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Phillies PHI

198780–82 (0.494)
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GM: Bill Giles

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 1987, 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
$12M
Surplus $M
-3
Win %
0.494
TAB
-7.3
WAB
-3.1
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
28.1
Dead money %
17%
Depth Players
6.0
Dead WAR
-4.3

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

1987 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

RLance Parrish127
LDarren Daulton40
RJohn Russell7

1B

LVon Hayes144
RRick Schu28
LGreg Gross11
RMike Schmidt9
RGreg Jelks2
LDarren Daulton1

2B

RJuan Samuel160
RLuis Aguayo6
RGreg Legg1

3B

RMike Schmidt138
RRick Schu45
RGreg Jelks4
RLuis Aguayo2
RGreg Legg1

SS

BSteve Jeltz114
RLuis Aguayo78
RKen Dowell15
RKen Jackson8
RMike Schmidt3
RGreg Legg1

LF

RChris James96
LGreg Gross50
LJeff Stone20
LKeith Hughes⇄13
RJohn Russell10
BRon Roenicke9
LVon Hayes5
RGreg Jelks1
LMilt Thompson1
BSteve Jeltz1

CF

LMilt Thompson145
LVon Hayes29
RChris James16
BRon Roenicke15
LJeff Stone5

RF

RGlenn Wilson154
LKeith Hughes⇄6
RChris James5
BRon Roenicke4
LVon Hayes3
LGreg Gross1
LJeff Stone1
LMilt Thompson1

DH

LMike Easler⇄33

Starters

LShane Rawley2.4 WAR
LBruce Ruffin1.9 WAR
RKevin Gross1.1 WAR
LDon Carman0.5 WAR
RMike Maddux0.5 WAR
RFreddie Toliver0.2 WAR
RMike Jackson-0.0 WAR
RJoe Cowley-0.4 WAR
RTom Hume⇄-0.7 WAR

Bullpen

★ RSteve Bedrosian40 sv
RKent Tekulve0 h
LWally Ritchie0 h
LJeff Calhoun0 h
LDan Schatzeder⇄0 h
RDoug Bair0 h
RTodd Frohwirth0 h
RFreddie Toliver0 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 1986)

PlayerfWAR
Lance Parrish1.3
Jeff Calhoun0.4
Todd Frohwirth0.3
Mike Easler0.2
Greg Jelks0.0
Wally Ritchie-0.1

Key subtractions (gone from 1986)

Player1986 fWAR
Gary Redus2.0
Larry Andersen0.3
Jeff Bittiger0.1
Marvin Freeman0.1
Tom Gorman0.1
Dave Stewart0.1

Contract Value

WAR translated into tier-adjusted market value, then compared with what the player was paid by Phillies. Guaranteed contracts from the 2015-present contract-data period use the known contract period through 1987; everyone else is shown as a 1987 season snapshot.

PlayerPeriodfWARTier Market $MPaid $MSurplus $M$ / WARTierContract
Mike Schmidt 1987 +6.1 +69.6 2.1 +67.5 $0.3M 1.43× –
Milt Thompson 1987 +3.4 +43.3 0.1 +43.2 $0.0M 1.60× –
Juan Samuel 1987 +3.8 +36.4 0.7 +35.7 $0.2M 1.20× –
Chris James 1987 +2.8 +35.3 0.1 +35.2 $0.0M 1.60× –
Von Hayes 1987 +3.8 +36.2 1.3 +34.9 $0.3M 1.20× –
Shane Rawley 1987 +2.4 +28.1 0.8 +27.3 $0.3M 1.49× –
Bruce Ruffin 1987 +1.9 +22.4 0.1 +22.3 $0.1M 1.49× –
Kevin Gross 1987 +1.1 +8.6 0.4 +8.2 $0.4M 1.02× –
Steve Bedrosian 1987 +0.7 +7.8 1.1 +6.8 $1.4M 1.34× –
Glenn Wilson 1987 +1.0 +6.7 0.7 +6.0 $0.7M 0.83× –
Kent Tekulve 1987 +1.1 +5.9 0.9 +4.9 $0.8M 0.67× –
Lance Parrish 1987 +1.3 +5.5 1.0 +4.5 $0.8M 0.52× –
Don Carman 1987 +0.5 +4.3 0.2 +4.1 $0.5M 1.02× –
Luis Aguayo 1987 +0.7 +3.2 0.3 +2.9 $0.5M 0.61× –
Mike Maddux 1987 +0.5 +2.5 0.1 +2.4 $0.1M 0.67× –
Jeff Calhoun 1987 +0.4 +2.0 0.1 +1.9 $0.2M 0.67× –
Dan Schatzeder↔ 1987 +0.2 +1.1 0.2 +0.9 $1.0M 0.67× –
Mike Easler↔ 1987 +0.2 +0.9 0.2 +0.7 $1.4M 0.69× –
Rick Schu 1987 +0.2 +0.7 0.1 +0.6 $0.9M 0.58× –
Mike Jackson 1987 -0.0 -0.1 0.1 -0.1 – 0.67× –
Greg Gross 1987 +0.0 +0.2 0.4 -0.2 $14.0M 0.83× –
Wally Ritchie 1987 -0.1 -0.6 0.1 -0.7 – 0.67× –
Jeff Stone 1987 -0.2 -1.2 0.1 -1.3 – 0.83× –
Darren Daulton 1987 -0.3 -1.4 0.1 -1.5 – 0.52× –
Steve Jeltz 1987 -0.3 -1.4 0.1 -1.6 – 0.61× –
Ron Roenicke 1987 -0.3 -2.3 0.2 -2.5 – 0.83× –
Keith Hughes↔ 1987 -0.4 -2.6 0.1 -2.7 – 0.83× –
Tom Hume↔ 1987 -0.7 -3.8 0.1 -3.9 – 0.67× –
Doug Bair 1987 -0.4 -2.1 – – – 0.67× –
Freddie Toliver 1987 +0.2 +1.2 – – – 0.67× –
Greg Jelks 1987 +0.0 +0.1 – – – 0.58× –
Greg Legg 1987 -0.0 -0.2 – – – 0.56× –
Joe Cowley 1987 -0.4 -3.0 – – – 1.02× –
John Russell 1987 -0.7 -4.5 – – – 0.83× –
Ken Dowell 1987 -0.2 -0.7 – – – 0.61× –
Ken Jackson 1987 -0.2 -0.8 – – – 0.61× –
Todd Frohwirth 1987 +0.3 +1.5 – – – 0.67× –
Tom Newell 1987 -0.1 -0.6 – – – 0.67× –
Total—+28.3+298.211.8+295.5—

