Rosternomics

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GM: Dave Littlefield (since 2002)

2003 roster — every player, value & surplus

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-1.5
WAB — wins above budget
+1.0
TAB — roster Talent above budget
75–87 (0.463)
record
+3M
surplus $M (value/$)
30.1
roster fWAR
$45.0M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Jason Kendall 29 FA-elig 150 4.2 8.6 -1.1
Brian Giles↔ SDP 32 FA-elig 105 3.4 6.9 -0.9
Jeff Suppan↔ BOS 28 FA-elig 21 3.2 0.3 +5.3
Reggie Sanders 35 FA-elig 130 3.0 1.0 +4.3
Kip Wells 26 arb 34 2.4 0.4 +3.9
Jeff D'Amico 27 FA-elig 29 2.3 0.8 +3.4
Craig Wilson 26 pre-arb 116 1.8 0.3 +2.9
Matt Stairs 35 FA-elig 121 1.8 0.9 +2.4
Kenny Lofton↔ CHC 36 FA-elig 84 1.8 0.6 +2.6
Tike Redman 26 56 1.7
Aramis Ramirez↔ CHC 25 arb 96 1.4 1.8 +0.7
Jack Wilson 25 pre-arb 150 1.1 0.3 +1.6
Julian Tavarez 30 FA-elig 64 1.0 0.8 +1.1
Jason Bay↔ SDP 24 27 0.9
Rob Mackowiak 27 pre-arb 77 0.9 0.3 +1.3
Josh Fogg 26 pre-arb 26 0.7 0.3 +1.0
Kris Benson 28 arb 18 0.7 4.3 -3.0
Brian Meadows 27 34 0.7
Jeff Reboulet 39 93 0.4
Mark Corey 28 22 0.4
Ryan Vogelsong 25 6 0.4
Oliver Pérez↔ SDP 21 pre-arb 5 0.3 0.1 +0.5
Randall Simon↔ CHC 28 FA-elig 91 0.3 1.1 -0.6
John Grabow 24 5 0.2
Salomon Torres 31 FA-elig 43 0.1 0.3 -0.1
Adam Hyzdu 31 51 0.1
Pat Mahomes 32 9 0.1
J.R. House 23 1 0.0
Abraham O. Nunez 27 FA-elig 118 0.0 0.7 -0.6
Bobby Hill↔ CHC 25 1 0.0
Humberto Cota 24 10 0.0
Dennys Reyes↔ ARI 26 FA-elig 12 -0.0 0.5 -0.5
Mike Lincoln 28 arb 36 -0.0 0.3 -0.4
Jim Mann 28 2 -0.1
José Hernández↔ CHC 33 FA-elig 58 -0.1 0.4 -0.6
Duaner Sanchez 23 6 -0.1
J.J. Davis 24 19 -0.1
Scott Sauerbeck↔ BOS 31 arb 53 -0.3 1.1 -1.6
Nelson Figueroa 29 12 -0.4
Kevin Young 34 FA-elig 52 -0.5 6.6 -7.5
Joe Beimel 26 pre-arb 70 -0.5 0.3 -1.2
Michael Gonzalez 25 16 -0.5
Mike Williams↔ PHI 34 FA-elig 40 -0.6 2.1 -3.2
Brian Boehringer 34 FA-elig 62 -0.7 1.5 -2.7
Carlos Rivera 25 78 -0.7
Pokey Reese 30 FA-elig 37 -0.8 2.5 -3.9

46 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 28 of them (61%). 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