Athletics — Front Office

Player	Age	Service	G	fWAR	Salary $M	Surplus $M
Tim Hudson	27	arb	34	5.9	2.7	+7.7
Mark Mulder	25	arb	26	4.5	2.6	+5.3
Barry Zito	25	arb	35	4.3	1.0	+6.7
Eric Chavez	25	arb	156	4.1	3.7	+3.6
Miguel Tejada	29	FA-elig	162	3.4	5.1	+0.8
Ramon Hernandez	27	arb	140	3.3	1.9	+4.0
Ted Lilly	27	arb	32	3.0	0.3	+5.1
Keith Foulke	30	FA-elig	72	1.8	6.0	-2.9
Mark Ellis	26	pre-arb	154	1.6	0.3	+2.6
Erubiel Durazo	29	arb	154	1.6	1.1	+1.8
Eric Byrnes	27	arb	121	1.5	0.3	+2.4
Rich Harden	21	–	15	1.4	–	–
Adam Melhuse	31	–	40	0.9	–	–
Billy McMillon	31	–	66	0.8	–	–
Chad Bradford	28	arb	72	0.6	0.3	+0.7
Justin Duchscherer	25	–	4	0.5	–	–
Jose Guillen↔ CIN	27	–	45	0.3	–	–
Aaron Harang↔ CIN	25	–	7	0.3	–	–
Ricardo Rincon	33	FA-elig	64	0.3	1.7	-1.2
Mike Wood	23	–	7	0.1	–	–
Frank Menechino	32	arb	43	0.1	0.3	-0.2
Scott Hatteberg	33	FA-elig	147	0.1	1.8	-1.6
John Halama	31	arb	35	0.1	0.8	-0.6
Jim Mecir	33	FA-elig	41	0.1	3.2	-3.1
Adam Piatt↔ TBR	27	arb	47	0.1	0.2	-0.2
Steve Sparks↔ DET	38	FA-elig	9	0.0	0.8	-0.7
Micah Bowie	28	arb	6	0.0	0.3	-0.2
Mike Neu	25	pre-arb	32	0.0	0.3	-0.3
Mike Edwards	26	–	4	-0.0	–	–
Dave McCarty↔ BOS	33	–	8	-0.1	–	–
Graham Koonce	28	–	6	-0.1	–	–
Mark Johnson	27	arb	13	-0.1	0.5	-0.7
Jason Grabowski	27	–	8	-0.1	–	–
Esteban German	25	–	5	-0.2	–	–
Chad Harville	26	–	21	-0.2	–	–
Terrence Long	27	arb	140	-0.3	2.2	-2.7
Chris Singleton	30	arb	120	-0.5	1.2	-2.2
Bobby Crosby	23	–	11	-0.5	–	–
Jeremy Fikac	28	pre-arb	14	-0.6	0.3	-1.4
Ron Gant	38	FA-elig	17	-0.6	0.3	-1.4
Jermaine Dye	29	FA-elig	65	-2.2	11.7	-15.6

41 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 27 of them (66%). 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 OAK
Rickey Henderson	1989	26.8
Mark Ellis	2001	22.1
Dennis Eckersley	1987	19.3
Carney Lansford	1982	16.7
Josh Donaldson	2008	13.8
Jed Lowrie	2013	13.0
Brett Anderson	2007	11.5
Sean Manaea	2015	11.2

Ones that got away

Player	Year traded	WAR elsewhere
Rickey Henderson	1984	26.6
Carlos González	2008	24.7
Andre Ethier	2005	24.4
Gio Gonzalez	2011	20.8
Josh Donaldson	2014	20.4
Mark McGwire	1997	19.7
Aaron Harang	2003	19.3
Jeremy Bonderman	2002	15.8

Athletics OAK

2003 roster — every player, value & surplus

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

Trade ledger (realized WAR, all-time)