Rosternomics

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GM: Walt Jocketty (since 1995)

2006 roster — every player, value & surplus

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-1.4
WAB — wins above budget
-5.9
TAB — roster Talent above budget
83–78 (0.516)
record · World Series champions
-40M
surplus $M (value/$)
31.0
roster fWAR
$94.9M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Albert Pujols 26 arb 143 8.1 14.0 +2.0
Scott Rolen 31 FA-elig 142 5.5 12.5 -1.7
Chris Carpenter 31 FA-elig 32 4.7 5.0 +4.3
Jeff Suppan 31 FA-elig 32 2.4 4.0 +0.7
Chris Duncan 25 90 2.3
Jim Edmonds 36 FA-elig 110 1.7 12.1 -8.7
David Eckstein 31 arb 123 1.5 3.3 -0.3
Adam Wainwright 24 pre-arb 61 1.5 0.3 +2.6
Scott Spiezio 33 119 1.3
Braden Looper 31 FA-elig 69 1.2 3.5 -1.1
Hector Luna↔ CLE 26 pre-arb 76 1.0 0.2 +1.8
Sidney Ponson↔ NYY 29 FA-elig 14 0.7 0.7 +0.6
Juan Encarnacion 30 FA-elig 153 0.6 3.5 -2.2
John Rodriguez 28 pre-arb 102 0.6 0.3 +0.8
Preston Wilson↔ HOU 31 FA-elig 33 0.4 1.0 -0.2
Brad Thompson 24 pre-arb 43 0.3 0.3 +0.3
Jose Vizcaino↔ SFG 38 FA-elig 16 0.2 0.2 +0.2
Ronnie Belliard↔ CLE 31 FA-elig 54 0.2 1.5 -1.1
Josh Hancock 28 arb 62 0.2 0.4 +0.0
Mark Mulder 28 FA-elig 17 0.2 7.8 -7.4
So Taguchi 36 arb 134 0.1 0.8 -0.5
Brian Falkenborg 28 5 0.1
Josh Kinney 27 21 0.1
Chris Narveson 24 5 0.1
Anthony Reyes 24 18 0.0
Jeff Weaver↔ ANA 29 FA-elig 17 0.0 4.3 -4.2
Randy Flores 30 arb 65 0.0 0.3 -0.3
John Gall 28 8 -0.0
Larry Bigbie 28 arb 17 -0.1 0.9 -1.0
Mike Rose 29 10 -0.1
Jason Marquis 27 FA-elig 46 -0.1 5.2 -5.4
Ricardo Rincon 36 FA-elig 5 -0.2 1.2 -1.5
John Nelson 27 8 -0.2
Timo Perez 31 23 -0.2
Yadier Molina 23 pre-arb 129 -0.3 0.4 -0.9
Skip Schumaker 26 pre-arb 28 -0.3 0.3 -0.9
Tyler Johnson 25 56 -0.3
Gary Bennett 34 FA-elig 60 -0.5 0.8 -1.8
Aaron Miles 29 arb 135 -0.6 0.3 -1.5
Jorge Sosa↔ ATL 28 arb 19 -0.6 0.9 -2.2
Jason Isringhausen 33 FA-elig 59 -0.9 8.8 -10.6

41 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 30 of them (73%). 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