Rosternomics

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GM: Dal Maxvill (since 1986)

1994 roster — every player, value & surplus

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-3.8
WAB — wins above budget
-2.8
TAB — roster Talent above budget
53–61 (0.465)
record
-3M
surplus $M (value/$)
21.3
roster fWAR
$28.9M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Mark Whiten 27 arb 92 2.7 1.1 +2.1
Ray Lankford 27 arb 109 2.4 1.6 +1.2
Bob Tewksbury 33 FA-elig 24 2.1 3.5 -1.0
Todd Zeile 28 arb 113 2.0 2.7 -0.4
Ozzie Smith 39 FA-elig 98 1.9 3.0 -0.7
Gregg Jefferies 26 FA-elig 103 1.8 4.6 -2.5
Geronimo Pena 27 arb 83 1.7 0.6 +1.4
Tom Pagnozzi 31 FA-elig 70 1.6 2.6 -0.7
Luis Alicea 28 FA-elig 88 1.1 0.7 +0.6
Brian Jordan 27 pre-arb 53 1.0 0.8 +0.4
José Oquendo 30 FA-elig 55 0.9 2.1 -1.1
Rene Arocha 30 pre-arb 45 0.9 0.2 +0.9
John Habyan 30 FA-elig 52 0.9 0.5 +0.5
Gerald Perry 33 FA-elig 60 0.9 0.7 +0.3
Bernard Gilkey 27 arb 105 0.8 1.6 -0.7
Rheal Cormier 27 arb 7 0.5 0.2 +0.5
Allen Watson 23 pre-arb 22 0.4 0.1 +0.3
Vicente Palacios 30 FA-elig 31 0.4 0.2 +0.3
Tom Urbani 26 pre-arb 20 0.4 0.1 +0.3
Gerald Young 29 16 0.4
John Mabry 23 pre-arb 6 0.1 0.1 -0.0
Bryan Eversgerd 25 40 0.1
Scott Coolbaugh 28 15 0.1
Rich Rodriguez 31 arb 56 0.1 0.4 -0.3
Terry McGriff 30 FA-elig 42 -0.1 0.1 -0.2
Tripp Cromer III 26 pre-arb 2 -0.1 0.1 -0.2
Gary Buckels 28 10 -0.1
Frank Cimorelli 25 11 -0.2
Steve Dixon 24 2 -0.2
John Frascatore 24 1 -0.2
Omar Olivares 26 15 -0.3
Mike Perez 29 arb 36 -0.4 0.2 -0.6
Rob Murphy↔ NYY 34 FA-elig 50 -0.4 0.6 -1.0
Willie Smith 26 8 -0.4
Rick Sutcliffe 38 FA-elig 16 -0.5 0.2 -0.8
Stan Royer↔ BOS 26 arb 39 -0.5 0.1 -0.7
Erik Pappas 28 arb 15 -0.7 0.1 -1.0

37 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 28 of them (76%). 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