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GM: Lee Thomas (since 1989)

1996 roster — every player, value & surplus

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-14.9
WAB — wins above budget
-9.4
TAB — roster Talent above budget
67–95 (0.414)
record
-11M
surplus $M (value/$)
24.8
roster fWAR
$32.7M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Curt Schilling 29 FA-elig 28 4.7 2.0 +1.9
Jim Eisenreich 37 FA-elig 113 2.7 1.2 +1.1
Benito Santiago 31 FA-elig 136 2.6 1.7 +0.5
Lenny Dykstra 33 FA-elig 40 1.7 6.2 -4.7
Sid Fernandez 33 FA-elig 11 1.7 0.7 +0.8
Gregg Jefferies 28 FA-elig 104 1.7 5.5 -4.1
Kevin Stocker 26 arb 119 1.4 0.3 +0.9
Ricky Bottalico 26 pre-arb 61 1.3 0.2 +0.9
Terry Mulholland↔ SEA 33 FA-elig 21 1.3 0.4 +0.7
Mike Grace 26 pre-arb 12 1.2 0.1 +0.9
Mark Whiten↔ ATL 29 FA-elig 60 1.2 0.4 +0.7
Todd Zeile↔ BAL 30 FA-elig 134 1.2 2.2 -1.2
David West 31 FA-elig 7 1.0 0.5 +0.3
Ken Ryan 27 arb 62 0.9 0.3 +0.5
Ruben Amaro Jr. 31 arb 61 0.8 0.1 +0.5
Russ Springer 27 arb 51 0.7 0.2 +0.4
Pete Incaviglia↔ BAL 32 FA-elig 99 0.6 0.5 +0.0
Mike Lieberthal 24 pre-arb 50 0.5 0.1 +0.3
Mike Benjamin 30 FA-elig 35 0.5 0.3 +0.1
Kevin Jordan 26 pre-arb 43 0.5 0.1 +0.3
Jeff Parrett↔ STL 34 FA-elig 18 0.4 0.2 +0.1
Kevin Sefcik 25 pre-arb 44 0.4 0.1 +0.2
Ricardo Jordan 26 pre-arb 26 0.4 0.1 +0.2
Mike Williams 27 arb 33 0.4 0.2 +0.1
Bobby Estalella 21 – 7 0.3 – –
Mike Mimbs 27 pre-arb 21 0.3 0.2 +0.1
Mickey Morandini 30 FA-elig 140 0.2 1.9 -1.7
Calvin Maduro 21 – 4 0.2 – –
Toby Borland 27 pre-arb 69 0.2 0.2 -0.0
Gene Schall 26 pre-arb 28 0.1 0.1 +0.0
Gary Bennett 24 pre-arb 6 0.1 0.1 -0.1
Matt Beech 24 pre-arb 8 0.0 0.1 -0.1
Ron Blazier 24 – 27 -0.0 – –
Larry Mitchell 24 pre-arb 7 -0.0 0.1 -0.1
David Doster 25 – 39 -0.0 – –
Bronson Heflin 24 – 3 -0.0 – –
Carlos Crawford 24 – 1 -0.1 – –
Darren Daulton 34 FA-elig 5 -0.1 5.2 -5.3
Glenn Dishman↔ SDP 25 – 4 -0.1 – –
Howard Battle 24 – 5 -0.1 – –
Bobby Munoz 28 arb 6 -0.1 0.1 -0.3
Rich Hunter 21 pre-arb 15 -0.1 0.1 -0.2
Rafael Quirico 26 – 1 -0.2 – –
Scott Rolen 21 pre-arb 37 -0.2 0.1 -0.3
Manny Martinez↔ SEA 25 – 13 -0.2 – –
Dave Leiper↔ WSN 34 FA-elig 26 -0.3 0.2 -0.4
Ricky Otero 24 pre-arb 104 -0.3 0.1 -0.4
J.R. Phillips↔ SFG 26 arb 35 -0.3 0.1 -0.3
Steve Frey 32 – 31 -0.4 – –
Desi Relaford 22 – 15 -0.4 – –
Glenn Murray 25 pre-arb 38 -0.5 0.1 -0.5
Jon Zuber 26 pre-arb 30 -0.6 0.1 -0.6
Lee Tinsley↔ BOS 27 arb 31 -1.0 0.1 -0.9
Wendell Magee 23 pre-arb 38 -1.2 0.1 -1.1

54 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 42 of them (78%). 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
PlayerYearWAR for PHI
Bobby Abreu199745.3
Curt Schilling199236.3
J. T. Realmuto201925.7
Von Hayes198222.3
John Kruk198918.4
Cristopher Sánchez201916.2
Odúbel Herrera201413.2
Tommy Greene19909.4
Ones that got away
PlayerYear tradedWAR elsewhere
Ryne Sandberg198248.2
Carlos Carrasco200925.5
Curt Schilling200021.4
J. P. Crawford201817.8
George Bell198016.7
Gavin Floyd200615.3
Julio Franco198213.3
Adam Eaton199911.6
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.