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GM: Pat Gillick

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 2002, 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
$83M
Surplus $M
+3
Win %
0.574
TAB
+13.3
WAB
+8.1
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
50.4
Dead money %
11%
Depth Players
10.0
Dead WAR
-1.4

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

2002 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

RDan Wilson113
BBen Davis77
RPat Borders2

1B

LJohn Olerud152
BJose Offerman⇄25
RJeff Cirillo11
RDan Wilson4
BBen Davis2

2B

RBret Boone153
BDesi Relaford11
BLuis Ugueto11
RWillie Bloomquist4
BMark McLemore2
BJose Offerman⇄1

3B

RJeff Cirillo141
BDesi Relaford38
BMark McLemore14
REdgar Martinez6
RCharles Gipson4
BLuis Ugueto1

SS

BCarlos Guillén130
BDesi Relaford40
BLuis Ugueto8
BMark McLemore1

LF

BMark McLemore82
BRuben Sierra59
RCharles Gipson57
BDesi Relaford25
LScott Podsednik9
RWillie Bloomquist7
LChris Snelling6
BJose Offerman⇄2

CF

RMike Cameron155
BMark McLemore12
RCharles Gipson5
LIchiro Suzuki3
LScott Podsednik1

RF

LIchiro Suzuki150
RCharles Gipson13
BDesi Relaford10
LChris Snelling2
LScott Podsednik2
BJose Offerman⇄1
BMark McLemore1
BRuben Sierra1

DH

REdgar Martinez91
BRuben Sierra49
LIchiro Suzuki4
BMark McLemore3
LJohn Olerud2
BCarlos Guillén2
RBret Boone1
RRon Wright1

Starters

LJamie Moyer3.8 WAR
RFreddy Garcia3.5 WAR
RJoel Pineiro2.5 WAR
RRyan Franklin1.4 WAR
LJohn Halama1.1 WAR
RIsmael Valdez⇄0.6 WAR
RRafael Soriano0.4 WAR
RJames Baldwin0.3 WAR
RPaul Abbott-0.2 WAR

Bullpen

★ RKazuhiro Sasaki37 sv
LArthur Rhodes25 h
RJeff Nelson11 h
RShigetoshi Hasegawa8 h
LDoug Creek⇄5 h
RJulio Mateo2 h
LBrian Fitzgerald1 h
RAaron Taylor0 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 2001)

PlayerfWAR
Desi Relaford2.0
Ben Davis1.5
Jeff Cirillo1.0
Willie Bloomquist0.7
Ismael Valdez0.6
Shigetoshi Hasegawa0.6

Key subtractions (gone from 2001)

Player2001 fWAR
David Bell3.2
Aaron Sele2.7
Stan Javier2.6
Norm Charlton0.9
Al Martin0.9
Tom Lampkin0.7

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 2002; everyone else is shown as a 2002 season snapshot.

PlayerPeriodfWARTier Market $MPaid $MSurplus $M$ / WARTierContract
Mike Cameron 2002 +5.5 +90.1 4.7 +85.4 $0.8M 2.05× –
Ichiro Suzuki 2002 +4.7 +66.7 3.7 +63.0 $0.8M 1.79× –
Jamie Moyer 2002 +3.8 +67.3 6.5 +60.8 $1.7M 2.19× –
Freddy Garcia 2002 +3.5 +62.1 3.8 +58.3 $1.1M 2.19× –
Arthur Rhodes 2002 +2.9 +60.0 3.5 +56.5 $1.2M 2.57× –
John Olerud 2002 +4.5 +43.5 7.0 +36.5 $1.5M 1.20× –
Bret Boone 2002 +3.9 +37.9 8.0 +29.9 $2.0M 1.20× –
Joel Pineiro 2002 +2.5 +29.3 0.3 +29.0 $0.1M 1.49× –
Desi Relaford 2002 +2.0 +14.1 1.3 +12.9 $0.6M 0.89× –
Mark McLemore 2002 +1.6 +16.0 3.1 +12.8 $1.9M 1.22× –
Kazuhiro Sasaki 2002 +1.5 +15.7 5.1 +10.6 $3.5M 1.34× –
Edgar Martinez 2002 +2.1 +17.3 7.1 +10.2 $3.3M 1.01× –
Dan Wilson 2002 +2.1 +12.8 4.5 +8.3 $2.1M 0.76× –
Ryan Franklin 2002 +1.4 +7.5 0.2 +7.2 $0.2M 0.67× –
Carlos Guillén 2002 +1.5 +7.3 1.4 +5.9 $0.9M 0.61× –
Ben Davis 2002 +1.5 +6.1 0.3 +5.7 $0.2M 0.52× –
Charles Gipson 2002 +0.9 +6.0 0.5 +5.5 $0.5M 0.83× –
John Halama 2002 +1.1 +6.0 1.4 +4.6 $1.2M 0.67× –
Shigetoshi Hasegawa 2002 +0.6 +6.0 1.5 +4.5 $2.7M 1.34× –
Ismael Valdez↔ 2002 +0.6 +4.7 0.6 +4.0 $1.1M 1.02× –
Ruben Sierra 2002 +0.5 +3.3 1.9 +1.4 $3.9M 0.83× –
James Baldwin 2002 +0.3 +2.5 1.2 +1.2 $4.1M 1.02× –
Jeff Nelson 2002 +0.5 +2.9 3.3 -0.4 $6.1M 0.67× –
Luis Ugueto 2002 -0.1 -0.3 0.2 -0.5 – 0.56× –
Doug Creek↔ 2002 -0.1 -0.5 0.3 -0.8 – 0.67× –
Jeff Cirillo 2002 +1.0 +4.7 6.4 -1.6 $6.3M 0.58× –
Jose Offerman↔ 2002 -0.1 -0.2 1.9 -2.2 – 0.56× –
Paul Abbott 2002 -0.2 -1.9 3.4 -5.3 – 1.02× –
Aaron Taylor 2002 -0.1 -0.3 – – – 0.67× –
Brian Fitzgerald 2002 -0.2 -0.9 – – – 0.67× –
Chris Snelling 2002 -0.4 -2.6 – – – 0.83× –
Gene Kingsale↔ 2002 +0.1 +0.5 – – – 0.83× –
Julio Mateo 2002 +0.0 +0.0 – – – 0.67× –
Justin Kaye 2002 +0.0 +0.2 – – – 0.67× –
Mark Watson 2002 -0.2 -1.1 – – – 0.67× –
Pat Borders 2002 +0.1 +0.3 – – – 0.52× –
Rafael Soriano 2002 +0.4 +3.0 – – – 1.02× –
Ron Wright 2002 -0.2 -0.9 – – – 0.69× –
Scott Podsednik 2002 -0.0 -0.2 – – – 0.83× –
Willie Bloomquist 2002 +0.7 +4.5 – – – 0.83× –
Total—+50.2+589.483.1+503.4—

