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Giants SFG

200988–74 (0.543)
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GM: Brian Sabean

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 2009, 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
+6
Win %
0.543
TAB
+3.9
WAB
+7.3
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
37.0
Dead money %
32%
Depth Players
7.0
Dead WAR
-3.6

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

2009 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

RBengie Molina123
REli Whiteside47
RBuster Posey7
RSteve Holm4
BPablo Sandoval3

1B

LTravis Ishikawa113
RRyan Garko⇄40
BPablo Sandoval26
RRich Aurilia22
LJohn Bowker4
RJesus Guzman3

2B

BEmmanuel Burriss61
RJuan Uribe38
BEugenio Velez31
RFreddy Sanchez⇄25
RMatt Downs17
RKevin Frandsen14
RRyan Rohlinger1

3B

BPablo Sandoval120
RJuan Uribe44
RRich Aurilia13
RRyan Rohlinger8

SS

REdgar Renteria123
RJuan Uribe41
RKevin Frandsen7
RRyan Rohlinger3

LF

LFred Lewis83
BRandy Winn54
BEugenio Velez42
BAndres Torres33
LJohn Bowker13

CF

RAaron Rowand137
BAndres Torres37
BRandy Winn22
BEugenio Velez12

RF

BRandy Winn104
LNate Schierholtz86
BAndres Torres5
LJohn Bowker5
BEugenio Velez5

DH

BPablo Sandoval2
RBengie Molina1
LFred Lewis1
RJesus Guzman1
BRandy Winn1
RRich Aurilia1

Starters

RTim Lincecum7.8 WAR
RMatt Cain3.6 WAR
LBarry Zito2.0 WAR
LJonathan Sanchez1.8 WAR
RBrad Penny⇄0.4 WAR
LRandy Johnson0.2 WAR
RJoe Martinez0.2 WAR
RRyan Sadowski0.1 WAR
LMadison Bumgarner-0.0 WAR

Bullpen

★ RBrian Wilson38 sv
LJeremy Affeldt33 h
RBob Howry10 h
RSergio Romo10 h
RBrandon Medders8 h
RMerkin Valdez4 h
LDan Runzler2 h
RJustin Miller1 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 2008)

PlayerfWAR
Juan Uribe2.8
Andres Torres2.3
Jeremy Affeldt0.6
Bob Howry0.5
Brad Penny0.4
Eli Whiteside0.4

Key subtractions (gone from 2008)

Player2008 fWAR
Ray Durham1.6
Keiichi Yabu0.3
Kevin Correia0.3
Travis Denker0.3
Scott McClain0.2
Tyler Walker0.2

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 2009; everyone else is shown as a 2009 season snapshot.

PlayerPeriodfWARTier Market $MPaid $MSurplus $M$ / WARTierContract
Tim Lincecum 2009 +7.8 +155.2 0.7 +154.6 $0.1M 2.50× –
Matt Cain 2009 +3.6 +62.4 2.9 +59.5 $0.8M 2.19× –
Pablo Sandoval 2009 +5.2 +59.0 0.4 +58.6 $0.1M 1.43× –
Brian Wilson 2009 +2.2 +34.8 0.5 +34.3 $0.2M 1.95× –
Juan Uribe 2009 +2.8 +25.0 1.0 +24.0 $0.4M 1.12× –
Andres Torres 2009 +2.3 +22.4 0.4 +22.0 $0.2M 1.22× –
Jonathan Sánchez 2009 +1.8 +21.4 0.5 +21.0 $0.3M 1.49× –
Aaron Rowand 2009 +2.4 +23.1 9.6 +13.5 $4.0M 1.22× –
Fred Lewis 2009 +1.2 +8.1 0.4 +7.7 $0.4M 0.83× –
Randy Winn 2009 +1.8 +17.1 9.6 +7.5 $5.5M 1.22× –
Sergio Romo 2009 +1.1 +6.1 0.4 +5.7 $0.4M 0.67× –
Barry Zito 2009 +2.0 +23.7 18.5 +5.2 $9.3M 1.49× –
Nate Schierholtz 2009 +0.8 +5.4 0.4 +5.0 $0.5M 0.83× –
Travis Ishikawa 2009 +1.2 +5.2 0.4 +4.8 $0.3M 0.56× –
Eugenio Velez 2009 +0.6 +3.7 0.4 +3.3 $0.7M 0.83× –
Brad Penny↔ 2009 +0.4 +3.2 1.0 +2.2 $2.5M 1.02× –
Eli Whiteside 2009 +0.4 +1.5 0.3 +1.2 $0.8M 0.52× –
Brandon Medders 2009 +0.3 +1.5 0.5 +1.0 $1.7M 0.67× –
Joe Martinez 2009 +0.2 +1.4 0.4 +1.0 $2.3M 1.02× –
John Bowker 2009 +0.1 +0.5 0.4 +0.1 $5.3M 0.83× –
Ryan Rohlinger 2009 +0.0 +0.2 0.4 -0.2 $9.0M 0.58× –
Bob Howry 2009 +0.5 +2.4 2.8 -0.3 $6.0M 0.67× –
Jeremy Affeldt 2009 +0.6 +3.2 3.5 -0.3 $5.9M 0.67× –
Pat Misch↔ 2009 -0.1 -0.4 0.1 -0.4 – 0.67× –
Waldis Joaquin 2009 -0.0 -0.1 0.4 -0.5 – 0.67× –
Madison Bumgarner 2009 -0.0 -0.2 0.4 -0.6 – 0.67× –
Buster Posey 2009 -0.2 -0.9 0.1 -1.0 – 0.52× –
Freddy Sanchez↔ 2009 +0.1 +0.3 1.4 -1.1 $18.4M 0.56× –
Merkin Valdez 2009 -0.2 -1.1 0.4 -1.5 – 0.67× –
Alex Hinshaw 2009 -0.2 -1.3 0.4 -1.7 – 0.67× –
Ryan Garko↔ 2009 -0.4 -1.9 0.2 -2.0 – 0.56× –
Bengie Molina 2009 +1.1 +4.4 6.5 -2.1 $6.1M 0.52× –
Kevin Frandsen 2009 -0.4 -1.6 0.4 -2.1 – 0.56× –
Emmanuel Burriss 2009 -0.5 -2.3 0.4 -2.7 – 0.56× –
Rich Aurilia 2009 -0.6 -2.7 1.0 -3.7 – 0.56× –
Randy Johnson 2009 +0.2 +1.4 8.0 -6.6 $47.9M 1.02× –
Edgar Renteria 2009 -0.1 -0.6 8.0 -8.6 – 0.61× –
Dan Runzler 2009 -0.0 -0.0 – – – 0.67× –
Jesus Guzman 2009 -0.1 -0.5 – – – 0.56× –
Justin Miller 2009 -0.4 -2.2 – – – 0.67× –
Matt Downs 2009 -0.2 -1.0 – – – 0.56× –
Osiris Matos 2009 -0.0 -0.1 – – – 0.67× –
Ryan Sadowski 2009 +0.1 +0.8 – – – 1.02× –
Steve Holm 2009 +0.2 +0.8 – – – 0.52× –
Total—+37.6+477.383.1+396.8—

