Rosternomics
Log in Sign up 𝕏

Padres SDP

199691–71 (0.562)Made Playoffs
‹ Previous Next ›

GM: Kevin Towers

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 1996, or a custom range (defaults to every team-season since 1985, when our data starts).

to

Front Office

PoorAverageGreat
Value
Payroll $M
$30M
Surplus $M
+5
Win %
0.562
TAB
+7.9
WAB
+10.3
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
41.0
Dead money %
20%
Depth Players
10.0
Dead WAR
-5.4

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

1996 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

RJohn Flaherty⇄72
RBrian Johnson66
RBrad Ausmus⇄50
RArchi Cianfrocco1

1B

LWally Joyner119
RArchi Cianfrocco34
LScott Livingstone21
LJason Thompson13
RMarc Newfield⇄2
LChris Gwynn1
RBrian Johnson1

2B

RJody Reed145
BLuis Lopez22
RCraig Shipley17
RArchi Cianfrocco6

3B

BKen Caminiti145
LScott Livingstone17
RArchi Cianfrocco10
RCraig Shipley4
RJim Tatum⇄3
BLuis Lopez2
RBrian Johnson1

SS

RChris Gomez⇄89
RAndujar Cedeno⇄49
BLuis Lopez35
RArchi Cianfrocco10
RCraig Shipley7

LF

RRickey Henderson114
RGreg Vaughn⇄43
LChris Gwynn5
RArchi Cianfrocco1
RRob Deer1

CF

LSteve Finley160
RRickey Henderson10
BDoug Dascenzo1

RF

LTony Gwynn111
LChris Gwynn24
RMarc Newfield⇄23
RRickey Henderson17
RRob Deer17
BDoug Dascenzo9
RArchi Cianfrocco7
RCraig Shipley3

DH

—

Starters

RScott Sanders3.8 WAR
RJoey Hamilton3.6 WAR
RBob Tewksbury3.2 WAR
RAndy Ashby2.2 WAR
RTim Worrell1.9 WAR
LFernando Valenzuela1.4 WAR
RSean Bergman1.0 WAR

Bullpen

★ RTrevor Hoffman42 sv
RDoug Bochtler0 h
RWillie Blair0 h
RBryce Florie⇄0 h
RDario Veras0 h
LRon Villone⇄0 h
LAl Osuna0 h
RMike Oquist0 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 1995)

PlayerfWAR
Bob Tewksbury3.2
Wally Joyner2.8
Rickey Henderson2.2
John Flaherty1.5
Sean Bergman1.0
Craig Shipley0.7

Key subtractions (gone from 1995)

Player1995 fWAR
Andy Benes2.7
Brian Williams1.1
Bip Roberts0.6
Roberto Petagine0.3
Phil Plantier0.2
Eddie Williams0.1

Contract Value

WAR translated into tier-adjusted market value, then compared with what the player was paid by Padres. Guaranteed contracts from the 2015-present contract-data period use the known contract period through 1996; everyone else is shown as a 1996 season snapshot.

