Rosternomics

Pirates PIT

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GM: Larry Doughty (since 1988)

1988 roster — every player, value & surplus

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+11.9
WAB — wins above budget
+11.1
TAB — roster Talent above budget
85–75 (0.531)
record
+5M
surplus $M (value/$)
37.3
roster fWAR
$6.4M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Andy Van Slyke 27 arb 154 6.4 0.8 +1.2
Barry Bonds 23 pre-arb 144 5.4 0.2 +1.5
Bobby Bonilla 25 pre-arb 159 5.1 0.2 +1.4
John Smiley 23 pre-arb 34 3.2 0.1 +0.9
Bob Walk 31 FA-elig 34 3.0 0.5 +0.5
Doug Drabek 25 pre-arb 33 2.9 0.2 +0.7
Michael LaValliere 27 arb 120 2.5 0.2 +0.6
Sid Bream 27 arb 148 2.4 0.4 +0.4
Jose Lind 24 pre-arb 154 2.4 0.1 +0.7
Jeff Robinson 27 arb 75 1.5 0.5 -0.0
John Cangelosi 25 arb 75 0.8 0.1 +0.1
Jim Gott 28 FA-elig 67 0.7 0.5 -0.3
Rafael Belliard 26 FA-elig 122 0.5 0.1 +0.0
Dave LaPoint↔ CHW 28 FA-elig 8 0.5 0.1 +0.0
Gary Redus↔ CHW 31 FA-elig 30 0.4 0.1 +0.0
Darnell Coles↔ SEA 26 arb 68 0.4 0.2 -0.1
R.J. Reynolds 29 arb 130 0.4 0.3 -0.2
Randy Milligan 26 pre-arb 40 0.3 0.1 +0.0
Felix Fermin 24 pre-arb 43 0.3 0.1 +0.0
Benny Distefano 26 arb 16 0.2 0.1 -0.0
Scott Medvin 26 17 0.2
Rick Reed 22 2 0.1
Glenn Wilson↔ SEA 29 FA-elig 37 0.1 0.3 -0.2
Brian Fisher 26 arb 33 0.1 0.3 -0.2
Barry Jones↔ CHW 25 pre-arb 42 0.1 0.1 -0.0
Randy Kramer 27 5 0.1
Dave Rucker 30 31 0.0
Ruben Rodriguez 23 pre-arb 2 0.0 0.1 -0.1
Tommy Gregg↔ ATL 24 14 -0.0
Dave Hostetler 32 6 -0.0
Junior Ortiz 28 FA-elig 49 -0.0 0.2 -0.3
Ken Oberkfell↔ ATL 32 FA-elig 20 -0.1 0.1 -0.1
Denny Gonzalez 24 24 -0.1
Miguel Garcia 21 1 -0.1
Morris Madden 27 5 -0.1
Mike Diaz↔ CHW 28 arb 47 -0.1 0.1 -0.1
Orestes Destrade 26 36 -0.2
Vicente Palacios 24 pre-arb 7 -0.3 0.1 -0.1
Mike Dunne 25 pre-arb 34 -0.3 0.1 -0.2
Al Pedrique 27 pre-arb 50 -0.4 0.1 -0.2
Bob Kipper 23 arb 50 -0.4 0.1 -0.3
Tom Prince 23 pre-arb 29 -0.5 0.1 -0.2

42 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 32 of them (76%). 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 PIT
Andy Van Slyke198731.1
Brian Giles199825.4
Doug Drabek198621.4
Bobby Bonilla198620.6
Bryan Reynolds201820.0
Mike LaValliere198712.9
Josh Harrison200911.9
Jack Wilson200011.0
Ones that got away
PlayerYear tradedWAR elsewhere
Aramis Ramírez200325.0
Jason Schmidt200123.6
Brian Giles200317.1
Willie Randolph197514.7
Moisés Alou199013.8
John Tudor198412.0
Randy Milligan198811.9
Bip Roberts198511.1