Trades

Every graded 1987 deal involving the Phillies — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 5 total.

1987 · PHI / SEA
PHI · Bill Giles +$23.2M
Phil Bradley, Tim Fortugno
SEA · Dick Balderson −$23.2M
Glenn Wilson, Dave Brundage, Mike Jackson
PHI came out ahead by $23.2M
1987 · PHI / HOU
PHI · Bill Giles +$3.2M
Jeff Calhoun
HOU · Bill Wood −$3.2M
Ronn Reynolds
PHI came out ahead by $3.2M
1987 · PHI / NYY
PHI · Bill Giles +$4.8M
Keith Hughes, Shane Turner
NYY · Woody Woodward −$4.8M
Mike Easler
PHI came out ahead by $4.8M
1987 · PHI / MIN
PHI · Bill Giles +$7.2M
Danny Clay, Tom Schwarz
MIN · Andy MacPhail −$7.2M
Dan Schatzeder
PHI came out ahead by $7.2M
1987 · CHW / PHI
CHW · Larry Himes +$24.8M
Gary Redus
PHI · Bill Giles −$24.8M
Joe Cowley
CHW came out ahead by $24.8M

Current & Historical Payroll

1987 payroll
$11.8M

What the front office was committed to as of 1987, 1987–1993. 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)

PlayerAgeSvc1987198819891990199119921993
Mike Schmidt3715.000$2.1M$2.2MFREE AGENT
Von Hayes286.000$1.3M$1.3M$1.3M$2.0M$2.2MFREE AGENT
Steve Bedrosian296.000$1.1M$925k$853kFREE AGENT
Lance Parrish3110.000$1.0M$1.0MFREE AGENT
Kent Tekulve4013.000$925k$850kFREE AGENT
Shane Rawley319.000$800k$900kFREE AGENT
Greg Gross3414.000$420k$320kFREE AGENT
Luis Aguayo287.000$325k$189kFREE AGENT
Mike Easler3614.000$236kFREE AGENT
Dan Schatzeder3210.000$197kFREE AGENT
Ron Roenicke306.000$192kFREE AGENT
Tom Hume3410.000$96kFREE AGENT
Doug Bair3711.000—FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (13)

PlayerAgeSvc1987198819891990199119921993
Glenn Wilson285.000$662kFREE AGENT
Juan Samuel264.000$660kARB 3FREE AGENT
Kevin Gross264.000$420kARB 3FREE AGENT
Don Carman274.000$245kARB 3FREE AGENT
Steve Jeltz284.000$150kARB 3FREE AGENT
Jeff Stone264.000$140kARB 3FREE AGENT
Rick Schu253.000$140kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Milt Thompson283.000$140kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Darren Daulton254.000$98kARB 3FREE AGENT
Jeff Calhoun293.000$85kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Joe Cowley285.000—FREE AGENT
John Russell263.000—ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Freddie Toliver263.000—ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (12)

PlayerAgeSvc1987198819891990199119921993
Bruce Ruffin231.000$100kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Chris James241.000$65kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Maddux251.000$65kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Jackson221.000$62kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Wally Ritchie210.000$62kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Keith Hughes230.000$56kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ken Dowell26–—
Todd Frohwirth240.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ken Jackson23–—
Greg Jelks25–—
Greg Legg27–—
Tom Newell24–—

Graphs

How each 1987 acquisition stacked onto Phillies's playoff-odds curve. The side table is ranked by PPA.

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