Trades

Every graded 2009 deal involving the Giants — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 4 total.

2009 · SFG / PHI
SFG · Brian Sabean +$2.4M
Ronny Paulino
PHI · Ruben Amaro −$2.4M
Jack Taschner
SFG came out ahead by $2.4M
2009 · CLE / SFG
CLE · Mark Shapiro +$2.4M
Scott Barnes
SFG · Brian Sabean −$2.4M
Ryan Garko
CLE came out ahead by $2.4M
2009 · MIA / SFG
MIA · Larry Beinfest +$4.0M
Ronny Paulino
SFG · Brian Sabean −$4.0M
Hector Correa
MIA came out ahead by $4.0M
2009 · PIT / SFG
PIT · Neal Huntington +$12.0M
Tim Alderson#45
SFG · Brian Sabean −$12.0M
Freddy Sanchez
PIT came out ahead by $12.0M

Current & Historical Payroll

2009 payroll
$82.9M

What the front office was committed to as of 2009, 2009–2015. 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 (14)

PlayerAgeSvc2009201020112012201320142015
Barry Zito319.000$18.5M$18.5M$18.5M$19.0M$20.0MFREE AGENT
Aaron Rowand318.000$9.6M$13.6M$13.6MFREE AGENT
Randy Winn3511.000$9.6MFREE AGENT
Edgar Renteria3213.000$8.0M$10.0MFREE AGENT
Randy Johnson4521.000$8.0MFREE AGENT
Bengie Molina3411.000$6.5M$2.3MFREE AGENT
Jeremy Affeldt307.000$3.5M$4.0M$4.5M$5.0M$6.0M$6.0M$6.0M
Bob Howry3511.000$2.8MFREE AGENT
Freddy Sanchez317.000$1.4M$6.0M$6.0MFREE AGENT
Rich Aurilia3714.000$1.0MFREE AGENT
Juan Uribe308.000$1.0M$3.2MFREE AGENT
Brad Penny319.000$1.0MFREE AGENT$265k
Andres Torres317.000$400k$426k$2.2MFREE AGENT$2.0M
Justin Miller317.000—FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (11)

PlayerAgeSvc2009201020112012201320142015
Matt Cain244.000$2.9MARB 3FREE AGENT
Brian Wilson273.000$480kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brandon Medders294.000$475kARB 3FREE AGENT
Jonathan Sánchez263.000$455kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Fred Lewis283.000$440kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Kevin Frandsen273.000$410kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Merkin Valdez275.000$401kFREE AGENT
Travis Ishikawa253.000$401kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Eli Whiteside294.000$295kARB 3FREE AGENT
Ryan Garko284.000$151kARB 3FREE AGENT
Pat Misch273.000$62kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (19)

PlayerAgeSvc2009201020112012201320142015
Tim Lincecum252.000$650kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
John Bowker251.000$408kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Emmanuel Burriss241.000$404kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Eugenio Velez272.000$404kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Alex Hinshaw261.000$402kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Pablo Sandoval221.000$402kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Sergio Romo261.000$402kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Nate Schierholtz252.000$401kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ryan Rohlinger251.000$400kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Joe Martinez260.000$400kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Madison Bumgarner190.000$400kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Waldis Joaquin220.000$400kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Buster Posey220.000$71kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Matt Downs250.094—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Steve Holm291.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ryan Sadowski26–—
Jesus Guzman250.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Osiris Matos24–—
Dan Runzler240.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

How each 2009 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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