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GM: Brian Sabean

Overview

CONTEND ↗ rising
expensive & winning · year 1 in this regime · payroll 1.05× league · TAB +12.7
+12.7TAB — talent above budget3rd/30
+7.5WAB — realized wins (TAB + luck)7th/30
7.0depth — 2+ WAR regulars8th/30
-5.0dead WAR — sub-replacement drag16th/30
16%dead money %5th/30
0.556win %8th/30
47.5roster fWAR4th/30
+12surplus $M (value vs cost)6th/30
$65Mpayroll $M15th/30

Roster

CFCalvin Murray 104GMarvin Benard 75GShawon Dunston 23G
LFBarry Bonds 143GJohn Vander Wal 23GMarvin Benard 15G
RFJohn Vander Wal 94GEric Davis 48GMarvin Benard 37G
SSRich Aurilia 149GRamon Martinez 24GCody Ransom 6G
2BJeff Kent 140GRamon Martinez 42GEdwards Guzman 3G
3BPedro Feliz 86GRamon Martinez 70GRuss Davis 46G
1BJ.T. Snow 92GAndres Galarraga 66GJeff Kent 30G
STARTERSRuss Ortiz 4.9WARLivan Hernandez 3.2WARJason Schmidt 1.9WARShawn Estes 1.8WARKirk Rueter 1.0WAR
CBenito Santiago 130GEdwards Guzman 26GYorvit Torrealba 3G
DHBarry Bonds 6GEric Davis 1GRuss Davis 1G
BULLPEN★ Robb Nen 45svFelix Rodriguez 32hTim Worrell 13hAaron Fultz 12hJason Christiansen 10hWayne Gomes 9hBrian Boehringer 3hChad Zerbe 0h
CBenito Santiago 130 · Edwards Guzman 26 · Yorvit Torrealba 3
1BJ.T. Snow 92 · Andres Galarraga 66 · Jeff Kent 30
2BJeff Kent 140 · Ramon Martinez 42 · Edwards Guzman 3
3BPedro Feliz 86 · Ramon Martinez 70 · Russ Davis 46
SSRich Aurilia 149 · Ramon Martinez 24 · Cody Ransom 6
LFBarry Bonds 143 · John Vander Wal 23 · Marvin Benard 15
CFCalvin Murray 104 · Marvin Benard 75 · Shawon Dunston 23
RFJohn Vander Wal 94 · Eric Davis 48 · Marvin Benard 37
DHBarry Bonds 6 · Eric Davis 1 · Russ Davis 1
SPRuss Ortiz 4.9 · Livan Hernandez 3.2 · Jason Schmidt 1.9 · Shawn Estes 1.8 · Kirk Rueter 1.0
BP★ Robb Nen 45 · Felix Rodriguez 32 · Tim Worrell 13 · Aaron Fultz 12 · Jason Christiansen 10 · Wayne Gomes 9 · Brian Boehringer 3 · Chad Zerbe 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
Barry Bonds 36 FA-elig 15312.5 10.3 +9.8
Rich Aurilia 29 FA-elig 1567.1 3.2 +8.3
Russ Ortiz 27 arb 334.9 0.9 +7.0
Jeff Kent 33 FA-elig 1594.9 6.0 +1.9
Livan Hernandez 26 arb 353.2 3.0 +2.2
Robb Nen 31 FA-elig 792.4 6.6 -2.8
Felix Rodriguez 28 FA-elig 802.1 1.0 +2.4
Jason Schmidt↔ PIT 28 FA-elig 111.9 1.4 +1.6
Shawn Estes 28 FA-elig 271.8 4.7 -1.8
Armando Rios↔ PIT 29 arb 931.6 0.3 +2.3
Shawon Dunston 38 FA-elig 881.3 1.0 +1.1
Calvin Murray 29 pre-arb 1061.3 0.2 +1.8
Marvin Benard 30 FA-elig 1291.0 2.7 -1.0
Kirk Rueter 30 FA-elig 361.0 4.9 -3.3
Tim Worrell 33 FA-elig 730.8 1.3 +0.1
John Vander Wal↔ PIT 35 FA-elig 490.8 0.6 +0.7
Benito Santiago 36 FA-elig 1330.7 0.5 +0.6
Aaron Fultz 27 pre-arb 660.6 0.2 +0.8
J.T. Snow 33 FA-elig 1010.6 5.8 -4.8
Ramon Martinez 28 arb 1280.4 0.3 +0.4
Chad Zerbe 29 – 270.3 – –
Bobby Estalella↔ NYY 26 arb 290.3 0.3 +0.2
Jason Christiansen↔ STL 31 FA-elig 250.3 0.7 -0.3
Russ Davis 31 FA-elig 530.2 1.3 -1.0
Andres Galarraga↔ TEX 40 FA-elig 490.2 2.4 -2.1
Yorvit Torrealba 22 – 30.1 – –
LeJon Powell 27 – 130.1 – –
Ryan Jensen 25 – 100.1 – –
Wayne Gomes↔ PHI 28 arb 13-0.1 0.2 -0.3
Kurt Ainsworth 22 – 2-0.1 – –
Jalal Leach 32 – 8-0.1 – –
Brian Boehringer↔ NYY 32 FA-elig 29-0.1 0.2 -0.4
Cody Ransom 25 – 9-0.2 – –
Felipe Crespo↔ PHI 28 arb 40-0.2 0.2 -0.6
Edwards Guzman 24 – 61-0.3 – –
Ryan Vogelsong↔ PIT 23 – 13-0.4 – –
Alan Embree↔ CHW 31 FA-elig 22-0.5 0.9 -1.6
Mark Gardner 39 FA-elig 23-0.6 1.8 -2.7
Eric Davis 39 FA-elig 74-0.6 1.5 -2.4
Damon Minor 27 pre-arb 19-0.7 0.2 -1.3
Pedro Feliz 26 pre-arb 94-1.3 0.2 -2.3

