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Giants SFG

200190–72 (0.556)
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GM: Brian Sabean

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 2001, 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
$65M
Surplus $M
+12
Win %
0.556
TAB
+12.8
WAB
+7.5
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
47.5
Dead money %
16%
Depth Players
7.0
Dead WAR
-5.0

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

2001 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

RBenito Santiago130
RBobby Estalella⇄29
LEdwards Guzman26
RYorvit Torrealba3

1B

LJ.T. Snow92
RAndres Galarraga⇄49
RJeff Kent30
LDamon Minor11
LEdwards Guzman7
LJohn Vander Wal⇄5
RBenito Santiago2
RShawon Dunston1

2B

RJeff Kent140
RRamon Martinez42
LEdwards Guzman3

3B

RPedro Feliz86
RRamon Martinez70
RRuss Davis46
LEdwards Guzman7

SS

RRich Aurilia149
RRamon Martinez24
RCody Ransom6

LF

LBarry Bonds143
LMarvin Benard15
LArmando Rios⇄13
RShawon Dunston12
LJohn Vander Wal⇄9
RLeJon Powell5
LEdwards Guzman2
LJalal Leach1

CF

RCalvin Murray104
LMarvin Benard75
RShawon Dunston23
LArmando Rios⇄3
RLeJon Powell1

RF

REric Davis48
LMarvin Benard37
LJohn Vander Wal⇄35
RShawon Dunston26
RLeJon Powell3
LJalal Leach2
BFelipe Crespo⇄1

DH

LBarry Bonds6
REric Davis1
RRuss Davis1
RShawon Dunston1

Starters

RRuss Ortiz4.9 WAR
RLivan Hernandez3.2 WAR
RJason Schmidt⇄1.9 WAR
LShawn Estes1.8 WAR
LKirk Rueter1.0 WAR
LChad Zerbe0.3 WAR
RRyan Jensen0.1 WAR
RMark Gardner-0.6 WAR

Bullpen

★ RRobb Nen45 sv
RFelix Rodriguez32 h
RTim Worrell13 h
LAaron Fultz12 h
LJason Christiansen⇄10 h
RBrian Boehringer⇄3 h
LChad Zerbe0 h
LAlan Embree⇄0 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 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

Contract Value

WAR translated into tier-adjusted market value, then compared with what the player was paid by Giants. Guaranteed contracts from the 2015-present contract-data period use the known contract period through 2001; everyone else is shown as a 2001 season snapshot.

