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GM: Al Rosen

Overview

FORCED-SPEND ↘ cooling
expensive & losing · year 2 in this regime · payroll 1.37× league · TAB -9.1
-9.1TAB — talent above budget22nd/26
-11.1WAB — realized wins (TAB + luck)24th/26
7.0depth — 2+ WAR regulars8th/26
-4.6dead WAR — sub-replacement drag11th/26
30%dead money %15th/26
0.463win %20th/26
29.0roster fWAR18th/26
-17surplus $M (value vs cost)25th/26
$31Mpayroll $M4th/26

Roster

CFWillie McGee 89GDarren Lewis 68GMike Felder 38G
LFKevin Mitchell 100GMike Felder 44GMark Leonard 24G
RFKevin Bass 79GWillie McGee 48GMike Felder 44G
SSJose Uribe 87GDave Anderson 63GMike Benjamin 51G
2BRobby Thompson 144GTom Herr 72GGreg Litton 15G
3BMatt Williams 154GGreg Litton 11GDave Anderson 11G
1BWill Clark 144GDave Anderson 16GGreg Litton 15G
STARTERSTrevor Wilson 3.4WARJohn Burkett 2.2WARBud Black 1.0WARBryan Hickerson 0.7WARDon Robinson 0.5WAR
CSteve Decker 78GKirt Manwaring 67GTerry Kennedy 58G
BULLPEN★ Dave Righetti 24svJeff Brantley 0hFrancisco Oliveras 0hRod Beck 0hJose Segura 0hScott Garrelts 0hGil Heredia 0hRick Reuschel 0h
CSteve Decker 78 · Kirt Manwaring 67 · Terry Kennedy 58
1BWill Clark 144 · Dave Anderson 16 · Greg Litton 15
2BRobby Thompson 144 · Tom Herr 72 · Greg Litton 15
3BMatt Williams 154 · Greg Litton 11 · Dave Anderson 11
SSJose Uribe 87 · Dave Anderson 63 · Mike Benjamin 51
LFKevin Mitchell 100 · Mike Felder 44 · Mark Leonard 24
CFWillie McGee 89 · Darren Lewis 68 · Mike Felder 38
RFKevin Bass 79 · Willie McGee 48 · Mike Felder 44
SPTrevor Wilson 3.4 · John Burkett 2.2 · Bud Black 1.0 · Bryan Hickerson 0.7 · Don Robinson 0.5
BP★ Dave Righetti 24 · Jeff Brantley 0 · Francisco Oliveras 0 · Rod Beck 0 · Jose Segura 0 · Scott Garrelts 0 · Gil Heredia 0 · Rick Reuschel 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.

1991 roster — value & surplus

PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Will Clark 27 arb 1485.1 3.8 -0.7
Matt Williams 25 arb 1575.0 0.6 +2.4
Robby Thompson 29 arb 1444.6 1.5 +1.3
Trevor Wilson 25 – 483.4 – –
Willie McGee 32 FA-elig 1312.2 3.6 -2.3
John Burkett 26 arb 362.2 0.2 +1.1
Kevin Mitchell 29 FA-elig 1132.1 3.8 -2.5
Mike Felder 29 – 1321.4 – –
Bud Black 34 FA-elig 351.0 1.8 -1.2
Terry Kennedy 35 FA-elig 691.0 0.5 +0.1
Bryan Hickerson 27 – 170.7 – –
Darren Lewis 23 – 720.6 – –
Kevin Bass 32 FA-elig 1240.6 1.3 -1.0
Don Robinson 34 FA-elig 350.5 2.5 -2.1
Dave Righetti 32 FA-elig 610.5 2.5 -2.2
Kirt Manwaring 25 arb 670.5 0.1 +0.1
Jose Uribe 32 FA-elig 900.4 1.3 -1.1
Gil Heredia 25 – 70.4 – –
Rod Beck 22 – 310.4 – –
Tom Herr↔ NYM 35 FA-elig 320.4 0.4 -0.2
Mark Leonard 26 pre-arb 640.2 0.1 +0.0
Michael LaCoss 35 FA-elig 180.1 1.4 -1.4
Jose Segura 28 – 110.1 – –
Eric Gunderson 25 pre-arb 20.0 0.1 -0.1
Steve Decker 25 pre-arb 79-0.0 0.1 -0.1
Rick Reuschel 42 FA-elig 4-0.0 1.4 -1.4
Darnell Coles 29 – 11-0.1 – –
Paul McClellan 25 – 13-0.1 – –
Mike Kingery 30 arb 91-0.2 0.4 -0.5
Greg Litton 26 pre-arb 59-0.2 0.2 -0.3
Rick Parker 28 pre-arb 13-0.2 0.1 -0.2
Jeff Brantley 27 arb 67-0.2 0.2 -0.3
Tony Perezchica↔ CLE 25 – 23-0.3 – –
Mike Remlinger 25 – 8-0.3 – –
Scott Garrelts 29 FA-elig 11-0.3 2.4 -2.6
Mike Benjamin 25 pre-arb 54-0.4 0.1 -0.3
Dave Anderson 30 FA-elig 100-0.4 0.6 -0.8
Ted Wood 24 – 10-0.4 – –
Francisco Oliveras 28 – 55-0.5 – –
Kelly Downs 30 arb 45-0.5 0.5 -0.8
Royce Clayton 21 – 9-0.5 – –

