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GM: Brian Sabean (since 1997)

2009 roster — every player, value & surplus

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+7.3
WAB — wins above budget
+4.0
TAB — roster Talent above budget
88–74 (0.543)
record
+6M
surplus $M (value/$)
37.0
roster fWAR
$82.1M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Tim Lincecum 25 pre-arb 33 7.8 0.7 +17.7
Pablo Sandoval 22 pre-arb 153 5.2 0.4 +11.8
Matt Cain 24 arb 33 3.6 2.9 +5.5
Juan Uribe 30 FA-elig 122 2.8 1.0 +5.6
Aaron Rowand 31 FA-elig 144 2.4 9.6 -4.0
Andres Torres 31 FA-elig 75 2.3 0.4 +5.1
Brian Wilson 27 arb 68 2.2 0.5 +4.8
Barry Zito 31 FA-elig 34 2.0 18.5 -13.8
Jonathan Sánchez 26 arb 32 1.8 0.5 +3.8
Randy Winn 35 FA-elig 149 1.8 9.6 -5.4
Fred Lewis 28 arb 122 1.2 0.4 +2.5
Travis Ishikawa 25 arb 120 1.2 0.4 +2.4
Sergio Romo 26 pre-arb 45 1.1 0.4 +2.3
Bengie Molina 34 FA-elig 132 1.1 6.5 -4.0
Nate Schierholtz 25 pre-arb 116 0.8 0.4 +1.5
Jeremy Affeldt 30 FA-elig 74 0.6 3.5 -2.1
Eugenio Velez 27 pre-arb 84 0.6 0.4 +0.9
Bob Howry 35 FA-elig 63 0.5 2.8 -1.7
Brad Penny↔ BOS 31 FA-elig 6 0.4 1.0 -0.1
Eli Whiteside 29 – 49 0.4 – –
Brandon Medders 29 arb 61 0.3 0.5 +0.2
Steve Holm 29 – 4 0.2 – –
Joe Martinez 26 pre-arb 10 0.2 0.4 +0.0
Randy Johnson 45 FA-elig 22 0.2 8.0 -7.6
Ryan Sadowski 26 – 6 0.1 – –
John Bowker 25 pre-arb 31 0.1 0.4 -0.2
Freddy Sanchez↔ PIT 31 FA-elig 25 0.1 1.4 -1.2
Ryan Rohlinger 25 pre-arb 12 0.0 0.4 -0.3
Dan Runzler 24 – 11 -0.0 – –
Osiris Matos 24 – 5 -0.0 – –
Waldis Joaquin 22 pre-arb 10 -0.0 0.4 -0.5
Madison Bumgarner 19 – 4 -0.0 – –
Pat Misch↔ NYM 27 arb 4 -0.1 0.1 -0.2
Jesus Guzman 25 – 12 -0.1 – –
Edgar Renteria 32 FA-elig 124 -0.1 8.0 -8.3
Merkin Valdez 27 arb 48 -0.2 0.4 -0.9
Buster Posey 22 – 7 -0.2 – –
Matt Downs 25 – 17 -0.2 – –
Alex Hinshaw 26 pre-arb 9 -0.2 0.4 -1.0
Kevin Frandsen 27 arb 23 -0.4 0.4 -1.3
Justin Miller 31 – 44 -0.4 – –
Ryan Garko↔ CLE 28 arb 40 -0.4 0.2 -1.2
Emmanuel Burriss 24 pre-arb 61 -0.5 0.4 -1.6
Rich Aurilia 37 FA-elig 60 -0.6 1.0 -2.4

44 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 34 of them (77%). Players without a salary show "–" — no single historical salary source is fully complete (especially 2020–2022).

WAR = FanGraphs (fWAR). Green = produced more value than paid (bargain); red = paid more than produced. Service: pre-arb (<3 yr) / arb (3–6) / FA-eligible (6+). Click headers to sort.

History: front-office performance & develop-vs-buy (1985–2024)

Trade ledger (realized WAR, all-time)

Best acquisitions
PlayerYearWAR for SFG
Jeff Kent199630.9
Jason Schmidt200123.6
Rich Aurilia199419.8
Shawn Estes199514.8
Robb Nen199712.9
Liván Hernández199911.6
Mike Yastrzemski201911.3
Randy Winn200510.9
Ones that got away
PlayerYear tradedWAR elsewhere
Bryan Reynolds201820.0
Liván Hernández200317.2
Joe Nathan200314.1
Zack Wheeler201113.0
Francisco Liriano200312.5
John Burkett199411.0
Jack Clark198510.1
Rob Deer19857.9
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.