Rosternomics

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GM: Dick Balderson (since 1986)

1986 roster — every player, value & surplus

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-6.9
WAB — wins above budget
-7.1
TAB — roster Talent above budget
67–95 (0.414)
record
+0M
surplus $M (value/$)
19.5
roster fWAR
$6.0M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Mark Langston 25 pre-arb 37 4.1 0.2 +1.0
Mike Moore 26 arb 38 3.7 0.4 +0.7
Phil Bradley 27 arb 143 2.9 0.5 +0.4
Mike Morgan 26 FA-elig 37 2.5 0.1 +0.6
Ken Phelps 31 FA-elig 125 2.1 0.2 +0.4
Jim Presley 24 pre-arb 155 2.1 0.2 +0.4
Matt Young 27 arb 65 1.7 0.2 +0.3
Bill Swift 24 pre-arb 29 1.5 0.1 +0.4
Dave Henderson↔ BOS 27 arb 103 1.4 0.3 +0.1
Scott Bradley↔ CHW 26 pre-arb 68 1.1 0.1 +0.3
Bob Kearney 29 FA-elig 81 1.0 0.3 +0.0
Danny Tartabull 23 pre-arb 137 1.0 0.1 +0.2
Alvin Davis 25 pre-arb 135 0.9 0.4 -0.1
Dave Valle 25 22 0.7
Pete Ladd 29 FA-elig 52 0.7 0.2 +0.0
Lee Guetterman 27 41 0.4
Jerry Reed 30 arb 11 0.4 0.1 +0.0
Mike Trujillo↔ BOS 26 pre-arb 11 0.3 0.1 +0.0
Steve Fireovid 29 arb 10 0.3 0.1 +0.0
Spike Owen↔ BOS 25 arb 112 0.2 0.2 -0.1
Jim Beattie 31 FA-elig 9 0.2 0.6 -0.5
Karl Best 27 arb 26 0.1 0.1 -0.0
Paul Mirabella 32 8 0.0
Steve Yeager 37 FA-elig 50 0.0 0.4 -0.4
Ed Nunez 23 14 -0.1
Mark Huismann↔ KCR 28 arb 36 -0.2 0.1 -0.1
Mickey Brantley Sr. 25 pre-arb 27 -0.2 0.1 -0.1
Mike Brown↔ BOS 27 arb 6 -0.2 0.0 -0.1
Milt Wilcox 36 FA-elig 13 -0.2 0.1 -0.2
Ricky Nelson 27 10 -0.3
Gorman Thomas↔ MIL 35 FA-elig 57 -0.3 0.3 -0.4
Ross Jones 26 11 -0.6
Domingo Ramos 28 FA-elig 49 -0.6 0.1 -0.3
Barry Bonnell 32 17 -0.6
Dave Hengel 24 21 -0.7
Ivan Calderon↔ CHW 24 37 -0.7
Al Cowens 34 FA-elig 28 -0.9 0.4 -0.6
Harold Reynolds 25 arb 126 -1.2 0.1 -0.5
John Moses 28 arb 103 -1.5 0.1 -0.5
Rey Quinones↔ BOS 22 pre-arb 36 -1.6 0.0 -0.5

40 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 31 of them (78%). 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 SEA
Jamie Moyer199628.0
Mike Cameron200019.8
J. P. Crawford201817.8
Freddy García199815.6
Franklin Gutiérrez200813.4
Mitch Haniger201611.1
Marco Gonzales201710.1
Luis Castillo20228.7
Ones that got away
PlayerYear tradedWAR elsewhere
Adam Jones200829.6
Jason Varitek199721.2
Shin-Soo Choo200619.2
Mike Hampton199319.2
Carlos Guillén200418.3
Derek Lowe199718.0
Freddy Peralta201517.3
Chris Taylor201616.9