PlayerPeriodfWARTier Market $MPaid $MSurplus $M$ / WARTierContract
Steve Finley 1996 +5.4 +87.8 2.9 +85.0 $0.5M 2.05× –
Ken Caminiti 1996 +7.5 +86.2 3.3 +83.0 $0.4M 1.43× –
Joey Hamilton 1996 +3.6 +62.4 0.3 +62.1 $0.1M 2.19× –
Trevor Hoffman 1996 +2.8 +57.2 1.0 +56.3 $0.3M 2.57× –
Bob Tewksbury 1996 +3.2 +49.4 1.5 +47.9 $0.5M 1.96× –
Scott Sanders 1996 +3.8 +43.2 0.3 +42.9 $0.1M 1.44× –
Tony Gwynn 1996 +3.0 +38.3 4.3 +34.0 $1.4M 1.60× –
Andy Ashby 1996 +2.2 +26.7 2.0 +24.7 $0.9M 1.49× –
Wally Joyner 1996 +2.8 +24.2 2.5 +21.7 $0.9M 1.07× –
Rickey Henderson 1996 +2.2 +21.1 3.2 +17.9 $1.5M 1.22× –
Tim Worrell 1996 +1.9 +14.7 0.2 +14.5 $0.1M 0.98× –
Fernando Valenzuela 1996 +1.4 +11.8 1.0 +10.8 $0.7M 1.02× –
John Flaherty↔ 1996 +1.5 +6.2 0.2 +6.0 $0.1M 0.52× –
Sean Bergman 1996 +1.0 +5.2 0.2 +5.0 $0.2M 0.67× –
Craig Shipley 1996 +0.7 +3.3 0.5 +2.8 $0.7M 0.56× –
Bryce Florie↔ 1996 +0.5 +2.8 0.1 +2.7 $0.2M 0.67× –
Brian Johnson 1996 +0.6 +2.6 0.2 +2.5 $0.3M 0.52× –
Chris Gomez↔ 1996 +0.4 +2.1 0.2 +1.9 $0.4M 0.61× –
Doug Bochtler 1996 +0.4 +2.0 0.1 +1.8 $0.4M 0.67× –
Greg Vaughn↔ 1996 +0.5 +3.0 1.7 +1.3 $3.8M 0.83× –
Ron Villone↔ 1996 +0.1 +0.7 0.1 +0.7 $0.5M 0.67× –
Dario Veras 1996 +0.1 +0.6 0.1 +0.5 $0.9M 0.67× –
Mike Oquist 1996 +0.0 +0.2 0.1 +0.1 $3.3M 0.67× –
Scott Livingstone 1996 +0.1 +0.6 0.6 +0.1 $3.8M 0.56× –
Archi Cianfrocco 1996 +0.0 +0.1 0.3 -0.2 $14.2M 0.56× –
Todd Steverson 1996 -0.0 -0.2 0.1 -0.3 – 0.83× –
Andujar Cedeno↔ 1996 -0.2 -0.7 0.2 -1.0 – 0.61× –
Marc Newfield↔ 1996 -0.3 -1.8 0.1 -1.9 – 0.83× –
Willie Blair 1996 -0.4 -2.0 0.8 -2.7 – 0.67× –
Brad Ausmus↔ 1996 -0.6 -2.7 0.1 -2.8 – 0.52× –
Chris Gwynn 1996 -0.5 -3.5 0.4 -3.9 – 0.83× –
Jody Reed 1996 -0.8 -3.8 1.0 -4.8 – 0.56× –
Luis Lopez 1996 -1.9 -9.5 0.2 -9.6 – 0.61× –
Al Osuna 1996 +0.1 +0.3 – – – 0.67× –
Andres Berumen 1996 -0.1 -0.5 – – – 0.67× –
Doug Dascenzo 1996 -0.2 -1.0 – – – 0.83× –
Dustin Hermanson 1996 -0.1 -0.5 – – – 0.67× –
Glenn Dishman↔ 1996 -0.0 -0.0 – – – 0.67× –
Jason Thompson 1996 -0.2 -0.9 – – – 0.56× –
Jim Tatum↔ 1996 -0.1 -0.3 – – – 0.58× –
Pete Walker 1996 -0.0 -0.2 – – – 0.67× –
Rob Deer 1996 +0.6 +3.7 – – – 0.83× –
Sean Mulligan 1996 -0.0 -0.1 – – – 0.65× –
Total—+41.0+528.729.8+499.0—

Trades

Every graded 1996 deal involving the Padres — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 8 total.

