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GM: Pat Gillick

Overview

CONTEND ↗ rising
expensive & winning · year 2 in this regime · payroll 1.17× league · TAB +27.1
+27.1TAB — talent above budget1st/30
+32.0WAB — realized wins (TAB + luck)1st/30
15.0depth — 2+ WAR regulars1st/30
-1.8dead WAR — sub-replacement drag2nd/30
7%dead money %1st/30
0.716win %1st/30
63.3roster fWAR1st/30
+24surplus $M (value vs cost)4th/30
$73Mpayroll $M10th/30

2001: made playoffs · 116–46. Ranks are vs the 30 teams that season.

Roster

CFMike Cameron 149GCharles Gipson 14GStan Javier 13G
LFAl Martin 72GMark McLemore 63GStan Javier 62G
RFIchiro Suzuki 152GStan Javier 11GCharles Gipson 11G
SSCarlos Guillén 137GMark McLemore 35GRamón Vázquez 10G
2BBret Boone 156GMark McLemore 9GRamón Vázquez 6G
3BDavid Bell 134GMark McLemore 36GCharles Gipson 9G
1BJohn Olerud 158GEd Sprague Jr. 12GStan Javier 6G
STARTERSFreddy Garcia 5.3WARJamie Moyer 3.0WARAaron Sele 2.7WARJoel Pineiro 2.0WARPaul Abbott 0.9WAR
CDan Wilson 122GTom Lampkin 71GPat Borders 5G
DHEdgar Martinez 127GAl Martin 12GIchiro Suzuki 4G
BULLPEN★ Kazuhiro Sasaki 45svArthur Rhodes 31hJeff Nelson 25hJose Paniagua 15hNorm Charlton 12hRyan Franklin 5hBrian Fuentes 1hBrett Tomko 0h
CDan Wilson 122 · Tom Lampkin 71 · Pat Borders 5
1BJohn Olerud 158 · Ed Sprague Jr. 12 · Stan Javier 6
2BBret Boone 156 · Mark McLemore 9 · Ramón Vázquez 6
3BDavid Bell 134 · Mark McLemore 36 · Charles Gipson 9
SSCarlos Guillén 137 · Mark McLemore 35 · Ramón Vázquez 10
LFAl Martin 72 · Mark McLemore 63 · Stan Javier 62
CFMike Cameron 149 · Charles Gipson 14 · Stan Javier 13
RFIchiro Suzuki 152 · Stan Javier 11 · Charles Gipson 11
DHEdgar Martinez 127 · Al Martin 12 · Ichiro Suzuki 4
SPFreddy Garcia 5.3 · Jamie Moyer 3.0 · Aaron Sele 2.7 · Joel Pineiro 2.0 · Paul Abbott 0.9
BP★ Kazuhiro Sasaki 45 · Arthur Rhodes 31 · Jeff Nelson 25 · Jose Paniagua 15 · Norm Charlton 12 · Ryan Franklin 5 · Brian Fuentes 1 · Brett Tomko 0

Each position lists its starter then backups by games (so platoons & bench show). Starters (mound) & bullpen (left, foul territory) are ranked by WAR; ★ marks the closer (most save chances). MLB Stats API.

2001 roster — value & surplus

PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Bret Boone 32 FA-elig 1587.8 3.2 +9.3
Ichiro Suzuki 27 pre-arb 1576.0 5.7 +4.0
Mike Cameron 28 FA-elig 1505.5 3.4 +5.5
Freddy Garcia 24 pre-arb 345.3 0.4 +8.2
Edgar Martinez 38 FA-elig 1324.7 5.5 +2.1
John Olerud 32 FA-elig 1594.6 6.7 +0.7
Mark McLemore 36 FA-elig 1253.5 2.0 +3.7
David Bell 28 FA-elig 1353.2 2.2 +2.9
Jamie Moyer 38 FA-elig 333.0 6.5 -1.7
Aaron Sele 31 FA-elig 342.7 7.0 -2.7
Carlos Guillén 25 arb 1402.6 0.3 +3.9
Stan Javier 37 FA-elig 892.6 1.5 +2.6
Arthur Rhodes 31 FA-elig 722.5 3.2 +0.7
Dan Wilson 32 FA-elig 1232.2 4.4 -0.9
Joel Pineiro 22 – 172.0 – –
Kazuhiro Sasaki 33 pre-arb 691.6 4.7 -2.0
Jeff Nelson 34 FA-elig 691.1 3.3 -1.5
Norm Charlton 38 – 440.9 – –
Paul Abbott 33 FA-elig 280.9 1.7 -0.3
Al Martin 33 FA-elig 1000.9 5.0 -3.6
Tom Lampkin 37 FA-elig 790.7 1.1 +0.0
Ed Sprague Jr. 33 – 450.4 – –
Gene Kingsale↔ BAL 24 – 100.2 – –
Pat Borders 38 – 50.1 – –
John Halama 29 arb 310.1 0.4 -0.3
Jay Buhner 36 FA-elig 190.0 1.9 -1.8
Scott Podsednik 25 – 5-0.0 – –
Charles Gipson 28 arb 94-0.1 0.2 -0.4
Anthony Sanders 27 pre-arb 9-0.1 0.2 -0.3
Denny Stark 26 – 4-0.1 – –
Ryan Franklin 28 pre-arb 38-0.1 0.2 -0.4
Brian Fuentes 25 – 10-0.2 – –
Jose Paniagua 27 arb 60-0.3 0.8 -1.4
Ramón Vázquez 24 – 17-0.3 – –
Brett Tomko 28 arb 11-0.5 1.1 -1.9

