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GM: Woody Woodward

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 1991, 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
$16M
Surplus $M
+0
Win %
0.512
TAB
-3.3
WAB
+5.8
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
26.4
Dead money %
55%
Depth Players
5.0
Dead WAR
-7.1

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

1991 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

RDave Valle129
LScott Bradley65
BDave Cochrane19
RChris Howard9
RMatt Sinatro5

1B

LPete O'Brien132
LTino Martinez29
LAlvin Davis14
RAlonzo Powell7
BDave Cochrane4
RDave Valle2
RRich Amaral1
LScott Bradley1

2B

BHarold Reynolds159
RJeff Schaefer11
RRich Amaral5
LGreg Briley1
BOmar Vizquel1

3B

REdgar Martinez144
RJeff Schaefer30
BDave Cochrane13
LScott Bradley4
RRich Amaral2
LGreg Briley1

SS

BOmar Vizquel138
RJeff Schaefer46
RRich Amaral2

LF

LGreg Briley95
RHenry Cotto38
RTracy Jones35
LKen Griffey Sr.26
RAlonzo Powell24
BDave Cochrane23
LPete O'Brien13
RPat Lennon1

CF

LKen Griffey Jr.152
RHenry Cotto19
RAlonzo Powell6
LGreg Briley4
RJay Buhner3

RF

RJay Buhner131
LGreg Briley46
RAlonzo Powell14
RHenry Cotto7
BDave Cochrane3
RTracy Jones3

DH

LAlvin Davis114
RTracy Jones19
LPete O'Brien17
LTino Martinez3
REdgar Martinez2
RPat Lennon2
RAlonzo Powell1
BDave Cochrane1
LKen Griffey Jr.1
BHarold Reynolds1
RHenry Cotto1

Starters

RErik Hanson3.5 WAR
LRandy Johnson2.6 WAR
RBrian Holman2.2 WAR
LBill Krueger2.0 WAR
RScott Bankhead0.1 WAR
LDave Fleming-0.0 WAR
RPat Rice-0.1 WAR
RDave Burba-0.2 WAR
RRich DeLucia-0.3 WAR

Bullpen

★ RBill Swift17 sv
RMike Jackson0 h
LRuss Swan0 h
LRob Murphy0 h
RMike Schooler0 h
RCalvin Jones0 h
RDave Burba0 h
LDave Fleming0 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 1990)

PlayerfWAR
Bill Krueger2.0
Calvin Jones0.7
Rob Murphy0.3
Chris Howard0.2
Dave Fleming-0.0
Pat Lennon-0.0

Key subtractions (gone from 1990)

Player1990 fWAR
Matt Young3.7
Brian Giles0.8
Mike Brumley0.0
Mike Gardiner0.0
Scott Medvin-0.0
Dennis Powell-0.0

Contract Value

WAR translated into tier-adjusted market value, then compared with what the player was paid by Mariners. Guaranteed contracts from the 2015-present contract-data period use the known contract period through 1991; everyone else is shown as a 1991 season snapshot.

PlayerPeriodfWARTier Market $MPaid $MSurplus $M$ / WARTierContract
Ken Griffey Jr. 1991 +6.9 +113.4 0.7 +112.7 $0.1M 2.05× –
Edgar Martinez 1991 +5.7 +65.5 0.3 +65.2 $0.1M 1.43× –
Erik Hanson 1991 +3.5 +61.8 0.4 +61.4 $0.1M 2.19× –
Randy Johnson 1991 +2.6 +41.2 0.3 +40.8 $0.1M 1.96× –
Brian Holman 1991 +2.2 +26.4 0.3 +26.1 $0.1M 1.49× –
Bill Swift 1991 +1.6 +24.3 0.9 +23.3 $0.6M 1.95× –
Bill Krueger 1991 +2.0 +23.6 0.5 +23.1 $0.3M 1.49× –
Mike Jackson 1991 +1.5 +15.6 0.7 +14.9 $0.5M 1.34× –
Omar Vizquel 1991 +1.9 +13.4 0.2 +13.3 $0.1M 0.89× –
Mike Schooler 1991 +0.7 +7.2 0.5 +6.7 $0.7M 1.34× –
Jay Buhner 1991 +0.9 +6.0 0.2 +5.8 $0.3M 0.83× –
Harold Reynolds 1991 +1.4 +6.5 1.9 +4.6 $1.3M 0.56× –
Jeff Schaefer 1991 +0.4 +2.0 0.1 +1.9 $0.3M 0.61× –
Dave Valle 1991 +0.5 +1.9 0.7 +1.2 $1.5M 0.52× –
Rob Murphy 1991 +0.3 +1.7 0.9 +0.8 $3.0M 0.67× –
Henry Cotto 1991 +0.1 +0.9 0.6 +0.3 $4.3M 0.83× –
Scott Bankhead 1991 +0.1 +0.6 0.8 -0.1 $9.7M 1.02× –
Gene Harris 1991 -0.1 -0.5 0.1 -0.6 – 0.67× –
Russ Swan 1991 -0.1 -0.7 0.1 -0.8 – 0.67× –
Tracy Jones 1991 -0.0 -0.3 0.5 -0.8 – 0.83× –
Pete O'Brien 1991 -0.1 -0.3 2.0 -2.4 – 0.56× –
Rich DeLucia 1991 -0.3 -2.5 0.1 -2.6 – 1.02× –
Dave Cochrane 1991 -0.5 -3.5 0.1 -3.7 – 0.83× –
Scott Bradley 1991 -1.7 -7.1 0.6 -7.6 – 0.52× –
Greg Briley 1991 -1.3 -8.6 0.3 -8.9 – 0.83× –
Alvin Davis 1991 -1.6 -9.0 1.7 -10.7 – 0.69× –
Alonzo Powell 1991 -0.5 -3.1 – – – 0.83× –
Calvin Jones 1991 +0.7 +4.0 – – – 0.67× –
Chris Howard 1991 +0.2 +0.9 – – – 0.52× –
Dave Burba 1991 -0.2 -1.1 – – – 0.67× –
Dave Fleming 1991 -0.0 -0.0 – – – 0.67× –
Keith Comstock 1991 -0.0 -0.1 – – – 0.67× –
Ken Griffey Sr. 1991 +0.2 +1.1 – – – 0.83× –
Matt Sinatro 1991 -0.1 -0.4 – – – 0.52× –
Pat Lennon 1991 -0.0 -0.2 – – – 0.69× –
Pat Rice 1991 -0.1 -0.5 – – – 0.67× –
Rich Amaral 1991 -0.1 -0.6 – – – 0.56× –
Tino Martinez 1991 -0.2 -1.0 – – – 0.56× –
Total—+26.5+378.515.5+363.9—

