Rosternomics

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GM: Kevin Towers (since 1996)

1997 roster — every player, value & surplus

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-5.9
WAB — wins above budget
-15.2
TAB — roster Talent above budget
76–86 (0.469)
record
-17M
surplus $M (value/$)
19.0
roster fWAR
$39.3M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Tony Gwynn 37 FA-elig 149 4.2 4.6 -0.3
Ken Caminiti 34 FA-elig 137 3.7 3.1 +0.6
Wally Joyner 35 FA-elig 135 3.6 3.8 -0.2
Andy Ashby 29 FA-elig 31 3.4 3.4 +0.1
Trevor Hoffman 29 arb 70 2.3 1.5 +0.9
Rickey Henderson↔ ANA 38 FA-elig 88 2.0 2.2 -0.2
Joey Hamilton 26 arb 31 1.5 0.7 +0.8
Carlos Hernandez 30 FA-elig 50 1.2 0.4 +0.8
John Flaherty 29 arb 129 1.1 0.9 +0.2
Steve Finley 32 FA-elig 143 1.0 3.0 -1.9
Sean Bergman 27 arb 44 0.6 0.3 +0.3
Sterling Hitchcock 26 arb 32 0.5 1.2 -0.6
Chris Jones 31 FA-elig 92 0.5 0.4 +0.1
Will Cunnane 23 pre-arb 55 0.4 0.1 +0.2
Mark Sweeney↔ STL 27 pre-arb 71 0.3 0.1 +0.2
Derrek Lee 21 22 0.3
Todd Erdos 23 11 0.1
Greg Vaughn 31 FA-elig 120 0.1 4.0 -3.9
Ruben Rivera 23 17 0.1
Fernando Valenzuela↔ STL 36 FA-elig 14 0.1 1.2 -1.1
Pete Smith 31 FA-elig 38 0.1 0.4 -0.4
Paul Menhart 28 pre-arb 9 0.0 0.2 -0.1
Tim Scott↔ COL 30 FA-elig 14 0.0 0.3 -0.3
Marc Kroon 24 12 -0.1
Tim Worrell 29 arb 60 -0.1 0.8 -0.9
Joey Long 26 10 -0.1
Craig Shipley 34 FA-elig 63 -0.1 0.5 -0.6
Jim Bruske 32 pre-arb 29 -0.1 0.2 -0.3
George Arias↔ ANA 25 11 -0.1
Rich Batchelor↔ STL 30 arb 13 -0.1 0.1 -0.2
Quilvio Veras 26 pre-arb 145 -0.1 0.3 -0.4
Terry Burrows 28 13 -0.1
Phil Plantier↔ STL 28 10 -0.2
Terry Shumpert 30 13 -0.3
Mandy Romero 29 21 -0.3
Heath Murray 24 17 -0.3
Scott Livingstone↔ STL 31 FA-elig 23 -0.3 0.2 -0.5
Doug Bochtler 26 pre-arb 54 -0.3 0.2 -0.6
Dario Veras 24 pre-arb 23 -0.4 0.2 -0.6
Don Slaught 38 20 -0.4
Danny Jackson↔ STL 35 FA-elig 13 -0.4 3.5 -3.9
Trey Beamon 23 43 -0.4
Jorge Velandia 22 14 -0.6
Archi Cianfrocco 30 arb 89 -0.8 0.4 -1.2
Chris Gomez 26 arb 150 -2.3 0.8 -3.2

45 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 31 of them (69%). 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 SDP
Fernando Tatís201627.7
Trevor Hoffman199324.3
Andy Ashby199317.7
Ken Caminiti199417.4
Phil Nevin199917.3
Brian Giles200317.1
Ryan Klesko199916.6
Jake Cronenworth201914.8
Ones that got away
PlayerYear tradedWAR elsewhere
Ozzie Smith198148.0
Corey Kluber201034.6
Anthony Rizzo201231.1
Yasmani Grandal201420.6
Roberto Alomar199020.4
Max Fried201420.1
Trea Turner201519.4
John Kruk198918.4