Key additions (new vs 2000)

PlayerfWAR
Bret Boone7.8
Ichiro Suzuki6.0
Jeff Nelson1.1
Norm Charlton0.9
Ed Sprague Jr.0.4
Gene Kingsale0.2

Key subtractions (gone from 2000)

Player2000 fWAR
Alex Rodriguez9.5
Gil Meche1.5
Joe Oliver1.0
Rickey Henderson1.0
Brian Lesher0.4
Jose Mesa0.4

Current & Historical Payroll

2001 payroll
$72.7M

What the front office was committed to as of 2001, 2001–2007. 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 (19)

PlayerAgeSvc2001200220032004200520062007
Aaron Sele318.000$7.0MFREE AGENT$700k
John Olerud3212.000$6.7M$7.0M$7.7M$4.7MFREE AGENT
Jamie Moyer3815.000$6.5M$6.5M$6.5M$7.0M$8.0M$4.2MFREE AGENT
Edgar Martinez3814.000$5.5M$7.1M$4.0M$3.0MFREE AGENT
Al Martin339.000$5.0MFREE AGENT
Dan Wilson329.000$4.4M$4.5M$3.5M$3.5M$1.8MFREE AGENT
Mike Cameron286.000$3.4M$4.7M$7.4MFREE AGENT
Jeff Nelson349.000$3.3M$3.3M$2.6MFREE AGENT$400k
Bret Boone329.000$3.2M$8.0M$8.0M$8.0M$7.6MFREE AGENT
Arthur Rhodes3110.000$3.2M$3.5M$3.5MFREE AGENT
David Bell286.000$2.2MFREE AGENT
Mark McLemore3615.000$2.0M$3.1M$3.1MFREE AGENT
Jay Buhner3614.000$1.9MFREE AGENT
Paul Abbott3311.000$1.7M$3.4MFREE AGENT
Stan Javier3717.000$1.5MFREE AGENT
Tom Lampkin3713.000$1.1MFREE AGENT
Pat Borders3813.000—FREE AGENT$500k
Norm Charlton3813.000—FREE AGENT
Ed Sprague Jr.3310.000—FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (6)

PlayerAgeSvc2001200220032004200520062007
Brett Tomko284.000$1.1MARB 3FREE AGENT
Jose Paniagua275.000$838kFREE AGENT
John Halama293.000$425kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Carlos Guillén253.000$285kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Charles Gipson283.000$235kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Gene Kingsale245.000—FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (10)

PlayerAgeSvc2001200220032004200520062007
Ichiro Suzuki270.000$5.7MPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Kazuhiro Sasaki331.000$4.7MPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Freddy Garcia242.000$425kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ryan Franklin282.000$202kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Anthony Sanders272.000$202kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brian Fuentes250.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Denny Stark262.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Scott Podsednik250.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Joel Pineiro221.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ramón Vázquez240.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR. Bars = Mariners 2001; the black line = the league-average player at each slot that season. Staying above the line deep into the roster is the depth edge; dropping below it = holes & dead weight.

What each regime is worth — every settled team-season since 1985

RegimeSeasonsWin %Playoff %Pennant %WS %
WINDOW 28152.131.05.01.1
CONTEND 30056.964.719.710.3
FORCED-SPEND 25648.09.81.61.6
REBUILD 32143.31.20.30.3
Rosternomics — quantifying front-office skill, attribution-clean. Follow @rosternomics on X. Decision-makers on record back to 1933; resource-controlled metrics (WAR & payroll) cover 1985–2026.
Data: FanGraphs (WAR), Baseball-Reference & the Chadwick Bureau register (rosters, IDs), the Lahman Database, Baseball America prospect rankings (via The Baseball Cube), 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); bios are original. Emoji graphics by OpenMoji (CC BY-SA 4.0).
All figures are franchise-level outcomes credited to the decision-maker in the acquisition year — not solely attributable to one executive.