Trades

Every graded 2002 deal involving the Mariners — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 4 total.

2002 · SEA / TBR
SEA · Pat Gillick +$86.4M
Randy Winn
TBR · Chuck Lamar −$86.4M
Antonio Pérez, Lou Piniella
SEA came out ahead by $86.4M
2002 · SEA / TEX
SEA · Pat Gillick +$0.0M
Ismael Valdez
TEX · John Hart +$0.0M
Jermaine Clark, Derrick Van Dusen
Even trade
2002 · SEA / ATL
SEA · Pat Gillick +$5.6M
Elvis Perez
ATL · John Schuerholz −$5.6M
Kevin Gryboski
SEA came out ahead by $5.6M
2002 · SFG / SEA
SFG · Brian Sabean +$13.6M
David Bell
SEA · Pat Gillick −$13.6M
Desi Relaford
SFG came out ahead by $13.6M

Current & Historical Payroll

2002 payroll
$83.2M

What the front office was committed to as of 2002, 2002–2008. 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)

PlayerAgeSvc2002200320042005200620072008
Bret Boone3310.000$8.0M$8.0M$8.0M$7.6MFREE AGENT
Edgar Martinez3915.000$7.1M$4.0M$3.0MFREE AGENT
John Olerud3313.000$7.0M$7.7M$4.7MFREE AGENT
Jamie Moyer3916.000$6.5M$6.5M$7.0M$8.0M$4.2MFREE AGENT
Jeff Cirillo328.000$6.4M$6.7MFREE AGENT
Mike Cameron297.000$4.7M$7.4MFREE AGENT
Dan Wilson3310.000$4.5M$3.5M$3.5M$1.8MFREE AGENT
Arthur Rhodes3211.000$3.5M$3.5MFREE AGENT
Paul Abbott3412.000$3.4MFREE AGENT
Jeff Nelson3510.000$3.3M$2.6MFREE AGENT$400k
Mark McLemore3716.000$3.1M$3.1MFREE AGENT
Jose Offerman3312.000$1.9MFREE AGENT
Ruben Sierra3616.000$1.9MFREE AGENT
Desi Relaford286.000$1.3MFREE AGENT
James Baldwin307.000$1.2MFREE AGENT
Ismael Valdez288.000$645kFREE AGENT
Doug Creek337.000$303kFREE AGENT
Pat Borders3914.000—$500kFREE AGENT
Gene Kingsale256.000—FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (7)

PlayerAgeSvc2002200320042005200620072008
Freddy Garcia253.000$3.8MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Shigetoshi Hasegawa335.000$1.5MFREE AGENT
Carlos Guillén264.000$1.4MARB 3FREE AGENT
John Halama304.000$1.4MARB 3FREE AGENT
Charles Gipson294.000$450kARB 3FREE AGENT
Ben Davis254.000$350kARB 3FREE AGENT
Ryan Franklin293.000$250kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (14)

PlayerAgeSvc2002200320042005200620072008
Kazuhiro Sasaki342.000$5.1MARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ichiro Suzuki281.000$3.7MPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Joel Pineiro232.000$255kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Luis Ugueto230.000$200kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ron Wright26–—
Willie Bloomquist240.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mark Watson28–—
Scott Podsednik261.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Justin Kaye26–—
Rafael Soriano220.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Aaron Taylor240.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brian Fitzgerald27–—
Julio Mateo240.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Chris Snelling200.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

How each 2002 acquisition stacked onto Mariners's playoff-odds curve. The side table is ranked by PPA.

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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).
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