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GM: Dal Maxvill

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 1994, 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
$29M
Surplus $M
-3
Win %
0.465
TAB
-2.8
WAB
-3.8
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
21.3
Dead money %
8%
Depth Players
3.0
Dead WAR
-4.1

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

1994 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

RTom Pagnozzi70
RTerry McGriff39
RErik Pappas15

1B

BGregg Jefferies102
RStan Royer⇄39
LGerald Perry13
RScott Coolbaugh4
RBrian Jordan1
RTom Pagnozzi1

2B

BGeronimo Pena59
BLuis Alicea53
BJosé Oquendo16

3B

RTodd Zeile112
RScott Coolbaugh4
BGeronimo Pena1

SS

BOzzie Smith96
BJosé Oquendo28
RTripp Cromer III2

LF

RBernard Gilkey102
RBrian Jordan18
BGerald Young3
BLuis Alicea2

CF

LRay Lankford104
RBrian Jordan9
BGerald Young6

RF

BMark Whiten90
RBrian Jordan22
LJohn Mabry6
BGerald Young2

DH

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Starters

RBob Tewksbury2.1 WAR
RRene Arocha0.9 WAR
LRheal Cormier0.5 WAR
RVicente Palacios0.4 WAR
LAllen Watson0.4 WAR
LTom Urbani0.4 WAR
LBryan Eversgerd0.1 WAR
RJohn Frascatore-0.2 WAR
ROmar Olivares-0.3 WAR
RRick Sutcliffe-0.5 WAR

Bullpen

★ RMike Perez12 sv
LRich Rodriguez0 h
RJohn Habyan0 h
LRob Murphy⇄0 h
LBryan Eversgerd0 h
RFrank Cimorelli0 h
RGary Buckels0 h
RWillie Smith0 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 1993)

PlayerfWAR
John Habyan0.9
Vicente Palacios0.4
Gerald Young0.4
John Mabry0.1
Bryan Eversgerd0.1
Scott Coolbaugh0.1

Key subtractions (gone from 1993)

Player1993 fWAR
Donovan Osborne1.4
Tim Jones0.5
Paul Kilgus0.5
Lee Guetterman0.4
Les Lancaster0.2
Rich Batchelor-0.0

Contract Value

WAR translated into tier-adjusted market value, then compared with what the player was paid by Cardinals. Guaranteed contracts from the 2015-present contract-data period use the known contract period through 1994; everyone else is shown as a 1994 season snapshot.

PlayerPeriodfWARTier Market $MPaid $MSurplus $M$ / WARTierContract
Mark Whiten 1994 +2.7 +35.1 1.1 +34.1 $0.4M 1.60× –
Ray Lankford 1994 +2.4 +23.8 1.6 +22.1 $0.7M 1.22× –
Bob Tewksbury 1994 +2.1 +25.4 3.5 +21.9 $1.6M 1.49× –
Ozzie Smith 1994 +1.9 +14.0 3.0 +11.0 $1.5M 0.89× –
Todd Zeile 1994 +2.0 +13.5 2.7 +10.8 $1.4M 0.85× –
Geronimo Pena 1994 +1.7 +10.9 0.6 +10.3 $0.3M 0.82× –
Rene Arocha 1994 +0.9 +9.7 0.2 +9.5 $0.2M 1.34× –
Gregg Jefferies 1994 +1.8 +12.0 4.6 +7.4 $2.5M 0.81× –
Tom Pagnozzi 1994 +1.6 +10.0 2.6 +7.4 $1.6M 0.76× –
Brian Jordan 1994 +1.0 +6.9 0.8 +6.1 $0.8M 0.83× –
John Habyan 1994 +0.9 +4.8 0.5 +4.3 $0.6M 0.67× –
Luis Alicea 1994 +1.1 +4.9 0.7 +4.3 $0.6M 0.56× –
Rheal Cormier 1994 +0.5 +4.4 0.2 +4.3 $0.3M 1.02× –
Bernard Gilkey 1994 +0.8 +5.2 1.6 +3.6 $2.1M 0.83× –
Allen Watson 1994 +0.4 +3.3 0.1 +3.2 $0.3M 1.02× –
Gerald Perry 1994 +0.9 +3.8 0.7 +3.2 $0.8M 0.56× –
Tom Urbani 1994 +0.4 +3.2 0.1 +3.1 $0.3M 1.02× –
Vicente Palacios 1994 +0.4 +3.2 0.2 +3.0 $0.4M 1.02× –
José Oquendo 1994 +0.9 +4.6 2.1 +2.5 $2.3M 0.61× –
John Mabry 1994 +0.1 +0.6 0.1 +0.5 $1.2M 0.83× –
Rich Rodriguez 1994 +0.1 +0.3 0.4 -0.1 $6.1M 0.67× –
Terry McGriff 1994 -0.1 -0.3 0.1 -0.4 – 0.52× –
Tripp Cromer III 1994 -0.1 -0.5 0.1 -0.6 – 0.61× –
Stan Royer↔ 1994 -0.5 -2.3 0.1 -2.4 – 0.56× –
Rob Murphy↔ 1994 -0.4 -2.0 0.6 -2.5 – 0.67× –
Erik Pappas 1994 -0.7 -3.1 0.1 -3.2 – 0.52× –
Mike Perez 1994 -0.4 -3.8 0.2 -4.0 – 1.34× –
Rick Sutcliffe 1994 -0.5 -4.1 0.2 -4.3 – 1.02× –
Bryan Eversgerd 1994 +0.1 +0.4 – – – 0.67× –
Frank Cimorelli 1994 -0.2 -1.0 – – – 0.67× –
Gary Buckels 1994 -0.1 -0.7 – – – 0.67× –
Gerald Young 1994 +0.4 +2.4 – – – 0.83× –
John Frascatore 1994 -0.2 -1.6 – – – 1.02× –
Omar Olivares 1994 -0.3 -2.4 – – – 1.02× –
Scott Coolbaugh 1994 +0.1 +0.3 – – – 0.56× –
Steve Dixon 1994 -0.2 -1.0 – – – 0.67× –
Willie Smith 1994 -0.4 -2.4 – – – 0.67× –
Total—+21.1+177.528.8+155.1—

