Cardinals — Front Office

Player	Age	Service	G	fWAR	Salary $M	Surplus $M
Scott Rolen	29	FA-elig	142	9.0	8.6	+6.8
Jim Edmonds	34	FA-elig	153	8.3	9.3	+4.9
Albert Pujols	24	arb	154	7.8	7.0	+6.3
Woody Williams	37	FA-elig	34	3.1	8.0	-2.7
Tony Womack	34	FA-elig	145	2.8	0.3	+4.5
Chris Carpenter	29	FA-elig	28	2.6	0.3	+4.2
Jason Marquis	25	arb	35	2.6	0.5	+3.9
Reggie Sanders	36	FA-elig	135	2.4	2.0	+2.2
Edgar Renteria	27	FA-elig	149	2.0	7.2	-3.8
Jason Isringhausen	31	FA-elig	74	1.7	7.8	-4.8
Julian Tavarez	31	FA-elig	77	1.3	1.6	+0.6
Larry Walker↔ COL	37	FA-elig	44	1.2	6.8	-4.7
Matt Morris	29	FA-elig	32	1.2	12.5	-10.5
Jeff Suppan	29	FA-elig	31	1.0	1.0	+0.6
Ray King	30	arb	86	0.8	0.9	+0.5
Kiko Calero	29	pre-arb	41	0.7	0.3	+0.9
So Taguchi	34	pre-arb	109	0.6	1.2	-0.1
Ray Lankford	37	FA-elig	92	0.6	0.7	+0.4
Steve Kline	31	FA-elig	67	0.6	1.7	-0.7
Yadier Molina	21	–	51	0.4	–	–
Al Reyes	34	–	12	0.4	–	–
Mike Lincoln	29	arb	13	0.3	0.5	+0.1
John Mabry	33	–	87	0.3	–	–
Dan Haren	23	–	14	0.3	–	–
Cal Eldred	36	FA-elig	52	0.2	0.9	-0.6
Randy Flores	28	–	9	0.1	–	–
Hector Luna	24	pre-arb	83	0.1	0.3	-0.1
Colin Porter	28	–	23	0.1	–	–
Josh Pearce	26	–	3	0.0	–	–
Rick Ankiel	24	arb	5	-0.0	0.3	-0.4
Carmen Cali	25	–	10	-0.0	–	–
Bo Hart	27	pre-arb	11	-0.0	0.3	-0.4
Mike Matheny	33	FA-elig	122	-0.2	4.0	-4.4
Cody McKay	30	pre-arb	35	-0.3	0.3	-0.8
Jason Simontacchi	30	pre-arb	15	-0.4	0.3	-1.1
Roger Cedeno	29	FA-elig	95	-0.7	5.4	-6.6
Marlon Anderson	30	FA-elig	113	-0.8	0.6	-2.0

37 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 29 of them (78%). 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

2004 roster — every player, value & surplus

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

Trade ledger (realized WAR, all-time)