb 701.0 0.3 +1.3
Greg Myers↔ BAL 35 FA-elig 330.6 0.7 +0.2
Chad Bradford 26 – 350.3 – –
Mark Guthrie 35 FA-elig 540.3 1.8 -1.3
F.P. Santangelo 33 – 320.2 – –
Eric Byrnes 25 – 190.2 – –
Billy McMillon↔ DET 29 arb 200.2 0.1 +0.1
T.J. Mathews↔ STL 31 FA-elig 200.2 1.3 -1.0
Mario Valdez 26 arb 320.1 0.2 -0.0
Mike Fyhrie↔ CHC 31 arb 30.1 0.0 +0.1
Chad Harville 24 pre-arb 30.1 0.2 -0.1
Mike Magnante 36 FA-elig 650.0 0.9 -0.9
Andy Abad 28 – 1-0.0 – –
Ryan Christenson↔ ARI 27 arb 7-0.1 0.1 -0.2
Tom Wilson 30 – 9-0.1 – –
Ron Gant↔ COL 36 FA-elig 34-0.1 0.6 -0.9
Rob Ryan↔ ARI 28 – 7-0.2 – –
Luis Vizcaino 26 – 36-0.2 – –
Sal Fasano↔ COL 29 arb 11-0.3 0.1 -0.6
Olmedo Saenz 30 FA-elig 106-0.3 0.3 -0.8
Adam Piatt 25 pre-arb 36-0.4 0.2 -0.9
Robin Jennings↔ CIN 29 arb 20-0.4 0.1 -0.8
Jose Ortiz↔ COL 24 pre-arb 11-0.6 0.0 -1.0
John Jaha 35 FA-elig 12-0.6 3.2 -4.3
Gil Heredia 35 FA-elig 24-0.7 3.3 -4.4
Mark Bellhorn 26 – 38-0.7 – –

Key additions (new vs 2000)

PlayerfWAR
Cory Lidle2.6
Johnny Damon1.9
Jermaine Dye1.8
Erik Hiljus1.5
Greg Myers0.6
Chad Bradford0.3

Key subtractions (gone from 2000)

Player2000 fWAR
Ben Grieve2.2
Randy Velarde2.1
Kevin Appier1.9
Doug Jones1.1
Omar Olivares0.9
Ariel Prieto0.4

Current & Historical Payroll

2001 payroll
$35.3M

What the front office was committed to as of 2001, 2001–2007. 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 (13)

PlayerAgeSvc2001200220032004200520062007
Johnny Damon276.000$7.1MFREE AGENT
Jason Giambi306.000$4.1MFREE AGENT
Gil Heredia3510.000$3.3MFREE AGENT
Jason Isringhausen286.000$3.3MFREE AGENT
John Jaha359.000$3.2MFREE AGENT
Mark Guthrie3512.000$1.8MFREE AGENT
T.J. Mathews316.000$1.3MFREE AGENT
Jim Mecir316.000$1.1M$2.4M$3.2M$3.3MFREE AGENT
Mike Magnante3610.000$900k$1.2MFREE AGENT
Greg Myers3514.000$683k$800kFREE AGENT
Ron Gant3614.000$640kFREE AGENT$350k
Olmedo Saenz307.000$290k$800kFREE AGENT
F.P. Santangelo336.000—FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (14)

PlayerAgeSvc2001200220032004200520062007
Miguel Tejada274.000$2.0MARB 3FREE AGENT
Jermaine Dye275.000$1.5MFREE AGENT
Eric Chavez233.000$625kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jeff Tam303.000$350kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jeremy Giambi263.000$282kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mario Valdez264.000$205kARB 3FREE AGENT
Billy McMillon295.000$130kFREE AGENT
Robin Jennings295.000$121kFREE AGENT
Sal Fasano295.000$106kFREE AGENT
Ryan Christenson273.000$72kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Fyhrie315.000$40kFREE AGENT
Mark Bellhorn264.000—ARB 3FREE AGENT
Cory Lidle294.000—ARB 3FREE AGENT
Chad Bradford263.000—ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (15)

PlayerAgeSvc2001200220032004200520062007
Tim Hudson252.000$525kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ramon Hernandez252.000$245kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Terrence Long252.000$241kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Barry Zito231.000$240kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mark Mulder231.000$232kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Frank Menechino302.000$225kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Adam Piatt251.000$218kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Chad Harville242.000$204kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jose Ortiz241.000$35kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Tom Wilson300.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Erik Hiljus282.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Luis Vizcaino262.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Rob Ryan282.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Eric Byrnes251.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Andy Abad280.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR. Bars = Athletics 2001; the black line = the league-average player at each slot that season. Staying above the line deep into the roster is the depth edge; dropping below it = holes & dead weight.

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

RegimeSeasonsWin %Playoff %Pennant %WS %
WINDOW 28152.131.05.01.1
CONTEND 30056.964.719.710.3
FORCED-SPEND 25648.09.81.61.6
REBUILD 32143.31.20.30.3
Rosternomics — quantifying front-office skill, attribution-clean. Follow @rosternomics on X. Decision-makers on record back to 1933; resource-controlled metrics (WAR & payroll) cover 1985–2026.
Data: FanGraphs (WAR), Baseball-Reference & the Chadwick Bureau register (rosters, IDs), the Lahman Database, Baseball America prospect rankings (via The Baseball Cube), 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); bios are original. Emoji graphics by OpenMoji (CC BY-SA 4.0).
All figures are franchise-level outcomes credited to the decision-maker in the acquisition year — not solely attributable to one executive.