Trades

Every graded 1994 deal involving the Cardinals — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 2 total.

1994 · BOS / STL
BOS · Lou Gorman +$8.8M
Luis Alicea
STL · Dal Maxvill −$8.8M
Jeff McNeely, Nate Minchey
BOS came out ahead by $8.8M
1994 · ATL / STL
ATL · John Schuerholz +$2.4M
Aldo Pecorilli
STL · Dal Maxvill −$2.4M
Ramon Caraballo
ATL came out ahead by $2.4M

Current & Historical Payroll

1994 payroll
$28.9M

What the front office was committed to as of 1994, 1994–2000. 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 (13)

PlayerAgeSvc1994199519961997199819992000
Gregg Jefferies267.000$4.6MFREE AGENT
Bob Tewksbury338.000$3.5MFREE AGENT
Ozzie Smith3916.000$3.0M$3.0M$3.5MFREE AGENT
Tom Pagnozzi317.000$2.6M$2.7M$2.7M$1.6M$2.1MFREE AGENT
José Oquendo3011.000$2.1M$2.2MFREE AGENT
Luis Alicea286.000$650kFREE AGENT$750k
Gerald Perry3311.000$650k$299kFREE AGENT
Rob Murphy349.000$566kFREE AGENT
John Habyan309.000$500k$315kFREE AGENT
Rick Sutcliffe3818.000$250kFREE AGENT
Vicente Palacios307.000$175k$250kFREE AGENT
Terry McGriff307.000$109kFREE AGENT
Gerald Young297.000—FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (12)

PlayerAgeSvc1994199519961997199819992000
Todd Zeile285.000$2.7MFREE AGENT
Ray Lankford274.000$1.6MARB 3FREE AGENT
Bernard Gilkey274.000$1.6MARB 3FREE AGENT
Mark Whiten274.000$1.1MARB 3FREE AGENT
Geronimo Pena274.000$575kARB 3FREE AGENT
Rich Rodriguez314.000$400kARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Perez294.000$200kARB 3FREE AGENT
Rheal Cormier273.000$160kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Erik Pappas283.000$140kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Stan Royer263.000$118kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Scott Coolbaugh285.000—FREE AGENT
Omar Olivares264.000—ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (12)

PlayerAgeSvc1994199519961997199819992000
Brian Jordan272.000$847kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Rene Arocha301.000$160kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Tom Urbani261.000$130kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Allen Watson231.000$130kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Tripp Cromer III261.000$109kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
John Mabry230.000$109kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Gary Buckels28–—
Frank Cimorelli25–—
Steve Dixon24–—
Bryan Eversgerd250.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
John Frascatore240.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Willie Smith26–—

Graphs

How each 1994 acquisition stacked onto Cardinals's playoff-odds curve. The side table is ranked by PPA.

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