Athletics — Front Office

Player	Age	Service	G	fWAR	Salary $M	Surplus $M
Jed Lowrie	33	FA-elig	153	3.9	6.5	+6.8
Khris Davis	29	arb	153	3.0	5.0	+5.1
Matt Chapman	24	–	84	2.3	0.3	+7.3
Matt Joyce	32	FA-elig	141	2.3	5.0	+2.7
Sean Manaea	25	pre-arb	29	2.2	0.5	+6.9
Sonny Gray↔ NYY	27	arb	16	2.2	2.1	+5.3
Matt Olson	23	pre-arb	59	2.1	0.2	+7.0
Yonder Alonso↔ SEA	30	FA-elig	100	1.9	2.8	+3.7
Jesse Hahn	27	pre-arb	14	1.2	0.3	+3.9
Marcus Semien	26	arb	85	1.2	0.5	+3.6
Kendall Graveman	26	arb	19	1.1	0.5	+3.3
Ryan Madson↔ WSN	36	FA-elig	40	1.0	5.1	-1.7
Blake Treinen↔ WSN	29	arb	35	1.0	0.3	+3.0
Liam Hendriks	28	FA-elig	70	1.0	1.1	+2.1
Boog Powell↔ SEA	24	–	29	0.7	0.1	+2.4
Sean Doolittle↔ WSN	30	arb	23	0.7	1.1	+1.3
Daniel Mengden	24	pre-arb	7	0.7	0.5	+1.8
Andrew Triggs	28	pre-arb	12	0.6	0.5	+1.5
Paul Blackburn	23	–	10	0.6	0.3	+1.6
Bruce Maxwell	26	pre-arb	76	0.5	0.4	+1.4
Rajai Davis↔ BOS	36	FA-elig	100	0.4	5.1	-3.8
Chad Pinder	25	pre-arb	87	0.3	0.5	+0.6
Josh Phegley	29	arb	57	0.2	0.5	+0.1
Danny Coulombe	27	arb	72	0.1	0.5	-0.1
Joey Wendle	27	pre-arb	8	0.1	0.5	-0.1
Bobby Wahl	25	–	7	0.1	0.4	-0.1
Ryan Lavarnway	29	pre-arb	6	0.1	0.0	+0.3
Chris Hatcher↔ LAD	32	FA-elig	23	0.1	0.6	-0.3
Josh A. Smith	29	–	26	0.1	–	–
Santiago Casilla	36	FA-elig	63	0.1	5.0	-4.7
Jake Smolinski	28	arb	16	0.0	0.5	-0.4
Ryon Healy	25	pre-arb	149	0.0	0.5	-0.4
Dustin Garneau↔ COL	29	pre-arb	19	0.0	0.2	-0.1
Ryan Dull	27	pre-arb	49	0.0	0.5	-0.5
Renato Núñez	23	pre-arb	8	-0.0	0.1	-0.2
Jaff Decker	27	pre-arb	17	-0.1	0.1	-0.3
Jharel Cotton	25	pre-arb	24	-0.1	0.5	-0.8
Daniel Gossett	24	–	18	-0.1	0.3	-0.7
Ryan LaMarre	28	–	3	-0.1	0.0	-0.4
Sam Moll	25	–	11	-0.1	0.1	-0.5
Trevor Plouffe↔ TBR	31	FA-elig	58	-0.1	3.0	-3.5
Simon Castro	29	pre-arb	26	-0.2	0.2	-0.7
Jaycob Brugman	25	–	48	-0.2	0.2	-0.7
Zach Neal	28	–	6	-0.2	0.1	-0.7
César Valdez↔ TOR	32	–	4	-0.2	0.1	-0.7
Stephen Vogt↔ MIL	32	arb	54	-0.2	1.6	-2.3
Michael Brady	30	–	16	-0.2	0.2	-0.9
John Axford	34	FA-elig	22	-0.2	5.5	-6.3
Raúl Alcántara	24	pre-arb	8	-0.3	0.5	-1.6
Adam Rosales↔ ARI	34	FA-elig	71	-0.3	0.8	-1.9
Franklin Barreto	21	–	25	-0.5	0.1	-1.7
Frankie Montas	24	pre-arb	23	-0.7	0.5	-3.0
Mark Canha	28	pre-arb	57	-0.8	0.5	-3.3
Chris Smith	36	pre-arb	14	-0.9	0.3	-3.2

54 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 53 of them (98%). 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

2017 roster — every player, value & surplus

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

Trade ledger (realized WAR, all-time)