Cardinals — Front Office

Player	Age	Service	G	fWAR	Salary $M	Surplus $M
Gregg Jefferies	25	FA-elig	142	5.4	2.6	+1.8
Bob Tewksbury	32	FA-elig	32	4.6	2.6	+1.2
Bernard Gilkey	26	arb	137	3.7	0.2	+2.8
Ozzie Smith	38	FA-elig	141	2.6	3.0	-0.9
Ray Lankford	26	arb	127	2.6	0.3	+1.8
Rene Arocha	29	pre-arb	32	2.2	0.1	+1.7
Geronimo Pena	26	arb	74	1.7	0.2	+1.2
Todd Zeile	27	arb	157	1.6	1.0	+0.3
Luis Alicea	27	arb	115	1.5	0.2	+1.1
Erik Pappas	27	–	82	1.5	–	–
Rheal Cormier	26	pre-arb	38	1.5	0.2	+1.1
Donovan Osborne	24	pre-arb	29	1.4	0.2	+1.0
Mike Perez	28	arb	65	1.2	0.2	+0.8
Brian Jordan	26	pre-arb	67	1.0	0.7	+0.1
Gerald Perry	32	FA-elig	96	1.0	1.0	-0.2
Tom Pagnozzi	30	FA-elig	92	0.8	2.6	-1.9
Tom Urbani	25	pre-arb	18	0.8	0.1	+0.5
Mark Whiten	26	arb	152	0.7	0.5	+0.1
Allen Watson	22	pre-arb	16	0.7	0.1	+0.5
Tim Jones	30	–	29	0.5	–	–
Paul Kilgus	31	–	22	0.5	–	–
José Oquendo	29	FA-elig	46	0.5	2.0	-1.7
Lee Guetterman	34	–	40	0.4	–	–
Les Lancaster	31	FA-elig	50	0.2	0.3	-0.2
Omar Olivares	25	arb	59	0.1	0.2	-0.1
Stan Royer	25	–	24	0.1	–	–
Rob Murphy	33	FA-elig	73	0.0	0.6	-0.6
Rich Batchelor	26	–	9	-0.0	–	–
Rod Brewer	27	arb	110	-0.1	0.1	-0.2
Joe Magrane↔ ANA	28	FA-elig	22	-0.1	0.5	-0.6
Steve Dixon	23	–	4	-0.2	–	–
Hector Villanueva	28	arb	17	-0.2	0.2	-0.4
Marc Ronan	23	–	6	-0.2	–	–
Lee Smith↔ NYY	35	FA-elig	55	-0.2	2.3	-2.5
Tripp Cromer III	25	pre-arb	10	-0.3	0.1	-0.4
Lonnie Maclin	26	–	12	-0.3	–	–
Tracy Woodson	30	FA-elig	62	-0.5	0.1	-0.5
Ozzie Canseco	28	arb	6	-0.6	0.1	-0.6
Todd Burns↔ TEX	29	arb	24	-1.1	0.3	-1.2

39 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 30 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

Player	Year	WAR for STL
Adam Wainwright	2003	52.6
Ozzie Smith	1981	48.0
Paul Goldschmidt	2018	21.3
Mark McGwire	1997	19.7
Nolan Arenado	2021	18.3
Édgar Rentería	1998	17.4
Carlos Martínez	2013	16.0
José Oquendo	1985	15.3

Ones that got away

Player	Year traded	WAR elsewhere
Andy Van Slyke	1987	31.1
Lance Johnson	1988	17.3
Keith Hernandez	1983	16.5
David Peralta	2014	14.5
Mike LaValliere	1987	12.9
Jack Wilson	2000	11.0
Marco Gonzales	2017	10.1
Coco Crisp	2002	9.9

Cardinals STL

1993 roster — every player, value & surplus

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

Trade ledger (realized WAR, all-time)