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199978–83 (0.484)
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GM: Cam Bonifay

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 1999, 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
$24M
Surplus $M
+14
Win %
0.484
TAB
+3.5
WAB
+5.7
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
28.9
Dead money %
52%
Depth Players
7.0
Dead WAR
-7.4

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

1999 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

RJason Kendall75
RKeith Osik50
RJoe Oliver44
RChris Tremie8
RTim Laker2
RYamid Haad1

1B

RKevin Young155
LBrant Brown7
BDale Sveum4
RFreddy Garcia⇄1
LIvan Cruz1

2B

LWarren Morris144
BAbraham O. Nunez14
RMike Benjamin12
BDale Sveum2
RJohn Wehner1

3B

REd Sprague Jr.134
RAramis Ramirez17
BDale Sveum12
RFreddy Garcia⇄9
RMike Benjamin6
RJohn Wehner2

SS

RMike Benjamin93
BAbraham O. Nunez65
RPat Meares21
BDale Sveum4
RJohn Wehner2

LF

LAl Martin133
RJohn Wehner12
LBrian Giles8
REmil Brown6
BTurner Ward⇄5
BAdrian Brown4
RChad Hermansen3
BDale Sveum1

CF

LBrian Giles108
BAdrian Brown29
LBrant Brown23
RChad Hermansen9
RJohn Wehner2

RF

BAdrian Brown66
LBrant Brown59
LBrian Giles25
RFreddy Garcia⇄7
RChad Hermansen6
RJohn Wehner6
LIvan Cruz1

DH

LBrant Brown4
LBrian Giles3
RFreddy Garcia⇄2

Starters

RKris Benson3.4 WAR
RTodd Ritchie2.8 WAR
RJason Schmidt2.6 WAR
RFrancisco Cordova2.3 WAR
RJose Silva1.2 WAR
LJimmy Anderson0.3 WAR
LPete Schourek0.1 WAR
LChris Peters-0.2 WAR

Bullpen

★ RMike Williams23 sv
LScott Sauerbeck10 h
RBrad Clontz9 h
RMarc Wilkins8 h
LJeff Wallace7 h
LJason Christiansen7 h
RGreg Hansell4 h
LJimmy Anderson0 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 1998)

PlayerfWAR
Brian Giles6.7
Kris Benson3.4
Todd Ritchie2.8
Warren Morris1.9
Mike Benjamin1.2
Ed Sprague Jr.0.4

Key subtractions (gone from 1998)

Player1998 fWAR
Jon Lieber2.7
Jermaine Allensworth1.7
Todd Van Poppel0.7
Ricardo Rincon0.7
Tony Womack0.7
Esteban Loaiza0.5

Contract Value

WAR translated into tier-adjusted market value, then compared with what the player was paid by Pirates. Guaranteed contracts from the 2015-present contract-data period use the known contract period through 1999; everyone else is shown as a 1999 season snapshot.

PlayerPeriodfWARTier Market $MPaid $MSurplus $M$ / WARTierContract
Brian Giles 1999 +6.7 +109.2 1.1 +108.0 $0.2M 2.05× –
Kevin Young 1999 +5.3 +57.8 2.1 +55.7 $0.4M 1.37× –
Kris Benson 1999 +3.4 +53.4 0.2 +53.2 $0.1M 1.96× –
Todd Ritchie 1999 +2.8 +43.6 0.2 +43.4 $0.1M 1.96× –
Jason Schmidt 1999 +2.6 +41.2 1.4 +39.8 $0.6M 1.96× –
Jason Kendall 1999 +3.9 +34.9 1.2 +33.6 $0.3M 1.12× –
Francisco Cordova 1999 +2.3 +27.5 1.2 +26.3 $0.5M 1.49× –
Al Martin 1999 +1.9 +18.2 2.7 +15.5 $1.4M 1.22× –
Jose Silva 1999 +1.2 +12.9 0.3 +12.7 $0.2M 1.34× –
Warren Morris 1999 +1.9 +12.3 0.2 +12.1 $0.1M 0.82× –
Mike Benjamin 1999 +1.2 +6.0 0.7 +5.3 $0.6M 0.61× –
Jason Christiansen 1999 +0.4 +4.7 0.7 +4.0 $1.6M 1.34× –
Mike Williams 1999 +0.3 +2.7 0.7 +2.1 $2.5M 1.34× –
Scott Sauerbeck 1999 +0.2 +2.2 0.2 +2.0 $1.0M 1.34× –
Marc Wilkins 1999 +0.5 +2.6 0.7 +1.9 $1.4M 0.67× –
Jimmy Anderson 1999 +0.3 +1.8 0.2 +1.6 $0.6M 0.67× –
Greg Hansell 1999 +0.3 +1.5 0.2 +1.2 $0.8M 0.67× –
Ed Sprague Jr. 1999 +0.4 +1.8 1.3 +0.5 $3.3M 0.58× –
Jeff Wallace 1999 +0.1 +0.7 0.2 +0.5 $1.5M 0.67× –
Ivan Cruz 1999 +0.1 +0.5 0.2 +0.3 $1.7M 0.56× –
Brad Clontz 1999 +0.0 +0.1 0.3 -0.3 $24.6M 0.67× –
Pat Meares 1999 +0.2 +0.8 1.5 -0.7 $9.2M 0.61× –
Rich Loiselle 1999 -0.1 -0.4 0.4 -0.8 – 0.67× –
Pete Schourek 1999 +0.1 +1.0 2.0 -1.0 $15.9M 1.02× –
Jason Phillips 1999 -0.2 -1.0 0.2 -1.2 – 0.67× –
Abraham O. Nunez 1999 -0.3 -1.2 0.2 -1.5 – 0.61× –
Turner Ward↔ 1999 -0.2 -1.1 0.7 -1.8 – 0.83× –
Chris Peters 1999 -0.2 -1.6 0.3 -1.9 – 1.02× –
Joe Oliver 1999 -0.6 -2.6 0.3 -2.9 – 0.52× –
Adrian Brown 1999 -0.5 -3.0 0.2 -3.2 – 0.83× –
Freddy Garcia↔ 1999 -0.7 -3.3 0.3 -3.5 – 0.58× –
Keith Osik 1999 -0.9 -3.8 0.3 -4.2 – 0.52× –
Jose Guillen↔ 1999 -0.7 -5.0 0.2 -5.2 – 0.83× –
John Wehner 1999 -0.8 -5.4 0.2 -5.7 – 0.83× –
Brant Brown 1999 -1.5 -9.9 0.3 -10.2 – 0.83× –
Dale Sveum 1999 +0.0 +0.2 0.2 -0.0 $4.9M 0.58× –
Aramis Ramirez 1999 -0.2 -0.8 – – – 0.58× –
Chad Hermansen 1999 -0.2 -1.6 – – – 0.83× –
Chris Tremie 1999 -0.2 -0.8 – – – 0.52× –
Emil Brown 1999 -0.1 -0.6 – – – 0.83× –
Jason Boyd 1999 +0.1 +0.3 – – – 0.67× –
Jim Dougherty 1999 -0.0 -0.1 – – – 0.67× –
Mike Garcia 1999 +0.1 +0.3 – – – 0.67× –
Tim Laker 1999 -0.0 -0.0 – – – 0.52× –
Yamid Haad 1999 -0.0 -0.1 – – – 0.52× –
Total—+28.9+395.923.3+375.6—