Trades

Every graded 1991 deal involving the Mariners — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 4 total.

1991 · SFG / SEA
SFG · Al Rosen +$179.2M
Bill Swift, Mike Jackson, Dave Burba
SEA · Woody Woodward −$179.2M
Kevin Mitchell, Mike Remlinger
SFG came out ahead by $179.2M
1991 · BOS / SEA
BOS · Lou Gorman +$21.6M
Mike Gardiner
SEA · Woody Woodward −$21.6M
Rob Murphy
BOS came out ahead by $21.6M
1991 · DET / SEA
DET · Joe McDonald +$0.0M
Todd Haney
SEA · Woody Woodward +$0.0M
Dave Richards
Even trade
1991 · SEA / NYY
SEA · Woody Woodward +$21.6M
Mike Blowers
NYY · Gene Michael −$21.6M
Jim Blueberg
SEA came out ahead by $21.6M

Current & Historical Payroll

1991 payroll
$15.7M

What the front office was committed to as of 1991, 1991–1997. 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)

PlayerAgeSvc1991199219931994199519961997
Pete O'Brien339.000$2.0M$2.2M$2.2MFREE AGENT
Harold Reynolds308.000$1.9M$2.2MFREE AGENT
Alvin Davis307.000$1.7MFREE AGENT
Rob Murphy316.000$950kFREE AGENT
Bill Swift296.000$950kFREE AGENT
Dave Valle307.000$667k$1.7M$2.4MFREE AGENT
Henry Cotto307.000$600k$875k$450kFREE AGENT
Scott Bradley317.000$575k$598kFREE AGENT
Bill Krueger338.000$500kFREE AGENT
Keith Comstock357.000—FREE AGENT
Ken Griffey Sr.4118.000—FREE AGENT
Matt Sinatro3110.000—$150kFREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (11)

PlayerAgeSvc1991199219931994199519961997
Scott Bankhead275.000$755kFREE AGENT
Mike Jackson265.000$700kFREE AGENT
Tracy Jones305.000$525kFREE AGENT
Mike Schooler283.000$490kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Erik Hanson263.000$400kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Randy Johnson273.000$350kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Edgar Martinez284.000$350kARB 3FREE AGENT
Brian Holman263.000$300kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Greg Briley263.000$265kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jay Buhner264.000$248kARB 3FREE AGENT
Dave Cochrane285.000$108kFREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (15)

PlayerAgeSvc1991199219931994199519961997
Ken Griffey Jr.212.000$700kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Omar Vizquel242.000$180kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Gene Harris262.000$132kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jeff Schaefer312.000$110kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Russ Swan272.000$108kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Rich DeLucia261.000$100kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Rich Amaral290.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Dave Burba241.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Dave Fleming210.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Chris Howard25–—
Calvin Jones270.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Pat Lennon230.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Tino Martinez231.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Alonzo Powell26–—
Pat Rice27–—

Graphs

How each 1991 acquisition stacked onto Mariners's playoff-odds curve. The side table is ranked by PPA.

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