Key additions (new vs 1990)

PlayerfWAR
Willie McGee2.2
Mike Felder1.4
Bud Black1.0
Bryan Hickerson0.7
Darren Lewis0.6
Dave Righetti0.5

Key subtractions (gone from 1990)

Player1990 fWAR
Brett Butler4.6
Gary Carter1.5
Rick Leach0.8
Ernest Riles0.3
Bill Bathe0.3
Mark Dewey0.2

Current & Historical Payroll

1991 payroll
$31.4M

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 (15)

PlayerAgeSvc1991199219931994199519961997
Kevin Mitchell297.000$3.8MFREE AGENT
Willie McGee329.000$3.6M$3.6M$2.3M$3.6MFREE AGENT
Dave Righetti3212.000$2.5M$3.5M$2.2MFREE AGENT
Don Robinson3413.000$2.5MFREE AGENT
Scott Garrelts299.000$2.4MFREE AGENT
Bud Black3410.000$1.8M$2.8M$2.2M$3.2MFREE AGENT
Michael LaCoss3513.000$1.4MFREE AGENT
Rick Reuschel4219.000$1.4MFREE AGENT
Kevin Bass329.000$1.3M$1.3MFREE AGENT
Jose Uribe327.000$1.3M$1.5MFREE AGENT
Dave Anderson308.000$600kFREE AGENT
Terry Kennedy3513.000$500kFREE AGENT
Tom Herr3512.000$439kFREE AGENT
Darnell Coles298.000—FREE AGENT
Mike Felder296.000—$650kFREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (11)

PlayerAgeSvc1991199219931994199519961997
Will Clark275.000$3.8MFREE AGENT
Robby Thompson295.000$1.5MFREE AGENT
Matt Williams254.000$600kARB 3FREE AGENT
Kelly Downs305.000$525kFREE AGENT
Mike Kingery305.000$362kFREE AGENT
John Burkett264.000$230kARB 3FREE AGENT
Jeff Brantley273.000$166kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Kirt Manwaring254.000$150kARB 3FREE AGENT
Tony Perezchica253.000—ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jose Segura283.000—ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Trevor Wilson253.000—ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (15)

PlayerAgeSvc1991199219931994199519961997
Greg Litton262.000$165kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Rick Parker281.000$115kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Benjamin252.000$110kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mark Leonard261.000$110kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Eric Gunderson251.000$105kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Steve Decker251.000$100kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Rod Beck220.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Royce Clayton210.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Gil Heredia250.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Bryan Hickerson270.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Darren Lewis231.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Paul McClellan251.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Francisco Oliveras282.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Remlinger250.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ted Wood240.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR. Bars = Giants 1991; 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
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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.