Rosternomics

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GM: Walt Jocketty (since 1995)

2003 roster — every player, value & surplus

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+0.2
WAB — wins above budget
+4.8
TAB — roster Talent above budget
85–77 (0.525)
record
-14M
surplus $M (value/$)
41.8
roster fWAR
$85.4M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Albert Pujols 23 pre-arb 157 9.5 0.9 +16.0
Jim Edmonds 33 FA-elig 137 6.3 8.3 +2.8
Edgar Renteria 26 FA-elig 157 6.3 6.5 +4.7
Scott Rolen 28 FA-elig 154 6.2 7.6 +3.4
Woody Williams 36 FA-elig 34 5.5 6.0 +3.7
Matt Morris 28 FA-elig 27 3.2 10.5 -4.9
J.D. Drew 27 arb 100 2.7 3.7 +1.0
Brett Tomko 30 FA-elig 35 1.7 3.3 -0.2
Bo Hart 26 77 1.1
Tino Martinez 35 FA-elig 138 1.0 7.5 -5.7
Jason Isringhausen 30 FA-elig 40 1.0 7.2 -5.5
Dan Haren 22 15 0.6
Eduardo Perez 33 FA-elig 105 0.5 0.5 +0.4
Kiko Calero 28 26 0.5
Mike Matheny 32 FA-elig 141 0.4 3.2 -2.5
So Taguchi 33 pre-arb 43 0.4 1.2 -0.5
Garrett Stephenson 31 FA-elig 32 0.4 0.8 -0.1
Cal Eldred 35 FA-elig 63 0.3 0.5 +0.1
Kevin Ohme 32 2 0.1
Josh Pearce 25 7 0.1
Fernando Viña 34 FA-elig 61 0.1 5.3 -5.2
Miguel Cairo 29 FA-elig 92 0.0 0.8 -0.8
Steve Kline 30 FA-elig 78 0.0 1.8 -1.8
Gabe Molina 28 3 -0.0
Jimmy Journell 25 7 -0.0
Mike DeJean↔ MIL 32 FA-elig 18 -0.0 0.4 -0.5
Eli Marrero 29 FA-elig 41 -0.1 1.5 -1.6
Lance Painter 35 FA-elig 22 -0.1 0.6 -0.8
Jason Pearson 27 2 -0.1
Sterling Hitchcock↔ NYY 32 FA-elig 8 -0.2 1.4 -1.6
Chris Widger 32 44 -0.2
Mike Crudale↔ MIL 26 13 -0.2
Orlando Palmeiro 34 FA-elig 141 -0.3 0.7 -1.2
Joe Girardi 38 FA-elig 16 -0.4 0.7 -1.4
Jason Simontacchi 29 pre-arb 48 -0.4 0.3 -1.0
Dustin Hermanson↔ SFG 30 FA-elig 23 -0.4 0.6 -1.3
Pedro Borbon Jr. 35 7 -0.4
Kerry Robinson 29 arb 116 -0.5 0.3 -1.1
Esteban Yan↔ TEX 28 FA-elig 39 -0.5 1.1 -2.0
Wilson Delgado↔ ANA 30 FA-elig 43 -0.6 0.2 -1.3
Russ Springer 34 FA-elig 17 -0.9 0.5 -2.0
Jeff Fassero 40 FA-elig 62 -0.9 1.2 -2.9

42 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 31 of them (74%). 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