1996 · SDP / DET
SDP · Kevin Towers +$26.4M
Sean Bergman, Cade Gaspar, Todd Steverson
DET · Randy Smith −$26.4M
Raúl Casanova, Richie Lewis, Melvin Nieves
SDP came out ahead by $26.4M
1996 · SDP / MIA
SDP · Kevin Towers +$6.4M
Quilvio Veras
MIA · Dave Dombrowski −$6.4M
Dustin Hermanson
SDP came out ahead by $6.4M
1996 · SDP / DET
SDP · Kevin Towers +$11.2M
Joey Eischen, Cam Smith
DET · Randy Smith −$11.2M
Willie Blair, Brian Johnson
SDP came out ahead by $11.2M
1996 · SDP / BAL
SDP · Kevin Towers +$1.6M
Keith Eaddy
BAL · Pat Gillick −$1.6M
Melvin Rosario
SDP came out ahead by $1.6M
1996 · SDP / NYM
SDP · Kevin Towers +$0.8M
Pete Walker, Scott Adair
NYM · Joe McIlvaine −$0.8M
Roberto Petagine, Luis Arroyo
SDP came out ahead by $0.8M
1996 · DET / SDP
DET · Randy Smith +$43.2M
Brad Ausmus, Andújar Cedeño, Russ Spear
SDP · Kevin Towers −$43.2M
John Flaherty, Chris Gomez
DET came out ahead by $43.2M
1996 · SDP / SEA
SDP · Kevin Towers +$37.6M
Sterling Hitchcock
SEA · Woody Woodward −$37.6M
Scott Sanders
SDP came out ahead by $37.6M
1996 · MIL / SDP
MIL · Sal Bando +$3.2M
Bryce Florie, Marc Newfield, Ron Villone
SDP · Kevin Towers −$3.2M
Greg Vaughn, Jerry Parent
MIL came out ahead by $3.2M

Current & Historical Payroll

1996 payroll
$29.8M

What the front office was committed to as of 1996, 1996–2002. 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 (16)

PlayerAgeSvc1996199719981999200020012002
Tony Gwynn3614.000$4.3M$4.6M$4.0M$4.4M$6.3M$2.0MFREE AGENT
Ken Caminiti339.000$3.3M$3.1M$3.5MFREE AGENT
Rickey Henderson3717.000$3.2M$2.2MFREE AGENT$300k
Steve Finley317.000$2.9M$3.0M$3.4MFREE AGENT
Wally Joyner3410.000$2.5M$3.8M$3.8M$2.8MFREE AGENT
Greg Vaughn307.000$1.7M$4.0M$5.3MFREE AGENT
Bob Tewksbury3510.000$1.5MFREE AGENT
Jody Reed339.000$1.0MFREE AGENT
Fernando Valenzuela3516.000$1.0M$1.2MFREE AGENT
Willie Blair306.000$750kFREE AGENT
Craig Shipley3310.000$500k$500kFREE AGENT
Chris Gwynn319.000$360kFREE AGENT
Andujar Cedeno266.000$236kFREE AGENT
Doug Dascenzo328.000—FREE AGENT
Rob Deer3512.000—FREE AGENT
Al Osuna306.000—FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (14)

PlayerAgeSvc1996199719981999200020012002
Andy Ashby285.000$2.0MFREE AGENT
Trevor Hoffman283.000$955kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Scott Livingstone305.000$550kFREE AGENT
Scott Sanders273.000$300kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Archi Cianfrocco294.000$262kARB 3FREE AGENT
Tim Worrell283.000$230kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Sean Bergman263.000$205kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Chris Gomez253.000$179kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
John Flaherty284.000$166kARB 3FREE AGENT
Luis Lopez253.000$155kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Oquist283.000$150kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brad Ausmus273.000$140kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Marc Newfield233.000$90kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jim Tatum284.000—ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (13)

PlayerAgeSvc1996199719981999200020012002
Joey Hamilton252.000$325kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brian Johnson282.000$170kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Doug Bochtler251.000$145kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Todd Steverson241.000$125kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Bryce Florie262.000$125kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Dario Veras230.000$109kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ron Villone261.000$62kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Andres Berumen251.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Glenn Dishman251.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Dustin Hermanson231.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Sean Mulligan26–—
Jason Thompson25–—
Pete Walker271.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

How each 1996 acquisition stacked onto Padres's playoff-odds curve. The side table is ranked by PPA.

Rosternomics — front-office performance, roster value, and transaction history. Follow @rosternomics on X.
Decision-maker records extend to 1933; resource-controlled WAR and payroll metrics cover 1985–2026. Data sources include FanGraphs, Baseball-Reference, the Chadwick Bureau register, the Lahman Database, prospect rankings from Baseball America, MLB Pipeline, and FanGraphs, 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).
Privacy Policy · Terms of Service · © 2026 Rosternomics