Rosternomics

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GM: Dal Maxvill (since 1986)

1989 roster — every player, value & surplus

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+2.4
WAB — wins above budget
+10.4
TAB — roster Talent above budget
86–76 (0.531)
record
+1M
surplus $M (value/$)
46.1
roster fWAR
$15.4M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Ozzie Smith 34 FA-elig 155 6.7 2.2 +0.2
José Oquendo 25 FA-elig 163 5.7 0.5 +1.5
Joe Magrane 24 pre-arb 38 4.8 0.3 +1.4
Milt Thompson 30 arb 155 4.5 0.5 +1.1
Terry Pendleton 28 arb 162 4.3 0.7 +0.8
Jose DeLeon 28 FA-elig 36 4.2 0.7 +0.8
Pedro Guerrero 33 FA-elig 162 3.1 1.8 -0.7
Tom Brunansky 28 FA-elig 158 2.4 1.2 -0.4
Vince Coleman 27 arb 145 2.1 0.8 -0.0
Tony Peña Sr. 32 FA-elig 141 1.8 1.2 -0.6
Ken Hill 23 pre-arb 33 1.8 0.1 +0.6
Scott Terry 29 arb 35 1.3 0.1 +0.4
Dan Quisenberry 36 FA-elig 63 0.9 0.1 +0.3
Ted Power 34 FA-elig 23 0.9 0.1 +0.2
Denny Walling 35 FA-elig 69 0.8 0.6 -0.3
Ricky Horton↔ LAD 29 arb 11 0.6 0.0 +0.2
Cris Carpenter 24 36 0.5
Ken Dayley 30 FA-elig 71 0.4 0.9 -0.8
Frank DiPino 32 FA-elig 67 0.4 0.5 -0.3
Tim Jones 26 pre-arb 42 0.4 0.1 +0.1
Don Heinkel 29 pre-arb 7 0.4 0.1 +0.0
Bob Tewksbury 28 7 0.2
John Costello 28 pre-arb 48 0.1 0.1 -0.1
Todd Worrell 29 arb 47 0.0 0.9 -0.9
Todd Zeile 23 pre-arb 28 -0.0 0.1 -0.1
Rod Booker 30 10 -0.0
John Morris 28 arb 96 -0.1 0.1 -0.1
Craig Wilson 24 6 -0.1
Willie McGee 30 FA-elig 58 -0.1 1.4 -1.4
Matt Kinzer 26 8 -0.3
Leon Durham 31 FA-elig 29 -0.3 0.2 -0.3
Jim Lindeman 27 73 -0.3
Tom Pagnozzi 26 pre-arb 52 -0.8 0.1 -0.4

33 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 27 of them (82%). 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 STL
Adam Wainwright200352.6
Ozzie Smith198148.0
Paul Goldschmidt201821.3
Mark McGwire199719.7
Nolan Arenado202118.3
Édgar Rentería199817.4
Carlos Martínez201316.0
José Oquendo198515.3
Ones that got away
PlayerYear tradedWAR elsewhere
Andy Van Slyke198731.1
Lance Johnson198817.3
Keith Hernandez198316.5
David Peralta201414.5
Mike LaValliere198712.9
Jack Wilson200011.0
Marco Gonzales201710.1
Coco Crisp20029.9