Key additions (new vs 2000)

PlayerfWAR
Jason Schmidt1.9
Shawon Dunston1.3
Tim Worrell0.8
John Vander Wal0.8
Benito Santiago0.7
Jason Christiansen0.3

Key subtractions (gone from 2000)

Player2000 fWAR
Ellis Burks4.4
Bill Mueller1.3
Doug Mirabelli1.3
Terrell Lowery0.6
Ben Weber0.1
Joe Nathan0.1

Current & Historical Payroll

2001 payroll
$64.9M

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 (21)

PlayerAgeSvc2001200220032004200520062007
Barry Bonds3615.000$10.3M$15.0M$15.5M$18.0M$22.0M$19.3M$15.5M
Robb Nen318.000$6.6M$8.3MFREE AGENT
Jeff Kent339.000$6.0M$6.0MFREE AGENT
J.T. Snow339.000$5.8M$5.9M$6.8M$1.5M$2.0MFREE AGENT
Kirk Rueter308.000$4.9M$4.9M$5.9M$6.1M$7.1MFREE AGENT
Shawn Estes286.000$4.7MFREE AGENT
Rich Aurilia296.000$3.2M$5.2M$6.2MFREE AGENT$3.5M
Marvin Benard306.000$2.7M$4.2M$4.2MFREE AGENT
Andres Galarraga4016.000$2.4MFREE AGENT$500k
Mark Gardner3912.000$1.8MFREE AGENT
Eric Davis3917.000$1.5MFREE AGENT
Jason Schmidt286.000$1.4M$4.9M$5.9M$7.9M$8.2M$10.5MFREE AGENT
Russ Davis317.000$1.3MFREE AGENT
Tim Worrell338.000$1.3M$1.4M$2.0MFREE AGENT$1.8M
Felix Rodriguez286.000$1.0M$2.5M$3.2M$2.1MFREE AGENT
Shawon Dunston3816.000$1.0M$1.1MFREE AGENT
Alan Embree319.000$866kFREE AGENT
Jason Christiansen316.000$727k$1.7M$2.3M$2.4M$865kFREE AGENT
John Vander Wal3510.000$621kFREE AGENT
Benito Santiago3615.000$500k$2.0M$1.8MFREE AGENT
Brian Boehringer326.000$199kFREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (8)

PlayerAgeSvc2001200220032004200520062007
Livan Hernandez265.000$3.0MFREE AGENT
Russ Ortiz273.000$912kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Armando Rios293.000$303kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ramon Martinez283.000$300kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Bobby Estalella265.000$281kFREE AGENT
Felipe Crespo285.000$233kFREE AGENT
Wayne Gomes284.000$219kARB 3FREE AGENT
LeJon Powell274.000—ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (12)

PlayerAgeSvc2001200220032004200520062007
Calvin Murray292.000$222kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Aaron Fultz271.000$220kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Pedro Feliz261.000$201kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Damon Minor271.000$200kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Edwards Guzman24–—
Yorvit Torrealba220.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Kurt Ainsworth220.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ryan Jensen250.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ryan Vogelsong231.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Cody Ransom250.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Chad Zerbe291.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jalal Leach32–—

Graphs

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