Trades

Every graded 1999 deal involving the Pirates — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 6 total.

1999 · PIT / MIA
PIT · Cam Bonifay +$0.8M
Bruce Aven
MIA · Dave Dombrowski −$0.8M
Brant Brown
PIT came out ahead by $0.8M
1999 · TBR / PIT
TBR · Chuck Lamar +$0.8M
José Guillén, Jeff Sparks
PIT · Cam Bonifay −$0.8M
Joe Oliver, Humberto Cota
TBR came out ahead by $0.8M
1999 · PIT / ARI
PIT · Cam Bonifay +$22.4M
Paul Weichard, Jason Boyd
ARI · Joe Garagiola −$22.4M
Tony Womack
PIT came out ahead by $22.4M
1999 · ARI / PIT
ARI · Joe Garagiola +$0.0M
Brad Clontz
PIT · Cam Bonifay +$0.0M
Roberto Manzueta
Even trade
1999 · ATL / PIT
ATL · John Schuerholz +$0.0M
Freddy García
PIT · Cam Bonifay +$0.0M
Greg Dukeman
Even trade
1999 · LAD / PIT
LAD · Kevin Malone +$0.8M
Jason Ryan
PIT · Cam Bonifay −$0.8M
Tim Laker
LAD came out ahead by $0.8M

Current & Historical Payroll

1999 payroll
$23.6M

What the front office was committed to as of 1999, 1999–2005. 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 (12)

PlayerAgeSvc1999200020012002200320042005
Al Martin317.000$2.7MFREE AGENT
Kevin Young307.000$2.1M$5.6M$6.1M$5.6M$6.6MFREE AGENT
Pete Schourek308.000$2.0MFREE AGENT
Pat Meares306.000$1.5M$3.3M$3.8MFREE AGENT
Ed Sprague Jr.318.000$1.3MFREE AGENT
Turner Ward349.000$706kFREE AGENT
Mike Benjamin3310.000$700k$700kFREE AGENT$925k
Mike Williams307.000$650k$1.0M$738k$2.0M$2.1MFREE AGENT
Joe Oliver3310.000$350kFREE AGENT
John Wehner328.000$250kFREE AGENT$375k
Dale Sveum3513.000$200kFREE AGENT
Tim Laker297.000—FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (16)

PlayerAgeSvc1999200020012002200320042005
Jason Schmidt264.000$1.4MARB 3FREE AGENT
Francisco Cordova273.000$1.2MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jason Kendall253.000$1.2MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brian Giles284.000$1.1MARB 3FREE AGENT
Jason Christiansen294.000$725kARB 3FREE AGENT
Marc Wilkins283.000$660kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Rich Loiselle273.000$400kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Chris Peters273.000$350kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Keith Osik303.000$350kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brad Clontz284.000$350kARB 3FREE AGENT
Brant Brown283.000$290kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jose Silva253.000$270kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Freddy Garcia264.000$256kARB 3FREE AGENT
Greg Hansell284.000$230kARB 3FREE AGENT
Jim Dougherty314.000—ARB 3FREE AGENT
Chris Tremie294.000—ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (17)

PlayerAgeSvc1999200020012002200320042005
Todd Ritchie272.000$225kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Adrian Brown252.000$220kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Abraham O. Nunez232.000$210kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jeff Wallace232.000$206kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ivan Cruz312.000$205kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Kris Benson240.000$200kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jimmy Anderson230.000$200kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jason Phillips250.000$200kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Warren Morris250.000$200kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Scott Sauerbeck270.000$200kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jose Guillen232.000$172kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Emil Brown242.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Aramis Ramirez211.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jason Boyd260.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Yamid Haad21–—
Chad Hermansen210.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Garcia31–—

Graphs

How each 1999 acquisition stacked onto Pirates's playoff-odds curve. The side table is ranked by PPA.

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