PlayerPeriodfWARTier Market $MPaid $MSurplus $M$ / WARTierContract
Barry Bonds 2001 +12.5 +204.4 10.3 +194.1 $0.8M 2.05× –
Russ Ortiz 2001 +4.9 +85.9 0.9 +85.0 $0.2M 2.19× –
Rich Aurilia 2001 +7.1 +86.0 3.2 +82.7 $0.5M 1.51× –
Livan Hernandez 2001 +3.2 +50.8 3.0 +47.8 $0.9M 1.96× –
Jeff Kent 2001 +4.9 +47.0 6.0 +41.0 $1.2M 1.20× –
Robb Nen 2001 +2.4 +36.9 6.6 +30.3 $2.8M 1.95× –
Jason Schmidt↔ 2001 +1.9 +22.4 1.4 +20.9 $0.7M 1.49× –
Shawn Estes 2001 +1.8 +21.7 4.7 +17.0 $2.6M 1.49× –
Armando Rios↔ 2001 +1.6 +15.9 0.3 +15.6 $0.2M 1.22× –
Felix Rodriguez 2001 +2.1 +16.4 1.0 +15.4 $0.5M 0.98× –
Calvin Murray 2001 +1.3 +8.4 0.2 +8.1 $0.2M 0.83× –
Shawon Dunston 2001 +1.3 +8.6 1.0 +7.6 $0.8M 0.83× –
John Vander Wal↔ 2001 +0.8 +5.5 0.6 +4.8 $0.8M 0.83× –
Marvin Benard 2001 +1.0 +7.0 2.7 +4.3 $2.6M 0.83× –
Kirk Rueter 2001 +1.0 +8.1 4.9 +3.2 $4.9M 1.02× –
Tim Worrell 2001 +0.8 +4.5 1.3 +3.2 $1.5M 0.67× –
Aaron Fultz 2001 +0.6 +3.3 0.2 +3.1 $0.4M 0.67× –
Benito Santiago 2001 +0.7 +2.8 0.5 +2.3 $0.7M 0.52× –
Ramon Martinez 2001 +0.4 +1.9 0.3 +1.6 $0.7M 0.58× –
Bobby Estalella↔ 2001 +0.3 +1.1 0.3 +0.9 $1.0M 0.52× –
Jason Christiansen↔ 2001 +0.3 +1.4 0.7 +0.7 $2.7M 0.67× –
Russ Davis 2001 +0.2 +1.0 1.3 -0.3 $6.3M 0.58× –
Brian Boehringer↔ 2001 -0.1 -0.7 0.2 -0.9 – 0.67× –
Wayne Gomes↔ 2001 -0.1 -0.7 0.2 -0.9 – 1.34× –
Andres Galarraga↔ 2001 +0.2 +0.8 2.4 -1.6 $13.4M 0.56× –
Felipe Crespo↔ 2001 -0.2 -1.4 0.2 -1.7 – 0.83× –
Damon Minor 2001 -0.7 -2.9 0.2 -3.1 – 0.56× –
J.T. Snow 2001 +0.6 +2.5 5.8 -3.2 $10.1M 0.56× –
Alan Embree↔ 2001 -0.5 -2.5 0.9 -3.3 – 0.67× –
Eric Davis 2001 -0.6 -3.9 1.5 -5.4 – 0.83× –
Mark Gardner 2001 -0.6 -4.5 1.8 -6.3 – 1.02× –
Pedro Feliz 2001 -1.3 -6.1 0.2 -6.3 – 0.58× –
Chad Zerbe 2001 +0.3 +1.8 – – – 0.67× –
Cody Ransom 2001 -0.2 -0.8 – – – 0.61× –
Edwards Guzman 2001 -0.3 -1.2 – – – 0.52× –
Jalal Leach 2001 -0.1 -0.7 – – – 0.83× –
Kurt Ainsworth 2001 -0.1 -0.4 – – – 0.67× –
LeJon Powell 2001 +0.1 +0.6 – – – 0.83× –
Ryan Jensen 2001 +0.1 +0.5 – – – 1.02× –
Ryan Vogelsong↔ 2001 -0.4 -2.0 – – – 0.67× –
Yorvit Torrealba 2001 +0.1 +0.5 – – – 0.52× –
Total—+47.3+619.964.8+556.6—

Trades

Every graded 2001 deal involving the Giants — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 8 total.

2001 · SFG / CHW
SFG · Brian Sabean +$5.6M
Derek Hasselhoff
CHW · Kenny Williams −$5.6M
Alan Embree
SFG came out ahead by $5.6M
2001 · SFG / NYY
SFG · Brian Sabean +$4.0M
Jay Witasick
NYY · Brian Cashman −$4.0M
John Vander Wal
SFG came out ahead by $4.0M
2001 · SFG / NYM
SFG · Brian Sabean +$12.8M
Tsuyoshi Shinjo, Desi Relaford
NYM · Steve Phillips −$12.8M
Shawn Estes
SFG came out ahead by $12.8M
2001 · PHI / SFG
PHI · Ed Wade +$0.8M
Felipe Crespo
SFG · Brian Sabean −$0.8M
Wayne Gomes
PHI came out ahead by $0.8M
2001 · STL / SFG
STL · Walt Jocketty +$24.0M
Kevin Joseph
SFG · Brian Sabean −$24.0M
Jason Christiansen
STL came out ahead by $24.0M
2001 · NYY / SFG
NYY · Brian Cashman +$0.8M
Bobby Estalella, Joe Smith
SFG · Brian Sabean −$0.8M
Brian Boehringer
NYY came out ahead by $0.8M
2001 · TEX / SFG
TEX · Douglas Melvin +$12.8M
Chris Magruder, Erasmo Ramirez, Todd Ozias
SFG · Brian Sabean −$12.8M
Andrés Galarraga
TEX came out ahead by $12.8M
2001 · SFG / PIT
SFG · Brian Sabean +$351.2M
Jason Schmidt, John Vander Wal
PIT · Roy Smith −$351.2M
Armando Ríos, Ryan Vogelsong
SFG came out ahead by $351.2M

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

How each 2001 acquisition stacked onto Giants'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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