Rosternomics

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GM: Dal Maxvill (since 1986)

1992 roster — every player, value & surplus

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+2.7
WAB — wins above budget
+3.4
TAB — roster Talent above budget
83–79 (0.512)
record
-4M
surplus $M (value/$)
36.0
roster fWAR
$26.3M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Ozzie Smith 37 FA-elig 132 5.1 2.0 +2.0
Ray Lankford 25 pre-arb 153 4.8 0.2 +3.5
Bernard Gilkey 25 pre-arb 131 4.0 0.1 +3.0
Bob Tewksbury 31 FA-elig 33 3.8 0.8 +2.1
Rheal Cormier 25 pre-arb 31 2.8 0.1 +2.0
Donovan Osborne 23 34 2.4
Felix Jose 27 arb 131 2.3 0.3 +1.5
Geronimo Pena 25 62 2.2
Omar Olivares 24 pre-arb 36 2.0 0.2 +1.4
Todd Zeile 26 arb 126 1.9 0.3 +1.2
Milt Thompson 33 FA-elig 109 1.4 1.6 -0.5
Luis Alicea 26 85 1.3
Tom Pagnozzi 29 arb 139 1.2 1.0 -0.1
Lee Smith 34 FA-elig 70 1.2 2.8 -1.9
Todd Worrell 32 FA-elig 67 0.9 0.8 -0.1
Jose DeLeon↔ PHI 31 FA-elig 29 0.8 2.2 -1.6
Rod Brewer 26 29 0.6
Craig Wilson 27 arb 61 0.5 0.1 +0.3
Tracy Woodson 29 31 0.5
Joe Magrane 27 arb 5 0.3 0.8 -0.5
Frank DiPino 35 9 0.3
Mike Perez 27 77 0.3
Stan Royer 24 13 0.2
José Oquendo 28 FA-elig 14 0.2 2.0 -1.9
Chuck Carr 24 22 0.2
Mark Clark 24 pre-arb 20 0.2 0.1 +0.0
Ozzie Canseco 27 9 0.0
Andres Galarraga 31 FA-elig 95 -0.0 2.4 -2.4
Juan Agosto↔ SEA 34 FA-elig 22 -0.1 0.9 -1.1
Brian Jordan 25 pre-arb 55 -0.2 0.1 -0.3
Bien Figueroa 28 12 -0.2
Bryn Smith 36 FA-elig 13 -0.4 2.2 -2.5
Gerald Perry 31 FA-elig 87 -0.4 1.2 -1.5
Rex Hudler 31 FA-elig 61 -0.4 0.4 -0.7
Rich Gedman 32 FA-elig 41 -0.5 0.2 -0.6
Tim Jones 29 arb 67 -0.6 0.2 -0.7
Cris Carpenter 27 arb 73 -0.7 0.2 -0.7
Pedro Guerrero 36 FA-elig 43 -0.8 2.4 -3.0
Bob McClure 40 FA-elig 70 -0.9 0.5 -1.2

39 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 28 of them (72%). 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